My recent African acquisitions

Recently I posted that I had a great day at the coin shop, getting a chance to pick through a book of world coins, with everything 50 cents each. A good number of the coins I bought were from Africa. Here are many of them. In this batch, an 1821 St. Helena halfpenny (one of my favorites because of the obscurity), 1882 Zanzibar 1 pysa, 1888 Mombasa 1 pice or 1/4 anna.

 

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1891 German East Africa 1 pysa, 1898 East African Protectorate 1 pice, 1928 Belgian Congo 1 franc.

 

1952 Guinea-Bissau 50 centavos
1956 Togo 5 francs
1958 Madagascar 1 franc

 

1959 French Somaliland 1 franc
1961 Central Africa 50 francs
1961 Mali 5 francs

 

1964 Rhodesia 20 cents
1965 Congo 10 francs (I love this one. I actually got two of these).
1965 Malagasy 1 franc

 

Last but not least 1966 Uganda 2 shillings.

I had a few others that I already put away, but this is the majority of the African coins.

 

Oh you Lucky Gut!

Greetings Hiddendragon! Wow! You are what I call a "lucky gut"! Your new acquisitions are wonderful and just tremendous! You have done very well friend, and I really like the one you favor best and have two of! Congratulations to you and thanks for sharing... and giving some of us envy! Take care!

 

Nice batch of coins Hiddendragon.

I recognize all of them except the 1965 Malagasy 1 franc. I suspect that it is from Madagascar. Those are all really neat coins.

 

I have a couple of the coins from Mali. Have you followed the events in that country over the last few years? I would not like to travel to Timbuktu now.

 

Nice set. I like this one particulary

 

Thanks for the compliments. I like animal coins and so many of these have nice animal motifs, so that's a big plus for me. Yes, the Malagasy is Madagascar. They must have changed the country's name at some time. That happens a lot in Africa. Remember Zaire? Collect, isn't there an insurgency going on in Mali? So many African countries have that problem.

 

I like the Hippo

 

I wonder what the 61 hippo goes for in good grade.

 

I looked most of these coins up. The hippo coin is pretty common so I don't think it's much. It's hard to say if it was in really great condition though.

 

Nice cross-section of African coins there Hiddendragon! Here are a couple of mine I really treasure...

 

I like East and West Africa coins like you have and I grab them whenever the price is right.

 

what is the right price?

 

Ruben, look at your Madagascar IF. The World Coin Gallery (www.worldcoingallery.com) has you letting that one go at $2.50 in Unc. condition. Now, really. I'll relieve you of it for $2.50! Point is, a lot of these beautiful coins, mine included, while they do regularly trade on eBay at these "right prices," let's be real, those sellers are desperate. They have to be! What nut is going to let a coin like yours go at less than a McDonald's #2 breakfast? However, if you need them for your set, and you can get them at those "right prices," you do so all day long, you're right there with your kisser under the faucet. Right?

 

For me about a dollar or less apiece.

 

Very nice coins! :thumb:

Careful though, African coins can be addicting and at times troublesome to catalogue.

You remember!?

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