You know the drill by now....purchases, gifts, finds, etc. Any new coins you've added to your collection this month. If you'd like to share the purchase price then please do. Like Redsmithstudios, I also enjoy seeing what others are paying for coins
I should be getting plenty of new coins this month, because my birthday is at the end of the month. Usually I send out a wantlist to my family to stop the usual gifts of socks and underwear turning up. But here is one that I've bought myself, a nice early Vatican coin, bought for NZ$7.50 (around US$4.50)
Neil, would you be willing to add a line in the "rules"?
It might read as follows
"If you don't mind sharing the purchase price please include that"
I like to see what others pay for coins in different parts of the world, its very interesting, for instance you got that Tuvalu coin with a turtle for like $5, but here is would sell for $25! Also it informs me of what I should expect to pay, I consider myself a novice and this would be helpful to me. Thanks!
PS If you get anymore of those Octopus ones please save one for me.
PSS Zac, that's a wonderful blacksmith token, how much can you ship one like that to me for?
Taking a break from swapping for a while, but still interested in pre 1799 Spanish coins, I will make time for that!
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Zac, nice coins all around, I hope you didn't pay silver BV for that US V
I like to see what others pay for coins in different parts of the world
PSS Zac, that's a wonderful blacksmith token, how much can you ship one like that to me for?
I noticed that the other day when they arrived, that the 3 US coins in the 15 were not silver. But I like them as they are old so will keep them anyway. I paid less than £9 for the 15 silver coins, so I think a bargain. They were listed as ...
1914 1/4 rupie German East Africa
1868 5 cent USA
1928 Shilling (1/-) Ireland
192? South Africa Florin (2/-)
1945 1/4 rupee India
1911 5 Cents USA
1863 1 fr Belgium
1886 10 cents Belgium
18 ? 1 fr France
1920 1/2d Jamaica
1911 5 Kopek Russia
1918 Dime USA
1944 South Africa 3d
1921 Australia 3d
1910 Australia 3d
When they arrived I saw the South Africa florin was actually the rare 1925 year.
Postage UK to USA is £2.25 and I always think of you when any blacksmith-type coins/tokens come my way. So in any future bulk lots if any duplicates turn up I will let you know first. I also notice that Wilkinson is mis-spelled Wilkenson on there.
P.S. Coincidentally I am already Watching a blacksmith token that ends tomorrow afternoon ...
with already the intention of letting you know if I win it (I already have one somewhere I think) - and I see that although with a different reverse, it is correctly spelled Wilkinson.
EDIT: I got outbid, and it sold for £4.60
Picked up another one of these follis as I just love the design:
Byzantine Empire: Æ Anonymous Class I Follis, Attributed to Nicephorus III (Sear-1889)
As some of you might know, I also collect manuscripts. So, here is a lovely Persian Koran Leaf, dated about AH 1224/1809-10 AD to complement my 1612 King James Bible Leaf:
So, I've had a 1918 8 doubles coin from Guernsey in my possession for many years, one of the coins my grandfather gave to me when I was around 15. Just came across it again as I've been putting all my coins into 2x2's, and it's fair to say I fell in love with it again. Very simple, very pretty design. Onto ebay to find more from the series!
Received these 8 coins today from the same Portuguese seller:
By coincidence, 2 more from the series showed up on a Danish auction site recently (never seen any before on there), so I bought those as well - they're on their way.
Also received today - half crowns 1920, 22 and 27 bought in a Facebook group:
Byzantine Empire: Constantinople follis from Justinian I
Cameroon: 1 franc 1926
Canadian Provinces: Half-penny Montreal token (unregistered variety/coin, under ID in French forum)
France: 20 centimes 1867BB from Napoleon III
France - Kingdom: Liard de France 1657B from Louis XIV
French Equatorial Africa: 1 franc 1943 & 1948
French Guiana: 2 sous 1782A from Louis XVI (and received another minting year ordered by another member to be swapped)
Liege: Liard 1746
Luxembourg: 5 centimes 1855A
Togo: 50 centimes 1924
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PS: finally registered the Canadian provinces coin-token from Montreal and received yesterday new Gaul coins to register... what a pity as my other Gaul coin is still unregistered in the catalog
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No coins as yet this month (waiting on a couple of Jersey £5 coins), but the following 2 coin Maps arrived today in perfect condition:
Was going to only collect 1 coin of each (regardless of mint), but will now be tempted to collect both mints for each quarter. Waiting on my Presidential Dollars Map to arrive from the US.
Citação: "Fluke" in the last few days I have received 15kg of world coins [...]
Can you give us an exhaustive list of countries?
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Citação: "chomp-master"Nice one... Mauritius again?
PS: finally registered the Canadian provinces coin-token from Montreal and received yesterday new Gaul coins to register... what a pity as my other Gaul coin is still unregistered in the catalog
haha yeah...
This is probably gunna be my only one for this month though. i am selling my whole evasions collection though so if it goes through sooner I may get myself one nice coin :)
A fresh pack came in with Polish and Romanian coins, mostly from 1950's or before. Will post some later. Burnt through my budget so will keep a lower profile for the remainder of the year I am afraid.
I managed to snag myself a UK 2012 proof double portrait quarter sovereign today, missing its coa so I got a bargain
Quite a low mintage, 2500.
Sorry about the poor pictures, my lighting is terrible. I will do some more 2moro.
I deny nothing but doubt everything, opinions are made to be changed, how else is the truth to be gotten at.
1849 farthing starts at F and in pounds 40 80 300 700 rare
1858/3 starts at F and in pounds 25 90 400
I paid $24nz for all and 13 more
I have been waiting for 2 years for that farthing and my friend has been waiting for 10 years so it was a find and a half
Citação: "Ninebobnote"I managed to snag myself a UK 2012 proof double portrait quarter sovereign today, missing its coa so I got a bargain
Quite a low mintage, 2500.
Sorry about the poor pictures, my lighting is terrible. I will do some more 2moro.
Is that a London Mint office issue ? It looks like the portrait they use
Mark240590, yes it is the London Mint issue.
I had the mintage wrong, it should say 2000.
Not the sort of issue I would normally buy but the price said "you're coming home with me"
I deny nothing but doubt everything, opinions are made to be changed, how else is the truth to be gotten at.
There was a coin show in my town today. I couldn't spend more than 2 hours there because I had to go to a meeting. Also I purposely brought only $65 in cash with me because I already spent enough money on coins this month (things to arrive yet). I think I did just fine. Most of the things will be additions to my collection but some will be my doubles. Also I won a raffle I got 50 states quarter program album
With unc coins inside.
Most of these will be of standard value as I remove the high value High grade only coins from these lots.
I have purchased today another 8kg which I will receive on Wednesday.
The country list can be quite extensive with variety one lot and mundane common countries the next, but as a whole these are the countries I tend to see more often.
Canada
Austria
France
Spain
Belgium
UK
India (British-India)
Sweden
Switzerland
Iran
Iraq
Russia
Egypt
Turkey
Italy
Norway
East Africa (British)
West Africa (British)
Australia
Portugal
Denmark
British Isles
Netherlands
There are others like Rhodesia, Sudan but they are less frequent.
Years are normally between 1820ish to late 1980's, its almost a 50/50 split of old and new.
Coins I received today are a EF 1851 Belgium 5 centime
Nothing spectacular but a few different pieces today,
German states, Prussia 1913, 2 Mark. ex mount piece.
Sweden, 1 Skilling 1843. Now that's a hairdo.
British West Africa, Half Pence 1936.
Finally, I couldn't resist another lump of bullion silver.
Pobjoy mint 1977 proof Jubilee Crown.
Not been much available recently so this was the best I could grab.
I deny nothing but doubt everything, opinions are made to be changed, how else is the truth to be gotten at.
Obtained these 6 beautiful coins today.
They are all from Gibraltar, all dated 2006, all sterling silver with a face value of 5 pounds
The series commemorates Concorde
Descriptions
Top left. ROLL OUT OF CONCORDE PROTOTYPE
Top centre. FINAL FLIGHT OF CONCORDE
Top right. CONCORDE TO SYDNEY RECORD. 17hrs 3mins
Bottom left. FIRST SUPERSONIC FLIGHT
Bottom centre. CONCORDE'S FIRST AROUND THE WORLD FLIGHT
Bottom right. CONCORDE'S NEW YORK TO LONDON RECORD. 2hrs 52mins 59secs
German states (Pfalz-Neuburg) 1 Kreuzer 1737 (file not found), Germany 1871-1948 (Notgeld) 50 Pfennig Augburg 1920, Roma (ancient) As (Germanicus) (file not found)
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'ND (1836) Bank of Montreal Un Sous token'
I got it as it is an error; Sous is plural, so should be Un Sou, not Un Sous
'Netherlands 1863 sword 1 Cent coin KM# 100'
'Italy Papal States 1851-R Pius IX 1 Baiocco coin KM# 1345'
'1792 Token John Of Gaunt Halfpenny'
'Great Britain token stamped AD 1800, Halfpenny size. Showing castle & 2 flags'
Looking forward to identifying it when it arrives
EDIT: It is Irish > https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces78256.html
'1871 Victoria - Prince Edward Island One Cent - higher grade'
I have bids on other items, but not yet won them, so will see by end of month what else I get.
Citação: "ZacUK" 'ND (1836) Bank of Montreal Un Sous token'
I got it as it is an error; Sous is plural, so should be Un Sou, not Un Sous
ND = Canadian Provinces (Lower Canada)
The coins/tokens exist in French and English. The French ones hava the right currency name, the English ones the wrong one. But their minting error was considered an authenticity proof.
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I only managed to grab some scrap silver coins & a couple of UK £1 notes today.
Shame about the 1827 shilling, I would have been happy if it was at least good but sadly only a scrapper.
The 1889 crown is not much better, well worn.
Paid just under spot for the coins and got the notes thrown in as they are a bit rough. £9 the lot.
I deny nothing but doubt everything, opinions are made to be changed, how else is the truth to be gotten at.
I managed to grab a few today, couldn't help myself. Napoleon III, 50 centimes 1867a. William IV, 3 half pence 1836. South Africa, 1 shilling 1937. 1887 shilling, one for the scrap pile. German states - Bavaria, 6 Kreuzer 1822 Dutch, 1 Duit 1788
I deny nothing but doubt everything, opinions are made to be changed, how else is the truth to be gotten at.
Citação: "ZacUK" 'ND (1836) Bank of Montreal Un Sous token'
I got it as it is an error; Sous is plural, so should be Un Sou, not Un Sous
ND = Canadian Provinces (Lower Canada)
The coins/tokens exist in French and English. The French ones hava the right currency name, the English ones the wrong one. But their minting error was considered an authenticity proof.
Yup...the misspelling was not a hinderance to their circulation as numerous imitations were later imported.
I can't figure out which one this is as there are 11 variations.
It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure, that just ain't so. Mark Twain
Citação: "ZacUK" 'ND (1836) Bank of Montreal Un Sous token'
I got it as it is an error; Sous is plural, so should be Un Sou, not Un Sous
ND = Canadian Provinces (Lower Canada)
The coins/tokens exist in French and English. The French ones hava the right currency name, the English ones the wrong one. But their minting error was considered an authenticity proof.
Yup...the misspelling was not a hinderance to their circulation as numerous imitations were later imported.
I can't figure out which one this is as there are 11 variations.
Let's see with Galor, he's trying to reference as much varieties as available, from both French and English versions. For example I created the page for one French variety under his supervision.
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Citação: "ZacUK" 'Early French coin or token, cockerel & Fleur de Lys, unidentified'
I think the French forum would be happy to help you IDing this one.
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Received yesterday my 2nd Boer Shilling (1895 this time)
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I bowl with a gentleman named Tom (@ 84 years young) every Sunday morning and he asked me to "take a look" at his box of coins. Some 10 hours later, I had a decent spreadsheet of what he had and the approximate value. Saw him last evening and he "chuckled" at me for all the work and said, "but I gave them to you". I was a little taken aback, as there was about $200 dollars worth of silver in the box!! Anyway, they are mine now and here are the highlights............
I found 4 on here, and will use what lettering I can make out to search for the other 4, and add them here, when they arrive next week (to see lettering better when they are in hand).
Added with an unexpected bonus coin: NZ 50 cents ANZAC 2015
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Citação: "ZacUK"'Niederländisch Indien 1 Cent 1858 Kupfer'
'Schweden Oscar II 10 Öre 1896 Silber'
'Norwegen Oscar II von Schweden 2 Öre 1877 Bronze'
'Dänemark Christian IX 10 Öre 1875 Silber'
'Schweden Oscar II 5 Öre 1874 Bronze'
'Frankreich: 5 Sol Revolution Monneron 1792, An 4 de la Liberté'
Spreches Deutsche?
PS: nice Monneron
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and I do know a small amount of German and French, but I just copied the titles from items that I bought; the seller of those five items is in Germany.
Here's my new ones not to every ones taste but they're expensive pieces. The rupee was more than my dollar from earlier this week but that's life !
Java 1 Doit Tin. British administration.
This arrived today - 1.3 kilos of 19th century coins. I don't have that many older coins like these, so it's going to be an absolute joy to sort through and identify these :-)
I got to talking to an old guy that likes going to auctions, he said he was not selling any of his coins. I told him l would swap US silver coins for his foreign coins, and he just gave me this bag! I even told him I would give him some silver dimes and that the 4 british coins are silver. He said this bag came with a $5 box of other stuff he sold for $45, so he gave it to me. Also a nice 1936 British farthing and some Tunisian coins l dont have any of so those are new to my collection!
Taking a break from swapping for a while, but still interested in pre 1799 Spanish coins, I will make time for that!
Citação: "redsmithstudios"Goon, that lot looks pretty good, how much did you pay?
It ended up at 210 DKK, which is about $31 or £20. I've been going through them this evening, and I'd estimate that at least 90% of it is coins I didn't have before. Even if the quality isn't great, I'm pretty satisfied.
My last registrations as from October were files I created and finally published in the last days for Gaul coins. I can list potins from Leuci and Turones, and a bronze coin by Mediomatrici.
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I paid $13.44 with shipping. 
1849 farthing
1858 penny
1849 model of a sov 
Netherland East Indies 1942p with a very nice woodtone colouring
1896 South Africa 1 pond imitation sovergien 
Napoleon III, 50 centimes 1867a.
William IV, 3 half pence 1836.
South Africa, 1 shilling 1937.
1887 shilling, one for the scrap pile.
German states - Bavaria, 6 Kreuzer 1822
Dutch, 1 Duit 1788 
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