World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!

Here are my latest acquisitions for my primary collection. I'm adding some moderns to the Eclectic Box.

There might be one more biggish (by my standards) purchase before the year is out.

I might have posted a couple of these already.

1730 Germany (Nuremberg) silver jeton commemorating the bicentennial of the Augsburg Confession and coronation of Holy Roman emperor Charles V. 26 mm. Discussed in this thread. @Kasia helped immensely in unraveling the inscriptions. Presently raw (and still on its way from Europe), but it will go off to PCGS in due time. It cost me around 70 bucks, which I think is not bad, considering its age and eye appeal.



1855 USA gold dollar. An example of the short-lived Type 2 Indian Princess, which is by far the toughest type of US gold dollar. This coin is PCGS XF45 but has no images on the certification page. These were taken before the previous owner slabbed it. It is not presently in hand, though I've seen it in person on a prior occasion, and it looks much better than these temporary images indicate.



1874 Belgium 2 centimes. PCGS MS65 RB. Population 1- the only one graded by PCGS. A common coin in uncommon grade, with powerful eye appeal. Since it was pretty affordable, I couldn't pass it up.



2006 San Marino 10-euro, silver proof commemorating Antonio Canova's marble sculpture of The Three Graces. It was the Graces themselves that sold me on this coin, which grades PCGS PR69 DCAM, with a population of 10 pieces, none higher. The modernistic treatment of San Marino's three towers symbol is a bit silly looking, but hey, this is a 21st century coin, after all. I like that it combines both Classical and Modern elements. Plus the DCAM contrast is awesome, and the coin comes already in a PCGS slab with a TrueView image. Furthermore, it cost me less than if I had bought a raw example and submitted it myself. Just pulled the trigger on this one this morning.



2008 Austria 10-euro, silver proof, Klosterneuberg Abbey. This one was cheap. I was in love with the designs showing the cityview and cathedral interior, not to mention the Deep Cameo contrast. Getting this into a PCGS slab to add it to my collection will cost more than the coin itself did, but I think it's worth submitting.

 

Pewter turtles are immortal. It's only resting, digesting all that gold and silver it ate.

 

PCGS MS65. Another relatively common, but beautiful, coin. This was my last 2018 newp.

 

I too have had raw Gem BU examples in the past (including one that might've been at least MS66-67 quality if slabbed), but when I was able negotiate this one, already in PCGS plastic with a TrueView image, for less than what it would have cost me to similarly slab a raw coin, I went for it.

 

@coin_nut - regarding your top coin there-

While I was bookmarking stuff for Secret Saturnalia (the Ancients Forum's Secret Santa exchange), I came across one of those with a brockage error, which I thought was cool.

A brockage on an ancient silver coin, and pretty cheap, too. Check it out. Have at it, if you or anyone else is interested.

 

I completely understand. One must seize any excuse at all to repost one's favorites. And that one's awesome. I have a similar brockage still in my watchlist.

 

Roman Egypt: billon tetradrachm of Hadrian, Year 15 (130-131 AD); Hadrian receiving corn ears from Alexandria



Obverse: AVT KAI TPAI AΔPIA CEB, laureate draped bust right.
Reverse: L-IE, Hadrian standing to left, holding scepter, receiving corn ears from Alexandria.
Koln 1026; Geissen 1026ff; Dattari 1267ff.
L IE = year 15 = 130/131 AD.
Ex-Arkadian Numismata, Switzerland, 1/2/2018.