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Beautiful Czechoslovakian Coin krispy

 

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Thanx jello!

Not sure if I posted this coin already but it's another Czech piece with the lion on the shield. We see it used on the much older ducats and modern ones (like this one from the 1920s) and in the more modern pieces like the silver commemorative piece above.

 

I was thinking it's a Com but I didn't have my world book handy.

 

1870 Luxembourg Five Centimes, EF45, badly scratched holder makes it a bit hard to get a decent shot but the coin looks much better than these photos

 

Just got a nice little gift, a complete surprise, in decent condition. I guess one shouldn't look a Trojan Horse in the mouth. The set is a keeper.

 

Received this beauty today - PCGS MS67RD. The single best.
The picture is borrowed from PCGS

 

Not really a commemorative coin, but not used in circulation either. Those ducats (designed by Otakar Španiel and Jaroslav Benda) were made between 1923 and 1939, plus a few pieces in the early 50s. The CSR currency at that time was the korun/crown, and I suppose those were trade ducats ...

The lion rampant from the CoA is used a lot on Czech coins. Before Czechia and Slovakia split up in 1992/93, it was usually combined with a symbol representing Slovakia. Today the crowned lion is the small coat of arms.

Christian

 

Cool!!!!! As I said before your the go to guy on World coins

 

This one pretty much completes the 60th anniversary coins, -I do still need the 1 Corona, but that's an easy one that should probably be bought raw since anyone with a nice slabbed example is going to want 8 times what the coin is really worth. But I digress...,, In an MS65 holder, with semi proof-like fields, especially on the obverse, that don't show too well in the photo. Got an incredibly good deal on it too, only about $75 more than what the 1912 restrike typically goes for.

 

1892 10c Ceylon

One more Queen Victoria

 

Well, you guys certainly have some exquisite stuff. Meanwhile, I picked up a handful of junk bin coins for a dollar apiece, but they're not bad.



Mexico, 5 Centavos, 1943
Bronze, 6.5g, 25.5mm, 1.75mm, 6h; Mexico City: 1942-1955.
Obverse: ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS; National Arms (Eagle on cactus facing left with snake in beak above wreath), inscription in semicircle above.
Reverse: CINCO CENTAVOS; Bust of Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez left; M // 1943.
Reference: KM#424.

"María Josefa Crescencia Ortiz Téllez-Girón, popularly known as Doña Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez or La Corregidora (April 19, 1773 – March 2, 1829) was an insurgent and supporter of the Mexican War of Independence, which fought for independence against Spain, in the early 19th century. She was married to Miguel Domínguez, corregidor of the city of Querétaro, hence her nickname." --wiki

1942 is the key date in this series, with only 900k minted, but for a buck this isn't a bad type coin.

 

Netherlands, 2 1/2 Cent, 1929.
Bronze, 4g, 23mm, 1mm, 6h; mintage: 8,000,000.
Obverse: KONINGRIJK DER NEDERLANDEN; Crowned lion arms with 15 large shields within beaded circle // 1929.
Reverse: Value within wreath.
Edge: Reeded.
Engraver: J. P. M Menger (reverse).
Reference: KM#150.



Coins dated 1912-1929 have a seahorse privy mark to the left of the date...



Coins dated 1941 have grapes.

I just thought this was an attractive bronze in an unusual denomination.

 

Yes, the Netherlands had 2½ cent, 25 cent, and 2½ gulden coins. Also 25 and 250 gulden notes. The 2½ ct pieces were issued until the early 1940s, the others continued to be around roughly until 2000. The seahorse mark is the sign of Copius Hoitsema (mint director 1909-1933); the grapes refer to W.J. van Heteren (1933-1942). Here you see the two on the cover of a recent coin set.

Christian

 

Thanks for that information, Christian. I assumed the privy marks had something to do with the mint.

Here is Frederik IX...

Denmark, 5 Kroner, 1972.
Copper-Nickel, 15g, 33mm, 2.3mm; Mintage: 2,599,000.
Obverse: FREDERIK IX KONGE AF DANMARK, Bust of king right // C ♥ S.
Reverse: 5 KRONER; Royal Denmark coat of arms with two oak twigs; 19 / 72.
Engraver: H. Salomon (reverse).
Reference: KM#853.1.



Last year of issue. Is C ♥ S a mint mark?

 

Vicki's a dirty girl! I might give her an acetone bath to see if there's any dirt, but it looks like toning to me. Anyway, that's fine. I like circulated coins that I can handle without fear of damaging them.

 

Finally, Iceland, 25 Aurar, 1922. This little coin definitely has dirt - looks like tape residue, and it's definitely going into some acetone. Why bother? - you ask. Well, these were evidently heavily circulated, and this example has really great detail for the type. And it's the first year of issue, only 300,000 minted.



So there you have it. My big spending spree of five dollars. I joke with the owner of the LCS that it's a good thing I stop in, or he'd go out of business. But so far he hasn't locked me out whenever he's seen me coming.

 

Sort of, yes. Just as the Dutch mint uses both a mintmark (the caduceus) and the privy mark of the mint director, the Danish mint has the heart as its mintmark. The two characters refer to the mintmaster and the sculptor.

But I'm confused now. The "C ♥ S" combo was used until 1971 (C = mintmaster Alfred K. F. Christiansen, S = sculptor Harald Salomon). In the last year of this coin you should have two "S" because Vagn Sørensen had become mintmaster. I think - but cannot tell for sure - that your coin has the "S ♥ S" combination that it ought to have ...

Christian

 

Yes, quite right, it is S ♥ S. I copied the attribution from Numista, and they have a mistake there.