Did We Do Good?

Hey Everybody,

Happy New Year's Eve Eve!

Our local coin shop is having their annual Boxing Week Sale, so my bro and I checked it out. I came away with a 1941 Nfld 5 cent coin (exciting, I know ). The bro came away with this:



There wasn't really a label on it, so I did some research and found this:

Greece
Ionia Erythrai
AR Hemidrachm
Diogenes
SNG 574
BMC 18, 201,84
S4997

Unfortunately, my computer doesn't like wildwinds, so I went to Vcoins for the info.

Thanks dues and dudettes!

Erin

 

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Looks like a nice coin to me. Congrats.

 

Wow, congrats on the sweet 1941 Nfld 5 cent coin (those babies will eventually be a great coin investment) ... I have all of the Newfie 20 cent and 25 cent pieces (they're very cool and that's a great coin investment)

Oh, and your bro's coin is also pretty neat ...

Ummm, I have a similar coin-style, but probably a slightly different time-zone?

Here is my Alex-III lifetime example ...




Again, Erin => congrats on all of the OP-scores ... and I hope you and your bro have a Happy Coin New Year!!

 

Are you sure it is silver?

I read ARXIDHMO_ in the center.

 

Maybe not, it looked like a dark toned silver at first. Scrap my findings, I'll continue to search.

I like Nfld coins as well as ancients. My dad's a Newfie and so it comes naturally to collect them.

Sweet Alex coin, Steve!

Erin

 

Lol, I fail at research. I'm getting closer, though:

IONIA, Erythrai. Circa 280-270 BC. Æ Trichalkon.

Erin

 

https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=310927
Like this? Weight?

 

I'm running on no coffee today. :/

But, yes, Doug is right. Next time, I'll leave the research t the bro. I pretty much took it from him and told him I would take care of the research.

The cardboard flip said the coin was 3.6g. I need to invest in a scale too.

Me =

Erin

 

Looks like AP in the pic. Maybe??? The bust style is different

Yeah I meant Doug has it right. It's not AR

 

Beautiful coin, Erin! The 1941 Newfoundland (World War II coin) is cool too!

 

Thanks Deacon Ray! My grandparents were also married in 1941.

I don't even know what I was thinking when I thought it was silver. Bro and I dueled on it actually.

Take this as a lesson: this is your brain on binge-watched Spongebob. (We now have Netflix and I've been taking advantage of it)

Erin

 

You can get a decent digital scale from Amazon for about $20 or less. I wanted one that read into the hundredths/two decimal places and I spent somewhere around $20. This was about five years ago but I don't imagine much has changed as far as pricing.

 

Bow-in-case on reverse is fantastic! Nice capture guys! Love it.

 

Great coin Erin, I love those types and Alexander III similar types, come to think of it I have one nowhere near as good as Steves or your brothers, I might photograph it and show.

 

I have often thought about starting a collection of the 2 dollar Newfoundland gold coins. Maybe I will start that this year.

 

You did real good

 

Thanks everybody!

I'd love to see your coin, Ancient Aussie!

I'm super jealous of your Nfld coin collection, Steve. I want to get the full coin sets for 1918, 1919 and 1941. I'd also love to have a gold $2, but that's not likely to happen anytime soon.

Erin

 

Click on 'em and it's like you're sitting in my living room ... sure, that's a bit creepy, but kinda neat ...

 

Excellent presentation. I need some Newfies... preferably Gold...