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In the 1930s, Hungary produced 6 commemoratives, a trio of 2 Pengő and a trio of 5 Pengő. All 6 of these coins were officially restruck by Artex (an export company owned and operated by the Hungarian government) in 1965.

Here are some new pickups for my Hungarian Artex Restrikes set; restrikes of the trio of 2 Pengő commemoratives.

(Bottom Coin)
Hungary 2 Pengő (Pazmany University) 1935 KM-513 Artex Restrike
Commemorating 300 Years of Pazmany University

(Top Left Coin)
Hungary 2 Pengő (Ferenc Rakoczi) 1935 KM-514 Artex Restrike
Commemorating the 200 year anniversary of the death of Ferenc Rakoczi (1676-1735)

(Top Right Coin)
Hungary 2 Pengő (Ferenc Liszt) 1936 KM-515 Artex Restrike
Commemorating the 50 year anniversary of the death of Ferenc Liszt (1811-1886)

 

Estonia 100 krooni 2002
Not too common coin...

 

An ebay purchase here. 161 x 5 Gulden coins from the Netherlands Antilles (1998-1999). They still issue currency, not to be confused with the obsolete Guilders from Europe. I payed only around $60 with $5.50 shipping. 805.00 ANG exchanges to $454.80 USD as of 09/13/2016. That's 1.77 ANG = $1.00 rate they've had for a long time. The rate of my purchase ran to 12.29 ANG = $1.00

It's possible the seller thought these were obsolete.

They're not in the best condition, many of the edges are grimy and there was a few coins I pulled tape off of. Whoever originally owned the coins in the Antilles must not have cared for the coins, and some likely weathered the elements down there. But I'm not going to complain, I likely will never resell them.

 

Could be? Not sure what year the
Euro coins started there or if did.

 

The Antilles is not in Europe at all. Netherlands does use the Euro (since 2001) but Antilles is located in the Dutch Caribbean region north of Venezuela. They're also located near Aruba, who is also ruled by the Dutch but they issue the Florin currency, still spendable today.

 

Added a few more World Mint/Proof Sets to the collection. Picked these up from
@stldanceartist. Easy to do business with and I am happy with the purchase.

A nice Set from Slovakia. The last "coin" is actually a token featuring the Saris and Zemplin Regions. The 2,5, and 10 Koruna were only available in this set.

2005 Slovakia Mint Set Mintage NA


2002 French Polynesia Mint Set Mintage 5,000


This set from the Czech Republic has 3 coin with low mintage numbers. The 5 Korun is 26,431 The 10 is 25,000 The 50 is 26,436

2000 Czech Republic Mint Set Mintage 13,000

 

Some more

Finally got a set from Hong Kong

1997 Hong Kong Mint Set Mintage NA


This set from Hungary has one coin with Silver. The 200 Forint is 0.5000 Silver with 0.1629 ASW. The 10,20, and 50 Fillers all have low mintages of 30,000 each. Yes, those are fingerprints one the coins themselves. Poor quality control.

1994 Hungary Mint Set Mintage NA


Got one Proof Set in the batch. This set from Nepal was minted from the U.S. Mint. I tried to uncover which, but was unable. I am going to guess Philadelphia. I tried 2 different lights and camera settings to bring out the cameo but the hard plastic would not cooperate. Best I could do.

1972 Nepal Proof Set Mintage 3,943

 

These days there is no political entity named "Netherlands Antilles" any more by the way. That was dissolved six years ago, and today Curaçao and Sint Maarten have an autonomous status much like what Aruba has. Three smaller islands became "gemeenten" of the Netherlands (which introduced the euro in 1999 and the cash in 2002), but they do not use the euro either. Oddly enough, Curaçao and Sint Maarten still use the Netherlands Antilles Guilder, which has a fixed USD exchange rate ...

Christian

 

New pickup from Long Beach for my Hungarian type set (1848-1946).

Hungary Ducat 1848 (KM-433)
NGC MS63 War of Independence

This one-year revolutionary type was struck during the first year of the short-lived Hungarian War of Independence (1848-1849). This is a very scarce type (reported mintage of only 53k), and also a significant condition rarity to find an example above MS62.

I had been searching for a suitable example of this type for some time now, and had passed up a couple 61/62 examples, but this one really spoke to me. It's a brilliant and well-struck coin overall, with the only detractor being the slight weakness on the reverse in the area of Saint Mary's neck. Pop 1/1.

 

I've been after some ducats myself. That one is lovely.

Just got this one yesterday:

 

It seems that the Antilles islands does accept US Dollars and Euros but they are not main currencies. I just thought that was interesting.

I hope that doesn't affect the Guilder eventually.

 

Zurich Qtr Ducats 1666 and 1721,MS 62 and 63

 

Fujairah 1971 Apollo 14 PR68 mintage of 550:

 

Canada 1909 Sovereign

 

And the last one for today

 

Poland 10 an 20 Zlotych. I've yet to receive them but the colour on the 20Z looks to be a very rich honey gold.

 

This one is 1oz Palladium 25 roubles. Commemorating a millennium of Christianity in Russia.