World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!

I have to look for one of those. To have the commemorative and the token would be great. Thanks for sharing

 

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Should be Hubei mint in case you didnt know.

 

OTTAWA, ON, Sept. 2, 2020 /CNW/ - The Royal Canadian Mint is proud to launch a $2 circulation coin celebrating the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War and the Canadians who defeated enemies of freedom after six long years of service on the battlefield and on the home front. Symbolic of that heroic accomplishment, a "V" for Victory figures prominently on this new commemorative coin unveiled today on the Mint's YouTube channel.

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Not a perfect specimen but nice enough to finish my set of Cuban pesos

 

Not really a coin, more of a medal, but the die engraving is captivating, and it's edge marked .925 ARGENT.

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My second pillar dollar, struck in 1768 under the reign of Charles III (Carlos III) of the Spanish Bourbons, at the Mexico City (Mo) Mint. Graded AU 58 by PCGS, and has a population of 2 in that grade, with 1 higher. Got this in the mail Monday!

Stunning toning with underlying luster. Beautiful blues and color mix, not AT. Official PCGS image in population report.

 

And also, not only Hupeh with the central character of "鄂" but also it was struck at the "Bing Wu" or "Ping Wu" 丙午 year, which is 1906.

1907 is actually "Ding Wei" or "Ting Wei" 丁未. There are many varieties, such as the flames on the fireball (and whether that ball itself is incused or not, with a swirl, among other things).

Thanks for sharing!

 

A new pickup for my Austro-Hungarian prooflike set:

Hungary 1905KB AU 20 Korona
KM-486 (1892-1915)
NGC MS63★ PL

Admittedly I paid a bit too much for this one, however, as NGC is very stingy with handing out both the star designation and the PL designation for world coins, I figured this must really be something special in hand.

It certainly doesn't disappoint. These are the deepest mirrors I've seen on an Austro-Hungarian gold issue, and the example is fully and sharply struck at the hand holding the sceptre (including the fine details of the fingers) as well as at the hand holding the orb, and the pouch on the belt. I've probably seen hundreds of examples of this type, and I don't recall ever seeing a fully struck example before. I have one of the only two other PL examples of this coin, an MS61PL, and while it has great contrast, frost, and strike, it is not as fully struck as this example. Oddly, the edge of this coin also appears mirrored and there is a distinct wire rim, which you can see fairly well in the top photos.

If someone told me this was a proof or similar presentation strike, I would believe them. I haven't seen any records from this period of proofs having been struck, however, they clearly do exist for the larger 5 corona/korona coins (1900-1909) as well as for the 1892 corona and for some of the gold issues of similar size from the 1880s.

 

My first Hungarian coins of this type

 

British India.

 

Love the finish on that 1862 1/4 anna. Here are a couple more Sunga Kingdom, cast copper units, c.321-150 BC. Note the hollow cross, 3 arched hill, swastika and elephant.

 

Pakistan.
2 annas 1948.

 

This is a great type! The 1892-1906 type has a younger bust, and then there's an 1896 commemorative. Such a great denomination.

 

Some nice GB pennies:

 

Russian Wire Kopek



RUSSIA: Ivan IV (the Terrible, 1547-1584), AR Kopeck, issued 1535-1538. Moscow, 0.67g, 10-13mm.
Obv: Rider right, sword raised over head.
Rev: The name and title of the ruler

 

From Stack's Bowers online world coin auction back in June. Picked it up in Chicago at the ANA convention, saved a few dollars on shipping.

Far and away the lowest mintage of the 8 year series, with only 4,727 coins struck. One of the finest surviving examples. As a type, these 100 Schilling coins were treated as bullion coins for many years (not unlike the Peruvian seated liberty gold coinage which also include many low mintage issues) and so now days finding one without handling marks or other impairment is a genuine challenge.

I consider this coin to be a real find. NGC has only seen (16) of the date , and in PL64 it's a pop 3/2 finer coin. Contrast that with the 1908 Austria 100 Corona "Lady In The Clouds" with (289) graded by NGC and you begin to realize how rare this coin really is.

 

Been a while since I posted here....
But that doesn't mean that I don't have new stuff to show off!

Let's start with the piece de resistance, this drop dead cool Lion Daalder from West-Friesland. Minted in 1638, it is one of the coins that saw extensive use in New-Amsterdam and other trading colonies around the world.


Number 2, and the second to last one for the Netherlands and her former colonies, this really cool Duit from Overijssel! Definitely still in an amazing condition, seeing as it's 270 years old by now!


Number 3 and the last one for my favorite section of coins, is this really cool 10 Gulden from Suriname, celebrating one year of independence from the Netherlands!


Number 4 is my very first RSFSR coin, it's a Poltinnik from 1924, which only ran me €15,- surprisingly!


Staying on the theme with Russia, let's take a look at this amazing Rouble I got on my vacation in Vienna!


Number 6 is a personal favorite of the ones I got lately (after the Lion Daalder ofc), this is my new Danish 2 Kroner, celebrating the golden wedding anniversary of King Christian IX and Queen Louise!


Okay, just a few left to go...

Number 7 is this pretty cool 50 Frank from Belgium, commemorating the 1958 world fair in Brussels!

(yes I know, the 2 sides are switched around)

Number 8 is this pretty cool proof 2 Groschen that only ran my €5,-


And last but not least, number 9! This is a 500 Lire commemorating the 2nd centenary of the death of Virgil, comes in a cool holder as well!

 

All very nice coins, and I have a particular liking for all those from the Nederlands. Love that goose (?) mint mark on the Overyssel duit. I see I have one also, in a bit rougher condition...

 

They call that mintmark a crane/stork, at least my rough translation does haha

 

I consult my one and only coin book, Scholten, and it calls that one a crane.