My most interesting find today

For those who don't know, i'm brand new at this and certainly no numismatist. I have inherited a large coin, bank note, miscellaneous gold stuff collection from my Father, who i'm finding out had a keen eye for coins…. the % of good over duds is pretty high which is pleasing. Finally started posting my collection earlier in the week. Still playing with lighting and SLR camera setting but making progress.

So if for no-one else, and because all this is new to me, i thought i'd post up my ‘best of the day’ as i go through and learn and reasearch all this history…

10/01/25

General

- Churned out quite a few today, refining the ‘process’ to make everthing quicker

- These gold coin i photographed with - Maximum F Stop for the lens @2.8, Exposure 1/80, ISO 100. To my eye the difference in quality is amazing. Pitty i can't put the RAW's up, quality is awesome. Previously ive been using F-Stop @11 or 13, 1/4sec exposure……

The Coin

- Placed under the camera and thought there was some crap on the edge…… nope, a first for me, smooth edge with an inscription on it. Left it and carried on

- Numista tells me 1892 is the last year for this coin. Another ‘new’ for me, it doesn't have a quantity nor any info other than “Restrike”. Dunno, did they make 10,000 or 900,000??

That's today's wrap, feel free to comment/ correct me.

N#17723

If your question is just about taking pictures of the coin, that's fine. And if you're asking about the coin, more information is needed.

Why don't you share the weight and size of the coin with us so we can get our bearings.

I think it's a new coinage, but I'm waiting for an expert to confirm it.

Franz Joseph I was of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and lived from 1830 to 1916. He was the Emperor of Austria, the uncrowned King of Bohemia, and in 1867 was crowned King of Hungary. During his reign, which lasted almost 68 years, he became one of the truly successful monarchs in human history. The minting of ducats from the original Austrian ones is assumed to have been minted until this time. The last minting was carried out in 1914. This minting was issued in 1915. These mintings issued in 1915 are still considered official mintings.

Category:New mint gold investment coin AustriaWeight:6.45 gDiameter:21.1 mmMint:Austrian MintCountry of origin:AustriaExact weight:5.81 gBase weight:6.45 gPurity:900/1000Redeem price EUR:466 €

https://www.investicni-zlato-praha.cz/zlata-mince-8-zlatnik-r-1892-novorazba/

Ivan

Hi Ivan,

thankyou for you reply and background on the coin. This coin and all other i post here have already been catelogued. I weigh every coin and check diameter with vernia calipers before closing off the coin, encapsulate in a new 2x2 and file.

There is/are no questions. Same with future posts. This thread is simply my most interesting coin i find each day as i work through these coins. Admittedly i should put up the Numista link - i'll edit above, but i don't really want to turn it into a valuation, grading or slanging match about lighting or camera settings - gold - look on Google at the gold coins, thre are 57 different colour ‘golds' - i'm not too worried about the photography itself because im still leanring as explained in the post above and for the short time ive been doing it, i'm very hapy at my progress.

Comments would be great - particularly unusual/ un-comon factual information

About the 8 florin restrike: there are multiple reasons why isn't an exact quantity there. First, every modern restrike uses the 1892 date so it's not possible to tell when exactly such a coin was made. Second: these are still produced today by the Vienna Mint: https://www.muenzeoesterreich.at/eng/produkte/8-gulden-gold-coin

The austrians are doing this with some other historical coins too (ducats, crowns, Maria Theresia thalers, etc.): https://www.muenzeoesterreich.at/eng/invest/good-to-know/historical-investment-coins

They use the old design and freeze it to a certain date (like 1892 for the 8 florin). These are just bullion coins, their value comes from the precious metal content, not from their rarity.

Thanks SGreg85, alway interested in the history of these coins.

Today's interesting (well interesting for me), is a 1952 Australian Penny with a weird crack in it.

It doesn't go full depth and is not raised. Can feel it when you drag your fingernail over it. Runs through the word PENNY and through the ‘2’.

Must be something on the die as these coins are all forged yeah? So there is no ‘laminations’ for it to half crack??