World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!

Discussion in 'World Coins' started by petro89, Mar 29, 2011.

  1. 1934 Wreath Crown

    1934 Wreath Crown Well-Known Member

    Thanks. This one's an XF45 The other two are AU53 and VF30. Not the highest, I know, but these coins were put into general circulation and there's only one at MS64. That one would cost a small fortune to acquire....or even a large one;)
     
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  3. sonlarson

    sonlarson World Silver Collector

    New arrival today. This is the 4th edition of the Silver Proof Britannia. I have all except the 2014 which I'll get one of these days. When I can spare the change. I forgot to order and now they are going for $1,000 plus. The mintage on the 2013 and 2014 was 2,500. The 2015 is 3,000 and the 2016 is 4,150. It seems when these type of coins get popular because of their low mintage they go and up the ante.

    Anyway, here it is

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  4. sonlarson

    sonlarson World Silver Collector

    Added the 2017 Koala to my wife's collection. She has everyone from the beginning in 2007.

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  5. sonlarson

    sonlarson World Silver Collector

    This is not an "official" mint set. Sierra Leone has only issued a mint set for 1966 for a 3 coin gold set. They did produce 3 different 6 coin Proof sets for 1964. One is a basic set which I am on the look out for. The others were a Silver Proof set without a Gold coin and the other has a Gold coin. The mintage for these 2 sets are 12 and 10.
    I don't plan to mortgage the house to get one.

    Sierra Leone 1964 Mint Set (Unofficial)

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  6. kforbes862

    kforbes862 Well-Known Member

    Here are my new ones from this week. The South Korea 5,000 won silver proof is my first silver coin from Korea, as is the 5 Ruble silver proof too. The 5,000 won and the Bulgaria 1 Lev are both for Seoul olympics. 5000won.jpg 5000won2.jpg russia1.jpg russia2.jpg Bulgaria1.jpg bulgaria2.jpg
     
  7. 01mikep

    01mikep Well-Known Member

    I received this today. 1798 8 Reales minted in Guatamala. It's my 1st one from there. I like it.
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  8. Nathan401

    Nathan401 Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

  9. 01mikep

    01mikep Well-Known Member

    NGC AU53

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  10. Silverino

    Silverino Well-Known Member

    ahhh, looks like it was cleaned 210 years ago. haha
     
  11. mackat

    mackat Well-Known Member

    Today I visited a coin shop that I'd never been to before. I knew I had to buy this uncirculated, very nicely (mildly) toned coin when I saw it for $7, especially since I knew the face value was already around $5 USD:
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    Lo and behold, the guy was very nice and I ended up walking out with it for $5+tax. I looked it up, and the melt value is slightly over $7, while the book value of the coin is somewhere around $15. I'm certainly very happy with this purchase! Something interesting I noticed is that in 1968, Swiss coinage started to be minted in base metal, however, in 1969, they minted the 5 franc coin in silver once again for the last time! I wonder why [emoji848]
     
  12. mackat

    mackat Well-Known Member

    This will likely be my last coin purchase for a while, though I think it's worth it. Before I fell out of coin collecting a few years ago, a Caballito Peso was high on the list of coins that I wanted; I love the image of Liberty riding the horse. I bid on an AU one once, but it was too low. I just sold some other coins and stuff that I didn't want or need anymore so I could allow myself to buy this beautiful MS-62 example that popped up a few days ago:

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  13. jello

    jello Not Expert★NormL®

    Good Buy with currant condition!
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  14. jello

    jello Not Expert★NormL®

    There is not a lot of coins out there in this grade! ,Nice find!
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  15. Johndoe2000$

    Johndoe2000$ Well-Known Member

    Very nice coin that you don't see every day.
     
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  16. Mat

    Mat Ancient Coincoholic

    Very nice, I have always liked that design and have yet to get one.
     
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  17. mackat

    mackat Well-Known Member

    Thanks for the great comments, guys! :)
     
  18. Seattlite86

    Seattlite86 Outspoken Member

    This 1840 Real was a $5 purchase today. Unexpected find while joining a friend for a military memorabilia show and couldn't help myself. Sorry about the blurry image.

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  19. Stork

    Stork I deliver Supporter

    An under $20 raw coin purchase from eBay that I'm happy with. This is one of my favorite coins...the double 'hoo' bird (phoenix) and the last silver coin produced for circulation in Japan (last in 1938, this is Showa 6, 1931).

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  20. 1934 Wreath Crown

    1934 Wreath Crown Well-Known Member

    VERY pleased with this morning's work!!! Managed to steal this one for just under $610. PPCGS PR63 CAM 1935 Proof Crown (Raised Edge Lettering) with a mintage of 2,500 pieces. A very hard to find coin in any decent grade at a good price. Certified coins in the same grade are selling for a minimum of $1,000-1,750 depending on where one looks for them.

    I don't think I did too badly:happy:;)


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  21. Pickin and Grinin

    Pickin and Grinin Well-Known Member

    Hard to go after that one 1934.
    I wasn't even looking for world coins when I bought this one. IMG_3114.JPG IMG_3115.JPG
     
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