What is your favorite world coin that you have?

this could beat meet me i like it a lot. but this mine as there was only one year of issue . and not that because i am Irish .
ps open in a new window for my best results . and at that much to be desired .
forgot to add this is Irish gun money .

 

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I don't have a pic of my quarter alone haha

My fav is my Hawaii 1883 Quarter..




The person on page 6 posted the entire story if you wanna look..
I got it from an authorized coin dealer in Honolulu a few months ago
I'm still after the half dollar, dollar, and penny..
I really really want that penny

 

Kalmetam ,that is a nice Quarter ,the Dollars are expensive as I'm sure you know being from Hawaii might make your search easier,good luck both beautiful Hawaiians.
i've seen a Silver Dollar size medal of the Queen from around that date. An Englishmen Engraver made it the Queen is wearing a pearl necklace,very rare medal keep an eye out for it,wish I had a picture to post.

 

Yeah, the Dollar is like in another league... usually at around 400 bucks.. however, the penny is worth a lot more.. usually in the high hundreds or even above a thousand dollars. I was in Lahaina (Maui) a while ago, and in one of the stores on front street, they were trying to sell a penny (with a hole in it) for 600 bucks.. if you ask me.. if it has a hole in it, it's worthless. Now as for the other coins, the nickel and the 1/8 dollar are.. almost impossible to get.. maybe if I become filthy rich one day... haha

I've never seen the silver medal, maybe I'll see it someday soon. Also, have you seen those Royal Hawaiian Silver Proof coins? They are dated 1996 and 1997 I believe.. interesting things.. I first saw them in Kona.. I think there's a gold one too... However, not sure if I really want these.. they say things like Akahi Dala on them.. but I don't know if they're worth getting.. especially since they are pretty expensive.


Also, as far as world coins go, I'm starting to get into Qatar + Dubai (they made a series of coins together during 3 years) coins ... they are not made anymore.. and I'm obsessed with both places haha. They're pretty high desire on eBay.... like.. I tried bidding 100 bucks for an unc set on ebay (of 1966) when there were 3 seconds left.. and out of nowhere... a bit of $123 came..

I think it's smarter to go 1 by 1.. since it's cheaper, and more fun

Right now I have 50 dirhams (1966) coming in the mail.. and I'm debating back and forth on whether to get 25 dirhams (1966) ..

The 1969 ones are harder to get.. and the 1971 coin.. only has a mintage of 5,000 I believe, so that's definitely gonna be hard to get.

This is the one I bought today:



One world coin group I'm keeping an eye on but not going for yet is Greenland... they are expensive, but very nice, old, and historical Maybe in the near future I'll get into these!

 

The reverse of that coin would make my box of 20 themed set but i HATE real people on coins so the obverse ruins it for me !!

 

could spot weld two together


I know what ya mean though

 

My Favorite?

Hmmm - probably this one:

http://www.mrbrklyn.com/judwar.html

 

Judean Roman War Coins for Jewish Independence

Mon Jun 21 22:46:59 2010 In what is probably the most criticle moment in would history, the newly formed Imperial Roman Empire set upon breaking the backbone of Jewish Cultural Heritiage and its growing demands and support in its idenpendence in the centuries around the 1 Century CE. In fact, the counting of the calander from this time grows out of the events of full throttled assualt on the Jewish people as this time, and the Roman victories through this period cast a shadow accross all of Western and World history until today. A complete record of the Jewish-Roman wars is far to great of a subject for this page, but we can well sum it up as the Romans won the war on the grand but largely lost it in the hearts and minds of the world, with the eventualy transfermation of Roman civilization into an empire, both east and west, dominated by Christian theology, Christianity itself breakoff theology of a largely Romanized Jewish, post-acroptycal faith.
Several Jewish Rebellions occurred, the two major ones being the first and second Jewish Revolts. The first one included the detruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem and the Second one including the Bar Kachkba messianic rebellion which was intertweined with the writings and leadership of Rabbi Akiva.
Bar Kochba was particulary interesting Numismattically because he restruct a lot of coins which are available around the world. Uniquely they have very nationalistic and identifiable Jewish designs, such as the Temple and Menora's, and are are unapologitic about their nationalism. They do not adopt Greek symbolism as did Macabonian coinage before them. Coins from the first great revolt are a more in context with general coinage of the region.

Year 2 Putah Bronze Coin 67-68 CE Reverse
Year 2 Putah Bronze Coin 67-68 CE Obverse
The study of Herbew Scripts are helpful in dating and identifying these coins. Some excellent on-line resources for these scripts include the following:
Ancient or Old Hebrew
The Related Phonician
Aramaic which was imported into new Hebrew
Modern Hebrew Script






This coin has 5 of the 7 letters on the obverse and all of the letters on the reverse. And the reverse is perfectly centered as was observed on Cointalk. Year 2 coins don't have the lid on the amphora and the year 3 coins does.

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:

• Australan Silver Koala
• Australan Kookaburra Silver
• Austrailian Silver Ringed Octopus
• Chinese Silver Panda
• Easter Islands
• Indo-Sassanian Gadhaya Paisa Saurastrat - Silver Coin
• Israeli Coins
• Judean Roman Wars
• Kashmir
• Kurdistan
• Macabean Coins
• Netherlands Architecture Commemerative Euro
• Western Satraps 1st Century - 2nd Centry India -R-Drachm

Our modest collection generally contains the following coins types. Click to see these examples show below including photography: Gold Coins - Not too many Morgan Silver Dollars Peace Silver Dollars Large Cent Coppers Seated Half Dollars Buffalo Nickels Mercury (Liberrty Head) Dimes Standing Libery Quarter Walking Liberty Half Dollars Barber Half Dollars Barber Quarter Dollars Franklin Half Dollars Flying Eagle Cents Modern American Silver Eagle uncirculated mint coins and proofs Eisenhower Clad and Silver Dollars Sacawagea Golden Dollars Modern Silver and Clad Proof Sets Modern Silver and Clad 2008 Commorative Bald Eagle Series Lincoln Cents and Wheat Backs Jefferson Nickels Roosevelt Dime Washington and Washington State Quarters Kennedy Half Dollars Modern Foreign Coins from Outside The United States Circulated US Silver Coins prior to 1964

 

Great coins all

 

OK , what is this 1864 US Coin ?
What does the OBV look like ?

EDIT:

I see now that it is from 2006 Neveda State Quarter. It looks much better on your "mirror cube".

 

its a better peice of artwork than is generally reconknzed..on that note, I'm crashing for the evening.

Night people...

Good Night Elizabeth...

 

Hi this is my favourite world coin that I own. It is a 1847 Gothic Crown.
Cheers
Bryan

 

Great coin, would like to get one later on down the line.

Heck ive thought about doing a Victoria type set in a few years but she can be expensive.:crying:

 

That is a gorgeous coin !

 

Very nice Crown!
Here 5 Peso facing left that was a 2 year type

 

1967 Ireland Half P NGC-MS-65 RD