World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!

A screeming eagle

 

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Nice hat on that guy's head.

Here is an 1890 Tanganyika Rupee from my collection (not a new purchase however).

 

Made me smile. Thank you.

 

I just found these two photos on my cell phone. The condition of this 1954 Honduras 10 Centavos de Lempira is really sweet.

 

Great coin and a strong strike.

 

The new coin or my Avatar?

 

Hmm, I thought the context of my reply would be clear (the new coin).

 

It was, but when I got the other coin (2 Mark 1913), commenters said the same thing. Is that typical of German Goldmark coins, or have I just been lucky?

Thanks.

 

Not per se, the grade of your coin is gutes vorzüglich aus Erstabschlag if you ask me. Erstabschlag means the dies used for the strike had been new.

 

Danke.

 

A Chile centavo without a condor

Arrived today. I have been looking for this coin in good condition for some time. It is the last of the 1 and 2 centavos minted in copper with a mintage of 147 000. Bought the 1919 1 centavo also in same condition vF+ and are waiting for it. It is scarce in this grade and does not have a condor, but a liberty head on the obv. Imagine that!

 

I got this 1950 100 franc coin from monaco. i have gotten several coins from monaco lately. just like some of my coins from the vatican city, ngc isnt very clear on what this coin is made of and a value. it has 2 listings showing composition silver, and 2 showing composition gold for the 1950 100 franc, each showing a mintage of 500, which i am assuming are froof strikes. The 5th listing doesnt show a composition, and a mintage of 1,700, and no value. does anyone have a different book that has more information on this coin?

 

Hi Kforbes,

The coin you posted looks like a regular circulation strike version of the 1950 Monaco 100 Francs coin. It is KM# 133 (in the Krause Standard Catalog of World Coins) and had a mintage of 500,000 coins. It is minted in copper-nickel and is worth around $20 in gem uncirculated condition. Yours looks to have a little wear, but still a very cool coin.

The other coins you are finding in your book with really low mintages are the Essai coins (essentially pattern strikes) and Piefort Essai coins (essentially, pattern strike coins but struck on metal with twice the normal thickness). Namely, KM# E34 (silver) and E35 (gold) and KM# PE9 (silver) and PE9a (gold). These have very low mintages of 500 (Essai) or 325 (Piefort-Essai) pieces. There is also an Essai copper-nickel coin struck in a mintage of 1,700 for the 100 Francs (it will look just like yours but will be a very strong strike). ALL of the essai and piefort-essai pieces will have the word "ESSAI" in very small letters under the horse, but above the "100" on the reverse. I don't see that on yours, but the picture is pretty small.

I hope this helps. I will leave you with a picture of my 1950 Essai 100 Francs piece (mintage 500) graded SP65 by PCGS. You can see the word "ESSAI" on the reverse under the horse and above "100".

 

You have some very nice coins. Looking forward in seeing more posts.

 

Beautiful toning on those Vickies!

 

My newest acquisition is a coin of my country, Spain: 5 pesetas (or "duro") 1871 silver Amadeo I King.
Obviously, I'm not an expert in photography...

 

What is it a pavillion?

 

Thanks for looking at the Honduras coin

Your question was initially a puzzlement for me. Initially, I wondered if the device on the Honduras coin looked like a pavilion. During a moment of clarity, I considered you might be referring to a phone called a "Pavilion". I'm still a little puzzled.

The cell phone I use is an iphone 5. I haven't tried to take panoramic coin photos with the iphone 5 yet.

 

Yes it's the device on the obverse or 1954 side.
A pavillion was the only thing I could think that
it could be. Or maybe some kind of Temple. Do
you know what it is?