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KBBPLL · Jun 23, 2025 at 11:45 PM

Chris B said: ↑

Nice presentation.
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I agree, and the template on the first two really makes the coin pop as well.

I don't have anything astounding but I've always like this design.

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alurid · Jun 24, 2025 at 6:13 AM

lordmarcovan · Jun 24, 2025 at 6:26 AM

The Meat man said: ↑

Hello everyone!

I've recently been photographing some of my world coins and I thought it would be fun to have a place to post them, without needing a dedicated thread for each one. (I checked back to see if there already was a thread like this but couldn't find any - apologies if I missed it!)

SO...without further ado, WELCOME to the World Coins Free-for-all! It's the place where you can post up any of your World coins, tokens, medals, etc., at any time and for any reason. New acquisitions, old favorites, rare or common, fascinating or boring, anything goes!

To start, here is one of my favorites which I recently (finally!) took proper photos of, an 1888 IBEAC rupee:

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IMPERIAL BRITISH EAST AFRICA COMPANY
AR Rupee (30.3mm, 11.65g, 6h)
Dated 1888. Heaton & Sons mint, Birmingham, UK
Obverse: Crowned sun above ribbon reading LIGHT AND LIBERTY; ONE RUPEE above, MOMBASA below
Reverse: IMPERIAL BRITISH EAST AFRICA COMPANY above pair of scales; in between scales, Arabic inscription عدل [Justice]; below, H over · 1888 ·
References: Numista 17050
Mintage: 94,000
Rich cabinet toning. The Imperial British East Africa Company (IBEAC) was founded in 1888 with the goal of developing British trade and influence in the territory of East Africa. With oversight of nearly a quarter million square miles, the IBEAC was also responsible for administration and given quasi-governmental powers. In 1890, the IBEAC began work on a 600-mile road in preparation for a railway that was to connect the port of Mombasa with the distant border of Uganda. However, conflict with rival interests led to a civil war which halted the project, and ultimately led to the company's bankruptcy and dissolution in 1896.

Feel free to post up any of your World Coins!
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Nice coin, and your Photoshop background template looks superb.

PS- I visited Mombasa in 1972, when but a wee lad. Ourselves and all our worldly possessions (for we were to live in Africa a year) were offloaded from the Greek freighter we crossed the Atlantic in, into a dangerously overloaded dinghy-type craft that carried us ashore. I remember being terrified that a wave would sink us, because the gunwales of the dinghy we were in were just inches above the level of the water, and there was all kinds of traffic in the harbor creating wakes.

The Meat man · Jun 24, 2025 at 7:22 AM

lordmarcovan said: ↑

Nice coin, and your Photoshop background template looks superb.

PS- I visited Mombasa in 1972, when but a wee lad. Ourselves and all our worldly possessions (for we were to live in Africa a year) were offloaded from the Greek freighter we crossed the Atlantic in, into a dangerously overloaded dinghy-type craft that carried us ashore. I remember being terrified that a wave would sink us, because the gunwales of the dinghy we were in were just inches above the level of the water, and there was all kinds of traffic in the harbor creating wakes.
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Thanks!
That would indeed be a harrowing experience. Hopefully things improved once reaching shore. Did you live in Mombasa itself or some other part of Africa?

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