Two Hong Kong $20 banknotes, both in good condition with one vertical fold. The bottom one is a surefire keeper (replacement prefix ZZ). I asked a friend about the top note and he told me it did not have a good serial number. So the top note is going back into circulation.
"The bottom one is a surefire keeper (replacement prefix ZZ)"
Nice additions 'KS5331 Productions'!
I picked these up from my mail box this morning:
Fiji $2 (P-96b)
I would like to thank the person who recommended yuri111 (ebay). Got some amazing UNC notes.
These from Indonesia - Fractional set (UNC) are my favourite.
Nice fractional set 'BlueHawk.' Yuri111 has always been very helpful for me. 1234Note is also a major seller back in action & that's where I picked up my Fijian examples. Also nice to get those 3 Scottish notes for FV (great score). My 'insert image' function is not working: otherwise I'd post a few others from 1234note.
First ancient coin!
(photos from the NumisCorner listing)
Ancient Greece - Macedonia - Thessaloniki
Bronze Æ13 (most examples are closer to 18) - minted around 187 - 31 BCE
Not the most impressive coin, but I'm still quite happy.
"Be kind, rewind."
Numista referee for banknotes from Greece, Crete & the Ionian Islands.
Quote: "Serial_Number_8"Nice fractional set 'BlueHawk.' Yuri111 has always been very helpful for me. 1234Note is also a major seller back in action & that's where I picked up my Fijian examples. Also nice to get those 3 Scottish notes for FV (great score). My 'insert image' function is not working: otherwise I'd post a few others from 1234note.
Thanks for the recommendation Serial_Number_8.
He combined postage and prompt delivery as well.
Will check out 1234Note
which I grade AU. Nobody, including myself, had noticed that it is a replacement note, so I got it for $1.59 above face value. The funny thing is that I don't actually care about replacement notes now that they are indistinguishable from regular notes.
It took me some time to finally get a French 1935 $1 note. Usually, they go above trend, but I got this one at about trend value; I was actually a little surprised it didn't go higher.
Quote: "Camerinvs"Thx BluHawk,
It took me some time to finally get a French 1935 $1 note. Usually, they go above trend, but I got this one at about trend value; I was actually a little surprised it didn't go higher.
So true (rarely do French 1935's go for trend). With only 15M printed (compared to over 60M of the English version) it is no wonder. Unfortunately, they're a pretty hot item & tough to buy in higher grades.
I waited 2-3 years to buy my French $1.00 Also- still waiting to get an English $1 (believe it or not). I have a few but not in the condition I want for my private collection.
Your 1937 $1 is perfectly centered (like a gem) 'Camerinvs' & great score on insert replacement (whether you intended to get it or not!) Oh & thanks 'BlueHawk.'
Quote: "Ian P"Arrived Wednesday Charles I Group III Third Horsman Aberystwyth Half Crown the only one I have seen so far.
Not Bad for 490+ Years Old what Stories could it tell I wonder.
Looks a lot like mine, Crown mintmark - similar for 1635/36 Tower Mint. Seriously I think our coins are twins.
Mine is 1635/36 and Tower Mint.
Just one niggle - 490+ years would take it back to 1531, 1643 was 378 years ago.
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Quote: "Serial_Number_8"So true (rarely do French 1935's go for trend). With only 15M printed (compared to over 60M of the English version) it is no wonder. Unfortunately, they're a pretty hot item & tough to buy in higher grades.
I waited 2-3 years to buy my French $1.00 Also- still waiting to get an English $1 (believe it or not). I have a few but not in the condition I want for my private collection.
Your 1937 $1 is perfectly centered (like a gem) 'Camerinvs' & great score on insert replacement (whether you intended to get it or not!) Oh & thanks 'BlueHawk.'
So, there should be about 1 French to every 4 English 1935 $1 notes on the market, but to me it looks more like 1 to 10...
My 1937 $1 was unfortunately folded quite sharply in the center. Otherwise, it's quite crisp.
Quote: "Ian P"Arrived Wednesday Charles I Group III Third Horsman Aberystwyth Half Crown the only one I have seen so far.
Not Bad for 490+ Years Old what Stories could it tell I wonder.
Looks a lot like mine, Crown mintmark - similar for 1635/36 Tower Mint. Seriously I think our coins are twins.
Mine is 1635/36 and Tower Mint.
Just one niggle - 490+ years would take it back to 1531, 1643 was 378 years ago.
Quote: "Goutham Sivasailam"
My first silver coin and also my first coin from the 19th century
an 1893 3 pence
Welcome your QV Silver 3p is a good start to inexpensive way to collect these little Silver Coins as in used Condition they are inexpensive and very interesting but Maundy Issues can be Very Expensive unless you are lucky just keep looking I recommend a Copy of Spink coins of England and the United Kingdom it can be an older Copy as these will be a lot Cheaper and it will tell you Year by Year what the Difference's are.
This is a 1937 Maundy set 1p 2p 3p and 4p along with the Standard Issue 3p the Reverse of the Standard 3p is Different that the Maundy Issue Full 1937 Proof set with full Maundy set for that Year.
Ian.
Yep, I would like to collect other relatively cheap silver coins but from tomorrow we are going to have a lockdown in the state I live in (Tamil Nadu) in India
Hi there! I am an inexperienced collector with an interest in a lot of coins
Yes always good to start on silver, my start with silver was the half silver coins of my own country. In average condition, they were cheap and plentiful, but great as you are holding real silver - a precious metal.
As you all know now - this silver obsession got way out of hand ages ago - some 5kg of it and $10k or more later!
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
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Hi colleagues.
The lady brought the envelope from the post office half an hour back . In another thread here today was the question of what shipments you receive from abroad -so i took it right away mobile photo.
They're from a neighboring state, which coins I wanted, so they overtook me at the auction, and I only took it as a supplement to the envelope. sometimes it happens, however, I will give it somewhere anyway. Mint of the same Kremnica-KB ( coins they still make, I was there in the museum)
Father and son, quality as I wrote today as from the Middle Ages .
Got 2 nice french royal tokens from the 18th century:
1723 token celebrating the coronation of King Louis XV.:
Token from the early reign of King Louis XVI. celebrating his public building efforts:
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
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These last two arrived in May
1648 Dutch Republic Utrecht Leeuwendaalder - The important year in which both the 30 and 80 Year Wars ended, and Spain recognized the independence of the Dutch Republic
And finally, an 1682/1 Great Britain Crown with the QVRRTO (QVARTO over TERTIO) edge error - a very tough coin to find in this grade
Now you may think it's just a regular circulating $50 note. Yes, it is, but in a few years from now this particular series may be a little more difficult to get. This is because the combination of signatures Wilkins/Macklem corresponds to a very short period of six months from June 3rd (when Macklem started as Governor) to December 9th (when Wilkins stepped down as Senior Deputy Governor). It looks like only fives and fifties were issued during this period.
Macklem's term will normally end on June 2nd 2027. I don't think a new Senior Deputy Governor has been appointed yet.
I have two consecutive notes, in Unc condition, but may well put one of them back in circulation if they turn out to be common enough.
Quote: "AgIsSilver"This coin arrived all the way back on the first of April
Sorry for the awful pictures
1672 West Friesland Disaster Ducat -
This one also arrived in April
1834 Peru LIMAE MM 8 Reales - Graded VG-8 by CCGS
These last two arrived in May
1648 Dutch Republic Utrecht Leeuwendaalder - The important year in which both the 30 and 80 Year Wars ended, and Spain recognized the independence of the Dutch Republic
And finally, an 1682/1 Great Britain Crown with the QVRRTO (QVARTO over TERTIO) edge error - a very tough coin to find in this grade
Those are great, and is that Leopold the Hogmouth as your avatar?
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
Groovy! The ultimate example of Habsburg inbreeding after poor Carlos 2 of Spain!
My latest buy in covers familiar territory and some new interests.
South African crown from 1960 - the last of the Union and just before the Republic - UNC
NZ 6d gVF 1933 first year and not cleaned for once!
My first new branching into Fijian silver and a Edward VIII penny!
UNC and suprisingly not that rare like the New Guinea penny. I think some African colony also did a E8 coin and like this, no portrait just words or a Cypher.
1938 Shilling, high VF
1943S Florin gEF but weak strike on Lion. Unlike other Fijian earlies, this is 90% silver rather than 50%
as it was minted in the USA.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
Quote: "Moneytane"
UNC and suprisingly not that rare like the New Guinea penny. I think some African colony also did a E8 coin and like this, no portrait just words or a Cypher.
Nice find. I've attached a table of the mintages of all of the Edward VIII coins that actually went into circulation. The Fiji penny is the rarest one by far. I love the history behind them and I'm aiming to get at least one example of each colonial Edward VIII coin. I was lucky to get to handle a 1937 British pattern penny a couple of years back, but these are the closest a normal collector can get to owning an Edward VIII coin.
I think there are also at least two Indian states that issued coins with Edward VIII's name on them.
The table is from a short booklet called 'The Proposed Coinage of King Edward VIII'. It was produced shortly after the Edward VIII patterns were rediscovered in the 1970s. Well worth a read if you are interested in the topic.
And here is a new note that was in my mailbox this morning (between two pieces of wood paneling!).
The Agricultural Bank was a charter bank based in Toronto, Upper Canada. This note, redeemable in Montreal, was issued on December 1st 1835. On the back one can read: "... Protested for non payment this fifth of December 1837 ...". The bank had just been liquidated in November 1837.
But "2" what? They omitted the denomination, which seems quite important. It's obviously US $2, the American dollar being the most usual currency in the two Canadas, and then the unified province of Canada. As a matter of fact, about two decades later, the dollar, not sterling, was adopted as the new provincial currency.
Quote: "Camerinvs"And here is a new note that was in my mailbox this morning (between two pieces of wood paneling!).
The Agricultural Bank was a charter bank based in Toronto, Upper Canada. This note, redeemable in Montreal, was issued on December 1st 1835. On the back one can read: "... Protested for non payment this fifth of December 1837 ...". The bank had just been liquidated in November 1837.
But "2" what? They omitted the denomination, which seems quite important. It's obviously US $2, the American dollar being the most usual currency in the two Canadas, and then the unified province of Canada. As a matter of fact, about two decades later, the dollar, not sterling, was adopted as the new provincial currency.
Nice note Camerinvs.
Thanks for the Edward VIII list
Quote: "Camerinvs"And here is a new note that was in my mailbox this morning (between two pieces of wood paneling!).
The Agricultural Bank was a charter bank based in Toronto, Upper Canada. This note, redeemable in Montreal, was issued on December 1st 1835. On the back one can read: "... Protested for non payment this fifth of December 1837 ...". The bank had just been liquidated in November 1837.
But "2" what? They omitted the denomination, which seems quite important. It's obviously US $2, the American dollar being the most usual currency in the two Canadas, and then the unified province of Canada. As a matter of fact, about two decades later, the dollar, not sterling, was adopted as the new provincial currency.
Nice piece to add to your collection! It reminds me of those 10,000 dollar notes used for exchanging gold from pawn stars
Hi there! I am an inexperienced collector with an interest in a lot of coins
What a nice addition to your collection! These are really tough finds.
Thanks for providing the text for what was written on the backside of the note. It is often tough to read the old handwriting.
Here's another image of your 10 Shilling Agricultural banknote. Thanks for sharing.
Fun fact ─ The Agricultural Bank was the first bank in Canada to offer interests on deposits. This is a little surprising given that interest rates were already a thing in the Greek and Roman worlds. The Romans normally had interest rates of ½%/month for 6% annual returns ─ at least from the time of Caesar's dictatorship when the calendar was finally fixed.
EDIT ─ Oh, I saw your post after I posted this one, Serial_Number_8. Thanks for the other image which has the same signature as mine on the back, but not the text. By the way, I can't read all the rest after "1837", but here is what I have: "Protest ... 7/6 ...". I suppose someone got 7 shillings and 6 pence for their 10 shilling note.
Quote: "Camerinvs"... By the way, I can't read all the rest after "1837", but here is what I have: "Protest ... 7/6 ...". I suppose someone got 7 shillings and 6 pence for their 10 shilling note.
Sorry for the offtopic; I am not a guru on photoshop (I dont have it either) but I know some ways to enhance old documents. I leave you a photo that may help you to read the text better:
As far as I can read, I guess:
"SIGNATURE XXX for non payment this XXX of december 1837 XXX XXX XX 7/6 SIGNATURE".
You probably will be able to get the rest or amend my transcription
Se queres ca muller che queira, ten diñeiro na carteira
Quote: "klei92"
As far as I can read, I guess:
"SIGNATURE XXX for non payment this XXX of december 1837 XXX XXX XX 7/6 SIGNATURE".
You probably will be able to get the rest or amend my transcription
Thanks, klei92. Yes, this is clearer. I saved your picture (I do such upgrades in PowerPoint since I don't know Photoshop).
Yet, further up, I had already provided a transcript after the first signature: "Protested for non payment this fifth of December 1837. Protest ____ __ 7/6"
The first missing word looks like "copies" but after what looks like "co..." I don't rule out an old style double "s"; and then a short word, but "of" doesn't seem to fit.
EDIT 1 ─ I should add that the phrase "protested for non payment" is common in this context of bills of exchange.
It is clear it is for non-payment but I was just wondering if it
could also be related to one of the Rebellions of 1837? Compensations were often paid for the damages to properties (7/6 could be July 6th or the 7th of June). Many of the protestors wanted to be sure that they were doing things by the book (there was a Dr. Rolf involved & other upstanding citizens) since politically speaking- things were a mess back then. Money was truly scarce from 1814 (after the war) right till 1850's I believe. It would be great to know.
Quote: "Moneytane"
UNC and suprisingly not that rare like the New Guinea penny. I think some African colony also did a E8 coin and like this, no portrait just words or a Cypher.
Nice find. I've attached a table of the mintages of all of the Edward VIII coins that actually went into circulation. The Fiji penny is the rarest one by far. I love the history behind them and I'm aiming to get at least one example of each colonial Edward VIII coin. I was lucky to get to handle a 1937 British pattern penny a couple of years back, but these are the closest a normal collector can get to owning an Edward VIII coin.
I think there are also at least two Indian states that issued coins with Edward VIII's name on them.
The table is from a short booklet called 'The Proposed Coinage of King Edward VIII'. It was produced shortly after the Edward VIII patterns were rediscovered in the 1970s. Well worth a read if you are interested in the topic.
Thanks for that info. Fiji was a small colony (about 300k people in 1936) and 120k was a reasonable mintage for a coin there then! I have some other coins like the 1941 Halfpenny and 1938 Shilling in which only 40k were minted.
In fact a coin there with a mintage of 1 million or more was considered huge. Even more bizarre was that 1936 Fijian pennies were also issued in the name of George V as well!
Also have the New Guinea Penny as well, this is also holed but bronze.
EF - AU despite slight stains.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
Quote: "Serial_Number_8"It is clear it is for non-payment but I was just wondering if it could also be related to one of the Rebellions of 1837? Compensations were often paid for the damages to properties (7/6 could be July 6th or the 7th of June). Many of the protestors wanted to be sure that they were doing things by the book (there was a Dr. Rolf involved & other upstanding citizens) since politically speaking- things were a mess back then. Money was truly scarce from 1814 (after the war) right till 1850's I believe. It would be great to know.
I think you might be right about 7/6. I had assumed it wasn't a date but if it is, it would probably be June 7th (according to British custom, rather than July 6th). I would like the small word before to be "due", so: "Protest copies due 7/6", obviously of current year, i.e. 1838.
There is some info about the bank in this Directory. Check page 260 of the PDF. Henry J. Hensleigh, who is one of the signatories on the printed side, is listed on page 274 of the PDF (= 36).
Also, see pages 7─8 of the PDF (= 8-9) on currencies and interest rates.
Quote: "KS5331 Productions"
1933 Hong Kong 1c coin
HSBC $20 (2016) with radar serial number 957759
Bank of China $20 (2009) with (sorta) fancy number - 388833
Gov't-issued polymer $10 note (2012) with the smallest serial number on any banknote in my collection yet
More to come as the month wears on; I'll make edits to this post accordingly.
I like the one with the building on it.
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