What is your favorite world coin that you have?

Nice one !!!!:kewl:conner1

 

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Vert nice coins the last 3, and if you count the cactus as a harp theres a harp theme.

 

nothing rare or even old, but i love the reverse with the lizard. plus i got it from my grandma and she has no clue when or how she got it, since she never been to Jamaica.

 

You sure that's not Robin Williams?

 

This 1889 British Crown is my all time favorite.

 

And this 1901 Prussia 5 mark is a close 2nd in my coin binder:

 

Hey you are right! It IS Robin Williams!

 

The UBER-Trekkie in me was so pleased with this gift from parents 10 years ago when I was 14...

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Thank you so much Liberia!!!!!

 

Here a 1973 British 1/2 penny.but what baffles me is this the date. an I in place of a 1???:kewl:

 

here's my favorite. there's just something about the slash across the bust that appealed to me (i call it character). to each their own, right?



Edward I (1272-1307), penny, 1.33g, class 9a (1299-1300/01), London mint
obv: facing bust of king, trifoliate crown, +EDW R ANGL DNS HYB
rev: long cross with trefoil of pellets in each angle, CIVITAS LONDON

 

Here's one of my last 3 world coins I bought and also one of my all time favorites!! Leaving culture out of the picture one of the biggest things that drew me to the coins of Mexico in the first place is the eagle on the reverse. The US also has a very dominate looking eagle but on Mexican coins the eagle is taking the snake in it's mouth which for me always draws my mind to the thought of money equals power!! Funny how our minds work at times!! [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Mint Year: 1950
Reference: KM-466
Mint Place: Mexico City
Mintage: 200,000 (of which 50% were melted to be used for the 1968 Mexican Olympic 25 Pesos!) . Adds to the rarity factor!
Denomination: Cinco Pesos (5 Pesos)
Material: Silver (.720)
Weight: 27.87gm
Diameter: 40mm[/FONT]​

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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Obverse[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]: An old locomotive on the Southern Pacific Railroad, flanked by palms. Sun containing date (1950) rising in background.
Legend: INAUGURACION DEL FERROCARRIL DEL SURESTE .[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Reverse[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]: An eagle with a snake in its beak, standing on on cactus plant. Silver purity, denomination, date and weight in fields.
Legend: ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS - CINCO PESOS Mo 1950 - LEY 0.720 - PESO 277 / 96[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The Southern Pacific Railroad of Mexico (reporting mark SPM) was a railroad subsidiary of the Southern Pacific Company in Mexico, operating from Nogales, Sonora, to Mazatlán, Sinaloa. The Sonora Railway Company began construction in 1880 and opened a link to Nogales in 1882; it was a subsidiary of the American "Sante Fe" line and was subsidized by the Mexican government. The Southern Pacific bought the Sonora Railway Company in 1898 and operated it as the "Southern Pacific of Mexico" until 1951.[/FONT] ​

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]It was sold to the Mexican government in 1951, becoming the Ferrocarril del Pacifico and operated from Benjamín Hill, Sonora to Guadalajara, Jalisco via Mazatlán, Sinaloa. It was absorbed into Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México in 1984.[/FONT]

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I was in a coin shop in Brussels too many years ago, and in the junk box I found a 1947 2 franc piece, which is über-rare. I informed the manager, who was unaware something that valuable was in there. However, he said since it was in the box, I could have it for the junkbox price. That was totally cool and it's worth about six hundred bucks US today.

 

Wow, which piece would that be? In any case, great guy - and a great deal. :thumb:

Christian

 

Was it in one of the coin shops on the Rue de Midi? Maison Williame perhaps?
I used to go there often many years ago. Great place for collectors.

I too found some great deals there long ago. A german 1800's 2 Gulden piece which is so rare there is only one auction record for the date, all the way back in 1892 (that is right:1892).

 

Well edited the pics of mine a little, looks a tad better.



And I'll throw in another one I really like, also redid pics of this one recently.

 

:kewl:Here is one more you don't gem BU see too often.

 

I wish that french obverse was matched up with those other french coins ive seen with the standing liberty like lady and then made in a crown size...WOW what a coin that would be.

 

Here's the design I mean. Not sure if she's standing or dancing or playing frisbee but "whatever she's doing lady" is cool:

 

She is a sower.
Spreading the seeds of French Culture. I have some good links for more info on this coin, if I could just find them! :desk:

 

I need her on a silver crown sized coin! With a better reverse.