Additions to your collection - January, 2018

Cita: "Essor Prof"​Burundi:
​
​
​It looks like a very common coin but I'm the only one on Numista with this date on the swaplist: https://en.numista.com/echanges/liste.php?piece=4385

Cita: "druzhynets"​​You're the only one with this date on the swaplist, but overall there are 117 members who have this date.

Cita: "Essor Prof"​

Cita: "druzhynets"​​You're the only one with this date on the swaplist, but overall there are 117 members who have this date.
​
​

​​I didn't say it is a rare coin. I've only said it's not as common as you would think because I'm the only one with this date on the exchange list.

Cita: "druzhynets"​​Yes, I know what you mean, I only added some more statistic info. This coin isn't rare but it's not that common on Numista - there are thousands of members here and only 117 have this date.​

Cita: "Dato Mikeladze"​
​
​Found these two Parthian silvers 2 days ago. too happy :)

Cita: "nthn"​What is that dinosaur footprint thing?

Cita: "Dato Mikeladze"​

Cita: "nthn"​What is that dinosaur footprint thing?

​​Its an arrow point.

Cita: "druzhynets"​That's true - usually we have no information on how many coins were melted after demonetisation and also we won't ever know how many of the coins just got lost and they lie somewhere in the ground.

Cita: "Essor Prof"​​​The Belgian Catalogue (Morin) provides the percentages of the coins that didn't return to the Mint after demonetisation for almost every type.
​And there are big differences, for instance:
​
​https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces255.html: only 5.52 % of the coins didn't return to the Mint after demonetisation, what makes this coin expensive of course.
​https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces517.html and https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces270.html: 99.861 % of the coins didn't return to the Mint after demonetisation

Cita: "Quant-Geek"​Another one identified...
​
​
​
​
​And the one that already exists:
​
​Byzantine Empire: Michael VII Ducas (1071-1078) Æ Follis, Constantinople (Sear-1878; DOC-14b)
​
​Obv: Bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, bearded, with cross behind, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised before breast in blessing, left hand holds book from beneath. In field, IC and XC above lateral arms of cross; six-pointed stars beneath them to left and right
​Rev: +MIX AHΛ RACIOΔ; Crowned bust of Michael facing, bearded, wearing modified loros with collar-piece and crown with cross and pendilia, holding in right hand labarum, in left globus cruciger
​
​
​

Cita: "Choucas"​

Cita: "Quant-Geek"​Another one identified...
​​
​​
​​
​​
​​And the one that already exists:
​​
​​Byzantine Empire: Michael VII Ducas (1071-1078) Æ Follis, Constantinople (Sear-1878; DOC-14b)
​​
​​Obv: Bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, bearded, with cross behind, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised before breast in blessing, left hand holds book from beneath. In field, IC and XC above lateral arms of cross; six-pointed stars beneath them to left and right
​​Rev: +MIX AHΛ RACIOΔ; Crowned bust of Michael facing, bearded, wearing modified loros with collar-piece and crown with cross and pendilia, holding in right hand labarum, in left globus cruciger
​​
​​
​​

​I would definitely not mess with this Christ and this Michael. They both look so angry.

Cita: "Quant-Geek"​If you don't like these posts, let me know and I'll stop . ​
​

Cita: "atdavid"​

Cita: "Quant-Geek"​If you don't like these posts, let me know and I'll stop . ​
​​

​​No! Please don't stop! Keep them coming! It's fascinating. I do have a question for you though... Out of curiosity, what attracted you to this lot of coins when it seems there are a lot you already have (and the ones you have look phenomenal).

Cita: "Quant-Geek"​Here is another one:
​
​
​
​And one that already exists in my collection:
​
​Byzantine Empire: Leo VI the Wise (886-912) Æ Follis, Constantinople (Sear-1729; DOC 8)
​
​Obv.: +LEON bASILEVS ROM; crowned bust facing with short beard, wearing chlamys, holding akakia.
​Rev.: +LEON / EN QEO bA / SILEVS R / OMEON
​
​
​

Cita: "oggy"​Welcome back QG
​
​My first additions of the year:
​
​
​
​
​

Cita: "Dato Mikeladze"​What a beautiful ZAR 5 $  !!! Congratulations!
​

Cita: "oggy"​

Cita: "Dato Mikeladze"​What a beautiful ZAR 5 $  !!! Congratulations!
​​

​​
​Thanks!! It's clearly been cleaned, but it's NOT been mounted, which is very rare to impossible to find amongst the double shaft ZAR Crowns. Not sure how many survive of the original 4000 odd minted, as Kruger got into quite some trouble for it.
​
​If you don't know the story, the SA mint wasn't up and running yet, so he asked a foreign mint to produce the coins. However the wagons on the coin had a double shaft and wheels all the same size like the dutch, and not like the South African 'Voortrekken' wagons - Obviously this caused quite some consternation amongst the settlers, and it was quickly fixed to the single shaft type with properly large rear wheels!

Cita: "oggy"​The first 3 are a set of Icelandic 1930 10, 2, and 5 Kronur.
​
​In 1929 the government decided to commemorate 1000 years of the 'Althing' or Icelandic parliament, so tendered out a contract which the Saxon state mint won.
​
​They are strictly speaking coins, though I think they are considered more medals now. The obverse on both the 2 and 10 krone depict the 4 Landvættir, or 'great guardians of iceland' - Each of them protected one quarter of the land according to the sagas.
​
​The last one is a 1892 5 Shillings 'double shaft' from the ZAR

Cita: "sc.rednek"​Got my 1803 half cent today! Second lowest mintage of the 8 year run of Draped Bust half cents, just 92,000.
​
​
​
​Compared with the 1803 penny I got yesterday. I paid quite a bit more for the half cent than the cent even though it's worse condition, but 92.000 half's for that year, vs 3,131,691 for the cent.
​
​

Cita: "Quant-Geek"​​​Very nice! I have been meaning to start collecting US large cents and half cents for a while, but been postponing it. Very tempting, indeed. If I do start, it will just be a type set though and I wouldnt go crazy. I already have type sets for the small cents from my childhood collection. Maybe I should start taking pics of my "modern" coinage one of these days. Most of that collection resembles what most of the numista collectors collect...

Cita: "Choucas"​

Cita: "oggy"​The first 3 are a set of Icelandic 1930 10, 2, and 5 Kronur.
​​
​​In 1929 the government decided to commemorate 1000 years of the 'Althing' or Icelandic parliament, so tendered out a contract which the Saxon state mint won.
​​
​​They are strictly speaking coins, though I think they are considered more medals now. The obverse on both the 2 and 10 krone depict the 4 Landvættir, or 'great guardians of iceland' - Each of them protected one quarter of the land according to the sagas.
​​
​​The last one is a 1892 5 Shillings 'double shaft' from the ZAR

​​Beautiful coins... congratulations ! I especially like the icelandic coins. I'd like to grab them some day (unfortunately they are quite rare and/or expensive) ! I like the design, especially the first one. If I remember right, the face value is on the edge, which is making them coins stricto sensu ? I think i read that once but not sure. If that so, i do not have any example on mind of other coins whose face value is located on the edge.
​Again, congrats and thanks for sharing !!

Cita: "sc.rednek"​

Cita: "Quant-Geek"​​​Very nice! I have been meaning to start collecting US large cents and half cents for a while, but been postponing it. Very tempting, indeed. If I do start, it will just be a type set though and I wouldnt go crazy. I already have type sets for the small cents from my childhood collection. Maybe I should start taking pics of my "modern" coinage one of these days. Most of that collection resembles what most of the numista collectors collect...

​Thank you!
​
​​Good luck with 1793, unless you're much richer than me! My goal is all the non-gold US types back to 1800, not rich enough for those back to 1793. On the way I have an 1814 cent (coming home from germany, and 17 days later it's nearly hear, last scan showed it in Chattanooga) and 1853 half cent (Coming from a russian place, 14 days and tracking still shows it in the russian post). There's only one version of the coronet head half cent, unlike 2 types for the one cent.
​
​So yeah my type collection is coming along, here's the copper/bronze, those two gaps are getting filled once they arrive.
​
​

Cita: "Dato Mikeladze"​
​
​Found these two Parthian silvers 2 days ago. too happy :)

Cita: "Bartweegie"​​Is metal detecting allowed in Georgia? They just made it a crime (formerly a criminal offence) in Poland. Metal detectorists (although some rightly so) were added to an ever-increasing list of the "enemies of the people" there.

Cita: "Giobruno"​

Cita: "Bartweegie"​​Is metal detecting allowed in Georgia? They just made it a crime (formerly a criminal offence) in Poland. Metal detectorists (although some rightly so) were added to an ever-increasing list of the "enemies of the people" there.

​​What???
​
​
​My turn: got a half dozen coins today, highlights are a Brazil 2000 réis 1929 (my 100th silver coin) and a beautiful french commemorative, 1 franc Charles de Gaulle 1988.
​

Cita: "druzhynets"​

Cita: "Giobruno"​
​

Cita: "Bartweegie"​​Is metal detecting allowed in Georgia? They just made it a crime (formerly a criminal offence) in Poland. Metal detectorists (although some rightly so) were added to an ever-increasing list of the "enemies of the people" there.

​​​What???
​​
​​
​​My turn: got a half dozen coins today, highlights are a Brazil 2000 réis 1929 (my 100th silver coin) and a beautiful french commemorative, 1 franc Charles de Gaulle 1988.
​​

​​That's true, metal detecting in Poland is illegal and you can get into jail.

Cita: "Giobruno"​

Cita: "druzhynets"​
​

Cita: "Giobruno"​
​​
​

Cita: "Bartweegie"​​Is metal detecting allowed in Georgia? They just made it a crime (formerly a criminal offence) in Poland. Metal detectorists (although some rightly so) were added to an ever-increasing list of the "enemies of the people" there.

​​​​What???
​​​
​​​
​​​My turn: got a half dozen coins today, highlights are a Brazil 2000 réis 1929 (my 100th silver coin) and a beautiful french commemorative, 1 franc Charles de Gaulle 1988.
​​​

​​​That's true, metal detecting in Poland is illegal and you can get into jail.

​​Alright, but what do they mean as metal detectors being enemies of the people?

Cita: "Quant-Geek"Macedonian Kingdom: Amyntas III (393-370/69 BCE) Æ Unit, Aigai or Pella (Westermark, Remarks, type 2; SNG ANS 47-8; SNG Alpha Bank 231-5)