World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!

A few new ones that came in the last couple of days. To read the file name, right click on the image, then click on 'inspect'.

 

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Those are great looking coins @coin_nut

 

Great collection! It's amazing how affordable some Indian coins can be but these are also clearly some nicer examples as well. Congrats on these.

 

Thanks guys. There is some hard, black gunk on the 1903 rupee. I soaked it in fingernail polish remover (I know, but that's what I can find around here) for an hour, and it had no effect. A bamboo toothpick does not faze it, nor does my fingernail. I may try gasoline or lighter fluid next. The coin in hand looks like EF45 at least, my photos do not do it justice.

 

It's not every day that I come across something I've never seen before, but apparently today was that day (who knew such a cheap, crappy little plastic case could house such an expensive set)

Australia 1963 Silver Proof 4 Coin Set
PS28
Mintage of 5,042 sets​

 

Here are a couple Palembang Sultanate coins that I took a closer look at today.

Palembang Sultanate
Tin Pitis; 0.46g 13mm
1779 CE (1193 AH)
Issued under Sultan Muhammad Bahaudin
This example is a crude contemporary counterfeit and it displays a sloppy script style and the date reads "1113" rather than "1193".
Unlisted variety of FSR#5



Palembang Sultanate
Tin Pitis; 0.77g 18mm
1789 (1203 AH)
Issued under Sultan Muhammad Bahaudin
Finely executed coin that may be a contemporary counterfeit; it shows another incorrect date. The coin reads "1023" rather "1203" on the officially minted coins. If it is an illicit copy, it is one of the finer or earlier examples.
Ref.: FSR#9.33​

 

1899 Japan 20 sen

 

A new Diadumenian Tetradrachm, he's a fairly scarce emperor to acquire.


AR Tetradrachm
CYRRHESTICA, Cyrrhus
O: AVT K M ΟΠЄ ANTΩNINOC, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
R: Δ[HMAP]X ЄΞ VΠATOC, eagle standing facing on filleted thyrsus, head left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak.
13.16g
26mm
Prieur 923; Bellinger 127

Ex. Savoca Coins London, Monthly London Auction #4, Lot 643, 1/12/2020

Pending Wildwinds Publishing

 

This one was inspired by someone here on CT that posted one of these. I saw it and had to have one of my own.

 

Likely my recent purchase. I’d been wanting one too for awhile.

 

Huge fan of this one. Large size and great design

 

Sort of roached. If this was in better condition it'd be in my Eclectic Box. As is, it's doomed to the "good, but not good enough" binder

 

Last one for today: a tiny .720 silver 5 centavos. Crazy how even such small denominations used to be silver.

 

Another Guatamela to round things out. I really like the simple reverse with those fancy letters.

 

There's attractive toning, and then there's this......

 

I think the appearance of that coin has something to do with the low percentage of silver (.100). Your peso retains a lot of detail regardless of the toning. This 1924 East Africa shilling, shown for example, has only .250 silver, and does not look anywhere near as pretty as a Morgan dollar at .900 fine.

 

The toning isn't great, but it's not as terrible as the previous one