Lord Marcovan's "Eclectic Hundred" as of November 16, 2023

It's been a while since I did one of these sprawling megathreads wherein I post my entire collection. Here's the latest, just for fun. ~RWS

The Eclectic Hundred

This collection is intended to be a sampling of world history in 100 certified coins. Since its scope is limited to a hundred pieces, it is not truly representative of the whole history of coinage, but I do try to collect coins from as many places and periods in history as possible.

Some categories are more heavily represented, due to my preferences. For example, you’ll see a lot of Greek and Roman pieces in the Ancients, because that’s what I like. Because I am an American, you’ll also see multiple United States coins.

This collection follows the popular certified “Box of 20” concept- except it’s a “Box of 100”. This means that to limit the collection to 100 pieces, I am forced to remove one coin every time I want to add a new one. This can be very challenging, but the selection process hopefully results in a gradual improvement in quality as time goes on.

Coins are displayed in chronological order. Photos are not shown to scale.

Thank you for taking the time to view my collection.

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Numismatic Regards,

~Robertson (“Rob”) Shinnick (“lordmarcovan”)

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Here they are. Happy scrolling!

Greece (Ionia, Phokaia): ca. 478-387 BC electrum hekte


Greece (Attica): ca. 440-404 BC silver "Owl" tetradrachm of Athens


Greece (Boeotia, Thebes): ca. 395-338 BC silver stater, ex-Eric P. Newman collection


Greece (Macedon): ca. 336-323 BC silver drachm of Alexander the Great, lifetime issue


Greece (Pamphylia, Aspendos): ca. 325-250 BC silver stater


Greece (Thrace, Pantakapaion): ca. 310-303 BC bronze Æ21


Greece (Spartans in Taras, Calabria, Italy): ca. 302-281 BC silver drachm


Egypt (Ptolemaic Kingdom): ca. 163-145 BC silver didrachm of Ptolemy VI "Philometer"


Roman Republic: ca. 103 BC silver denarius of Q. Minucius Thermus


Greece (Carian Islands, Rhodes): ca. 88-84 BC silver drachm

 

Roman Republic: ca. 63 BC silver denarius of L. Furius Brocchus


Roman Provincial (Ephesus): ca. 27 BC-14 AD cistophoric tetradrachm of Octavian as Augustus


Celtic Tribes (Catuvellauni & Trinovantes): ca. 8-41 AD gold quarter-stater of Cunobelin


Roman Empire: ca. 14-37 AD silver denarius of Tiberius (the biblical "Tribute Penny")


Roman Empire: ca. 41-54 AD bronze sestertius of Claudius


Roman Empire: ca. 54-68 AD gold aureus of Nero


Roman Empire: ca. 80-81 AD silver denarius of Vespasian; commemorative issue struck by Titus


Roman Empire: ca. 80 AD gold aureus of Titus, struck for the opening of the Colosseum


Roman Empire: ca. 117-138 AD bronze sestertius of Hadrian


Roman Empire: ca. 159 AD bronze sestertius of Antoninus Pius

 

Roman empire: ca. 360-363 AD silver siliqua of Julian II; found in 1887 in the East Harptree Hoard


Byzantine Empire: ca. 527-565 AD gold tremissis of Justinian I


Sasanian Empire: ca. 591-628 AD silver drachm of Khusru II


Sicily (Norman Kings): ca. 1154-1166 gold tari of Guglielmo I ("William the Bad")


German States (Augsburg): ca. 1184-1202 silver bracteate of Bishop Udalschalk of Eschenlohe


German States (Brunswick-Lüneburg): ca. 1195-1213 silver bracteate of William Longsword


England: ca. 1213-1215 silver penny of King John, from the Gisors hoard found in Normandy


Scotland: ca. 1280-1286 silver penny of Alexander III, second coinage


Crusader States (Cyprus): ca. 1324-1359 silver gros of Hugo IV


England: ca. 1422-1461 silver groat of Henry VI, from the Reigate Hoard found in Surrey

 

German States (Frankfurt): 1495 goldgulden of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor


German States (Saxony, Albertine): 1548 silver thaler of Maurice, Elector of Saxony


Lithuania: 1550 silver half-grosz of Sigismund II Augustus of Poland, Vilnius mint


England: 1575 silver sixpence of Elizabeth I, Tower mint, eglantine mintmark


German States (Teutonic Order): ca. 1615 silver 1/4-thaler of Grand Master Maximilian of Austria


England: 1679 silver crown of Charles II, TRICESIMO PRIMO edge


Austria: 1700-IA silver 3-kreuzer of Leopold I ("The Hogmouth")


German States (Brunswick-Lüneberg-Calenberg-Hannover): 1702 silver 24-mariengroschen, "Wildman" type


Great Britain: 1723 silver South Sea Company sixpence of George I, double-struck mint error


Germany (Nürnberg): 1730 silver Augsburg Confession medal by Daniel Dockler the Younger

 

Mexico (Spanish Colonial): 1736-Mo-MF silver 8 reales ("Pillar Dollar"), Mexico City mint


Swiss Cantons (Zürich): 1739 silver "city view" 1/2-thaler (1 gulden of 36 schillings)


Russia (Siberia): 1781-KM copper 10-kopecks of Catherine the Great, Suzun mint


United States (Massachusetts): 1787 copper cent, Arrows in Left Claw variety


Great Britain (Chichester, Sussex): 1794 copper Conder token, "Chichester Halfpenny"


United States: 1799 silver Draped Bust dollar


United States: 1804 copper Draped Bust half cent, "Spiked Chin" variety


Ireland: 1805 bronzed copper proof halfpenny of George III, Soho Mint


United States: 1806 silver Draped Bust half dollar, "Pointed 6, stem through claw" variety


Colombia (Spanish Colonial): 1808-NR JJ gold 8-escudos of Charles IV

 

United States: 1813 silver Capped Bust half dollar


Iran (Persia): AH 1233 (1817) gold toman of Fath-Ali Shah, Yazd mint


Japan (Edo Period): ca. 1832-1858 gold 2-shu


United States: 1834 gold Classic Head quarter eagle ($2.50)


United States: 1836 gold Classic Head half-eagle ($5.00)


United States (New York): 1837 nickel silver private pattern cent, Feuchtwanger's Composition


France: 1840 gilt bronze specimen medal by Antoine Bovy, for Napoleon Bonaparte's Paris funeral


United States: 1853 copper Braided Hair half cent


United States: 1851-O silver 3-cent piece, Type 1


United States: 1852 gold dollar, Type 1, Liberty Head

 

United States: 1855 gold dollar, Type 2, Small Indian Head


United States: 1860-O silver Seated Liberty dollar, No Motto, ex-Long Island Collection


United States: 1863 bronze patriotic Civil War token, "Our Little Monitor" type


Great Britain: 1865 silver florin of Queen Victoria, "Gothic" type, Die #13


France (Compagnie La Prévoyance): 1869 silver jeton (insurance token) engraved by Paulin Tasset


United States: 1877-S silver Trade dollar


Peru: 1879 copper-nickel 10-centavos; provisional coinage


United States: 1881 bronze proof Indian Head cent


United States: 1883 copper-nickel proof 5-cents, Shield type


Canada (Newfoundland): 1885 gold 2 dollars of Queen Victoria

 

United States: 1886 silver proof Seated Liberty dime


United States: 1888-S gold Liberty Head eagle ($10.00)


Japan: Year 23 (1890) silver "dragon" yen of the Emperor Meiji


United States: 1893 gold Liberty Head half eagle ($5.00)


Puerto Rico: 1895-PG V silver peso of Alfonso XIII of Spain


United States: 1896 copper-nickel proof 5-cents, Liberty Head type


United States: 1899-S gold Liberty Head double eagle ($20.00), With Motto


United States: 1900 silver Lafayette commemorative dollar


Great Britain: 1901 gold half-sovereign of Queen Victoria, from the Dr. Jacob Terner collection


Germany (Wurttemburg): ca. 1904 silver klippe, Stuttgart Numismatic Association, "Happy New Year"

 

Philippines (U.S. Administration): 1904-S silver peso, large type


United States: 1907 gold Liberty Head quarter-eagle ($2.50)


United States: 1909-VDB bronze Lincoln Wheat cent, saved by Ohio banker Leroy Zachman in 1909


United States: 1911 gold Indian Head half eagle ($5.00), Reverse Struck Through mint error


United States: 1911 gold Indian Head eagle ($10.00), With Motto


United States: 1920 silver Pilgrim Tercentenary commemorative half dollar


Germany (Westphalia): 1923 gilt bronze hyperinflationary 10,000-mark notgeld token


United States: 1923 gold Saint-Gaudens double eagle ($20.00), With Motto


Russia (Soviet Union): 1924- ПЛ silver rouble, Leningrad mint


United States: 1925-D gold Indian Head quarter-eagle ($2.50)

 

United States: 1926 gold Sesquicentennial commemorative quarter eagle ($2.50)


Australia: 1927 silver florin of George V, Canberra Parliament House commemorative, Melbourne mint


Germany (Weimar Republic): 1927-A silver 3-reichsmark, Bremerhaven commemorative


United States: 1938-D silver Walking Liberty half dollar


Canada: 1977 proof gold 100-dollars of Elizabeth II, Silver Jubilee issue


Nepal: VS2052 (1995) gold proof Asarfi of Gyanendra Shah (1/20th-ounce), Lord Buddha commemorative


Bermuda: 1997 gold 60-dollars, "Bermuda Triangle", wreck of the Sea Venture


Austria: 2008 silver proof 10-euro, Klosterneuburg Abbey commemorative


China (People's Republic): 2016 gilt-enamel proof silver 10-yuan; "Auspicious Culture: Longevity"


Kazakhstan: 2019 copper-nickel gilt 200-tenge, Eagle Owl

 

Whew! Well, there it is. Thanks for looking.

Got any favorites? Any and all commentary is welcome.

 

Boy I guess !! That took some work !

And yet that amount of work is dwarfed by the time period your set covers - over 2,400 years ! Impressive !

 

Thanks. I got such a red hot deal on that Owl (in a four-coin lot), that it ended up being essentially free to me, given the value of the total lot.

The 1799 dollar, on the other hand, I had to grossly overpay for in order to win it. I guess it balances out, sorta.