My small tray of World Gold Coins (non-Ancient)

Thank you. I will try to take photos of some of the others. I putter around a lot when doing this, probably part of my compulsive makeup, so the process can take some time, depending on the coin.

 

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Seeing that amazing collection by Donna has inspired me to show my own gold coin collection. While it may not have the numbers since it is partly due to me being really picky, the gold coins I have are among the highlights in my collection other than my Chinese coins.

1. 1798 Great Britain George III Guinea MS63.


2. 1817 Great Britain George III Sovereign MS61 (First year of the modern sovereign).


3. 1837 Great Britain William IV Sovereign.


4. 1865 Australia Victoria Sydney Sovereign AU58.

5. 1916 T German East Africa 15 Rupien UNC details Bent

6. 1952 South Africa George VI 1 Pound PF66 CAM


I also have some more coins in grading, but as a 20+ year old University student with limited income, these coins are the fruits of my labor built on frugality and saving money and seeking the opportunity to buy them as raw coins.

 

Beautiful coins.

 

Here's one more Spanish colonial 8 escudos that I photographed today.

I picked this coin up in January 1990, at the Long Beach Coin Expo. It is from Mexico, 1713, Assayer J. It did not come from the 1715 Fleet, I believe. The surfaces are not etched, although there are some scratches on the cross side. It might be a beach find. On the other hand it might be an ocean find, located within a group of coins, affording it some protection from the corrosive effects of salt water. There are deposits of sediment in areas, but no corral.

This coin was produced during a period where the mint mark is o over X M. The date is to the left of the mint mark, and is partially visible, but all four numbers are legible. The shield and cross are nicely detailed on this coin. There is also some hammering of the edge at the mint, something that was done to make the edges smoother?

KM 57.1

26.96 grams

 

I thought at first that you were going to say that you picked it up on the beach. That would have been quite a find! Anyway, I see that your interest in gold coins from Mexico and Central & South America is not new, given that you bought this coin more than 30 years ago. Which came first, that interest or ancient coins?

 

Simultaneously, actually. My first world crown purchased was at Hudson's Department Store coin counter, on the mezzanine, right next to the cafeteria, in downtown Detroit, in 1978. It was an 8 reales of Mexico, 1819 as I recall, a common coin. The ancient purchase occurred later, in 1981, but I always had an interest in ancient coins and history, especially after reading the Durant series on world history.

 

Oh, for the days when every big department store had a coin counter! Of course, department stores themselves are kind of a dying breed.

 

Yes, Hudson's downtown store was leveled many years ago. In fact, Hudson's was taken over by the company that owns Target, but I forgot the name.

When I was a kid, going to downtown was a special experience. There was Sander's for a cream puff hot fudge sundae (no waistline considerations back then), a small shop on Woodward that specialized in caramel popcorn and cheese popcorn, and the palatial Fox Theater, for Lawrence of Arabia.....

 

One from Mughal India's Shah Jahan (Reign: AD 1628-1658).


Mughal Mohur, Shah Jahan, Allahabad, AH 1045 (AD 1636) Year 9
Gold, 22 mm, 10.87 gm, KM 260.3, Struck at Allahabad

Obverse: Square with two lines inside it and four lines around it
Square upper: Badshah Ghazi (Emperor and fighter for Islam)
Square lower: Shah Jahan (King of the World)
Square top: Shahab-ud-Din (Star of the Faith)
Square right: Muhammad Sahib (Lord Muhammad)
Square bottom: Qiran-e-Sani (Second Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction)
Square left: Zarb Allahabad (Struck at Allahabad)

Reverse: Square with two lines inside it and four lines around it
Square upper: "There is no god but Allah"
Square lower: "Muhammad is his messenger"
Square top: Caliph Abu Bakr
Square right: Caliph Umar
Square bottom: Caliph Uthman
Square left: Caliph Ali

The year "1045" is on the reverse bottom. AH 1045 is around AD 1636.
The regnal year "9" is on the obverse bottom.
It equates to AH 1037+9-1 or 1045.

Shah Jahan called himself the "Second Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction" on some of his coins. That meant that Jupiter and Venus were close together in the sky when he was born.

Allahabad is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh in northeast India.

 

All my gold for now...

 

more gold...

 

and last 1...




My San Marino spider and Malta butterflies are quite scarce... The rest are quite common.

 

Great thread!

First off my compliments to Donna for starting us off, and for sharing her beautifull gold coin collection

I will add some of mine.....
AV Quarter Noble ND Annulet Issue (1422-30)
Henry VI 1422-61 Lancaster
Tower Mint
Sachsen/ Kurfurstentum
AV Doppel Dukat 1630 (Centenary of Augsburg Confession)
Johann Georg I
Dresden Mint
England/ Stuart Kings
AV Unite ND (1606-7)
Tower Mint
James I 1603-25
Braunschweig-Blankenburg
AV Dukat 1733 "Wildman"= German Bigfoot?
Ludwig Rudolf
Braunschweig Mint
Axumite Kingdom/ Pagan Kings
AV Chrysos ND/ NM
Endybis 270-90

 

A gorgeous selection!

 

Thanks!
We are both blessed to share such a great hobby. This Winter, I spent a lot of time making precise data labels for coins in SAFLIPS/ now I am doing the same for my 300+ slabbed ones. I find PGGS/ NGC/ ANACS data is incomplete/ so its a big job/ but you learn so much about every coin/ while researching them.
John

 

Great coins !
Yellow is a cool color for coins

My very small collection of modern french gold coins, that most of you have already seen I guess





















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I just saw these, @Cucumbor; what a magnificent collection! All very beautiful. It's like a guidebook to all the different types of French gold coins I hope to own myself someday.

 

One small new addition to my tray:

George II AV Half-Guinea 1756, Spink 3685, KM 587. By John Croker. Obv. Old laureate head left, GEORGIUS·II· DEI·GRATIA· / Rev. Ornate crowned quartered shield of arms, divided date above, legend around, ·M·B·F·ET·H·REX·F·D·B·ET·L·D·S·R·I·A·T·ET·E·17 – 59 [King of Great Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg Arch-Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire]. 20 mm., 4.2 g. Purchased from Dix Noonan Webb Auction 252, 12 April 2022, Lot 175.



It's only in "Fine" condition, but that's fine with me! As such, it was considerably less expensive than it would have been in a higher grade.

I'll never be able to reconstitute the collection of British gold I once had (every ruler from Elizabeth I through Elizabeth II), but at least I now have every ruler from George I through Elizabeth II again, except for William IV and George VI. William IV should be possible; George VI is probably way too expensive for me at this point, even for a half-sovereign like I the one used to own.

 

I would be happy with that one Donna. I don't have any british gold so far....some day...

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