Normally I don't buy coins with problems, but, I've been looking at these (the English pounds) for a while and superb ones are a bit expensive. The coin was slabbed "Details" due to an old cleaning but is beginning to retone. I've never ever been able to afford a British gold pound (20 shillings) but now have at least a sterling silver one. However what I really like is the period this is from: struck by Charles I in the middle of the English Civil War. Also I'm fond of larger pieces and at ~120 grams, this has to be one of the largest circulating coins ever struck by Great Britain. I need to research the history of this piece. England, Charles I, silver 20 shillings (pound), Oxford mint, 1642 For condition conscious collectors I also bought another piece, much more common but in better grade. This is the Brazilian Republic's 1st crown, issued to repay a debt to Britain which specified the debt to be paid "in silver 2000 reis coins". The dept was incurred by Brazil's Empire and the new Republic had not issued any large silver coins to that point. Not wanting to pay in coins featuring the head of the past Emperor, they struck these solely for the debt repayment. Thus virtually all were exported & melted. Unfortunate as this is one of Brazil's most attractive designs: and is of course to the past Empire's standards: .9166 fine. I'm in Brazil, and while I do see all 3 dates of these from time to time, I just don't see very nice ones. Brazil, Republic, 2000 reis, 1897 NGC-63
Not just a nice coin, but a fine piece especially due to the background you "attached" to your image Christian
Hi LuLu11 - welcome to coin talk! It would be a good idea to go to the "Introductions" forum by clicking on "Forums" at the top of the page. Create a thread there announcing your arrival and interests and you will get losts of welcomes. To answer your other question, if you have World coins that you want to get an identification on or value, post pictures of them here and people will get back to you, or create a new thread under "World Coins" to get more focus on your enquiry. (A good way to get reasonable pictures of coins is to use your scanner.) Longer term you will probably want to get hold of a copy of Krause for the century/centuries you are interested in. Good luck!
HI Lulu, and welcome!. First you have to define "value". If your are referring to the retail value, it's going to be confusing. There are a lot of references out there. On line https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/ http://en.numista.com/catalogue/ind...e&d=&ca=3&no=&i=&v=peso&m=&a=&t=&dg=&w=&g=&f= Book form, best reference Krause Standard catalog of World Coins. Find a used one to start, much cheaper and tons of data. http://search.half.ebay.com/standar...ns_W0QQ_trksidZp3030Q2em1446Q2el2686QQmZbooks also available on DVD Search completed auctions on eBay The real "value"? Harder to define, how much is is worth to you? I have many that are worth much more to me than to someone else. Ask questions, there is a great bunch of guys on this forum and a ton of experience. We love to share
Arrived tonight. A couple of coins to fill 2 holes in my Pre-1962 Cuba collection. While not the grade I want, and I'll certainly continue the search for AU or MS, I couldn't pass up a $7 opportunity. A couple of you know what I mean by "hard to find", "inexpensive", "high mintage", but "where the heck are they?" coins! Easy to find in Copper-Nickel, try to find one in Brass. 1953 Cuba Centavo, Mintage 50,000,000, one year type 1943 Cuba 5 Centavos Mintage 6,000,000, One year type
This also came in today's mail. All the way from Korea(South). Going in the World Proof/Mint Set Collection. One of these days I am going to figure out how to image through the hard mint plastic to get better quality photos. 2016 South Korea Mint Set Mintage NA
Are you saying there are two different types? I only see one listed in Krause. I was just looking at mine and the one I have looks like brass.
The other one, I think. The 5 centavos coin with the Roman numeral came in two versions - brass (1943) and Cu-Ni (1946/60/61). Don't have any of the two though ... Christian
Sorry, made it confusing. The 1943 is Brass and for me , harder to locate. The 1958 version in Copper-Nickel was easy to find.
I see. I have the 43 but mine has gunk on it so the fact that I haven't upgraded must mean I don't see too many either.