World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!

Here's something that's not encountered very often-- A toned Japanese Tempo Ichibu-gin (1837- 1854)

 

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Cool. My father was born in 1953.

 

Picked this up in the Heritage World Coin auction that ended tonight. I will take some of my own pics when I get it in hand.

 

GB 1929 Maundy

Beautiful coins all!! I like your 1960 5 francs alot Cucumbor, always liked that design, I have a few from the early 1900s, but all 1 Franc and 50 Centimes, nothing larger.

jello : Awesome coronation crown!!! Is that the Silver Proof? or regular Proof? I have wanted a Silver proof of that coin for many a year, I have the Unc original copper-nickel one, and I really like the design, and it looks great as a proof.

Very nice toning on that sower Barry, I like it alot.
Collector1966: I love those Japanese 19th century rectangular coins, and hope to get some of the Silver and Gold ones for my collection one day......

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Here is one of my newest aquisitions.... a British 1929 Maundy 2d. I got it for $12.50 at my local coin shop's 'weekly auction' quite a good price I think. I don't have any Maundy coins later than the 1870's so, I figured I could use a more modern one....mintage of just 1,862.... somewhat low, even for Maundy coins which always have low mintages, most under 10,000.
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I have quite a few others that I purchased since my last post, including a very nice EF+ Canada 1920 small cent, and a 1901 Belgium 10 Centimes, some Indian States stuff from the late 1800s and early 20th century, as well as a very nice VF Canada 1882 H Large Cent.... no pics of these yet though, so here are some of the Maundy 2d coin next to a US 25 cent piece.

 

Belgium...1958 50 Francs. .8350 Silver.

 

Canada Dollar 1939.

 

Nice canada doller, those things always tone nicely. I have several.

 

Bought this Leo from the recent Heritage auction.

 

Still would love a Leo Taler but the ancients continue to bite my wallet instead.

One day though...great coin GT.

 

Thanks Mat it is my first graded Leo thaler.

 

Your coin is in much better condition than mine.

 

I like yours too! Mine is nice...AU details, but it has a lot of rim dings. Still...I got it for a few bucks over melt ($29 I believe) so I think it was a good buy. I have a few dozen Candaian dollars. For some reason the nicest ones seem to always be the 1935 and the commemoratives from 1939 and 1949. Wish I had a '48 though

 

$29 seems like a good deal for your coin, even if it has a couple of small "dings".

The only Canadian dollar I have from the pre-Elizabeth II era is the one I just posted. I wanted to get some others when I was up in Canada, but for various reasons I didn't. I was able to get about a roll of mixed dollars like these, though, and I love the designs. The 1967 Canada goose is the first Canadian dollar I became familiar with, largely because of the hype that the "diving goose" variety was receiving in coin publications in 1967-68.

 

Really? Thought you had others...or were they raw? I know you have several of him. I just have a few Kreuzers of him.

 

Here's another one for you! 1966. The reverse is blast white.

 

Very nice!!!!Collector 1966:thumb:
I grew-up in the Catskill New York area. we often had folks from Canada pay with Canadian dollars but back then 1950-60 for each Canadian $1.00 the had to add 20 cents to equal a US dollar.
there even was sign that said each Canadian dollar was equal to 80.cent US $1.00
:kewl:

 

I would bet that either that coin was the end coin of a bank roll, or it was stuck in a Whitman folder for years.

 

Yeah I think probably a folder but it could have been an EOR. I tried another pic and this one looks a little closer. It is not as dark in hand as the first picture, and it has more of a greenish tint to it.

 

I saw something similar when I was up in Washington State near the Canadian border. Only then, they were accepting Canadian dollars for 86 US cents. I think now the Canadian dollar might even be worth more than the local American dollar

 

I have a half-thaler and a kreuzer that are graded.