World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!

I would love to see the Otto I exhibit. – It’s nice to communicate on a forum with such knowledgeable collectors.

 

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Just come over here ... errm, within the next couple of days. The exhibition began in late August and ends on 9 Dec. Found it to be interesting, but they had lots of "pre-Otto" objects and information. By the time you actually make it to the 10th century, you may be tired, hehe. (Well, we were.) http://www.otto2012.de/en/exhibition

And to make this at least somewhat numismatic again, here is a coin that honors Quedlinburg's "World Heritage". If the image is not displayed, click this link: http://www.muenzen.eu/tl_files/bilder/deutschland/100-euro-quedlinburg-2003.jpg You see the collegiate church in Quedlinburg built into Heinrich's monogram ...

Christian

 

Most designs of the 100€ coin series are drawn to mathematical precision and lack the charm of a hand drawn design, the Qedlinburg is an exception to this. The design is from Agatha Kill, in 2003 the price set for the coin was 190€, the coin has a diameter of 28mm (same as the Austrian Gold Philharmonic, I believe it's even the same planchet) and is minted in an half ounce of fine gold with a mintage number of 400 000. The 100€ gold coins are popular among German bullion stackers.

This coin marks the first in the UNESCO world heritage series and the second 100€ Gold coin of Germany, the first one being the Euro monetary union commemorative. Here the same coin with the church in greater detail:

 

The French put such beautiful women on their coins. Nothing better that a beautiful woman on a coin!

 

and that is because they do have very beautiful woman in France.

 

It brings back the good old days (except I never took advantage of them). Back in my younger years there was a beautiful French foreign exchange student who liked me, but I was oblivious to the fact. I thought she just liked to go jogging with me. I never learned until years later when one of my sisters told me. I wish she would have told me when I could have done something about it. Oh, well. Life went on and it hasn't been that bad. :devil:

 

1st 5 centavos minted 1896. Note crude lettering. Nice toning.

 

May I rephrase: nothing better than a beautiful woman AND/WITH a coin!

 

Thank you Gallienus for pointing out your website. You have some very nice coins there, and I have bookmarked it.
I encourage other C.T members to visit this website. I also like the Peruvian coins you exhibit. I collect Peru too but not that assiduously. I specially like the rarer peruvian mints/issues like those for North Peru (struck in Lima), Arequipa, Cuzco, and Pasco. I have yet to obtain a pasco 4 reales.

Yes, the Reino de Chile (Captaincy General of Chile) was a far away forgotten place in the Spanish dominions in America. In colonial times people were sent there to be punished. Little gold and silver - little interest for the spanish. Its population was very small as you point out. Chile became affluent after it annexed the rich provinces of the north (Atacama, Tarapaca, and Antofagasta) from Peru and Bolivia after the War of the Pacific.

 

The New Zealand Kiwi

 

Look at this cool error. What would this be called?

http://www.cointalk.com/t218324/#post1584645

 

It does not look like it came from the mint like that.

 

It comes from the mint directly.

 

Wow, that is interesting to get something like that from the mint. I do not know what the name of this type of error involving 2 coins is.

 

Also found these in Santiago this weekend. Does anyone know what means the spanish slang word " Pituto"

 

I do not know for sure. I believe it could be what is called a "mated pair". I believe it is very rare to find both coins.

 

I was thinking it was rare, too.

 

The second one is a partial brockage.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brockage
I'm still trying to figure out the first one.