Here's mine
A dinar from the Qutlughkhanid dynasty under Queen Qutlugh Turkan, minted in Kirman dated AH677.
This item originally appeared in Steve Album's auction 27, where it went unsold, but they were kind enough to send the seller an offer on my behalf, and I ended getting it for less than the original starting bid (after calculating buyer's premium)!
Edit: I found that this exact coin sold for $1350, more than two and a half times what I paid for it! here
Coins: Italy 2 lira 1905 and 1907 VF
Italy 2 lira 1911 VF+ 50th Anniversary of the Kingdom of Italy
Italy 5 lira 1870 VF
France 10 Francs 1965 i would call it XF
i have also bought 5 Reichpfenning 1943B in XF grade but no picture yet, the picture of this coins is not the best as well. :)
Nice coins so far. The way they wrote "Muhammad" on Roublizer's coin is quite remarkable:
For my part these came in today, all 13 coins won at an eBay auction over the weekend:
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► SHIPS, COLONIES & COMMERCE (possibly a scarce variety; I'll check tonight) attributed to PEI.
► To the right is a "bouquet sou" (early-mi 1830s). What looks like scratches on the reverse is actually caused by a broken die (open link in new tab for full size).
► Nova Scotia and Newfoundland large cents.
► Although the name is far from being common, who J. Mallaly was remains to be determined.
► British ½pennies and a penny for my colonial series.
► I say something about the US large cent here: https://en.numista.com/forum/topic57129.html.
My first addition of the month is an upgrade by way of the uber scarce Java 1 Stiver. Notorious for being missing detail due to the poor minting equipment not being able to strike the design onto the large planchets.
Unfortunately for this interested the coin I've upgraded from is not available as it's the even scarcer 1815 date so both will grace my collection.
'2002 Royal Mint Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee BU £5 coin in Presentation Pack'
I think I already have that last coin, but this was just over face value and in a pack.
EDIT: Four days later the world coins (23) arrived. I made two pictures of them ...
1658E France Liard
1868 Spain 2.1/2 Centimos (8-pointed star)
1870 Spain 5 Centimos
1909 Russia - Empire 1/2 Kopeck
1892A, 1900F Germany 1 Pfennig
1875C, 1911J Germany 2 Pfennig
1917A Germany 5 Pfennig
1931 Soviet Union 20 Kopecks
1948 Cuba 20 Centavos [Silver]
1900 Crete 10 Lepta
1974 Guyana 25 Cents
Queen Tamar with her second husband David Soslan. AD 1200
With very rare countermark
And a giant irregular DOUBLE copper of Jalal ad Din`s Georgian invasion period, struck over Giorgi IV or Tamar`s copper ( there is a trace of rusudan`s countermark in the center of the coin)
Quote: "Mark240590"Notorious for being missing detail due to the poor minting equipment
Ditto for my March addition. NS-24A1
As you can see, ICCS graded as EF (but I'm calling it a VF, best possible grade is AU-50).
Also, my 1st coin removed from a slab.
It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure, that just ain't so. Mark Twain
I found a 1940-A 10 Reichspfennig (military coinage) KM# 99 and a 1940 Bohemia & Moravia 20 Haleru KM# 2 in a 7 lb. lot that I recently purchased for $42. The lot contained over 830 coins so I got these for about 5 cents each.
It's hardly the most significant addition to my collection this month, and, IIRC, it's only tied as the most expensive one, but I just couldn't resist posting this coin that I bought for 500 rubles ($8) - because of its shape.
Because, seriously, when was the last time any of you have seen a five sided coin? (Transnistrian plastic excepted, it's more of a banknote anyway.)
Quote: "Mark240590"Notorious for being missing detail due to the poor minting equipment
Ditto for my March addition. NS-24A1
As you can see, ICCS graded as EF (but I'm calling it a VF, best possible grade is AU-50).
Also, my 1st coin removed from a slab.
very nice I don't have one of those ! I like to keep any I get on the iccs slabs though. Although I did have to break out PE10-3 the blacksmith token because the Mylar flip had fractured and I didn't want the pvc to ruin it.
Thrace, Pautalia: Geta, as Caesar (198-209 CE) Æ Unit (Ruzicka 829; Varbanov 5465)
Obv: Π CEΠTI ΓETAC KAI; Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Geta right
Rev: ΠAVTA-ΛIΩTΩN; Thanatos standing slightly right, resting on lighted torch
Islands off Caria, Rhodes: Anonymous (ca. 205-190 BCE) AR Drachm, Gorgos, Magistrate (Ashton 288; SNG Keckman 582-4)
Obv: Head of Helios facing
Rev: P-O, rose with bud to right; above, magistrate's name: ΓOPΓOY; in left field, bow in gorytos
A "fresh, off-the-press" acquisition. Too bad for the large 'X' graffiti on the reverse, otherwise it would have been stellar:
Macedonian Kingdom: Alexander III ' the Great' (336-323 BCE) AR Tetradrachm, Arados (Price 3332; SNG Alpha Bank 675; SNG Saroglos 579-81)
Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress
Rev: Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, BAΣIΛEΩΣ in exergue, kerykeion in left field, AP monogram below throne
i got my order from the US mint. The coin is stunning imo, but also very sentimental for me as it was 10 years ago that I first went abroad and that too on a cultural exchange programme for 2 months in the south of France sponsored by the lions club !
it was one of those experiences you carry with you for life !
The dealer was selling it for $8 + $2 Sh&H ─ I couldn't believe it. Had I not been there on eBay when he uploaded it, it would have been gone within 10-15 minutes.
This is yet another Devins & Bolton countermark. The host is an imitation of a "spread eagle" token antedated to 1815 but probably struck in the 1830s. While the original spread eagles were struck in Britain, the imitations are attributed to a Boston merchant who emigrated to Montreal (I suppose in the 1820s or 1830s).
Administrateur du catalogue, référent de nombreuses nations antiques et de la Lorraine.
Catalogue administrator, numerous Antique nations and Lorraine referee.
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