Additions to your collection, September 2016

Was determined to get the first post in as I got nothing last month to show off as was away!

Anyway, some nice updates

Firstly ancient greek coinage:

3 Different periods.

Athens owl Tetradrachm, say no more. 454-415BC.




Alexander III AR Tetradrachm. Kition Mint, Cyprus, 325-320 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress / BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔΡOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle on extended arm, legs uncrossed, KT monogram in left field. Muller 129, Price 3107




Tetradrachm (Berytos mint) - Kingdom of Syria, Alexander I Balas (148-147bc) Year 166 of the Seleucid kingdom if I've read the date correctly.




Now we have 2 George V halfcrowns, 1914 and 1916.





And finally 2 WWF coins:

Very nice halflings, I tend to stay away from ancients because there are so many of them and I don't really know enough about them to judge value and authenticity.

I doubt I'll be joining in this thread because I'm concentrating on selling this month, hopefully in October I'll be doing some more buying (especially since it's my birthday next month too.

Quote: "neilithic"​Very nice halflings, I tend to stay away from ancients because there are so many of them and I don't really know enough about them to judge value and authenticity.
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​I doubt I'll be joining in this thread because I'm concentrating on selling this month, hopefully in October I'll be doing some more buying (especially since it's my birthday next month too.

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Thanks. Also hit 100 coins on my collection! Yea, I tend to buy ancients at 'actual' auctions as I don't trust myself enough to gauge authenticity on them.

We should do a numista round robin thing for active forum people so everybody gets an appropriate coin for their birthday!

There was a birthday thread at one stage, not for gifts but so people could wish other members many happy returns, it slipped out of the front page and therefore out of consciousness

https://en.numista.com/forum/topic28111.html

Thanks to Neil and quite a few other members I should have a few new coins arriving over the next week and I'll be able to post the pics in a update.

Faroese coinage:

Oggy,

Those are really nice I know I don't have anything your really interested on my swaplist but would you consider selling one possibly?

Matt

1st coin is a 1889 U.S. Liberty Nickel.
2nd is Frankfurt 1 Kruezer, "City View", 1839 I believe.
3rd is a Italian Somaliland, 1 Rupia.
4th is Ottoman Empire 5 Kurus, 1808.
And 5th is a Hungary 1848 20 Krajczar

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'Possibly' - I'll admit I was thinking of sending you a spare of one of my Greenland ones if I manage to break even and still have a spare! The Faroese, you're unlikely to get a free one, but I might consider selling one if nobody wants the set of 3. They aren't super expensive.

Two token additions to my collection ...

'Skidmore 1795 - Middlesex D&H# 480 - UK halfpenny Conder token (Clerkenwell iron)'


'Edward Duke of Kent Token'


That 1795 token may be liked by member 'redsmithstudios' as he is a metalworker!

Who would not like such a beautiful token with such a good theme as team work.

Thank you! You are right.
I see I have won three more additions while I was out for last few hours ...

'1757 Germany Prussia 'Spares The Humble Subdues The Proud Token' '

With a nice large die crack across the reverse!

'Freeman's pudding powder unofficial farthing Advertising Token c.1883-4 Mitchiner# 9112'


'Lot de 10 x jetons Royaux de Louis XIV'

Cayman Islands 1975 large silver $50, "5 Queens"




CANADA: 2000 $15, Lunar Series: Year of the Dragon .925 silver, .999 gold plated. Can't find a 1976 lunar coin from my birth year........ but this one is more than adequate to fill the void.




1805 Half Penny




2007 VIRGIN ISLAND SILVER $10 GREAT MONARCHS OF BRITAIN ELIZABETH I



1915 2 Lire Italy. My favourite coin design, stunning detail and relief.



4 £1 coins from 1983, first year of minting. Mainly bought it for the Isle of Man £1 on far right.

Montenegro KM#5 1 Perper


Here is a new country I got in the mail this weekend from Neil which has helped me get closer to the 300 Club. I only have 7 more countries to go till I hit 300 so I hopefully will have more soon.

3 New Countries I picked up off of EBay for a few bucks each.

Equatorial Guinea KM#1 1 Peseta Guineana


Tristan Da Cunha KM#2 1 Crown


South Sudan 10, 20, and 50 Piasters

I don't own them yet but I can add a teasing for upcoming additions... 3 new countries:

1. British Honduras: 25 cents 1919
   
2. Guadeloupe: 50 centimes 1903 & 1 franc 1921
   
3. Hispania: Arse quadrans and Carthago Nova chalkous
   

Thanks to Phil (Pnightingale) here are two new countries that arrived today


Venezuelan Provinces: KM# L19
0.05 Bolívar Isla de Providencia Leper Colony


British East Indies KN#Tn2
1 Keping Sultana

Thanks again everyone for helping me get closer to 300

Arghyn dirhem. Tiflis. Georgia

Ghazan Mahmud double dirhem. Tiflis Mint


Sirma uzaltuni AH 1213 . RRR ( Giorgi 12th)

Tiflis civic copper " sun" AH 1075. Puli. RRR


Tiflis onluq. Ahmad. AH 1115. silver


Hussain. Mahmudi ( 2 Shahi) . Tiflis AH 1130 .

Little but awesome coin arrived today..

Malabar Coast 1/5 Rupee 1799



Sorry for the crap pictures. I have a large amount of photos too take this weekend. I've been snowed under at work and having my own work too do at home :(

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​Sorry for the crap pictures. I have a large amount of photos too take this weekend. I've been snowed under at work and having my own work too do at home :(

​wow ! congratu;ations ! do we have this coin in catalog ?

Quote: "chomp-master"​I don't own them yet but I can add a teasing for upcoming additions... 3 new countries:
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1. British Honduras: 25 cents 1919
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2. Guadeloupe: 50 centimes 1903 & 1 franc 1921
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3. Hispania: Arse quadrans and Carthago Nova chalkous
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​Yesterday and today just arrived the 276th country in my collection. Here are pics from sellers, mine may arrive later.

I resorted to eBay to complete my 2016 goal of a complete type collection of non-silver 20th century British predecimal coins. I was down to a few elusive coins that were essentially single year issues. Here are the sellers' pictures; the coins are enroute to me now.

This collection of pennies I bought for $4 (including shipping) just for the 1949 penny (which generally lists for even higher as a single coin):



A 1952 threepence for $4:


And I took pnightingale's advice and just bought a sealed 1953 mint set in order to acquire a 1953 penny, threepence, and half crown (and the rest of the uncirculated coins will be upgrades for me anyway):


Pleased to have completed my goal! I guess the next goal will be to finish the 20th century silver types. That will be a bit more expensive...

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​​Sorry for the crap pictures. I have a large amount of photos too take this weekend. I've been snowed under at work and having my own work too do at home :(

​​wow ! congratu;ations ! do we have this coin in catalog ?
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Thanks we don't. The 1805 1/5 rupee of different design exists though so I will have too add it :)​

EDIT: This is in the catalogue just not listed as malabar coast. :)

I bought this Jamaica farthing last month but the seller forgot too send it before he went on holiday. Which since I've dealt with him numerous times in the past it wasn't a problem for me. Today it arrived with 2 gifts from
him which coincidentally I needed.

I get many US national parks and territories quarters, few Costa Rica coins (first coins from this country), few Mexican pesos and many Poland commemoratives. It was a good month.

Here is a quick photo of mexican coins

I cannot say why I am drawn to this piece, Historic and BU Penny of many type possibilities. Impulse buy on eBay, the kind that can be gold mines or train wrecks..... jury is still out on this one.




I haven't decided to see if I can open it up to see what penny it is.... such a dilemma!

PS : New catalogue entry?

Quote: "Fluke"​I cannot say why I am drawn to this piece, Historic and BU Penny of many type possibilities. Impulse buy on eBay, the kind that can be gold mines or train wrecks..... jury is still out on this one.
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​I haven't decided to see if I can open it up to see what penny it is.... such a dilemma!
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Really interesting and cool! I wouldn't open that up; probably has value other than numismatic.

The original transatlantic telegraph cable was laid in 1858, so presumably this was made for the 50th anniversary in 1908. So if that's true, it rules out at least a couple possible years for the date of the coin!

(That cable only lasted three weeks before it failed, but it did represent a historic advance in communications.)

Here's what I got this month.


A 1/8 dinar of al-Mustansir of the Fatimid Caliphate, I could only find one other example of this type that has been sold by Steve Album and they only noted one other example in another catalog.


A fractional dinar of an uncertain dynasty in Iberia, citing Khalid and theoretical Umayyad caliph 'Abd Allah. Struck in Al-Andalus.



A dinar of the Seljuks in Western Iran under Mas'ud.

I already have the more recent Polish 2 Zlote 'Animals of the World' and now these as well ...


2004 2002 2000

and these from a different seller ...

2013 2011 2010

I don't think there was a 2012 made (or 2015 and 2016). So I now have 2000 to 2013 apart
from 2001, 03, 14 and need 1995, 96, 97, 98, 99 years also.

Received yesterday.
#277: British Honduras 25 cents 1919

Two additions ...

'Vintage ‘Mathews on the game of whist’ Counter – 28mm Bronze'


'2 Different ‘Treaty of Amiens’ 1801 Medalets [Peace between GB & France]'

6 new countries on my quest for 300.

1963 Yemen - Arab Rep. 1/2 Buqshah (junk bin at the antique market)

1964 South Arabia 1 Fils

1938 Guyana 4 Pence (and with this picture, it is time for a real camera, looks 10X better in hand as the King has hair )

1887 Congo Free State 5 Centimes

1984 St. Helena & Ascension 1 Penny

1942 H East Africa 1 Shilling


161 countries and counting .

Two further additions ...

'A mixture of silver world coins 40% to 92.5% 41g weight' [Total 17 coins]


'1794 Sussex Half Penny Token'


EDIT: The silver coins arrived; they are ...
[Normal]
1908 Ceylon 10 Cents
1850 Switzerland 5 Rappen
1903 Netherlands 10 Cents
1904 Netherlands 10 Cents
1917 Netherlands 10 Cents
1918 Netherlands 10 Cents
1937 Netherlands 10 Cents
1941 Netherlands 25 Cents
1944 Australia 3 Pence
1942 Canada 25 Cents
[Damaged]
1898 Netherlands 10 Cents
1937 Netherlands 10 Cents
1898 Canada 5 Cents
18?? France 20 Centimes [hole through date]
1940 Ireland 1 Shilling
1897 South Africa 1 Shilling
1945 India 1/2 Rupee

Georgia under Ottoman occupation. Sultan Ahmad. 1/4 Onluk, AH 1115. Tiflis Mint. Ultra RRRR coin.

Quite a few additions recently ...

'Scarce 1795 Heath's Bladud Bath large flan Halfpenny Token w/lustre D&H 40'


'New Zealand 1863 H Ashton Haberdashery Auckland Scarce One Penny Token'


Then various UK £2 single metal coins from different suppliers ...




'Falkland Islands 50 Pence 1995 VE Day in Mixed Date Coin set'

Not exactly new additions, but I did get them within the past month and I think it's overdue that I make a post here, so here is some of what I've picked up this September!

(Interesting note for this month; I noticed I bought more coins outside of my usual UK and Commonwealth realm than I ever have.)

Some Swedish commemorative silver 2 Kronor:







A little Nurnberg 'City View' Kreuzer (nice substitute for the larger thaler):



My first gold purchase in a while, a 1327/4 (1912) Ottoman Empire-Turkey 100 Kurush:



And what was one of only three UK and Commonwealth coins I picked up this month, an awesome 1953 Rhodesia Centennial Crown still in its original case! (Big thanks to Mark240590!):

This past weekend I attended the Las Vegas Coin Show.

I managed to add 12 countries to my collection, taking me to 282. That in itself made it a very successful day.

The countries added are:
Malay peninsula 1832 1 Keping
Spitsbergen 1993 10, 50 & 100 Roubles
Ruanda-Urundi 1954 50 Centimes
Demerara & Essequibo 1813 1 Stiver

North Borneo 1887 1 Cent
French Equatorial Africa 1948 1 Franc
Chad 1972 100 Franc
Congo - Republic 1975 100 Francs
French Guiana 1789 2 Sous
Liege 1641 1 Liard
Lundy 1929 1 Puffin

Ionian Islands 1834 1 Lepton


I also managed to get my first Leper Colony coin!
Colombia Leprosarium 1921 2 Cent

In addition, I added 34 coins to my collection of Netherlands coins (which is my main interest for collection at the moment).

In total I managed 92 coins of which 3 were doubles (Even with my spreadsheet I still bought doubles!), 2 were upgrades and 1 is a for a fellow member here on Numista.

I have not uploaded all the images yet. Hopefully I will get time to scan them soon.

A few nice additions at the weekend ...

'Great Britain New London Bridge 1831 Medal Dia: 28mm'


'Greenland Set 8pcs 2010, one trimetal, animals'


'South Ossetia Set 8pcs 2013, three bimetals, animals'


'Puntland Set 7pcs 2015, 2 bimetals, animals'


'Frederick the Great Bronze Medallion to Commemorate the Battle of Prague 1757'

Came home yesterday with something from my country.
Luxembourg, Denier Henry V
https://fr.numista.com/catalogue/pieces80753.html

My latest additions: All coins are from Medieval Georgia.

Giorgi IV Lasha the giant ( 20 g.) irrregular AE


Giorgi III First type big AE ( 14g)


Giorgi III with Queen Tamar, irregular AE



Teimuraz II, 1/2 Bisti AH 1162. AE



David V "Ulu" AE fels

Seven additions, before October ...

'Henry VIII by Dassier Medallion gilt copper 41mm Original (1731) struck in 1731'


'1989 £2 Coin 1689-1989 Tercentenary of the Bill of Rights'


'Portsea 1794 Halfpenny Token'


'H Colman Norwich Grocer 1848 Token'


'1794 Farthing Commemorating Naval Battle of French Revolutionary Wars'


'Art Nouveau agriculture farmers animal SALINS DU MIDI medal by E. Dropsy'


'£2 Coin 1986 Thistle Scotland Commonwealth Games GB'

Mine arrived a few days ago and are from Hispania, to conclude this month:

• Quadrans from Arse/Sagunto
  
  
• 1/4 Chalkos from Carthago Nova