Hello everyone and welcome to the Start of a new month, August. I am curious for what you have in store . As for me, it’s probably the first month where I’m actively going to put coins which I got from change in my collection, and also put some coins in my collection which I forgot about. Here are some of them:
I got this 1 rupee coin from my local potato chips store a few months ago During Onam, A festival that is mostly celebrated in the State of Kerala, but it is also celebrated in Tamil Nadu (The state in which I live),Especially in my hometown City, Coimbatore as it is only 40-50 kms away from the border with Kerala and also Has a large Population of Keralites (Even my Mom and Dad are from Kerala). It is a tradition to gift money to people on this day so that’s why they gave it away .
I originally had this Quarter Rupee from 1947, but I thought I lost it, only to find it in a box today.
A regular 50 paise, 1996 in VF condition. I got it in my Grandma’s purse
My bad photography skills and the bad lighting made the overall result look bad, but this is a 1 rupee,2017 in UNC Condition. I got this while searching for some coins in my mom’s handbag and if it weren’t for me checking it, my mom for sure would have spent it.
And that’s what I got, I am excited about you guys showing your coins!
Regards
Goutham
Hi there! I am an inexperienced collector with an interest in a lot of coins
A Chinese Cash (I'll post to Identification later)...
And a real oddball piece of Exonumia known as "Coal Scrip". Seems that the late 19th / early 20th century coal companies in the U.S.A. opened up mines so far from "civilization" that they controlled all aspects of the miners lives, including the economy. A very, interesting research project.
Plus a little trade token from Duff's Grill in Tonawanda, N.Y., Good for 10 Cents.
More to follow.
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
Goutham -Thanks for starting August.
Nice additions.
The quarter rupee is lovely.
Makarije - Love the double headed eagle details on the Kreuzer.
Peter - Guessing Iranian silver quite difficult to find, Looks like the coal scrip controlled a lot.
Was in Dublin for the weekend and got these from a vintage shop.
13 banknotes - 5 in VF, rest of them have creases and the Yugoslavian note is limp.
Very pleased with the hoard.
Particularly the 100 Dinara 1st coat of Arms Tesla
Oman 1/2 Rial - 1995
Nice start to August. A friend came over with a box of assorted coins for me to pick through and I found this 1901 five-cent piece.
Possibly one of my best finds so far.
On 18/8 I found this $20 bill. Its serial number is now the smallest in my collection.
I was given an assortment of coins on 19/8 and I found two 10-cent coins from 1963 and 1964. The dates had previously existed in my collection but not the specific mintmarks in the photo on the left. The "H" and "KN" stand for R. Heaton & Sons Ltd. and King's Norton Metal Co. Ltd. respectively. They used to mint coins for colonial Hong Kong.
On the right are half a dozen 50-cent coins - not new dates, but they were upgrades to coins which were in worse condition. New examples were added to my collection for the years 1958 (not shown), 1963, 1967, 1968,1972, 1973 and 1975.
30/8: A handful of new notes to look at, plus a 1924 one-cent coin, just in time for the start of school.
Clockwise from top left:
- a 5 Yen military note circulated during the Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong
- a $50 note from Standard Chartered Bank, 1991
- an HSBC $10 note, 1956
- an HSBC $100 note, 1976
- a 5-cent note issued by the HK Government in 1945. And with that my months-long search for the missing piece of my George VI set ends.
- a 1-cent note issued by the HK Government between 1992 and 1995. The last of five different variations of the 1961 design under five different Financial Secretaries - and also the last article of currency bearing the Queen's head ever issued for HK.
- two fairly recent $20 notes, one for its number which ended in 111, and the other for its AA prefix.
"Life is all about being too wrapped up in the now to care about the future. When the future becomes the past, you start to regret what you've done."
Cita: "Peter M. Graham"
A Chinese Cash (I'll post to Identification later)...
Hello it's a Xuan tong tong baoFrom Puyi the last emperor 1909 1912
take a look with ref Hartill#22.1513
But for me it's not a genuine oneSome details are not good
Found These at a General Auction Described as 6 Old Bank Notes with no Estimate so I bid a Ridiculously low Amount under £100 and I won they are Tibet Shrang 5s,10s,25s,50s and 2 100s They are all in very good condition and all check out as Genuine. I haven't seen any others to Date so it was a great Find and as I don't have any Tibetan Bank notes in my Collection a good Addition.
Cita: "Ian P"Found These at a General Auction Described as 6 Old Bank Notes with no Estimate so I bid a Ridiculously low Amount under £100 and I won they are Tibet Shrang 5s,10s,25s,50s and 2 100s They are all in very good condition and all check out as Genuine. I haven't seen any others to Date so it was a great Find and as I don't have any Tibetan Bank notes in my Collection a good Addition.
Excellent condition of the notes, well done.
I have the 100 Srang with a few tiny tears. I bought it in the late 80's in Sikkim.
I wish everyone a nice upcoming weekend and health without stress.
Somehow I saw one coin that I liked, it was just in a pile, so I won the whole auction. It's been about Christianity lately, so now I've exported from another religion-to devote myself a little to another culture. ( However, paradoxically, the units of the "Golden Horde" swept around my house and even a few warriors hid in the woods and preferred to live here with beautiful women.)
Yes, "Domitian" does not belong there -This was added by the seller as a bonus.
I didn't understand what and then I found out that I had won from him in the past and gave him a very commendable rating.
( it happened today an envelope wet in the rain from yesterday thrown outside sticking out of the mailbox - changing delivery to our hands.)
even that gift will please: denarius ,, Domitian ,, I will look.
Now I will gradually take pictures, weigh and measure them, then there is a long search and comparison, and in the end I will be free of ,,Yevgeny,, anyway lost, he is an irreplaceable specialist for this species, etc.
Enjoy life and hello.
Ivan
some mundane Canada mint sets,
1962 in a nice ruby red Capital holder, which is why I bought the set, and the 1967 centennial set in a Whitman holder. I have some of each of the 67 coins, some of which I have had since childhood in the 70s, but this is the first unc set I have ever owned of them.
Jamais l'or n'a perdu la plus petite occasion de se montrer stupide. -Balzac
Love all the coins and notes so far, the Canadian sets are very nice.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
Cita: "Moneytane"One coin to open August
UK 1899 Florin - Almost VF - nice original piece.
Love all the coins and notes so far, the Canadian sets are very nice.
A nice example, Moneytane. It puts mine to shame!
Cita: "Moneytane"One coin to open August
UK 1899 Florin - Almost VF - nice original piece.
Love all the coins and notes so far, the Canadian sets are very nice.
A nice example, Moneytane. It puts mine to shame!
Really, that superb toning. It would be rare for me to have a slightly less worn example, as your Florins, especially the gothics are just masterpieces. They all look like the type of coins that would cost mid to high hundreds. My average Florin is about $20 - $100 in comparison. That one cost $54 and is probably a bit undervalued.
Gothic Florin - ALL of your coins put mine to shame.
Maybe I should stop buying them and offer to buy your cast offs!
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
Cita: "Camerinvs"Here is an error coin (surprisingly inexpensive) which probably only specialists of Canadian coins will recognize without research:
Just a guess for now - is it made of nickel instead of chrome-plated steel? I could be completely wrong about this, but it's worth a shot.
"Be kind, rewind."
Numista referee for banknotes from Greece, Crete & the Ionian Islands.
Cita: "Camerinvs"Yes, or put in another way, the chrome plating is missing over the nickel plating.
So, we normally have three layers: iron core / nickel plating / chrome plating. The chrome finish is kind of blueish.
These go for about CDN $15 in high grade, which is surprisingly cheap in my opinion.
Since it's an error, it's not listed in the Charlton catalogue ─ nor in the Numista catalogue.
Cita: "Camerinvs"Here is an error coin (surprisingly inexpensive) which probably only specialists of Canadian coins will recognize without research:
And of course, has the novel feature of Morse Code instead of denticles on the reverse.
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
Now, is the Charlton right to exclude the missing-chrome variety from its listings? You could argue that a mule such as the 1871 Canada/Newfoundland 10¢ is an error (with only two known) and, therefore, shouldn't be included in the Charlton. But it is included. I suppose one is a planchet error, the other a die error. Maybe that's why but, if I'm not mistaken, the nickel and chrome coats were applied after the iron was struck with the design. Does anyone know for sure?
Last night, as I was walking through a mall's parking lot, I found a 1941 Canadian penny in VF condition! It is rare, now, that you find any penny ─let alone a George VI one─ eight years after the penny started to disappear from our change.¹
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¹The last 2012 "pennies" (or more correctly: cents) were released in February 2013.
Cita: "Camerinvs"
Last night, as I was walking through a mall's parking lot, I found a 1941 Canadian penny in VF condition! It is rare, now, that you find any penny ─let alone a George VI one─ eight years after the penny started to disappear from our change.¹
One man's trash is another man's treasure
Hi there! I am an inexperienced collector with an interest in a lot of coins
My first time coin bag hunting since December and these are my finds from two bags (£20). The bank that I usually get coins was closed due to the pandemic so I got change through my parents from a different bank.
2005 Dictionary (left) 2006 Victoria cross the medals (right).
2011 Olympic wheelchair Boccia (left) 2014 Commonwealth (right).
2017 Benjamin Bunny (left) 2020 Brexit (right)
I’m happy about this because this is the most I’ve found in two bags normally I get 1-2 commemorative 50ps but 6 finds is amazing.
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.
Now my new obsession - NZ Tradesmen's tokens of the 1850s to 1880s
1858 Jones and Williamson - a very old token
Alliance Tea Company - Advance NZ, an iconic coin - 1870s
Brown and Duthie 1866 showing an imaginative portrayal of Mt. Taranaki (EF and rare)
George McCaul - Thames Goldmining scene 1874 (Grahamstown was the old name for Thames)
Grattan - Thames Hotel Auckland - Hilarious Dog headed canoe scene
Milner and Thompson and Advance Tea Company 1866.
Wairarapa Farmers Co op - Company scrip tokens of the 1920s/30s
used to pay workers to spend in the company store (Sixteen tons).
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
'c.1830 73mm White Metal medal by Thomason - Shadrach Meshack Abednego Fiery Furnace' [#48]
I got it as I already have four of them [01 08 11 57] in a series of 60 - so now 55 to go.
In my pursuit of 250 countries, circulating and pre-1962, I have picked up one of the dozen or so coins I have budgeted as "expensive" (over $200 USD).
Cita: "Peter M. Graham"In my pursuit of 250 countries, circulating and pre-1962, I have picked up one of the dozen or so coins I have budgeted as "expensive" (over $200 USD).
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces11778.html
Rather than gamble, I got a PCGS MS65 at about $150 USD (including postage from Australia).
Very nice! that's a good price for that. Liechtenstein is on my long list also.
Jamais l'or n'a perdu la plus petite occasion de se montrer stupide. -Balzac
SouthAfrican, 1896 ZAR Ses Pence, 1957 6d and 1962 5c, all silver
NZ Dominion medallet 1907
Coronation medallet 1902 - not sure of origin.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
Also, over the past several days, many stamps such as:
The 40 centimes was engraved in and issued from Bordeaux (SW France) in 1870 during the siege of Paris, which explains why it is not perforated. The <532> postmark is actually that of Bordeaux. The 5 centimes was used in the French post office in Alexandria, Egypt, probably in the 1850s. When you put "Classic" French stamps (1849-1876) side by side with coins of the same periods, the parallels are striking. Compare the Ceres stamp with the 5 francs Ceres of the same period and the Napoleon III bare head stamp with the 5 centimes of the same period. Later, a crown of laurels is added on both coins and stamps. Through coins and stamps, one really witnesses the several changes of régime in this troubled period.
Things are much more quiet in the UK, with Victoria adorning most stamps ─and coins─ until her death in January 1901. This 2d with lines above and below the bust is #4 in Great Britain and world stamp issues.
Don't worry. I won't post more stamps in this thread. I just wanted to stress the historical interest of them that parallels the historical interest of coins. After all, from early on, stamps could be used for small payments ─ this was actually suggested to the French public almost from the first day stamps were issued in 1849. Their value as economic objects is therefore much greater than that of the RCM's Bugs Bunny pseudo-coins and other similar issues world-wide.
I was lucky enough to get an affordable 5 Stuivers (1/4 Gulden) which was advertised as West Friesland and Better On Hand. It is better on hand but, is from Utrecht.
Cita: "Goutham Sivasailam"Hello everyone and welcome to the Start of a new month, August. I am curious for what you have in store . As for me, it’s probably the first month where I’m actively going to put coins which I got from change in my collection, and also put some coins in my collection which I forgot about. Here are some of them:
I got this 1 rupee coin from my local potato chips store a few months ago During Onam, A festival that is mostly celebrated in the State of Kerala, but it is also celebrated in Tamil Nadu (The state in which I live),Especially in my hometown City, Coimbatore as it is only 40-50 kms away from the border with Kerala and also Has a large Population of Keralites (Even my Mom and Dad are from Kerala). It is a tradition to gift money to people on this day so that’s why they gave it away .
I originally had this Quarter Rupee from 1947, but I thought I lost it, only to find it in a box today.
A regular 50 paise, 1996 in VF condition. I got it in my Grandma’s purse
My bad photography skills and the bad lighting made the overall result look bad, but this is a 1 rupee,2017 in UNC Condition. I got this while searching for some coins in my mom’s handbag and if it weren’t for me checking it, my mom for sure would have spent it.
And that’s what I got, I am excited about you guys showing your coins!
Regards
Goutham
Hi Gowtham,
Onam is an annual harvest festival celebrated in the Indian state of Kerala. Good to know you had a good start on this auspicious festival month. I am also a Keralite. Belated Onam wishes
And wishing all Numista members a wonderful month of August
Regards,
Pramod
“Arise, awake, stop not until your goal is achieved.”
1. The last 1c and 2c issued in a set (Apart from 2006 anniversary set and 2017/2019 1c one offs)
2. The special 50 cent coin that recycled the One Shilling Obverse.
3. The fact that only the 5c, 10c and 50c were released as circulation coinage that year and only the
5c was in plentiful numbers.
4. Anything that shows old coins on the cover gets my interest
5. The essay inside on the introduction of decimal coinage
6. I love shiny sets of coins
7. This set has some value (A$45 vs $14 issuing price)
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
Grinya - Those Russian coppers are beautiful and so old!
The classic age of the Tsars and the 1801 coin is of Paul I, the year he was overthrown?
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
Sorting into countries - Europe and Americas/Africa - nothing too rare but fun.
These bags contained Greece, France and Germany.
It was fun, but too many cheap and over common coins (France 56 coins all 5 centimes to 5 Francs after 1960), Mountains of those Italian steel 50 and 100 Lires, German 10 fennigs etc.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
Auckland Licensed Victuallers - Penny Token 1871 (Used in Bars)
Hurley and Co, Wanganui (now Whanganui) - Half penny 1873
Kirkcaldie and Stains - Penny Token 1874
Their premises in the early 1870s, a building from 1909 stands today, they only closed down in 2015.
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 love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
Cita: "Moneytane"And some more tokens for you
Auckland Licensed Victuallers - Penny Token 1871 (Used in Bars)
Hurley and Co, Wanganui (now Whanganui) - Half penny 1873
Kirkcaldie and Stains - Penny Token 1874
Their premises in the early 1870s, a building from 1909 stands today, they only closed down in 2015.
The Hurley 1/2 & 1 Penny currency tokens are the only ones from Wanganui - & they are very common.
The Auckland Licensed Vituallers 1 Penny circulated throughout Auckland, not only in bars.
The currency tokens from New Zealand can be classed as New Zealand's first coins.
David Jones is closing down their shop in the Kirkcaldie & Stains Building in June 2022.
Here we research the history of these coins and who issued them and why.
I have not done all the new ones yet.
Hurley and these other tokens I show are definitely the more common ones, but by standards of the Imperial Pennies and later NZ coins, they are scarce. Most of these tokens in Fine condition can be had for around $10 - $20, but some higher grade ones in VF and EF cost much more. There are also several tokens that are quite expensive and rare reaching the high hundreds. Hurleys, Halls, Kirkcaldies and ALV's are amongst the most common though and saw wide use.
I would go further and say until the late 1870s when Steamships going through the Suez Canal, came more frequently with imperial coinage - these tokens were pretty much the main small change pieces in our colonial society.
They were issued between 1857 and 1882 and all were minted either in Australia (Stokes, Melbourne) or Britain. They remained legal until 1897, but pretty much stopped being used in the mid 1880s.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
