This is another Australian 1927 ‘Canberra’ Florin I purchased. This one is still lustrous and in above-average condition, but has some minor wear on the reverse.
I look forward to seeing what new acquisitions this month brings for everyone!
This is another Australian 1927 ‘Canberra’ Florin I purchased. This one is still lustrous and in above-average condition, but has some minor wear on the reverse.
I look forward to seeing what new acquisitions this month brings for everyone!
I love this coin! Entered my “architecture” collection a year or so ago. Pity modern Australian coins' design is a far cry from this!
A recent trip to Christchurch saw me pick up some bargains from an antique shop
Very nice 1806 Penny, easily gVF and very close to EF if not so already, cost just $40
1948 D Franklin Half, seldom seen and very nice coin
1937 Australian crown, gVF - EF, a second example of this, bought cheap due to silver content.
1984 Australian coin set, the plastic yellowed on this first year of booster packs. Also released before the $1 coin was introduced.
However a bargain at just $10
1989 set, very nice for $10 and a great way to get coins like the 20c, 50c and $1 that were not released for circulation in 1989.
One of the few years in which 8 coins circulated in Australia.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
First of my arrivals for this month, this sweet 2024 Year of the Dragon ½ ounce piece. 2 angles to show the proof on the Queen and the Dragon. Awesome coin, really nice to have in person.
Next up is the smallest gold coin I own, a half gram 2013, also out of Australia. Absolutely love the reverse. He’s giving off such “no thoughts head empty“ energy
Thanks! I agree, it is a really nice reverse design. If you ever are interested, I have a couple of nice ones here I can give you.
I’m excited to see the mystery birthday coin next month!
It really is! And I’m actually eyeing a lot on eBay that includes two of them, along with some other Australian coins. Here’s hoping I can snag that when the time comes. I don’t have dupes of any of my silver besides the second ASE I have coming in, so I don’t have much to offer for swap, sadly. I like variety in my collection, hence the “no dupes”
And same! I’m still undecided on which one I wanna grab, but I’m picking between 3 nice pieces currently. Will definitely post it in next months thread when it comes i!
First of my arrivals for this month, this sweet 2024 Year of the Dragon ½ ounce piece. 2 angles to show the proof on the Queen and the Dragon. Awesome coin, really nice to have in person.
Next up is the smallest gold coin I own, a half gram 2013, also out of Australia. Absolutely love the reverse. He’s giving off such “no thoughts head empty“ energy
Nice group, thought it was strange, our late Queen was on a 2024 coin and then realised it was likely minted in 2023 and uses the memorial bust.
I love your tiny gold coin. Half gram is amazing, how they can mint coins that tiny! I don't have any half gram gold, but my smallest is 1/25 oz gold which is about 1.3 grams and even that is teensy. Even more shocking is a half gram of gold is still worth $50 - $60 and has more metal value than a huge crown sized silver coin.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
First of my arrivals for this month, this sweet 2024 Year of the Dragon ½ ounce piece. 2 angles to show the proof on the Queen and the Dragon. Awesome coin, really nice to have in person.
Next up is the smallest gold coin I own, a half gram 2013, also out of Australia. Absolutely love the reverse. He’s giving off such “no thoughts head empty“ energy
Nice group, thought it was strange, our late Queen was on a 2024 coin and then realised it was likely minted in 2023 and uses the memorial bust.
I love your tiny gold coin. Half gram is amazing, how they can mint coins that tiny! I don't have any half gram gold, but my smallest is 1/25 oz gold which is about 1.3 grams and even that is teensy. Even more shocking is a half gram of gold is still worth $50 - $60 and has more metal value than a huge crown sized silver coin.
Yeah, I had the same thought about it most likely being minted in 2023. Still, an amazing looking coin, and personally don’t think it would be as nice as it is if it had the Kings bust instead of the late Queens
And same, I’ve no idea how they manage to pull off minting coins as small as this one! Which one is your 1/25th oz? I’d love to see it. Numista link perhaps? And for real, $60 worth of metal in a coin this tiny is insane. Even funnier is that the face value on the coin itself is only $2
1000 were minted and put in red ring boxes with each coin in a capsule. Apprently most were melted down to pay for the coronation!
Some banknotes I got include my first Fijian 5/- note. This was quite cheap at just $40, hard to find even this worn!
5/- notes were quite common in many African, Caribbean and Pacific Colonies, they were often small change for natives. Tonga and Samoa actually issued 4/- notes. After decimalisation in 1969, they became 50 cent notes, used until 1975. This one was issued in 1961.
1995 $20 NZ note, series 5. This is a later type with greener mountains (Bottom note 2nd picture). What happened was the $20 was issued in mid 1992 a radical change from earlier $20s and had bluer mountains. the $10 was not issued until mid 1993 and what happened was the two notes were confused at bars and nightclubs. People complained they handed over $20s and got the change for a $10 note. The two top notes show how similar the backs were colour wise, the bottom notes show the colour changes to both in 1994 to avoid confusion.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
Here are the bills of exchange I announced in the February thread (seller's photos):
Bills of exchange were a safe way to transfer important sums of money, much like a cheque but mostly between two countries or between a colony (or a firm in a colony) and the motherland. In these two cases, the importer is a Newfoundland firm who has an account in a bank located in Great Britain. The bills of exchange can go through several hands before they are cashed or deposited.
Note also the X mark of endorsers who can't write or even sign their name. The name is written by a witness with the words "his mark".
I'm getting some more Charles III quarters in my change. For now I'm saving them all.
A 2021 ASE type A. This guy is becoming my pocket coin, as it’s the year my son was born. I personally prefer the Type A reverse over the Type B, but I’ll end up getting one to add to the collection anyway
And a 2024 Liberty and Britannia. I prefer the American Version because of its design, but it’s a medal instead of a coin and is currently out of my price range. I’m also not a huge fan of Charles’ bust, and i’m sure a lot of people agree with that. but it’s definitely a nice piece to own and have
A 2021 ASE type A. This guy is becoming my pocket coin, as it’s the year my son was born. I personally prefer the Type A reverse over the Type B, but I’ll end up getting one to add to the collection anyway
And a 2024 Liberty and Britannia. I prefer the American Version because of its design, but it’s a medal instead of a coin and is currently out of my price range. I’m also not a huge fan of Charles’ bust, and i’m sure a lot of people agree with that. but it’s definitely a nice piece to own and have
Martin Jennings designed the British coin portrait of King Charles III - which is a true likeness of him, as opposed to one done derived from a photo.
A 2021 ASE type A. This guy is becoming my pocket coin, as it’s the year my son was born. I personally prefer the Type A reverse over the Type B, but I’ll end up getting one to add to the collection anyway
And a 2024 Liberty and Britannia. I prefer the American Version because of its design, but it’s a medal instead of a coin and is currently out of my price range. I’m also not a huge fan of Charles’ bust, and i’m sure a lot of people agree with that. but it’s definitely a nice piece to own and have
Martin Jennings designed the British coin portrait of King Charles III - which is a true likeness of him, as opposed to one done derived from a photo.
I actually do love that portrait myself.
Aidan.
Huh, didn’t know that. Cool to know, thanks for that info
I just personally know a good chunk of people who aren’t a fan of his portrait on the coins. It’s far from my least favorite portrait on a coin for sure, but it’s just not up there with my favorites
I have been working on collecting the post-Ottoman world, I just stumbled upon a horde of 20th century IRAQ.
1931
1938
1955
1959
All the silver is .500. 🙁 the 20 Fils - Faisal II is badly corroded, and cleaned (by me). A rare example where the pictures look better than the coin in hand.
Mostly struck at the Royal Mint, London, but one of the 1 Fils - Ghazi I was struck at Mumbai, India and has an “I” mint mark.
Jamais l'or n'a perdu la plus petite occasion de se montrer stupide. -Balzac
My latest purchase is a 1967 Canadian Prooflike set. Not the usual penny to dollar set though - the COMPLETE set
Thats right - 7 coins not six. The main 6 coins are remarkable enough, but the top value really catches my eye!
Its a $20 Gold piece and I got for less than Bullion + GST for the whole set. This coin is full Uncirculated with no toning and looks mint fresh despite a tiny scratch on the queen.
The Obverse is basically similar to post 1959 50 cent pieces. Not a rare gold coin (300k+), but much lower mintages than most American or British classic gold coins and larger. The coin weighs 18 grams and has 16 grams of gold or more than a half ounce, being more gold than an American eagle or 2 Gold Sovereigns.
I love it when I can get a gold coin for my collection and a decent sized one like this.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
Its a $20 Gold piece and I got for less than Bullion + GST for the whole set. This coin is full Uncirculated with no toning and looks mint fresh despite a tiny scratch on the queen.
I didn't know these existed! Nice set Moneytane!
Here are the bills of exchange I announced in the February thread (seller's photos):
Those 19th century bills of exchange should give you hours of fun discovering their details Camerinvs. Nice VF30 note on an item that was subjected to so much use/wear (& so old too!)
I can't think of any other Canadian coin before the Centennial gold $20 coin that was issued only as a collector's coin. I haven't had a look at the legislation yet, but this was before the “NCLT” concept was introduced, so it may have been full legal tender. The price of the set was $40 then, which tells you something of the bullion value of gold back then, and 338,000 sets were issued (this is according to the Haxby & Willey catalogue, 2022 ed., p. 605, but compare with the Numista page). If you needed a quick $20 for whatever reason, you may have been tempted to use it anyway? I don't know whether this ever actually happened, yet they were issued only in specimen finish, so they were clearly not intended for circulation nor as a form of bullion. Another set was also offered, this one in “proof-like” finish which had a silver medal instead of the gold $20 coin.
Thx Serial_Number_8. These bills of exchange will indeed deserve further study. I don't yet fully understand how such documents were used, but they were quite common in the 19th century. In my ongoing research on Trinidad and the West Indies, I see them mentioned all the time in the correspondence of the Colonial Bank to their Branch in Port of Spain. The London head office reminded the branches what bills were to be collected and when. They also instructed the local manager how to proceed when a bill failed to be honoured by the debtor.
As you can see, such bills could go through several hands before they were collected on their due date. I have other documents which look like cheques but are actually also assigned a due date. I could be tempted to start a thread on such banking documents at some point…
By the way, I have no idea of their value. The seller's photos show stickers for a total value of more than $2000… Maybe, but I paid between a seventh and a sixth of that. Those were not “buy it now” items but auctioned.
And thats the thing, despite it coming out before the flood of NCLT started (Although several African and Arab countries issued silly oversized Gold coin NCLT in 1970/71 - Iran, Haiti, Dahomey now Benin (One coin showed a topless woman called Femme Somba), Equatorial Guinea and some Arab statelets. This was new.
More than that was the concept of NCLT, up to this date Proof sets only cost a slight bit more than face value like $1.50 for a US Proof set or something - $40 for $21.91 worth of coins, would have been seen by many as a major ripoff unless the actual gold value of the $20 coin was around $30 - $35, meaning gold would have been $65 or more an ounce to justify this. I have no idea what the gold price was in 1967, but if it was anything like silver, it would have been rising and fast. It stayed around US $20 an ounce at least until 1932 when American and British circulating gold disappeared.
That set to me just looked a bit flat design wise. Coins like the 10c, 25c and dollar have far too much blank space with a long thin animal. The $20 is a better design, because it FILLS up the coin. Anyway I still like the set.
UPDATE: Checked gold prices, In 1966/67 it was $35.50 an ounce meaning the $20 coin would have had around $18 - $19 worth of gold in it. However in 1968 it shot up to $43.25, meaning its gold value would have risen above face value (Around $22.50 - $23 as it had .5284 oz) and these were American not Canadian dollars. Compare that to today 9/3/24 where its gold value is $1840 NZD or around $1175 USD.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
I don't often add a coin to my collection, as banknotes are my main thing, however, I bought this Irish coin during the week. It goes in as the oldest coin in my collection. Sort of VF, I guess.
Aaaand my last pickup this month. It’s saving time now, boys. Until something else catches my eyes lmao
Here’s a Drachm from the Sasanian Empire. Sometime between 591 and 628AD. Contemplating releasing this guy from its plastic prison, honestly. If it was higher grade I’d probably keep it in. We shall see
I don't often add a coin to my collection, as banknotes are my main thing, however, I bought this Irish coin during the week. It goes in as the oldest coin in my collection. Sort of VF, I guess.
That's amazing, is that a Hiberno Norse penny from around 1000AD?
Trumps my oldest Irish coin by 700 years!
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
I don't often add a coin to my collection, as banknotes are my main thing, however, I bought this Irish coin during the week. It goes in as the oldest coin in my collection. Sort of VF, I guess.
Very nice!
If it isn't listed here on Numista, then you have got to add a listing for it.
A relic of a chapter of the history of my state, the Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932. (Yes, it's damaged).
Now with the coins:
One seller had in his table a pile of small worn roman bronzes for R$20 ($4) each, and I managed to find 5 coins that I could be able to identify at home (the bottom two were tough to ID).
I've grouped them together for the photo because this time I've managed to identify them all so I won't need individual photos to ask for help on the ID forum.
Funny story is that the fifth ended being for free.
While I was choosing my coins another man (not older than 30) appeared and wanted to look at the roman coins, and asked for the seller's help with them because he knew nothing about roman coins (and later told that he isn't good at seeing the details in smaller coins). So I helped him.
In the end he bought 3 coins in a reasonable state that will not be very hard to ID, thanks to me. Not only that, I also gave him a partial ID of the coins he bought.
And when I finished picking my coins, when counting the total to pay the seller didn't charge one of the coins because of my “consultancy”.
I don't often add a coin to my collection, as banknotes are my main thing, however, I bought this Irish coin during the week. It goes in as the oldest coin in my collection. Sort of VF, I guess.
That's amazing, is that a Hiberno Norse penny from around 1000AD?
Trumps my oldest Irish coin by 700 years!
Yes, it's a Phase 3, dates from around 1035-1060 AD - it appears to be a hybrid between 6132 and 6132A, I haven't really looked at it yet - it just appealed to me, so I bought it, surely the best reason to buy a coin.
Here is the reverse. Looking at it now, and i have the coin in my hand, I would put it as 6132, though with two symbols on the reverse - there are loads of variations of these! It is 16.5 mm in diameter.
I don't often add a coin to my collection, as banknotes are my main thing, however, I bought this Irish coin during the week. It goes in as the oldest coin in my collection. Sort of VF, I guess.
Very nice!
If it isn't listed here on Numista, then you have got to add a listing for it.
Aidan.
6132 is listed on numista, er by me. N#322881 However, I think that this existing listing is 6130 [ ‘Bust with hand before face thumb to nose’], which is not pictured in my copy of Spink (2015). I will have to get the two coins out and have a look at them together, and ask a friend who knows far more about them than I do! Coin collecting is fun.
These are outside my normal area of interest - I bought them for some research I am doing into George de Saulles, the last person to serve as Chief Engraver at the Royal Mint - the post was abolished after he died at the early age of 41 in 1903. He designed and engraved both representations of Britannia shown here and also engraved Victoria's Old Head after the design by Thomas Brock (who gets the credit with the initials T. B. below).
Those are nice, an amazing designer there - his Britannia Florin is one of the finest designs ever made!
And his design for the 6d was used several years after his death. Possibly one of the reasons the Chief Engraver Position was abolished was due to several people doing coin designs and most of them doing multiple countries in addition to UK.
Bertram Mackennal was more known for his George V portrait. Kruger Grey despite designing the 1927 and 1937 British coinages, also designed coins for South Africa, Jersey, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Seychelles, Mauritius and Rhodesia amongst others! Same with Percy Metcalfe who got the gong for both crowned coins of KGVI and designs for Fiji and New Zealand.
So basically there were just too many stars at once, De Saulles and earlier you had one. Roettiers, John Croker, Thomas Pingo, the Wyon Dynasty, Benedetto Pistrucci, Jean Baptiste Merlen, Edgar Boehm, Thomas Brock etc - usually 1 per generation.
Anyway heres my latest purchases, a set of Namibian banknotes
The set of 5 is older (Pre 2012, but still legal and cost me less than FV). The $10 and $20 are older series, but 3 higher notes are late 2000s. The $200 is worth around $17 NZ in buying power, with a Namibian dollar tied to the South African Rand.
Canada 1898 5 cents, good toning and a scarce date, with just 280k minted, the coin is quite scarce in grades above VG, this one is goodFine to VF and a decent example of a hard to get coin. I find the 5c silvers so tiny and fiddly, Canada did not adopt nickels until 1922.
My second Uruguayan silver coin - this date is actually rare as just 100k were minted, some got involved in a shipwreck and at most 56k survive. Mine was cheap at $50 because of the giant hole. Minted in Paris or Vienna, it followed an 1877 coin and was succeeded in 1893.
Just another weird coin I liked the look of. Its a full size Latin monetary union “5” denomination (Crown/Thaler sized).
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
These are outside my normal area of interest - I bought them for some research I am doing into George de Saulles, the last person to serve as Chief Engraver at the Royal Mint - the post was abolished after he died at the early age of 41 in 1903. He designed and engraved both representations of Britannia shown here and also engraved Victoria's Old Head after the design by Thomas Brock (who gets the credit with the initials T. B. below).
That Vic penny is a super coin, very nice to get in higher grade.
I don't often add a coin to my collection, as banknotes are my main thing, however, I bought this Irish coin during the week. It goes in as the oldest coin in my collection. Sort of VF, I guess.
Because it was my birthday the other day I received some coins and notes, all of this pictured are from a cousin of mine who went on a 3 month trip across Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Costa Rica.
A friend of mine also gave me this 10 Ruble note from their trip to Russia earlier this month plus some Russian chocolates although they did bring coins they were misplaced so I’m not sure if they brought them back or not.
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Because it was my birthday the other day I received some coins and notes, all of this pictured are from a cousin of mine who went on a 3 month trip across Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Costa Rica.
Happy birthday! Which country did the US coins come from?
Because it was my birthday the other day I received some coins and notes, all of this pictured are from a cousin of mine who went on a 3 month trip across Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Costa Rica.
Happy birthday! Which country did the US coins come from?
Mostly El Salvador although my cousin did say USD was preferred than the local currency in Honduras and Belize.
Funny thing is I know someone who has the same birthday as mine (16th) and two colleague who one had their 2 days before and the other 2 days after.
Hi to whoever is reading this. Did you know that TYPEWRITER (on a QWERTY keyboard) is the longest word you can type using only the letters on one row of the keyboard.
The 1828 half crown happens to be the key date in the series (I'm aware there are varieties of the 1823 and 1824 dates which are much more difficult to obtain, but for both years reverse 2 is quite common). This last coin is the most interesting of the three for me also because it was legal tender in British North America.
Also a “paranumismatic” item:
Horwood Lumber Co. produced two series of trade tokens that workers could use in their stores far in the woods and forests of Newfoundland.
The 1828 is a very scarce date, under 100k minted. Its one I don't have! and yours is pretty good (High Fine, looks cleaned).
The 1823 type 1 is very rare (Like 1820 and 1821 coins). 1824 is a scarce coin full stop. Of G4 coins I have the 1820, 21, 23 Type2 and 1825, 26 and 29 Halfcrowns. The 1826 is a common date along with 1820, the others are less common.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
Lovely additions this month from everyone! Some of the coins shown are so fascinating, and not something I have ever seen/ have considered adding to my collection. I really enjoy looking at them all.
I have not purchased much this month in terms of coins - maybe I should get a couple next month, which I will show in the next monthly additions thread.
The 1828 is a very scarce date, under 100k minted. Its one I don't have! and yours is pretty good (High Fine, looks cleaned).
Yes, it was certainly cleaned. It's now exposed in the ideal conditions to regain some patina over the next year or so.
It's my only half crown in this series. I finished second bidder on an 1825 one which was higher grade (VF).
Interesting token, BCNumismatics. In the Caribbean too small islands are often quite resourceful in creating tokens out of materials other than metals.
I purchased a lot of things in yesterday's coin fair in São Paulo, and this time a good part of them are worth showcasing here:
Starting with these two banknotes:
-The $2.00 Commemorative looks dazzling. Are they a special edition (tough to get)? Don't see many listed on the bay.
Hibernia
I don't often add a coin to my collection, as banknotes are my main thing, however, I bought this Irish coin during the week. It goes in as the oldest coin in my collection. Sort of VF, I guess.
-That's an amazing relic you picked up Hibernia!
Worldwide Collections
Because it was my birthday the other day I received some coins and notes, all of this pictured are from a cousin of mine who went on a 3 month trip across Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Costa Rica.
-Happy belated birthday Worldwide Collections! Looks like you did well in the coin/note department.
Guga.lamy
Banknote 100 Patacas Banco Nacional Ultramarino 1992
-I really like those older Patacas from Macau (& they can be tough to get in higher denominations/grades)
Moneytane
Anyway heres my latest purchases, a set of Namibian banknotes
-Nice set & I am baffled how you keep picking up collectibles for less than FV. How do you pull that off?
Great adds everyone & interesting thread!
I just picked up a few low-hanging fruit since I blew my budget on my Jamaican set last month & had to restock some notes for my site. Went on a Hong Kong binge: (Gov of HK P-400b $10 paper; Standard Chartered $10 P-284b & a 1993 P-203a $100 from the HKSBC- like the lion image):
Some additions from a friend who returned from Georgia.
Hi to whoever is reading this. Did you know that TYPEWRITER (on a QWERTY keyboard) is the longest word you can type using only the letters on one row of the keyboard.
Because it was my birthday the other day I received some coins and notes, all of this pictured are from a cousin of mine who went on a 3 month trip across Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Costa Rica.
-Happy belated birthday Worldwide Collections! Looks like you did well in the coin/note department.
Thank you very much Serial_Number_8!
I like receiving coins and notes from the more obscure countries especially when it’s free.
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1728 UK Shilling, gilded in past to pass as a guinea, very nice
Maundy Tuppence - very nice piece, with some tone
Canadian Royal Visit medal, sterling silver, very nice and accompanies a manky copper one I have.
AU or UNC 1918 Mercury Dime, seldom seen this nice for 1910s dates.
High VG Braber Half Dollar 1905S (Less common date), very hard to find these above Fine.
This is probably slightly above average for most of these.
I also won some Morgan Dollars and Canadian silver in the Mowbray Auction, but won't show these
until I arrive in Chch in April.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
Nice coin, the first year of Western style Japanese coins. I only have the 1 and 2 sen copper and a much later 50 sen from about 1908.
Now in Christchurch, I picked up my Morgan dollar set. They are really nice, most are high AU and not cleaned. No rare dates but starts with an 1878S with 7 feathers. Will show photos when my computer arrives.
The Canadian coins are nice too. Got 1938 and 1949 50 cents, only fine though but not cleaned. Also EF 1953 to 1967 except 1955. It had a very nice UNC or high AU 1951 dollar as well and extra 1958 and 1961 dollars.
Finally on the way south, I stopped in Blenheim and bought a 1912S half sovereign for under melt plus GST at an antique shop and the coin was basically UNC and a low mintage!
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
Got as a part of a mixed auction lot, 2× sweden annual coinset 1971
Usualy coinsets are quite boring, this year is (in my opinion) an exception, it is the last year of circulating silver (Ag 400), last year of 1 öre and 2 öre coins in sweden, last year of big 5 öre, last year of 2 kronor until 2015.
Only the values 10 öre..1 krone were continued in this shape.
First up we got an 1855 Large Cent. This one is the Slanted 5’s Variant
Next up we got the beat up ol’ Hawaii $1 bill
Followed by a 2002 US Proof Set. Snagged this cuz it’s the year I was born. MIGHT try and get a complete 50 State Quarters proof set collection, but we shall see
And saving the best for last, here’s an 1875 1 Mark coin. Definitely my favorite pickup this month so far, it’s an absolute beauty. In amazing shape for being 148 years old
Gonna work my way through the other additions to y’all’s collections that I haven’t seen yet as well. As always, great pickups guys, I love seeing everything y’all get
That bottom one pound serial number is kind of fascinating - ‘234567’
I hadn't noticed that! Thanks for pointing it out.
No worries! It is always interesting seeing notes with serial numbers like this.
“I have a US $5 bill with “56789” on it, somewhere. I’ll have to see if I can dig it out sometime”
That is really cool! I would be interested to see that $5 bill.
I would love to get a serial number with my birthday on it one day, I reckon that would be pretty awesome.
I’ve been hunting for a couple birtbday notes, one with mine and one with my son’s birthday. I’ll find them eventually!
And I’ll definitely see if I can dig out that $5, it’s not with the rest of my collection, so sadly im blanking on where I stuck it. I’ll keep an eye out for sure
Did you spy that 1875 1 Mark I posted? absolute beauty of a coin. Definitely among my favorites in my collection. German silver, man. Can’t get enough of it
Oh yeah, that 1875 1 mark is gorgeous! I must have missed that one. Pretty incredible lustre on that piece, and lovely original white colour. It almost looks like it has die polish lines on the reverse.
I assume the ‘A’ mint mark denotes Berlin?
You have some incredible German silver coins!
I quite like that 1855 large cent. The chocolate-brown patina is quite attractive. I intended to purchase a large cent a couple years back, but never ended up getting one. Thanks for reminding me, I shall see what eBay has to offer!
I think it would be tricky to purchase a ‘birthday note,’ as the serial number does not really hold any significance to anyone except someone with that birthday, as opposed to solid, ascending, binary, etc serial numbers. I suppose finding one in circulation is the only real way to obtain one.
Oh yeah, that 1875 1 mark is gorgeous! I must have missed that one. Pretty incredible lustre on that piece, and lovely original white colour. It almost looks like it has die polish lines on the reverse.
I assume the ‘A’ mint mark denotes Berlin?
You have some incredible German silver coins!
I quite like that 1855 large cent. The chocolate-brown patina is quite attractive. I intended to purchase a large cent a couple years back, but never ended up getting one. Thanks for reminding me, I shall see what eBay has to offer!
I think it would be tricky to purchase a ‘birthday note,’ as the serial number does not really hold any significance to anyone except someone with that birthday, as opposed to solid, ascending, binary, etc serial numbers. I suppose finding one in circulation is the only real way to obtain one.
It really is, it’s a beaut! Love the amount of detail it has on it, somebody took REALLY good care of it before it found its way into my collection. Glad I did, it’s even better in hand than it is in pictures. And I do believe you’re right about the die polish lines. I’ll have to give it a closer look when I get home.
Thank you! I appreciate that! I love the designs on a lot of German coins, they’re awesome to collect. Some of my favorite coins are German Silver.
As do I! I really like how this one looks, even though it’s not in the best shape. It’s still legible enough for me. I’ve been meaning to get more early US coins, they’re just expensive, is all. And the ones I want are even more expensive. I’m happy with this one. Won it on an eBay live. Same as the Hawaii note and the proof set. Good luck on your hunt for a large cent!
And yeah, same. There’s birthday notes on eBay, but eh, good luck finding the ones you actually want. I’ll hold on to finding them in the wild, for now
