World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!

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Tell me more, sounds like an interesting story.

 

A 1973 Canadian Penny. Yay.

 

Here's a Couple of New Canadian Pickups

1949 Silver Dollar MS66 PCGS
Newfoundland Commemorative
Legend FLOREAT TERRA NOVA
"May the Newfound Land Flourish


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The highest certified grade that is still affordable for these super silver dollar commemoratives, which observe Newfoundland joining the Dominion of Canada in this year. The engraver Thomas Shingles hand-engraved the master die entirely by hand without the aid of a reducing machine. The reverse shows the ship Matthew in which John Cabot "rediscovered" Newfoundland in 1497 after the Vikings (ca. 1100).

5c 1886 Small 6 XF45 PCGS


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I love these little silver half dime "fish scales," they lasted far longer in Canada than in the U.S. which discontinued them in 1873. But in Canada they lasted until the famous 1921 issue, which was mostly melted. I have both certified and a nice XF "raw" set going. The silver dimes are also beautiful and underappreciated coins. Enjoy! :hail:

Best Regards,

George

 

Got this piece couple weeks ago it is a Slovenian coin with depiction of Ivan Cankar.

 

What's remarkable to me is how many of those 1947 Canadian dollars are impaired with hairlines, cleaned, or otherwise not suitable for a BU collection of coins. MS66 is quite a coin for the issue.

 

Love it!

 

Nice additions

 

Nice design, especially the "face value" on the leaf. Keep in mind though that this is not actually a coin but a privately issued piece ...

Christian

 

I don't know why? Which countries do they make coins for. BTW - not a fan of A) The Tulip, B) It wasn't Turkey that they opened trade with, but the genocidal Ottomans.

 

Yea Chris that is what i learned from Krause but could not figure out anything more so i kept it in my list for the time being. Do you have any info on it thanks?

 

As for the country names, well, there aren't that many countries that simply "come out of the blue". But it is quite interesting that you consider today's Netherlands to be the same country as 1612 while today's Turkey is a different country in your view. Well, it was the Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Provinciën (the Dutch "Republic of the Seven United Provinces") that sent its first ambassador to Istanbul then. And yes, of course the other party so to say was the Ottoman Empire. Now the tulip I find amusing as it usually is one of the Netherlands stereotypes, along with windmills and clogs. So I would not really expect any of these to show on a Dutch coin. Well, here you go.

Christian

 

Not much, I'm afraid. A while ago I was surprised when I read about "lip" coins that had supposedly been issued by Slovenia shortly after the country's independence. After all, neighboring Croatia actually uses the denomination (1 kuna = 100 lipa) but when Slovenia issued its first "own" currency, they picked the name tolar, with stotins as the sub-unit ...

So I learned that the "Slovenian lipa" was a series of unofficial or private issues that came out while the country became independent. The name means linden or lime (the tree), so the leaf makes sense. Here is an article from the Slovenian Wikipedia version; I don't understand the language but Google Translate helped. Also, see the part at the bottom of this page ...

Christian

 

Amanda

Interesting. The Dutch didn't have 40 years of Military rule trying to squeeze secularism into its government and society, and the Dutch Statholder, I believe, is still from the House of Orange?

Maybe


Amanda

 

I am pretty darn sure that the Republic, in 1612, did not have a king or queen. If anybody does not like the coin because he or she does not like the Netherlands or Turkey, or the Dutch Republic or the Ottoman Empire, fine with me. And there has been much military action in many parts of this world that I find despicable. This particular topic, however, may not quite be right place for a political debate ...

Christian

 

I got a bunch of proof 1970`s Bahamas and Jamaica coins for my mom. She says she like the pictures they have on them.

 

I wish I could tell you more.but the world book I use just note 45%-55% went down in a shipwreck.

 

Here's my newest thing.

Italian souvenir from the 1940's