Post a Beautiful or Unique[ly beautiful] Coin

I like the coin and love that toning.

 

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Here’s a recent arrival of a type that I had wanted for a while.







MACEDON (ROMAN PROTECTORATE), Republican period. First Meris. Circa 167-149 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 32 mm, 16.76 g, 3 h), Amphipolis. Diademed and draped bust of Artemis to right, at the center of a Macedonian shield ornamented with stars within crescents. Rev. MAKEΔONΩN / ΠΡΩTHΣ Club, with head to right, between two lines of inscription; above, monogram; below, two monograms; all within oak wreath with ties to left; to left, thunderbolt. ANMG III 175. Toned and rare with these monograms. Irregular flan, otherwise, good fine.


From the collection of W. F. Stoecklin, Amriswil, Switzerland, acquired prior to 1950 from the collection of Dr. Naegeli in Zürich.

 

That is beautiful indeed! I've only become more interested in Ancient coins quite recently, but I've still looked at hundreds of designs, and this Macedonian Tet type is one of my favorites. The composition is striking! Congrats on the acquisition.

 

That's a beauty! Copper "ruins" more easily from environmental conditions than silver does, and I think that kept me from collecting coppers for a while. That said, when copper coins tone "right", they can be just as beautiful as well-toned silver coins, if not more so in many cases. There's just something about those blues, browns, and reds, especially on high-grade coppers, that creates a wonderful effect. I'd say yours is a good example of that!

 

The British Angel Coin established by the British commonwealth Isle Of Man. The renowned London Pobjoy Mint, one of the oldest mints in the world was commissioned to design and strike these lovely coins.

 

As I've posted this on a few other forums recently as a favorite acquisition of 2017, I might as well post it here, too. I'm amazed at the engraving and striking quality that could be achieved in these early milled coins.

1603 thaler, Teutonic Order, Maximilian of Austria.

 

bought this several years ago from karl Stephens, I think. absolutely love it.

 

I was watching this coin in the weeks leading up to its sale. The level of detail on this is splendid! The design is also not just aesthetically beautiful, but so incredibly evocative of the age that its from with the knight, heraldry, crown, cape, etc. It's amazing that some of these early crowns rival coins that were produced in many countries as late as the 1800s, in terms of design and strike quality.

 

my jaw is still on the ground. that coin is amazing.

 

Saudi Arabia ١٣٧٤ (1954) ١/٤ (1/4) Rial graded MS65+ by NGC.

 

Here is a 1775 5 kopeks from Siberia. The photo does not show it very well, but there is still some mint red remaining in the protected areas of the shield and legends. This is an original strike, not a novodel.

 

French, Italian, Greek....so many of their coins are artistic to such a high degree, it is hard to choose.

 

Very nice ! This is the sharpest strike i have seen on these series. I want to get one of them at some point, preferably a double thaler. I keep seeing one popping up every now and then, same coin but grand master's face is non existent.

 

I love the Irish trade dollar , what a beauty !

 

Here is 2 unique coins i like very much due to the reverse design.
liechtenstein 5 Franks.



Portugal 1000 Reis

 

I’m a big fan of the “imperial” reverses as well.



“I love the Irish trade dollar , what a beauty !”

The best part of that Irish bank token is that the undertype is easily seen - 1794 MoFM Mexico 8 Reales.

I love that cannon and lion on the 1000 Reis, if I am seeing that correctly.

 

Attractive design indeed. Note that this is a 5 Kronen coin, from the time when Liechtenstein had a currency union with Austria. After WW1 it started using the Swiss Franken, and in 1923 made a customs agreement with Switzerland. The newly issued coins would say, for example, "5 FR" instead of "5 KR", they were a little heavier and bigger than the old ones ... but had exactly the same design.

Christian