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This one arrived yesterday. Interesting time period in France.

 

I'm in NC as well.

 

A sought after Russian 5 Rouble 1848

 

1952 Tunisia 100 Francs

 

Poland 500 Zlotych silver Pattern 1982

 

Thailand - 10 Baht 1992

 

Was watching an old "All Creatures Great And Small" and James had just picked up a Coronation Crown for his daughter...

 

Oh wow, check this out! I just got one also!




Awesome French token minted for some wealthy French brothers during the small change crunch of the time, but minted in in Great Britain by Mathew Boulton on his new fangled steam powered minting machines. One of the first really modern coins. This thing is "medallic" at nearly 40 mm and over 28 g.

Has edge lettering as well!



If interested, here is a cool page about the Soho mint, check out under tokens the "Monnerons".

http://sohomint.info/index.html

 

Got these 2 in the mail today.

 

This one came in today. Really liking the Knight on horseback. 1549 Lithuania Halfgroat-Zygmunt II.
Country Lithuania
Type Common coin
Years 1545-1569
Value Halfgroat (1/2)
Metal Silver
Weight 1.25 g
Diameter 20 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized yes
References Gum# 598

 

I like those big old copper coins. I can read some of the Chinese characters there, the first one has "Si Chuan" (the name of the province we call 'Sichuan' or 'Szechwan' in English) at 12 and 6 o'clock on the reverse. The other coin is Japanese 1 sen, Meiji year 11 - 1878 AD. I have a couple similar coins, yours is in really nice condition.

 

its about 1910-33 Tibet Rupee. The Chinese government didn't like the encroachment in Tibet of the British rupee so they created the Tibet rupee and minted them in Sichuan province. These are quite collected and prices about 150-300 for the common pieces the more scare ones drive a lot higher prices.

The other copper piece is a japan occupation piece used in china if i'm not mistaken. its a common piece.

 

Here is an unusual piece I got today. 1890-1908 Guang Dong (China) 7.2 Candareens. 19 mm 2.7 gm Ag .820

 

I really want one of those Tibet trade coins but afraid I will end up with a counterfeit.

 

I believe I hit a home run on this only 400,000 minted an 1927 1/2 Gulden I'm seeing prices 3 to 5 times the amount I paid....can anyone advise?

 

I really like that Danzig coin. here's my newp