Palladium coin set, magnificient and plated with Ruthenium. 2 more weird metals in my collection.
Biggest coin is 48mm and weighs 64 grams.
This shows the lettered edge.
The coins were jumping around in the box, so I have put them in new flips, thank goodness for the 2½ inch (63mm) size.
Lets hope May is a good month for you all. When our 1 in 200 year flood clears here, they will go in the vault.
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 got these in April but I think I forgot to share them. 2nd series (1914 for £1, 1915 for 10/-) UK Treasury notes.
Now making my earliest centralised British notes (rather than local branches, like the Derby ones from last month).
Don't see 1st series (1914 for both denominations) entering the collection soon; prices be silly.
Watermarks
And although neither coins nor banknotes, I got a bunch of postal orders & an imperial reply coupon. Just a fun little gift from a friend.
I particularly like the Imperial coupon. According to a particularly long research paper I found, there are 8 “Britannia” style reply coupons (the changes being rather slight, much like signature variants on notes). This is the final “Type VIII”. Design changed completely for “Type IX”.
Of course, you can get them stamped for many different countries, mine is a GB one. Don't think I'll fall down the rabbit hole of getting each type in each country though!
Those notes are nice, you are right the first series that look like lolly wrappers in my opinion, are scarce and expensive.
Plus those notes were designed to get rid of circulating gold coin, the second war was declared, yet gold sovereigns and halves went on being minted through 1914 and 1915 in London and up to 1932 in the colonies (Although most cut down in the war years and only revived in the peaceful and prosperous 20s).
1914 and 1915 Half sovereigns - WW1 era and minted in Sydney.
Here in NZ, we already had circulating pound notes since the year dot (1840) of settlement and all the trading banks had them, but only in late 1916 did the banks start issuing 10 bob notes. I don't have any, way too expensive ($1000+ and up).
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
The photos do make them look rather nicer than they are. The 10/- is fair given the age but the lower left 1/8th on the £1 is just barely hanging on. Still, didn't pay the world for them so happy days.
The first series had an incredibly short run. £1 launched 7th August, second series released 23rd October. So about 2.5 months.
10/- had about 5 months between first & second series.
They turn up often enough over here, a few every year on auctions & nearly always some overpriced “buy it now” style.
I rather prefer the first to second series though, even if they do look like lollipops! 😛
There's some fascinating reading about their launch. I recall reading about a newspaper article shortly after launch which, basically, read as “Johnny Englishman will happily accept banknotes in place of gold coins because he has the utmost faith in his government, the BoE, and that we're going to win this war. In his eyes, this bit of paper is equal to gold. Only overdramatic women (not of course British ladies) & uneducated foreigners (especially of the Jewish pursuation) are still trying to withdraw gold coins.”.
Obviously very hammed up for patriotic effect, but fascinating to read all the same.
Also a lot of hidden controversy around them politically because they were launched by the Treasury and not the Bank of England. They reckon that's why the Bank of England building was put on Series A in 1928 - a direct “reply” to the bank of the Third series of Treasury £1 which featured the Houses of Parliament.
Basically a statement of “we're in charge of the money, thank you very muchbut we allowed the Treasury notes to exist as we were at war…".
I'd have to double check our dates. I think our first banknotes were from 1696 (Scottish, 1697 English) but they were rather like modern cheques made payable to a person for any value.
Ones in fixed denominations but requiring manual signatures I think followed around 1720.
Fixed denominations with printed signature was 1855. (Many banks outside the BoE still required manual signatures into at least the 1930s).
Just looked up your 1916 NZ 10/-, what an unusual colour. Pink. Wonder if it was the cheaper paper back then being unbleached. That's the reason the Financial Times (UK newspaper) was originally printed on pink - think they still do, though now just for heritage / recognition purposes.
Some new additions to my “Coin Zoo” thanks to iiruig for my first completed swap!
The quest to snag an animal from every country continues :)
"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
Great start and I see your eye for quality. Lucky for you, the possibilities for collecting a coin zoo are just endless. Birds alone could fill many albums. Good luck in your endeavours. One of my new pieces has a horsie - but it does not come cheap!
Meanwhile these coins of mine may have been struck by wild animals. Hammered coins are not a pretty sight in this age of machine made perfection. But I love the charm and age of these pieces. We go back nearly 400 years for these English classics, bought as a job lot off a dealer who offers things to me privately.
As you can see from last month, its been raining Stuart era coins for me. Now its the turn of the earlier, hammered and crazier part of the 1600s.
The star is another Charles I halfcrown and this is my third of the type, by far the most round, well struck and yet its still pretty worn (VG - Fine). This one is interesting as its minted under Parliament despite the King all over it. The mintmark of sceptre dates it to 1646 - 1648, a time when Charles had lost the war and was a prisoner of Parliament, before he went rogue and the it just went all wrong. Weak striking and wear make this coin look every one of its 377 years of age (Then again I have seen halfcrowns from 1901 much worse than this).
This one is his father James, its even more worn, but shows a date of 1604, a sixpence. A first coinage as it starts with Exurgat. Generally decent, but the past 421 years have been hell for this piece! The lis mintmark also labels it as 1604 vintage, a great year for wonky silver coins with beruffed bearded men on them.
Back to Charley for our other 2 sixpences.
Charles started personal rule and also ended the courtesy on putting dates on some of the coins. Fortunately the Portcullis mintmark securely dates the coin to 1631 - 33 and its the first type, Charles loses the 16th century ruffs and replaces it with a height of facing lacy Van Dyke collar and 17th century hippified hairdo. Again the quality of minting and preservation is marginal. But enough survives to know what it is.
This one is more worn and clipped, the barrel (tun) at top makes the coin a few years later (1636 - 1638) and the inner line is gone along with CR on the shield. This coin shows signs of having been clipped too.
Overall a great addition to my collection as my Elizabethan sixpences abound, but Jacobean and Carolean ones lack.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
Great start and I see your eye for quality. Lucky for you, the possibilities for collecting a coin zoo are just endless. Birds alone could fill many albums. Good luck in your endeavours. One of my new pieces has a horsie - but it does not come cheap!
Meanwhile these coins of mine may have been struck by wild animals. Hammered coins are not a pretty sight in this age of machine made perfection. But I love the charm and age of these pieces. We go back nearly 400 years for these English classics, bought as a job lot off a dealer who offers things to me privately.
As you can see from last month, its been raining Stuart era coins for me. Now its the turn of the earlier, hammered and crazier part of the 1600s.
The star is another Charles I halfcrown and this is my third of the type, by far the most round, well struck and yet its still pretty worn (VG - Fine). This one is interesting as its minted under Parliament despite the King all over it. The mintmark of sceptre dates it to 1646 - 1648, a time when Charles had lost the war and was a prisoner of Parliament, before he went rogue and the it just went all wrong. Weak striking and wear make this coin look every one of its 377 years of age (Then again I have seen halfcrowns from 1901 much worse than this).
This one is his father James, its even more worn, but shows a date of 1604, a sixpence. A first coinage as it starts with Exurgat. Generally decent, but the past 421 years have been hell for this piece! The lis mintmark also labels it as 1604 vintage, a great year for wonky silver coins with beruffed bearded men on them.
Back to Charley for our other 2 sixpences.
Charles started personal rule and also ended the courtesy on putting dates on some of the coins. Fortunately the Portcullis mintmark securely dates the coin to 1631 - 33 and its the first type, Charles loses the 16th century ruffs and replaces it with a height of facing lacy Van Dyke collar and 17th century hippified hairdo. Again the quality of minting and preservation is marginal. But enough survives to know what it is.
This one is more worn and clipped, the barrel (tun) at top makes the coin a few years later (1636 - 1638) and the inner line is gone along with CR on the shield. This coin shows signs of having been clipped too.
Overall a great addition to my collection as my Elizabethan sixpences abound, but Jacobean and Carolean ones lack.
Thank you for such a great and detailed reply!, Those coins are beautiful. So far the oldest coin in my collection is I think 1901. Ancient coins are one area that I really have interest, but my lack of knowledge makes me the perfect victim for those people selling fakes. I think as my knowledge grows I will begin to gravitate more towards these types of coins.
I am very quickly filling out my first 3 inch binder and you are correct birds alone fill up most of it.
I chose to do the zoo thing mostly because I wanted something that I could sit down with the kids and flip through and keep them somewhat interested. It's been fun finding each coin and then tasking the kids with finding out the species (even though I already have it from the description here half the time :P)
Currently I'm sorting out each animal by it's biological name in alphabetical order and we're getting a kick out of seeing how they are grouped, and also learning quite a bit along the way. I'm currently thinking about what to do with all the coins as it's obvious that we're going to fill this giant binder much quicker than I anticipated.
On a side note, I told the kids to put anything 1964 or older in a pile and digging through one of the bags we found this!. It's not much but was pretty excited to find silver in a bulk bag that I assumed had been picked to death. Now I just need to decide if I'm adding this to the Kangaroo page, or the Ostrich page. haha.
"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
Not that it'll resolve your issue, but that's an emu not an ostrich. 😛
It for sure saved some time looking it up :) I always have to double check. I've found that the Rhea also gets misidentified a lot as an Ostrich on most South American coins also. I had a neighbor who raised Emu growing up, I've never encountered Ostrich outside of a zoo, but Emo are some mean birds. :P
"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
So far the oldest coin in my collection is I think 1901.
Not sure how available they are in the USA, but there are nice jetons which
go back a few hundred years before that. Most of mine are from France, but I
have some from other places - here are a few zoo jetons of mine from Germany …
💓
These are impressive, I'm fascinated with how detailed a lot of these are considering the age the craftsmanship involved is incredible.
From my limited research there isn't a lot in North America, it's one of those things like Castles, we are just too young, but I also have not even scratched the surface yet and I'm sure Mexico and South American have some treasures.
"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
I remember reading somewhere that an Emu & Kangaroo were chosen as the supporters for the following reasons:
1 - Abundant enough to be recognised by most Australians
2 - About the only land animals large enough to support a shield. (I.e. Scalable design)
3 - Neither can walk backwards easily, going with (the Commonwealth of) Australia's motto “Advance Australia”
Thank you!, This is some fascinating history. I recall reading a little about this in the past but didn't dive too deep into it. It absolutely does not surprise me that the Emu won.
It makes me think of how we in the States like to put the Buffalo on all of our coinage when the U.S. government and specifically the U.S. Army are responsible for the near extinction of the species.
"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
Just remember the Australians fought a war against the emus. And lost!
In our defence, it was just a couple blokes driving around the desert in a ute armed with machine guns firing aimlessly at flocks of emus!
Many of the farmers in the area were ex-servicemen and went to the military for assistance with emus destroying their crops. Because tasking the military with this role was obviously the smartest idea! (Hint: it wasn’t! Emus are quick!)
But yes — we lost. Definitely still a sore point for us Aussies to this day!
It was at the post office for collection at the beginning of the month - four new magazines about coins and banknotes. This time dedicated to: Croatia, Republic of Congo, Colombia, and South Africa. Plus two binders and magazine boxes.
It's a pleasure, and I say it again, everything UNC in the packaging.
I don't usually post in monthly forum, but starting this May I want to make it a habit.
I have picked up few coin sets recently.
1. Mozambique 1954-1962 UNC set:
I don't think this is an official mint set, I couldn't find any information about official issues. Most likely it was issued by some third-party company, like FM or Anco. But the coins are all UNC, so I decided to get it, because early Mozambican coins are not very common in good condition. As a bonus, 1 escudo coin is from 1962, which is a key date.
2. Macau 1967 UNC set:
I guess it is also not an official set, as the issuer (publisher, according to the set) is “Sharifhouse collection”. This set is quite rare, very hard to come by if you are not in Hong Kong or Macau. Both coins are uncirculated.
3. Peru 2007 mint set
Interestingly, I couldn't find any information about this mint set. Seems that it is rather rare as none shows up on google. The only thing I was able to find, is a similar set from a different year on eBay. If you know more about this set, contact me. Any further information would be appreciated.
A note from Serb Republic of Krajina is probably the least Croatian possible banknote ….
But like everything else in those kiddie magazines, they are the cheapest possible. There were mountains of these kinds of notes issued between 1990 and 1993, usually ex Soviet stans, and eastern bloc countries, statelets. Most were rendered useless by inflation and were destroyed or stockpiled.
The Numista page shows it as the lowest value of the October 1993 Dinar - N#209370 The worthless note was in a series of notes going up to 50 Billion Dinara (I kid you not) and was essentially Yugoslavian.
The other note is still in use and is worth 3 cents face value, although interesting as it has values in English and Swahili besides the usual French.
The Colombian coins are obselete, yet still legal tender at 0.4 and 0.8 of a NZ cent each (Half that for US), and 20 pesos replaced by a smaller coin. South Africa stopped issuing 1c and 2c in 2001 as they were too worthless and its smallest coin now is 10c, which is also sub 1 cent.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
Was on vacation the last couple weeks through Iceland, UK and France. Needless to say I picked up several coins at Charing Cross Market in London, coin craft and from the monnaie de Paris. Blew a bit through my budget, but very happy with all the pieces I got.
ill start with the newer stuff from MdP. Always liked the 3 Musketeers, the book and the chocolate lol. So of course I picked up this series
Wow a bunch of cool pickups already!! Awesome to see
I haven’t gotten anything lately. Been saving up some money for a trip next month and some other stuff, but I definitely am eyeing a couple coins I want to get. So maybe
I did get a couple Canadian pennies in my change back from the gas station last night tho. Living in New York I always find Canadians, so I’m used to it. Nothing special, just a couple from the ’70s
Nothing else outside of those tho
BUT I’m going down to Texas to visit my girlfriend next month! So that’s awesome. Maybe I’ll check out a coin show or something if there’s one going on while I’m down there
I actually was just digging through my collection a little bit ago and picking out a bunch of coins to give her. gonna put them all together and let her dig through them! 50 coins in total, including silver. Nothing too crazy, but she’s been super supportive of me and my collection and she loves hearing me talk about them and about my interests. So I figured I’d give her something I’m passionate about to keep and look through! She’s excited to see what I dug out for her, so I’ll be sure to let y‘all know what happens with that!
Cant wait to see what else y’all get this month! It’s always awesome seeing everything!
Wow a bunch of cool pickups already!! Awesome to see
I haven’t gotten anything lately. Been saving up some money for a trip next month and some other stuff, but I definitely am eyeing a couple coins I want to get. So maybe
I did get a couple Canadian pennies in my change back from the gas station last night tho. Living in New York I always find Canadians, so I’m used to it. Nothing special, just a couple from the ’70s
Nothing else outside of those tho
BUT I’m going down to Texas to visit my girlfriend next month! So that’s awesome. Maybe I’ll check out a coin show or something if there’s one going on while I’m down there
I actually was just digging through my collection a little bit ago and picking out a bunch of coins to give her. gonna put them all together and let her dig through them! 50 coins in total, including silver. Nothing too crazy, but she’s been super supportive of me and my collection and she loves hearing me talk about them and about my interests. So I figured I’d give her something I’m passionate about to keep and look through! She’s excited to see what I dug out for her, so I’ll be sure to let y‘all know what happens with that!
Cant wait to see what else y’all get this month! It’s always awesome seeing everything!
Until next time 👋
Thats awesome, hopefully it's a hobby you two can share!, My GF is also very supportive and while she does not have much of an interest in collecting coins specifically, she collects all things Hello Kitty and when she found out that there are hello kitty coins she suddenly was very interested in my hobby :) She's got quite the collection so far, my wallet is not nearly as heavy as it was. 😆
"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
Was on vacation the last couple weeks through Iceland, UK and France. Needless to say I picked up several coins at Charing Cross Market in London, coin craft and from the monnaie de Paris. Blew a bit through my budget, but very happy with all the pieces I got.
ill start with the newer stuff from MdP. Always liked the 3 Musketeers, the book and the chocolate lol. So of course I picked up this series
Oh man, these are great!. I recently picked up the Isle of Man Peter Pan and Alice in Wonderland coins, now I think that I MUST have these to start a literary coin collection :)
"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
Thats awesome, hopefully it's a hobby you two can share!, My GF is also very supportive and while she does not have much of an interest in collecting coins specifically, she collects all things Hello Kitty and when she found out that there are hello kitty coins she suddenly was very interested in my hobby :) She's got quite the collection so far, my wallet is not nearly as heavy as it was. 😆
YES oh my god 😭 She absolutely LOVES Hello Kitty and the Sanrio characters! She has so much HK stuff. So ofc I had to show her some of the Hello Kitty coins on Numista! I do plan on getting her one of her favorite sometime (My Melody), but unfortunately the nicer ones are out of my current price range (and quite hard to find!) at the moment. But I will be getting her one one day! That’s for sure!
Though there is a really nice proof set from Japan from 2004 that I’ll probably get her too!
Your gf has quite the collection herself! Even got them all displayed nice! That’s awesome (minus the lighter wallet!)
Thats awesome, hopefully it's a hobby you two can share!, My GF is also very supportive and while she does not have much of an interest in collecting coins specifically, she collects all things Hello Kitty and when she found out that there are hello kitty coins she suddenly was very interested in my hobby :) She's got quite the collection so far, my wallet is not nearly as heavy as it was. 😆
YES oh my god 😭 She absolutely LOVES Hello Kitty and the Sanrio characters! She has so much HK stuff. So ofc I had to show her some of the Hello Kitty coins on Numista! I do plan on getting her one of her favorite sometime (My Melody), but unfortunately the nicer ones are out of my current price range (and quite hard to find!) at the moment. But I will be getting her one one day! That’s for sure!
Though there is a really nice proof set from Japan from 2004 that I’ll probably get her too!
Your gf has quite the collection herself! Even got them all displayed nice! That’s awesome (minus the lighter wallet!)
Tell me about it!, the amount of hoops I went through to find the Nuie My Melody coin was crazy. I had to have a friend in China source it and verify it was real for me before shipping it to the US.
I've been looking at those 2004 sets they are really nice but I see two different variants one in a plastic hello kitty shell and one in a box and I'm pretty sure one of the two is fake. I've been hesitant to order one.
I'm keeping an eye out for the Cook Island ones but those are going for INSANE prices and from what I've gathered there seem to be quite a few fakes of those specifically.
"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
Tell me about it!, the amount of hoops I went through to find the Nuie My Melody coin was crazy. I had to have a friend in China source it and verify it was real for me before shipping it to the US.
I've been looking at those 2004 sets they are really nice but I see two different variants one in a plastic hello kitty shell and one in a box and I'm pretty sure one of the two is fake. I've been hesitant to order one.
I'm keeping an eye out for the Cook Island ones but those are going for INSANE prices and from what I've gathered there seem to be quite a few fakes of those specifically.
That’s the one I was looking at finding for her! It’s SOOO hard to come by. Super awesome you were able to snag one!
I didn’t notice that about the proof sets tho. I’ll have to take a better look at them when I get a chance
Yep, the cook island ones are far out of my range. Which is unfortunate because I’m sure she’d love to have them. I quite like the one with Hello Kitty holding the umbrella in front of the red double decker bus! I thought that one was cool
I saw that France had put out some Hello Kitty coins as well, but I haven’t looked into those ones that much. Maybe I will on break at work later tonight
I quite like the one with Hello Kitty holding the umbrella in front of the red double decker bus! I thought that one was cool
I saw that France had put out some Hello Kitty coins as well, but I haven’t looked into those ones that much. Maybe I will on break at work later tonight
These are the France ones, the ones on the left are the 2005 set (N#45152), and the three on the right are the 2024 set (N#430217)
This is the one we are hunting now, N#340363, we have 102/500 of the My Melody but the last time I saw one of these come up for sale they wanted like 400 USD, and that puts it up there with the Cook Islands in almost un-obtainable.
For the 2024 France set, check out https://www.teutoburger-muenzhandel.de/ , they put up Auctions on ebay at low prices and the auctions are all in German so they tend to slip through the searches. I was able to get all three of the hello kitty coins for an average of about 70 USD each vs the 120USD that most of the other auctions were going for.
"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
You know we had a recent thread of 300 posts - slamming Hello Kitty type coins and decrying the flood of irrelevant and overpriced NCLT (Non circulating legal tender) coins minted in the USA mostly by Power Coin and other 3rd party mints like Pojoby, NZ Mint and other non official ones.
Last few posts have really showcased the amateurish side of coin collecting a lot.
I really think we should stick to classical circulating coins here woth at least $5 per coin, unless part of a set.
And a separate thread for the cheap coins (the Canadian 1 cents and Mimaels kiddie magazines) and NCLT tatt. I don't like showing 400 year old and palladium coins next to kiddie stuff, and I am sure the more seasoned collectors don't either.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
You know we had a recent thread of 300 posts - slamming Hello Kitty type coins and decrying the flood of irrelevant and overpriced NCLT (Non circulating legal tender) coins minted in the USA mostly by Power Coin and other 3rd party mints like Pojoby, NZ Mint and other non official ones.
Last few posts have really showcased the amateurish side of coin collecting a lot.
I really think we should stick to classical circulating coins here woth at least $5 per coin, unless part of a set.
And a separate thread for the cheap coins (the Canadian 1 cents and Mimaels kiddie magazines) and NCLT tatt. I don't like showing 400 year old and palladium coins next to kiddie stuff, and I am sure the more seasoned collectors don't either.
That sounds like a thread full of people who would be really fun to talk to at a dinner party. 🙄 Not sure why so many people are concerned with what others enjoy.
On a side note, I snagged this today. :) Had to have a Moose in the zoo.
"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
You know we had a recent thread of 300 posts - slamming Hello Kitty type coins and decrying the flood of irrelevant and overpriced NCLT (Non circulating legal tender) coins minted in the USA mostly by Power Coin and other 3rd party mints like Pojoby, NZ Mint and other non official ones.
Last few posts have really showcased the amateurish side of coin collecting a lot.
I really think we should stick to classical circulating coins here woth at least $5 per coin, unless part of a set.
And a separate thread for the cheap coins (the Canadian 1 cents and Mimaels kiddie magazines) and NCLT tatt. I don't like showing 400 year old and palladium coins next to kiddie stuff, and I am sure the more seasoned collectors don't either.
That sounds like a thread full of people who would be really fun to talk to at a dinner party. 🙄 Not sure why so many people are concerned with what others enjoy.
On a side note, I snagged this today. :) Had to have a Moose in the zoo.
That’s always a nice piece! Don’t worry about what you collect. If you have something to show, by all means show it! That other poster tends to post the same coins in various grades which seems monotonous and unnecessary, but to each his own. we can all appreciate the sentiment of adding new coins to one’s collections. if they can’t appreciate that, they can go elsewhere
You know we had a recent thread of 300 posts - slamming Hello Kitty type coins and decrying the flood of irrelevant and overpriced NCLT (Non circulating legal tender) coins minted in the USA mostly by Power Coin and other 3rd party mints like Pojoby, NZ Mint and other non official ones.
Last few posts have really showcased the amateurish side of coin collecting a lot.
I really think we should stick to classical circulating coins here woth at least $5 per coin, unless part of a set.
And a separate thread for the cheap coins (the Canadian 1 cents and Mimaels kiddie magazines) and NCLT tatt. I don't like showing 400 year old and palladium coins next to kiddie stuff, and I am sure the more seasoned collectors don't either.
That sounds like a thread full of people who would be really fun to talk to at a dinner party. 🙄 Not sure why so many people are concerned with what others enjoy.
On a side note, I snagged this today. :) Had to have a Moose in the zoo.
That’s always a nice piece! Don’t worry about what you collect. If you have something to show, by all means show it! That other poster tends to post the same coins in various grades which seems monotonous and unnecessary, but to each his own. we can all appreciate the sentiment of adding new coins to one’s collections. if they can’t appreciate that, they can go elsewhere
i will post the Astérix series I picked up next!
Thank you!, I'm not too bothered. Gatekeeping is a big problem in the photography communities as well I'm kind of used to it.
The one Niue HK “notcoin” in my collection is extremely limited mintage and in high demand so I don't really consider it cheap by any means. But I don't disagree that it's not a coin in the classic sense. The other 6 HK coins however are Monnaie de Paris and as far as I know are actual Euros. I was really only sharing because the previous poster was talking about getting his GF into the hobby. I think it's a great thing to be able to share a hobby with your partner. My GF will NEVER be the type of person who stairs at a crack in a coin for three hours debating if it should be VG or VG+ lol.
"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
Might be, but its still a coin that cost more due to its subject and the fact its a pop culture topic is why it sold. No one would pay that price for it, if it was just a regular coin.
Anyway I have agreed to live and let live. I will no longer subject anyone to my coins and we can enjoy the parade of Power coin, Hello Kitty and Coins of the world with its new 1 Notworthanythingnik coin from Forgettocommunistastan in 1992.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
Might be, but its still a coin that cost more due to its subject and the fact its a pop culture topic is why it sold. No one would pay that price for it, if it was just a regular coin.
Anyway I have agreed to live and let live. I will no longer subject anyone to my coins and we can enjoy the parade of Power coin, Hello Kitty and Coins of the world with its new 1 Notworthanythingnik coin from Forgettocommunistastan in 1992.
Thanks, appreciate the magnamity here. They will be missed (meh), but there will be no shortage of show and tells this month im quite sure
Might be, but its still a coin that cost more due to its subject and the fact its a pop culture topic is why it sold. No one would pay that price for it, if it was just a regular coin.
Anyway I have agreed to live and let live. I will no longer subject anyone to my coins and we can enjoy the parade of Power coin, Hello Kitty and Coins of the world with its new 1 Notworthanythingnik coin from Forgettocommunistastan in 1992.
No need for that I think there is room for everyone, I know very little when it comes to ancient coins so I appreciate the knowledge sharing.
I find it interesting to see what other people collect and to learn why they do. I'll be honest, I have no business even touching the kinds of coins you collect at the moment :)
As far as the Niue, I don't disagree with you that it's not an actual coin and I will never argue that it is. It's just a trinket that made my partner happy.
This isn't the coin section or a coin specific thread anyhow so we could call it a token and it's still appropriate to share it here.
"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
And a separate thread for the cheap coins (the Canadian 1 cents and Mimaels kiddie magazines) and NCLT tatt. I don't like showing 400 year old and palladium coins next to kiddie stuff, and I am sure the more seasoned collectors don't either.
So this really touched me and offended me.
Why Canadian cents? Why not even the dimes of America?
Or do we have a double standard? What is cheap is bad?
And MIMAEL is giving out children's magazines here? A millionaire in the Czech Republic and here he is giving out a cheap banknote that Serbian Krajina has squeezed out millions.
And he presents it right next to such a giant - a super collector - a superman from NZ?
Dear and dear collectors from all over the world, do not let your collecting skills and enthusiasm be poisoned. The diversity and variety of our collections is a joy and our demonstration of what everyone has acquired and added to their collection and it has made them happy.
And collectors from poorer countries where you can't afford to buy expensive gold and silver coins every week, don't despair. Here is a silver buyer presenting himself with money he may have acquired in a strange way and insulting everyone around him. I won't give up one-cent coins. And the aluminum one-halal and three-halal five-, socialist Czechoslovakian ones are more than a hundred kings and queens in silver for me. And I can really buy a gold ducat every day - I have the means.
Shame, disgrace, to insult everyone like this, and do it regularly.
Lets get real - poor countries, apart from the occasional person from the subcontinent (Who is usually at least well off there), how many people from “poor countries” post here. Excepting the one or two Indian people, nearly everyone else is USA, Canada, Australia, Europe (Mostly western, although yes you are eastern although Czechia is a wealthy and stable country) or Australian and New Zealander, all well off countries.
I have yet to see South American, Latin American, African outside South Africa and anyone from a Pacific Island like Niue, New Britain or Tonga. Even Asia is under represented unless its Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Israel and I think maybe someone from a rich Arab sheikdom like UAE or Kuwait.
The Kiddie Magazines are just sad - those coins are a complete scam and you know it.
Why not do your own whole thread dedicated to them, I have already decided to wind down my posting activities here anyway - so you won't see anymore silver and gold from me. I spent 47 years of my life being poor and 2 being rich - so I apologise for that. Just show rusted 1961 pennies from now on.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
Nice additions so far, especially those older notes shown by A Collector!
This month’s thread is actually the tenth year the monthly ‘additions to your collection’ thread has been running!
I have got a couple Australian pre-decimal silver coins on their way in the mail as we speak — I will post some photos of them when they arrive.
Looking forward to seeing those!, I've been slowly snagging more Australia silver. This one came in an estate sale auction lot I picked up last weekend. It's not much but it's Silver. I kind of like the toning on the one side, It makes me wonder what it's life was like to get in this condition.
"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
Nice additions so far, especially those older notes shown by A Collector!
This month’s thread is actually the tenth year the monthly ‘additions to your collection’ thread has been running!
I have got a couple Australian pre-decimal silver coins on their way in the mail as we speak — I will post some photos of them when they arrive.
Looking forward to seeing those!, I've been slowly snagging more Australia silver. This one came in an estate sale auction lot I picked up last weekend. It's not much but it's Silver. I kind of like the toning on the one side, It makes me wonder what it's life was like to get in this condition.
As promised, here’s the Astérix series. I ideally would have preferred all non coloured first, or coloured secondarily. Alas they had a mix, so I preferred not to miss out. Asterix comics were a favourite growing up!
As promised, here’s the Astérix series. I ideally would have preferred all non coloured first, or coloured secondarily. Alas they had a mix, so I preferred not to miss out. Asterix comics were a favourite growing up!
Oh wow, those are wonderful. I wasn't exposed to Asterix growing up and I was well into my 20's when I discovered the videogames. I grew up watching Peter Pan and Hook over and over again as a child so when I discovered these I had to have them. Same for Alice.
"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
very nice pieces there! There are several more coins of this Astérix series, but I won’t go out of my way to complete the series. Since I visited the Monnaie de Paris and saw them, it was more of an impulse buy than anything else. nice souvenirs for sure!
Jealous! I would love to find a complete set, I also need to find the alice in wonderland proof set. I have seen them on ebay but usually way over priced and almost as much to ship as they are worth. I was lucky to find someone in the US who already imported these.
"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
Yep, those are the two that I still don't have. I was thinking about biting the bullit and paying ebay prices after my trip this summer. FOMO is real.
"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
Amazing how quickly we switched to the invasion of NCLT tatt.
If the mods allow we should have a historic coins only thread. No NCLT, no budget coin magazines.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
Amazing how quickly we switched to the invasion of NCLT tatt.
If the mods allow we should have a historic coins only thread. No NCLT, no budget coin magazines.
Why a new thread about cheap ones and others. One thread was enough for another person on the planet from New Zealand. I don't think other people from NZ would contribute to a thread on the site either.
A whole department called "Moneytane,,, and maybe there would be someone on the planet who would go and look there, but not me.
Opened up some more coins I picked up at the MdP, this time it’s VE day. All the more of a great conversation piece given that it’s 80 yrs since the end of the last Great War. Moreover, as a Canadian, it’s great to see the sacrifices of our ancestors honoured and unforgotten.
i did a tour of Brittany on this trip, but I’m looking forward to eventually doing a trip to Normandy and visit all the memorials there
I dud pick up a couple older pieces from the ancien régimes too; though at charing cross mark in London. I don’t know much about pre 1900 French coinage yet, so I have only a smattering of coins from older eras atm.
anyways, here’s the last of what I picked up at the MdP. Price wise it was a bit steep imo, but I figured just bite the bullet and take it. I believe the 1€ dies not circulate yet
Of course, a Scottish breakfast is superior. 😉 Same as English but also served with lorne sausage, tattie scones, haggis, & oatcakes. At least, it is when I make it (if I can get the ingredients anyway!). With some nice morning rolls (a sort of light airy bread bun. Like a croissant & a bread bun blend in a loose way) on the side.
And now I'm hungry…
Only A, L, & Z to go in the 10p range…
(thank goodness I gave up on the idea of getting a complete 2018 & 2019 set)
I'll have a proper browse through the replies later. Looks like some interesting acquisitions (and a debate I'll not get too involved in! I can hardly plead innocence when my first post of the month included reply coupons & other just say tangibly money-related goods 😛).
As for old wars and old defeats, you shouldn't be too emutional about them…
Here are my latest:
Canadian Tire coupon — "the other Canadian money”. This one was issued in 1972 for the 50th anniversary:
This was a very very successful coupon program. Many notes like this one are well circulated. I believe these can still be redeemed, but now the program is entirely in the usual form of virtual points.
Banking documents:
Cheques and other documents from Molson's Bank are quite popular with collectors of such things.
The next one is from the Bank of Toronto, which merged in the 1950s with the Dominion Bank to form the Toronto Dominion Bank, or TD:
Note on this next one the use of a meter to add the excise tax:
This is now the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, by merger.
Is this next one a modern version of the bill of exchange? It's not a cheque — or is it? It's almost like a post-dated cheque:
Now to something different:
Hudson's Bay Co. 1 white fox, c. 1946. I finally found one of these without the full set. I had all the rest except this one.
The HBC was founded May 2nd 1670 and is the oldest company in North America. Unfortunately, it's going bankrupt and its assets are about to be sold or auctioned to pay the company's huge debts. Even the 1670 charter has to go. Unfortunately, Canada has very lax laws about historical artefacts. Many are currently working to keep this national treasure in Canada and have it displayed in a Canadian museum.
Back to banking and an interesting letter going back to 1849:
The envelope was sent from Montreal to New York and is stampless. The content is about the payment of bills of exchange and other such documents.
Nice group of stuff guys - the bar is lifting again!!!
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
2002 was the first year I visited Mexico so this one holds a little bit of extra nostolgia, but I was surprised that it's also the rarest of the years. N#580
It's tiny and not worth a lot, but I found it pretty interesting to learn about the mintage and how the banks essentially just stopped asking for them :)
"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
Canadian Tire coupon — "the other Canadian money”. This one was issued in 1972 for the 50th anniversary:
This was a very very successful coupon program. Many notes like this one are well circulated. I believe these can still be redeemed, but now the program is entirely in the usual form of virtual points.
…..
Now to something different:
Hudson's Bay Co. 1 white fox, c. 1946. I finally found one of these without the full set. I had all the rest except this one.
The HBC was founded May 2nd 1670 and is the oldest company in North America. Unfortunately, it's going bankrupt and its assets are about to be sold or auctioned to pay the company's huge debts. Even the 1670 charter has to go. Unfortunately, Canada has very lax laws about historical artefacts. Many are currently working to keep this national treasure in Canada and have it displayed in a Canadian museum.
I read on BlogTo that a theme bar is opening up in Downtown which will use Canadian tire money. you might find a rare piece there lol!
I am honestly shocked that there is nothing to stop the HBC incorporation certificate from leaving canadas border. Hopefully The govt and other organizations can step in and ensure it doesn’t fall into private hands and definitely doesn’t leave Canadian shores
As for old wars and old defeats, you shouldn't be too emutional about them…
Here are my latest:
Canadian Tire coupon — "the other Canadian money”. This one was issued in 1972 for the 50th anniversary:
This was a very very successful coupon program. Many notes like this one are well circulated. I believe these can still be redeemed, but now the program is entirely in the usual form of virtual points.
Banking documents:
Cheques and other documents from Molson's Bank are quite popular with collectors of such things.
The next one is from the Bank of Toronto, which merged in the 1950s with the Dominion Bank to form the Toronto Dominion Bank, or TD:
Note on this next one the use of a meter to add the excise tax:
This is now the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, by merger.
Is this next one a modern version of the bill of exchange? It's not a cheque — or is it? It's almost like a post-dated cheque:
Now to something different:
Hudson's Bay Co. 1 white fox, c. 1946. I finally found one of these without the full set. I had all the rest except this one.
The HBC was founded May 2nd 1670 and is the oldest company in North America. Unfortunately, it's going bankrupt and its assets are about to be sold or auctioned to pay the company's huge debts. Even the 1670 charter has to go. Unfortunately, Canada has very lax laws about historical artefacts. Many are currently working to keep this national treasure in Canada and have it displayed in a Canadian museum.
Back to banking and an interesting letter going back to 1849:
The envelope was sent from Montreal to New York and is stampless. The content is about the payment of bills of exchange and other such documents.
Incredible pieces of ephemera!
That 1849 letter is an awesome piece. The handwriting on old documents from this era is always so beautiful. I just had a look at that video, it is a shame about the 1670 charter. Hopefully it does end up going on display in a museum.
orphenshadow
Looking forward to seeing those!, I've been slowly snagging more Australia silver. This one came in an estate sale auction lot I picked up last weekend. It's not much but it's Silver. I kind of like the toning on the one side, It makes me wonder what it's life was like to get in this condition.
And thanks, I am definitely looking forward to them arriving. They are some quality pieces in my opinion!
Your shilling is quite nice, it is actually in pretty good condition. The reverse is clean.
It could have even been a ‘roll ender’ coin to have developed toning on just one side like that. I have had similar coins out of pre-decimal rolls from the 1960s in the past.
I was eyeing a Christmas crown a couple weeks ago too. In the end I decided to use that cash instead to buy several pieces of France and Germany instead of just the one crown coin. It’s an absolute beaut though
Opening up the Austrian commemoratives that have been sitting with my friend for a while now. I finally picked them up when i met up with him in France. starting with the 25€ niobium coins. Here are the 2025 and 2024 pieces… and one all the way back from 2003, the first in the series that I was missing. With that, i now have all the 25€ coins issued. And 2025 will be my last year that I collect these. Feels nice to have the full series!
Supreme buys, 2 very iconic pieces there. I don't have an 18 Piastres of Cyprus, but do have a 1940 9 piastres and the 1928 45 Piastre Crown.
I have 3 of the Christmas Crowns - 2 x 1927 (1 Proof, 1 worn) and 1929.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
Orphenshadow - What an excellent idea of doing a global zoo. There's some gorgeous coins out there. If you've not seen it before, one of my favourite animal coins is from the Isle of Man:
If you want some ancient animals coins to really mix up your collection, can I suggest looking at the many Greek owls & Roman Empire wolves? They're usually a base metal derivative (e.g. copper) so are both plentiful & affordable.
Your gf's Hello Kitty collection has a lovely display element to it.
Not my taste, but hey, world would be boring if we were all the same. And if it's something you can share, all the better. 🙂
The Moose dollar is pretty nice too. Simple elegance.
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Moneytane - Gorgeous as usual. As you say, a little rough but hey, I'd look worse if I was getting on for 350! 😛
Very much a collector I would like to be if my pockets were a lot deeper.
I've admired the horse half-crown for years but it'd be a bit of an oddity in my primarily post-decimal collection.
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Zac - Some lovely jeton there, particularly fond of the squirrel design. Unusual.
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IM94 - I know the emu war is more an example of incompetence & underestimation of the emus rather than “losing” a war in a traditional sense. But it's one of those fun human vs animal stories. Like Napoleon, the so-called Master-of-Europe & one of the greatest strategists in history, fleeing from an invasion… of rabbits. (Alledgedly anyway)
And thank you for noticing my notes. 🙂 I'm only missing a few English notes now.
And amazing to find out this is the 10th anniversary special of Monthly Additions! We should have a party with cake! 🥳
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Mimael - an interesting global mix there. The DRC note looks to be my favourite. I take it it's some sort of tribal mask.
Is it a famous one or just a generic style? (Showing my ignorance a bit there, but maybe your magazine tells you 🙂)
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Ma9nWaRr10 - Some lovely sets there, and quite a global mix too. Three separate continents. Afraid I can't help with details though. 😕
Hope you do make it a regular habit to join us & show off your latest goodies. I love seeing stuff which I'd never collect myself (purely to keep size managed) but can appreciate the artistry.
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Tony - a perfect specimen. Wowser! And cool to see a mint mark. Simple but very elegant & inkeeping with design.
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Ashlobo - Hope you enjoyed your holiday, especially here in the UK. 🙂 Obviously you've been to London, hope you enjoyed some of the many many museums. I believe the Bank of England retains a museum though I've never been (London is a long way for me, and I'm too much a country bumpkin to spend too long in the big city! 😛)
The Three Musketeers has always been one if my favourite books. It's the only series where I allow myself to have more than one copy, purely to enjoy the different artworks. Although they're in storage currently, I think I have something daft like 15 different copies.
Anyway, the “coins” are just lovely. I know its the NCLT semi-bullion stuff, but there's some nice artistry in them & sometimes that's the joy.
Took me far too long to realise why they had STUO on the side. Eventually remembered my French & anagrams… TOUS… ALL. As in all for one…!
Favourite film version?
I'm a fan of the 1970s one with Michael York as D'Artagnan (and the late 1980s sequel of Twenty Years After, although it's not as good) . A solid adaptation with a lot of humour. It's excellent (in my opinion anyway 😛).
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IXX - Perhaps nothing special this month, but always fun to see foreign coins sneaking into your own coinage. Hope your Texts visit is fun. 🙂 And a lovely idea to share some of your collection, I sometimes talk to one of my friends about coins. I know she's not a collector as such, but she loves the stories / history behind them.
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“The debate”. Only going to weigh in lightly - if it brings someone pleasure, or serves as an introduction to “proper” coin collecting, then live & let live I say.
I don't think it's right to call them coins over something like medallions or tokens. But hey, everyone has their pleasures. And I can at least acknowledge the artistry in them. Beautiful tokens perhaps. 😛
(And even I'm not immune. Got a silver Wallace & Gromit 50p on display because they were such a big part of my childhood. Is it a coin, hell no. Do I like it… yeah…)
Anyway, going to have to catch up the rest later. Happy collecting. 🙂
I am backing away from my debate, I was being stupid - lets just move on with our lives.
2 old Whitman folders of US Lincoln cents have also overwhelmed my resolve. All of the common dates and a 1909 S.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
Orphenshadow - What an excellent idea of doing a global zoo. There's some gorgeous coins out there. If you've not seen it before, one of my favourite animal coins is from the Isle of Man:
If you want some ancient animals coins to really mix up your collection, can I suggest looking at the many Greek owls & Roman Empire wolves? They're usually a base metal derivative (e.g. copper) so are both plentiful & affordable.
Your gf's Hello Kitty collection has a lovely display element to it.
Not my taste, but hey, world would be boring if we were all the same. And if it's something you can share, all the better. 🙂
The Moose dollar is pretty nice too. Simple elegance.
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Moneytane - Gorgeous as usual. As you say, a little rough but hey, I'd look worse if I was getting on for 350! 😛
Very much a collector I would like to be if my pockets were a lot deeper.
I've admired the horse half-crown for years but it'd be a bit of an oddity in my primarily post-decimal collection.
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Zac - Some lovely jeton there, particularly fond of the squirrel design. Unusual.
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IM94 - I know the emu war is more an example of incompetence & underestimation of the emus rather than “losing” a war in a traditional sense. But it's one of those fun human vs animal stories. Like Napoleon, the so-called Master-of-Europe & one of the greatest strategists in history, fleeing from an invasion… of rabbits. (Alledgedly anyway)
And thank you for noticing my notes. 🙂 I'm only missing a few English notes now.
And amazing to find out this is the 10th anniversary special of Monthly Additions! We should have a party with cake! 🥳
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Mimael - an interesting global mix there. The DRC note looks to be my favourite. I take it it's some sort of tribal mask.
Is it a famous one or just a generic style? (Showing my ignorance a bit there, but maybe your magazine tells you 🙂)
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Ma9nWaRr10 - Some lovely sets there, and quite a global mix too. Three separate continents. Afraid I can't help with details though. 😕
Hope you do make it a regular habit to join us & show off your latest goodies. I love seeing stuff which I'd never collect myself (purely to keep size managed) but can appreciate the artistry.
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Tony - a perfect specimen. Wowser! And cool to see a mint mark. Simple but very elegant & inkeeping with design.
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Ashlobo - Hope you enjoyed your holiday, especially here in the UK. 🙂 Obviously you've been to London, hope you enjoyed some of the many many museums. I believe the Bank of England retains a museum though I've never been (London is a long way for me, and I'm too much a country bumpkin to spend too long in the big city! 😛)
The Three Musketeers has always been one if my favourite books. It's the only series where I allow myself to have more than one copy, purely to enjoy the different artworks. Although they're in storage currently, I think I have something daft like 15 different copies.
Anyway, the “coins” are just lovely. I know its the NCLT semi-bullion stuff, but there's some nice artistry in them & sometimes that's the joy.
Took me far too long to realise why they had STUO on the side. Eventually remembered my French & anagrams… TOUS… ALL. As in all for one…!
Favourite film version?
I'm a fan of the 1970s one with Michael York as D'Artagnan (and the late 1980s sequel of Twenty Years After, although it's not as good) . A solid adaptation with a lot of humour. It's excellent (in my opinion anyway 😛).
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IXX - Perhaps nothing special this month, but always fun to see foreign coins sneaking into your own coinage. Hope your Texts visit is fun. 🙂 And a lovely idea to share some of your collection, I sometimes talk to one of my friends about coins. I know she's not a collector as such, but she loves the stories / history behind them.
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“The debate”. Only going to weigh in lightly - if it brings someone pleasure, or serves as an introduction to “proper” coin collecting, then live & let live I say.
I don't think it's right to call them coins over something like medallions or tokens. But hey, everyone has their pleasures. And I can at least acknowledge the artistry in them. Beautiful tokens perhaps. 😛
(And even I'm not immune. Got a silver Wallace & Gromit 50p on display because they were such a big part of my childhood. Is it a coin, hell no. Do I like it… yeah…)
Anyway, going to have to catch up the rest later. Happy collecting. 🙂
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Self note - caught up to Orphen's shilling.
I visit London pretty much every year or thereabouts. helps when you have family to crash with! i think I definitely need to visit the V&A again. the last museum I spent any significant time in London was at the Imperial War museum. The collection of medals of the Victoria cross and others was particularly very interesting. I did not know that the BoE also has a museum. I will be certain to check it out next time
I typically wouldn’t collect the collector coins from France, however everytime I visit Paris, I make it a point to pick up a souvenir. Way back in 2007 I spent 2 months in Toulouse in a language immersion programme and even visited the airbus factory there. Then I had a few days in paris before flying back and found a 1.5euro airbus A380. It was the year that they made the first deliveries to Singapore airlines and emirates. Thats the beauty here, 18 yrs on and I can still tell this story! Of course I have a wide interest as you will see over this month, but above all when I pick a coin it, must have a story to tell
Opening up more austrian coins tonight. Here are the 10€ issues over the last couple years. As usual, the Austrians consistently issue very striking designs and motifs
Orphenshadow - What an excellent idea of doing a global zoo. There's some gorgeous coins out there. If you've not seen it before, one of my favourite animal coins is from the Isle of Man:
If you want some ancient animals coins to really mix up your collection, can I suggest looking at the many Greek owls & Roman Empire wolves? They're usually a base metal derivative (e.g. copper) so are both plentiful & affordable.
Your gf's Hello Kitty collection has a lovely display element to it.
Not my taste, but hey, world would be boring if we were all the same. And if it's something you can share, all the better. 🙂
The Moose dollar is pretty nice too. Simple elegance.
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Moneytane - Gorgeous as usual. As you say, a little rough but hey, I'd look worse if I was getting on for 350! 😛
Very much a collector I would like to be if my pockets were a lot deeper.
I've admired the horse half-crown for years but it'd be a bit of an oddity in my primarily post-decimal collection.
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Zac - Some lovely jeton there, particularly fond of the squirrel design. Unusual.
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IM94 - I know the emu war is more an example of incompetence & underestimation of the emus rather than “losing” a war in a traditional sense. But it's one of those fun human vs animal stories. Like Napoleon, the so-called Master-of-Europe & one of the greatest strategists in history, fleeing from an invasion… of rabbits. (Alledgedly anyway)
And thank you for noticing my notes. 🙂 I'm only missing a few English notes now.
And amazing to find out this is the 10th anniversary special of Monthly Additions! We should have a party with cake! 🥳
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Mimael - an interesting global mix there. The DRC note looks to be my favourite. I take it it's some sort of tribal mask.
Is it a famous one or just a generic style? (Showing my ignorance a bit there, but maybe your magazine tells you 🙂)
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Ma9nWaRr10 - Some lovely sets there, and quite a global mix too. Three separate continents. Afraid I can't help with details though. 😕
Hope you do make it a regular habit to join us & show off your latest goodies. I love seeing stuff which I'd never collect myself (purely to keep size managed) but can appreciate the artistry.
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Tony - a perfect specimen. Wowser! And cool to see a mint mark. Simple but very elegant & inkeeping with design.
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Ashlobo - Hope you enjoyed your holiday, especially here in the UK. 🙂 Obviously you've been to London, hope you enjoyed some of the many many museums. I believe the Bank of England retains a museum though I've never been (London is a long way for me, and I'm too much a country bumpkin to spend too long in the big city! 😛)
The Three Musketeers has always been one if my favourite books. It's the only series where I allow myself to have more than one copy, purely to enjoy the different artworks. Although they're in storage currently, I think I have something daft like 15 different copies.
Anyway, the “coins” are just lovely. I know its the NCLT semi-bullion stuff, but there's some nice artistry in them & sometimes that's the joy.
Took me far too long to realise why they had STUO on the side. Eventually remembered my French & anagrams… TOUS… ALL. As in all for one…!
Favourite film version?
I'm a fan of the 1970s one with Michael York as D'Artagnan (and the late 1980s sequel of Twenty Years After, although it's not as good) . A solid adaptation with a lot of humour. It's excellent (in my opinion anyway 😛).
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IXX - Perhaps nothing special this month, but always fun to see foreign coins sneaking into your own coinage. Hope your Texts visit is fun. 🙂 And a lovely idea to share some of your collection, I sometimes talk to one of my friends about coins. I know she's not a collector as such, but she loves the stories / history behind them.
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“The debate”. Only going to weigh in lightly - if it brings someone pleasure, or serves as an introduction to “proper” coin collecting, then live & let live I say.
I don't think it's right to call them coins over something like medallions or tokens. But hey, everyone has their pleasures. And I can at least acknowledge the artistry in them. Beautiful tokens perhaps. 😛
(And even I'm not immune. Got a silver Wallace & Gromit 50p on display because they were such a big part of my childhood. Is it a coin, hell no. Do I like it… yeah…)
Anyway, going to have to catch up the rest later. Happy collecting. 🙂
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Self note - caught up to Orphen's shilling.
I saw that one on Ebay a couple nights ago and added it to my wish list!, Isle of Man is starting to become one of my favorite issuers by far!.
The Greek Owls are high on my list. As a child I would watch Clash of the Titans with my grandmother and she was an avid Owl collector. She had owls all over her house including a brass replica of Bubo from the film. So I'm a sucker for anything with an owl on it. :) So far I have a Nuie (don't crucify me) 1 oz bullion round with the Athena owl, and I have the 1973 1 and 2 drachmae coins. I've been hesitant to buy any of the ancient ones online until I feel more confident in my ability to spot fakes. But I can see that being where I start venturing first.
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Opening up more austrian coins tonight. Here are the 10€ issues over the last couple years. As usual, the Austrians consistently issue very striking designs and motifs
Those are simply stunning! I would love to do the same thing with plants that I'm doing with Animals but it's just too much to tackle at the moment but the detail in those flowers is spectacular.
I got my package from Xylene today and in addition to the coins we agreed to swap he sent me a couple lovely bonuses! I'm super stoked to add this to my collection and I love that it's still in the original card. (I assume)
I already know that the 2nd phase to my zoo is going to be upgrading each animal to silver, so this is a great start.
"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
Thanks! The 1967 set is a classic! And there are several more fauna to be had from that commemorative set.
I went to the North York Collector club annual coin fair today and surprisingly picked up some very nice and well priced pieces, from 800yrs old to 10yrs. I will have to catalogue them first.
in the meanwhile, continuing on with the Austrian coins
Visited my local book fair yesterday, and acquired three books on banks.
The Backhouse one is perhaps the most interesting one to me, being the North-East's preeminent bank for decades. In fact, it is reported that Backhouse notes were preferred to Bank of England ones this far up!
The cover depicts the famous story of when Backhouse got into a dispute with Lord Darlington. Lord Darlington intended to break the bank by presenting an irredeemable amount of notes to the bank & demanding gold specie. He did so by requiring his tenants to pay in Backhouse notes exclusively & hoarding them. However, Backhouse caught wind of the plan & swiftly went to London to acquire enough gold. On the return journey, one of the carriage wheels fell off. Rather than delay getting repairs or replacements, they simply placed the rather heavy gold onto one side, counterbalancing the carriage on only three wheels.
All of Lord Darlington's notes were successfully redeemed for gold.
And not in any way related to banknotes, I got this one on the coronation of George VI. Book itself is commonplace enough & not especially valuable.
However, it happens to be Lady Barnard's personal copy. The Barnards are the local bigwigs. The current one is the 12th Lord Barnard (technically, they're only Baron / Baroness but we'd speak of them as Lord / Lady).
She's signed it (pretty cool) but it also contains her entry ticket to the coronation. The ticket also has a map on the back for how she was to get to her seat.
Anyway, just thought it was too interesting to not share. 😛
Maybe I'll have some coins or banknotes next time I post. (Not got any on order yet ☹)
Very interesting. What is contained in the book otherwise? I notice on the card that it says on the bottom left it must be “shewn” at the door. I’ve never seen the verb conjugated that way. I would have put it down to old English, but this is only 1937!
moving on to my newer german additions, starting with the nice, thick 25€ . It’s Christmas themed related to Advent with a particularly German character if I’m not mistaken. Perhaps one if our German members can shed more light
Oh, it's just a basically just the script of what's going to be said.
All the “Receive this sceptre…” by the Archbishop, and all the “I promise to be a good king” by the King. That kind of thing. Rather large print.
Here's the moment when they give the King his fancy pants hat.
You'll note that's page 25. It runs on until page 59!
Also interesting to note is that all the peers are wearing their coronets (assumedly with the robes). I believe in Charles' coronation, they'd done away with that & allowed them to wear more modern (but still formal) gear. Unsure on Elizabeth's.
P.s., I've never seen shewn as the alternative to shown so late either. I suppose it's possibly done for traditional effect, or possibly not yet standardised.
I've got detective books using clew (as clue) well into the 1940s. So evidently a few unstandardised spellings still existed then. Suppose they still do, I use the older but lesser used “Despatch” rather than “Dispatch”.
Ah very nice! I did a tour of the tower of London while I was there. so of course I had to go to see the Crown Jewels. I had been to the tower more than a decade ago, but accompanied a friend, always fun and there were a lot of things I had forgotten. More than the Crown Jewels though, I admired the 500yr old graffiti in one of the tower rooms were the most important nobles were imprisoned
While I'm not an NCLT collector, I like thick coins. A pleasure to handle those, even when NCLTs — I'm talking about one of ashlobo's German coins, of course.
As usual, quite a selection of British coins this month — the most beautiful coinage in the world IMHO.
@A Collector Wow — this Coronation booklet with the Barnard connexion is a great find! It's strange that the family would get rid of this heirloom. I suspect at some point the heirs did a major downsizing of the library and didn't pay enough attention at every single item they were disposing of. Perhaps it would be possible to find when this happened? You could also try to find pictures of the Coronation with the Barnards in them. If she were to hold the booklet as well, that would be quite an interesting piece of information to add to the set.
Try as I might, I can't find them in the coronation by name. They are about as quite lowly in our peerage system. Think they were about the 5th most junior barony (itself the lowest type of peerage) in England (I.e. Created before 1707) still in existence at the coronation (and currently as it stands).
I don't know quite how it left the family. Possibly because it was her property (She only married into the family) rather than his property. So in downsizing perhaps they kept his but not hers. Or perhaps it was a gift (it is unusual to sign a copy if you intend to keep it, I'd have thought?).
Maybe they just had enough coronation books, they'd been around since 1696 so certainly saw a few come & go (no idea which had the first official books made).
I do know the gentleman I bought from received it from a deceased fellow bookseller. And he was apparently a heavy collector of local interest items.
Suppose I could just pop down to the castle where they live (it's a semi-museum) and ask. Only about 15-20 miles away.
Anyway, I'll stop derailing the thread & get back to currency!
Just a “in my change” coin, but one I didn't have previously.
Gibraltar's 50th anniversary of the referendum 2p (2017). In 1967, they were given the choice to become Spanish or remain British. With 96.5% voter turnout, they voted 99.64% to remain British.
No wonder they're known as being more British than the British themselves!
I bet you'd get a higher percentage opting for Spanish rule if you asked the UK itself should become part of Spain. (Although given the amount of “ex-pats” I know in Spain, I think maybe we should own Spain! 😉)
Gibraltar's 50th anniversary of the referendum 2p (2017). In 1967, they were given the choice to become Spanish or remain British. With 96.5% voter turnout, they voted 99.64% to remain British.
No wonder they're known as being more British than the British themselves!
I bet you'd get a higher percentage opting for Spanish rule if you asked the UK itself should become part of Spain. (Although given the amount of “ex-pats” I know in Spain, I think maybe we should own Spain! 😉)
lol, with a 99.64% vote for yes, I wonder if the Kims of North Korea organised this election on her majesty’s behalf 😂
I don’t have any new GDR coins to show atm lol, but I hear they also had votes with 99% thereabouts agreeing one outcome ;)
anyways, here are some 20€ german commems.
the international women’s year coin feels like a hark back to the older 10DM commems. I like the Emmanuel Kant motif and the use of the red colour on the Berlinale piece
Gibraltar's 50th anniversary of the referendum 2p (2017). In 1967, they were given the choice to become Spanish or remain British. With 96.5% voter turnout, they voted 99.64% to remain British.
No wonder they're known as being more British than the British themselves!
I bet you'd get a higher percentage opting for Spanish rule if you asked the UK itself should become part of Spain. (Although given the amount of “ex-pats” I know in Spain, I think maybe we should own Spain! 😉)
lol, with a 99.64% vote for yes, I wonder if the Kims of North Korea organised this election on her majesty’s behalf 😂
I don’t have any new GDR coins to show atm lol, but I hear they also had votes with 99% thereabouts agreeing one outcome ;)
anyways, here are some 20€ german commems.
the international women’s year coin feels like a hark back to the older 10DM commems. I like the Emmanuel Kant motif and the use of the red colour on the Berlinale piece
I picked up the Orangatang coin :P, Those german coins are very nice. I just discovered the Insect set from 2023 and I'm trying to talk myself into adding them to the zoo :P
I managed to snag my first Mercury dime, (I know I know… :P) I'm no expert but based on the small bit of corrosion at the top and those lines ont he surface am I safe to assume that this has been cleaned? I didn't pay a lot over silver price for it.
I also picked up a little light reading. I have the third standard catalog on the way. I had no idea how big these things were I think I owe my postman a beer.
"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
I picked up the Orangatang coin :P, Those german coins are very nice. I just discovered the Insect set from 2023 and I'm trying to talk myself into adding them to the zoo :P
I managed to snag my first Mercury dime, (I know I know… :P) I'm no expert but based on the small bit of corrosion at the top and those lines ont he surface am I safe to assume that this has been cleaned? I didn't pay a lot over silver price for it.
I also picked up a little light reading. I have the third standard catalog on the way. I had no idea how big these things were I think I owe my postman a beer.
that looks like a very high quality mercury dime. IMO it’s ok if it was cleaned if you don’t see any harsh lines. those world coin catalogues are massive. Your postman probably deserves a beer for each lol
I do have the insect series. They are multi year. These are the latest ones i just opened up by coincidence , By far my favourite German coin series!
Orphen - The Australian shilling is lovely, a nice silver coin. The toning is spectacular, such a great contrast. Agree it's probably been a “roll end” coin at some point in it's life.
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Ashlobo - Love Asterix, got I think a full set of the books in English unless there's been a very recent release. I even have the 1980 annual, which contains Asterix conquers Rome - the only time it's been published in English (though I think it's a retelling of Twelve Tasks). What's worrying is how I think I can recall which book nearly all of those images used are from! Definitely read them too often. 😬
Cake is definitely Cleopatra, Obelix+Panacea I'm sure is Legionnaire, Geriatrix is Obelix & Co (The only Asterix book not named after him), Vitalstatistix eating is Chieftan's shield. The other three designs I think I know, but not as confident on.
It's a shame such coins never make it out into circulation, I bet it'd bring a few more folk into the collecting hobby.
Anyway, thanks for sharing. 🙂
Oop, looks like you've got even more to share. Your VE day ones are aptly timed.
I've done some of the battlefield sites. I forget which gravesite it is, but the ones with Guy Gibson (of Dambusters fame) & the one with that 15/16 year old soldier (believed to be the youngest soldier killed). Spookily enough, a grave near to the youngest soldier has my first/last name on it. Gave me a heck of a shiver.
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Peter Pan & Alice discussion - same feeling as the Asterix ones. Wish they'd been put out into circulation. Have to say, I'm not as sold on the designs this time though.
Oh, it's just a basically just the script of what's going to be said.
All the “Receive this sceptre…” by the Archbishop, and all the “I promise to be a good king” by the King. That kind of thing. Rather large print.
Here's the moment when they give the King his fancy pants hat.
You'll note that's page 25. It runs on until page 59!
Also interesting to note is that all the peers are wearing their coronets (assumedly with the robes). I believe in Charles' coronation, they'd done away with that & allowed them to wear more modern (but still formal) gear. Unsure on Elizabeth's.
P.s., I've never seen shewn as the alternative to shown so late either. I suppose it's possibly done for traditional effect, or possibly not yet standardised.
I've got detective books using clew (as clue) well into the 1940s. So evidently a few unstandardised spellings still existed then. Suppose they still do, I use the older but lesser used “Despatch” rather than “Dispatch”.
Just an archaicism, “ew” for ou was common through the 19th century like the words “Trowsers” and “Shewn” I saw a lot in an 1840s book I read once. I did not really see it after about 1900 though. Its likely a very old person may have written this book or it was based on ancient rituals written for the coronation of an earlier ruler.
Sometimes writing styles take decades to disappear. The long S for instance that looks like an undashed f, generally went out of fashion and usage between 1800 and 1820 - yet I remember sorting covers with stamps on them from as late as 1885 that still had long s on them such as “To Mifs Sufanna Rufsell” and the letter would have an 1882 stamp on it. The writer was likely not well educated or probably say an 80 year woman for instance. I have also noticed Ye being used as late as 1770 and some texts as early as 1660 that no longer used it.
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Cake is definitely Cleopatra, Obelix+Panacea I'm sure is Legionnaire, Geriatrix is Obelix & Co (The only Asterix book not named after him), Vitalstatistix eating is Chieftan's shield. The other three designs I think I know, but not as confident on.
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lttat is very impressive! I would not have connected the scenes to the specific books had you not mentioned it here! I think Cleopatra was the first Astérix cartoon I watched !
Last of the relatively new coins I acquired this month . Some 2€ CC to round out the Germany haul and finally a 5cent dedicated to the 125th yr of the royal military college which I randomly picked up at a local club organised fair over the weekend
BrunoCoins - That set is beautiful! I have a couple of the bird coins in my collection but would love to have a set like this one day! Silvergeek - I know absolutely nothing about paper numismatics and these books look like a wealth of information to anyone who can understand the language. I have a very small collection of pre-wwii German notes and I would love to learn more about them so will have to keep an eye out for English translations of these books!
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The postman brought me a few more parcels today.
I picked up a roll of coins and this collectors banknote from Ukraine. I just fell in love with the vibrant blues. I have not attempted to translate the text yet but that's next on my agenda. I also picked up a roll of trireme's from Greece, I just like the ship haha.
I also got another Standard Catalog. I figured by 2010 it should have most everything in it already. It came with the CD with the PDF version so that's nice. I also ordered a DVD of the 2019 full set that should arrive later this week. My 2001-present book is only up to 2016.
"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
Okay, here we go again (I had written out a bunch of stuff & then clicked out without saving 😢).
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Ypres is lovely in particular. (Again WWI not WWII)
I'm not a fan of the Euro (As coins; I'll not get political today!). And those ones just look like more of the same blandness to me. But, credit where it's due, the internal packaging is lovely. Simple yet elegant.
Not sure what I make of the Niobium set. They're very unusual, modern. Bit love/hate with them I suppose. Still, amazing to have the complete run!
Imperial is my favourite London museum - Last I was there, they had aircraft suspended from the ceiling which is something I've rarely seen elsewhere (I can think of a technology/aircraft museum in Berlin & an aircraft museum outside Krakow - both were smaller displays though).
Though the British museum is amazing too - one does not forget coming face-to-face with Tutankhamen's gold mask! Natural history museum is brilliant too - though I preferred Dippy the dinosaur skeleton (cast) to the Whale in the main hall. I also recall they have a large section of things just in preservation jars (possibly formaldehyde). Eerie but interesting. And of course, for your next visit: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/museum
It's free!
Those floral designs are beautiful. A shame they didn't make it into circulation. The peony is my favourite of the bunch (Ha ha!) that you showed. The sun design is very interesting too.
And you think the Gibraltar one is offset. At the last Falkland's referendum, they had 99.80% remain British - only 3 votes cast against I believe. And of those three, one wanted full independence and a second admitted they'd only put it there so the result wasn't a 100.0% because they were afraid people might accuse them of rigging it! So that only left one “Argentina” vote. Interestingly enough, the small immigrant population from Argentina (remember, the islands were empty on discovery; no natives) even voted for British possession.
Of course, if you want really rigged elections, look up Liberia in the late 1920s early 1930s. Think one of them had something like 7x as many votes as there was eligible voters!
Ha - I reckon I could find the exact pages if I so wished. The cake one is easy - it's a core point of the story (Proving the cake wasn't poisoned. Plus it's a good joke about how Obelix cuts two slices and then eats the full remainder saying well, it's in three parts isn't it?). The one of Vitalstatistix is when he's going on the trip to the health spa & is trying to say good food never hurt anyone so he might as well eat up before going to the spa.
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Mr Midnight - Amazing to see both sides of a revolution. Interesting how they kept the wreath though, would have though the Second (?) Republic would have really wanted to make it clear they were a whole new system rather than keeping a fairly comparable design. The Swiss coin is special though (Although the 1 side looks a bit toy-coin to me 😛). First year of issue for a new coinage all together, very cool.
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I can ignore myself I think.
Me again? Definitely ignore!
Seriously? Again? Do I ever shut up! 😛 Good grief? AGAIN!
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Camerinvs - I saw your terrible joke about emu-tional. I groaned, well done 😛
All the ephemera is pretty cool. I particularly like the Bank of Toronto - I think it's possibly the “No protest” stamp which is pretty neat.
The Brandram note - is it not simply a Promissory Note? I promise to pay -x- on specific date. Still get terminology mixed up (The other option I though was an “After-sight” note, but that's I think the bank has -x- days to redeem it in specie after you present it).
HBC - Fantastic you've been able to complete the set! Always a satisfying thing to do. Hope the charter does remain in Canadian possession. It's the sort of thing I'd buy just to gift it to the Nation were I rich (And probably why I'll never be that rich; too willing to spend! 😛).
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Orphen - Pretty cool to have it for the year you actually visited Mexico! Even moreso if it's the rarest year of that type.
A lot of the British-ish places do lovely animal coinage. Check out St Helena or Falklands. Gibraltar of course has the Barbary Apes (The only native monkeys in Europe!) on some of their coins (5p for sure, possibly others). And although not coins, one of the Scottish banks does some amazing animal designs. I'll get you some pics next time I'm at my collection 🙂
Another classic film, love Clash of the Titans. And would 100% have my own Bubo if I could! There's a cool Britannia coin in a very Greek style with owl. I'll dig out mine (more photos! woohoo!)
Been there with books a lot bigger than expected. Not all of them are coin related though. My postman probably just carries his van around - saves on the petrol. Must have the muscles by now…
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Gothic - What can I say but WOW?! 😲 Just absolutely spectacular for both of them, but that Wreath crown is just something else. If you'd told me it was a high-quality modern reproduction, I'd have believed you! An original like that must be rare in such condition. Just fantastic.
I've read the thread a few times, always stop at yours just to admire for a little bit.
I particularly like how it also shows how the king never wears a crown in the UK circulation coinage (and rarely in non-circulation; often only coronation-based), but usually (Always?) in their “overseas possessions” as I believe they'd be called at the time.
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Pluto - A cool find! It's a surprisingly nice coin actually, a simple portrait but well done. I like it. 🙂
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Mimael - An interesting mix of plate. Amazing they've survived and even are reasonably legible by design.
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Moneytane - Yea, it is an anachronism, but still, unusual to see it so late. As you say, probably just ancient tradition by this stage. Wonder if Charles' used such terminology…
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Bruno - A lovely set there, some lovely natural designs. Really neat.
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Silvergeek - Gosh, that looks like some serious reading!
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I did it, I'm caught up!
I've got some stuff in the post today, should share some pics shortly.
As an aside, does anyone have any tips of limiting the spread of bronze disease? I suppose maybe a light clean to remove surface level, and then place in some sort of capsule to limit exposure to humidity? I know what's there can't be undone but just slowing/preserving as is will do.
My friend tells me he's got me a “very special Canadian item he knows I've admired for a while”, but it's got the start of bronze disease. (I don't know what it is yet, I can't think of anything Canadian I desperately want that would be old enough to suffer from bronze disease). Likely to be a couple of weeks before I see it though. ☹️
BrunoCoins - That set is beautiful! I have a couple of the bird coins in my collection but would love to have a set like this one day! Silvergeek - I know absolutely nothing about paper numismatics and these books look like a wealth of information to anyone who can understand the language. I have a very small collection of pre-wwii German notes and I would love to learn more about them so will have to keep an eye out for English translations of these books!
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The postman brought me a few more parcels today.
I picked up a roll of coins and this collectors banknote from Ukraine. I just fell in love with the vibrant blues. I have not attempted to translate the text yet but that's next on my agenda. I also picked up a roll of trireme's from Greece, I just like the ship haha.
I also got another Standard Catalog. I figured by 2010 it should have most everything in it already. It came with the CD with the PDF version so that's nice. I also ordered a DVD of the 2019 full set that should arrive later this week. My 2001-present book is only up to 2016.
There is an English translation for books 1-2 but not for the rest
BrunoCoins - That set is beautiful! I have a couple of the bird coins in my collection but would love to have a set like this one day! Silvergeek - I know absolutely nothing about paper numismatics and these books look like a wealth of information to anyone who can understand the language. I have a very small collection of pre-wwii German notes and I would love to learn more about them so will have to keep an eye out for English translations of these books!
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The postman brought me a few more parcels today.
I picked up a roll of coins and this collectors banknote from Ukraine. I just fell in love with the vibrant blues. I have not attempted to translate the text yet but that's next on my agenda. I also picked up a roll of trireme's from Greece, I just like the ship haha.
I also got another Standard Catalog. I figured by 2010 it should have most everything in it already. It came with the CD with the PDF version so that's nice. I also ordered a DVD of the 2019 full set that should arrive later this week. My 2001-present book is only up to 2016.
There is an English translation for books 1-2 but not for the rest
===== Ashlobo - Some lovely, aptly timed VE Day coins there. I've done some of the tours of the battlefields & graveyards - I remember the one where Guy Gibson (of Dambusters fame) & the one with the youngest soldier (known) to have died in WWI. Scarily enough, one of the graves nearby has my first name / last name on it. Really gives you chills seeing your own name on a grave.
Ypres is lovely in particular. (Again WWI not WWII)
I'm not a fan of the Euro (As coins; I'll not get political today!). And those ones just look like more of the same blandness to me. But, credit where it's due, the internal packaging is lovely. Simple yet elegant.
Not sure what I make of the Niobium set. They're very unusual, modern. Bit love/hate with them I suppose. Still, amazing to have the complete run!
Imperial is my favourite London museum - Last I was there, they had aircraft suspended from the ceiling which is something I've rarely seen elsewhere (I can think of a technology/aircraft museum in Berlin & an aircraft museum outside Krakow - both were smaller displays though).
Though the British museum is amazing too - one does not forget coming face-to-face with Tutankhamen's gold mask! Natural history museum is brilliant too - though I preferred Dippy the dinosaur skeleton (cast) to the Whale in the main hall. I also recall they have a large section of things just in preservation jars (possibly formaldehyde). Eerie but interesting. And of course, for your next visit: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/museum
It's free!
Those floral designs are beautiful. A shame they didn't make it into circulation. The peony is my favourite of the bunch (Ha ha!) that you showed. The sun design is very interesting too.
And you think the Gibraltar one is offset. At the last Falkland's referendum, they had 99.80% remain British - only 3 votes cast against I believe. And of those three, one wanted full independence and a second admitted they'd only put it there so the result wasn't a 100.0% because they were afraid people might accuse them of rigging it! So that only left one “Argentina” vote. Interestingly enough, the small immigrant population from Argentina (remember, the islands were empty on discovery; no natives) even voted for British possession.
Of course, if you want really rigged elections, look up Liberia in the late 1920s early 1930s. Think one of them had something like 7x as many votes as there was eligible voters!
Ha - I reckon I could find the exact pages if I so wished. The cake one is easy - it's a core point of the story (Proving the cake wasn't poisoned. Plus it's a good joke about how Obelix cuts two slices and then eats the full remainder saying well, it's in three parts isn't it?). The one of Vitalstatistix is when he's going on the trip to the health spa & is trying to say good food never hurt anyone so he might as well eat up before going to the spa.
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yes I would love to do a drive in Normandy and visit each of the memorials. Of course as a Canadian, Vimy and Juno beach are very high on the priority list! I think I would get the chills as well if I saw my full name on a grave stone 😮
I’ve been to several museums around the world with suspended aircrafts haha. But by far the best aero museum I’ve been to is the Smithsonian. Would be very hard to beat the breath of items they have there.
I do agree especially with the 2€ CC that this series have become very banal. That’s why I stopped collecting them after 2022. I’m ending the German and Austrian collector coins too as of this year. While the themes and artistry of the designs are always worthy of commemoration and to a high standard, alas it’s getting too expensive And especially if I want to work my way backwards to 19th century and older coins.
I suppose they shoved that one vote for Argentina into the sea or gave him a rubber dingy to row all the way to the argentinian mainland eh?
Moving on to the old stuff now, opening up with another acquisition from last weeks local coin club show. This is a Tanka from the Delhi sultanate issued between 1240-1266.
there were several dynasties in the Delhi sultanate before Babur overthrew them to form the Mughal Empire. This coin comes under the Mamluk era, the same Turkic Slave generals who served in other muslim empires and went on to rule their own kingdoms from Egypt to India.
I like this piece because the calligraphy is relatively simple but elegant. More importantly, this piece escaped the Shroff marks
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My new German notgeld catalogs will need to get books 7+8 soon
