[h=2]Coin Collecting at the Safir House Cayman Islands Cuban Amazon Parrot: 25 Anniversity World Wifelife Fund[/h] Sun Jun 24 00:58:48 2012 [HR][/HR] The Cuban Amazon Parrot [h=3]World Wildlife Fund 25th Avniversary - 1987[/h] The Cuban Amazon Parrot or Rose Throated Parrot, is an unusual Amazon which comes in 4 subspecies that range Great Inagua, Abaco and formerly other islands in the Bahamas, all three of the Cayman Islands, Cuba and the Isle of Youth. It has a complex coloration that can varry slightly from subspecies to subspecies which include feathers with dark edges giving it a striking scaly look, and a rosey throat, white frontage area on its face, and a light horn colored bill. It has been of recent times to have been raised and captured as Pets and Aviculture, although it is often difficult to breed because the male can be agressive to its mate and chicks. Durign the 25th anniversity many world silver andd gold coins from 1986 even until 1988 were minted to celebrate and support the fund. Unfortunately, I can't find a source that lists them all. The CHARD website, 24carot.co.uk lists 17 of them: 1986 Bahrain 5 Dinars Rhim Gazelle 1986 Bermuda $1 Green Turtle 1986 Botswana 2 Pula Slaty Egret 1986 Cayman Islands 5 Dollars Cuban Amazon 1986 China 5 Yuan Panda 1986 Cyprus One Pound Cyprus Mouflon 1987 Falkland Islands 50 Pence King Penguin 1986 Fiji 10 Dollars Fijian Ground Frog 1986 Gambia 20 Dalasis Temminck's Colobus 1987 Indonesia 10,000 Rupiah (Rupess) Babirusa (Pig similar to Warthog) 1986 Nepal 250 Rupees Musk Deer 1987 Philippines 200 Piso Tamarau 1987 Sierra Leone 20 Dalasis Temminck's Colobus 1987 Thailand 200 Baht Siamese Fireback Pheasant 1986 Turks & Caicos Islands 1 Crown Rock Iguana 1986 Western Samoa 10 Tala Samoan Fantail 1986 Zambia 10 Kwacha White - Winged Flufftail On the other hand,numismaster, lists 20 of them just for 1986 in its database. And to confuse things more, there is a 1974 series of World Wildlife Fund coins. Stacks sold 13 gold examples of 1986 dated coins in 2005. There may well be a 1988 Hungarian example that has been seen on Stacks and ebay. It might well be a great area of collecting. [TABLE="class: cms_table"] 1987 Five Dollar Cayman Island Cuban Amazon Reverse [/TABLE] [TABLE="class: cms_table"] 1987 Five Dollar Cayman Island Cuban Amazon obverse [/TABLE] This is the Formated Archive of images of this coin. The Coin is $5 legal tender in the cayman Islands. The silver is 0.925 finess, 28.28 grams, 38.61MM proof with a 25,000 coin mintage. Links on Cuban Parrots Parrots.org Wikipedia ARKIVE - Great site Cornell University [HR][/HR] Several mints from around the world make exciting coin designs in circulating alloys, silver and gold. Among my favorites are the Perth Mint in Austrailia which produces a variety of coins for nations mostly through out the Pacific Rim. The Neatherlands has also produced some interesting designs, and several private US based mints have produced foreign currency on contract, include the Franklin Mint which has produced many Israeli Coins. Our interest in foreign coins has been nominal but rapidly growing as it seems that US designs are so stuck in the mud. Also, foreign mints are creating bold new designs with color and bimetal designs that are both eye catching and fun. This is a short list of our current modern design: [HR][/HR] Australan Silver Koala Australan Kookaburra Silver Austrailian Perth Mint Reef II Sea Life Silver Hawkbill Turtle Austrailian Perth Mint Reef II Sea Life Series Octopus Austrailian Perth Mint Reef II Sea Life Series Starfish Austrailian Perth Mint Reef II Sea Life Series Surgeon Fish Austrailian Perth Mint Reef II Sea Life Series Manta Ray Austrailian Perth Mint Silver Cockatoo Parrot Austrailian Perth Mint Dollar Silver Dugong Austrailian Deadly and Dangerous Silver Ringed Octopus Cayman Islands Cuban Amazon Parrot: 25 Anniversity World Wifelife Fund Chinese Silver Panda Easter Islands Fiji Island Turtle Bullion from New Zeland German 10 Euro Archeopteryx Coin Indo-Sassanian Gadhaya Paisa Saurastrat - Silver Coin Israeli Coins Judean Roman Wars Judean Herodian Coinage Kashmir Kurdistan Macabean Coins Netherlands Architecture Commemerative Euro Netherlands 400 years since the discovery of Manhattan Commem New Zealand 1996 Kaka Parrot $5 Silver Dollar Niue Island Artist Series: Van Gogh Niue Island Cave of Chauvet Western Satraps 1st Century - 2nd Centry India -R-Drachm Israeli Akko, Birds, Red Sea and Elijah Coins. Perth Minti Kookabura and Koalas, and Van Gogh Coin from Niue Island [HR][/HR] Our modest collection generally contains the following coins types. Click to see these examples show below including photography: Large Cent Coppers Flying Eagle Cents Lincoln Cents and Wheat Backs Buffalo Nickels Jefferson Nickels Bust Half Dimes Mercury (Liberrty Head) Dimes Roosevelt Dime Barber Quarter Dollars Standing Libery Quarter Washington and Washington State Quarters Cap Bust Half Dollars Seated Half Dollars Barber Half Dollars Walking Liberty Half Dollars Franklin Half Dollars Kennedy Half Dollars Morgan Silver Dollars Peace Silver Dollars Eisenhower Clad and Silver Dollars Sacawagea Golden Dollars Modern Silver and Clad Proof Sets Modern American Silver Eagle uncirculated mint coins and proofs Modern Silver and Clad 2008 Commorative Bald Eagle Series Gold Coins - Not too many Modern Foreign Coins from Outside The United States Circulated US Silver Coins prior to 1964
I have the 1986 Bahrain 5 Dinars Rhim Gazelle coin, I will post a picture later. As for the others I think you can buy a complete set but it would be a bit expensive because of the silver content and because it may contain some key coins "Like china for example"
Interesting http://www.ebay.com/itm/1986-China-...d-WWF-Silver-5-Yuan-NGC-PF69-UC-/360451467571 What is its market value?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1986-CHINA-...6327358?pt=US_World_Coins&hash=item25690e2fbe This guy wants $700.00 for a slabbed 69 DCAM
not sure about the prices, but these days any Chinese or Indian commemorative coins are expensive, for example Bahrain WWF coin is sold for 40$ - 50$, I think same thing for all the others in the series.
take a look at this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/C-USA-25th-...50575651588?pt=Bullion_US&hash=item519fefeb04 US $1,099.00 or best offer for the set if I had the money I would have bought it. It has the following coins: Sierra Leone 10 Leones .8410 asw, Mexico 100 Pesos .7552 asw, Cayman Islands 5 Dollars .8410 asw, Falkland Islands 50 Pence .8410 asw, Kingdom of Thailand 200 Bhat .6893 asw, Mongolian Peoples Republic 25 Tukhrik .8410 asw, Hungary 500 Forint .8102 asw, Cyprus One Pound .9250 asw, Turks & Caicos 1 Crown .8410 asw, Peoples Republic of China 5 Yuan .6429 asw, Republic of Gambia 20 Dalasis .8428 asw, Tanzania 100 Shilingi .5781 asw, Republic of Botswana 2 Pula .8410 asw, Bahrain 5 Dinars .8410 asw, Jersey 2 Pounds .8410 asw, Kingdom of Nepal 250 Rupees .5781 asw, Republic of Indonesia 10,000 Rupiah, .5781 asw, Republic of the Phillipines 200 Piso .7435 asw, Madagascar 20 Ariary .5781 asw, Bermuda 1 Dollar .8410 asw, Fiji 10 Dollars .8410 asw, Republic of Zambia 10 Kwacha .8095 asw, Western Samoa 10 Tala .9359 asw, Sultanate of Oman 2 1/2 Rials .8410 asw.
That is very cool. 25 coins for $1,100. That is 44 dollars each. Are they all silver? I've seen some of them in Cu-Ni. It almost takes the fun out of collecting them like that. Now if you had $1000 to spend on a Morgan Dollar or to get those 25 coins, which would you do? Ruben
I think all are sterling silver "0.925", personally I do not collect American coins, If for some reason I bought a 1000$ Morgan dollar there is no way that I will be able to sell it in my country. as for the set I can break it up and sell it, I may be able to get most of my money back.
I would guess you don't get many Israeli coins either I think there is no doubt that if you break it up you can recover the money since the Chinese coin is going for about 1/2 the money
Actually I have more than 10 proof-like sets from Israel . Back to topic, I will not get much money from the Chinese coin, RAW coins sell for less than 150$, then I will have to ship it to the buyer which will cost me at least 30$, to send it to USA and get it slabbed I think will cost me more than 100$., so it is a lose - lose situation
But under those conditions, it is hard to make money on anything, but I hear you. I take it there is no local coin interest? What do you regularly collect?
Locally people still think that shiny coins are better than uncleaned coins, most of my coins even Bahraini coins I bought from US or UK e-bay, it is cheaper from there. it is a small country with less than 1 million people, I think we have less than 10 coin shops in the country, the biggest is a small 10 * 10 foot shop and the owner opens when he has no other work to do, if you want something you call on his mobile to see if he is open or not, the second is the same, then there are some silver sellers that have some coins, then there are three guys in the flea market, that's it for us. The coin you have in picture has a 5 Bahraini dinars face value = 13.26 US$, one US$ = 0.377 Bahraini Dinars.
I will be happy to send you one, it will probably take more than a month to arrive, please send me your address . Just for the record the last time I sent anything by post was more than 20 years ago .
Still no, my limit is 100$ for coins, if I can get this set for 500$ "which is not reasonable" then I will consider buying.
