New Aquisitions - Just Felt Like Sharing

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  1. Aslanmia

    Aslanmia Active Member

    Aslanmia, Apr 24, 2008
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  3. byrd740

    byrd740 Numismatist

    I think heart...maybe. And beautiful William IV farthing
     
    byrd740, Apr 24, 2008
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  4. asciibaron

    asciibaron /dev/work/null

    that Mexican 25 pesos is very nice - good eye on picking that up.

    -Steve
     
    asciibaron, Apr 24, 2008
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  5. byrd740

    byrd740 Numismatist

    It is very nice but I am an British man, I dont particularly care for mexico pieces.
     
    byrd740, Apr 24, 2008
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  6. Aslanmia

    Aslanmia Active Member

    I'm more of a "visual appeal" collector more then anything else, and while I've always been fond of the snake and eagle on Mexican coins, I just couldn't pass up the Aztec dancer... plus it was a silver coin... lol.

    As for the farthing, I'll buy ANYTHING I can afford with Britannia on it. :)
     
    Aslanmia, Apr 24, 2008
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  7. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    Don't think so, probably a rattle of some kind.
     
    GDJMSP, Apr 24, 2008
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  8. asciibaron

    asciibaron /dev/work/null

    it's Aztec dancer and the heart comment would apply to them, not Incas. can you get a zoom pic of the snakes tongue?

    -steve
     
    asciibaron, Apr 24, 2008
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  9. cherylkubucko

    cherylkubucko Grandma Froggie

    25 Pesos (Silver) : 1968
    OBVERSE: Eagle standing left on cactus, snake in beak,
    ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS 25 PESOS LEY 0.720 oM
    REVERSE: Athlete in Aztec dress left, holding ball, Olympic Rings below,
    JUEGOS DE LA XIX OLIMPIADA MEXICO 1968
     

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  10. De Orc

    De Orc Well-Known Member

    I realy like the Farthing :hail: the detail is excellent
     
    De Orc, Apr 25, 2008
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  11. byrd740

    byrd740 Numismatist

    To me it looks like a type II
     
    byrd740, Apr 25, 2008
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  12. Aslanmia

    Aslanmia Active Member


    My bad... I'm always getting my early Central American cultures mixed up. I'm sure I would have him Mayan at some point too.

    I'll try and get a better pic of the tongue over the weekend!
     
    Aslanmia, Apr 25, 2008
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  13. Aslanmia

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    I hear ya! I wasn't even looking for anything like this at the time, but as soon as I saw it I had to have it. It's a very attractive coin in hand.
     
    Aslanmia, Apr 25, 2008
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  14. chrisild

    chrisild Coin Collector

    That is also what the Schön catalog says: a Mayan "handball" player, with a playing field in the background.

    Christian
     
    chrisild, Apr 25, 2008
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  15. eddyk

    eddyk New-mismatist

    I myself bought a 1968 25 Peso coin the other day.

    Yours appears to be in much better condition that mine. Nice.

    I'm a fan of the olympics, and feel a coin from a country commemorating the olympics in the year in which they hosted it is a fun bit of history to have.

    In the same sense than a dollar from 1912 (Titanic) or a Pfennig from 1939 (WWII) would be interesting to have.
     
    eddyk, Apr 25, 2008
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  16. asciibaron

    asciibaron /dev/work/null

    some reference the reverse as being an Aztec, others a Mayan; both cultures played hand ball. Krause has it as an Aztec.

    here's a wiki on Mesoamerica ballgames - this is the fun part of numismatics for me - learning about new things.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerican_ballgame

    my guess would be Mayan.

    -steve
     
    asciibaron, Apr 25, 2008
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