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Worldwide Coins & Bank Notes => Other World Coins => Topic started by: ElleKitty on February 09, 2008, 08:13:47 AM
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Okay. Today is the single best day of my coin collecting 'career.' For several months now, my usual coin shop has been kind enough to let me put a few items on 'layaway' until such time as I could pay it off.
Well, today my tax refund came.
My coins came home, too.
Sitting here going through them, I am utterly awed and nearly in tears with the items that have landed somewhat by chance in my lap.
As I have time and energy, I'll image some of them and post them here for everyone to see, should they be interested. No gold, but the majority of the coins are all silver-content.
I think the best ones, pictures soon to come, include the Japanese 1 yen 1906, the Chinese Dollar 1912, the five pages worth of Australian Pre-Decimal silver, the Peruvian silver, the 1700's Netherland Indies coins, the total of ten silver Spanish Cob coins... *shiver* And a whole lot more. :D
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Jackpot!
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You're not kidding.
(http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/940531.jpg)
Kiau Chau (German Colony of China) 1909 Y#2. You can see the lines on the Imperial Eagle's feathers.. buried in a bag I paid $25.00 for. O.o
The coinage of Kiaochou is restricted to two pieces thereby making it one of the least prolific fields from which numismatists may collect. Copper nickel coins of twenty-five percent nickel and seventy-five percent copper alloy were struck at the Berlin mint in Germany under the direction of Kaiser Wilhelm's mint-masters. These coins of five and ten cents denominations are all dated 1909 and bear on their obverse a German spread eagle with the inscription "Deutsch Kiautschou Gebiet" (German Kiaochou Territory) above and the date "1909"below. The coins'value appears to the left and right of the eagle. The reverse of these coins contain the Chinese inscription "Ta Der Guo Bao"(Germany's Currency) within an inner circle, and "Kiautschou, Ching Tao" (Kiaochou, Tsingtao) which appears in the border. The diameter of the five cent piece is 19mm, while that of the ten cent coin is 22mm. Mintage was restricted to 610,000 five cent and 670,000 ten cent pieces. The value of these coins was calculated on the basis of 100 cents being equal to one Mexican Silver Dollar. The Germans made these coins the sole legal tender coinage of the colony, forcing the Chinese to use them to the exclusion of the Chinese coins circulating elsewhere.
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Good on ya, kitty.
Sounds like you did very well with the tax man also
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1912 Republic of China, One Dollar. The gentleman who sold it guaranteed it was authentic.
(http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/940512.jpg)
Showa, year 39 (1906) 1 Yen coin.
(http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/940515.jpg)
Mexico City Minted Spanish 8 Reales of Rey Carlos III. Assayer F.F. 1778
(http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/940516.jpg)
Imperial Mexico, Emperor Maximillian, 1866 1 Peso
(http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/940518.jpg)
Revolutionary War, Republic of Mexico. Tetela Del Oro Y Ocampo 2 centavos 1915
(http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/940520.jpg)
Iceland 1974, Commemorating the 1100th Anniversary of the Settlement of Iceland. 500 & 1000 Kronur.
(http://www.omnicoin.com/coin_view_enlarge.aspx?id=940522)(http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/940521.jpg)
Italian Colony of Eritrea, 1890, 2 Lira
(http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/940524.jpg)
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WOW!!! That's an exceptionally great haul you've made Elle. SAWEET!!!
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Well done Kitty. I can't wait to see them all. ;D
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Peru, 1 Sol, 1890. One of my favourite large silver coins. There were four in this lot; I just put one up for you to see. The rest are available on Omnicoins!
(http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/940584.jpg)
Peru, 2 Reales, Lima Mint. 1794. Several of these as well. They could all do with a nice acetone soak.
(http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/940605.jpg)
Peru, 1 Reales, Lima Mint. 1777
(http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/940613.jpg)
Peru, 1 Dinero, 1906
(http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/940615.jpg)
Peru, 1/2 Dinero, 1890
(http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/940617.jpg)
Portuguese Macau, 5 Patacas, 1952
(http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/940618.jpg)
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2 1/4 Reals from E. Chihuahua, Mexico. Dates are 1860 & 1866. The latter coin has the counterstamp of M.S. on it. Anyone know what that might be?
(http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/940621.jpg)(http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/940620.jpg)
This one is really cool! I think it's a sand-cast copy of an 1890 Victorian Crown. The coin is too light to be silver, and puts me in mind of Pewter. It's rough to touch, not smooth the way silver would be. I'd love to find out more about this coin!
(http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/940622.jpg)
German 1909 Stuttgart 25 pfennings. I thought this was really pretty.
(http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/940623.jpg)
Great British Farthing, 1817, William IIII.
(http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/940624.jpg)
A lone Ancient coin at the bottom of the bag. No clue as to what it is, yet!
(http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/940625.jpg)
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Kitty, You did well.
Gotta love the Taxman now. LOL
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Very very nice!
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Very nice, i like the Italian Colony of Eritrea, 1890, 2 Lira "4/10 riyal" :D
and waiting for the 1700's Netherland Indies coins pics
Thanks for sharing
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Lovely coins Kitty. You did very well with compliments from the IRS. ;D ;D
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Netherlands Indies shall be my next project then! I've been busy trying to scan the Spanish Silver Cobs, and have just about gotten that one done. (Took a break, slept, saw a movie kind of thing. ;) ) There's also a nifty token in here from 1667 that I can't make heads or tails out of, so I'll include it with the Netherlands stuff. It's a Dutch token.
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WOW Kitty...what a bunch of precious little pets...(drool, drool) :D