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I'm pretty confident these are business strikes. They weren't reliably proof-like yet in the 70s like they are today, but they were starting to pop up.

 

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British Mauritius 5 cents 1957

 

PCGS MS-64

 

British India 1/2 pice 1940, Calcutta mint

 

Looking more into the mintages and the coins themselves, I think they are mint set coins. For example, the 1974 1 and 2 Franc coins have a general mintage of more than 15 million coins each, but only 10,000 mint sets and 2400 Proof sets. I don't think the mint would strike this quality (that is about PL) of coins for general circulation; I could be wrong.

 

Nice hand full of silver there...

 

Private Issue Pattern - Model GB half sovereign. Looks like someone added gilding.

 

Shillings from Australia by L&C Coins

 

Nice example, usually the colour has gone on toy money - different date too.

https://coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coins.pl?coin=13053

 

This month’s “Club” coin ...

A Fifty Centimes coin from Haiti.
It features a prominent figure of Haiti’s history, Charlemagne Péralte. Péralte was a leader of Haitian Resistance during the U.S. occupation in 1915 and is considered a National Hero.

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My newest purchase and a very challenging type. These seem to come in very low grades with poorly struck portraits. This one seemed an exception to that so I scooped it up.

 

One more Tabora "emergency coinage". 1916 T 5 heller. this is the thin one, brass.

 

Well Spirtyoda sent me a ton of world coins today ...I'm still in disbelieve...said on the note I needed a coin fix. Well here are a few , Ill certainly will have more to post as I image and catalog them.

 

1857 40 para

 

Arrived today. I’ve been searching for an acceptable Newfoundland 50 cent piece for at least three years, maybe longer. PCGS and NGC examples are often $200 and up even for detailed coins (no thank you!) and most raw coins are over-dipped and VG-F.

Had to grab this one when I saw it. I agree with the ICCS grade and it has enough luster that I think it would straight grade with PCGS or NGC. Might even go low AU.

Seller’s pics:

 

Nice big hunk of silver came today. Italy 500 Lire 1958. Date is on the edge.

 

1924 R uncirculated 10 c