Do You Actively Collect Foreign Coins?

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My contribution to the thread for today.

 

Here is my one of my recent addition.




Will post the rest once I get them photographed.

 

Very nice one icerain. The proof of 1969 is rare and pricy.

 

A 1893 French Box Metal

:smileHere one that I spotted on fee bay/eBay
I am not the seller or do I know him or her.its just one Metal that was made for one person a long time ago.there about 9 hour to bid if U like it????
->I hope No one thinks I am spamming for seller!! By no means am I doing that!!!! :kewl:


http://www.ebay.com/itm/1893-F-PETIT-FRENCH-SILVER-WEDDING-MEDALLION-ORIGINAL-CASE-OWNER-IDENTIFIED-/271127099151

 

How can you tell its a proof? I had a tough time telling, and even asked the store owner who said its a regular coin that is uncirculated.

 

Did not say it is a proof. Your coin is KM 80.1, meaning the legent is in English "Africa" not Afrikaans "Afrika" like KM 80.2. The South African mint does not acknowledge KM 80.1 in proof, but they do exist with estimated mintage of 20. I believe those pieces were given to "goverment members" and would have never left the mint for circulation. The Afrikaans KM 80.2 proof mintage is 12,000 and there might be a few that were handled. It is still special since it was at the height of economic power with some of worlds latest circulated silver.

 

Thanks Derick, I did some searching and according to NGC's database there are both proof and circulating coins minted. In either case this coin does look proof-like like to me, the raised edges, color and strike. In any case I did not pay much for it at all.

 

I agree it looks good. If you can get NGC certification that it is a proof KM 80.1 MS62 above I will pay you 5,000 US for it.

http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=3004&lotNo=22663

 

Here are the only proof pictures I could find from link above. Note the difference in the mounth area at first glance.

 

I saw that too, thanks for all the info. Its finds like this that makes collecting so fun.

 

Yes it does. I would love to have that proof.

 

I could not resist getting into medals with this French example.