World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!

Sweet find Jello

 

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Ordinary extraordinary

It is very modern, but have never seen this coin in UNC and bought it last week. Could not help it, but completely overpayed for it. It is one of my favourites. Hope you enjoy it.

 

Panama Balboa

I had this coin, but bought this one last week in better condition due to nice design.

 

Hello Derick,

I too have that coin in my collection. I too would have bought the new coin in your photo as an upgrade. You found a really nice looking example there! :hail:

 

Scarce centesimos

Also got these two coins last week (KM 190 and 191). They are rather scarce in this grade with the 5 centesimos mintage only 12 000.

 

Thanks very much. A year ago I joined another numismatic BBS but I could never post with pix as I think they had a rule that one had to have some # of posts before getting the priviledge of having pix. Since I couldn't post with pix I never posted.

This seems like a good group with lots of comments. I began collecting back in the early 70's when just a kid. I used to nail these wooden signs to telephone poles advertising to buy old coins near Philadelphia. People would call and I'd bicycle out to their houses (too young to drive) with a bunch of money. They'd show me their coins and I'd make an offer & sometimes buy them. Such was life in the 1970's.

Anyhow a large fraction of the people calling me used to have foreign coins: everything from junk to thalers from the 1600's. Thus I got used to foreign coin types early on.

 

I received a bunch of these this past week. Many older, but most of the 1967's were in really nice shape.

 

1st 20 centavos

KM 125 1852 was the first 20 centavos minted in Chile within the decimal coinage reform after the Escudos and Reales, 0.9 silver with a mintage of 77 000.

 

the 67's are worth around 10 pence in unc.

 

That's not bad. I really like the size, weight, and reverse design of these British coppers. Also, Queen Elizabeth makes a nice bust in her younger years.

I have yet to get a 1933 George V penny, but I do have a 1935 (which I guess is pretty common).

 

Have an interesting story regarding a Hawian half dollar (1883). Many years ago I was buying a bunch of foreign silver from this old guy (an M.D.) and was paying "the going rate" which was 2.6x face. Thus each 90% silver half was worth $1.30. He had an 1883 Hawain half in nice VF, not cleaned or hairlined in any way. Anyhow I rejected the coin at $1.30 (I was just a kid). Anyhow he snuck it into my pile & I ended up buying it for $1.30. Still have it to this day. Oh, I should also mention, one of the other silver coins was an 1870 Candian half dollar.

 

Really a beautiful coin. As mentioned in another post I have an 1870, but in low grade. I've always drempt of a nice one, like this, but alas I have to stick to my areas. Still an important, uncommon, & beautiful piece!

 

Cool background story. I got into coins in 1984, lost interest in 1997, got back into them in 2008 and ancients into 2009 thanks to the fine folks here.

I also know which board your referring too. I havent joined it myself but lurk from time to time. Always nice to see another ancient collector here.

 

Won this Sunday on ebay:


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Graf Zeppelin

That is a neat coin. Thanks for sharing it.

 

Thanks Collect89! It is PCGS MS63! Coming from Germany, so it will be about 3 weeks until it's in hand...

 

Thanks Gallienus. I saw one -- an 1870 Canada LCW half in MS65 PCGS -- on eBay today for $55,000 so I felt better about my AU55 PCGS example! Not nearly that much! (And mine is a lot flashier too, at least judging from the photos!)

Best Regards, :hail:

George

 

there are only 7 1933 pennies, all of them are accounted for and 6 are in the royal mint museum, be prepared to fork out around £500k

 

Nice find, are coin roll hunting Angelo?

Ah I remember, first I mistook him for Pizarro. That's a wonderful coin.

 

Looks like my collection of British pennies will go incomplete. How about 1934? Any other years that will be difficult/expensive?