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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Meat man, post: 26316806, member: 135271&quot;]Here are a couple new acquisitions:</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><i>[ATTACH=full]1680276[/ATTACH] </i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>BURMA</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>King Mindon Min, 1853-1878</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>AR Kyat (31.0mm, 11.62g, 10h)</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Dated 1214 Buddhist era (1852/3). Mandalay mint, with dies from Birmingham, UK</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Obverse: Peacock in full display facing slightly left, တံဆိပ်တော် (“Royal stamp”) around</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Reverse: ရတနာပုံနေပြည်တော် (“Mandalay the Royal residence”) around wreath containing ၁ိသုံးဒင်္ဂါး (“Use coin as 1 kyat”) and date</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>References: Numista 6847</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Mintage: unknown</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i><br /></i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Bright lustrous surfaces. A very popular type. From the Quentin Brisley Collection (1910-1997). Purchased May 1965 from Barkley? for $5.50.</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i><br /></i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>“The Kyat coin depicts the personal emblem of the king, a peacock with a fanned out tail on the obverse side. The date depicted on this coin is 1214 CS Burmese era (1853 CE), the year King Mindon Min ascended the throne. It was widely circulated in Burma and was often called the &#039;peacock rupee&#039;. Actual mintage commenced &#039;Saturday, 9 waning Tasaungmon (11 November, 1865). The machinery and dies for producing these silver coins were imported from Birmingham, England. These peacock coins were issued from the Mandalay Mint, which was set up within the Mandalay palace complex, the ruins of which are still in existence. In 1878, new bronze and gold coins bearing a lion motif were issued by Mindon&#039;s successor Thibaw. Thus, silver kyat production ceased.”</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i><br /></i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>(from the Numista webpage; source: The Peacock Coins, Research in Burma History No. 3, Daw Ma Kyan Kran Do, 1979)</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i><br /></i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i><br /></i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i><br /></i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>[ATTACH=full]1680277[/ATTACH] </i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>UNITED KINGDOM</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Time of Victoria, 1837-1901</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>CU Farthing (20.0mm, 2.83g, 12h)</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Dated 1890. Royal mint, London</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Obverse: VICTORIA D:G: BRITT:REG:F: D:, laureate and draped bust of Queen Victoria left</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Reverse: Seated figure of Britannia facing right, holding trident in left hand and shield with Union flag in right; sea behind with lighthouse on left and ship on right; FARTHING above, date in exergue</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>References: Numista 1013</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Mintage: 2,133,000</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i><br /></i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>In NGC encapsulation, graded MS 65 RB. Bright lustrous surfaces. From the Crichel House Cache, “Raindrop Race Wager.” In 1890 two friends were sitting inside the stately Crichel House in Dorset one rainy day. Noticing the raindrops sliding down the glass window panes, they each chose a drop and made a bet of £5 on which one would reach the bottom of the window first. The loser, disgruntled, decided to make things as inconvenient as possible and withdrew from the bank his £5 payment in farthings, the lowest value denomination, which amounted to 4,800 coins. The farthings were brand new, fresh from the mint, and wrapped in rolls of paper. The winner of the bet stored them away, still wrapped, where they sat undisturbed for more than 120 years until they were brought to auction. The entire collection sold for £63,440.</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i><br /></i></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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