World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!

nice grade on that 1.

 

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1 more Florin to go!

 

and more

 

and the end

 

Here's a Hungarian medal I recently purchased that was sculpted at the onset of WWI.

1914 Cast Bronze Medal (High Relief) 82mm
"For Culture and Fatherland", by R.A. Zutt

Obverse- Nude Hercules fighting the Hydra
A·KVLTVRA'E'RT·E'S·A·HAZA'E'RT
"FOR CULTURE AND FATHERLAND" OPUS ZUTT


Reverse- "1914" with wheat sheaf and sword in center
A' KEVE, "FOR (THE SOCIETY OF ARTISTS BUDAPEST)"


I've seen this piece in silver as well, but those are much scarcer. Apparently you had to provide the silver to the artist for him to cast it for you in silver, and most were likely melted down due to the size.

 

El Cheapo would be proud...all of these were picked out of the bulk world coin bin.

Austria - 1916 20 Heller



Canada (Nova Scotia) - 1861 1/2 Cent



Canada (Nova Scotia) - 1832 Halfpenny Token



Germany (Empire) - 1889 A 10 Pfennig



Germany (Empire) - 1900 A 10 Pfennig



Germany (Empire) - 1900 J 10 Pfennig



Italy - 1919 20 Centesimi

Funny story...I was reading a thread here about overstruck coins, and I thought, "I REALLY want to find one of those!" Well, even though the entire batch of these were overstrikes, I still think it's pretty cool...

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Here's a new pickup for my Hungarian Franz Joseph I coronation/jubilee medals set. While Franz Joseph I Austrian jubilee material is fairly common, Hungarian 25th jubilee material seems to be scarce.

The 25th coronation jubilee was in 1892, which was also the year Hungary switched from the Forint to the Korona (gold standard). All denominations changed mid-year, and mintages were very low of all types as a result. Official jubilee medals from the KB mint are extremely scarce, as one would expect when the jubilee coincided with such a busy time for the mint. Other medals were perhaps privately struck to commemorate the event, but records are difficult to find for these.

Hungarian 1892 Jubilee Medal
Franz Josef I 25th Coronation Anniversary

The obverse depicts a part of the coronation ceremony of Franz Joseph I. During the ceremony, a newly crowned King of Hungary points the coronation sword toward each of the four cardinal directions and swears an oath to protect all the lands of Hungary. The coronation date and date of the 25th jubilee are shown (June 7, 1867 - June 7, 1892).


The reverse translates to "Commemorating the 25th year jubilee of the coronation as King of Hungary of Franz Joseph the first"

 

Arrived from Serbia last night. There are 2 examples of the 1 Dinar and 2 Dinara. One is Nickel-Brass, the other Copper plated Steel. Hard to tell apart. The only real way would be to weigh them, but sealed in a hard plastic case. The 10 Dinara has a mintage of 500,000 and the 20 is 494,500. Very low mintage numbers for circulating coins. The others are in double digit Millions. This set cost me 1,119 Dinara.

Serbia 2009 Mint Set Mintage NA

 

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That is a great looking set! Love the grades! Good luck with the Melbourne comm. that is an expensive one.

 

Thanks Rooman, this is the last of the Whitman foreign albums I will be completing. I am changing direction in my collecting interests. I have found that my passion is for large 17th to 19th century crowns and large copper of the same period. I lost interest in chasing the small denominations just to fill a hole in an album. I recently sold my US type coins, Philippine type, Canadian type because I realized I was never going to complete the sets due to lack of interest and limited funds to spend on coins. For now I will be picking up coins that strike my fancy in the areas I have an interest in.

 

There's something about large silver and copper coins that every collector loves. I see the appeal to you Good luck!

 

Latest world modern from a fellow ancient collector here on CT.

Venezuela 2 Bolivars

 

I picked this up at the ANA World's Fair of Money in Anaheim a few weeks ago, A Charles III Spanish Colonial 2 reales from the Lima mint, 1768, assayers JM. It is an extremely rare date for milled columnarios from that mint, KM#62, Gilboy L-2-19. It was listed incorrectly by the dealer as an issue from Mexico City.

 

Some of my latest.
For my airplane collection. Plus it also has dog sledding on it, which I love.



Then a couple of nice early proofs. Love when I find these

 

Some key date florins for me. Plus a nice WW2 coin.

 

Nice. This past weekend I was in Chicagoland for a family wedding (Elmhurst, IL) and had time to go to Elmhurst Coin & Collectibles and spent a little time going through his junk world silver and bought a nice circulated 1936 5 Bolivares and a 1874 France 5 Francs.

I like the look of the 5 Bolivares. It's a nice design and effectively the equivalent of the US silver dollar (purity and size), but without the typical premium over silver spot.

 

Nice, this is my first Venezuela coin actually. Now I want the 5 Bolivares, lol.

 

Yeah, the 5 Bolivare is the same design as your 2 Bolivare, but seems to look/work better on the larger coin.

 

I live in Chicagoland. How was the world coin selection at that shop? Did they have a "junk bin" with a decent amount of coins in it? I'm wondering if it's worth a visit. I'm not super close but it's doable.