Okay, my latest. Was thinking about the "Magnificent 7," but not in already stretched budget this year. So, I decided to get the "fabulous 5" 2015 5 coin proof set. Seller's picture, as it has not arrived yet at my house. Mintage is approximated at 750 this year:
Here's one recent acquisition from a friend who needed his coins photographed and sold for him, now posted to my store: Wish I didn't have to sell it, but need the money for a new big bag of world coins.
Turkey, 1223 a.h. year 19. 30 para. got this in a 2 for $1 bin, shame it has a hole drilled in it though.
I think this is one of the coolest things I've found in a while . It's dime sized which is appropriate. Mintage of 4200.
Very excited about this piece. I'm only missing about 6 coins for my complete aussie penny set so to find one I'm missing is pretty rare. But found one I did! Here is the 1933/32 penny. Not super rare or expensive, but enough that I've held off until now. Picked up for $10, best deal I've seen.
Two recent additions. The patina on the Reale is quite amazing. The coin are angled in the picture to pick up the consistent color. At a steeper angle, it becomes even deeper in color. Straight on, the reverse is much lighter than what's shown. The coin also retains a lot of luster. Very happy with this new addition as it's my first Reale. I like the late die state die crack on the obverse too.
Here is the actual picture of my set of the "Fab 5" from Banco de Mexico (courtesy of Don Bailey in Houston, an excellent dealer). It arrived yesterday evening. I have now set #98 in my collection (anticipated mintage is 750--it had been 1000 last year, but anticipated mintages have been reduced):
So I just got back from my deployment. During my time gone I spent a lot of time on ebay snatching up world silver coins for right around melt value. All of these coins were purchased below/at/just a smidge above melt. I will break the posts down by country. First up. Australia: 1917M Australia One Shilling - Holed...Sad. 1920M Australia 6 Pence 1944S Australia Florin - Looks like it's been through a fire
2x1917 France 1 Franc 1929 France 10 Francs 1932 France 10 Francs 1933 France 10 Francs 1933 France 20 Francs
1935A Germany 5 Reichsmark 1951D Germany 5 Mark 1951G Germany 5 Mark 1951J Germany 5 Mark 1965G Germany 5 Mark 1966D Germany 5 Mark 1966J Germany 5 Mark 1968D Germany 5 Mark 1968G Germany 5 Mark 1968J Germany 5 Mark