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1882 1 Pysa - Barghash Zanzibar (Tanzania)

 

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WhooHoo ... some South African coins, my turn to give you a little more information
regarding South African Union coins.

Alex Urizzi, author of Nomisma Journal 1, Issue 2, wrote the following in his journal and i quote

"Mintage of 1953 2/6 (Half Crowns)
Unc = 2,519,461
PF = 5,000
1953 Half Crowns Officially withdrawn from 1965(April) to 1968(March) =
1,474,015

Furthermore, thousands of South African silver coins were smelted during early 1980. I quote the following from the journal ...

"Silver Thursday" refers to the 27th of March 1980 & it marks the day that the bottom fell out of the silver bullion market. The silver bullion price had prior to a few days before this day, enjoyed the highest ever prices in its history. The price per ounce according to the stats I could acquire, reached $54/oz

As one can see most of the coins would generate more money by smelting than by selling them at numismatic values."

Your coin may be much more valuable than you think ...

 

I'm a big fan of South Africa coinage. I like the designs, I like the wonderfully low mintage, and the even lower survival numbers. I was openly accused on this forum of being a racist for liking these coins. Lol. I'm not going to out his name, you know who you are, and you've already revealed yourself edited. Weird, seems I'm not alone, and there are many others that collect these coins as well.

 

"I'm a big fan of South Africa coinage." Same here, owning nearly every proof set since 1951. Beautiful coins.

 

There must be quite a few of us. The prices reveal a large demand.

 

I have been there, lovely country. I mainly collect the ZAR coins, and in just a few years have seen the prices go up a lot. They might turn out to be a good investment? Not that I ever plan for my collecting to be other than a hobby for fun.

 

Here are my last 2 purchases

 

Germany - Frankfurt Free City 1848 2 Gulden Constitutional Convention
MS67 Single Highest graded

Just saw this write-up for, an MS66 example, on another auction website so I'm VERY happy with my purchase

"Frankfurt. Free City 2 Gulden 1848, KM337. A stunning selection struck to commemorate the Constitutional Convention featuring the crowned eagle obverse and crowned double-eagle reverse. Spectacularly detailed with lustrous surfaces that present all-over steel-gray patination and darker tone that drips from the devices. According to the SCWC, "These coins were struck in anticipation of the Constitutional Convention (which) was scheduled to take place on May 1, 1848, When the convention was delayed until May 18, 1848 the coins were recalled and the dies were altered to reflect the new date." With a relatively low mintage of only 8,600 pieces, rare so choice."

 

1937 South Africa Proof Quarter Penny
Mintage - 116

 

Here's the latest acquisition. I had been looking for a suitable upgrade for this type for some time, but had passed up a lot of examples as my previous type coin was a pleasing MS62.

Austria-Hungary 1879 AR 2 Gulden/2 Forint
Franz Joseph & Sisi 25th Wedding Anniversary Commemorative
XM5 (1879)
NGC MS64 PL


This commemorative is typically attributed to Austria as the ranking state, however, it is really a pan-Austro-Hungarian Empire issue. While non-ducat gold in this period (1867-1892) was dual denomination, as far as I can tell, this is the only dual denomination commemorative coin issued during the entire Austro-Hungarian Compromise (1867-1918). The legends are in Latin, however, the denomination is inscribed on the edge of the coin in both German and Hungarian (Zwei Gulden / Ket Forint).

The denomination in German is unusual, since the Gulden was replaced with the slightly debased (0.65g lighter) Florin in 1857 when they decimalized the currency. So the coin should technically be a 2 Florin, as it is 2 Florin weight (of note, it is catalogued as a 2 Florin coin). Sometimes the denomination was referred to as the Gulden-Florin, however, so it is possible that it was just shortened for the benefit of the edge lettering.

 

This coin was in the Iceland batch I purchased recently. I pulled it out of the photo I posted as a cull because of the PMD mutilation to the edge and rim. Out of curiosity I tried to see if I could find anything about it that might explain the damage as something other than someone that was bored and wanted to ruin a coin. I did find a old thread where member @Iceman57 told a story how the 5 Aurar coins could be used in the vending machines at the NATO base at Keflavik in place of a quarter. It certainly is close in size and weight.

Made me wonder if this type of mutilation was done as a form of punishment to the coin for being used in this manner and prevent it from happening again.

 

Got this in the mail today.

Another US minted world coin minted in Philly and my first coin from Venezuela.

 

Just picked this up from a local coin dealer. I don't buy much Latin American coinage both this one spoke to me.

 

1854 Nederland 2 1/2 gulden, just came today.

 

1999 Andorra 10 Diners

Statue of Human Rights




Statue of Democracy

 

1843 Great Britain 1 1/2 pence, tiny little coin!

 

What a beautiful coin!! Thanks for sharing it.

 

Just a medal ... cool "picture" of Nürnberg, Germany, 1700

 

Received a couple of nice GB upgrades today:

 

Nice pair. Those diner denominated pieces did not actually circulate (even the issues that look like circulation coins) but were made for collectors only. These two commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Council of Europe, an organization that, despite the word "euro", has nothing with the European Union and that Andorra joined in 1994.

Christian