World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!

I've been lurking in this thread for a long time (I like looking at pictures of coins!), but I just had to comment on this: Wow - imagine finding that in a £3 jar!

This is an example that was for sale in a Danish online coin shop for DKK 8,950.00 (~$1,400 / ~£1.070), and I'm guessing it sold for that as it is listed as 'Sold out' now.

I hope it brings you a decent amount at the auction

 

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Wow! If it makes anything like that amount I will be delighted!

 

One of about thirty coins that arrived today. Still tucked away in it's original Littleton envelope. And no, I did not get it for $1.00.

 

nice grade. hopefully that green gunk comes off ?

 

Yeah, it's ugly and it is hard. Not sure what to use to remove it. The only type of "cleaning" I've done on moderns is acetone. I don't think that will do the trick.

 

maybe a wood toothpick with water ? very gently ? I really like the bear side.

 

2018 Slovenia € 2 Euro UNC Uncirculated Coin World Bee Day (Honey) bi-metallic, sellers pics...





I liked the honeycomb side. interesting design. I bought 1 for me and 1 for a friend.

 

Just picked this up from Civitas. This is there description and photo. It spoke to my desire for odd stuff. The reverse is spectacular, in my opinion.

Brass 10 Centimes 31mm. 10.37g. Phnom Penh Mint.

Local strike from shattered dies.

Obverse: Head left

Reverse: Arms

Lecompte 25 or26

EF Struck circa 1875-1899.

Examination of mint records suggests that the date 1860 represents the accession date of Norodom I and not the date of issue.
It is likely that the first issues of the series were struck in 1875 and continued to be struck sporadically in both the native Cambodian and European mints until the late 19th century.
The series has yet to be studied closely enough to allow individual issues to be assigned to the various mints, but it would appear that the pieces struck from very worn dies, such as this example, can be attributed to Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

 

Meow Meow Meow cat lovers unite! Turkey 1 lira 2015 UNC Angora Cat Bi-Metallic sellers pics...

 

Italy, Papal States. Pius V "Victory over the Turkish Fleet."

Bronze Medal, 1571. I had it graded by NGC and it came back as MS65.

This medal commemorates the Battle of Lepanto, which saved the Mediterranean from centuries of Ottoman naval aggression and effectively ended their forays into the west. Long and interesting read: https://www.crisismagazine.com/2006/lepanto-1571-the-battle-that-saved-europe.

 

1938 Netherlands Indies 1/10 gulden and 1942 Netherlands 1 cent. Note the P mint mark.

 

Here's a new pickup:

1867A Hungarian 1 3/4 Ducat - Coronation at Buda of Franz Joseph I
Montenuovo-2709 (Hungarian Legends)
0.986 Gold 24mm 6.10g

Four types of coronation ducats were produced for the 1867 Hungarian coronation of Franz Joseph: 1 ducat (Hungarian legends), 1 ducat (Latin legends), 1 3/4 ducat (Hungarian legends) and 1 3/4 ducat (Latin legends). Similarly, the same four ducat types were produced commemorating Empress Elisabeth's coronation. Each of these eight coins were then also produced as jetons in silver and bronze with the planchet sizes made to match the size of the gold planchets.

This is an example of the exceedingly rare larger coronation 1 3/4 ducat with Hungarian legends, which is approximately the same size as a US quarter.

 

One of these finally came my way - the one year type Japanese Yen Dragon with the Emperor Taisho's name on it rather than Meiji's. This was the last year the Yen dragons were produced (大正三年 or 1914). Graded MS 64 by NGC.

 

Some world coins, Italy & Spain, I picked up for $12 total, not bad I don't think.

 

Russia 1777 Ekaterina the Great AU58 Half Rouble (Poltina) (0.0191 Ozt.)

 

Germany 1914-A 1 Mark MS68, conditionally rare, shares the top pop with 10 others

 

1926 Nepal Mohur, Tribhuvana Bir Bikram, Shah Dynasty MS65

 

Picked up this 1852 Bank of Upper Canada token today. My first of what hopefully will become a complete set of these.

 

That's a beauty, real nice condition...