My new fixation on world coins from the early 1900s - a few samples

Over the past few months, I've really started to enjoy world coin designs - especially in the 1910-1930 window. Here are a few samples that I'm trying to choose between to enter into LostDutchman's Coin Photo contest. Probably leaning towards the 1930s as my favorite decade.

Thoughts? Thanks!
-snewman

1933 5 Zloty from Poland



1935 2000 Reis from Brazil



1918 25 Centimes from France



1917 20 Para from Serbia

 

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Thats what bugs me about collectors of U.S. coins, many seem to be ONLY U.S. & ridicule world coins as junk bin stuff. There is tons of amazing looking world coins, even with their own rarities and such.

Im in the contest also but if I had to pick one, I would go for the 1935 1000 Reis from Brazil

 

All very nice!

 

beautiful coins i especially like the brazillian tramadere coin........................

 

Perhaps selfishly, I'm liking the fact that U.S. collectors don't (yet) appreciate world coins. The only one I paid more than $3 for was the Polish coin.

Thanks for the full-disclosure. I love the color on the French coin, but it was a beast to try and photograph. Something about the designs in the 30s are just really neat.

 

Love the Polish one :thumb:

 

Same can be said about ancients :hail:.

 

I only own 3 coins and they are all foreign. Generally, I like foreign coins and I'm interested in some 17th century coins as well. But the coins of endless monarchs, honestly, I can do without.

Mandy

 

I like the polish one, FWIW.

 

HEY - that is CHEATING

 

Mandy, your comment piques my curiosity. Did you use to have a larger collection and pared it down to just 3 coins or have you had the restraint that I don't have and have simply just picked up three that spoke to you? And if you don't mind one more question, which three did you settle on?

Thanks,
-snewman

 

My background with coins is secondary to my background on the arts, with a minor distant fascination with coin collectors I know. It was my contact with a neighbor who showed me all his coins that really perked my current interests. But so far I own only the three coins in my album, and that is it. I'm thinking of obtaining a Dutch coin from around 1650. It is recorded that Rembrandt brought his home for 13 hundred Guilders. I would like just one of them

Mandy

 

I just read this, which might make an interesting collection goal

"Nonetheless the exiled government realised there would be a currency shortfall after the war and arranged for more than 560 million silver coins to be minted in the United States. These were shipped to the UK and then distributed in the Netherlands by the allied forces on liberation. But the project was not a success. People hoarded the coins and melted down the silver so there was soon not enough currency in circulation. In 1948 the silver was made obsolete and substituted for nickel coins."


http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/st...s/2001/euro_cash/spent_currencies/guilder.stm

 

Nice coins! I know exactly what you mean about the coins struck in the early 1900s. Did you see the coins posted in this thread last week?
http://www.cointalk.com/t206704/
They are from the reign of Victor Emanuel [English spelling] dated from 1900 to 1946.

 

Sure did! That article got me looking into finding a nice 2 Lire coin from 1915-1917. Haven't selected it yet, but it will be joining the collection soon.
Thanks,
Scott

 

Nice coins, I really like the French coin.

World coins are fun to collect, the only problem is there are too many. And when a bunch of them catches your eye it usually means an empty wallet.

 

I, too, love those world coins...but they sure are a pain to sell for over melt, unless they're well above average. Of course, they sure are super easy to find in people's junk bins...don't even know how many silver coins I've found for $.25/each...

I'm finding that there are quite a few items from this time period that I absolutely love - which is why I'm reading about it for my grad research. Doesn't hurt to have a whole bunch of coins from that era too...lol

Those first two (poland, brazil) are just beautiful! Maybe I'll luck into one of them soon...never know.

 

I agree. Personally I would go with the Polish coin, but they are all nice.

 

I decided to put the Polish coin in the contest - I'm #45 if you'd like to vote for it.

Here's the voting booth:
http://www.cointalk.com/t207364/

Thanks!
-snewman