World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!

Picked this up for a very good price. I can live with a few marks and cloudiness at the price I paid. Might do a quick dip or leave as is. This is the mate to my 1974 500 Kronur. 1100th anniversary of the First Settlement. Original mintage estimated at 58,000 with 17,000 melted.

Iceland 1974 1000 Kronur Silver Proof. Surviving mintage estimated at 41,000

 

Log in or Sign up to hide this ad.

A little history. Argentina produce mint sets in only 4 years. 1977 and 1978 having the same set. This set shows 1978 on the cover but the coins are dated 1977. Not sure what that means, if anything.
This set marks the first time a host nation issued a a set to commemorate the World Cup Games.
The set also contains the 1st Silver coins issued by Argentina since 1885.
The 1000,2000, and 3000 Pesos combine for 1.4467 oz. ASW. Each of the three show mintage of 98,837. The 20,50, and 100 Pesos are Aluminum Bronze.
The Bronze coins seem to have survived the soft mint plastic cover better than the Silver. The 2000 Pesos does show some nice toning.

I also picked up 2 of the 3 coin mint sets which have the Bronze coins only. I'll probably sell or trade those.

Argentina 1978 Mint Set. Mintage na

 

Now this is the kind of coin that could benefit greatly from a successful dip.

 

After a 3 second dip. Yeah, I saw the dust until after I took the pic. Blew it off and placed in Air-Tite. I did't feel like reopening and breaking the seal to take another photo.

 

Picked up a 5 Franc Napoleon. These are the sellers photos. I've wanted one of these for years so it's exciting to find one I could afford.

 

Shame about the reverse but still looks like a great coin. Need some of him too.

 

Went to my LCS where I got to look through a few boxes from an old collection. All the coolest ones are in an envelope for the dealer to price. Only able to walk out with these three minor coins for a whopping $8.

 

Too bad. Your dealer seems kind of high. Many dealers would put those in a bin for 25 cents each. I love the Congo elephant coins.

 

my latest

 

Wonderful Peso, Silverino

 

and

 

For $3 at the local monthly flea market:

 

Nice coin! In Spinks this would be ref S3909, type A2 with the First head. Note the Die number of the date - 38 I think. At this time the Victorian mints were experimenting with the construction of dies and put in die numbers so they could keep track of how long the dies lasted and also how long the coins remained crisp.
(The low die numbers are usually the most sought after.)
$3 is a good price!

 

I don't have alot of experience with GB coinage, so when I looked it up I first saw the 'no die #' variety listing and went...whoa...but then I considered the likelihood and looked up the 'with die #' variety and pulled out my loop.

And I agreed it's a good buy for $3, though I would like the 'six' to be stronger.

 

Yes - UK coins are even more complex than US. (We have had a lot longer to get confused!)

Here is one of my better ones in the same series with the die number for your entertainment.

 

Here's a new pickup for my Austro-Hungarian Corona/Korona date set, including patterns and PR/PL strikes.

Austria Corona 1916 Aluminum Pattern KM-PN85
NGC MS62



As aluminum had been growing in industrial use over the previous 20 years (and becoming significantly cheaper), trials were done in aluminum dated both 1913 and 1916 as pattern pieces for the corona. I don't know if the aluminum patterns dated 1913 were made in 1913 or if they were made alongside the pieces struck in 1916 with a 1913 die. Either way, it seems assured that this pattern was struck in 1916, as due to the death of Emperor Franz Joseph I on Nov 21st, there were no more coins of this type struck after this year.

It’s interesting that the pattern shows clash marks on the obverse behind the head and below the chin from the leaves/stems of the reverse die. 1916 had a decent mintage of about 12.4m (struck in silver) and I’ve seen many examples, but I’ve never seen a 1916 business strike with this clash present. Perhaps the clash occurred during production of the trial pieces with aluminum planchets or the dies used for the trial pieces were ones that had previously been pulled from service.

 

Love getting these British Pre-decimal proofs! This one has some nice toning on the bottom of the reverse the picture doesn't show.

 

not new just some new photos...

Poland...

 

Cuba...

 

Morocco...