A Selection of World Coins

spirityoda, That's a wonderful design ! The proof version is breathtaking .

 

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1711 Great Britain Shilling KM#533.2

 

From Polish Auction....
AV Dukat 1633 K-B Kremnitz Mint
HRE Ferdinand II
Hungary
MS-68
This coin was struck during the Thirty Years War 1618-48.
Ferdinand was head of the Imperial forces, fending off the Protestant Invaders from Sweden/ Denmark. Later Cardinal Richelieu a Catholic would go turncoat and join the Protestant side. France now joined up with Sweden/ Denmark/ Sachsen vs the HRE/ Spain.

 

Do we know the species of the beetle? Judging by body shape and length of antenna it's a longhorn beetle...family Cerambycidae.

 

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Correct! I had a huge beetle/ butterfly coll. Still have lots.
Selling them to buy gold coins. Already sold 300K of rare bugs.

 

WOW, nice butterflies, I have a few shots. But now focus on coins. You have some amazing specimens. Is there a proper site wherein you can display them, like "Bugs_and_Insects"??
Gary in Washington

 

Below is one of my favorites, as it also has a religious/historical theme. It is a Slovakian 20 Korun, 1941. On its obverse are Saints Cyril and Methodius, men who brought the gospel into SE Europe, and they created the Cyrillic script for the languages in the area, all about A.D. 820. They also used fairly old Greek manuscripts for their exemplars, similar to the Byzantine text-type. Click to zoom in.



Gary in Washington

 

Yes, I use to post a lot of my material on "Insectnet.com"
This was devoted to entomologists/ collectors of beetles/ moths/ butterflies/ etc. I had around 20K mounted specimens housed in 450 Calif. Academy dtawers/ cabinets.
I am down to 12K specimens presently. Just like the "Tyrant collection" has over a billion dollars in rare coins, some butterfly collections are worth tens millions of dollars.

 

Below is one of the more beautiful Bi-metallics (IMHO). It is a 2009 Czech Republic 50 Korun. This design first appeared in 1993. The city of Prague is in view. Kind of grainy as I am still adjusting light for coppers. (P.S . I collect first edition Bi-metallics, that is, the the first Bi's made by a certain country. The very first Bi-metallic and issued was made in Italy!). I really like the copper/brass color combination!!




Gary in Washington

 

Panzerman,
at our ages I am almost 73 (next week), it would be harder to dispose of butterflies than gold, yes? At my age I do think about what I leave behind, and how my relatives may use or sell it/them. Have you any thoughts on the collection, at Noah's Ark in Kentucky (I think), quite diverse, not as focused on butterflies as what I see of yours. Stunning colors. I have also seen some metallic beetles of stunning colors! Amazing creations!!
Gary in Washington (thanks for showing).

 

Try playing with your background color in editing as well. Some copper coins stand out better with darker backgrounds.

 

Amazing butterflies wow.

 

I have posted this coin in multiple threads before. I started collecting in my pre-teens and this coin was on the cover of one of the catalogs I would browse through in the reference section of my local library. Never thought the day would come where I would own one. I don't usually feel compelled to buy entombed coins, but wanted to ensure that I was purchasing the genuine article.

Viet Nam - Minh Mang 7 Tien, 1834

 

I would say high quality gold coins would be very easy to sell, every auction firm would be dying to have them, in their auction. But again, if you have a insect collection/ high AI quality specimens.....they sell really well privately/ Paris Natural History auction. Every collectible depends on rarity/ quality. By the way, Eric Newman collected coins into his 100s, the way it should be I maintain lawns/ gardens for a living. Lots of 100 hour weeks....

 

John, I love that Kremnitz Mint ducat ! Ferdinand II looks like a cartoon character with that over-sized head . Your insect collection looks breathtaking . You're a true Renaissance man . BTW, Happy Birthday next week old man .

 

Thanks Al!

I really loved my insect collection, but decided to give that up and use $$$ to buy coins. My Birthday is on May 12th.

 

Thank you, I will work on that. I sometimes print out my images, for viewing off-line, and I try to take it easy on the black ink. But it does improve my results. Again thank you,
Gary in Washington

 

Outstanding coin of old Viet Nam, has me drooling.
Gary in Washington

 

My next post is in error coins, a 1000 Peso Mexican, 1988. Then a Mexican lamination error, then back to here.
Gary