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I found this design to be rather attractive.

 

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Nice!

 

Evasion 3 shillings brass token (silver has worn off)



My first coin from Alderney £2 coin for the 40th anniversary of QEII

 

Raided my fathers coin tin and found these too...




Type 1B and 2A. Only just found out about them so will be keeping an eye out in future for more. Telltale signs are.. 1B- i in ELIZABETH and 1 in 10 point at space in between the dots on the rim on both sides and only has four chest hairs on the lion. 2A has 5 chest hairs and the 1 and I point at the dots on both sides. These only occur on the 1992 date and only applies to the thick sides (not the tapered kind)
Apparently they are quite rare but don't get too hyped when you check one side if the other doesn't match you have a normal 1 of over 1 billion issues

 

What is the big copper with the 20?

 

Its a brazillian 40reis which has been counterstamped down to 20 I have an 80 which has been knocked down to a 40 too ! It doesn't normally fit in my collection but I like them

 

Very cool. In regards to your South Africa 2.5 Shillings, here is a document link to the beautiful coinage of South Africa. The prices are old, but the coins are fantastic.

http://stjauctions.com/assets/applets/SJA7part4.pdf

 

Nice, lowest mintage on the six pence series!

 

Looks like it might be cleaned, as are about 90% of the Peruvian Sol coins from the 19th century.

 

I won this beauty on eBay today. The photos look bit "enhanced", if you will, to me. Hopefully it'll look great in person!

 

You talking about the sol I posted?

 

1895 un dino

1895 Derick could Know more about?? I am just reading up on this 1 and know that Lima Mint + Territorial Mint maybe like this 1.
That is why I am asking for some help:help!A::yes:

 

1895 un dino #2


Sorry for all the Photo But Book+Coin do not add up.

this date in the Book should different works in UN DINO area book has.
Maybe a Branch Mint.In the 1885 Obv Die???

 

A great example of why coins without legends crammed all over them look vastly superior to US issues. Unfortunately, that could never happen here in the United States. Polish coins from the 1930s are another great example of minimalist legends producing some of the greatest coin designs of the 20th century.

 

I concur 100%. That is exactly why I love the Canadian 1967 coinage reverses. While there is the denomination and centennial statement in the legend, there are huge fields that show the cartwheel lustre wonderfully, with a simple design in the middle of the coin. For me, the bigger and cleaner the fields, the better...

 

While I love some wording, the majority, in my opinion, just takes away from the design. Although I love the wording on the back of the 2 1/2 Gulden from a few posts up, that's why I went for it instead of the Curaçao one (and the seahorse privy which I think is cute).

 

I really like some coins with alot of border my 1/8 guilder has the untied colonies of essequebo and demerary all around the border however I love my new set of confederation coins !

 

Maybe bilingual/multilingual countries or coin issuers are at an advantage here ... On Canadian coins you either use both English and French, or pick words that "work" in both languages. It is similar in Finland for example where inscriptions would have to be in Finnish and Swedish. So designers tend to avoid long bilingual blather. Of course there is also the question of different tastes and what people are used to.

Christian

 

South Vietnam 1968 20 Dong

Nice Doubling on HOA, caused by nice " Long Die Break "

 

1640 Netherlands Lion Daalder

This was found in a foreclosed farm house underneath the carpet and the padding!!!!