World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!

I agree. It feels really good to find that one coin (or coins) for a good deal.

 

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Also always check out return slot on any coin counting machines bank or anywhere else. Here one of my free one for checking the coin slot.

 

Just had a large purchase delivered a little while ago. Have not had time to examine all the coins in detail but they do look great. This rare 1847/8 Overdate was part of the recent delivery

 

Wow nice over date no one could deny. You can see the 7/8 very clear!

@1934 Wreath Crown

 

That's a beauty @1934 Wreath Crown !

 

I've tried to buy the individual coins and they always go way too high. I have the

If I had doubles I'd send you one but this is my only one.

 

Ignore that part at the top of my last message.

 

Here's a new pickup for my Austro-Hungarian corona/korona date set.

Austria 1 Corona 1914 KM2804
NGC MS65

This is a nice golden gem example of a common date. I already had a 1914 as a blazing white 66, but I couldn't resist the slab. NGC 4th gen from around '90-'92. First version to have a hologram and the last not to have a barcode.

 

These world silvers were purchase today in a small bulk lot of world coins (about 70 coins). Paid ~$0.15 each:

 

This is a big pickup for my Mexican collection. It's the smaller 1915 1 centavo Zapata issue coin. These are pretty hard to find.

 

I decided after cramming 5 weeks work into 4 weeks I deserved a treat and bought myself this Gold Coast Ackey it's a coin that I never thought I would own but it come up at a price I was willing to pay !

 

amazing coin. does Gold Coast Ackey mean Great Britain ? or some where else ? Africa ? what country is the coin from ?

 

Nah mate,

Gold Coast became Ghana. When it was just a small outpost, the gold rich (hence the name) area before we arrived was using shells and gold dust for trade and an Ackee was a unit of weight hence the name of the currency. It's about the size of a halfcrown at 33m I love it. Pride of place now it's knocked a few down the pecking order !

 

is it in the Krause catalog ? I want to look it up. what grade do you think this coin is ? XF-AU ? is the date of the coin 1818 ?

 

Should be under Gold Coast mate

 

Found it under Gold Coast KM#9 1818 Ackey. .925 silver mintage-1,085 wow that's a low mintage.

grade/value
F-$150 VF-$350 XF-$600 UNC-$1,200
Krause values may differ from real life values.
amazing coin.

 

so is your coins grade an XF+ ?

 

I would put it in the VF category to be honest.

Those Krause values are way out. You'll never find one for that price ha ! The Gold Coast coins are one of the few British colonial coins that when you see them advertised as "Rare" they genuinely are ! what a silly Mintage though ain't it. Especially given its never been re-struck like some coins were when they're such a good looking piece.

 

Picked a few more aussie ones. I'm only missing a handful with the half pennies. The 1914 H is nasty but I got it cheap it and it's normally an expensive one.

 

And a couple of silver ones. Focusing more on the threepence now but I've been finding some cheap florins lately. I also picked up a 1915 H Shilling, mintage 500,000.