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Iran 5000 Dinars ( 5 Kran ) Guessing 1921 AH1340. Mintage 303,000 About $14 in F. KM#1058

 

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Yes but could be the 1921 type two
were a mustache was on it.but sands in Egypt were I found this while on a assignment with US Army could sand rubbed off the mustache a dealer in Germany told me. One luck smoke break just standing there and seen silver round thing in sand.

 

Here is a photo I was comparing it to. Don't see a mustache. Could be wrong, not the best image. It came with some software I have.

 

I located these two 2 Pesetas from Spain. They are 27mm .835 silver and depict the Spanish King Alfonso XII and his son Alfonso XIII.

Alfonso XII (depicted on the 1882 coin) became king in Spain in 1874 at the age of 17 I believe. He was short lived and died at age 27 leaving the throne to his unborn son. Alfonso XIII (depicted on the 1892 coin) became king upon birth in 1886.

 

Mine hasn't a stash only ghost of what could have been a die crack on each side. Your 100% right.

 

I knew I was gonna buy it. I just now won it off Ebay. yippy. love them bees for the "coins with insects' collection. 2013 Luxembourg 5 euro.

 

What type of metal is this issue. Silver or that new one I can't recall what it's called but has uim at end of name.

 

Here are a couple 1859 and 1877 Austrian Florins featuring Franz Joseph on the obverse. These coins are very similar to the Hungarian Forint coins of the same time period as Franz Joseph ruled over both countries at the same time.

 

Fred13 -- beautiful example. Any idea why it's labeled as "rara" though? These aren't rare.

 

What you have in mind is niobium, I think. But this Luxembourg €5 coin is a combination of silver (ring) and "Nordic Gold" (pill). Nordic Gold is a sort of brass (Cu89 Al05 Zn05 Sn01) also used for the mid-range circulation coins.

Christian

 

So from the four date set of the 2 lire coins the 1917 2 lire is far scarcer than the other three dates. On the other hand the 1916 2 lire is the most common. Interestingly enough the 1 lira series of 1914-1917 is the opposite. The 1917 is by far the most common with the 1916 being the key date hence why the Italian dealer wrote Rara on the flip

 

Actually....Quadriga is the word in Italian for a quadriga. "Briosa" means lively or spirited, and it differentiates this design of the quadriga from the similar earlier design by Davide Calandra that is slightly different. Notice the difference in the heads of the horses of the two types of "Quadriga" coins by Calandra. See the two examples below...they are two separate coin "types"...

Quadriga veloce (all horses heads up, less lively mane hair)


Quadriga briosa (one horse has head down, much more mane hair)

 

At a mintage of nearly 2 million, it is still not "rara" regardless of if it is the lowest mintage of the small series or not. Just a pet peeve of mine when dealers and collectors throw around the term "rare" willy nilly...regardless, that 1916 Lira you posted in a "wow" coin -- and spectacular in that condition!

 

While I agree with you that a coin isn't rare because a dealer likes to throw around the word I'd have to disagree with the mintage argument. Mintages are very deceptive for certain coins. For example this coin in particular was melted in massive amounts for its silver which in turn was used to fund the minting of the 1927 5 and 10 lire coins. However have to agree that this coin and date aren't rare in the absolute sense of the word. Despite that I wouldn't categorize it as common for the reasons mentioned above.

 

I don't use the term rare unless there are 100 or fewer coins/tokens/etc. extant. I think this stems from my collecting of Conder tokens and other items that are truly rare in the sense that you can't find them even if you wanted to and had unlimited monetary resources.

PS -- there is no 1914 1 Lira -- the series is 1915-1917.

 

A couple random ones, chinese 20 cent and India 1 pie or 1/12 anna

 

Yes that the metal I was trying to remember. It's one of them metal that can be used in many colors. If I am right.

 

Fair enough. I completely understand where you are coming from regarding your definition of rare. Much like Conder tokens there are dozens of Albanian coins that I desire with mintages of less than 50.

I appreciate the insight on the non existent 1914 lira. I am no where near as well versed as I should be in Italian coinage. I've been meaning to pick up the authoritative book on the subject(regno d'italia 1800-1946 by Montenegro) ages ago but have yet to get around to it. Anyways in that case I am one coin away(1915 lira) from completing the Quadriga Briosa set. Sadly I probably won't commit to the volece set due to the crazy prices of the 2 lire coins in that set. I'll content myself to one example much like your 1913 lira which is a fantastic coin in its own right!

 

You are. Here is some info from Plansee, the company that developed the process which the Austrian Mint started using in 2003: http://www.plansee.com/en/Materials-Niobium-405.htm

Christian