World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!

This Horngroschen was minted in Freiberg. When I first started collecting
pre 1500 A.D. coins, the Frey reference stated that the coins from the
1450's and 1460's were some of the rarest to be found. The statement
holds true with the exception of the Horngroschen struck by Saxony.
While there are many rare/very rare pieces, there are enough common
and scarce pieces to collect, even if you like to collect by date.

 

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This Horngroschen was struck in Leipzig.

 

This Horngroschen was struck in Freiberg.

 

This Stuiver was minted in Deventer.

 

are those numbers the date?

 

..I got this in today...i believe it to be a Hungarian denar of Sigismund of Luxemboug 1387-1437, judging from the cross on the obverse i reckon. ...

 

@ominus1 Yes they are. Looking at the left image starting
at 9:00 there is a "1" then some brick colored corrosion then
a Medieval "4" , then a Medieval "5" that looks like a "7" and
then "8". Quality control was at lunch when this piece was struck.
I've bid on 2 that were somewhat nicer and I was blown out of the
water. When these pieces are found nice, then they go for many
multiples of the estimates. One I lost went for 18x HIGH estimate.
My all in bid was 10x and it was not even the opening bid.
If you have any other questions please don't hesitate to ask.

Your newest purchase does look like a Sigismund piece.

 

thank you

 

Newly graded from NGC for my Hungarian modern typeset (1946-Present):

In 2004, Hungary issued a 50 forint coin commemorating Hungary's admission to the European Union on May 1st, 2004. When the coin was issued, the 50 forint was equivalent in value to a US quarter.

These are the best examples I could find of both the business strike and proof versions of the coin.

Hungary 2004BP 50 Forint
Hungary in the European Union
NGC MS69 Deep Prooflike
KM-773 Copper-Nickel



Hungary 2004BP 50 Forint
Hungary in the European Union
NGC PF69 Ultra Cameo
KM-773 Copper-Nickel

 

Mint State 65

 

Pickups from FUN. First time going to a show that size. I had a good time. Got a couple of German porcelain coins. Some Scottish tokens and then an interesting Egyptian cloth from the early A.D.

 

Bought a lot of cheap Hungarian coins on eBay that arrived today. Filled in a decent number of dates and had a few upgrades as well.

There were a couple highlights, a 10 filler that surprised me by being from the current Republic rather than the People's Republic, and a nickel 10 forint, a type I didn't have an example of but had wanted for a while:

 

I have wanted an early Mexico 8 Reales of this type for a while, finally got one.

 

Can someone please identify this German coin from 1913? I assume it is commemorating the German Campaign. 100 year anniversary 3/17/1813. What is this called?

 

3 mark, German States Prussia,
Victory over Napoleon commemorative

 

Mint State 63 ​

 

1974 South Africa 2 cents, nice woody toning. One of a lot of 62 world coins that came a few days ago.

 

A couple of modestly graded Japanese coins that were actually a bit of a score.

They were lumped as a lot in a random Heritage weekly world auction with a very low estimate. One was even labeled with the variety, and either could have stood on its own merits. They weren't quite overlooked as I did pay twice the estimate...but not quite the catalog (JNDA). Either of the coins could have justified the final price.

The first is the 'long year' variant of the 1873 50 sen. This is a VERY difficult coin to get. My first one was a relatively recent purchase out of a Japanese auction. At the time I felt thrilled to get one in an AU details/environmental damage slab. Never figured to get an MS one. Depending on grade the catalog values are 2.5-10x their 'short year' sibling. Even in the lowest grades this has value which is not always true in the Japanese catalog.

Plus the NGC pops are off a bit as I have a normal 'short year' version in a 65 slab that is labeled 'long'. I'm taking that one back to get the label fixed next show I get to.

In any case, this one is a modest NGC MS-62. Nothing exciting other than the variety, and much nicer. Super happy to have upgraded this one for a deal.




The other one is not labeled as a variety. Now NGC will sometimes designate 'stem open' or 'closed' (the translation is more 'stem cut facing up' though). I'm guessing this one was sent in without a variety request, or they don't do it for this year. NGC uses Krause which is suboptimal. PCGS would probably have gotten it right.

For a handful of years the reverse has 'stem cut facing up' or 'down' variants. The scarce one in the year varies though. For 1897 the scarcity is 'up'. Again, scarce enough that even the uncirculated versions are many multiples of value. 6-40X values. This one is an AU-58, and the reverse is not the best color...but it's the only one I've ever seen.


Not the most gorgeous coin, but better than what the photo implies.

 

This Kreuzer was minted in Wiener Neustadt. This upgrades
a piece that I bought from the Cervin auction.