Additions to your collection - December 2021

Quote: "Moneytane"​Nearly 100 posts for November, can we top it in December.

Quote: "Goutham Sivasailam"​

Quote: "Moneytane"​Nearly 100 posts for November, can we top it in December.
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​​I think so, the holiday gift exchange is going to bring a lot of posts.

Quote: "Moneytane"​Love all your Jetons ZacUK

Quote: "MIMAEL"The third should symbolize trade-of which I'm a deer I don't know what he's holding in his hand and also why he's naked (because it was a timeless symbolism that is still evident today ???)

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Quote: "MIMAEL"The third should symbolize trade-of which I'm a deer I don't know what he's holding in his hand and also why he's naked (because it was a timeless symbolism that is still evident today ???)

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​The third figure is holding the Caduceus, aka Hermes' or Mercury's staff. The staff symbolizes trade. Perhaps he is naked because the designer got inspired by images and statues of Hermes while working on the design.
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​The caduceus is also the symbol of the Utrecht Mint and can be found on most of the coins minted there.
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​Lucky you, with such a nice Santa! In the Netherlands, Saint Nicolas is equally widely celebrated, but he didn't pay me a visit

Quote: "Serial_Number_8"​"Finally my bank had the new £50 note and this came from a consecutive set of three notes."
​Nice. Is that AA the first prefix?

Quote: "Mr. Midnight"​Amazing stuff in this thread so far!
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​I have to shift gears tho, maybe not even entirely numismatic,
​but I got these .999 silver art bars, dated 2000.
​They are the same dimensions as US paper money,
​except being about 2mm thick. They are 4 ounces each,
​produced by an outfit called the Washington Mint.
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Quote: "Gothic Florin"​Two recent arrivals.
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​and an 1857 Gothic:
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Quote: "Stewartdiver"​Not posted newest coin for a while, but got this low mintage one today
​City of Tuttlingen
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​https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces53687.html
​Only 25,030 minted in Zinc
​Brings up Issuer 710

Quote: "Moneytane"​
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​1921 Florin, near EF/EF with lustre, serious black toning on rims and other details. Way above average for me and most collectors but I am sure it may not make the cut for "Gothic Florin's" collection.
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​The joy of these 2, is they were cheap at $30 or so each.

Quote: "Worldwide collection"​Also back in September of 2019 I visited The National Museum of Computing in Bletchley park which displays all things that surround computing from WW2 to the early 2010s. During WW2 Alan Turing in hut 8 developed the enigma code to decode messages sent from the Nazis.

Quote: "Serial_Number_8"​I've been wanting a banknote from Rhodesia for some time & finally won this one which came in last week:
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​It is a 1966 10/- (P-27a) & the last paper 'ten bob' from that country.

Quote: "cmaclean"​

Quote: "Worldwide collection"​Also back in September of 2019 I visited The National Museum of Computing in Bletchley park which displays all things that surround computing from WW2 to the early 2010s. During WW2 Alan Turing in hut 8 developed the enigma code to decode messages sent from the Nazis.

​​I hope to visit Bletchley Park one day. It has an interesting connection to numismatics. Joan Murray was a mathematician that worked at Bletchley during the war. She befriended and was briefly engaged to Alan Turing. After the war, she developed an interest in Scottish coinage and had multiple articles published on the topic. She was portrayed by Keira Knightley in the Imitation Game. I wonder what she would have thought about her friend and short-lived fiance appearing on a banknote.
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​Here is her obituary and bibliography: OBITUARY MRS. J.E.L. MURRAY

Quote: "Turi"​New additions:
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​Scotland and Mauritania
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Quote: "Moneytane"​​Bawbee is goregous. It was a Scottish 6pence, but because of inflation, Scots 6 pence was worth a halfpenny English and thus why its a copper coin!
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​Their main coin in the 1600s was the silver merk, a merk was a mark an old medieval currency unit of 13/4 or 160d and 2/3 of a Pound £ (Incidentially the the medieval gold nobles of England were 6/8 or a half mark). However the 1600s coin of Scotland was worth one shilling and 1.33 pennies and thus was slightly larger than a shilling, coins for 2 and 4 merks were also issued, with them being slightly smaller than English halfcrowns and Shillings (Some monarchs of Scotland also issued 12/-, 30/- and 60/- coins that also commensurated with the English shilling, halfcrown and crown) - it must have been very confusing to have those and the merks in usage.
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​To complicate matters more, silver 5 and 10 shilling scots coins were issued (Small things smaller than a 6d and 1/-) and even a half merk coin!
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​In 1707, all these were done away with the arrival of the English union and coins (Great Britain). My 1707 E halfcrown was the first of these Great British coins minted in Edinburgh
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​The E is for Edinburgh,
​ and 2 shields top and bottom show conjoined English and Scottish shield. The Edinburgh mint was shuttered in 1713. One year earlier it would have been a Scots 30/- coin!
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​Bear in mind the Stuart rulers were also rulers of Scotland, hence why James I was James VI there and James II was James VII.

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Quote: "Turi"​New additions:
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​​Bawbee is goregous. It was a Scottish 6pence, but because of inflation, Scots 6 pence was worth a halfpenny English and thus why its a copper coin!
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​Their main coin in the 1600s was the silver merk, a merk was a mark an old medieval currency unit of 13/4 or 160d and 2/3 of a Pound £ (Incidentially the the medieval gold nobles of England were 6/8 or a half mark). However the 1600s coin of Scotland was worth one shilling and 1.33 pennies and thus was slightly larger than a shilling, coins for 2 and 4 merks were also issued, with them being slightly smaller than English halfcrowns and Shillings (Some monarchs of Scotland also issued 12/-, 30/- and 60/- coins that also commensurated with the English shilling, halfcrown and crown) - it must have been very confusing to have those and the merks in usage.
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​To complicate matters more, silver 5 and 10 shilling scots coins were issued (Small things smaller than a 6d and 1/-) and even a half merk coin!
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​In 1707, all these were done away with the arrival of the English union and coins (Great Britain). My 1707 E halfcrown was the first of these Great British coins minted in Edinburgh
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​The E is for Edinburgh,
​ and 2 shields top and bottom show conjoined English and Scottish shield. The Edinburgh mint was shuttered in 1713. One year earlier it would have been a Scots 30/- coin!
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​Bear in mind the Stuart rulers were also rulers of Scotland, hence why James I was James VI there and James II was James VII.

Quote: "cmaclean"​
​England, Charles I, Sixpence, Briot's 2nd Milled Issue (1638-1639)
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​This arrived this morning. I've been wanting one of Briot's milled English coins for years. Glad to finally have one.

Quote: "cmaclean"​
​England, Charles I, Sixpence, Briot's 2nd Milled Issue (1638-1639)
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​This arrived this morning. I've been wanting one of Briot's milled English coins for years. Glad to finally have one.

Quote: "Moneytane"​​Meanwhile my latest coin may make Gothic Florin hyper ventilate - it did me, it was a 50% off sale. The tired 1849 Gothic Florin has been made my "B" coin of that type!
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Quote: "Moneytane"​Nothing wrong with stacking silver - its a beautiful metal.
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​Meanwhile my latest coin may make Gothic Florin hyper ventilate - it did me, it was a 50% off sale. The tired 1849 Gothic Florin has been made my "B" coin of that type!
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​Look at this! - Near EF obv/EF reverse with original lustre, a stunning 1st year coin and 1st year type of an Iconic coin. I only splashed in the low 3 figures for this baby!
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​This is what the Gothic Florin was supposed to look like, the shields are not flat, they have details. This thing just lifts the tone of ALL my British Florins. In fact in my collection - you have to get to 1912 just to find something in better condition (Although my 1887 Jubilee comes close).
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​Merry Christmas everyone!!!!!!

Quote: "Mr. Midnight"​I used to smirk at Franklin Mint stuff, but I find I have quite a few now, when it can be had for near bullion value, I definately appreciate them.
​Three 1972 UN disarmament peace-nik era stirling rounds of various sizes,
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​I also have a weakness for coin-cards / first day covers.
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​ $1 each. the last one is silver.

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Quote: "Mr. Midnight"​I used to smirk at Franklin Mint stuff, but I find I have quite a few now, when it can be had for near bullion value, I definately appreciate them.
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​ Merry Christmas all!! Franklin Mint makes nice stuff (or did in the past at least). Although these aren't December 2021 new additions, these are Franklin Mint exonumia Sterling Silver and the 24k plated gold is approx 60 grams Sterling Silver:
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Quote: "Peter M. Graham"​The last of my 2021 additions; circulating, countries pre-1962.
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​https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces18419.html
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​ An UNC Details (surface hairlines) grade at a very, reasonable price as compared to MS graded examples. The "surface hairlines" are confined to a small spot near the left ribbon on the obverse. Lovely coin with some historical punch.