World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!

My son really likes dinosaurs so I bought this diplodocus coin from the Isle of Man.

 

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The standing Britannia florin is arguably the most beautiful circulation issue coin the UK has produced

 

More Dutch gold! I was going to take macro shots but my tripod decided to break so phone pics will have to do for now. 1933 was the last year 10 gulden coins were minted before the Netherlands left the gold standard in 1936.


Kingdom of the Netherlands, 10 gulden 1933. Gold .900, KM# 162.

 

Nothing too special here. Just filled a hole in my bear set.

 

Geez Paddy! I don't know what it is about classic world coins with color, but I dig 'em!

 

This one came from the Kenneth Bressett collection when it was being auctioned at the Denver ANA show......they were all raw, definitely a cool score!

 

Sellers picture's.

 

1994 Argentina 25 pesos with giant armadillo for my animals collection.

 

Not the prettiest coin in the group, but probably the toughest:

Straits Settlements
1920 5 Cents (silver)​

 

I purchased a few nice things the past couple of days.

Italian States - Lucca 5 Franchi



2 from Sweden




And the best of the group. A 1570 Austria Guldenthaler of Maximillian II

 

Here's my latest Canadian bear.

 

Picked this up yesterday from my LCS. A definite improvement on the one I have.

 

I was watching this one for a while, Seller lowered their price, and I had a bit of money in my checking account, so I made an offer and now it's mine! 2004 5 Euro "Marianne - The Sower : La Semuese" Bimetallic - 2.7 g .750 gold inset in 22.2 g .900 silver. 3000 minted. (seller's pics)

 

This mint set from Singapore was a gift from Jeff Chang.

 

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I've gotten a few of my trademark 'common type, not-so-common date' coins recently:

Botswana - 1989 1 Thebe


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If you collect by type, I'm willing to bet you have a 1976 1 thebe in your collection. That date is very easily available in UNC, and often shows up in those '50 coins from 50 countries' sets you see for sale. The other dates, while not necessarily rare, don't show up as often. I've been lucky enough to find 3 other dates in recent months, including this 1989.

South Korea - 2017 500 Won


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Due to South Korea's cashless efforts, any coin larger than 10 won gets tougher to find after 2016. This piece was found in circulation by a friend who was visiting, along with several other dates I needed.

 

Delivered this morning.