World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!

What if there was a forum where you post your first ever coin acquisition? (if you still have it)

 

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..just got this in today.. 1526 denar of Louie(Lugwik)(Jegiellon) ll
(b.1506) king of Hungary, Croatia & Bohemia 1516-26. Son of Vladisav ll.

 

Minted in Dordrecht. Needs upgrading.

 

This Ortug was struck in Stockholm.

 

This Half Ortug was minted in Stockholm. I wonder if this date was
immobilized ( struck for several years) since there are no other dated
coins from Sweden with the exception of a Gold Triple Noble and a
Gold Noble. I would think so unless there was a huge influx of coinage
from trading with other countries or a good bit of local bartering.
Just curious.

 

I haven't had much time to post here on cointalk recently as I was on vacation and had my mail stopped. Anyway, here is a piece I had bought shortly before leaving and had waiting for me when I got home.

Photos are from the seller

1924 Australian Florin

Reverse



Obverse

 

Its a wonder that a zinc coin can last for 70+ years! I read on Numista that they restruck 1948s still left in Austria because of a lack of round material...interesting.

 

A Patard that was struck in Hasselt.

 

A Gros that was minted in Antwerp.

 

A Gros that was minted in Bruges.

 

A Double Briquet struck in Dordrecht.

 

I got this because it was cheap and fills the coin gap for the Habsburg HRE's .. for now, even though i don't consider it to be a coin..this is the 1st one i've ever bought 1791 Leopold ll inaugural copper token, Bambrant. 27mm, 7.23gms

 

@ominus1 That denar you posted is really nice. One can put
a nice date run of those together. The pre 1575 coins come
really nice with no real effort needed to find them. The post
1575 usually come rough and take some effort to find in an
acceptable condition. Got any others??

 

post 1575 as far as denars go, got one of Rudolf ll but its not nearly as good of shape as the Maxi ll is..

 

The Habsburg coronation jetons are rather interesting. The gold ones are technically ducats (usually struck in 1, 1 3/4, 2, and higher ducat weights). The silver and copper versions are identical but struck with equivalent sized planchets to the gold. So these are sometimes referred to as silver or copper ducats.

 

2017 Cook Islands. I couldn't pass this up. The Zeppelin hooked me.

 

This Kreuzer was struck in Graz. These little Kreuzers almost always
come poorly struck. This one, believe it or not, is the exception to the
rule.