Additions to your collection - March 2017

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Here's mine

A dinar from the Qutlughkhanid dynasty under Queen Qutlugh Turkan, minted in Kirman dated AH677.

This item originally appeared in Steve Album's auction 27, where it went unsold, but they were kind enough to send the seller an offer on my behalf, and I ended getting it for less than the original starting bid (after calculating buyer's premium)!

Edit: I found that this exact coin sold for $1350, more than two and a half times what I paid for it! here
Buying gold and electrum coins 700bc-1950ad
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Here is mine:





Coins: Italy 2 lira 1905 and 1907 VF
Italy 2 lira 1911 VF+ 50th Anniversary of the Kingdom of Italy
Italy 5 lira 1870 VF
France 10 Francs 1965 i would call it XF

i have also bought 5 Reichpfenning 1943B in XF grade but no picture yet, the picture of this coins is not the best as well. :)

Blaž
Nice coins so far. The way they wrote "Muhammad" on Roublizer's coin is quite remarkable:



For my part these came in today, all 13 coins won at an eBay auction over the weekend:


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► SHIPS, COLONIES & COMMERCE (possibly a scarce variety; I'll check tonight) attributed to PEI.
► To the right is a "bouquet sou" (early-mi 1830s). What looks like scratches on the reverse is actually caused by a broken die (open link in new tab for full size).
► Nova Scotia and Newfoundland large cents.
► Although the name is far from being common, who J. Mallaly was remains to be determined.
► British ½pennies and a penny for my colonial series.
► I say something about the US large cent here: https://en.numista.com/forum/topic57129.html.
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I won this auction:
http://www.ebay.in/itm/FRENCH-INDIA-MADRAS-PRESIDENCY-ALAMGIRII-MINT-ARKOT-1221-RY-43-RUPEE-SILVER-COIN-/322432497998?

Regards
Sayan :D
Sayan Biswas The Coin Collector
Quote: "Sayan"​I won this auction:
http://www.ebay.in/itm/FRENCH-INDIA-MADRAS-PRESIDENCY-ALAMGIRII-MINT-ARKOT-1221-RY-43-RUPEE-SILVER-COIN-/322432497998?

​Regards
​Sayan :D
​Now go and find out what it says :)
My first addition of the month is an upgrade by way of the uber scarce Java 1 Stiver. Notorious for being missing detail due to the poor minting equipment not being able to strike the design onto the large planchets.


Unfortunately for this interested the coin I've upgraded from is not available as it's the even scarcer 1815 date so both will grace my collection.
​That's an upgrade? Wow.
Quote: "nthn"​​That's an upgrade? Wow.
​find me one in better condition. There REALLY isn't many !

Uruguay, 1869H 2 Centesimos. 1st one I got with a face in this condition.
I score!!!
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Sorry no Swaps. Paraguay Post Office is to risky and they don't allow to send coins nor notes
First four additions this month ...

'Tuva (Tuwa) Set 7pcs 2015, Russian province'


'Collection of World coins'


'France Napoleon III Jeton/Token'


'2002 Royal Mint Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee BU £5 coin in Presentation Pack'

I think I already have that last coin, but this was just over face value and in a pack.


EDIT: Four days later the world coins (23) arrived. I made two pictures of them ...

1658E France Liard
1868 Spain 2.1/2 Centimos (8-pointed star)
1870 Spain 5 Centimos
1909 Russia - Empire 1/2 Kopeck
1892A, 1900F Germany 1 Pfennig
1875C, 1911J Germany 2 Pfennig
1917A Germany 5 Pfennig
1931 Soviet Union 20 Kopecks
1948 Cuba 20 Centavos [Silver]
1900 Crete 10 Lepta
1974 Guyana 25 Cents


1950 Monaco 20 Francs
1371 Morocco 20 Francs (1952)
1923 Belgium 25 Centimes (French)
1946 United States 10 Cents [Silver]
1952 Argentina 5 Centavos
1956 Netherlands 10 Cents
1940 Denmark 5 Øre
1901 Brazil 100 Réis (MCMI)
1917 Egypt 5 Milliemes
1973 Netherlands 1 Gulden
Sarawak.
My latest additions

Queen Tamar with her second husband David Soslan. AD 1200

With very rare countermark




And a giant irregular DOUBLE copper of Jalal ad Din`s Georgian invasion period, struck over Giorgi IV or Tamar`s copper ( there is a trace of rusudan`s countermark in the center of the coin)

Two more coins added this month one being my MPCC prize from Sujit. Thanks !

The other being a scarce PE10-1 token not too happy with the grade but it'll do for now.

Just received !

Quote: "Mark240590"​Notorious for being missing detail due to the poor minting equipment




​Ditto for my March addition. NS-24A1

As you can see, ICCS graded as EF (but I'm calling it a VF, best possible grade is AU-50).

Also, my 1st coin removed from a slab:°.
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
I found a 1940-A 10 Reichspfennig (military coinage) KM# 99 and a 1940 Bohemia & Moravia 20 Haleru KM# 2 in a 7 lb. lot that I recently purchased for $42. The lot contained over 830 coins so I got these for about 5 cents each.
8 x New Guinea, 5 different:



2.6 gr, non magnetic, just the right size, I think a very interesting addition for this month :)
6 kreuzer, minted in Hall.
Should I try ring removal ???
Quand l'Histoire et la Géographie se croisent sur nos pièces de monnaie ...
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Traducteur, demandez en cas de besoin ! Translator, ask if you need !
It's hardly the most significant addition to my collection this month, and, IIRC, it's only tied as the most expensive one, but I just couldn't resist posting this coin that I bought for 500 rubles ($8) - because of its shape.

Because, seriously, when was the last time any of you have seen a five sided coin? (Transnistrian plastic excepted, it's more of a banknote anyway.)



Yemenite states, Kingdom of Yemen, 1/8 riyal 1368 AH (1949 AD).

And yes, I know it definitely doesn't look 20th century. That's a big part of why i bought it :)
Quote: "Peter M. Graham"
Quote: "Mark240590"​Notorious for being missing detail due to the poor minting equipment




​​Ditto for my March addition. NS-24A1

​As you can see, ICCS graded as EF (but I'm calling it a VF, best possible grade is AU-50).

​Also, my 1st coin removed from a slab:°.
​very nice I don't have one of those ! I like to keep any I get on the iccs slabs though. Although I did have to break out PE10-3 the blacksmith token because the Mylar flip had fractured and I didn't want the pvc to ruin it.
My favorite, from today's haul:
HoH
Quote: "Houseofham"​My favorite, from today's haul:

​I have one of those too. They circulated in Gibraltar so it's a good enough excuse for me to have one. Beautiful coins !
Some recent acquisitions:


Thrace, Pautalia: Geta, as Caesar (198-209 CE) Æ Unit (Ruzicka 829; Varbanov 5465)

Obv: Π CEΠTI ΓETAC KAI; Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Geta right
Rev: ΠAVTA-ΛIΩTΩN; Thanatos standing slightly right, resting on lighted torch




Islands off Caria, Rhodes: Anonymous (ca. 205-190 BCE) AR Drachm, Gorgos, Magistrate (Ashton 288; SNG Keckman 582-4)

Obv: Head of Helios facing
Rev: P-O, rose with bud to right; above, magistrate's name: ΓOPΓOY; in left field, bow in gorytos

Another beautiful AE of Queen Tamar.

Local coin show in Cambridge, Ontario yielded some unsuspecting additions to my Canadian Cents....



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
I got a real eclectic mix this month










I also got the last 4 coins that I needed to complete Malaya, but they may not be here until April
A "fresh, off-the-press" acquisition. Too bad for the large 'X' graffiti on the reverse, otherwise it would have been stellar:

Macedonian Kingdom: Alexander III ' the Great' (336-323 BCE) AR Tetradrachm, Arados (Price 3332; SNG Alpha Bank 675; SNG Saroglos 579-81)

Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress
Rev: Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, BAΣIΛEΩΣ in exergue, kerykeion in left field, AP monogram below throne



i got my order from the US mint. The coin is stunning imo, but also very sentimental for me as it was 10 years ago that I first went abroad and that too on a cultural exchange programme for 2 months in the south of France sponsored by the lions club !
it was one of those experiences you carry with you for life !
Outings administrator
the middle one.
a mule 50/100 Guaranies
Sorry no Swaps. Paraguay Post Office is to risky and they don't allow to send coins nor notes
I got a handful of Isle of Man crowns, half are not in the catalog. It will be fun getting them listed!
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Only three additions in last few weeks ...

'1793 Somersetshire [Bristol] Hawkins / Bird Halfpenny Token - Fine - DH# 89'


'France 10 Cent 1922 Chambre de Commerce de Nice'


'Silver UK threepences, 50 coins, 1917-1936'
Hello all,

I just received this:



The dealer was selling it for $8 + $2 Sh&H ─ I couldn't believe it. Had I not been there on eBay when he uploaded it, it would have been gone within 10-15 minutes.

This is yet another Devins & Bolton countermark. The host is an imitation of a "spread eagle" token antedated to 1815 but probably struck in the 1830s. While the original spread eagles were struck in Britain, the imitations are attributed to a Boston merchant who emigrated to Montreal (I suppose in the 1820s or 1830s).
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Tonkin Cash 1905
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