World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!

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i know i have given up collecting but this was just far too tempting to pass up, an extremely rare st helena hammered penny from 1714...................................





i knew these existed but i had never seen one before last week when i found it in a dealers tray for £150.

 

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Christian

 

Spain 5 Peseta
Date: 1893 PG-L
Mintage: 2,500,000
37 mm diameter 25 gm Silver
0.7235 oz ASW
The size of a US silver dollar

Alfonso XIII is depicted on this large coin. His father died before he was born. Therefore, Alfonso XIII became king of Spain the instant he was born. As I recall, his mother acted as regent until he was something like 13 years old. During that time, his mother issued coins with her son's likeness. The coins before this one show Alfonso XIII as a baby. The coins after this one depict him as a little boy & then young man, etc.

 

from my change at the bar tonight......................the cardiff £1




lovely isn't it????????????

when the royal mint produces a new circulation coin it is always sheer quality.............................

 

Never seen one before, very interesting & cool.

 

Are you gonna spend it or collect it?

 

I didn't feel like taking a picture but I'm sure that you guys will be able to imagine it... My latest foreign find was a 1952 King George the sixth penny :smile

 

Just ordered one of these from the Perth Mint today. Can't wait to see it in hand. 1oz silver.

 

go on then show us only the 2nd known example then.........................don't take the **** this is serious collecting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!i bet you found a 1954 as well???

 

i already have it in proof so i may just swap it..........................

 

i hadn't before this one mat, in 50 years collecting this is a first...........................

 

as rare as hens teeth....................

 

Lol, well congrats on such a special pickup!

Ive got a few that ended up being very special, its a wonderful feeling.

 

A toned 1917 farthing! (sorry if the picture of the obverse doesn`t show much toning but it has plenty in hand)
I recently bought a few things off a friend at a sale, he had bags of British pre decimal coins Farthing-Crown, so he gave me one of the bags as a "luck penny"??
My dad said luck penny was something they used to give for free at the mart "back in the day" to seal the transaction nicely.
Anyways I love the farthing, it will take the space for a 1917 farthing in mai album easily

 

Some coins from Italy.....

They may not be rare but they are beautiful.

 

Caravels 500 Lire coin

This one prompted me to start a thread on the Italy 500 Lire coin.
http://www.cointalk.com/t207551/

 

The 1000 lire coin is interesting also because it uses a wrong map. In the initial (1997) version, the one that you posted, they merged the Netherlands and the "old states" of Germany while Germany's "new states" seem to be a different country as in the pre-1990 years. The 1998 version fixed that. - The 500 lire piece is great indeed, especially when considering that this was actually a circulation coin for many years.

Christian

 

Picked this up



China, Republic
1934 Dollar

 

1929 Egypt 5 piastres. It's been hammered into a bowl shape with a hole for a necklace.
Pretty sure this one's real