World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!

After selling a bunch of 92.5%-80% common foreign silver coins I bought this very nice ‘key date’ 1916 Cuba 10 centavos. I like this unc one though I do have a raw Fine example too.

 

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I won this last night on feabay $45.00 shipped

 

Joseph and Alfred Wyon collaborated on this 1863 medal commemorating the visit of Princess Alexandra of Denmark to the City of London (BHM 2783, 77mm).

 

Trivia you probably already know - engraved by Charles Barber and minted in Philadelphia. I need to get one of his Cuba coins myself.

 

Addition to the world crown collection.

1881 Zanzibar Riyal, MS63.

 

Vijayanagara Empire Gold Pagoda of Krishnadevaraya (minted sometime between 1509 and 1529):

 

Update: I've already flipping the three CA dollars to gain the difference with bullion value. I've kept the Crown though as flipping it wouldn't create any 'profit'...yet.

 

Independent State of Croatia Gold 500 Kuna (minted in Zagreb in 1941):

 

A few new beauties!
These first two coins were raw examples I sent for grading.
First up, a 1/84 gulden from Schweinfurt, AU58BN. Schweinfurt is among the many German States that struck the bulk of its issues during the kipper period. If anyone saw my Nurnberg error coin post, you'll recognize the similarities of the reverses, though the Schweinfurt is considerably larger in diameter.


Next up, a fairly scarce 1/24 thaler from Marsberg, AU50. The true view really pops the speckles on the imperial orb, but in hand, they are much less noxious!

Thirdly, a late middle ages kreuzer from Breisach. Graded VF25, this coin was minted right around the turn of the century, Krause listing it as c.1505. I've taken a liking to these later middle ages pieces recently.


Lastly, a siege issue from the town of Minden graded VF30. Dated 1634 and struck as a klippe, this emergency issue was produced during the thirty years war in a short three month conflict between Catholic imperial forces and the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg who collaborated with the invading Protestant Swedes.

 

Independent State of Croatia Zinc 2 Kune (minted in Zagreb in 1941):

 

Two more piedforts (double weight presentation strikes, very rare) from the Zeeland province of the Dutch Republic. I'm trying to complete the entire piedfort set (perhaps 50 coins in total), which I'm not sure if anyone's ever done before. Some piedforts have just one or two known examples. These two have the pedigree of the Vinkenborg collection.

1753 (no line under "ST" die variety; I already own the variety with line)


1754


1738 over 1737 ducaton, Zeeland. Poor condition but very rare.


Goetz "Pact of Malice" medal, word war 1. Very interesting imagery.
The dramatic symbolism on this medal reflects the bitterness felt by Germany towards the secret Treaty of London signed in April 1915 between the Allies and Italy – the so-called ‘Pact of Malice’. France, Britain, Russia, Serbia and Japan are depicted as a many-headed hydra, while Italy is represented as a suckling boy.


All ungraded. I'll have them graded later. Fingers crossed the piedforts aren't cleaned.

 

I want one of those medals!

 

As a bird and Brirish history enthusiast, I couldn't resist this nice Lundy puffin:


It's fascinating just how well made these are. I haven't been able to find out the name of the engraver, it wouldn't surprise me if it was a regular mint engraver moonlighting for some extra cash. Whoever it is, it's a pity he didn't dare put his name on this somewhat risky endeavour

 

Nice photos! What did you use to take them?

 

Another Haiti coin, an early silver 25 centimes minted in 1817. Good strike for the issue, from clashed dies I noticed.

REPUBLIC OF HAITI
AR 25 Centimes (20.6mm, 2.22g, 6h)
Dated AN 14 (1817) Local mint, Haiti
Obverse: A . PETION PRESIDENT around bust of President Alexandre Pétion left; AN 14 below
Reverse: REPUBLIQUE D'HAYTI around coat of arms of Haiti: banners, spears, muskets with fixed bayonets, cannons, and cannonballs behind and around palm tree surmounted with liberty cap; * 25 * C * below
References: Numista 10345
Mintage: unknown​

Alexandre Pétion was born in Port-au-Prince in 1770 to a well-to-do French colonist and a mulatto woman. At the age of 18 he was sent to France to study at the Military Academy in Paris. When the Haitian Revolution broke out in 1791 Pétion returned to Haiti and took part in the revolt, fighting against the rival rebel faction led by the Haitian general Toussaint Louverture. Defeat forced Pétion and his allies back to France; they returned in 1802 with general Charles Leclerc, who had been sent by Napoleon to crush the revolt, along with 32,000 French soldiers. Louverture, who had meantime established himself in Haiti as Governor-General for Life, was captured and deported back to France; but the resistance continued, and Pétion switched sides to support the rebel cause. In 1803, the rebels captured the capital city of Port-au-Prince, and a year later formally declared Haitian independence from France. However, internal conflict continued, and the new country soon split into the northern State (later Kingdom) of Haiti ruled by Henri Christophe, and the southern Republic of Haiti, with Pétion serving as president from 1807 until his death in 1818.

 

I used my Nikon D500 camera and a Tokina 100mm AT-X Pro F2.8 D macro lens. An excellent little lens, although it does not have an autofocus motor so it needs a camera that has one if you don't want to spend ages getting the focus right manually.


For the lighting, I use this ultra high-tech piece of paper with a hole cut into it that I slip onto the lens to reflect light from a very old fluorescent daylight lamp.