World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!

Nice score. I got a packet of 8 Japanese coins the other day, here are pix of 4.

 

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A few recent pick ups:

Austria 1740 Thaler

Eritrea 1918 Tallero


German States - Bavaria 1317-1374. AR Pfennig


Russia 1830 Rouble


Venezuela 1936 Bolivar

 

1902-1905 ROC 10 cash, 1920 Tibet 1 sho.

 

This is not really a new pick up, but in a way it is. I recently picked up some Verdicare and treated the bright green spot above the 7 in the date of this France 1877 K 5 centimes coin. Looks 1000% better after 1 drop and picking at it with the tip of a bamboo skewer. Different lighting but definitely gone.

 

Delhi Sultans AR Tanka 1296-1316, now I have 2 of these. Next one is VS1914/AD1857 Kutch AR kori. I see I have 3 of these now.

 

New Guinea 1 Shilling 1938 KM#8

 

Another one of Benjamin's coins.

 

This one is much nicer than my previous 1

 

This month’s “Club” coin ... South Korean 10 ₩ (won) [.82¢; <1¢].

The old "won" was a cognate of the Chinese yuan and Japanese yen, which were both derived from the Spanish-American silver dollar. It is derived from the hanja 圓(원, won), meaning "round", which describes the shape of the silver dollar.

The won was subdivided into 100 jeon (Korean: 전; Hanja: 錢; RR: jeon; MR: chŏn), itself a cognate of the Chinese unit of weight mace and synonymous with money in general. The current won (1962 to present) is written in hangul only and does not officially have any hanja associated with it.

 

I love this design and I think it’s an upgrade but I haven’t looked at my other one to be sure. Looks better than my quick pics but the rim wasn’t as noticeable until I took them.

 

Vatican City 1 Lira 1941 Steel - this very nice coin was in the Thailand mint set I picked up today in place of one of the 1 Baht Cupro-nickel coins I will be posting shortly.

 

Thailand Mint Set 13 - 34 coins, 2 each of 17 issues. 3 coins were swapped out. 1 of the 1 Baht with a Vatican City shown above then both the big silvers 20 Bahts coins were swapped with a couple of Mexico 5 pesos from1972 and 1976. Still not bad to get the mint box and 31 original MS coins. Some toning on the copper and brass. This is cool because with 2 of each issue both obverse and reverse can be seen without need to remove the coin. The tin, copper and aluminum brass are all in pretty good shape but have toning on the upside surfaces. The plastic cover with the coin type printed is soft and likely could be helping to tone the surfaces as well.

 

1 Baht 2505 Y#84 this issue was minted with no date change from 1962 to 1982 with more than 883 million pieces, according to the Krause Manuel.

 

Thailand 50 Santag Y#81 - year 2500 (1957) minted almost 440 million without date change until1987. This coin has haze but almost no marks. Looked amazing in acetone, which took off a lot of the haze in a first bath. Almost no marks in the surface, the marks are in the haze. The second reverse picture shows the slight orange toning of the reverse very well.
This coin is a 25 cent coin in MS 60. Not sure where a 65 or 66 would value.

 

Thailand 1 Baht 1966 5th Asian Games