World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!

Great issue. I just picked one up for myself.

 

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Coins have arrived, 2 types of coins that i've been very interested in getting more of and owning the type respectively.

Number one is the 1 Gulden from Gelderland, but not just any Gulden.
This guy here is an overdate, specifically a 1704 over 1701 (visible by the small horizontal bar sticking out of the top right side of the 4).

Number 2 is an ND (1611-1619) Arendschelling of 6 Stuivers, minted in the city of Kampen under the reign of Matthias the First, assigned there by the Dutch Republic during that era as landlord.

 

Nice. I love all the old Nederlands coins, and you have some esoteric ones here.

 

My birthday present to myself looks like it’s been through the Napoleonic wars, and probably has.

 

These just arrived today. 5 Vatican coins. These are the screenshots for each. The 2018 5 Euro has a mintage of 4499.

 

Afghanistan Rupee: DURRANI, Timur Shah, 1201 AH (1787 AD), Kashmir Mint.

 

Born and raised in the country, combined with a really deep history just does it for me. So much variety in terms of type, issuer and so on.

I try to pick up a few cool ones now and then to add to the collection, currently trying to get each province that issued that 1 Gulden coin that i posted, i'm still a few short, but definitely doable.

 

Might be late, but happy birthday!

Also, that coin is hot. I have a soft spot for Napoleonic era coins, altough i have yet to obtain one with his face on it.

 

I am big into the VOC coins. 1791 Zeeland VOC 1 gulden.

 

That's a beautiful coin, i have a big soft spot for silver VOC coins.
Altough these types of VOC coins are very pricey, i can buy about 2-4 standard one Guilder coins of the same year for one of those VOC types, which is a big shame.

But i know that one day, i'll own one, since they're just that awesome

 

The prices keep going up. I got that one a few years ago, think it was not that pricey. Lately I been into ancient India coins, and the prices on them are going up like crazy. Something I used to get for $5 is now going for $20 or more.

 

1678 West Frisiae 6 stuivers "Sheep Schilling" Note the green background, which is Scholten's book cover.

 

Newest acquisition: 1928 Netherlands Ducat. Just received in the mail the other day. My first gold ducat and definitely not my last! Love this coin!

 

Heavy duty! Nice!

 

Beautiful coin you got there

 

Got it for about melt, can't complain...

 

For my expanding collection representing significant moments in Jewish history, I just acquired this Russian 5 kopeck of 1791. Catherine the Great, having annexed a large chunk of Poland (1770s), did not know what to do with her suddenly large Jewish population. In 1791 she established the "Pale of Settlement," a large region that included such cities as Warsaw, Vilna, Kiev, and Odessa. Jews were permitted residence only within this area. With a few exceptions, this remained in effect until the Russian Revolution. My grandparents emigrated from this region (somewhere near Kiev) to Chicago in the 1890s.

 

Great coin and wonderful family history.

 

I can't stop looking at that ship. Awesome coin and early date. 2 thumbs up. Even though search engine Bing is my friend...I think you should include that it is from the Netherlands. I usually do not like guessing where it is from. But do not mind looking it up and doing the research. The word for today is Envy. lol

 

Another really cool Dutch coin, the schelling (another name for a 6 stuiver coin) wasn't legal tender in states like Holland and Utrecht, so it adds to the allure that these coins have.

Myself i have a 1770 Zeeland, a 1691 Nijmegen and the previously posted one from Kampen, a tough coin to obtain for cheap in a good condition. My LCS has one in AU/UNC but it's sadly cleaned, still cool nontheless.