World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!

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@spirityoda and @Hiddendragon lovely thai coins!!!! I'm jealous!

 

Thailand 1876 4 att. Crown sized copper, 1 year type. Other two pics I took from my IG page I love this coin and when you find them, they are really beat up, environmental/details issues so a straight graded one is rare. Also they are frequently counterfeited!

Thailand 4att full slab by Mkman123 posted Jan 30, 2019 at 7:55 AM

Thailand 4 att by Mkman123 posted Jan 30, 2019 at 7:54 AM

Thailand 4 att reverse by Mkman123 posted Jan 30, 2019 at 7:55 AM

 

Very nice!

 

I like the Benin coin also. I think I might try and find one for my daughter's elephant collection.

 

I have quite a few if you need some ideas.

 

First coin purchases of of 2019. All bullion

Australia 2019 Koala, mintage limited to 300,000 (Wife's collection)


Great Britain 2018 Britannia with Oriental Border, mintage 100,000


St. Helena British Trade Dollar, mintage 10,000


St. Helena U.S. Trade Dollar, mintage 10,000

 

After a trip to New Zealand last spring I wanted to put together a type set of early new zealand coinage. Since they started minting in 1933 I wanted the original crowned bust type. I won these 2 in an auction last night so now all I need are the 6 pence and 1/2 crown. Both of these are ms64. I have found it EXCEEDINGLY difficult to find early 1930s New Zealand coinage in UNC. Grades.

 

Always! Right now my plans are to stick to business strikes intended for circulation, but the reason for that is mostly that the dizzying array of commemoratives and bullion coins intimidates me a little. I went through an old Krause catalog to put together a spreadsheet of all world coins that were circulated, minted in the 20th century, and have at least 10g silver content. Happy to share with you or anyone else who is interested.

 

I've been getting more interested in Hungarian moderns as of late, and as my collection had expanded forward as far as 1990, after much consideration I've split my type set into Classic Hungarian (1848-1945) and Modern Hungarian (1946-Present). The Classic set is exhaustive and the Modern is first-year of type only, circulating coins only (and their first-year proof issues).

So here are a couple new pickups for the modern set:

Hungary 1994BP AR 200 Forint (Deák Ferenc)
KM-707 Proof (1994)
NGC PF69 ULTRA CAMEO

This is actually the last Hungarian circulating type that was struck in silver. It is a one-year type commemorating Ferenc Deák, who is considered to be one of the greatest, if not the greatest Hungarian statesman.



Hungary 2004BP Copper-Nickel 50 Forint (Hungary in the EU)
KM-773 (2004)
NGC MS69 DPL

This is a one-year type commemorating Hungary's entrance into the European Union in May of 2004. Prooflike coins could be found in many of the special BU mint sets issued to commemorate this event (mintage of 8,000), and this is a nice deep prooflike example that no doubt originated from one of those sets.

 

A couple random circulated silvers:

 

I had a Hormizd IV that was lower grade that I parted with only because I decided to upgrade to one in better shape at the same price I got my old.

It took almost a month to arrive from the UK, but glad it did.

I was also attracted to the nose area, looking like a snot/sneeze through the nose.



Ohrmazd (Hormizd) IV (579-590 A.D.)
AR Drachm
O: Facing bust, head right, wearing crown with tassel to left and surmounted by crescent with vertical lines; single-dotted border, crescent with star at 3, 6 and 9 o'clock.
R: Fire altar with two attendants, wearing tall headgear, inside single-dotted border; no marks outside border.
GW (Gurgan) mint, dated regnal year 9 = 587/8 CE.
32mm
4.1g
Göbl, Sasanian Numismatics, Hormizd IV, crown type I, reverse type 1

 

These 4 AE toners came yesterday, kinda made my day.

 

Where's the last one from? I haven't seen that before.

 

1934 Afghanistan 25 pul

 

the arabic coins you have 10 c and 50 c and the dates are so cool to read out because basically they never add up to it's actual date. I have tons of arabic friends and have read the numbers for some time.

 

Added another Napoleon III France 100 Francs from Strasbourg. This one dated 1866-BB. From Rick Ponterio's NYINC sale.

 

Another one from Ponterio's NYINC offerings, --this one far nicer than the grade indicates in my opinion. These Montenegro issues seem to show-up in European auctions far more often than here in the United States, -though a fairly tough coin in nice condition no matter where on the planet. Mintage of 30,003.

 

Wow! That coin is amazing. Envy is the word.

 

Being new at this, I buy on the cheap LOL.
This was advertised as "rare" but then again what really is rare ?
I liked the design and since it is close to Germany, where my ancestors are from, I decided to start collecting Austrian coins. Most German coins seem to have a swastika and I am repulsed by them.
"Austrian Empire - Austrian 1914 2 Heller Coin High Grade R", is the description.