World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!

Nice coins, Derick. The 1879 trial strike is quite interesting. Maybe you can show it to the people at the ANUCH to see if they have any information about it.

 

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Good idea. What do you think about this for 200 US?

http://articulo.mercadolibre.cl/MLC-404052870-un-real-1834-_JM

 

These are my newest coins from a flea market yesterday. i really like the monaco coin, which had a much higher mintage than i thought it would. the south africa 2 shilling i think i overpaid for slightly, but i still like it. The one from iran is a 10 rial, that i think is copper-nickle. Probably hard to tell from this photo, but what do you think the south africa 2 shilling would grade? I also got a 1940 3 pence and 6 pence from new zealand, and a cyprus 50 mils. <br><img src="http://www.cointalk.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=209207&amp;stc=1" attachmentid="209207" alt="" id="vbattach_209207" class="previewthumb">

 

The florin looks nice, better pic?

 

Where ever did you find that trial strike? I've been looking years for one. Awesome piece! :thumb:

 

I find these type of coins on the local E market. In some cases people do not know what they have. In this case it was shown as a UNC coin of the year, but on the photo you could see that it is not silver and would not be a fake since it is not worth much. I bought it for the cat value UNC about 30 US. The link shows another example. Should be copper. The person do not know what it is, but know it is special so asking crazy price. It is in bad condition with stupid price, unfortunatly.

http://articulo.mercadolibre.cl/MLC-404631463-dos-centavos-chilenos-1873-de-prueba-falsa-error-_JM

 

http://www.anuch.cl/

Propuesta de clasificación para el estado de las monedas del sistema decimal 1867-1891 (Pesos Aguila) ​

Diseño de las monedas

• Anverso:

Escudo de Chile, sin soportes, circundado por dos gajos de laurel atados. Alrededor, la leyenda siguiente: "Republica de Chile, ceca de Santiago, UN PESO".
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• • Reverso:

Cóndor posado sobre una roca, que sostiene con su pata derecha el escudo estriado que tiene al medio el haz, circundado de 15 estrellas. Alrededor, la leyenda siguiente: "POR LA RAZON O LA FUERZA, fecha entre estrellas (con relieve)".
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La grafila es de puntos y el cordoncillo estriado.
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Puntos de relieve mas alto de las monedas: es necesario determinar cuales son estos puntos pues ellos son los que se desgastan primero.

• • Anverso:

El punto de mas alto relieve corresponde al extremo de las plumas del penacho tal como se indica en la imagen.
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• • Reverso:

Los puntos de mas alto relieve son: el haz del escudo, las plumas del cuello del cóndor, las plumas sobre el muslo de su pata izquierda y el borde superior de su ala derecha tal como se indica e la imagen.

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Ilustración de monedas del tipo en estado decreciente de conservación:

• Uncirculated: ningún punto presenta desgaste.

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• Extremely Fine: un ligero desgaste en los puntos de mas alto relieve. En el Anverso, las plumas del penacho pierden definición en su extremidad. En el Reverso, las estrías y cintas cruzadas en el haz del escudo pierden definición. Las plumas del cuello pierden relieve así como las plumas del muslo y las del borde superior del ala derecha. En general conserva su patina.

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• Very Fine: desgaste pronunciado en los puntos anteriores. En el Anverso, desgaste en el escudo y el gajo de laureles. En el Reverso, el haz del escudo casi no se distingue, hay desgaste en las estrellas del escudo. Las plumas en los puntos de mas alto relieve ya prácticamente no presentan relieve. La parte central del cuerpo del cóndor presenta desgaste así como las estrellas que rodean la fecha. La roca pierde definición de manera pronunciada en su parte inferior derecha.

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• Fine: Desgaste más pronunciado en los puntos anteriores. Además, en el Anverso, las letras de la leyenda presentan desgaste y pierden relieve así como el borde exterior del escudo. En el Reverso, las estrellas que rodean la fecha aparecen casi sin su relieve y las letras de la leyenda presentan desgaste apreciable.

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• Very Good: mas desgaste en todos los puntos anteriores, la leyenda en el Anverso y el Reverso presenta desgaste pronunciado.

 

The coin is not UNC I know, and if it was a normal coin I would have paid to much. Maybe I still did, but I like it. Risks are part of this hobby. Thank you for the grading info.

 

Sometimes the most awesome coins don't cost a whole lot. Would you believe $7 from a dealer at the Johnson County (KS) Numismatic Society annual show over this past weekend...

 

Very nicely toned, wow. What is it?

 

1797 British 2 Pence. Another from the JCNS show. This one a little more expensive, but very reasonable for the grade. All of about $70. Paid $85 for it along with the 1797 Penny in aXF. This one is nice enough for wear that I am considereding sending it to NCS for conservation. Any opinions on that?

 

Cool errors for the week

The Argentina peso 1995 "B" minted in London with wrong spelling of "ProvinGias"



Chile 10 pesos 2008. Nice addition to my album. Got this from a guy that worked at the mint.

 

heresy................

 

I don't see these that often in such great condition and toned to boot.

Excellent coin, Sir.

 

Egypt under Fuad I, KM-347, bronze 10 milliemes, three year issue this being the most common and last year struck in 1935. Weighs 5.22 grams. Copper-nickel, but normally having an aluminum-bronze apearance to the metal when uncirculated. Had to prop up the coin in order to get the daylight to reflect off the surface in such a way to show the color. Lists for $20 in UNC in the 2011 Krause catalog with a mintage of 4,000,000 coins. .

 

Great coin, congrats.

 

Another coin from this past weekend's haul. Another Egyptian coin, this one a little earlier, Fuad I right. Silver 5 Piastres KM-336. The coin is pretty much impossible in UNC though Krause shows $60 with no listing for BU. XF = $30 which is about what this coin is, maybe a little nicer. Very lightly cleaned, has a few hairlines. Weighs 7.000 grams, struck in 0.835 fine silver. This example is from the Birmingham (Heaton) mint. One year issue from 1923. Actually a tougher coin to find in decent shape than the gold 20 Piastres of the same date.

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What coins are your main interests?

 

My main interest would be nice world coins. I have a decent world gold collection, along with fairly in depth collections of all metals from Albania, Egypt, Guatemala, Italy, Peru and Russia. Mostly 19th and 20th century. Some coins, like the 1797 GB 2 Pence are not really in my core area of collecting. But it's such a cool coin and was priced at about half what it would sell for in a no reserve auction that I just had to buy it. If I were a patient seller, I'm thinking it might even be a $300 coin to the right collector. And so there is a bit of an opportunist in me, if I see a coin or something unusual and I know it is worth considerably more than the asking price then I will generally buy it. Especially if it is priced under a couple hundred dollars.