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Added another date to my date set I am putting together of the Belgium 2 Centimes.

 

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This one from a local auction on Saturday:

1689 William & Mary Fourpence or Groat.

 

Coincidentally another twin portrait, Italian States Republic of Lucca 1 Franco 1808.

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220 BC-100 AD Post Mauryan, Taxila Region, AE 1 1/2 karshapana

 

A couple of Kushan AE tetradrachms. Kanishka I and Huvishka

 

For over a year now I have been putting some money aside to acquire a portrait coin of Julius Caesar & today I am happy to say my purchase of one finally arrived in the mail.

Julius Caesar (February-March 44 B.C)
AR Denarius
O: Wreathed head of Caesar right; CAESAR downward to right, DICT PERPETVO upward to left.
R:Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory in outstretched right hand and vertical scepter in left; L • BVC[A] downwards to right. L. Aemilius Buca, moneyer.
Rome Mint
3.92g
17mm
Crawford 480/8; Alföldi Type XIV, 62–3, 67, and 69 (A13/R22); CRI 105; Sydenham 1061; RSC 23; RBW 1683.

 

It took 3 long months, but i'm happy to say that my Groat of Henry V arrived.


Henry V (1413 - 1422 A.D.)
AR Groat
Class C, type 2
ҺЄnRIC’ · DI’ · GRΛ’ · RЄX · ΛnGLIЄ · Z · FRΛnC (saltire and double saltire stops throughout; Z retrograde), crowned facing bust; mullet on left breast.
R: POSVI : | DЄVm : Λ|DIVTOR|Є’ · mЄVm/CIVI|TΛS : | LOn|DOn :, long cross pattée, with trefoil in each angle.
London mint
3.55g
25mm
North 1387; SCBC 1765

Ex Spink London Sale 19025; lot 1630

 

Just got this guy in the mail. Gotta say very happy with it. Goes nicely into my Shilling collection.

 

I bid on this lot in the last CNG sale and was successful. They were German States coins and most were ones that I didn't already have. They had the bottom right coin attributed as being from Nurnberg.



However, after getting it in hand I immediately recognized as a piece from Ottingen. Even better.


And this one is worth more than I paid for the entire lot.



Obverse: Hessian lion in laurel wreath
Reverse: Value and date within legend
Reverse Legend: GEORG LANDGRAF ZV HESS around *I*/ ALBVS

Ruler: Georg II

Composition: Silver

 

The 1689 6 pence just came today, from the recent DNW auction. The 2001 Mongolia 500 togrog I finally managed to photograph kind of adequately. It is actually the color of shiny stainless steel, very difficult to photo.

 

Posted in a separate thread... rarest Guatemalan Pillar and an N64 which is insane for this issue.

 

1981-FM Bahamas 15 Cents




With a mintage of only 1,980, this is now the lowest-mintage coin I own.​

 

Three british coins that were added a few days ago : two shillings and six pence. These are seller's pics as I didn't have time to shoot others yet

Sp # 2794



Sp # 3701


Sp # 3749

Q

 

Sweden 1662 1/2 Öre. The 1/2 denomination is not as common as the 1/4 and even 1 and 2 Öre denominations.

 

From Tom Caldwell at NorthEast Numismatics. Coin was previously housed within a PCGS MS63 slab. It picked-up the PL designation at NGC but was lowered a point to MS62PL. I've got the old PCGS insert, when looked-up on their verification page absolutely no question it is the same coin. Was thinking I might ask about getting the coin back into a PCGS holder at the MS63 level --would be nice to have the PL or even DPL designation to go with it but that's less important in the bigger scheme of things. Purchasing it in an MS62 holder certainly made the price more reasonable, and the coin is what it is, so I'm not too concerned about the outcome either way. PCGS Members Only Show is this coming week, will probably stick my head in and ask about it rather than sending it in and hoping for the best.

 

Kazakhstan, a few I received a couple of days ago.

 

Djibouti, same provenance as above.

 

Macedonia

 

Moldova, 2019 commemorative with unusual crudeness of finish around the edge, just within the rim. Perhaps some sort of error?

 

This is the first coin I've purchased in awhile. 1974 Nepal 50 rupees. I was inspired after seeing a red panda at a recent trip to the zoo.