World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!

My newest addition, a wonderful coin from Hamburg. 1599, 2 Schilling, MS61. MB# 97.

 

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Just picked up 2 Cuba Piedforts. Even though they are both marked 26.72g they actually weigh double that. They each have a mintage of 150 pieces.

 

Peru 1811 8 Reales

 

Iceland 1930 10KR. I have been waiting to get this one as it fits in to my multiple size dollars collection although bit late issue.

 

Also another loesor for my multiple size taler collection.


Brunswick-Lüneburg-Celle. Christian Ludwig 2 Taler 1664-LW AU53 NGC, Clausthal mint, KM252.5, Dav-LS189. 57.72gm. Counterstamp "Z" next to the date signifies a double Taler denomination.

 

I love those Piedforts. I think they are also called double dukatoons. Here is mine one year later from Zeeland. It was ex-mount but one of the two I love most from my collection.

 

from the San Jose California show yesterday

 

Here's a spectacular coin from Anhalt-Bernburg. It easily surpasses my current example from the state and the girls in hand are just as flashy as you can imagine from the true view. This will surely remain in the collection a long time.

 

That's some cool 'tooling'. Pretty nice 'damaged' coin I wouldn't mind having in my collection.

 

I have not been contributing much for a while. I collect mainly British coins and the prices for anything half decent are extreme at present.
I have just received this 1860 penny. For those interested in varieties this is obverse die 2, reverse die D, making Freeman 10. Not a scarce variety but a decent upgrade for my collection.

 

Recent 1788 Austria 1/2 Kronenthaler for $35.

Decent ex-jewelry piece.

 

A couple new ones.
Münster, 1/48 Thaler, PCGS MS 63. About the size of a dime with nice luster.



Osnabruck, 12 pfennig. A beautiful chocolate color in hand! Large, 32mm diameter.

 

Nice coins. That is one massive chunk missing from the obv. die of the 12 pfennig!

 

That's what drew me to it!

 

German States Frankfurt 1/2 thaler 1791 IGB HH
it cost me about 400 after shipping and all but still a great piece with some luster left.

 

That was a great deal, nice coin!

 

This mid-19th century British Temperance Society medal by John Taylor was likely "slabbed" at issue and could be worn (although at 50mm and more than 2 ounces it's pretty bulky). I don't know the significance of the yellow tint to the glass on the obverse and green tint on the reverse. Laurence Brown has a section on temperance medals in his volume II but this one is not among them.

 

From the Stack's NYINC sale. Just picked it up at the Long Beach Expo. 1807 Papal States, Doppia. Slight weakness in strike, but with plenty of luster. Late die stage with plenty of cracks evident in the fields.

Pius VII was the last Pope with any significant political power outside the church itself. He had Napoleon Bonaparte excommunicated in 1809 over his invasion of the Papal States. He was arrested and sent to prison in France, returning in 1814 once Napoleon was exiled to Elba, and seving as pope until his death in 1823. In 2007, Pope Benedict XVI began the beatification process, and Pius VII was granted the title "Servant of God", though he has not yet been declared a saint.

Vastly more scarce than later 20 Lire Papal coins struck in the 1860s, though the distinction doesn't affect the price much.