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Gwyde

Joined: 16 Nov 2012
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Posted: 8 May 2014, 08:52 #

A Swiss 2 Francs is my contribution for 1906:

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces188.html

Gwyde

Parimal

Joined: 22 Sep 2012
Posts: 2162

Posted: 8 May 2014, 15:54 #

1906 - 10 Cash (Guangxu) - China - Empire

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ZacUK Numista team

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Posted: 8 May 2014, 18:19 #

1906 https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces2594.html

Argentina 10 Centavos KM# 35

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

nalaberong

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Posts: 1425

Posted: 8 May 2014, 22:43 #

Mexico, 10 centavos, 1906

ZacUK Numista team

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Posted: 9 May 2014, 08:05 #

1905G https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces2340.html

Germany 1/2 Mark KM# 17 Silver

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

Gwyde

Joined: 16 Nov 2012
Posts: 227

Posted: 9 May 2014, 10:16 #

Half a guilder from the Netherlands, https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces16123.html
Dutch guilders (from a half guilder and more) were minted in an above sterling fineness (0.945) before WW-I.

Gwyde

Parimal

Joined: 22 Sep 2012
Posts: 2162

Posted: 9 May 2014, 15:05 #

1905 - 1/12 Anna - British India

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Ban Kulin

Joined: 25 Dec 2013
Posts: 211

Posted: 9 May 2014, 17:38 #

1905/25 centimes/France

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1161.html

"Od Kulina Bana i dobrijeh dana"

"A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing." Oscar Wilde

ZacUK Numista team

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Posted: 9 May 2014, 19:54 #

1905 https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces13225.html < 'very rare'

United Kingdom 1 Shilling KM# 800 Silver

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

ZacUK Numista team

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Posted: 10 May 2014, 12:49 #

1904 https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1161.html

France 25 Centimes KM# 856

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

Gwyde

Joined: 16 Nov 2012
Posts: 227

Posted: 10 May 2014, 14:16 #

Belgian 2 francs 1904, legend in french. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces278.html

Gwyde

fourmack

Joined: 25 Jan 2013
Posts: 476

Posted: 11 May 2014, 00:46 #

Cheers Don

ZacUK Numista team

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Posted: 11 May 2014, 08:59 #

1903 https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces12799.html 'rare'

United Kingdom 1/2 Crown (2 Shillings 6 Pence) (1/8 Pound) KM# 802 Silver
Shame I do not (yet) have 1905 as that is rarer than 1903 year.

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

nalaberong

Joined: 1 Oct 2013
Posts: 1425

Posted: 11 May 2014, 22:26 #

Italy, 2 centesimi, 1903

ZacUK Numista team

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Posted: 12 May 2014, 08:12 #

1902 Low Tide https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces857.html

United Kingdom 1 Penny KM# 794.1

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

Idolenz Catalogue referee

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Posted: 12 May 2014, 12:25 #

1902 - 1 Penny - Great Britain [Normal Tide]

ZacUK Numista team

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Posted: 13 May 2014, 08:18 #

(1901) ٢٧ (year 27) https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces16277.html

Ottoman Empire 10 Para KM# 744 Silver

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

Gwyde

Joined: 16 Nov 2012
Posts: 227

Posted: 13 May 2014, 08:52 #

Belgian 50 Centimes, silver 2.5 g
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1305.html

Gwyde

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Posted: 13 May 2014, 12:22 #

1901(MCMI) - 200 Réis - Brazil

fourmack

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Posted: 13 May 2014, 21:19 #

Cheers Don

ZacUK Numista team

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Posted: 14 May 2014, 08:04 #

1900 https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces5794.html

Portugal 100 Réis KM# 546

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Posted: 14 May 2014, 12:50 #

1900 - 1 Penny - Great Britain

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Posted: 15 May 2014, 08:04 #

๑๑๘ 118 (1899) https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces11037.html

Thailand 2 Att Y# 23

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

Idolenz Catalogue referee

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Posted: 15 May 2014, 11:48 #

Sorry but I couldn't decide which one to post and I don't have the chance to upload pictures for the rest of the day

1899 - 2 Heller - Austro-Hungarian Empire

1899 - ½ Crown - Great Britain

demeykelly

Joined: 18 Sep 2011
Posts: 262

Posted: 15 May 2014, 19:36 #

1899 - Spain 1 peseta

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6275.html

-DMK- Just a collector with hoarding tendencies.

ZacUK Numista team

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Posts: 16697

Posted: 16 May 2014, 08:07 #

1898 https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3252.html

Argentina 20 Centavos KM# 36

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

fourmack

Joined: 25 Jan 2013
Posts: 476

Posted: 16 May 2014, 08:30 #

Cheers Don

Gwyde

Joined: 16 Nov 2012
Posts: 227

Posted: 16 May 2014, 21:02 #

My last occasion to post one of these today:
French republic, 50 Centimes 1898, type 'semeuse', https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces691.html

These early ones are harder to find in a decent grade. Guess the 1897 pilot series (mintage 88 K) of these coins are most rare.

Gwyde

ZacUK Numista team

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Posted: 17 May 2014, 08:09 #

1897 https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces12802.html

United Kingdom 1 Florin (2 Shillings) KM# 781 Silver

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

kaspers

Joined: 12 Nov 2013
Posts: 7

Posted: 17 May 2014, 12:32 #

10 Gulden Gold. The Netherlands

Idolenz Catalogue referee

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Posted: 17 May 2014, 15:04 #

1897 - 25 Cents - Netherlands

Gwyde

Joined: 16 Nov 2012
Posts: 227

Posted: 17 May 2014, 21:05 #

As the 25 cts from the Netherlands has been posted, I go for a less common 1897 coin today: 2 Dinara from Serbia: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces15750.html

Gwyde

ZacUK Numista team

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Posted: 17 May 2014, 21:21 #

1897 https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces2082.html

Austria 2 Heller KM# 2801

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

ZacUK Numista team

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Posts: 16697

Posted: 18 May 2014, 09:32 #

1896A https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces676.html

France 5 Centimes KM# 821

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

Parimal

Joined: 22 Sep 2012
Posts: 2162

Posted: 18 May 2014, 11:30 #

1896 - 6 Pence - South Africa

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Tallarian

Joined: 20 Feb 2013
Posts: 49

Posted: 18 May 2014, 13:55 #

1896 https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1492.html

1896 - USA - 1 $ Morgan type

IMHO one of the most beautiful coins....

Tallarian

nosouvenirs

Joined: 21 Jan 2014
Posts: 448

Posted: 18 May 2014, 14:54 #

Quote: Tallarian1896 https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1492.html

1896 - USA - 1 $ Morgan type

IMHO one of the most beautiful coins....

I was just going to say... this one is absolutely gorgeous.

A six year Numista absence makes the heart grow fonder... ?

Gwyde

Joined: 16 Nov 2012
Posts: 227

Posted: 18 May 2014, 16:47 #

South African 2 1/2 shillings, 1896. Legend in African, and Johannes Paul Kruger instead of Queen Victoria on the obverse.
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces21288.html

Gwyde

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Posted: 18 May 2014, 18:02 #

1896 (Meiji 29) - 20 Sen - Japan

Tallarian

Joined: 20 Feb 2013
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Posted: 18 May 2014, 19:25 #

Quote: nosouvenirsI was just going to say... this one is absolutely gorgeous.

Then you should wait until we will post coins from 1884...
I have a Morgan Dollar in MS 64...

This one is really gorgeous.

Tallarian

ZacUK Numista team

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Posted: 18 May 2014, 21:42 #

1896 https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces17534.html

India - British 1/2 Pice KM# 484

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

nalaberong

Joined: 1 Oct 2013
Posts: 1425

Posted: 18 May 2014, 22:55 #

Hungary, 1 korona, 1896 - "1000th anniversary of the arrival of the Magyars in Europe". Not sure how they verified it so exactly, but the late 1800s were a crazy time.

Gwalior, 1/4 anna, 1896

ZacUK Numista team

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Posted: 19 May 2014, 08:06 #

1895 https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces2390.html

Austria 20 Heller KM# 2803

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

Parimal

Joined: 22 Sep 2012
Posts: 2162

Posted: 19 May 2014, 10:18 #

1895 - 25 cents - Ceylon

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fourmack

Joined: 25 Jan 2013
Posts: 476

Posted: 19 May 2014, 12:03 #

Cheers Don

ZacUK Numista team

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Posted: 20 May 2014, 08:11 #

1894 https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3796.html

States of Jersey 1 Half Penny (1/24 Shilling) KM# 7

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

Gwyde

Joined: 16 Nov 2012
Posts: 227

Posted: 20 May 2014, 10:09 #

Belgian 10 Centimes, 1894, type Braemt, https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces7142.html

Gwyde

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Posted: 20 May 2014, 11:44 #

1894 - 20 Centesimi - Italy

ZacUK Numista team

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Posted: 21 May 2014, 08:17 #

1893 https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces4679.html

Hungary 2 Fillér KM# 481

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

fourmack

Joined: 25 Jan 2013
Posts: 476

Posted: 21 May 2014, 08:27 #

Cheers Don

Parimal

Joined: 22 Sep 2012
Posts: 2162

Posted: 21 May 2014, 12:16 #

1893 - 100 Réis - Portugal

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Tallarian

Joined: 20 Feb 2013
Posts: 49

Posted: 21 May 2014, 19:39 #

1893 - https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces4396.html

1893 - USA - 1/2 $ "Columbian Exposition" - KM# 117

Tallarian

ZacUK Numista team

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Posts: 16697

Posted: 21 May 2014, 20:39 #

1893 https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces2390.html

Austria 20 Heller KM# 2803

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

ZacUK Numista team

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Posts: 16697

Posted: 22 May 2014, 08:07 #

1892 https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces11355.html

Ceylon 10 Cents KM# 94 Silver

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

Parimal

Joined: 22 Sep 2012
Posts: 2162

Posted: 22 May 2014, 09:04 #

1892 - 10 Réis - Portugal

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DonChori

Joined: 8 May 2012
Posts: 948

Posted: 22 May 2014, 10:36 #

India princely states- Baroda, 1 Paisa, 1892
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces13987.html

I'm not orange and also in other things I'm not a Donald at all. DonChori like Don Felipe or Doña María, por favor.

Gwyde

Joined: 16 Nov 2012
Posts: 227

Posted: 22 May 2014, 16:03 #

Argentina, dos centavos, 1892: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces2220.html
A solid copper coin, large for its face value

Gwyde

Tallarian

Joined: 20 Feb 2013
Posts: 49

Posted: 22 May 2014, 20:52 #

1892 https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces14842.html

Germany - 20 Pfennig - KM# 13 - CuNi

Tallarian

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Posted: 22 May 2014, 21:59 #

Do the 20 Centesimi and the 20 Pfennig have the same engraver or was the Italian one inspired by the other ones design?

fourmack

Joined: 25 Jan 2013
Posts: 476

Posted: 22 May 2014, 23:27 #

Cheers Don

ZacUK Numista team

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Posted: 23 May 2014, 08:17 #

1891 https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces2220.html

Argentina 2 Centavos KM# 33

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

Parimal

Joined: 22 Sep 2012
Posts: 2162

Posted: 23 May 2014, 10:21 #

1891 - 1 Crown - United Kingdom

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Posted: 23 May 2014, 11:23 #

1891 - 2 Centavos - Argentina

3rd Centavos and my first holed coin; unfortunately it was coated in a thick layer of copper saturated mud and I had to abrade it. Under it it was quite well preserved, only the face had slight corrosion damage.

Gwyde

Joined: 16 Nov 2012
Posts: 227

Posted: 23 May 2014, 19:05 #

Tallero or L 5, 1891 minted in Rome for use in the colony Eritrea.
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces19047.html
Remnants of patina left after chemical cleaning and a nasty scratch on the moustache unfortunately make it lose a grade.

Gwyde

ZacUK Numista team

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Posts: 16697

Posted: 23 May 2014, 19:12 #

1891 https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces5265.html

Denmark 1 Øre KM# 792.1

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

Tallarian

Joined: 20 Feb 2013
Posts: 49

Posted: 23 May 2014, 23:36 #

1891 https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces18058.html

USA - 1 Dime "Seated Liberty" - KM# 92

Tallarian

demeykelly

Joined: 18 Sep 2011
Posts: 262

Posted: 24 May 2014, 02:21 #

1891 - Bulgaria 1 lev

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces18434.html

-DMK- Just a collector with hoarding tendencies.

fourmack

Joined: 25 Jan 2013
Posts: 476

Posted: 24 May 2014, 02:45 #

Cheers Don

ZacUK Numista team

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Posts: 16697

Posted: 24 May 2014, 11:09 #

1890 https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces11098.html

United Kingdom 4 Shillings (Double Florin) KM# 763 Silver

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

Parimal

Joined: 22 Sep 2012
Posts: 2162

Posted: 24 May 2014, 14:00 #

1890 - 1 Rupee - British India

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Tallarian

Joined: 20 Feb 2013
Posts: 49

Posted: 24 May 2014, 20:24 #

Quote: Parimal1890 - 1 Rupee - British India

Wow! This one is really nice...

What do you think about a little swap?

Tallarian

Parimal

Joined: 22 Sep 2012
Posts: 2162

Posted: 24 May 2014, 21:26 #

Quote: TallarianWow! This one is really nice...

Thanks.

Quote: TallarianWhat do you think about a little swap?

Sorry I do not swap.

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Blog : https://parimalscoincollection.blogspot.com

ZacUK Numista team

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Posts: 16697

Posted: 25 May 2014, 08:53 #

1889H https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces5044.html

Guernsey (Guernesey) 8 Doubles (1 Penny) KM# 7

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

Tallarian

Joined: 20 Feb 2013
Posts: 49

Posted: 25 May 2014, 09:11 #

1889 https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3410.html

Germany - 1 Pfenning Wilhelm I; Type 1 (large shield) - KM# 1

Tallarian

ZacUK Numista team

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Posted: 26 May 2014, 08:06 #

1888 https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1013.html

United Kingdom 1 Farthing KM# 753

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

fourmack

Joined: 25 Jan 2013
Posts: 476

Posted: 26 May 2014, 08:17 #

Cheers Don

Idolenz Catalogue referee

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Posted: 26 May 2014, 11:09 #

1888 - 20 Pfennig - German Empire

Parimal

Joined: 22 Sep 2012
Posts: 2162

Posted: 26 May 2014, 16:16 #

1888 - ¼ Anna - Indian princely states (Bhopal)

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Tallarian

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Posts: 49

Posted: 26 May 2014, 21:33 #

1888 - https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces19792.html

1888 - Brazil - 2000 Réis "Pedro II." - KM# 485

Tallarian

ZacUK Numista team

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Posted: 27 May 2014, 08:03 #

1887 https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces5838.html

United Kingdom 3 Pence (Jubilee portrait) KM# 758 Silver

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

kaspers

Joined: 12 Nov 2013
Posts: 7

Posted: 27 May 2014, 08:27 #

Netherlands 10 Gulden Gold

Parimal

Joined: 22 Sep 2012
Posts: 2162

Posted: 27 May 2014, 08:36 #

1887 - 1/2 Crown - United Kingdom

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Gwyde

Joined: 16 Nov 2012
Posts: 227

Posted: 27 May 2014, 09:32 #

Belgian Franc, 1887, Leopold II with legend in dutch. For over half a century, Belgian coins were issued with legend in french only. Dutch only showed up in 1886.
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces7140.html

Gwyde

Mark240590

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Posted: 27 May 2014, 17:57 #

ZacUK Numista team

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Posts: 16697

Posted: 28 May 2014, 08:09 #

1886 https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces855.html

United Kingdom 1 Penny KM# 755

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

Parimal

Joined: 22 Sep 2012
Posts: 2162

Posted: 28 May 2014, 14:05 #

1886 - 1 Rupee - British India

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Gwyde

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Posts: 227

Posted: 28 May 2014, 16:35 #

Belgian 50 Centimes, 1886
Silver, 2.5 g

Gwyde

Lotus07

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Posted: 28 May 2014, 21:17 #

Netherlands - 2,5 Cents 1886

I really love old Dutch coins!

"For by telling them of many things without teaching them you will make them seem to know much, while for the most part they know nothing"
-Plato

fourmack

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Posts: 476

Posted: 29 May 2014, 04:00 #

Cheers Don

ZacUK Numista team

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Posted: 29 May 2014, 08:20 #

1885 https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1268.html

Austria (Austro-Hungarian gulden) 1 Kreuzer (Franz Joseph I) KM# 2187

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Lotus07

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Posted: 29 May 2014, 10:12 #

Quote: ZacUK1885 https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1268.html

Austria (Austro-Hungarian gulden) 1 Kreuzer (Franz Joseph I) KM# 2187

Great coin! But there's one thing I do not understand: why isn't there a place in the catalogue for Austro-Hungarian coins? I mean, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was a total different country than the current Austria, so why can't there be a special section for it?

"For by telling them of many things without teaching them you will make them seem to know much, while for the most part they know nothing"
-Plato

Parimal

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Posts: 2162

Posted: 29 May 2014, 15:52 #

1885 - 1 Rupee - British India

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demeykelly

Joined: 18 Sep 2011
Posts: 262

Posted: 29 May 2014, 16:03 #

1885 - Bulgaria 5 leva

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces18110.html

-DMK- Just a collector with hoarding tendencies.

demeykelly

Joined: 18 Sep 2011
Posts: 262

Posted: 29 May 2014, 19:35 #

Quote: Lotus07I really love old Dutch coins!

Me too, I love the ones of Wilhelmina and prior. Juliana some are still very nice, but after 1982...what happened?

-DMK- Just a collector with hoarding tendencies.

nalaberong

Joined: 1 Oct 2013
Posts: 1425

Posted: 29 May 2014, 22:36 #

Quote: Lotus07But there's one thing I do not understand: why isn't there a place in the catalogue for Austro-Hungarian coins? I mean, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was a total different country than the current Austria, so why can't there be a special section for it?

The Austrian and Hungarian halves of the empire issued different coins with the same metal content but different designs and slightly different names (corona and korona, kreutzer and krajczár, florin and forint, heller and fillér). So they are considered to be part of either Austria or Hungary. Now, if there was a general issue meant for circulation in the entire Dual Monarchy, then that would probably have to be put under a new Austria-Hungary country in Numista - but there was never such a coin.

I have always wondered how common it was to find Austrian coins in Hungary and Hungarian coins in Austria during this period.

ZacUK Numista team

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Posted: 30 May 2014, 08:06 #

1884 https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces440.html

Canada 1 Cent KM# 7

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins

fourmack

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Posts: 476

Posted: 30 May 2014, 08:40 #

Cheers Don

Lotus07

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Posted: 30 May 2014, 11:30 #

Quote: nalaberong
Quote: Lotus07But there's one thing I do not understand: why isn't there a place in the catalogue for Austro-Hungarian coins? I mean, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was a total different country than the current Austria, so why can't there be a special section for it?
The Austrian and Hungarian halves of the empire issued different coins with the same metal content but different designs and slightly different names (corona and korona, kreutzer and krajczár, florin and forint, heller and fillér). So they are considered to be part of either Austria or Hungary. Now, if there was a general issue meant for circulation in the entire Dual Monarchy, then that would probably have to be put under a new Austria-Hungary country in Numista - but there was never such a coin.

I have always wondered how common it was to find Austrian coins in Hungary and Hungarian coins in Austria during this period.

Aha, that explains it! Thanks!