World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!

I’m sure I paid too much but I like it

 

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Been awhile since I posted so wanted to finally share a few more!

I also made me a little simple site. https://numismaticmuse.com/

 

An upgrade to a poor version I previously had.

 

From the case of Mark Teller at the recent Long Beach show. I went to put it in my spreadsheet, and noticed another coin, the 1938 Egypt 20 Piastres was originally part of the same submission. Invoice number one increment higher, no doubt the same guy sending them in. Coins were purchased 25 years apart and are now back together again.

 

Another one from Mark Teller, this one Albanian. Much more difficult to find the Star variety in brilliant uncirculated, for some reason they appear with tone (often times unattractive tone) far more frequently than the without Star variety. This one has a little bit of tone, but overall still lots of luster.

 

Brunei:



New Zealand:

 

Some recent loose silvers for around melt. A little more variety than I usually see.
From top L:
Hungary 5 Korona 1900
Hungary 1 Forint 1887
Austria 50 Schilling 1965 (600th anniversary of Vienna University)
France 1/4 Franc Louis Philippe 1839
ZAR 1 Shilling 1892
Bulgaria 50 Leva Boris III 1930
Brazil 1000 Reis 1913
Brazil 20 Cruzeiros 1972 (.900 Ag 150th anniversary of independence)

 

Submitted 15 Sinkiang, Tibetan, and Mongolian coins to PCGS. Grades arrived last month, and 13 straight graded, with many top pops and awesome grades! Wanted to share a stream to this thread.

Here is the second coin, an AH 1296 (first year of issue) Aksu "Guang" Tanga, in the 5 Fen denomination. It is a hammered coin.

"光"字 天罡 银币。

Graded PCGS XF 45.

References: Lin and Ma 777.

 

i love those esoteric old coins. They are not at all boring, ever, for me.

 

Submitted 15 Sinkiang, Tibetan, and Mongolian coins to PCGS. Grades arrived last month, and 13 straight graded, with many top pops and awesome grades! Wanted to share a stream to this thread.

Here is the third coin, an 1874-77 Kashgar Tanga in the 5 Fen denomination. It is a hammered coin that was struck during the reign and conquest of the Uzbek invader, Yaqub Beg (1865-1877). He would be defeated by the Xiang Army of Zuo Zongtang (General Tso).

These coins were the precursors to the rather prolific issues struck by the Qing authorities--starting from the Kucha mint. They would influence other mint pieces such as those produced at Khotan, Yangihissar, Yarkand, Aksu, and Kashgar.

Interestingly, these coins were struck with the inscription of authority and honor to the Ottoman Sultan, Abdul Aziz. Yaqub Beg would inscribe these in his copper pul, silver tanga, and gold tilla issues from AH 1291 to AH 1295 (the scarcest year, according to Dong Wenchao).

Graded PCGS XF 45. This is a top population coin.

ex. Dick Nauta Collection.

 

Just picked this one up with a left bid where I was the only bidder. Interesting type that I didn't have.


Etruria (Reino) 1/2 Soldo ND1805. KM C45

Ruler: Charles Louis

Composition: Copper
Weight: 1.1300g

 

Some new ones, 1908 Austria 5 Corona & Australia 1937 Crown.

 

A couple more, Bolivia 1860 8 Soles and two Brazil 2000 reis:

 

Another new one, a Straits Settlement dollar, a type I've wanted for a while.

 

Last one for now, not a visually very interesting coin but not common, for my Italy type set:

 

For me, the greatest excitement comes, not when I buy some special coin to fill a gap, but when I get an unexpected bonus in a job lot. These three came in with a bundle of Indian silver coins:
First, Canada 1 cent 1916 but in unexpectedly good condition:


Second, Straits Settlements Half Cent 1845:


Third and best of all, Penang 2 Cent/2 Pice 1825:

This last seems to be a pretty scarce coin according to Krause. By the way, can anyone confirm it is the 2 cent and not the one cent? It measures about 31mm across, but neither source gives a dimension so I have gone on the proportions of the wreath on the reverse.

 

From what I am seeing thus far online, it would be a 2 cent if noticeably thick, like a 2 pence cartwheel as compared to a 1 penny (1797 GB). Zeno and numista are not being much help on this one.

 

Submitted 15 Sinkiang, Tibetan, and Mongolian coins to PCGS. Grades arrived last month, and 13 straight graded, with many top pops and awesome grades! Wanted to share a stream to this thread.

Here is the fourth coin, the latest issue (out of four, known, documented series) of the ever popular, Szechuan-Tibet Rupee.

Graded PCGS XF 40. Large head, vertical rosette, very low silver fineness.

 

Tibet, AE 5 skar, BE(15)-50/AD 1916. Seller said is was AE sho, and I thought it odd. Then discovered it was a 5 skar.

 

A recent pick-up from the foreign coin box at my LCS.