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2 heller 1907 (The highest grade 2 heller I ever seen.)
Franz Joseph I.
Austria-Hungary

 

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A nice 1977 Proof Set (see below )
Owen

 

Very nice set! That large coin with E2 on horseback is actually a "New 25 Pence" denomination, as these were released post-decimalization. However, you are correct, it is still referred to colloquially as a "crown". That's a great looking proof set! :thumb:

 

I was going to ask about that, Thanks ..

 

Ah, thanks I never knew that, have always referred to these as crowns and so has anyone I`ve seen selling them.
(also sorry for the un cropped pics don`t know whats up with photobucket when I select replace this happens... but I will fix it in a minute Done) I`m planning on getting a set a date instead of picking them loose from my change (can`t find coins in good condition), I really love the look of these.
Thanks
-Owen

 

And that sure makes sense, as in pre-decimal times a crown was five shillings. The decimalization turned 1 shilling into 5 (new) pence, thus 1 crown was 25 (new) pence, even though the pre-decimal crowns did not circulate any longer.

Things got trickier later, when the denomination of those large pieces was changed from 25 pence to 5 pounds. As the size and weight were not modified (and the pieces hardly ever occur in circulation anyway ), quite a few people call those new pieces "crowns" too even though something like "crown sized commems" would be more precise. But for the older ones, with a value of 25 (new) pence, the term "crown" is perfectly legitimate methinks.

Christian

 

Casa de Moneda

2000 pesos coin in 250 year commemoration of Chilean Mint “Casa de Moneda de Chile”

 

New 5 and 10 pesos

I am working on this type set at the moment. I like the corrosion around the lettering

 

Listing my newest acquisition will take too long, so here's a video of them!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xf676_3uOak
Basically I bought a bag of coins at a garage sale and among the coins were a bunch of silver coins including a few British Mandate Palestine coins from Israel...Including the 1931 100 mils key date!

 

2 1/2 silver groschen. I don't very well understand pre-Second Reich German coin denominations, but this is an interesting coin anyway. Low silver content, too. I've always wondered why they used to do that. Maybe it's easier to make a larger coin with a lower purity for a low denomination?

 

Pretty coin IMO

1904 France 25 Centimes
AU condition
Mintage 16,000,000
Pretty coin IMO
Now I have two.

 

love the 25 centimes, incidentally there are two different 25c coins from that era here is the other one..........

 

I have a slightly worn version of collect89's coin, didnt know there was another type. Very cool.

Love the 5/10 peso too Derick.

 

have 2 examples of both coins still, maybe i'll start trading again..............

 

Last of the condor

Found this in the market. Last coin with, what is called, the "defiant condor"

 

They were operating on a silver standard back then, and in order to accommodate the money supply they had to introduce something like a precursor to credit money and that is the Scheidemünze. The other form of coin is a Kurantmünze (the Taler), with a value completely covered by a precious metal and is the complementary opposite to the Scheidemünze. Furthermore Kurantmünzen were legal tender that had to be unlimitedly accepted for all debt. In 1871 they switched over from a silver to a gold standard, large silver coins like the 5 Mark pieces still circulated and acted as a medium of exchange/link to other countries still operating on a silver standard, perhaps it can be called a bi-metallic standard (I think the US had something similar with their Trade Dollars).

 

Was there a 2009-2011 coin from Chile mint spell name of country wrong??
I seen it in coin world or TV news it was not that long ago too?

 

1984 Australia Dollar

This coin has some really nice color. I purchased it from Allen Berman at the Danbury CT coin show last weekend.

 

http://www.cointalk.com/members/derick/albums/2008/

2008 50 pesos spelled Chiie