Your most beautiful silver coin(s)?

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Dr. Math

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Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 04:50 #

As none of you non-stalkers know, I was at the Gun and Knife Show for a good chunk of the day. With the modest budget of $48.00 + some change I was obviously not going to buy a gun. I also have too many knives than I need so that was not it either. No, I went for the "other collectables". These being coins, of course. Thanks to this show and a nice dealer who gave me a $5.00 discount on everything I now have the three coins featured below and a nice Guatemalan coin which was a pain to try to get a picture of. Notice the try which sadly means I failed.

Now go on, post your own. Just don't ruin the MPCC or anything.

Thanks to manxcat12 for the idea.

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Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 06:32 #

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Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 06:44 #

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Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 06:51 #

Best thing about this was that it cost me £2.

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fliegendehollander

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Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 07:49 #

Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras

ZacUK Numista team

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Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 09:37 #

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces13412.html

I like the three colours - the coin is made of silver, and has black enamel to symbolise the eclipse, and the gold coating for the sun. Commemorates a total solar eclipse seen on 29 March 2006 from Turkey. That is myself holding it, and it comes in a plastic capsule, with authenticity certificate. Only 5,000 made, and I bought two of them, a few years apart. Still looking for more!

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https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces11014.html
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces13855.html

Must not forget Queen Jadwiga ! I have five different ones of her (three are silver). Or this lovely angel ...

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https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces18524.html

That link is without the gold coating, and is KM# 1134 so maybe mine is KM# 1134a ?

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https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces12759.html

That one could do with a clean, but I will leave it as it is.

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Finally, as I have a thing for silver coins with gold coating, here is one I hope to get soon ...
I saw an original 1931 coin for sale that has been re-silvered plus has gold added. Nice !

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6595.html
That link is only for the original coin - the gold on the one above (plus being re-silvered) is modern.

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dptashny

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Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 12:37 #

Quote: manxcat12#2

Formally mine!

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Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 12:39 #

manxcat12

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Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 12:46 #

Quote: dptashnyFormally mine!

You mean formerly, you don't own it anymore (do you?)

That 1944 25c isn't for swapping, is it? It's wartime, silver, colonial and looks nice.

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dptashny

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Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 12:48 #

Quote: manxcat12
Quote: dptashnyFormally mine!
You mean formerly, you don't own it anymore (do you?)

That 1944 25c isn't for swapping, is it? It's wartime, silver, colonial and looks nice.

Ah, it's my iPad 's spell checker's fault.

The 1944 25 cents might be for swap, if you can provide me with something good enough. But not for a regular swap.

tony_k_1965

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Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 13:00 #

These are my latest additions from a recent 5kg lot.

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Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 13:24 #

And this one

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Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 14:45 #

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Dr. Math

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Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 17:18 #

Who couldn't love the beautiful Queen Juliana?

Mark240590

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Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 23:26 #

here are a few of my top silver coins !

Mark240590

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Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 23:38 #

and more..

I also have some of my real Favs not photographed.

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Posted: 25 Mar 2013, 01:44 #

^man we have such similar tastes!

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dptashny

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Posted: 25 Mar 2013, 11:47 #

As I am now taking up photography, I will show you someone my most beautiful silver coins in photos (look forward to more):

Dr. Math

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Posted: 25 Mar 2013, 19:39 #

Finally got a good picture of the Guatemalan one.

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Posted: 25 Mar 2013, 21:09 #

These 3,

India 1970 10 Rupee

Italy 1984 500 Lire Olympics Comm

ITALY 2 lire 1914

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fliegendehollander

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Posted: 30 Mar 2013, 00:06 #

Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras

Mark240590

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Posted: 30 Mar 2013, 18:22 #

I have been wanting some Hannoverian British silver for a while and I'm now content !

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Posted: 30 Mar 2013, 18:24 #

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Mark240590

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Posted: 30 Mar 2013, 18:32 #

I need one with hearts in the Hannover shield now

0gramz

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Posted: 31 Mar 2013, 07:28 #

heres some of mine

Potator II

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Posted: 31 Mar 2013, 11:46 #

I can provide the thread with a few from my modern coins collection. I won't add acients, people here seeming more interested in modern...

Mark240590

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Posted: 31 Mar 2013, 12:20 #

Add them, the only reason we don't fend to drool is because we don't know what we're looking at !

And ancient stuff is so confusing !

Potator II

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Posted: 31 Mar 2013, 18:41 #

Quote: Mark240590And ancient stuff is so confusing !

Don't be shy some of them are just...beautiful

Republic, Didrachm
Rome mint c. 269-266 BC
No legend, Diademed head of young Hercules right, with club and lion's skin over shoulder
ROMANO, She wolf right, suckling Romulus and Remus
7.29 gr
Ref : RCV # 24, RSC # 8

Julius Caesar, Denarius
Denarius minted in Italy, c.49 BC
CAESAR, elephant walking rigth, trampling on snake
No legend, Simpulum, sprinkler, axe and apex
4.05 gr
Ref : HCRI # 9, RCV #1399, Cohen #49

Augustus, Denarius
Denarius struck in Lyon c.12 BC
AUGUSTUS DIVI F, Bare head of Augustus right
IMP X, Bull butting right
3.77 gr
Ref : RCV #1610, Cohen #137

Severus Alexander, Denarius
Rome mint, AD 225
IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, Laureate head of Severus Alexander right
IOVI VLTORI, Jupiter seated left holding victory and spear
3.26 gr
Ref : RCV #7873 (75), Cohen #97

And so on, and so on....enjoy

Mark240590

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Posted: 31 Mar 2013, 18:55 #

The 2nd one is elephantastic !

Potator II

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Posted: 31 Mar 2013, 18:56 #

thanks !

dptashny

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Posted: 31 Mar 2013, 18:59 #

Quote: Potator II
Quote: Mark240590And ancient stuff is so confusing !
Don't be shy some of them are just...beautiful

Republic, Didrachm
Rome mint c. 269-266 BC
No legend, Diademed head of young Hercules right, with club and lion's skin over shoulder
ROMANO, She wolf right, suckling Romulus and Remus
7.29 gr
Ref : RCV # 24, RSC # 8

Julius Caesar, Denarius
Denarius minted in Italy, c.49 BC
CAESAR, elephant walking rigth, trampling on snake
No legend, Simpulum, sprinkler, axe and apex
4.05 gr
Ref : HCRI # 9, RCV #1399, Cohen #49

Augustus, Denarius
Denarius struck in Lyon c.12 BC
AUGUSTUS DIVI F, Bare head of Augustus right
IMP X, Bull butting right
3.77 gr
Ref : RCV #1610, Cohen #137

Severus Alexander, Denarius
Rome mint, AD 225
IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, Laureate head of Severus Alexander right
IOVI VLTORI, Jupiter seated left holding victory and spear
3.26 gr
Ref : RCV #7873 (75), Cohen #97

And so on, and so on....enjoy

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Posted: 31 Mar 2013, 23:08 #

Potator, I know that you had strucked them last night in your cave!

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eminem

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Posted: 1 Apr 2013, 03:47 #

Here's some I have on my computer:

I have lots of nicely-toned dollars, if I get the chance I'll post them.

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n3v3r

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Posted: 2 Apr 2013, 02:02 #

this is just a taste

tony_k_1965

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Posted: 14 Apr 2013, 23:05 #

Just got this in a job lot

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Posted: 15 Apr 2013, 03:13 #

I love the detail in this dollar I picked up :)

garaisjanis

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Posted: 16 Apr 2013, 11:58 #

This is my one of the most beautiful coins.

imreh

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Posted: 16 Apr 2013, 19:20 #

Quote: garaisjanisThis is my one of the most beautiful coins.

Can you get one of these for me? I mean in an arranged swap for mint value.

ZacUK Numista team

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Posted: 26 Apr 2013, 13:48 #

Either my eclipse coin earlier (24-Mar) or this one I got today is my favourite.

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces44489.html

Silver outer ring, silver inner circle, with four different-coloured titanium panels in between.

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torontokuba

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Posted: 27 Apr 2013, 06:32 #

Here are a couple of different photos of my avatar image. Patina, age, beauty, real life circulation wear and NO evidence of wipes or cleaning. Success!

Mohawk

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Posted: 27 Apr 2013, 20:16 #

Here's one of my favorite silver coins that I own, and easily my rarest!

It's a 1336/2 (1919) Ottoman Empire 5 Kurush. Original mintage of 2,000 coins and graded MS 62 by NGC. I traded a prooflike United States 1970-D Kennedy Half Dollar for it.....I'd make that trade all day, every day!

Mohawk

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Posted: 27 Apr 2013, 20:18 #

I just wanted to say to everyone that your coins are very beautiful! I love seeing all of these excellent world coins. I think that I've finally found the coin community that I truly belong to!

Mohawk

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Posted: 27 Apr 2013, 20:20 #

I figured I'd share another bit of silvery majesty

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Posted: 27 Apr 2013, 20:22 #

And one more

This one was a gift from my girlfriend because I was born in Hejira 1400......but the 1980 part, not the 1979 part. But, in Egypt where this coin is from, that wouldn't matter :)

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Posted: 27 Apr 2013, 20:24 #

And a post about silver for Mohawk wouldn't be complete without at least one Ottoman Mint Visit issue:

elvis123

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Posted: 27 Apr 2013, 21:27 #

Here are a few of mine.

Some of the scans aren't accurate because my scanner has fingerprints on it. If you look at the 1964 dollar and 1966 dollar the finger prints on them are really on my scanner and not on the coins. All of these coins are better in hand then the scans let on.

Mark240590

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Posted: 28 Apr 2013, 01:45 #

The Canada death dollar Eminem posted is one of my personal favourites !

15turtles

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Posted: 28 Apr 2013, 18:17 #

Is that a proof coin? the 1938 hindenburg 2 mark? its a beaut

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Mohawk

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Posted: 28 Apr 2013, 18:44 #

Hi again 15 Turtles,
yes, the Hindenburg 2 mark is a proof! It's graded Proof 63 Ultra Cameo by NGC. I also have a Proof 60 Potsdam Church 2 RM as well. Also, I'd like to add, it's so much fun talking with a fellow collector who appreciates German coins! I'd love to see some of your treasures as well!

Mark240590

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Posted: 28 Apr 2013, 19:06 #

Some of my latest silvers that I think look great !

Got these from Neil, 1937 NZ 6d and shilling

1926 Modified portrait shilling

1932 shilling

Rhodesia 3d

New Guinea shilling

sixpence jubilee head

15turtles

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Posted: 29 Apr 2013, 05:16 #

My silver coins... don't have pics, but links. Will upload pics later.

@Mohawk...
I love German coins, but the more expensive issues are harder to obtain as I collect on my own pay, parents pitch in sometimes... but ja.

The better German silvers I have, I don't have pics of them, but here's the Numista links...

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces21750.html
1870-G in VF+
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces19823.html
1875-A in VF
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces19823.html
1913-A normal in EF

Got 'em all for silver spot! ^

1939-A 2 reichsmark (Hindenburg)
1938-A 5 reichmark (Hindenburg)
both in EF-

I forgot how much I got these for... ^

I have a 4 pfennig in AU+ or UNC... around there 1932-D
^ I know it's not silver... but it's German.

Bundesrepublik issues
1974-J 5 mark (part of a set)
I just like the design, nothing else special
the München Olympic 10 mark (the spirally one...)
Again, design, nothing else
I keep forgetting which ones I had... dammit

Austrian
Mariazeil 25 schillings

Italy
1929R 5 lire in EF
1961 Unification 500 lire in EF-
1966r 500 lire in UNC (just a normal coins, but u gotta love the design)
1984 Los Angeles Olympics 500 lire UNC
1985 year of music 500 lire UNC
1970 Roma Capital 1000 lire in UNC
1965 Dante Aligheri 500 lire in UNC
1864-N b.n. 5 lire Italy (N=Napoli mint)

I will upload pictures when I'm not submerged in homework.

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Posted: 29 Apr 2013, 09:40 #

Quote: MohawkAnd a post about silver for Mohawk wouldn't be complete without at least one Ottoman Mint Visit issue:

Hi Mohawk, I also have a focus on Ottoman coins as they were the circulation coins in Albania, where I am from for about 500 years

So I far I have just 16 of them. Never had a chance to see with bare eyes a Mint Visit coin, from which Visit is this one you have? Just lazy to look on my pdf books :)

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Posted: 30 Apr 2013, 04:25 #

@15turtles.....

Very nice silver!! I love all of your coins, from all of the nations you have! And I know your feelings on homework........I'm in Graduate School for Historical Studies right now, and sometimes it really kicks my butt. I'll look forward to your pic when you get a chance to upload!

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Posted: 30 Apr 2013, 04:29 #

@lidianb
That coin is the 5 Kurush from Selanik ( Salonika). Which Ottoman issues do you personally have? I have a ton of different Ottoman issues ranging from the nickel 5 para up to some gold 100 Kurush. And, being Turkish on my father's side, I have some Ottoman heritage myself. It's cool that you are from Albania. Do you collect Albanian coins as well as the Ottoman issues? I ask because I'm an American, and I barely collect US coins. I'm more interested in the coins of my national heritage ( hence all the German and Turkish coins). As far as Mint Visit coins, I also have the 10 Kurush from Kosova, a 100 Kurush from Edirne and my recently purchased Bursa 5 Kurush should be arriving any day now.

neilithic

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Posted: 30 Apr 2013, 04:45 #

What are the types of holders you have your coins in Mohawk?

torontokuba

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Posted: 30 Apr 2013, 04:48 #

I think he mentioned NGC slabs. This newer version allows you to see and, if need be, read the coin edge.

neilithic

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Posted: 30 Apr 2013, 04:53 #

Ah, no wonder I didn't recognise it, I've never had a coin slabbed before. They look like they give a pretty good picture of the coin

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Posted: 30 Apr 2013, 10:00 #

Hello,

well it seems only me didn't show some silver coins...After all those German and British kings, see some East coins

For Mohawk, 3 of my silver Ottoman coins also in the picture. Here is very hard to find them in good grade as most were used for jewelry!

Check my coins for sale:
http://www.ebay.com/usr/lidianb
https://www.facebook.com/lidianbcoins/

Mohawk

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Posted: 1 May 2013, 05:17 #

@ LidianB......your coins are very beautiful!! I love your Ottoman coins, particularly that 20 Kurush! Those are awesome coins. I wish I had more.....I only have one of those right now. I also really like your Italian and Albanian coins as well. Albania is a country I've thought about looking at as well. As you know well, there was a lot more to the Ottoman Empire than just Turkey and all of the nations that made it up have interesting and beautiful coins!

@neilithic and torontokuba
Yes, my coins are in NGC slabs. I participate in the NGC Registry in various Turkish, German and other World Pursuits....with a couple of US Sets in there. If you're going to have world coins graded, NGC is the only way to go. PCGS consistently overgrades world coins and ANACS is just all over the place with them......some they overgrade, some they undergrade ( good opportunites for sharp eyes ) and some they hit the nail right on the head.....it's truly amazing!

Mohawk

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Posted: 1 May 2013, 08:37 #

@neilithic.......I forgot to add, I photographed them myself

The photos the grading companies take for you often leave a lot to be desired so I taught myself how to photograph coins.

neilithic

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Posted: 1 May 2013, 08:55 #

nice, I scan mine. It may not give a perfect result but it's definitely passable, and faster

Mark240590

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Posted: 1 May 2013, 11:30 #

Nice Ottoman stuff ! I love the portraits of other kings and queens, but I can't bring myself to buy any because I know I will end up collecting those too, and before I know it I'll be after every coin in the world ! What I collect now is more than enough to keep me going till I die like so I will make do with that ha

torontokuba

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Posted: 9 May 2013, 04:34 #

We do not get enough French coins on this side of the forum. Despite all the rim dings, I couldn't resist this 5 Francs Ceres at the height of the silver boom. It puts a smile on my face, whenever I dig it out...

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1181.html

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Posted: 9 May 2013, 05:04 #

Here also a French one recently purchased and probably one of my prettiest silver coins.

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neilithic

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Posted: 9 May 2013, 05:05 #

Nice, I've got a beautiful 1835 Louis Philippe I franc I'll have to dig out and post sometime

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces2090.html

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Posted: 9 May 2013, 12:02 #

Some of my coins. No, that's not true: it should be 'most of my silver coins', it's not that I have that much silver in my collection

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Posted: 10 May 2013, 08:49 #

The below pictures are from Numista and not my actual coins photo which I am yet to take. But my coins are better grade than these photos showing

Of these KM 557 was so black, that I thought the coins is bloody useless one, then I had a doubt it could be silver and checked the Numista and found it true. Lucky I did not throw that away. All these were from my young days when we had these as play things from the attic. Somehow I had saved them. I also lost a lot of British India coins with hole in centre (copper) which I now understand is a very valuable thing.

V. Nagarajan

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Posted: 10 May 2013, 08:58 #

Forgot to add my prized collection of silver

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Posted: 13 May 2013, 10:33 #

Here's a little sample of some of my collection

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Posted: 21 May 2013, 23:52 #

The last Emperor of China
Pu-Yi's wedding 1926 (Year 15) 1 Jiao with phoenix and dragon.

A bit of a poor quality picture, and the coin could do with a clean (but not by me).

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces17824.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puyi

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15turtles

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Posted: 22 May 2013, 04:58 #

SO BEAUTIFUL.

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torontokuba

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Posted: 3 Aug 2013, 00:20 #

Well, I think this one is going to make my list as one of the most beautiful. Keep in mind, it is extremely difficult to get the lower denomination silver coins in decent shape, not to mention uncleaned. The mintage and appearance of this one speaks for itself...

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces8805.html

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Posted: 3 Aug 2013, 11:45 #

These are quite a few of my silver coins, the pictures don't do them justice because I am not a professional photographer and my camera is not great. Anyways, I hope you enjoy them.