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Germany: Weimar Republic silver Specimen "Zeppelin - Dirigible ZR III" Medal 1924-D SP65 PCGS


I like the juxtaposition of the zeppelin and Columbus's wooden ship.

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My collection: https://coins.www.collectors-society.com/WCM/CoinCustomSetGallery.aspx?s=24977

 

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That's a pretty cool design,beautiful piece.

 

That's a real beauty.

 

Here's some new bullion pickups. These are for my animals collection and my prehistoric animals collection.

 

Nothing desperately scarce, but this picked up as an upgrade - 1754 British Farthing:

 

During the papacy of Clemente XI, there was an unsuccessful attempt to raise and preserve the long-buried column of Antoninus Pius erected in 161AD. Today only the spectacular restored base remains.






THE FATE OF THE COLUMN OF ANTONINUS PIUS (researchgate.net)

 

Recently I picked up this 1836 Antigua farthing. As far as I know it's the only circulating coin ever made for Antigua.

 

Waiting impatiently for these to come in the mail.

 

2 new pick ups for me.
1957 Ceylon Rupee


1730 Augsburg Ducat Pattern

 

I have picked up a few goodies in the last few days. These two Charles II Crowns, 1667 and 1681, fill gaps in my own collection:

 

Conder Token. 1794
John of Gaunt (Ghent)
Edge: Payable in Lancaster, London or Bristol

 

Portugal, Carlos I, 20 Reis, 1892

 

A recent junk silver buy - 1834 France 5 Francs. It’s rough but fun.

 

A couple new purchases.

A nice 12 Kreuzer from Hohnstein featuring a Wildman. Pretty sure this is KM# 40 due to the legend and lack of value.


A little kreuzer from Breslau, modern day Wroclaw, Poland. The strike on this coin is just exceptional.

 

VS1944/AD1888 Kutch-Bhuj 3 dokda

 

Additional recent buys.

1938 Hungary 5 pengo



1940 Southern Rhodesia half crown



1952 Cuba 40 centavos

 

British India, George V, 1/12 Anna, 1914, Calcutta. Weak strike reverse.

 

These three arrived yesterday. First two - the 1707E and 1837 shillings are marginal upgrades for me.
The third is a contemporary attempt to pass off a 1711 shilling as a Guinea. Not only has the perpetrator gilded the coin, but he has engraves lines in the plain fields to more closely resemble the Guinea. This would have been a capital offence at the time.

 

From the same auction I picked up a handful of small hammered European coins for very little. Here we have two from Austria, one from Poland and two from Hungary: