Looks like I’ll be opening this months thread too.
ive got my hands on a whole bunch of Indian proof coins as I’ll be spending time with family here in Bombay.
heres a nice one for those who like horses and royalty on coins. I just admit I have not heard of this particular monarch; but the current govt has been focused on highlighting more regional figures
Beyond that, the Hyderabad mint has introduced its own packaging which I definitely don’t hate :)
Looks like I’ll be opening this months thread too.
ive got my hands on a whole bunch of Indian proof coins as I’ll be spending time with family here in Bombay.
heres a nice one for those who like horses and royalty on coins. I just admit I have not heard of this particular monarch; but the current govt has been focused on highlighting more regional figures
Beyond that, the Hyderabad mint has introduced its own packaging which I definitely don’t hate :)
My boss went around yesterday handing out our thanksgiving mini bonus. Everybody got a little envelope with a check and a holiday card. Everybody but me. Awaiting on my toolbox was a small red box about the size of a baseball. I didn't know what it was, I assumed it was a part for a car (I'm an auto mechanic) so I moved it aside and continued working. This morning I opened the box and found a small holiday card and a bunch of coins.
I haven't counted everything I just quickly looked through, but It appears that I have 8 or so silver quarters, 5-10 pennies from the 1920s, 20 1 dollar presidential coins. and various dimes and nickels.
Ill go through and catalogue them in the coming weeks once work slows down and we get through the holidays a little more. Its strange because I've never mentioned my coin collection to him, just a few other co workers, but I'm guessing he saw my Numista collection open on my work computer and made an educated guess. Fun little surprise from the boss!
A nice start to the month - and that's a cool boss you have Max 😄
These actually arrived in November but I've been away from home so didn't get a chance to pop on the Nov thread. Three more provincial banknotes; two from Newcastle & one from Berwick-upon-Tweed. Both quite local (Newcastle is ~20 miles, Berwick ~90), but had to import back from the US.
1802 Newcastle, with stunningly clear watermark. Also the oldest note now in my collection!
1840 Newcastle
1840 Berwick. The bank would go bust in 1841 and this particular note was exhibited in an 1842 legal claim
By a bit of happy coincidence, I happened to be at Berwick over the weekend. So I tried to recreate the vignette.
View in 1840:
View in 2025:
Also, when crossing the old bridge (or as it was probably known in 1840 the only bridge), I happened to spot a seal eating his tea. Not the best photo ever taken, but fun all the same.
And I also bought this neat postcard:
It's from 1916 and it's German. It's fascinating to me. On the reverse is a printed caption which roughly translates to Germania saying “I see, Britannia, we shall have to fight this battle alone”.
But what strikes me is how the German side shows absolute devastation of classical ruins. Which I get is sort of saying “We've disrupted the empires of old. Now it's our turn”.
I'm not sure who the man is supposed to be. He looks Ottoman-y to me, but they were on the central powers side. Doesn't look particularly Russian. Romanian possibly, but they'd only joined the war in Autumn 1916 and weren't crushed that swiftly. (Though perhaps the postcard is exaggerating)
Yet Britannia is showing as just arriving & fully in the light. Almost like a last minute saviour. Which is odd given she is the enemy. It almost looks like a battle of equals after everyone else has been knocked out, rather than the “We will obliterate you” you expect on propaganda.
As you can probably tell from my rambling on, I just love it artistically & had to share it. 😄
Thats a hard one to work out. I am not certain that the soldier represents Turkey, I suspect its a parable about the Roman Empire and Russia, as until 1453 the Roman Empire (Byzantines called themselves Romoioi - Romans) and the Turks and their empire were the latest occupiers of Constantinople, but Ottomans had been known as the “sick man of Europe” since at least the Treaty of Karlowitz in 1699 and their empire really receded after 1878 at the treaty of San Stefano. In 1462, Ivan the Great of Muscovy married Sophia Palaelologue the daughter of the last Byzantine Emperor and many say Moscow was the third Rome and thus the Roman empire died on July 11 1918 at the Ipiatiev House in Yekaterineberg. Afterall a dynasty called “Romanov”.
If anything I think it is asking for peace as the card shows Britannia as a proud equal, Germania is pointing the two swords at herself, saying she will pay doubly for this stupid war and that Britain has to make the first move to end this war. Italy and France are off on the sidelines. The other point is the card salutes the strength of the British navy, which was maintaining a blockade of German ports. The burning ruins is the death of Western civilisation if the war continues. The gleaming lighthouse is either the distant allure of peace or the Americans waiting in the wings. As its 1916, no one predicted the Americans entering the war, or the destruction of the house of Romanov.
Some coins bought in the dying seconds of November.
Good old Victorian upgrade 1 - 1899 Halfcrown in EF
Good old Victorian upgrade 2 - 1901 Florin in EF (Both coins sadly cleaned in past)
1823 Shilling, only Fine but 1823 is a very rare date of shilling
1845 Shilling, not rare but scarce in VF, if even cleaned VF condition.
1746 Lima sixpence, completing my budget Lima Family (You can get Crowns and gold too, but the 6d, shilling and halfcrown are the budget version that lives in reality for most of us). Decent example too, nice and clean (Literally).
1816 Sixpence, first year of the modern machine made 6ds and this coin has a slightly wonky rim (Teething troubles) nice and shiny though. It was legal tender until 1980 (2½ new pence from 1971).
1829 Sixpence in great condition (VF), most of my coins of this type are worn. One English coin book joked about this lion looking like a small dog with human like face, oversized comical paws and saying the artist in Georgian times, could not go to Longleat park and see what a true lion looked like).
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Looks like I’ll be opening this months thread too.
Very nice! Shiny Shiny!
My boss went around yesterday handing out our thanksgiving mini bonus. Everybody got a little envelope with a check and a holiday card. Everybody but me. Awaiting on my toolbox was a small red box about the size of a baseball. I didn't know what it was, I assumed it was a part for a car (I'm an auto mechanic) so I moved it aside and continued working. This morning I opened the box and found a small holiday card and a bunch of coins.
I haven't counted everything I just quickly looked through, but It appears that I have 8 or so silver quarters, 5-10 pennies from the 1920s, 20 1 dollar presidential coins. and various dimes and nickels.
Ill go through and catalogue them in the coming weeks once work slows down and we get through the holidays a little more. Its strange because I've never mentioned my coin collection to him, just a few other co workers, but I'm guessing he saw my Numista collection open on my work computer and made an educated guess. Fun little surprise from the boss!
very thoughtful of your boss. That said, I hope you get that mini bonus cheque too ;)
Nice one Ashlobo. Maybe a good kickoff for a "Warrior Queen" themed thread?
Belated Diwali blessings, and enjoy your trip home.
Thanks citKane. I tend to come through December to celebrate Christmas with the folks. there are indeed a couple more Warrior Queen coins issued; off the top of my head is this one dedicated to Rani Durgavati
I'm thinking these ones were stuffed in some back closet at Canada Post during the postal strike. Finally processed and arrived at my residence today. I was getting a little worried as the first coin was not cheap…..
Good to see the monthly ‘additions’ thread still going strong. I really haven't purchased many new coins on recent months, but I did get this one somewhat recently. (It has been sitting in the envelope since it arrived until now).
Australia 1934-35 Melbourne Centenary Florin
I've posted a few of these over the months so this one might look a bit familiar. This one, obviously in poor condition, corroded, and holed - but it is still a scarcer coin nonetheless. A ‘budget example’ or' ‘gap filler’, if you will.
The amount of Chinese fakes of these on the market outweigh the amount of genuine ones significantly, so any genuine MC florin is a good score.
I'm thinking these ones were stuffed in some back closet at Canada Post during the postal strike. Finally processed and arrived at my residence today. I was getting a little worried as the first coin was not cheap…..
Good to see the monthly ‘additions’ thread still going strong. I really haven't purchased many new coins on recent months, but I did get this one somewhat recently. (It has been sitting in the envelope since it arrived until now).
Australia 1934-35 Melbourne Centenary Florin
I've posted a few of these over the months so this one might look a bit familiar. This one, obviously in poor condition, corroded, and holed - but it is still a scarcer coin nonetheless. A ‘budget example’ or' ‘gap filler’, if you will.
The amount of Chinese fakes of these on the market outweigh the amount of genuine ones significantly, so any genuine MC florin is a good score.
Wow! That is nasty, even as a coin that rare, that is a very badly done piercing and obvious lead or zinc solder there. In that condition, its basically scrap but hear you about the Chinese fakes totally.
I wonder if the person who blasted the hole through it, knew how rare that coin was.
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First coin of the month, another in the series of Fiji shillings. This one is a 1938 coin, with a mintage of just 40,000 they're reasonably hard to come across, especially in a decent condition
Third of several more to come; this one is attractive if you collect nautical themes. Mangalore also happens to be my ancestral town though I’m born and raised in Bombay
I'm thinking these ones were stuffed in some back closet at Canada Post during the postal strike. Finally processed and arrived at my residence today. I was getting a little worried as the first coin was not cheap…..
That's good to know. I have a Caribbean bill of exchange bought on eBay from the UK I'm still waiting for… since late August. It's not a high-value item in any way, something like C$35–40, but it's quite a distinctive item since there are no two that are identical. The same thing happened with a UK and some Canadian items during the previous strike.
Today I got a 1971 penny in near uncirculated condition in change. From the same shop I found the Gibraltar 20p last week. Don't know if this has been ripped from a decimal wallet set or if its been sat in a jar for decades. One things for sure, most of these were brown by the time I was born and shouldn't be being found in this condition in 2025 as the oldest year coin alongside the 2 pence that you can find in British circulation coinage today. Not complaining though. Lovely find in my opinion. Also some mixed Myanmar coins lot I bought recently in other photo.
Grandkids have come to visit and they are now old enough to find the change jar that has been sitting on the shelf for 40 years. They are kept busy counting and sorting and then go buy sweets at your shop, which now has a till full of shiny 1970 circulators!
We have injected some pretty mint early eurocoins into the system similarly.
Received this one in the mail yesterday. It’s one of the 3 recent commems issued in Nickel Silver aka German Silver aka, not silver at all (copper, nickel and zinc)
this one commemorates one of India’s national songs “Bande Mataram”. it was penned around 1876 in highly Sanskrit-ised Bengali by Bankim Chandra chatterjee and first recited by Tagore in 1896 at a plenary of the Congress.
I had never questioned the raison d’être of the song, but it’s based on the Sanyasi (monk) rebellion of the late 18th century, and hence the motif of the coin. I have yet to find out which mountains those represent. The song enjoyed a renewed popularity with A R Rehman’s modern rendition a couple decades ago.
All in all, a very nicely struck coin with a dynamic design
Today I got a 1971 penny in near uncirculated condition in change. From the same shop I found the Gibraltar 20p last week. Don't know if this has been ripped from a decimal wallet set or if its been sat in a jar for decades. One things for sure, most of these were brown by the time I was born and shouldn't be being found in this condition in 2025 as the oldest year coin alongside the 2 pence that you can find in British circulation coinage today. Not complaining though. Lovely find in my opinion. Also some mixed Myanmar coins lot I bought recently in other photo.
That penny likely came from the blue wallet or an unopened roll, (those can be found on ebay for like £8-£12).
However, from most of 2017 until 2021-22ish, when the old pound coins were being withdrawn and the lockdowns/inflation, I did notice a lot more higher grade coins in circulation from the 80s-early 2000s. Thus the vast majority of the standard UK coins in my collection are XF+ as now and prior they were F or VF at best.
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Normally, front facing portraits are rarely good, but I must say that the Mumbai mint has been recently been getting quite good at it. This one commemorates the 150th anniversary of Indias first home minister, who remarkably coaxed 550 princely states into the Indian Union. He was even tipped to be Prime minister according to many sources at that time Though that job went to Nehru.
This is the second coin dedicated to him, the previous one from 1996 in honour of his contributions to the country.
Another fun fact; the largest statue in the world is in his mould (182M tall), official called the Statue of Unity
Today I got a 1971 penny in near uncirculated condition in change. From the same shop I found the Gibraltar 20p last week. Don't know if this has been ripped from a decimal wallet set or if its been sat in a jar for decades. One things for sure, most of these were brown by the time I was born and shouldn't be being found in this condition in 2025 as the oldest year coin alongside the 2 pence that you can find in British circulation coinage today. Not complaining though. Lovely find in my opinion. Also some mixed Myanmar coins lot I bought recently in other photo.
That penny likely came from the blue wallet or an unopened roll, (those can be found on ebay for like £8-£12).
However, from most of 2017 until 2021-22ish, when the old pound coins were being withdrawn and the lockdowns/inflation, I did notice a lot more higher grade coins in circulation from the 80s-early 2000s. Thus the vast majority of the standard UK coins in my collection are XF+ as now and prior they were F or VF at best.
Oh yeah. Unopened roll theory sounds more plausible. If I find anymore from there I know it's that. Nice find in 2025 either way. As for 80s British coinage sometimes I still find coppers from the 80s with some lustre but nothing like this in over a decade in regards to 80s pennies and 2 pence. Sometimes bank bags will have brand new looking early 2000s pennies and 2p that have probably been stashed in homes for years before bagged up and took to the bank.
well struck coin of the Mysore Medical college centennial; unfortunate though there is a ln external speck of what I think is solidified gum on The obverse. will have to figure how to get to it without destroying the booklet
The college was set up under the aegis of the Maharaja of Mysore until the princely state was subsumed under the Indian Union
Opening up another proof To start the week. This one commemorates a very decorated and accomplished civil servant who is best remembered for helping usher in the green revolution in India where the country acquired stable food security
Been a bit slower buying things this month. These are some strays I picked up quite cheap.
1935 UK “Specimen Crown” this is the same as the standard silver jubilee crown of GV, but came in the basic cardboard box shown. I have not shown the cover as someone wrote all over it in pencil back in 1951(!). Apparently only 4,500 were issued in this box and they are slightly better quality than the 700k standard ones minted. Its matte finish and has a light lustre to it. Mine looks virtually UNC as I suspect their is some light rubbing on high parts from grubby fingers over the year. I put the coin inside a 63mm flip and its fits in the basic cardboard box.
You may notice a die crack running around the outer letters too from REX to IND.
These 5 came from a 1952 South African proof set, the gold and bronze were long gone and the seller sold all the other coins separately. I missed out on the shilling, but otherwise got the Crown, Halfcrown, Florin, 6d and 3d all at a good price. The dealer kindly sent me the box as well (!), great but now I feel compelled to track down the other 6 coins!
Crown, a very nice example, the obv was very shiny and nice, obviously spending decades in the case unexposed to air.
Half crown, a bit more tone and as you will see, the coins get more toned as we drop down the face values.
This was really toned the Florin and even shows some wear
The sixpence was in good shape, likely as being a smaller coin it just does not get the attention the others do.
The threepence was another matter, this was a proof coin once.
I decided to flip these all up too and they fit snuggly in the case. I seldom put proof set pieces in my albums and like to keep them in their cases, but flip them up, so they are at least safe from further toning and wear.
The prices paid reflect the quality of the coins and size. Crown - $70 (NZ so like 34 euros and $40 US), Halfcrown $34, Florin $24, Sixpence - $6 (A steal in my opinion), 3d - $4 (Still good for a 70 year old proof coin).
Silver prices are so overheated now, that even this 50% silver set was less than double face. Melt on the Crown (Dec 9) was $45.73.
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150th anniversary of the MET dept. Not much to say other than it does what it’s suppose to. Its had an especial leg up in the last couple decades with all the satellites launched for monitoring weather pattern and especially related to agricultural efficiency. it’s also heavily involved in the tsunami early warning system for the Indian Ocean area in the aftermath of the devastating 2004 tsunami.
coins with maps on them are always nice; the wavy lines over india are illustrative of the south west monsoon winds
Thirtieth anniversary of the "twonie" or $2 coin. If you didn't know, you might think it's the thirtieth anniversary of Charles as King… It would have made more sense to have the dates where CANADA is on the reverse, and therefore move CANADA to the obverse. Also, this is a non-circulating coin released early; I'm not sure why they didn't wait till 2026 — maybe in the hope it will be purchased as a Christmas present?
I knew it was the 30th anniversary of the twonie, lucky guessing and my 1996 twonie gave it away.
I like those designs and especially the Aboriginal Canadian design coins, they are very bright and always have a deep spiritual meaning.
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I just added a coin weight to my post (I didn't have the photos before). On the head side, I see only the G at the start of the legend, so it could be GULIELMUS or GEORGIUS. On the reverse, it looks like J / GUINEA / W. I'm not sure why J and W, but the same legend is found on this coin weight in the catalogue.
It could also be I instead of J, but in those early periods, this was often the same letter (as in e.g. the spelling Iohn for John.
I just added a coin weight to my post (I didn't have the photos before). On the head side, I see only the “G” at the start of the legend, so it could be Gulielmus or Georgius. On the reverse, it looks like J / GUINEA / W. I'm not sure why J and W, but the same legend is found on this coin weight in the catalogue.
It could also be I instead of J, but in those early periods, this was often the same letter (as in e.g. the spelling Iohn for John.
Definitely William III's time (1689 - 1702) as William IV did not have a hippy fright wig and the guinea as a coin was canned in 1813, William IV was king from 1830 to 1837 when the sovereign was circulating.
Guineas remained as a unit of accounting, but physical coins stopped before the great recoinage of 1816/17. The crudish manufacture suggests hammering or milling and by the 1830s you had steam presses that made perfectly round coins and weights.
Also Guliemus was Latin for William as the name William is a Germanic name that did not exist to the Latins. The letter W was also not in the Latin alphabet. The W became a G in Latin and hence why its Guillermo, Guillaume in Romance languages, but William, Wilhelm, Willem etc in Teutonic (Germanic) languages.
William III portrait, your weight's portrait looks very similar.
William IV portrait, notice the quality of striking is much more modern and well done compared to William III's time.
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Good point! It's therefore William III — unless one of George I, II, III? But the traces of the obverse legend fit better GULIELMUS than GEORGIUS. Also, it's a cast piece, confirmed by the edge.
It looks like a lot was written on coin weights … I hope to identify mine and get to know the meaning of the letters I/J and W on the reverse.
EDIT — I see you edited your message. Indeed, it looks like William III.
Also, I will weigh it as soon as possible to compare its weight with the real thing.
I think the letter at the bottom of the crown side is likely a W rather than ¼.
The Georges had rather close fitting permed wiggs and looked older. William also had that huge bent nose.
George I - faced the same way as William (I don't have any better coins of his, the reign was notoriously hard to find coins from)
George II - faced in a different direction and noticed the finer curls and straighter forehead.
George III - I would not consider, he has longer hair on early portraits, but his sloping forehead and thick lips give him away.
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Hmm. I don’t recall the RCM sending out an email flyer about this coin?
I don't receive their email flyers so I couldn't tell. I found this coin by chance because I was looking on eBay for a seller who offers the full set of 2025 circulating commems at a good price. I just added this to my order.
Another very well struck front-facing, true to life, portrait from the Bombay Mint. Dedicated to a politico from the eastern Assam State
Always interesting seeing your higher denomination Indian commemorative coins. Don't see many on our market in my experience. I've got a good collection of circulating Indian commemoratives but nothing like this even in base metal. The circulating independence series are some of my favourites along with the regular bimetal 20 rupees coins.
I am also very interested to see these Indian commems. I loe these additions threads precisely to see numismatica that I would never see in my normal walk.
I am in a vein of European types. These are all welcome hard to find date fillers in my date set collecting,
This batch of photos 19th c. Netherlands and Belgium -
One portrait of two kings
two portraits of one queen
Observe that the half gulden and gulden are on the same 5g and 10g modules as the 1 franc and 2 franc, but the Netherlands coins are in sterling rather than LMU 20kt.
Jamais l'or n'a perdu la plus petite occasion de se montrer stupide. -Balzac
Nice, I'd like to get some of the Belgian Francs, but they don't come up for sale over here very often, and when they do, they're horrifically expensive
Nice, I'd like to get some of the Belgian Francs, but they don't come up for sale over here very often, and when they do, they're horrifically expensive
Used to be able to find the silver Belgian 5 francs in the £20-25 price range here the ones that I have. As for regular pre euro Belgian coins. Still very very common on our ebay. I have bags and bags of the stuff myself. Did get a silver Belgian 1 franc in the past few months that i'm sure I posted here too.
Nice, I'd like to get some of the Belgian Francs, but they don't come up for sale over here very often, and when they do, they're horrifically expensive
Used to be able to find the silver Belgian 5 francs in the £20-25 price range here the ones that I have. As for regular pre euro Belgian coins. Still very very common on our ebay. I have bags and bags of the stuff myself. Did get a silver Belgian 1 franc in the past few months that i'm sure I posted here too.
There are quite a few of the Belgian 5 Franc coins for sale over here, but I mostly collect 1 franc sized coins. The ones for sale here are around NZ$80 anyway. I make the occasional exception for coins I really like. I have a bigger sized Japanese 50 Sen, and a smaller sized Papal States 5 Baiocchi coin, but most of my coins are shilling/franc/mark/etc sized (around 23mm-25mm diameter)
I got a further 4 sets which I’ll be available to swap in the coming weeks.
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I got a further 4 sets which I’ll be available to swap in the coming weeks.
Quite possibly the first ones to reach the UK or if not, some of the first to reach our shores. Congrats! On my list for the collection too. Will be interesting to see which euro zone countries they travel to fast too.
Thanks for the kind words BrunoCoins and Mr Midnight; the Indian collector coins have a fairly large market within the country, but not much outside of that due to the quantity off late and the price. Besides, starting this year, the quantity is only limited to one per person and that too after providing a PAN. (Permanent account number ). It’s almost akin to social security number in North America. So by default it restricts who can buy them. That said, @BrunoCoins , I‘llping you when I’m in the UK next and maybe we can arrange an exchange for commemorative circulation coins as I have plenty of those
Here’s the next collector coin for the day, dedicated to the Bombay Stock Exchange's 150th year.
Thanks for the kind words BrunoCoins and Mr Midnight; the Indian collector coins have a fairly large market within the country, but not much outside of that due to the quantity off late and the price. Besides, starting this year, the quantity is only limited to one per person and that too after providing a PAN. (Permanent account number ). It’s almost akin to social security number in North America. So by default it restricts who can buy them. That said, @BrunoCoins , I‘llping you when I’m in the UK next and maybe we can arrange an exchange for commemorative circulation coins as I have plenty of those
Here’s the next collector coin for the day, dedicated to the Bombay Stock Exchange's 150th year.
I guess in a way that's a good thing because it stops price gouging and scalpers from hoarding them or buying in ridiculous numbers to resell considering the Indian population but then again it is nice to have more than 1 of a coin you like also but I understand why its like this in a place like India. In the UK a good number of circulation commemoratives never leave the bank teller or post office desk and end up on Ebay and that's circulation coinage never mind non circulating stuff like you're showing from India.
I am sensing, but I could be wrong, that there is weak appetite for swapping commemorative and investment bullion here on Numista. It's a pity because there are many beautiful coins, and I like to combine my financial investing with a hobby. This makes the Indian coins interesting because they don't appear at the retail outlets available to me.
I got a further 4 sets which I’ll be available to swap in the coming weeks.
Quite possibly the first ones to reach the UK or if not, some of the first to reach our shores. Congrats! On my list for the collection too. Will be interesting to see which euro zone countries they travel to fast too.
I would say I may be the first to publicly post about it in the UK as I have seen a few eBay sellers selling them for fantasy prices.
I did have to pay about 2-3x face which is not bad as I've seen a couple upwards of 5-6x face value.
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portrait of a former 2 time Prime Minister. @Camerinvs will recall a discussion we had a few years ago of the first coin we had to commemorate his 95th anniversary which was effectively a propaganda tool ahead of the national elections in 2019. of course, what use that would have been is anyone’s guess since these coins will end up in the hands of mostly coin collectors and ardent BJP party supporters
Vajpayee was in politics since even before independence. His party was a fringe player until the 1990s. He has the distinction of having the shortest lived tenure as PM totalling 23 days in his first term during the heady days of late 1990s coalition politics .
I guess in a way that's a good thing because it stops price gouging and scalpers from hoarding them or buying in ridiculous numbers to resell considering the Indian population but then again it is nice to have more than 1 of a coin you like also but I understand why its like this in a place like India. In the UK a good number of circulation commemoratives never leave the bank teller or post office desk and end up on Ebay and that's circulation coinage never mind non circulating stuff like you're showing from India.
Yeah there was indeed price gouging in the last couple years as dealers seemed to have bought up the entire stock. That has been resolved now with the requirement of the PAN identifier. However the Mint has been indulging in its own price gouging lol. they charge atleast twice as much as the silver content in the coin, so I certainly wouldn’t treat them as bullion lol. Lately theyve been issuing a lot of coins, imo it’s becoming unsustainable if you’re someone like me and have to get all of them
I am sensing, but I could be wrong, that there is weak appetite for swapping commemorative and investment bullion here on Numista. It's a pity because there are many beautiful coins, and I like to combine my financial investing with a hobby. This makes the Indian coins interesting because they don't appear at the retail outlets available to me.
I think you would be right. I don’t tend to swap bullion/high value coins via Numista. Mostly prefer just buying them outright at local coin shows these days or during my travels abroad.
i would say with the price of silver risen so dramatically, Indian collector coins issued before 2004 can be worth slightly more or at their silver content, but not for coins 2005 or after. As I mentioned in the previous post, these coins are issued at a very high premium versus their silver content, so they shouldn’t be treated as bullion.
to add to it, some coins sinxe the last few years are 99.9% silver, but the bulk of coins have historically been 50% silver
Yes, the coins are definitely not the most economical buying from Ireland either, but if you started buying years ago with a long term view, all is good. Kruger silver, Pandas, Britannias are generally available at about €10 to €20 over spot, but as the coins gets more interesting it goes much higher.
At the moment I think silver is generally “out of stock”. My regular commentators are saying that industrial demand has wiped out strategic reserves and that there has been some "irregularities" on the paper markets. China is also said to start restricting exports on 1 Jan.
My silver price page is saying the same thing, no silver bullion sales except for overpriced collectors tatt, which is becoming less overpriced by the day. Fortunately I have 22kg of silver in coins and at least 4kg of it, is spare bulk silver or bullion, so I am sticking to the numismatic coins for the time being.
One of my favourite dealers was having their half off sale, where you can buy some better coins cheap mainly for two reasons, one being these coins are cleaned or they just are not moving. The second is they are overstocked on some things. They usually only have some predecimal New Zealand coins to VF for silver and better dates, these sales see the EF, AU and UNC coins come out and I scoop in.
These are my NZ upgrades.
gEF shilling 1935, a third upgrade as my gVF coin was cleaned and this is not and looks better. This date is common in average/very good condition though but not in this one - $100+
Bare EF 1933 1st year sixpence. This coin is very rare above VF and this one has some light wear (Diamond and pearls in crown).
Some nice South African boer coins
1894 penny in EF. This date is very rare with just over 10k minted. The 2 common dates of 1892 and 1898 have nearly a million made and 1894 is the rarest year, so a good buy for $70.
Another rare date is 1895 Florin with 150k minted. This is more worn on Kruger, still a nice detailed piece.
Nice but quite grubby 1890 Double Florin (Not as grubby in flesh), has a lot of detail though and is AU.
More tomorrow.
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My first December item finally arrived today. It is a partial delivery in an ongoing epic struggle with an online retailer which I suspect is in extreme distress, so I have mixed emotions ATM…
Not numismatically significant, but good luck to you if you are trying to get the metal, never mind a coin made from it!
I have a 3 coin set of Tonga from 1967 which contains 3 and a half ounces of it. It's gone up 60% since May, but its a volatile metal price wise.
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Coin dedicated to the Birla Institute of Technology and science, popularly known as BITS Pilani, a very prestigious institution here in India founded by the Birla family, part of the old Indian business aristocracy who have many philanthropic enterprises to their name
Typicakly English would have it roll off better saying “Science & Technology“ in that order, but I suppose BIST is not as elegant as BITS
Not sure what kind of plastic has been used to cause that rainbow effect when I clicked the pic, but I like it
1935 Florin, this is UNC as the portrait bears up but its described as heavily toned and here I may believe it. The suspicion of a late 20th century or even early 21st century “Cleaning” is a possibility. Nice upgrade nevertheless.
And a sixpence from the same year, also described UNC toned, reality its likely AU and not cleaned. A nasty green spot of his cheek, but these coins were notoriously badly struck and it could be UNC. Still replaces a worn slither I had.
Pure base metal and purchased so my 1953 uncirculated set can look complete (Mine had burst open before I bought it and the sixpence was who know's where, this coin came from the same city, 6 years later so who knows). Like most base metal coins, it was cheap.
NZ pennies had a short life (1940 to 1967) and thus most are darkened VF, a few slipped down to Fine, but misty discs like the world of Britannia, do not exist here. Hence why BU stunners like these cost around $20 for most dates. Its a very common coin, but look at it!
For some reason I had every date of Kiwi penny in BU or UNC condition (They quantify BU as 50% or more original lustre) as any coin EF or better can have some lustre. This date of 1957 eluded me for years and I had to make do with a darkened VF one. Strange as its a common date and only now I got one for the princely sum of $15.
The same can't be said for halfpence, this is UNC, but 1940s and 1954/55 halfpence are hard to find truly UNC, this is a better one and old to boot.
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Portrait of a former 2 time Prime Minister. @Camerinvs will recall a discussion we had a few years ago of the first coin we had to commemorate his 95th anniversary which was effectively a propaganda tool ahead of the national elections in 2019.
I recall, yes.
Here are a few additions which I received today:
My second coin weight which, like the first one posted earlier in this thread, is British. This one is of much better quality. The reverse reads: 1 MOIDORE W(eight). What looks like a “J” is actually a “1” of a style not uncommon in the 17th century and thereabout. This weight is not in the catalogue.
This is not in the catalogue either. It's a smallish(?) sestertius (17.6g, 26.7mm) of Philip II (co-ruler with his father Philip 1). RIC 4.3 Philip I–II no. 267a. Mint of Rome. AD 246–249. It is rated R (rare) in RIC. The reverse type shows the two emperors assisting at a distribution of goods, probably bread or some other foods. The legend reads LIBERALITAS AVGG III / S C.
Nice bgroup, your Moidore weight is based on a Portuguese gold coin, these circulated freely in Britain as the Portuguese were big friends. I think it was replaced by Joannas and half Joannas in the early 1700s when Joao became king around 1707 (He had a flowing poodle wig that was the rage in the early 1700s).
This final group from my last buy in are some Danish coins from the reign of Christian IX (1863 - 1906), pretty much the father of early 20th century European monarchies. From his loins sprung a British Queen (Alexandria), Dynasty of Greek Rulers (George I, was his son) and a Tsarina (Maria Feodorovna, mother of Nicholas II, in addition to another son becoming the next King of Denmark and continuing a line that runs to today. Christian ruled only 43 years but was so long lived, he was born before Victoria and died after her.
These coins are all 1873 onwards as that is when Denmark finally adopted a decimal Kroner As you can see, the designs are simple and elegant and the king loved dolphins.
We start with a tiny 2 ore and this was the first year of the series, the designs remained unchanged until his death and they were NOT minted every year, on average 5 to 9 dates in the 1874 - 1906 period (The only 1873 coins were gold 10 Kroner).
The 5 ore was similar design to the 2 ore and also the 1 ore (Not shown). This is EF 1874.
And you can see in 1906 the same design, but lighter bronze and a different mint master's initials.
Very nice small 10 ore billon (40% silver) coin with portrait of the king. This coin is practically UNC.
And a slighty more worn 25 ore with similar designs from 1900. These coins are not much larger than the 10 ore, but contain more silver at 60%. Working out the amount of silver brings the 10 ore to 0.56 grams, whilst the 25 ore has 1.42 grams, which is actually slightly more per ore.
The next leap was to 1 and 2 Kroner silver coins (I have shown them in the past) which were 80% silver and contained 6 grams and 12 grams of the good stuff respectively. This ratio remained until 1916 and afterwards excepting some commemoratives, the coins changed to muck metals.
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A French 20 Francs 1933. 4th one in my collection. One of my favourite 20th century silvers. Wonder what one of these could buy in Paris back in the day.
a second coin dedicated to the State Bank of India, but this time to its main branch which is located in the historic Horniman Circle district of Bombay. the bank itself is over 200yrs old thought it was only renamed into the State bank Of India post independence after swallowing other princely and regional state banks.
i don’t personally think it makes sense to commemorate the main branch because Who’s to say in the future the state bank simply doesn’t sell it or for whatever reason can no longer hold on to it
Copper ceitis of Afonso V, Manuel I and João III are common to find, but ceitis of João II are not.
So when I saw this João II silver available, I picked it to fill a gap in my collection (despite being way more expensive than the ceitis).
Now I have all the portuguese kings from the navigations period (from Afonso V to Sebastião), which is also the earliest period of brazilian history. At least the one we learn in school that starts at 1500.
Nice additions you all. — Since family and friends have no idea what coins to give to a collector, we have no choice but to give them to ourselves to keep with the Christmas spirit.
Moneytane
Nice group, your Moidore weight is based on a Portuguese gold coin, these circulated freely in Britain as the Portuguese were big friends. I think it was replaced by Joannas and half Joannas in the early 1700s when Joao became king around 1707 (He had a flowing poodle wig that was the rage in the early 1700s).
I was able to improve these pictures a bit in PowerPoint:
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Giobruno
I had already picked the seljuk coin, but the seller also had this near perfect abbasid dirham, so I ended picking it too.
They are rarely so well struck. The mint is Baghdad (Madinah as-Salam) but did the seller provide the year? I believe it's 152 but it could also be 154.
I had already picked the seljuk coin, but the seller also had this near perfect abbasid dirham, so I ended picking it too.
They are rarely so well struck. The mint is Baghdad (Madinah as-Salam) but did the seller provide the year? I believe it's 152 but it could also be 154.
No, in the holder was written only “Abbasid AR Dirham” and the measurements.
About the date, I already opened a thread on the ID forum, let's see if someone can read it. I think it won't be a problem, as the letterings looks 100% preserved and readable.
Today’s coin I think is definitely one of the best, more sophisticated designs from the mint. this one commemorates 1000yrs since the chola dynasty of southern India conducted a naval invasion of the Sri vijaya empire, an indianised kingdom in what is today Indonesia and Malaysia.
there was another coin associated with this particular king who commissioned the Big Temple in thanjavur which was commemorated in 2010 on a coin, as well as on 1000Rs(?) banknotes from the 1950s. you can see the temple in the background here too
another warrior monarch motif on horseback with ships in the background. very nice indeed
todays mint set was actually orginally issued a few years ago in extremely limited quantities. They added more stock this gear after finally getting enough blanks for the 50Rs coin. that said, the 50Rs coin is a variety from the original one. I’m lucky to have both.
this set is also unique as historically the 50Rs coins did not have any silver content, but this one does. the theme itself is not something that resonates with me, but when you’re collecting Entire series, you take what you get
OK, agreed. I like the bank building one, it is a handsome building, and the rendering on the coin looks really good.
I like the mounted warrior and ships on the same coin as well.
further up the thread, many nice new purchases, y'all.
Moneytane, some superb Danish coins, the dolphin on the Christian IX coins is a favorite subject in my collecting.
Dejan, some interesting ships, particularly a medeival ship design on the C des bateaux piece, dates to before 1500, but I guess the token is much less ancient than that and the company used an olde timey desin for their tokens. just a friendly reminder - there is a parallel exonumia thread that would love to have the traffic.
I did go out and buy a bunch of silver coins, the surging value of PMs did not I think raise what I paid for these at all.
A nice variety of silver both in module and fineness, and some coppers as well.
More yet to photograph from this outing.
Jamais l'or n'a perdu la plus petite occasion de se montrer stupide. -Balzac
Nice Canada and NFL pieces there. Hefty silver always feels satisfying, especially these days
todays coin is dedicated to 50 Yrs of the National Hydro Power Corporation. Not much to say about this coin theme which is straightforward enough. However the coin is minted in Hyderabad and as it happens I visited Hyderabad for the first time over the Last few days. So I have a couple of my own pics to share of the iconography on the presentation box . While I was at it, I visited the Hyderabad mint too which has a very modest museum and a coin sales counter, though I didn’t really need anything that they had
edit: you might notice the word “navratna” … it translates to Nine Gems, govt parlance for a handful of companies that were established in critical nationalized sectors during the 1950s-70s. There are many such navratna companies, not just 9
A little late in the year for me to be adding new coins to my collection but I couldn't resist a good sale. The Canadian Mint was offering a small sale for the new 2026 the day I got my holiday bonus. Do I need to say more? I ordered it and it arrived a few days later all nicely packaged and shiny!
For an early Christmas gift, a friend of mine gifted me a large bag of world coins. There are far too many to catalogue, especially since I am not familiar with eastern languages yet so a lot of it is language lookup by shape, then trying to decode. ITs a lot of fun and has expanded my world coin collection by more than 200%
So far Ive pulled the following countries out of the bag I was gifted:
Argentina
Peru
ecuador
Colombia
Venezuela
Guyana
France
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Mexico
South Africa
Ghana
Morocco
Spain
Ireland
Iceland
Belgium
Italy
Malta
Jordan
Turkey
Greece
Romania
Hungary
Poland
Sweeden
Russia
Uzbekistan
And many many more. Some just one coin, others several coins, Its going to take me a long while to catalogue everything. As well as building a new system to be able to store and find them easily. I have an inking that a few family members may be gifting me world coins this year too!
On the bidding front I have won bids for an 1892 Ceylon Silver 10 cent, 1941 Ceylon Silver 10 Cent, and a 1909 Ceylon Silver 25 Cent. Paid 11 dollars which I know is overpaying, but my local coin shops charge $8-$10 each for coins of this year and condition so I consider it a win towards my goal to collect 1 of everything. I have yet to take delivery of these but I expect them to be here in the next few days!
Slightly drowning in coins right now, I'm out of flips and staples. which Is a great problem to have!
Nice, I’ve yet to get a 30th anniversary toonie coin myself
todays coins bring mixed feelings for me. I loathe the RSS, but i also can’t resist the compulsion to keep the series whole lol. So we can treat these as propaganda pieces à la the proposed trump coins in the US. The RSS was banned several times between 1948-1992; one of their members shot Mahatma Gandhi, they were responsible for the Babri masjid demolition which set of rioting in various parts of India.. all in all, a very unsavoury organisation imo. However their political Wing, the BJP is in power and as such it is a sign of our times.
The coin was originally minted by the Calcutta mint, but the Bombay mint jumped in within a few days apparently because they expected the coin to be “popular”… spoiler alert, its no more or less popular than any of the collector coins issued before. However, the dies are different and this is most pronounced in the obverse side with the 100, India and भारत much finer in the Bombay coin vs Calcutta‘s.
The Reverse features RSS cadre saluting Bharat Mata, a nationalised rendering of Goddess Durga/Saraswati. It will be a piece to discuss far into the future about revisionist history
5 sets of 2025 Russian 10 Roubles from the Cities of Labour Valour series. Completing my collection up to now of the series since 2021. Thanks to a swap with a numista member here.
the Russian roubles can be really nice, buy there are too many. So I decided to call it’s quits after 2020. but I think I still have some 200 odd 10rouble coins !
today’s proof coin dedicated to a tribal chief from the eastern state of Jharkhand who led tribal rebellions in the early 1800s to East India company rule. I think it would be the first time seeing bow and arrows on a modern Indian coin
A relatively lower denomination coin, but same size specifications as the high denominations minted in pure silver. This one dedicated to an industrialist is the 2nd such Rs25 coin ever minted I believe
Just 3 small buys last week, probably my last additions for 2025, except my secret santa coins waiting under my tree.
1886 UK 3d, nice high VF/near EFish upgrade, some natural lustre too!
Worn and darkened 6d from 1904. Bought as it was cheap and completes my Edward VII 6d run (You know the feeling when you get the 2 ticks next to the catalogue listing - hard with these coins as they expect you to have the proof coins too).
At least its not cleaned - I mean why would anyone clean this.
A pretty worn and darkened shilling and may have been cleaned in the past, but look closer and you will see 1862 is a key date. Under 1 million minted and hard to find in the raw (Figure $100+ for a high VG one like this). Slowly but surely I am getting a complete run of Victoria Young Head shillings (1838 - 1886) and about 10 dates remain. Hardest will be 1850, which had a higher mintage than 1851 (Likely many of them were dated 1849 or 1851) and 1850 shillings like the one above start around $1000 and maybe $400 for one like the 6d.
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Visited a vintage market in Tel Aviv yesterday. There were a couple of stands offering coins or banknotes, nothing shiny though. These were the only pieces I found interesting, with sane price tag. There were coins I am missing but the asking price was ridiculously high.
This December I (almost) didn't buy sets, as I usually do, and instead primarily got various loose coins, that either have never been issued in sets, or the sets are so rare, it is unlikely I will ever get them.
But let's start with that one set that has arrived just yesterday.
Guyana: The entire “new” series of coins, put into circulation in the 90s
1 dollar - 2015, 5 dollar - 2019, 10 dollar - 2007
Honduras: 5 and 10 centavo - 1989/2014.
1989 5 and 10 centavo came from a “Coin Sets of all Nations” set. I already had 20 and 50 centavo coins, so those 2 are going into my swap list. (Same for the newer 20 and 50 centavo coins). I will show my swap list additions in the end.
Honestly, I am a fan of modern Pakistani coins. Yes, they are quite simplistic, and usually have either mint errors, die polishing marks or other problems, BUT unlike the circulating coinage of other countries, they look and feel like real coins, and not play money. I suppose it is because of high relief and material (bronze/alum-brass/Cu-Ni, instead of cheap looking steel/plated steel), which makes them stand out. They look almost as if they came from 1950-1960's.
Vanuatu: full pre-2015 coin series. I got them only because of 100 vatu coin, which was never issued in any mint/proof set.
1983 proof set is relatively common, so the 1-50 vatu coins likely won't stay in my collection for very long.
Uruguay: 10 centavo 1994. I didn't realize it was issued in a set. Anyways, it will stay in my collection, until I find one.
Peru: 1 centavo - 1960. Finally found one in uncirculated condition and without corrosion. (They are made of zinc)
Ecuador: 5 centavo - 1948
El Salvador: 5 centavo - 1994. This coin was issued in a 2000 set, but that set is extremely rare. I doubt I will ever be able to acquire it.
South Korea: 5 won - 1978. Unfortunately, I will probably never get the 1980 proof set.
Indonesia: 1000 rupee - 2010
India: 5 rupee 2007. This one is AU-UNC. With Indian coins it's often hard to tell the condition, because of their poor quality.
Anyways, I think it is uncirculated, just has quite many bag marks.
Iraq: 5 fils - 1975
Solomon Islands: 1 dollar - 2025
Rwanda: 1 franc - 1969
Albania: 2 lek - 1989
Kenya: 2018 coin series. 1, 5, 10 and 20 schilling
3) Macau coins:
1952 10 avos - very good, definitely uncirculated coin, but unfortunately, it is covered in some organic residue. I will try to clean it in acetone.
1952 50 avos - NGC MS64. Not the highest grade, but good enough for me
1968 1 pataca - quite nice, AU coin. These are very hard to come by, specially in UNC condition, so it will likely stay with me for a long time.
4) FAO
San Tome and Principe: 1997 series. Finally I've got this series. It had been in my wishlist for a very long time.
(I don't personally consider this series as commemorative, despite what Numista says)
Burundi: 10 francs - 1968
Nepal: 10 rupee - 1968
Syria: 1 pound - 1968
Cook Islands: 5 cent - 2000
Panama: 1 cent - 2000
5) Commemoratives
I collect some circulating commemorative coins. My requirements are: a) the coins is issued for multiple years, OR b) commemorative series has all denominations that were in circulation at that time.
Ecuador: entire “Historical figures” series. Unfortunately, these have lots of bag marks, but I doubt , you can find better ones. Very low relief, large open fields, and being made from the cheapest, worst looking, but at the same time one of the hardest coin metals (steel), doesn't help to reduce bag marks and improve their appearance.
Cuba: 3 peso - 2002 (I personally don't think it's a commemorative)
Myanmar: 1 pya - 1966, Aung San
Russia: Winter Olympics series. (3 out of 4 coins were issued for multiple years)
Bonus: Additions to swap list
I will not go into many details here. My post is already too long. I will say only that the Pakistani lot had 2 interesting coins.
This commemorative had a mintage of only 200 000, which to me seems very low (for Pakistan). But my knowledge about Pakistani Numismatics is very limited.
2. 1996 50 paisa. According to Numista, it had a mintage of only 72 000, which makes it very rare.
Great group - despite my obsession with the UK and gold - I love shiny modern world sets and you have some beauties here. I love those obscure African, Latin and Arabic countries, in which coins are nigh on impossible to find, especially shiny new ones.
I bought some like the Lebanese (Only down to 25 Livres) and the Sao Tomean set and some of the Iranian coins last year - but your group is the best I have seen. Great work. I also have the Domincan 5 pesos but none of the others.
Can answer 2 questions though The 3 pesos of Cuba with Che Guevara, is a standard circulating coin, now worth just a few cents, its weird too as its just marginally larger than a 1 peso coin. Also the Vanuatu 100 vatu was introduced around 1988 when inflation dictated it. The only coin set of Vanuatu issued was in 1983 when this set debuted, and it stopped at the 50, as the 100 was a note. Also you may notice the metal of the 1 to 5 vatu is the same as the 100 vatu.
Vanuatu like many small islands only issued new coins every few years and thus annual sets were not a thing, but 1983 was the first year and there was a set. In 2015 those coins were replaced with this set which covered 5 to 100 vatu.
Again cheap and durable steel replaced better quality Cupro nickel and brass and all these are plated steel.
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Wow, there's a trove of lovely new stuff there! Some of my pet countries included there! 😍 the Cuban 3 peso coin made me smile, they always look hand made!
Jamais l'or n'a perdu la plus petite occasion de se montrer stupide. -Balzac
Rs150 coin dedicated to a Jain monk issued by the Hyderabad mint. As is typical of monks from the Svetambara sect, they tend to wear all white, walk bare feet and cover their mouths.
Finally added the Irish Free State Half Crown 1928. A coin i've been putting off getting for years until silver price rises recently so thought i'd fill the gap sooner than later. Paid £12. For a relatively low mintage coin with historical context being of the first Irish Free State series and almost 100 years old I think I did good with condition aside.
I agree, those designs by Metcalfe were stunning, Art Deco 2 dimensional farmyard animals were refreshing next to all the crowns, flowers, flags, shields and eagles of other coins of the era.
I agree condition is not best, but that price you paid is under melt now, the Irish series is mostly an affordable and easy one to collect. Of course there are the rarities like Aidan's 1943 Halfcrown as well.
Heres my 1928 and I did pay a bit more back in the day (About $30, but at a time the silver was worth around $15 not $35 like now).
Here is 1928 (gVF), 1933 (aVF), 1939 (VF), 1940 (aEF).
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I agree, those designs by Metcalfe were stunning, Art Deco 2 dimensional farmyard animals were refreshing next to all the crowns, flowers, flags, shields and eagles of other coins of the era.
I agree condition is not best, but that price you paid is under melt now, the Irish series is mostly an affordable and easy one to collect. Of course there are the rarities like Aidan's 1943 Halfcrown as well.
Heres my 1928 and I did pay a bit more back in the day (About $30, but at a time the silver was worth around $15 not $35 like now).
Here is 1928 (gVF), 1933 (aVF), 1939 (VF), 1940 (aEF).
I guess a few of these would've made their way to England back in the day or as far as New Zealand and Australia and spent, though unofficially. They really are wonderful designs and even the bronze pieces are getting pricier as that 100 year milestone approaches since the 1928 series.
Today I wanted to pick up a 10 cent coin from the sidewalk in front of my house but it turned out to be an Ethiopian 5 Santimes coin. Because it was in quite good shape and probably only stepped on once I thought it will be recent Holiday cash but it turns out it's the first year issue.
I agree, those designs by Metcalfe were stunning, Art Deco 2 dimensional farmyard animals were refreshing next to all the crowns, flowers, flags, shields and eagles of other coins of the era.
I agree condition is not best, but that price you paid is under melt now, the Irish series is mostly an affordable and easy one to collect. Of course there are the rarities like Aidan's 1943 Halfcrown as well.
Heres my 1928 and I did pay a bit more back in the day (About $30, but at a time the silver was worth around $15 not $35 like now).
Here is 1928 (gVF), 1933 (aVF), 1939 (VF), 1940 (aEF).
I guess a few of these would've made their way to England back in the day or as far as New Zealand and Australia and spent, though unofficially. They really are wonderful designs and even the bronze pieces are getting pricier as that 100 year milestone approaches since the 1928 series.
I agree, the pennies are affordable, but halfpence and especially farthings are expensive and hard to find. I only have one farthing before the 1966 one and that is 1936, it came in a group of silver.
Its a contrast to British farthings, which are very easy to find and usually in good condition (I have 1860s Victorians with lustre), yet Irish farthings - scarce.
The farthing came in this group that cost me around $80 back in 2022 or 2023.
Bruno - all British coins were the coins New Zealand used until 1933 for silver and 1940 for Bronze, although the Bronze remained legal tender through to 1967. Silver was demonitised in 1935, due to Halfcrown smuggling in the early 30s. In 1932 they devalued our pound 20% and anyone could take British halfcrowns back to Britain from NZ and get 20% extra for them. Hence our coinage was introduced to stop this.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
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I agree, those designs by Metcalfe were stunning, Art Deco 2 dimensional farmyard animals were refreshing next to all the crowns, flowers, flags, shields and eagles of other coins of the era.
I agree condition is not best, but that price you paid is under melt now, the Irish series is mostly an affordable and easy one to collect. Of course there are the rarities like Aidan's 1943 Halfcrown as well.
Heres my 1928 and I did pay a bit more back in the day (About $30, but at a time the silver was worth around $15 not $35 like now).
Here is 1928 (gVF), 1933 (aVF), 1939 (VF), 1940 (aEF).
I guess a few of these would've made their way to England back in the day or as far as New Zealand and Australia and spent, though unofficially. They really are wonderful designs and even the bronze pieces are getting pricier as that 100 year milestone approaches since the 1928 series.
I agree, the pennies are affordable, but halfpence and especially farthings are expensive and hard to find. I only have one farthing before the 1966 one and that is 1936, it came in a group of silver.
Its a contrast to British farthings, which are very easy to find and usually in good condition (I have 1860s Victorians with lustre), yet Irish farthings - scarce.
The farthing came in this group that cost me around $80 back in 2022 or 2023.
Bruno - all British coins were the coins New Zealand used until 1933 for silver and 1940 for Bronze, although the Bronze remained legal tender through to 1967. Silver was demonitised in 1935, due to Halfcrown smuggling in the early 30s. In 1932 they devalued our pound 20% and anyone could take British halfcrowns back to Britain from NZ and get 20% extra for them. Hence our coinage was introduced to stop this.
Used to find lots of 1928 pennies in 10p coin bins but nothing lower and never seen the farthing at all. Was lucky to find a 1939 florin in an antique store cabinet for £6 last year . I didn't know that about the NZ Halfcrown history. I'm guessing alot left NZ then and it affected the flow of coinage in the country at a big enough level to bring in such a policy. Very interesting. An American friends grandfather used to own a grocery store turn of the 20th century and he would accept coinage from any new immigrants visiting his store with exchange rates on the door. Built quite the German and Irish coin collection through this method with some uncommon silver pieces too.
I have been after the Northern Ireland “George Best” £5 banknote for quite a few years and a good friend of my son in law let me have this one for face value. It comes in its original folder. Catalogue number P-339.
This is my ninth banknote from Northern Ireland, but all of the others were obtained whilst in Northern Ireland on a day drip from the Republic of Ireland, as I was there for a wedding
Nice end towards the end of the month with a 1957 South African florin and 2 British Guiana 4 pence coins 1943 and 1944 that I found listed as Indian coins and got for well below numismatic value along with them being the first British Guiana coins in my collection.
