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This isn't really new but I just came across it. I just wanted to share because I like how the llama/alpaca is raised pretty highly off the surface of the coin. It's unusual. 1967 Peru 1 sol de oro (side note: Sun of gold/golden sun is a pretty cool name for a unit of money).

 

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That animal is actually a vicuna, a smaller wild relative of llamas and alpacas, and known for having the finest fleece of any mammal. During the Incan age, only royalty were allowed to wear vicuna wool garments. I think that they are all technically owned by the Peruvian government and rounded up once a year for shearing and tagging of the babies. They are currently the national animal of Peru.

 

I saw a few of these this week. Really liked them as well.

 

1928 crown

 

Picked this Bolivia 2 reales 1830 piece this morning in Annapolis ran into one of CT other members and son at the show too !

 

1510 Kindom of Poland Grand Duchy of Lithuania Sisismund l ( the old ) 1/2 Groschen

 

From Stack's online October sale. Finally picked them up at the FUN show. Civil War dated Napoleon III France 100 Francs, very solid for the grade. The 1932-X Italy 100 Lire is a better date, the 1931-IX being much more available. Very tough to find the later dated 100 Lire coins without nasty spots, this one unusually nice for the issue.

 

wow! That France coin 1863-BB coins mintage is only 3,745. sweet coin.
That Italy coin mintage is only 9,081. Values in my 2019 Krause catalog only go up to MS63-$2,700 so your coin is what $3,000+ ? sweet rare coin.

 

Those gold slabbers are a hard act to follow....are a few upgrades that came today.

 

No frills photos of some new half-crowns. Both are better in hand with the George IV having an almost circulated cameo look.

Needed a George IV Half Crown and still needed a William IV Half Crown, my first coin of this monarch.

 

That's because it's been polished, unfortunately.

The William looks nice, and honest though.

 

2 more new Russian 5 Kopeks. The one is a nice overstrike and the other is a flip over double strike.



RUSSIA, Empire. Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). 1762-1796. CU 5 Kopeks (45mm, 53.97 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint. Dated 1763 C · ΠM. Crowned script IЄ II monogram; date across field; all within laurel and palm wreath / Crowned double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb, coat-of-arms of Moskva framed by Order of St. Andrei Первозванного (the First Called) on breast; crown above; с · п м flanking tail. Edge: cross hatched. Diakov 30; Bitkin 565; Uzdenikov 2632; Brekke 199. VF, brown surfaces, double strike on edge. Overstruck on a 1762 10 kopeks of Petr III Fyodorovitch.


RUSSIA, Empire. Ekaterina II Velikaya (the Great). 1762-1796. CU 5 Kopeks (45mm, 50.62 g, 12h). Sankt-Peterburg (St. Petersburg) mint. Dated 1764 C · ΠM. Crowned script IЄ II monogram; date across field; all within laurel and palm wreath / Crowned double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb, coat-of-arms of Moskva framed by Order of St. Andrei Первозванного (the First Called) on breast; crown above; с · п м flanking tail. Edge: cross hatched. Diakov 65; Bitkin 568; Uzdenikov 2647; Brekke 203. VF, brown surfaces. Flip over double strike.

 

1695 Kali Negapatnum 1/2 duit came yesterday. It was mis-identified by the seller as being something else.

 

Here are two more for my animal collection.

 

2462 = 1919 AD on the Thai 1 baht there. Here are a couple 2 pounders that came yesterday

 

I have wanted a Henry VIII "Old Bust" for some time and won this at a respectable price.

Despite its wear, there is still a good portrait left.

Took some help from another board to get the right type and was glad it was a lifetime issue.


Henry VIII (1509-1547 A.D.)
AR Groat
Third Coinage
O: D. G. AnG. FRA. Z hIB. RЄX, , crowned bearded bust half right, rose after rex. , Laker bust A.
R: C[IVI] TAS BRIS TOLIЄ, royal coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée; lis in forks; pellet below third quarter of shield; rose after TAS, lis before BRIS; pellet on inner border.
Bristol mint; im: -/WS “monogram of William Sharrington” Struck circa 1546-1547.
2.45g
26mm
North 1846; SCBC 2372

Here is my young bust.


Henry VIII (1509-1547 A.D.)
AR Groat
Second Coinage
O: hЄnRIC’ VIII D’ G’ R’ ΛGLIЄ Z FRΛnCЄ, crowned bust right (Laker bust D); saltire stops, Lombardic lettering.
R: POSVI DEV’ ΛDIVTORЄ’ mЄV’, royal shield over long cross fourchée; saltires in forks, double saltire stops, Lombardic lettering.
Tower mint; im:arrow, 1526-1532 A.D.
25mm
2.55g
SCBC 2337E; North 1797

 

A couple more 2 pounders from yesterday's lot

 

Here's one that came today for my turtles collection. I purchased this on MA-shops, which has been much discussed on this site recently. I've never been able to find one on eBay.

 

Just came less than an hour ago. 1920 Tibet 5 skar, and a freebie 2009 Canada 25 cents, one year issue.