What Are you Suckered For?

UK halfcrowns and Wreath crowns. Oh, and sovereigns!

 

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Lincs and Zincs with die polish lines, the stronger the better.
And war nickels. Don't think I've seen one in years that hasn't ended up in my collection (seen in person that is.. )

 

Is it ok to say I am a sucker for beautifully toned Roosevelt dimes?

 

As for ancient coinage, coins depicting animals usually catch my eye. In US coinage old coppers will draw me in every time.

 

Although I don't collect coins, I enjoy ones that reek of history:



Now you're talking. :too-cool-for:

guy

 

i'm a sucker for any old coin. old, to me, is anything made before 1900.

 

I'm a sucker for St. Gaudens gold pieces. All of these were picked up for melt:

 

Honestly, I prefer milled British stuff before Queen Victoria (but after the Glorious Revolution of 1688-1689), pre-unification Italy (1870), and Ancient Rome of the third century. One can throw in some infrequent Dutch 1600s and Parthian stuff.

Why? This is my interest in history. Plus, coinage of this period is relatively inexpensive (except the Dutch stuff that can run a premium).

guy

 

i have one of the best acknowledged collections of english civil war coins in private hands including siege pieces, i have laboured for years at great personal expense to amass this collection and i am still constantly looking to upgrade it by buying better examples than i already have. so i guess you you could say that i am "suckered" for these coins............

 

You got to post some of those pieces. Sweet. :thumb:

guy

 

Philip I Tet - Bust Left, Medusa Head on Breastplate & Elagabalus Antoninianii

I think for me the number one Ancient I am a sucker for is the Philip I Tetradrachmai of Antioch, Syria with the 'Bust left, cuirassed, seen from the front. Medusa head on breastplate.' I have two examples of this type, however the Medusa Head is a bit hard to see on one...... I am also a sucker for any frontal, left facing busts of the Philips on their Antoninianii from Antioch as well as their Tets..... But I can't forget about my old favorite, Elagabalus Silver Antoninianii from Rome..... Ah I love those, and love some of the beautiful boyish portraits on some types, like the picture I include in this post (Last Picture = Emperor Elagabalus AR Antoninianus, Roma reverse, dated to first consulship = 218 AD) and of course frontal bust and cuirassed only busts of Caracalla on Antoninianii get me too.... and Gordian Silver Tets of course
Here are some examples:

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First Pic: Emperor Philip I (244 - 249 AD) Tetradrachm of Antioch, Syria - Regnal Year: 3.
obv: Laureate bust left, cuirassed. Wearing breastplate with head of Medusa on it. 11.5 Grams.
(Obverse pic only, cut.) *Note: you can really see the Medusa Head on the breastplate very well on this example, this is one of my favorite coins in my entire collection.

Second Pic: Emperor Philip I (244 - 249 AD) Tetradrachm of Antioch, Syria - Regnal Year: 3.
obv: Radiate bust left, cuirassed. Wearing breastplate with head of Medusa on it. 13.9 Grams.
Some encrustation, covering parts of the Medusa Head on the breastplate.
*Note: this tet has a very interesting style eagle on the reverse, a style I have not seen on any other Tetradrachmai of this Emperor or his son.

Third Pic: Emperor Gordian III (238 - 244 AD) AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Syria. 240 AD. 11.02 Grams.
*Note: Rare and fairly High Grade example; I just love this coin, and have yet to see one of this type that I find more appealing or as appealing, and I have seen very few that are near the quality of the strike, surface and detail as this particular Gordian III Tet from my collection. This is also one of my most favorite coins in all my collection, in fact most these coins I post in this post are in my top 10 of my favorite coins I own in my whole collection.

Fourth Pic: Emperor Caracalla (212 - 217 AD) AR Antoninianus - VENUS VICTRIX reverse. Frontal bust, draped and cuirassed. Very well struck and very well centered. 5.2 Grams

Last Pic: Emperor Elagabalus (218 - 222 AD) AR Antoninianus, Roma seated reverse 'PM TR P COS PP', dated to first consulship = 218 AD. 4.4 Grams
*note: I just love the young portrait on this particular coin. Another one of my favorite coins from my entire collection.
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The last pic which is of the AD 218 'Roma seated' Elagabalus Ant and the Gordian III Eagle Tet are two of my favorites among my favorites.... as is this Caracalla Ant... all these coins are from my personal collection and I treasure them. You can see more pics of similar coins in my link to my galleries of coins below.

 

Tokens, man

For many years I accumulated U.S. Type, then U.S. Civil War Tokens.

Now I am adding Conder Tokens primarily. i have a few nice ancient coins, nine to be exact.

Here's a nice one penny token struck by Heaton Mint for the Bank of Upper Canada.

 

one of them is my avatar a commonwealth shilling........the coin in the photo on this post is a scarborough siege 5 shilling coin struck on a piece of a silver plate.

 

here is a group of siege coins from carlisle, scarborough, newark and pontefract...all royalist strongholds.





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plus an oliver cromwell half crown

 

Wow !! that half crown is really ...something !!

Q

 

i must admit to being a bit of a civil war fanatic, from the days i first learned about the conflict in grammar school, and really the coins are an extension of my love of the period...........being anti royalist and such.

 

In 1911 they sort of rushed the new coinage into production. It was the first year with the new King George obverse, and well to make a long story short they forgot to add Dei Gra(tia) which is latin for by the grace of God. And so 1911 became the Godless year of Canadian coinage. Ironically they remembered to put it on the few lead and a silver one dollar trail pieces they produced.

 

I love 1/2 pennies and Oceania stuff. No idea why, just do.

 

in the past 12 months i have been really hooked on south american coins especially argentina and bolivia.