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@Endeavor Those two coins are super frosty. Nice hammered strikes!!

 

One of several new Shillings for my shilling hoard 1689 July Gunmoney Shilling. Hope y'all enjoy!

 

Here's a very special Hungarian mint offering of a 2009 pattern set that I picked up yesterday (this photo is not my exact set, just an example).

The last circulating silver coin produced by Hungary was the 200 forint denomination struck from 1992-1998. In 2009, Hungary revived the denomination, creating a modern (base metal) 200 forint coin. At the time this was intended to circulate, the value of the coin was roughly equivalent to a US dollar. Five trial types were produced of this denomination (1,000 pieces of each type) as planchet tests for use by the vending industry. I am not aware of any other Hungarian coin that had trials produced for this type of planchet testing.

Roughly half of each type were accounted for by the Hungarian mint after testing concluded. Ten years have passed, and the mint decided to make these remaining trials available to the public. 500 sets were assembled of these five trial pieces. These sets were sold directly to collectors by the mint yesterday morning, and were sold out virtually immediately.

Hungarian 200 Forint Trial Piece Set: From Planning to Realization



The designs and specifications of the vending trials were as follows:

Hungary 2009 200 Forint Copper Planchet Tests
These are large and small solid planchet test coins. The design was based on the existing bi-metallic 100 forint coin (Hungarian shield obverse), with the denomination changed to 200 forint:

• Undated (2009) Copper 8.28g 25.16mm x 2.4mm (coin 4 above)
• Undated (2009) Copper 9.55g 26.68mm x 2.6mm (coin 5 above)

Hungary 2009 200 Forint Bi-Metallic (Copper/Nickel) Planchet Tests
These two are large and small bi-metallic planchet test coins. Same design as above except for the bi-metallic planchet. The diameters are virtually identical to the types above, however, the weight and thickness are different than for the solid copper planchets.

• Undated (2009) Bi-metallic 8.16g 25.19mm x 2.25mm (coin 2 above)
• Undated (2009) Bi-metallic 9.53g 26.7mm x 2.32mm (coin 1 above)

Hungary 2009 200 Forint Bi-Metallic (Copper/Nickel) Final Planchet Test
The fifth and final test coin is very close to the final specifications used for the 200 forint business strike. Unlike the other four undated pieces, this coin is dated 2009. The design is also virtually identical to the business strike, except the obverse featured a floral design in the center instead of the bridge that ended up on the final version.

• 2009 Bi-metallic 9.05g 28.15mm x 1.93mm (coin 3 above)

 

@WashQuartJesse Those are really nice additions. Can you
share any more info on them?

 

My newest acquisition (also posted in monthly giveaway). I didn't do the luster any favors in these pics tho. I heard at a coin show that these Shogun weighted coins are called Shus ('shoes'-gold) and Bus ('boos'-silver). The Shus are much smaller and ornate.
Japan Shogunate Ansei era AR Bu
1859-1868, 24mm, 8.8 grams, Obverse translation:
Guaranteed
Ginza (Silver Mint)
Joze (Mint Official)
Reverse Translation: 1 Bu Silver

 

BELONG TO A FRIEND OF MINE, I THINK ITS COOL

 

1795 Electorate of Saxony Thaler

Mintage: Unknown

Fineness: .833

Obverse: Armored bust of Friedrich August III

Reverse



Obverse



1809 Bavaria Kronthaler

Mintage: 929,921

Fineness: .868

Obverse: Maximilian Joseph I of Bavaria

Reverse


Obverse

 

I have one of those. You can get them for just over melt.

 

A couple of Edward VIII fantasy pieces.

Ceylon



Great Britain

 

I just dug these pachyderms out of an old album and will work on getting them properly identified, so they will be new additions to the orderly collection. Most likely India, Mysore State, Tipu Sultan, 1750-1799 AD, AE paisa.

 

Elephant coins rule.

 

Just returned home from vacation to find this awaiting from @lordmarcovan
Such a beautiful coin!

 

Best Birthday present Ever!

 

A couple pieces of Aussie sterling for me today:

 

My favorite coin - the Meiji-era Japanese Dragon Yen. NGC graded this one MS61. I now have 6 of these and I hadn't picked one up in a while. I saw this one and said "it's time." Don't forget to zoom in.

明治三十六年 - Meiji year 36 or 1903
大日本 - "Great Japan"