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Mint fresh! Lovely!

 

X#11, 1952, 10,000 mintage, .900 FS, 30. mm, 12.5g, Numister# 115623.

 

Germany, 1930-A, 30mm, 15g, mintage 541.900, Numista# 24953.

 

I like the appropriately-hued deep sea blue/green patina on this piece.

CONDER TOKEN
Lancashire, Liverpool
CU Halfpenny Token (30.35mm, 12.09g, 6h)
Dated 1791
Obverse: LIVERPOOL HALFPENNY, Ship under sail to right, wreath below
Reverse: DEUS NOBIS HÆC OTIA FECIT, Coat of Arms of the city of Liverpool (a cormorant in shield surmounted by another, both holding seaweed in beaks, with bulrushes either side), date below
On edge: PAYABLE AT THE WAREHOUSE OF THOMAS CLARKE . X . X .
References: Numista 17518
Worn with some edge damage. Dark blue-green patina.
Thomas Clarke, (1742-1815) was a grocer, seedman, and warehouseman with offices at Fenwick Street, later Marshall Street, Liverpool.
Source: Gary Groll https://www.garygroll.com/thomas-clarke-commercial-halfpenny-1791-d-h-lancashire-72/)​

 

Coronation of Queen Victoria by J. Barber, 34mm in white
metal.

 

Let's be honest: These Saarland coins look like they're tokens to play games at an amusement park. "Mommy, can we go to Saarland tonight?" "Only if you're good, dear."

 

Umayyad Gold Dinar of al-Walid I (minted in Damascus sometime between 705 and 715):



This isn't a new coin, rather the second historical coin I bought as an adult.

 

Big chunk of silver

COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS
AR '10 Dollars' non-circulation commemorative coin (50.00mm, 49.70g, 12h)
Dated 1973. Struck by the Franklin Mint (Pennsylvania, USA) for the Bahamas
Obverse: COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS, crowned and draped bust of Queen Elizabeth II right; ELIZABETH II below
Reverse: INDEPENDENCE 10 JULY 1973, Santa Maria, left, under full sail; 10 DOLLARS below
References: Numista 16333​

 

That 1793 penny is spectacular! I don't think I've ever seen a proof of this type. Heritage just recently auctioned off some MS examples but they hammered quite beyond my means. This type is on my wish list, along with the 1806 Bahama penny.

 

Here are my more budget-friendly versions of yours.

 

Bishopric of Würzburg
Charles Philip of Greiffenklau-Vollraths
1 Schilling, 1751

KM# 338

 

Réunion
Bourbon Island
Louis XVIII
10 Centimes, 1816

KM# A1

 

This one was on my want list for over fifty years. Details grade due to spot removal. I'm fine with it.

Hawaii
1 Dollar, 1883

 

Italian Somaliland
2 Bese, 1921

 

My Bermuda Penny

 

Fantastic coins @Muzyck ! I really like the Hawaii dollar and the Bermuda penny.

 

I was pleased to add this to my collection recently - a South Africa Republic 1896 silver 2 1/2 shillings. It's a very attractive coin in the hand, lustrous and nicely toned.

SOUTH AFRICA REPUBLIC
AR 2 ½ Shillings (32.0mm, 14.15g, 12h)
Dated 1896. Pretoria, South Africa mint
Obverse: ZUID AFRIKAANSCHE REPUBLIEK, bust of President Johannes Paulus Kruger left
Reverse: Arms of the South Africa Republic; 2½ SHILLINGS * 1896 * above
References: Numista 21288
Mintage: 284,760
Lustrous and attractively toned.
Dutch settlement of South Africa began with the Cape Colony, which was founded on the southern tip of the African continent by the Dutch East India Company in 1652. It was originally intended to be a waystation for company ships travelling to and from the East Indies, but eventually grew into a settler colony with a large population of Dutch immigrants. During the Napoleonic Wars, the Cape Colony was annexed by the British in order to prevent Napoleon from taking control of the vital trade routes to and from the East Indies. However, the descendants of the original Dutch settlers, called the Boers, soon became fed up with British control and moved inland in what later became known as the Great Trek, establishing their own state, the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (South Africa Republic), in 1852. Diamonds were discovered there in 1867 and gold in 1884, suddenly making the region of enormous economic importance. Conflict with Britain arose in the 1880’s when Britain attempted to annex the ZAR as a British colony; the Boers resisted and were victorious. War again broke out in 1899 after the ZAR president Paul Kruger refused to grant political enfranchisement to the tens of thousands of British miners who worked in the Republic; this war was eventually won by the British in 1902, after which the South Africa Republic was formally dissolved and incorporated into the British Empire.​