Starting off the month with a package from Germany: 1947 D,F Germany (Allied Occupation) 5, 10 Pfennig
These Allied occupation coins are at least fifty times scarcer than the regular 1940-44 wartime zinc issues, and they've been missing from my Germany type set for far too long. I also have the Allied 5 pf on the way, I'll update this post instead of posting again when it comes.
I went to an antique show yesterday. Only spent about £1 per coin, but i feel like i bought some nice coins and filled some gaps in my collection. I then went on a spending spree online when i got back, since i didn't spend my budget Will see when they arrive.
I don't know much about Sweden coins, but these looked interesting
Also these were £1 each, and i think they are worth much more, even in this condition.
I got some more commonwealth coins, and bought a fair bit of UK silver. Hassle taking photos with phone, transferring to PC, cropping, etc.
Went flea market spelunking, came out of the junk bin with these:
-1977 Solomon Islands 1 Dollar (bought very cheaply, only for a new issuer/country)
-1936 New Guinea Mandate 1 Penny - Edward VIII
-1903 Ceylon 50 Cents - Edward VII
-1903 US Philippines 1/2 Centavo (holed but couldn't resist for under 1€)
-1830 Spanish Philippines 1 Quarto (Retrograde lettering)
Summer auction lull lately and I bought a used car so have been a little cash strapped.
Picked up this one in the interim - It's a type I have before in F+/VF which went to Steve27 and I've been looking for a little while. It's a nice design in my opinion.
Now I just need the Allied occupation 1 pf..... it seems to be more scarce than the other two denominations, which I got for less than 5€ each; the cheapest 1 pf I can find online is 20€.
I'm also looking for those, but at the moment the Allied 1 pf and the 1938-39 issue 50 pf take precedence over them. The latter is even scarcer than the Allied coins, I think; the cheapest one I've seen online is still something like 35€. It has a mintage well into the tens of millions, and yet I've never seen one at a price I'm willing to pay for.
Then there's also the scarce German Empire 20 and 50 pf coins... why is it that the denominations on the border between copper/bronze and silver coins are always the hardest to get hold of?
Ahoj colleagues
So far, I did not have time to integrate into the collection-just some that I did not find on NUMISTA.
I first cut and photographed the camera:
Depicts a detail (a portrait of Saint Marinus) from the painting 'La Madonna in Gloria' (1640 c.) by Giovan Battista Urbinelli (1605-1663). This painting is on display at the National Museum of San Marino.
Saint Marinus was the founder of a chapel and monastery, in 301, from where the world's oldest surviving republic, San Marino, grew. Tradition holds that he was a stonemason by trade who came from the island of Rab, on the other side of the Adriatic Sea (in what is now part of modern Croatia), fleeing persecution for his Christian beliefs in the Diocletianic Persecution. Still known only by the single name Marinus (lit. of the sea), he became a Deacon, and was ordained by Gaudentius, the Bishop of Rimini; later, he was recognised and accused by an insane woman of being her estranged husband, so he quickly fled to Monte Titano to build a chapel-monastery and live as a hermit. There he built a chapel and monastery. Marinus was canonised as a saint, and later, the State of San Marino grew up from the centre created by the monastery.
According to legend, he died in the winter of 366 and his last words were: "Relinquo vos liberos ab utroque homine" ("I leave you free from both men"). This somewhat mysterious phrase is most likely to refer to the two "men" from whose oppressive power Saint Marinus had decided to separate himself, becoming a hermit on Mount Titano: respectively the Emperor and the Pope. This affirmation of freedom (first and foremost fiscal franchise) from both the Empire and the Papal States, however legendary, has always been the inspiration of the tiny republic.
this is under the cover of the pope's visit:
others are through a microscope:
one of the sets is also a coin, damaged in the mint:
Got a half dozen commons, one silver (Brazil 160 réis 1768 - https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces39351.html) and 2 yet-to-identify romans.
I'm so happy with the romans because I bought them here in Santos; normally I would need to go to São Paulo to find this kind of coin.
Just a little banknote that arrived from Amsterdam today; a 1931 100 Gulden note. Got it from a friend who lives in the Netherlands. It's been a highly underdeveloped part of my European, pre-WWII banknote collection.
I also got this nice 5 centimes Dupuis 1900; a very common coin but it's condition and price (10 cents) was a good enough combo for me to save it from the junk bin.
I'm honestly considering using the obverse (or even the reverse) picture as my new avatar.
Meanwhile i got 'scammed' by a bag of junk today :'D
Was advertised as 100+ pre 1900 coins for £20. I thought even if it was terrible, i could flip it on ebay for a similar price. Was even worse than i thought, all bent, verdigris or holed. And of course, all copper/bronze. There was 1 i might consider keeping, a victoria jamaica half penny, which is an OK placeholder.
here is a sample:
There is about 10 of these counter stamped Brazil coins, then standard mix of 19th century centimes, centesimi, guernsey doubles, lepta and pfennig.
Quote: "WHATEVERR"Meanwhile i got 'scammed' by a bag of junk today :'D
Was advertised as 100+ pre 1900 coins for £20. I thought even if it was terrible, i could flip it on ebay for a similar price.
If you're not bothered by being unscrupulous, you might do the same and recoup your losses.
I never buy lots, not anything more than a few coins anyway. As a type collector it would be pretty redundant to buy a lot just for one or two types and be stuck with a whole bunch of common type duplicates.
Quote: "halfdisme"
The list shows the World War I issues and the World War II issues. Which are you hunting, or both?
In my experience, the World War I's are relatively common. For the WWII issues, I looked for one for nearly ten years, then found six in one year!
Myself, I'm hunting them both!
I actually had found one of the WWI 3 Kopeck coins just a few months back too, and I put it aside to buy next time (since I'd already run through my weekly budget set aside for coins that day), but next time I went back the dealer said he had "lost" the coin.
Fairly sure he listed it on Ebay or sold it to someone else for €, and got some free labour out of me for digging it out of the box.
@Cass I know what you mean about lots. I've bought 10 kilos before and only got like 1 or 2 new types lol. I really love sorting through them and I guess I like that gamble too which is why I bought this last lot. I have about 400kg of common coins in the basement lol. I'll get to a tonne and then sell it :'D
@halfdisme
Both for me too. I've not really looked at how much they cost yet. I'm moving to Luxembourg for a couple of years soon so might be easier to get German coins then.
Quote: "CassTaylor"My 5pf arrived, I've updated my original post.
Now I just need the Allied occupation 1 pf..... it seems to be more scarce than the other two denominations, which I got for less than 5€ each; the cheapest 1 pf I can find online is 20€.
I agree that the 1 pf appears to be scarcer. I have two 5's and seven 10's. I have two 1's--one of which cost me $20--and they are not as nice as yours.
I do not have that type myself, it will be something I have to get.
@halfdisme
Just saw one on ebay.de for about 20€.... but not feeling up to it. I've decided to buy a commemorative 1921 Swedish silver 2 kroner instead for roughly the same amount.... amazing what a pain that little zinc coin is to get, isn't it?
You'll never guess what I found in a junk bin today, just now in fact:
1903 R Italy 25 Centesimi - Vittorio Emanuele III
A big step in my 1861-1943 Italian type set completed! If I'm not mistaken, this denomination is one of the rarest in Italian numismatics, with the majority of the mintage being recalled and melted only a few years later in favour of a new 20 centesimi coin.
Also, a slightly damaged Dutch silver:
1865 Netherlands 1 Gulden - Willem III
And also this magnificent old colonial banknote: ND (1927-31) French Indochina 5 Piastres
Quote: "CassTaylor"You'll never guess what I found in a junk bin today, just now in fact:
1903 R Italy 25 Centesimi - Vittorio Emanuele III
A big step in my 1861-1943 Italian type set completed! If I'm not mistaken, this denomination is one of the rarest in Italian numismatics, with the majority of the mintage being recalled and melted only a few years later in favour of a new 20 centesimi coin.
Also, a slightly damaged Dutch silver:
1865 Netherlands 1 Gulden - Willem III
And also this magnificent old colonial banknote:
ND (1927-31) French Indochina 5 Piastres
You lucky .....!!!!
wow!
incredible find!
I collect anything: If it's Italian or Italian states i collect it even more!
I went to a collectibles fair in São Paulo. Got a lot of new stuff.
The highlights:
-a Judean Prutah;
-a Thracia coin (400 BC, my new oldest);
-a Carthago coin;
-a Roman As (Vespasianus);
-an Ancient India coin;
-a Mongol Empire coin (yet to indetify);
-a China Republic 10 cash;
-French Indochina (one note and a coin);
-2 Ottomans (one Constantinople and one Egypt);
-a Japanese sen from Meiji era (almost the same year which the story of the Rurouni Kenshin manga is set);
-a WW2 Italian lira note (on backside there's written "Carlos Armando, natural do Estado do Ceará, exército brasileiro", so it's a kind of war relic);
-2 German Mark notes of 1910's;
-a Russian Empire note;
-and a half dozen stamps of the Brazilian Empire.
Quote: "Giobruno"I went to a collectibles fair in São Paulo. Got a lot of new stuff.
The highlights:
-a Judean Prutah;
-a Thracia coin (400 BC, my new oldest);
-a Carthago coin;
-a Roman As (Vespasianus);
-an Ancient India coin;
-a Mongol Empire coin (yet to indetify);
-a China Republic 10 cash;
-French Indochina (one note and a coin);
-2 Ottomans (one Constantinople and one Egypt);
-a Japanese sen from Meiji era (almost the same year which the story of the Rurouni Kenshin manga is set);
-a WW2 Italian lira note (on backside there's written "Carlos Armando, natural do Estado do Ceará, exército brasileiro", so it's a kind of war relic);
-2 German Mark notes of 1910's;
-a Russian Empire note;
-and a half dozen stamps of the Brazilian Empire.
Where the pics!! I like Carthaginian and Thracian coins. Also looks like an expensive day :)
Yeah, it was an expensive day, the type you only do once in months (I saved some money for today); and that specific event occurs once every 3 months (aside from that there is a major coin fair in december). I bought some cheap itens too.
In the end I got a little of everything: old notes, new notes, new coins, old coins, common coins, silver coins, medieval coins (mongol one) and ancient coins. Definitely it was worth the day.
Quote: "oggy"Summer auction lull lately and I bought a used car so have been a little cash strapped.
Picked up this one in the interim - It's a type I have before in F+/VF which went to Steve27 and I've been looking for a little while. It's a nice design in my opinion.
Just bought these two on ebay as birthday presents. They are from the Swiss canton of Aargau. (pics are from ebay) I have wanted to began an Aargau collection for a while now and found these nice and reasonably priced. Looking forward to them arriving in the mailbox.
A weird 25 penniä stamp,
My first pre-1917 US coins!
I have planned buying the upper one (1900) for a longer time. (The other one is 1917). Got these all for a few euros.
I love odd coins. So here it is: My new giant coin, ottoman akce 1828 (1/120 XOTP).
The coin is my lightest one. It weights 0.06g. It is not the smallest one that I own in diameter tho(9mm), my Ivan IV (Ivan the terrible) polushka is smaller - (8.5x6.8mm)
Quite weird that someone has ever used these. But there are still 9 lighter coins, the smallest is a 0.03g polish brakteat.
Just imagine dropping one of these on a smooth surface...
My only regret is that I got those two way too late to post in the "Country per day banknotes" thread....
1935 Series United States 1 Dollar (Hawaii stamp, brown seal issue)
1934 Series United States 5 Dollars (Hawaii stamp, brown seal issue)
These were printed for and used in circulation in the the US territory of Hawaii after Pearl Harbour in December 1941, amid fears that a Japanese invasion and occupation of the territory; in that event the US government could declare all Hawaii notes no longer legal tender. After the war, they were recalled and destroyed, although many were saved by GIs as souvenirs.
Quote: "CassTaylor"My only regret is that I got those two way too late to post in the "Country per day banknotes" thread....
1935 Series United States 1 Dollar (Hawaii stamp, brown seal issue)
1934 Series United States 5 Dollars (Hawaii stamp, brown seal issue)
These were printed for and used in circulation in the the US territory of Hawaii after Pearl Harbour in December 1941, amid fears that a Japanese invasion and occupation of the territory; in that event the US government could declare all Hawaii notes no longer legal tender. After the war, they were recalled and destroyed, although many were saved by GIs as souvenirs.
Still looking for the Hawaii $10 and $20.....
Are you also hunting the North Africa notes?
(For those of you not familiar with these, special U. S. currency was printed and paid to the troops involved in the "Operation Torch" landings in North Africa in 1942. If the landings failed, the U. S. government would declare the notes worthless and refuse to redeem them.
The notes are identical to Silver Certificates, except for the fact that normal Silver Certificates have blue serial numbers and a blue Treasury seal; North Africa notes have blue serial numbers and a yellow Treasury seal.)
Since the landings succeeded, the notes remained (and continue to be) legal tender, and some have circulated in the United States.
Nice! No Conder token for me, but I think I've officially started to collect WOCs (women on coins, tokens, and medals). Here's a medal I just received:
1699 Spanish Netherlands medal of Gio Paolo de Bombarda with Gertrude Marie Cloots (Dugn. # 4659). Diam. 30mm. Here's some more info.
Quote: "CassTaylor"My only regret is that I got those two way too late to post in the "Country per day banknotes" thread....
1935 Series United States 1 Dollar (Hawaii stamp, brown seal issue)
1934 Series United States 5 Dollars (Hawaii stamp, brown seal issue)
These were printed for and used in circulation in the the US territory of Hawaii after Pearl Harbour in December 1941, amid fears that a Japanese invasion and occupation of the territory; in that event the US government could declare all Hawaii notes no longer legal tender. After the war, they were recalled and destroyed, although many were saved by GIs as souvenirs.
Still looking for the Hawaii $10 and $20.....
Are you also hunting the North Africa notes?
(For those of you not familiar with these, special U. S. currency was printed and paid to the troops involved in the "Operation Torch" landings in North Africa in 1942. If the landings failed, the U. S. government would declare the notes worthless and refuse to redeem them.
The notes are identical to Silver Certificates, except for the fact that normal Silver Certificates have blue serial numbers and a blue Treasury seal; North Africa notes have blue serial numbers and a yellow Treasury seal.)
Since the landings succeeded, the notes remained (and continue to be) legal tender, and some have circulated in the United States.
Awesome! I collected these as well and got them all in a type set:
Quote: "CassTaylor"@Quant-Geek
Dammit, now you're making me so jealous!
May I ask what price I could expect to pay for the others? I paid 20€ for my two, and I'm not sure if I got ripped off or not.
That isn't too bad and is what I would expect for these notes. The higher denominations would be a bit more, especially the $20 one. The one that I am looking for, but not diligently, are the propaganda notes the Germans used:
I bought a small packet of eleven 1 dollar notes at an antique show in Park Ridge, IL. When I got home, I found that I have one North Africa note, and a sequence run of 10 Silver Certificates with three star notes interleaved into it!
Quote: "halfdisme"@Quant-Geek
Very nice! Great bit of history.
I bought a small packet of eleven 1 dollar notes at an antique show in Park Ridge, IL. When I got home, I found that I have one North Africa note, and a sequence run of 10 Silver Certificates with three star notes interleaved into it!
Damn! I wish I had that type of luck. That is a total awesome find...
Quote: "halfdisme"@Quant-Geek
Very nice! Great bit of history.
I bought a small packet of eleven 1 dollar notes at an antique show in Park Ridge, IL. When I got home, I found that I have one North Africa note, and a sequence run of 10 Silver Certificates with three star notes interleaved into it!
Damn! I wish I had that type of luck. That is a total awesome find...
Recieved yesterday but forgot to add it and post here until now: 1985 France 100 Francs (Émile Zola's Germinal)
This was missing from my 1980s commemorative 100 Francs type collection up until now; sniped it at auction on Ebay for nearly silver value with 5 seconds to go.
I was surprised to win this on eBay since I put such a low bid (seller's pics):
It's interesting for how incompetent the portraits are. Those people would never have been hired by a national mint. One hopes the Queen Mother never saw that medallic portrait of her! Quelle horreur!
Quote: "Camerinvs"I was surprised to win this on eBay since I put such a low bid (seller's pics):
It's interesting for how incompetent the portraits are. Those people would never have been hired by a national mint. One hopes the Queen Mother never saw that medallic portrait of her! Quelle horreur!
The King's portrait isn't so bad, which makes me think they took it from somewhere else and then tried to DIY the Queen onto it.
Quote: "Cass"The King's portrait isn't so bad, which makes me think they took it from somewhere else and then tried to DIY the Queen onto it.
Yes, the king's portrait is somewhat better, but not great either -- note especially the prominent lips of both. You could almost think they're fraternal twins...
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Quote: "Zac"I also 'was surprised to win this on eBay since I put such a low bid' ...
I'm sure someone who knows his stuff and understands eBay could make a living just on buying and reselling coins or anything else. How many times have I seen poorly described items that could have gone for easily twice the final bid? Why would you have an auction that ends at 9:00 a.m. on a Wednesday? Why would you put four or five of the same coin all in the same auction instead of spreading them over several weeks? Recently I got some fantastic deals on Newfoundland coins because of that. $12-15 for coins worth easily $80.
Today I happily received this Edward VIII coronation medal . As for many britisch coins it took a lot oft patience to geht one for a good price ( and I'm talking especially about the shipping costs ).
Quote Why would you have an auction that ends at 9:00 a.m. on a Wednesday?
Ebay auctions start and stop at the same time of day, so the Seller may have started some auctions just before they left on a business trip.
More likely, they were trying to target an end time for the European collectors, since that would be mid-afternoon for them.
Quote: "halfdisme"Ebay auctions start and stop at the same time of day, so the Seller may have started some auctions just before they left on a business trip.
More likely, they were trying to target an end time for the European collectors, since that would be mid-afternoon for them.
Actually, it was an auction of Canadian tokens by a Canadian collector located in the Eastern Time Zone, so he doesn't realize that there are certain times of day that are not great for the many people (like me) who are last minute bidders -- I should say "last 10 seconds bidders".
I gave that example because it's exactly what happened at 9:02 yesterday (Wednesday) morning! I was the only bidder on an 1852 US large cent with a Devins & Bolton countermark (seller's pic):
It happens, too, that sellers on the West Coast (California, BC, etc.) forget about the time difference and have their auctions close at 1:00 am or 2:00 am in the most populous part of North America...
Quote: "halfdisme"Ebay auctions start and stop at the same time of day, so the Seller may have started some auctions just before they left on a business trip.
More likely, they were trying to target an end time for the European collectors, since that would be mid-afternoon for them.
Actually, it was an auction of Canadian tokens by a Canadian collector located in the Eastern Time Zone, so he doesn't realize that there are certain times of day that are not great for the many people (like me) who are last minute bidders -- I should say "last 10 seconds bidders".
I gave that example because it's exactly what happened at 9:02 yesterday (Wednesday) morning! I was the only bidder on an 1852 US large cent with a Devins & Bolton countermark (seller's pic):
It happens, too, that sellers on the West Coast (California, BC, etc.) forget about the time difference and have their auctions close at 1:00 am or 2:00 am in the most populous part of North America...
Last-minute bidders (aka "snipers") are a major source of activity on eBay. I once put a "Birds over Junk" Chinese dollar on eBay in AU. The bid was $3,100 with 90 seconds to go.....and it ended at $6,600. Even more amazing, I did get paid in full for it.
Nice D&B counterstamp. I once sold one, just before I realized I needed one for my Canadian pre-decimals collection. (I finally found another one.)
Picked up 6 proof sets, including a 1955 Rhodesia and Nyasaland one in a blue case (hehehehe), and another in a red case.
Not managed to photograph them all, but here is the GB 1927 Proof set, and the red case [silver proof] Rhodesia and Nyasaland Proof set. The frosting on the Rhodesia+Nyasaland set is lush.
As an aside, I have all the short proof sets from 1887 to 1953 now except for 1902, one for each monarch from Victoria. I should get a 1902 one at some point, and then I guess I'm done as 1839 etc are impossible for mere mortals.
And just to finish off, a proof Coronation crown with erm, interesting toning.
Quote: "halfdisme"Nice D&B counterstamp. I once sold one, just before I realized I needed one for my Canadian pre-decimals collection. (I finally found another one.)
The D&B countermark is the most common in the world with the British PEARS SOAP and American WILKINS. Since I'm interested in the circulation of foreign coins in colonial Canada, I consider US and other foreign coins with Canadian countermarks as having the status of Canadian tokens and the D&Bs are by far the most common countermark in my collection. My best D&B so far is an 1803 US large cent.
Quote: "johnspa"Very impressive collection Oggy. The toning on the Penny and Half Penny is gorgeous. Bet it's hard to capture with camera.
Thanks!! I've been working really hard on my photography, it's actually a real pain in the behind to learn properly. I think a lot of the credit goes to my lens! I've changed a few other bits like lighting and contrast, but still a work in progress.
Here's the 50 centavos from Chile I was going on about and a Norwegian 2Kr.
Another gap-filler for my Italian type collection just arrived:
Specifically, the 1895 R 5 Centesimi coin, 3rd from the left on the upper row of this picture of Umberto I coins (minus the ultra-rare 50 centesimi and the gold issues).
It's apparently the scarcest 5 centesimi type, with only 3 years of production, and a combined mintage of less than 900.000 coins. It evaded me for some time, but I pounced on this one, and now I have one of every Italian type of the 1-10 centesimi coins ever made.
Will see when they arrive. 
If I'm not mistaken, this denomination is one of the rarest in Italian numismatics, with the majority of the mintage being recalled and melted only a few years later in favour of a new 20 centesimi coin.
