I saw nothing from Germany, Austria, Ireland, netherlands, Belgium and czech Republic. I didnt go through the UK. It could be Eastern European such as Latvia or poland.
I saw nothing from Germany, Austria, Ireland, netherlands, Belgium and czech Republic. I didnt go through the UK. It could be Eastern European such as Latvia or poland.
The answer will help and the coin comes from a country with an old tradition in the production of berr.
From Fertile Crescent region. All countries there have a very old tradition of brewing beer, but unfortnately in most it is almost completely discontinued.
At least I will need something more to narrow it down. 😅
It gave me pause to consider that Numista members have over 17000 different gold coins just since 2000…🤑
But, I suppose many of the pages were built with photos by permission, or no photos, so not really, but still a lot.
Much of it (probably around 2500) is just gold plated junk like this one: N#197270. Makes no sense. Same problem is true for silver coins as well
I guess the point of gold- or silver plated coins is that beginning collectors and pseudo investors can buy a coin for relatively little money and still have a feeling they just got something valuable. It goes without saying that they have practically no real value and the only one really profitting from them is the seller/issuer, but that's just how the free market works, sadly. If there's a buyer for such coins, there's always someone who would manufacture and sell them.
My only hint for now is it isn't British, or even British-ish (E.g. Isle of Man, Falklands etc).
Got fed up of you all solving mine too quickly. 😉
EDIT: The more I compare them, the more convinced mine looks slightly wrong even allowing for quite significant wear. But I just can't see the difference, maybe his nose? Hopefully, it's just tired eyes & not that mine is a forgery.
(Not that I paid much, so not end of the world if it was…)
LATE EDIT: Removed original pic & swapped out with a better one under natural light.
This is the original pic under indoor lighting, purely for reference.
But because of funny lighting, here's the Numista image, roughly same crop.
My only hint for now is it isn't British, or even British-ish (E.g. Isle of Man, Falklands etc).
Got fed up of you all solving mine too quickly. 😉
EDIT: The more I compare them, the more convinced mine looks slightly wrong even allowing for quite significant wear. But I just can't see the difference, maybe his nose? Hopefully, it's just tired eyes & not that mine is a forgery.
(Not that I paid much, so not end of the world if it was…)
I’m going to imagine it is perhaps an Italian state coin. however to your point, I can see fairly significant differences in several places..
the man’s nose is more hooked in yours than the Numista. Similarly the position of the lion to the cloak is off. The womens mid section dress where the fabric moves upward and downwards into the ribbon just above the mid section does not match imo.
Yea, it's one of those funny pieces in my collection. I've never looked that closely, I suppose it could be general wear or just slight differences in the die used.
I've also found a few images around the internet and some have a similar, slightly rounded, nose. Some have more complete “O” ears rather than “n” shaped. Some are graded despite the differences by NGC so who knows what's going on here. 🤷♂️
Either way, it should be identifiable (plus there's Numista's own image too). 🙂
It does have the exact diameter measurements & is within tolerance for weight. Plus it has that satisfying “ping” that silver has (Oh look, is that a hint? 😉).
Anyway, I'll also confirm it isn't Italian (or proto-Italian). And that's true for both the issuer and the the event being commemorated which may or may not be the same.
I don't know it, but it looks like Earth with some kind of tether on the left to some sort of orbiting object (e.g. Satellite) leaving a little trail behind it (the little dots).
But I'm away from the Internet for a week or so, so I'll not be making any guesses because I won't be around to add a new image.
This is one of the very few real* non-circulating coins in my collection, because I only collect them if:
1) they were issued for multiple years
2) are not made of pure silver or gold
3) are not colored, silver/gold plated, or made of strange metals (platinum, iridium etc) or other strange materials.
*By real I mean such coin that does not resemble any coin that was in circulation during that period and could've not been easily spent. As an explanation I will give few examples of coins that are “non-circulating” according to Numista, but I do not consider them as such, as they resemble or are (almost) identical to circulating coins of that country at that period and can/could be easily spent:
Well, I've had a flick through the catalogue (Non-Circulating, non-precious, with the aircraft tag). I got nothing.
Plenty of aircraft coins, very few dedicated to people though, fewer still for a pair. I initially assumed the Wright Brothers, then Earhart & Noonan, then Alcock & Brown. The catalogue pinged up Abe & Kawachi, and Darius & Girėnas but doesn't seem to be them either.
Finally understand what I'm looking at though, a single propeller aircraft direct on.
Well, I've had a flick through the catalogue (Non-Circulating, non-precious, with the aircraft tag). I got nothing.
Plenty of aircraft coins, very few dedicated to people though, fewer still for a pair. I initially assumed the Wright Brothers, then Earhart & Noonan, then Alcock & Brown. The catalogue pinged up Abe & Kawachi, and Darius & Girėnas but doesn't seem to be them either.
Finally understand what I'm looking at though, a single propeller aircraft direct on.
But I reckon I'm beat. Good job. 🙂
I think there was a small misunderstanding. It could have been precious, just not .999
Sorry but I believe it was fun when it didn't take 3 days and multiple hints to find the coin or when you spend hours looking for a coin and it turns out to be a medal or a banknote instead . Of course people lose interest when they spend hours and hours searching for something they many times don't even understand what the heck the picture is showing. Once people decided the goal was to win by stumping everyone for as long as they could, it was no longer fun.
Sorry but I believe it was fun when it didn't take 3 days and multiple hints to find the coin or when you spend hours looking for a coin and it turns out to be a medal or a banknote instead . Of course people lose interest when they spend hours and hours searching for something they many times don't even understand what the heck the picture is showing. Once people decided the goal was to win by stumping everyone for as long as they could, it was no longer fun.
Well, sorry, I didn't think my last coin was that difficult to find
Don't take it personally. It was obvious it was an airplane from the start and I would have found it easily after the aviation hint if I hadn't use “Non precious” in the search. Rereading the original post it didn't say non-precious so that's on me.
I think there are still lots of recognizable circulating coins which no one has used so far, so it could be quite fun is someone used those (and not speaking of banknotes of course 🙂). It's always quite difficult to recognize NCLTs if you don't collect the exact country which issued them.
I think it’s a little bit of fatigue as well as a few posts that were primed to stump than anything else.
perhaps there can be some ground rules
- only non-commem standard coins
- coins issued say since 1850
- the picture should be unique and distinct. For instance, the previous pic which had a plane was distinctive even if I couldn’t figure it out. However something like a partial flower or leaf that is generic should be avoided
alternately, the poster can set the criteria without giving away the game. So the previous coin for example, a description as follows could have accompanied
- Region : Americas
- Date range : 1950- later
- type : commemorative
- metal : non precious.
I think certainly makes things easier, but people would likely still have to put in some work. however atleast it becomes a little bit more of a directed fun hunt
