World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!

1927 Italy 5 Lire for $9 from a LCS



1993 Mexico Nuevos 10 Pesos - 50 cents from a local antique mall




1966 (66) Spain 100 Pesetas - $16 from a LCS

 

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The 10 pesos was a great price. They sell for about $8 on eBay.

 

what I call "Micro Gold" because these are so small. lol

Papua New Guinea 1992, proof 65, 10 Kina, KM#33, .999 gold, weight- 1.57 g.





Papua New Guinea 1998, proof 20 Kina, KM#52, .999 gold, weight-1.24 g. size-
13.92mm




Cook Islands, 1992, 25 dollars, KM#243, .999 gold, weight- 1.21 g. mintage- estimated 100,000

 

Conder token-Worcester 22, Hagley halfpenny

 

Been wanting one of these for a long while, finally got one.

GB Double Florin.

 

nice early date coin. Great Britain, 1889, KM#762, Florin(Two Shillings), .925 silver, mintage-2,974,000. Ruler: Victoria.
grade/value
F-$7.00 VF-$19.00 XF-$35.00 UNC.-$70.00
4th edition Krause catalog values may differ from real market values.

 

I think Mat's coin is the Double Florin KM#763. My Krause has USD 37.50 in Fine. (They seem to be quite common in Granny's drawers.)

These coins were only made in 4 years 1887 to 1890 and were then withdrawn. They were nicknamed "the barmaid's ruin" because they were frequently confused with the Crowns leading to the wrong change being given at the barmaid's expense!

 

It's a double florin.

 

my bad. sorry there is no picture for KM#763. I see it now the double florin denomination with PaddyB's help
KM#763 , mintage- 1,185,000 , interesting history with this coin denomination. made this coin more interesting to me thanks.

 

I saw that it ranged from $5-10, so that's good. I get the impression that it's a type that will certainly be easily overlooked by many. I'm keeping my eye out for more when looking through bargain bins.

 

Picked all these up for melt of less.

 

Free one I got in change today.
1995 .50L

 

I generally don't go for the Italian coins much, except this. Not the best example I know but as a filler in an album bought at auction I am happy enough with it. Date on the edge is 1960.

 

Picked up several more Danish India coins to add to my growing collection:

Danish India, Tranquebar: Christian IV (1588-1648) Pb Cash (UBJ-48; Gray-34a; KM#28)

Obv: Crowned C4 monogram
Rev: IHS, with 4-petal flower beneath reverse field, for Jesus





Danish India, Tranquebar: Christian IV (1588-1648) Pb Cash (UBJ-14; Gray-16; KM#13)

Obv: DAN/NISB/ORG in three lines
Rev: SIE/LAND in two lines with ND entwined, for the Sjaelland island of Denmark





Danish India, Tranquebar: Frederik III (1648-1670) Pb Cash (UBJ-96; Gray-73b; KM#87)

Obv: Crowned F3 monogram
Rev: Lotus with 4 petals, with lines radiating between the petals

 

Picked this one up over the weekend. I had a few of these 1882/3 1, 2, and 5 centavo coins way back when and of course I felt the hankering... I gravitated towards this one because of the pronounced die clash on the reverse and the cracks on the obverse. I am cautiously thinking this one is mint state, but am prepared for it to be AU... odd lighting in these pictures (seller's).

 

Hard to find in this Grade!!! Beautiful coin

 

I've been getting lazy and letting my coins pile up. Here's my latest hauls. Almost all the silver was picked up for melt or less. Except the 5 Francs, I love those coins and will pay a bit more than melt for them.

 

Very nice group! I would say melt is about right for the UK stuff there but the Australian should go a good deal better.

 

Great lot indeed!

 

I agree. A lot of the sixpences are MS. What I've learned about aussie coinage is you can usually get what you want for melt if you're patient.