Latest British Commonwealth Buys

Well decided to increase my Indian collection today so went a bit mad on Ebay LOL here is a partial list of what I have bought, I will add scans as they arrive

BRITISH INDIA
1888 1 Rupee
1894 1/12 anna
1903 1/12 anna
1906 1/4 anna
1907 1/4 anna
1907 1 Rupee
1910 1/4 anna
1912 1/4 anna
1913 1/4 anna
1914 1/12 anna
1918 1/4 anna
1919 1/4 anna
1920 1/4 anna
1927 1/4 anna
1927 1/12 anna
1928 1/12 anna
1932 1/12 anna (1 Pie)
1933 1/12 anna
1934 1/4 anna
1935 1/4 anna
1936 1/4 anna
1939b 1/12 anna
1940 1/4 anna
1943 1/2 anna
1943 2 annas
1943 1 anna
1946 1/2 Rupee

Ceylon
1943 1 Cent
1943 5 Cents
1943 25 Cents
1943 50 Cents

Canada
1906 silver 5 Cents
1918 Large Cent
1920 1 small cent coin
1929 1 small cent coin


British West Africa
1908 1/10 Penny
19341/10 Penny
1938 KN 3 Pence
1938 3 Pence
1938 6 Pence
1939 Shilling
1940 6 Pence

British East Africa
1935 5 Cents

De Orc

 

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Steve,that is a very nice lot of British Commonwealth coins you have bought.British West African coins are NOT easy to find,especially the silver 3d.,6d.,1/-,& 2/- coins.The East African coin series is a lot easier to collect.

Aidan.

 

Wow Steve, I can't wait for you to post pictures. Congratulations on the great additions


Ben

 

They did not cost a fortune but I did go a bit mad LOL and have my eye on a couple more small groups of coins. I did not include a group of India that I bought as I am not absolutly sure whats in it LOL other than around 15 coins

De Orc

Ps now got to get a new album for them

 

Ok well here we go with the first lot that arrived today

1942 Fiji 1p
1893 Guernesey 1 Doubles

De Orc

Oops got that wrong LOL

 

British West Africa

1/10 penny
1908
1911
1934

1936 1p

 

and some more lOL

1938 BWA 3p

1955 Cyprus 5Mils

De Orc

 

:high5: :high5: :high5: Very nice additions. Thanks for posting the pictures.

Ben

 

Now on to Canada :hail:

1 Cents Large
1900
1903
1906
1911 looks a Brassy colour to me
1919

Small Cents
1940
1942
1943

:thumb:

 

Thanks Ben lot more to come LOL

Canada 5 c
1931
1932
1934

:kewl:

 

Ceylon

1944 10c
1951 25c

New Zeland
1955 1p

 

NZ again LOL

India 1/12 Anna
1927
1928
1935
1939

thats it till after dinner LOL couple more to come 1 I think is possibly a very good forgery but might not be will need advice on it.

De Orc

 

And now we come to the last few bits LOL

India 1917 1 Rupee

GB 1835 1/4 penny holled but I quite like holed coins LOL so thats ok

De Orc

 

Now this is the one that I would like some advice on it weighs in at some .3g less than a 1835 Silver Rupee should and it certainly dont look like Silver but the workmanship on it is super :thumb:

I shall let you all be the judges let me know what you think of it?

De Orc :kewl:

 

Great show. I like them all

Ben

 

Nice lot of coins.

Steve,that coin from Guernsey is a 1 Double,which is a Farthing-sized coin.The 8 Doubles is the size of a British 1d. coin.

I see that you have expressed pre-decimal coins as '1/10p' ,'1p','3p',etc.This is incorrect.It is the letter 'd.' that is used as the expression for the pre-decimal Penny.The letter 'p.' is for the expression of the decimal Penny.

By the way,nice lot of coins.

Aidan.

 

Quite correct Aiden but I am to lazy to alter it LOL (as I said in another post having one of those days :stooge: ) talking of which I have just bought some Australian pennies and a small collection of about 30 mixed comonwealth so hope I might find somethig nice in them :smile Do you have any Ideas on the 1835 1 Rupee?

De Orc :kewl:

 

It could be an old fake in plumbum, could have been also silver plated, and intended for circulation. I have a similar one of this period.

 

Indian 1835 silver 1 Rupee.

Steve,I think that it is a genuine coin,even though it is black from being in circulation for many years.As to the weight factor,it must be remembered that the planchets were punched out on a steam press.There was a bit of leeway allowed.I reckon that .3g difference in weight is nothing.

That Cypriot coin dated 1955 is a 5 Mils (5/1000 Pound),not 5 Cents.Between 1955 & 1982,there was 1,000 Mils in a Pound.Prior to this,the Cypriot Pound was divided into 20/- of 180 Piastres - 45 Piastres = 5/-.Since 1983,there are 100 Cents in a Cypriot Pound,just like in Malta.The 1956 5 Mils & the 1957 100 Mils are very difficult to find.I managed to find a 1956 5 Mils by accident in a bulk lot of coins.Although it has some white stuff on it,it is the only 1956 5 Mils I have seen.The 3 Mils,25,50,& the 1955 100 Mils always turn up.

Aidan.

 

Again Aiden you are quite correct it is a 5 Mils I had not even realised that I had put 5c down LOL told you was not having a good day!!

De Orc

Ps and the way today is shaping up LOL