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Bought this one yesterday in the flea market. First year.

 

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Nice. Two-acorn reverse. There's a rarer 4-acorn one as well for that year that had the wreath from the previous type (mule). Do you collect Hungarian coins from this period?

 

I like Hungarian Austrian and German coins and paper money. My period of interest for coins starts with 14th century, but I do not really have a large collection.

 

Arrived today from British Columbia. Don't know why I waited so long to purchase this coin. It's a beauty and only cost me $20 USD.

Canada 2011 $20 Mintage 200,000

 

This one came from England or Great Britain. Still looking for the Silver Proof to go with my 2016 175th Anniversary. Scratch is on the mint plastic cover, not the coin. The toning is strange and there seems to be a bit of rub, but still sealed in mint plastic.

Isle of Man 1990 CN Crown Pennyblack Mintage NA

 

Last 2 British coppers in from my latest buying spree.

 

If you haven't already, I would suggest looking at the Hungarian hyperinflation notes (1945-46). You can find most of them uncirculated for $0.50-$2.00 apiece and they are beautiful notes. Some of the Hungarian notes going back to the 1920s are also especially beautiful and inexpensive (but there are more scarce types as well).

 

New pickup for my Austro-Hungarian korona date set.

Austria AR Corona 1908
60th Anniversary of Reign Commemorative
PCGS MS65+
KM-2808



I've got a couple 64/64+ examples of this commemorative, but this one looks especially nice. I bet it will at least cross at a 65 to NGC (great luster on the true views). Tough to find gem examples of any of the korona types.

 

Next to the last coin I need for my pre-62 Cuba type set. I'll admit I probably over paid for this coin but I got tired of looking at worn and beat up examples. This is one of the nicest I have seen in this hard to find denomination. ANACS XF 40

Cuba 1915 Low Relief 40 Centavos Mintage 2,633,000

 

Personally I have no problem with that. I always start with the hope that I can find an MS65 quality coin, but not everything is available in that grade. Doing the research and finding out that a good XF copy is going to be the target, then finding it - to me that's part of the fun of the hunt.

 

I just got a 1945 10 million pengo for $1.25. Beautiful note with an amazing dove on the reverse.

 

I dont have any other Cyprus coins so far. I only have contemporary banknotes.
This one I bought just because I liked it.

 

Since I got a 2 Bolivar a few months ago, had to get a 5 bolivar to match.


Venezuela
Mint: Caracas
Obv:Bolivar head left
Rev:Arms, date. Narrow date type
Weight 25g
Reference KM#24.2

 

Since I got a 2 Bolivar a few months ago, had to get a 5 bolivar to match.


Venezuela
Mint: Caracas
Obv:Bolivar head left.
Rev:Arms, date. Narrow date type.
Weight 25g
Reference KM#24.2
Comments: Better Date

 

wow that toning is amazing. envy is the word.

 

you did NOT over pay for this denomination is hard to find in higher grades and if you do see it... it usually goes for big money $400-600. yours is very nice. good score. my 3 are VF-XF probably sliders all 3.

 

I did find an AU55, details cleaned. $265. That's when I decided to go XF on this coin. $75. Not easy to find in that grade either without details.

 

$75 was the right price. AU55 for $265 seems way high, but then you have to ask yourself what your demand is.... cleaned... nope. I once saw a MS-62 for $600.00 in Vegas and I was like that's way to high. after searching forever for a nice one... that price seemed right on. it was amazing. no... I did not buy it. not sure if it was cleaned or not ? I wanted other coins first.

 

Yep Tizmillio Pengo 1945. One of the first notes that started to get crazy high denominations. My largest is a Szazmillio B.-Pengo from June 1946, which is 100 million trillion pengo, equivalent to 100 quintillion Pengo. That was the largest issued note, though there was an even larger 1 billion trillion pengo note that was printed but never issued (somewhat pricey).

And think that just a couple years earlier one Pengo was about equivalent to 25 cents. The hyperinflation was so crazy they were printing not only the year but the month on the bills, since they were obsolete within a matter of weeks.