World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!

I might have to get this one too... wheeeewhhh...

 

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I can see LoneGun ordering that one in the near future!

 

You can count me in!

 

Thats hot!

 

That ship looks great!

 

Small world! The coin arrived today and it is more beautiful than the pics. The hologram really is cool. For those interested, it is a 2008 silver proof 20 rubles. There are a few others in the ship series. There is a non-silver version without the hologram that goes for like 5-10 bucks. The silver proofs with hologram go for around 65-85. The mintage of this one is limited to 25,000. It is .925 silver, and around .84 oz. actual silver weight.

That arabic dancer silver proof is even more rare with a mintage of 6,000. As you might imagine it is more pricey too...around 90-110.

Belarus really does have some gorgeous coins, especially a lot of recent silver proofs.

 

Great info and again, stunning coin.

This thread is killing me! All these beautiful coins!

 

Won this beaut on the 'bay. Has a single rim dink that I didn't even notice til I had won. Otherwise definitely an MS example and I don't think the pics they post capture that reverse toning very well. That's the bet I'm making anyways.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/321048284938?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

 

You know it! Where do I get one!

 

aaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh NCLT makes me scream in agony.............

 

Lean back ... breathe normally ... say "ommmmmm" ...

While I do not really appreciate such pieces (made for collectors only) either, some are beautiful in my opinion. Why not collect them? We just should not believe that they actually circulate in the issuing countries. Belarus for example does not issue any circulation coins, none at all. But they do make a plethora of such pieces, and some have gorgeous designs.

What I don't quite understand is, why do publishing houses such as Krause even promote this trend? If you look at what they picked for their COTY awards ... I think only one is a piece that you can actually come across in circulation. All the others, including this year's overall winner, are (mostly surcharged) collector coins. Sigh.

Christian

 

I found this in a return tray from a coinstar machine. I have a friend that visited Moscow and she was told that it was illegal to take any money out of the county. True or not this is a very interesting piece of history.

 

That is really cool!

 

I got an 1800 French 5 centimes. I like those thick, heavy bronze coins they came out with after the revolution. I have two other Louis from 1792 and 3. I know they aren't worth that much, but I like owning a really old coin for a reasonable price.

 

I like doing the same. Nice coin!

 

Thanks! I think old French bronze will go up in value eventually. I noticed one which I got for $5 is now worth around $20 on ebay, so maybe people are beginning to realize that old French coins have some value.

 

Heres some more photos for the 1967 double date, Canadian cent with extra errors too

 

greaser 1963 double, or maybe triple hang 3 Canadian cent, with extra errors

 

i've got 3 nazi coins, one 10, one 5, and one 1

 

In the Soviet Union (where that coin is from) exporting USSR currency was against the law. That does not apply to today's Russia, and of course we don't know when this coin "moved". What makes it interesting in my opinion is the date - 1991 was the last year of the USSR.

Christian