World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!

Nice! Can you give a bit more detail on this one. I never heard of it send am impressed.

 

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It's 1 oz 999 Silver 2017 Brand new, hit the shelves at Casa de Moneda de Mexico a couple of Months ago and was quickly scooped up. I heard there was a 2 oz also, tho I haven't seen it yet. Casa de Moneda said that more would be more produced,...when?...who knows. Who knows on the mintages also. Fell in love when I first saw it. Believe to be the second or third person to own one north of the border even tho technically I am living in Baja California Mexico. Mexican numismatics! Catch the fever!

 

Found this in the Coinstar today, along with about 50 cents in American money:


Obverse

 

Big ole Canadian Silver $

 

Thanks , it is graded AU 58. It is a unique coin with three previous rulers on obverse of the same coin.
Here is the reference , http://www.coinfactswiki.com/wiki/Sweden_1821-CB_riksdaler_specie_Dav-350
BTW I like your avatar , I am originally from Ceylon / Srilanka

 

Sometimes you have to buy more than you want so the person you're buying from doesn't look too closely at what you really want. I don't think I did anything unethical as I was buying from a dealer who should know what he's selling. It's not my job to educate a "professional".
Picked up these 3 for $120. Let's play spot the bargain.

 

Wow, that crown was a great find!


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Nice crown! I have the 37 but that 38 is a pricey one.

 

I just won this very nice looking prooflike 1948 South Africa 5 shillings, after losing a particularly nice NGC PL-66 one by a dollar the other day

This should hold me over until I find another well-graded one for a good price

 

Canada continues to be good to my bear collection. And happy Polar Bear Day, even though this isn't a polar bear.

 

Another bargain pickup for my World Proof and Mint collection.

Pakistan 1948 Mint Set Mintage NA

 

I just got this 1939 NGC MS-63 Canada $1 off of eBay. I probably paid a little more than I should have, but I really liked the toning and I did get a discount. It's just a bit nicer than the one I currently have

 

During WWII the Philippines were attempting to keep the money in the National Treasury away from the Japanese. $20,000,000 in currency was burned and $2,000,000 in gold bars along with $360,000 in Silver bars were shipped to San Francisco.

The remaining Silver coins were dumped into the Caballo Bay off Corregidor Island.

The Japanese attempted to retrieve the Silver coins using Filipino and American prisoners. They were only able to get around 250,000 Pesos.

In 1945, the U.S. Navy was able to retrieve another 5,380,000 Pesos.

There are still coins in the Bay today.

While trying to add to my U.S. Administration Philippines Type set I found a few of the sea-salvaged coins. I decide to add these to the collection for Two reasons. First they are difficult to find and very costly in high grades and I thought the history of the coins would add to the enjoyment.

The 1936 Commemorative (Establishment of the Commonwealth) 50 Centavos has a mintage of 20,000 and is listed at $125 in uncirculated condition. It shows Frank Murphy, the Governor-General, and Manuel Quezon, the President of the Philippines. The Two 1936 Commemoratives each have a low mintage of 10,000 and list at $150. One shows Murphy and Quezon, the other shows Quezon with Franklin Roosevelt

I spent less than $150 for all 3 coins combined.

1936 50 Centavos Mintage 20,000 Murphy-Quezon
Sea Salvaged but looks like freshly minted



1936 Peso Murphy-Quezon Mintage 10,000


1936 Roosevelt-Quezon Mintage 10,000

 

A couple of other pickups

1903 50 Centavos Mintage 3,102,000


1904 5 Centavos Mintage 1,075,000

 

I know there's a law against living presidents being on money. I wonder if it either wasn't yet in force in 1936, or if somehow it was an exception because it was a territory? The coin does say USA on it.

 

Good point. The coins were minted in Manila which I believe was a "branch" of the U.S. Mint. Perhaps because they were technically commemorative coins. Anyway Japan didn't get them.

 

Not sure whether that applies to US paper money only, or to coinage as well. In 1926 it apparently did not apply to Calvin Coolidge. Newer legislation may be more restrictive; others here will know better than me ...

Christian

 

Found some discussion on the topic of Presidents on U.S. coins

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ev...ad-presidents-people-are-on-u-s-coins.261976/

 

That's interesting, cool history with these coins!

 

Sometimes you get a chance to upgrade.

From this:


to this: 1903 Philippines 1/2 Centavo Mintage 12,084,000


Cost me $7.50 more