1850 Old English "P" in concentric circles. From a bulk lot purchased on eBay. Total mintages: 2,441,500. [IMG] 1851 Old English "L" within...
1840 Monogram with three letters. One is obviously a "K". The others could be "A" and "R" but it's hard to say. Late 2011 acquisition, provenance...
1837 "C", "L", & "M" in monogram. Gift from Greg Capps "savoyspecial", (Collectors Universe). Total mintages: 682,500. [IMG] 1838 "Toler" in...
[IMG] I've been a "holey" coin collector since the millennium. In the course of buying holed coins for my famous “Holey Coin Vest”, I came across...
One can often snap up some good "scraps" around where the larger, more elite creatures feed. I've done it a time or two myself. ;)
Um. Yeah. Six million bucks is just a teensy bit beyond my price parameters. ;) Just a teeny-weeny-little-tiny bit. LOL If I ever have six...
Whew! It took me all morning to transfer those from the shipwreck of the old CU thread. All that work for a bunch of coins I sold years ago!...
Thanks. I didn't have to sell it, but since Victoria wasn't that interested in it, I used it to start much of the new "Eclectic Box" collection....
I am quite often proven correct when assuming things about my own ignorance. :P
You are a master of understatement, @ancientcoinguru! ;)
Straits Settlements (Malaysia) 40- STRAITS SETTLEMENTS: 1/4 CENT, KM14. [IMG] (NGC MS62 BN) Size: 21.5 mm approx. Composition: Bronze. Mintage:...
(British) India 34- INDIA (BRITISH): 1/12 ANNA, KM483, (1901-C). [IMG] (NGC MS62 BN) Size: 17.5 mm. Composition: Copper. Mintage: 21,345,000....
Hong Kong 31- HONG KONG: 1 CENT, KM4.3, (1901 "plain"). [IMG] (NGC MS63 RB) Size: 27.6 mm. Composition: Bronze. Mintage: 5,000,000 (without...
Great Britain (homeland issues) 18- GREAT BRITAIN: 1 FARTHING, KM788.2. [IMG] (NGC MS61; mint-blackened finish) Size: 20 mm. Composition:...
Cyprus 13- CYPRUS: 1/4 PIASTRE, KM1.2. Size: 21 mm. Composition: Bronze. Mintage: 72,000. Comments: Tough denomination for 1901 Cyprus. I never...
Ceylon (Sri Lanka) 10- CEYLON: 1/4 CENT, KM90. [IMG] (NGC MS63 BN) Size: 14.3 mm. Composition: Copper. Mintage: 216,000. Comments: Purchased raw...
Canada 05- CANADA: 1 CENT, KM7. [IMG] (PCGS MS64 RB) Size: 25.5 mm. Composition: Bronze. Mintage: 4,100,100. Comments: Acquired in a trade from...
British Honduras (Belize) 03- BRITISH HONDURAS: 25 CENTS, KM9. [IMG] (Raw F+; borderline VF) Size: 27.5 mm. Composition: .925 Silver/.1728 oz....
British Guiana (Guyana) 02- BRITISH GUIANA: 4 PENCE, KM26. [IMG] (Raw VG; minor nicks and marks) Size: 19.5 mm. Composition: .925 Silver/.0560...
(I excluded the KM12 Australia 1/2 sovereign. These were struck in Proof only in 1901, and are prohibitively rare.) AUSTRALIA 01- AUSTRALIA: 1...
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