Lets get the ball rolling early this month. Here is my first coins of the month, these early Turkish silver coins.
2 Zolota (1187 - 10) 1783 - Abdul Hamid I (2 Zolota = 60 para or 1½ Kurus)
As above but one year later (1187 - 11) - The dates are on second image - 3rd row at right, coronation year on first image at bottom. These coins are crown sized and are 46% silver
1 Yuzluk (100 para or 2½ Kurus) 1203 (5) = 1793AD - Selim III - only marginally bigger than above, but inflation had eroded the value of these coins.
Very interesting and historic.
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Finally all pre 1997 £2 apart from bill of rights and claim of rights.
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Wow, did I not expect new entries this early into the month! I was handed this Standard Chartered $100 note by my mom for some eggtarts. One look at the number and I saw the double letter A and I was like “No way mom, I'm keeping this!”
Standard Chartered only issued these banknotes once - in 2003, shortly before their local incorporation as Standard Chartered (Hong Kong) Ltd. (which took place in 2004, barring them from issuing more banknotes under the name “Standard Chartered Bank” without redesigning them). The limited run makes them an extra rare find, on top of the AA prefix. To think this gem would have just gone back into circulation again if not for this chance encounter…
"Life is all about being too wrapped up in the now to care about the future. When the future becomes the past, you start to regret what you've done."
Wasn't originally what I wanted but the idea of owning a Chinese provincial coin that still has some luster was enough to get me to spend for it, currently awaiting delivery.
Despite the Low mintage 200,000 and subsequent melting at the Denver mint (now 140K)these remain easy to find in mint state online as opposed to the 1943 East indies issue (2,000,000) which is scarcer.
I believe the 1944 was likely hoarded but cannot prove that.
Wasn't originally what I wanted but the idea of owning a Chinese provincial coin that still has some luster was enough to get me to spend for it, currently awaiting delivery.
Despite the Low mintage 200,000 and subsequent melting at the Denver mint (now 140K)these remain easy to find in mint state online as opposed to the 1943 East indies issue (2,000,000) which is scarcer.
I believe the 1944 was likely hoarded but cannot prove that.
I used to have a Kwang tung ten cash myself gave it to a friend but definitely not as nice as yours great find
Today I dropped by the dealer for a friendly visit. It had been half a year since I last saw him. I figured I should do something with my coins as I figured that I had not touched them in a while, and I bought this 1866 1 Mil (1/1000 of a Hong Kong dollar). Cost me a fortune.
Below I count the numerous achievements this 1 Mil coin has added to my collection:
a new record for my collection's lightest coin
a new record for my collection's smallest coin
a new record for my HK collection's oldest coin
The acquisition completes my set of ALL obtainable denominations ever issued for Hong Kong. This is discounting any banknotes out of financial contention such as $25 and specimen-only face values such as $200.
To celebrate this momentous occasion, I present to you a family picture of coins and banknotes from my collection, one entry for each denomination.
1 Mil (1866)
1 Cent (1923 coin & 1961 banknote)
5 Cents (1868 coin & 1945 banknote)
10 Cents (1937 coin & 1945 banknote)
20 Cents (1991 UNC)
50 Cents (1967)
1 Dollar (1960 coin & 1952 banknote)
2 Dollars (1987 UNC)
5 Dollars (1979 coin & 1970-75 banknote)
10 Dollars (1962-70)
20 Dollars (1985)
50 Dollars (1981)
100 Dollars (1941)
500 & 1000 Dollars (1981)
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ok lol at first I thought these euro currencies for a split sec and I was like damn 10,000 euros that's a lot but lol even though the currency starts with e its escudos
I first thought that the 5p at the top was a 2019 one, which is partly what I am currently collecting, any coins from the pandemic - however, having recently completed my 20p date run of coins, I have decided to date run all of them, so I'm not upset that it is a 2017 coin instead of the 2019 I thought that it was after all.
The second and third coins are definitely from 2019, though.
Today I dropped by the dealer for a friendly visit. It had been half a year since I last saw him. I figured I should do something with my coins as I figured that I had not touched them in a while, and I bought this 1866 1 Mil (1/1000 of a Hong Kong dollar). Cost me a fortune.
Below I count the numerous achievements this 1 Mil coin has added to my collection:
a new record for my collection's lightest coin
a new record for my collection's smallest coin
a new record for my HK collection's oldest coin
The acquisition completes my set of ALL obtainable denominations ever issued for Hong Kong. This is discounting any banknotes out of financial contention such as $25 and specimen-only face values such as $200.
To celebrate this momentous occasion, I present to you a family picture of coins and banknotes from my collection, one entry for each denomination.
1 Mil (1866)
1 Cent (1923 coin & 1961 banknote)
5 Cents (1868 coin & 1945 banknote)
10 Cents (1937 coin & 1945 banknote)
20 Cents (1991 UNC)
50 Cents (1967)
1 Dollar (1960 coin & 1952 banknote)
2 Dollars (1987 UNC)
5 Dollars (1979 coin & 1970-75 banknote)
10 Dollars (1962-70)
20 Dollars (1985)
50 Dollars (1981)
100 Dollars (1941)
500 & 1000 Dollars (1981)
Stunning stuff, I forgot HK had the one mil coin for a while. I wonder what you could have brought with it back then?
Those tiny denominations were made a lot by the British like 1/10 cents in Africa, ½, 1/3 and ¼ farthings for Ceylon and Malta. But that mil may be the smallest along with the French Indo China Sapeques.
Love the denomination set, that 100 Dollar note is a real beauty!
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
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I wonder what you could have brought with it back then?
According to historians, in the 19th century, one mil could buy you a yau char kwai (油炸鬼). Yau char kwai are deep-fried sticks of dough, popular as a side dish to congee here in Hong Kong.
"Life is all about being too wrapped up in the now to care about the future. When the future becomes the past, you start to regret what you've done."
I agree, Georgian coins are interesting, cast and some look like frying pans - yet they are unique.
Back to more stereotypical coins for me after my adventures with Ottoman silver coins.
Some more “Georgian” coins, except the Georgian part describes the era rather than the place!
1787 British sixpence with semee of hearts in Hanoverian arms, near VF cleaned
1787 shilling without hearts.
They are interesting coins, as they were the only silver coins above 4d issued between 1758 and 1816. Been waiting a long time to buy a reasonable pair on my budget (Which as you can see reaches to cleaned VF or “natural” F, for coins of this vintage).
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
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Every Monday morning, I go to ebay and search for the latest Colonial auctions; Coins: Canada: Tokens (1820 – 1860) and Pre-Confederation. Usually a complete bust but this time a Seller I’ve been following for 5+ years (world coins) had some posted for the 1st time. Nothing great but worth adding to my Watch List. Over the rest of the week, I visit my favourite Sellers and he made a bit of a mistake……my token was posted under Other Canadian Coins (weird, he had all the others posted correctly). Being the only bidder, I know I paid well under market value and then some, as the Colonial audience never saw it (I’m thinking of you Camerinvs 😉)!!
Of course, from there I go quite a bit overboard and research the hell out of it. Batty (1877) lists this as Great Britain coinage. Sandham (Doubtful,1869), McLachlan (1885), Atkins (Misc. / Doubtful, 1889), Breton (Anonymous, 1894) and so on. And an odd-ball reference from John K. Curtis (U.S.A., 1858) listing as 1815 Nova Scotia / New Brunswick and not Lower Canada!
Also, I see Charlton prices have flipped between the 8th and 10th editions for overstruck (now higher) vs. not overstruck (now lower). I’m beginning to believe these tokens were ALL overstruck and an old wives’ tale has been passed down through the generations.
BTW – look at the midriff of Britannia on my token and you will see the remnants of the “N” in PENNY from this token N#185976
Great Fun!!
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These Seller pics through the flip do it no justice. And the reverse certainly scared many bidders away as none of us want “orange globs” on our coins. I thought an evening soaking in acetone might do the trick (or so I convinced myself). I popped it out of its shipping flip and placed it in a new flip. Viola!! No more “orange glob”.
Moral of the story: Don't eat any Cheetos when handling your collection.
It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure, that just ain't so. Mark Twain
Moral of the story: Don't eat any Cheetos when handling your collection.
That's hilarious Peter!
Both coins are fascinating (& I don't even collect coins!) I find the pre-confederation token especially interesting & the depth of its relief does look like it was double-struck (at least to my untrained eye).
Moral of the story: Don't eat any Cheetos when handling your collection.
That's hilarious Peter!
Both coins are fascinating (& I don't even collect coins!) I find the pre-confederation token especially interesting & the depth of its relief does look like it was double-struck (at least to my untrained eye).
We need @Camerinvs to chip in here.
Hi guys,
I see just now you both mentioned me… Yes, Peter, very nice additions! The colonial VICTORIA NOBIS EST is really really nice. The Cheetos coin (😆) is a good example of what not to do as a seller. As a buyer, I often take risks with such coins, unsure of their real condition but knowing that bids will be lower, confidence being a key feature of any market, including of course eBay. My strategy is to take risks, as I said in other posts, because 4 out of 5 times, I win. At some point I mentioned some scarce dates in the Buffalo nickel series that I got for a fraction of the value because the photos were emphasizing every toning or speck of dust to the point that some coins looked badly corroded. They were actually better even than what I had hoped.
Yesterday I returned a Walmart shopping cart because I could see there was a token in the coin slot. I don't have a photo, but it's nickel, the size of a “loonie”, and reads:
obv.: DMR / QUICKSILVER Wash Co. / NON REFUNDABLE
rev.: ~NO~ / CASH / VALUE / ᴍ / ~.~
(The small ᴍ is actually inside a circle.) I don't know this company. Will investigate.
My favourite Singapore note that I desire to have in my collection.
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HSBC 100 Dollars, 2018. I picked it out of my change after eating out for breakfast. Kept it for its radar serial number 259952.
The reverse is vertically oriented. We Hongkongers were laughing at these banknotes for days when they first came out, because they looked too much like the joss money we threw in the fires to honour our ancestors…
More to come hopefully as the month wears on.
KS5331
"Life is all about being too wrapped up in the now to care about the future. When the future becomes the past, you start to regret what you've done."
I think there is a currency shortage in Dubai especially with coins because for taxis the fare is rounded to 50 fils while in supermarkets there is no rounding, meanwhile it is uncommon to encounter the 1 Dirham coin (1995 - now) and 50 fils (magnetic version only). Coins under 25 fils are downright impossible to find, even the 25 Fils I have found only two in circulation (outside of the exchange office which only had brand new 25 Fils to 1 Dirham coins only).
Anyway originally I was asking for the new polymer 5 and 10 Dirham notes but they didn’t have any so I asked for dirham coins to look for commemoratives ( I have seen three but sadly they were all in charity bins) :(
I have yet to see any of the polymer 5 and 10 Dirham notes (which do exist in charity bins), so far I have been to two Dozen checkout tills, 6 banks, my hotels tourist shop, checkin desk and two 2 foreign exchange offices, where I got the new Dirham coins and a few 50fi for my collection.
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‘France medalet - Versailles 1840 horticultural society of Seine-et-Oise 27.7mm’
[SOCIÉTÉ D'HORTICULTURE DE SEINE-ET-OISE // 7 AVRIL]
Like the Concorde crown 👍 and I’m pretty sure I’ve seen a few of those Versailles horticulture medals in the coin shops there.
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British bank note buy in at a Stamp Auction in the weekend
These notes are all series D and date from the very late 1980s or early 1990s (Gill signature 1988 - 1991)
The £1 and £5 are consecutive number pairs. Condition is essentially UNC, some people may say the thumb marks on the edge would lower the note to AU automatically.
The group also included a £10, a note I thought I could never get (The £5s are a stretch at my budget)
The highlight was this stunning £20 note, it is horseblanket size!
There was also the 3 lower values of the next series (E). These notes are also UNC and are quite collectible as they changed the design on them not long after their issuing.
The series featured smaller notes and more colourful designs (The 2 big notes above are rather “brown and biege”. These notes came out in 1990 (5), 1992 (10) and 1991 (20). The 10 has the signature of Kentfield as Gill stopped signing the notes in 1991. The notes have a crown on the Top right corner and only one denomination number on each side. This was changed quickly to values on 2 or more corners and the crowns disappeared. Also the £5 was given a darker shade for the number.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
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A nice cheap group of later Australian pennies with the varieties and a halfpenny
German climate coins 2017A and 2021G - I now have 21 of the 25 of these things.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
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Meanwhile my German climate series is nearly complete and my swap buddy has gone back to some true rarities.
2017J and 2021F coins, now meaning I just need 2 more and have all 25 of them!
And in 2016, the same series included 5 coins showing planet Earth with different coloured rings, these coins have become very desirable and expensive. I have 2 here, G (Karlsruhe) and J (Hamburg)
They are just incredible! I suspect J is a rarer proof like one.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
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These two folles are scarce and with the countermark, it even more scarce:
Byzantine Empire: Anonymous Class H Æ Follis, Attributed to Michael VII (Sear 1880; DOC H.5; Album 1954/5)
Obv: IC-XC to right and left of bust of Christ facing with nimbate cross behind head, square in each limb of nimbus cross, holding book of gospels, a dot in center of dotted square on book; Mardin Hoard Countermark #12 (عدل عز) Rev: Patriarchal cross with globule and pellets at extremities, set on floral ornament; Mardin Hoard Countermark #13 (عز)
Countermarked by Izz al-din Abu Bakr al-Dubaysi between 1146 and 1156 AD at the mint of al-Jazirah
Byzantine Empire: Anonymous Class J Æ Follis, Attributed to Alexius I Comnenus (Sear 1900; DOC J.1; Album 1958)
Obv: Bust of Christ Pantocrator facing, bearded, with cross behind head having on each arm, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing in sling of cloak, left clasps book to breast. In upper angles of cross, two crescents. In field, IC - XC; Mardin Hoard Countermark #16 (لله) Rev: Latin cross with large pellets at each extremity. Beneath the cross, large crescent. To left and right, above and below, large pellets surrounded by small pellets
Countermarked by Izz al-din Abu Bakr al-Dubaysi between 1146 and 1156 AD at the mint of al-Jazirah
UAE polymer 5 and 10 Dirham notes and a few upgrades for my UAE banknote collection.
The polymer 50 and the paper 100 Dirham year of Zayed I added to my collection was from the exchange office before I went to Dubai. The rest of the notes pictured I got from change, also all the leftover notes and coins I’ll be keeping until I have completed enough swaps in the future to be able to trade currencies with other Numista members.
Worth noting is this almost all 6,9 and 1s on this £10 note I got from a ATM.
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Some more new florins. First an upgraded 1947, which is toning quite nicely for a copper-nickel coin.
And secondly a 1953 from Australia.
Very nice, I also have nice examples of these 2.
My 1947 is probably high AU with limited toning, mostly on the crown.
My 53 Australian is probably EF/AU (The seller claimed it was UNC!) again it has the flat portrait and is very poorly struck, yours looks very nice and is well struck.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
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Another odd exonumia piece for me. Ark of the Covenant on the Obv. / Keystone with mallet and chisel (maybe plumb?) Rev.
Like coins, there are collectors amassing collections of Masonic Tokens. Mine came from “Ex. Virgil M. Brand” and a catalog number of King#A982. I'll look into this further and add to our catalog, as this has been another wonderful learning experience.
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30 Bulk Australian Florins, all pre 1936 for only Melt Value
The 30 coins included 10 Canberras, of which 2 were basically EF and most were at least VF
The 20 non Canberra coins were much more worn, but 1910s and 1920s florins are always found very worn (Good or worse condition), and ones above Fine can be worth hundreds and thousands of dollars.
The dates I got were 1912, 1916, 1916, 1919, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927 (Canberra and Standard), 1928, 1931 and 1934. The last two were in Fine condition. None rare, but a few scarce ones.
I am keeping the 4 best Canberras, 6 dates I need for my collection and one additional coin for a friend, the rest is being sold to a silver buyer.
Not bad for melt value.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
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New Brunswick has a very short chapter in my Charlton Catalogue, as they only produced 5 types pre-decimal. For sure uncommon but, considering the remaining lustre, this is condition scarce.
It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure, that just ain't so. Mark Twain
The 2016 F and D Planet earth coins arrived from my German friend! This now completes the whole set of 30 coins!
Not the greatest photos, but the rings are slightly different in colour shade for each mint. These “Earth” coins are worth well above their face value now!
And a treat for you - all 30 of the Climate series
They are in rows, 2016 - Earth, 2017 - Tropical, 2018 - Subtropical
Hope you like them, they took 2 years of my German friend getting them for me.
Am doing a thread on them, with better and clearer photos on CCF.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
