World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!

Got a surprise the other night. Went to bed early but beforehand, placed a bid on a 1982 Monaco fleur de coin set of 11 commemorating Princess Grace (Kelly) as a lark. Awakened the next morning and "paid" for it with eBay bucks. A nice freebie!

 

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whoa, jj => that's a sweet addition (yummy)



huh? .... gorgeous, actually (congrats)

 

Thanks Steve!

 

Member posted one of these and so I picked up a couple. I remember fondly ANZAC days and the dawn service in Oz. The trumpet begins to blow as the sun rises over the ocean and for a moment 100 years ago meets now. The past becomes the present.

 

Here are 2 new silver coins that a bought for melt value. First is a 1904 Sweden 2 kronor, and the second a 1973 Singapore 5 dollars, commemorative of seap games. it is 25 grams, and .50 silver.

 

Ireland

 

As promised. This has to be the most awesome World Silver coin I have ever purchase. It is totally unique and I am proud to own it. But first, a little history.

Australia was colonized in the early 1800s as a penal colony for the British. Since the only planned inhabitants would be prisoners and their guards there did not seem to be any need for money. Rum became a medium for exchange for buying goods from merchant ships. Fun, but not something that was saved for a rainy day. In 1813 a newly appointed Governor by the name of Lachlan Macquairie came up with the idea of punching holes in the center of Spanish 8 Reales coins. Thereby creating two new coins from one.The outer ring, called the "Holey Dollar" was valued at five Shillings and the center piece, called the "Dump" was valued at 15 Pence. These became the first Australian coins. The dump was widely circulated but most of the dollars ended up in England where most were melted. Only 280 are known to exist today and are extremely valuable.

Now we get to the coin I am about to present. This is a 1988 Proof Commemorative issue of the Holey Dollar and the Dump. The dollar is one ounce of .999 Silver and the Dump is 1/4 ounce of .999 silver. The set has a mintage of 1,000. It comes in a case which is in a booklet form. The coins are removable from the housing.They have a thin pliable film-like covering which I am sure is full of PVC, which explains the discoloration on the coins. I plan to remove and store the coins in AirTites after giving them a brief Acetone bath. The Dump would probably fit in the hole of the Holey Dollar, but these are proof coins and I don't plan on trying.

Enjoy

As they appear in the case


A little photoshopping to show the Dump in the center of the dollar

 

Wow that is a really cool story and history! I wish they werent so rare, it would be a really cool coin to own!

 

I picked this coin up last night. Ive always found the Koban to be a very interesting and neat coin. I wish the Oban werent so rare and expensive, it would be awesome to own since its so big. This Koban should do though.

 

very cool.

 

Needed to make a correction, but it would not let me edit today. I made a typo. I stated that the mintage was 1,000. The mintage numbers for the individual coins are actually 100,000. Mintage numbers for the Proof set are not available.

A photo of an original. Not mine.



An interesting link.



http://www.coinworks.com.au/Record-price-for-Australias-first-coin.html

 

Australia has made other coins like this that aren't quite as expensive I believe. You could look into those.

 

A gift from my sister-in-law.

 

kilograms size of hand . cold peace of work

 

Now THAT is awesome

 

Lord in Heaven, those coins are enormous! And I thought a 5-ounce "puck" or a 61mm Panamanian 20-balboa piece was big!

 

Here are a few I got recently that I especially like.
1956 Guatemala 25 centavos
1883 Argentina 2 centavos
2015 Colombia 1000 pesos
1942 S Fiji sixpence
1981 Bulgaria 2 leva

 

nice pick ups. I especially liked the Guatemala and Fiji coins.

 

Thanks. I think Guatemala has some nice coins, and many collectors overlook them.