Lissner sale slated - Bulletin Numismatique

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World Coin News • June 2014
U.S. $4.99/Canada $5.99
Vol. 41, No. 6 • JUNE 2014
Lissner sale slated
A highlight
of the Lissner
collection is
this Bolivia
1852 PTS FB
gold 8 escudos, NGC
MS-62, which
is Lot 971300.
The Lissner collection of world coins will
be sold Aug. 1-2 at the Chicago Marriott
O’Hare, just prior to the annual summer
convention of the American Numismatic
Association in Rosemont, Ill.
Valued at over $2 million, the collection
will be sold by Classical Numismatic Group,
Inc., of Lancaster, Pa., and London, England,
and St. James’s Auctions Ltd. (Knightsbridge
Lissner/Page 46
Paris dealer Prieur dies at age 58
By Mark Fox
Our hobby lost one of its staunchest supporters
when Michel Prieur, the numismatist who literally
propelled French coin collecting into the 21st century,
died March 18 of a sudden heart attack in Paris. His
two blog postings on cgb.fr the same day signaled no
health issues. One was an appeal for information to
locate the heirs of Joseph Daniel, author of Les jetons
des etats de Bretagne (1980). This was a title on jetons
Michel Prieur
Baldwin’s
set a record
price when
this Edward
VIII proof
sovereign sold
at auction
for nearly
$870,000.
Prieur/Page 24
Künker reaches auction milestone
The 250th auction sale of Fritz Rudolf Künker will
feature The Masuren Collection and be conducted July
2, 2014 in Osnabrück, Germany.
It is part of five days of sales to be held June 30-July
4 that will offer over 5,000 lots.
Since 1985 the company,
which was founded in 1971,
has regularly held several
Künker/Page 31
Featured in the Künker series of
sales is a rare 1875 20 marks of
Heinrich XXII of Reuss.
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with gold sovereign
A record price of nearly $870,000
was achieved May 8 when a proof
1937 Edward VIII gold sovereign was
sold in London by AH. Baldwin &
Sons Ltd.
The firm called the 516,000-poundsterling price “a world record price
for any Royal Mint coin ever proBaldwin/Page 33
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World Coin Views
Coin prices rise with political turmoil
By David C. Harper
A complaint sometimes expressed by
readers in their letters to Numismatic
News, sister paper to World Coin News, is
that there should be no reference to politics in the paper. That is difficult to do in
the U.S. field, but it would be impossible
in the world field.
Collectors in the United States cannot buy coins from North Korea. Why?
Politics. Collectors in the United States
cannot buy coins from Cuba. Why?
Politics.
Whether you agree or disagree with
the state of world affairs as one nation
relates to another, politics influences what
collectors can and cannot do.
The latest example is Ukraine.
Tensions are high between it and Russia.
What might happen is anyone’s guess.
Only the President of Russia is likely to
know and he is not sending messages to
numismatists over the Hot Line.
Financial reports have appeared in
the media that Russians are sending
their money abroad. The outflow might
get large enough that it will strain the
reserves of the central bank. The situation
has already brought the value of the ruble
down versus the dollar, euro and other
world currencies.
But what about Russian coins sold at
auction? Recent years have seen incredible results for these coins sold at auction.
To watch the packed auction room in
Berlin over the years at the World Money
Fair was an education for me. These sales
occurred in ordinary times.
What now? Will more Russian coins
find their way to market outside of Russia
and thereby depress the prices that have
been achieved, or will more buyers be
willing to spend ever more of their money
on Russian coins elsewhere in Europe
because having nicely portable assets like
rare coins is not a bad thing in uncertain
times?
I tend to think higher prices will be
the outcome, especially if tensions linger.
Then it becomes almost a self-fulfilling
process as the ruble falls and inflation
rises creating a strong incentive to put
cash to work buying numismatic treasures
before the value of money declines even
more. This can turn into an almost endless feedback loop as rising prices inspire
others to jump in to buy in order to share
in the gains.
The price of politics in numismatics
depends on each situation, but the price
of Russian politics presently might push
coin values very high indeed.
of countries’ coins lined up. What is
overlooked is that it is a double canonization. John XXIII, the guy who started the
Vatican revolution many moons ago when
we were whipper-snappers also gets to be
a saint.
Kerry Rodgers
Geraldine, New Zealand
confusion and non-acceptance by the Thai
population of the 2 baht nickel coin with
the 1 baht at the time.
Hope this information helps.
Bob Herlikofer
Address withheld
Letters
Will canonization of Pope
John Paul II be a popular
coin theme?
Yes, indeed, the canonization will be a
popular theme. It is already. Many beautiful coins are already available with John
Paul’s portrait. Don’t forget John XXIII.
He was Pope only 5 yrs, but there are
lovely coins from his reign. The Vatican
II coins and the 1959 gold 100 Lire come
to mind. Vatican collectors and admirers
of these 2 Popes will have many issues
to collect.
Ginger Rapsus
Chicago, Ill.
Popular among the unknown percentage of America’s Catholic population that
buys novelty coins? Maybe. Popular with
the rest of America? Doubtful.
William Brown
Charlotte, N.C.
Sure will be popular. Have a number
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Thai 2-baht nickel coin hard
to find but it does exist
A letter from James E. Bridges,
Austin, Texas questions the existence of
Thailand’s Y-444 dated 2552 (2009), mintage of 50,370 in nickel.
When stationed in Bangkok 20092010 with an airline under contract for
Thai Airways, the 2 baht nickel coin was
extremely difficult to obtain.
Going to several local banks there,
none were available. Only at one large
supermarket was I able to obtain a few.
Due to almost the same size as the
1 baht (2 baht a little larger) and looking almost identical, the local population
would not accept this coin.
I managed to obtain only three (3), all
uncirculated.
I believe the 2 baht in bronze was
produced afterwards, reason being due to
Recalling wars reminds us
of its effects on families
World War I commemoratives have a
place and can serve a purpose of making
us never forget the insanity of war and
its effects on the families of the dead and
severely wounded.
Having gone into the U.S. Marines in
the late 1960s and 1980s in Army active
and later Army Reserves, we learn to
detest what is done to young men and now
women in wars. We can then take a stand
when our governments try to send our
people into wars that make little sense. I
choose not to forget even though it causes
me mental discomfort.
Philip Mussell of Honiton, England,
said it very well in the April World Coin
News. Thank you.
All citizens must research why their
country wants to send its youth into a war.
Dennis M. Sullivan
Natural Bridge, N.Y.
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NGC XF40 ................................................. 1350
1811-So FJ Gold 8 Escudos Bust of Ferdinand VII
NGC AU55 ................................................. 2950
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China
1987 5 Coin Gold Panda Set ......................... 3150
1987 Gold 100 Yuan Panda BU .................... 1525
1990 5 Coin Gold Panda Set ......................... 4600
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NGC MS67 ................................................ 1500
NGC MS69 ................................................ 1950
NGC MS68 ................................................ 1675
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1786-P SF Gold 8 Escudos PCGS AU55 ....... 1895
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XF45.......................................................... 2350
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1915 2 Centavos NGC PF65.......................... 1250
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1915 40 Centavos PCGS PF62...................... 2250
1915 Centavo NGC PF65 .............................. 1550
1916 Gold Peso PCGS PR64 ........................ 4950
Ethiopia
1928(EE1921) Gold 1 Werk Gill-RT8 Mule NGC
XF45.......................................................... 1750
France
1364-80 (ND) Charles V Gold Franc a Pied
FR-284 NGC VF35 ..................................... 1150
1641-A Louis d’Or FR-410, KM-104 NGC MS64
.................................................................. 6950
1643-A 1/2 Louis d’Or NGC MS63................ 3450
1643-A 1/2 Louis D’Or KM-125 NGC MS63 . 3600
1644-A Rose 1/2 Ecu 2 Points NGC MS63 ... 1750
1648-A Louis D’Or NGC MS63 ..................... 4600
1749-W Gold Louis d’or FR-464 NGC MS64 3500
1807 Copper Pattern 100 Francs Napoleon
Mazard-602b PCGS SP64BN .................... 1595
1852-A Gold 20 Francs NGC MS64 .............. 1025
1857-A 10 Centimes PCGS PR66BN ............ 1650
1862-A 10 Centimes NGC PF65BN ............... 1150
1889-A Gold 5 Francs Mazard-1853 NGC PF64
Ultra Cameo ............................................ 17500
France/Strasbourg
1600 (ND) Gold Florin FR-234 NGC AU55 ... 1750
German New Guinea
1894-A Bird-of-Paradise 1/2 Mark NGC
MS66 ........................................................ 1650
Germany
1753-CGL Gold Ducat Sinzendorf FR-3291
NGC AU58 ................................................. 3500
1857-B 2 Thaler Schaumburg-Lippe NGC MS64
.................................................................. 2200
1903-E 5 Mark Saxony NGC PF64 Cameo .... 3600
Germany
1910-E Gold 10 Mark Saxony NGC PF64 Ultra
Cameo....................................................... 2950
1911-G 2 Mark Baden NGC PF64 Cameo ..... 1695
1928-D 3 Reichsmark KM-59 NGC MS66..... 1450
Germany/Anhalt
1901-A Gold 20 Mark NGC PF66 Cameo ...... 9500
Germany/Baden
1909-G Gold 10 Mark PCGS PR65 Deep Cameo
.................................................................. 5500
Gold Coast
1818 1/2 Ackey NGC MS63 .......................... 3400
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1066-87 (ND) William I ‘the Conqueror’ Penny
S-1257 PCGS MS62 ................................. 1950
1422-30 (ND) Henry VI Gold Noble S-1799 PCGS
MS62 ........................................................ 8500
1600 (ND) Elizabeth I Gold Angel S-2531 NGC
AU55 ......................................................... 9750
1605-06 (ND) James I Shilling Ex-Cheshire
S-2655 NGC AU55 .................................... 1250
1623-1624 (ND) James I Gold Laurel S-2638B
NGC AU50................................................. 4400
1652/1 Commonwealth Sixpence ESC-1487A
S-3219 NGC AU58 .................................... 3500
1664 Halfcrown Esc-460 NGC VF35 ............. 1950
1676 Halfcrown Esc-478 NGC XF45 ............. 2150
1685 Halfcrown Esc-493 NGC XF45 ............. 1950
1693 Shilling ANACS EF45 ........................... 1250
1698 Halfcrown ESC-554 NGC XF45 ............ 1050
1700 Sixpence PCGS MS65.......................... 1395
1703-Vigo Crown ESC-99 S-3576
NGC AU55 ................................................. 6950
1708 Shilling ESC-1147 NGC MS64 ............. 1495
1714 Copper Pattern Farthing P-741
NGC MS64BN ........................................... 2750
1714 Copper Pattern Farthing P-742 NGC
MS63BN.................................................... 2250
1714 Farthing S-3625 PCGS MS62BN.......... 1950
1714 George I Gold Coronation Medal MI-424-9
NGC MS63 ................................................ 9500
1731 Halfcrown Roses and Plumes ESC-595
NGC MS62 ................................................ 2650
1747 AR Medal William IV of Orange
NGC MS64 ................................................ 1850
1759 Gold Guinea NGC AU58 ....................... 3750
1787 Gold Guinea W+R-104 Plain Edge NGC
PF64CAMeo ............................................ 17500
1790 Bronzed Restrike Halfpenny P-990 Ex.
Boulton Family NGC PF65BN .................... 1295
1793 Gold Guinea NGC MS63....................... 3650
1797 (ND) AR Bank Dollar ESC-131 A-Tokyo
Collection NGC AU55 ................................ 2100
1797 (ND) AR Bank Dollar ESC-131 A-Tokyo
Collection NGC AU55 ................................ 2100
1797 (ND) Bank Dollar S-3765 ESC-129 A-Tokyo
Collection NGC F12 ................................... 4950
1797 (ND) Dollar C/S on 1793 Mexico 8 Reales
Esc-129 NGC AU55 ................................... 1850
1797-Soho ‘Cartwheel’ Twopence S-3776 NGC
MS64BN.................................................... 1950
1798 Gold Half Guinea PCGS MS65 ............. 7500
1804 Copper Pattern Bank Dollar (5 Shillings)
ESC-146 NGC PF65BN .............................. 4500
1804 Silver Pattern ‘Garter’ Dollar ESC-182 NGC
AU58 ......................................................... 3450
1805 Pattern Twopence P-1313 PCGS
PR65 ......................................................... 2500
1806 Gilt Halfpenny P-1362 NGC
PF66CAM .................................................. 2250
1806-Soho Penny Bronzed Proof NGC
PF66BN ..................................................... 2250
1817 Halfcrown S-3789 NGC MS64 ............. 1250
1818 Halfcrown NGC MS64 .......................... 1150
1818 Halfcrown NGC MS65 .......................... 1595
1819 Halfcrown NGC MS65 .......................... 1595
1820 Gold Sovereign Open 2 S-3785c
NGC MS62 ................................................ 3950
1820 Halfcrown Reeded Edge PCGS PR65 ... 4950
1821 Gold Half Sovereign NGC PF61UCAM.. 5650
1825 Gold Half-Sovereign Laureate Bust
NGC MS64 ................................................ 3750
1826 Gold Half Sovereign NGC MS63 .......... 2600
1826 Gold Sovereign NGC AU55 .................. 1650
1828 Gold Half Sovereign NGC MS65 .......... 7950
1834 Halfcrown WW Script PCGS MS63...... 1150
1864 Gold Sovereign Ex. Bentley Die#47
NGC MS62 ................................................ 1295
1871 Gold Sovereign Shield NGC MS64 ....... 1695
1871 Gold Sovereign St. George S-3856A
PCGS MS63 .............................................. 1150
1872 Gold Sovereign NGC MS63.................. 1495
1872 Gold Sovereign S-3853B Die #86 Ex.
Bentley NGC MS64 ................................... 1795
1872 Gold Sovereign St. George S-3856A
NGC MS64 ................................................ 1650
1879 Florin PCGS MS65 ............................... 2950
1881 Florin PCGS MS65+ ............................. 3450
1883 Gold Half Sovereign S-3861
NGC MS64 ................................................ 1650
1887 Silver Pattern Sixpence ESC-1783 Milled
Edge NGC PF63 ........................................ 1950
1894 Maundy Set S-3943 PCGS PL66-67 .... 1495
1894 Maundy Set S-3943 PCGS PL-67-68 ... 2450
1895 Gold Sovereign KM-785 ICG MS64 ..... 1150
1895-LIX Crown A-Tokyo Collection S-3937
NGC MS64 ................................................ 1750
1898 Maundy Set PCGS PL66-67+ ............... 1150
1899 Maundy Set S-3942 PCGS PL67-67+ .. 1850
1905 Florin NGC MS63 ................................. 2950
1911 8 Piece Silver Proof Set NGC PF65...... 2300
1911 Gold Sovereign NGC PF66
Ultra Cameo .............................................. 3550
1911 Gold Two Pounds NGC PF66 Cameo ... 5500
1937 Gold Half Sovereign NGC PF66............ 1475
20 BC-AD 1 Regni-Atrebates (Eppillus) Gold 1/4
Stater S-97 NGC AU.................................. 1350
2002 Gold Maundy Set NGC PF66-70UCAM 2200
50 BC-AD 30 Corieltavi Gold Stater NGC AU 1350
50 BC-AD 30 Corieltavi Gold Stater
NGC Ch XF ................................................ 2300
55/45 BC Corieltavi Gold Stater NGC AU ..... 1350
60-20 BC Atrebates & Regni Gold Quarter
Stater NGC XF ........................................... 1395
60-20 BC Atrebates Gold Quarter Stater
NGC AU ..................................................... 1250
978-1015 (ND) Aethelred II Penny S-1148
NGC MS62 ................................................ 1650
Greece
1851 5 Drachmai NGC AU58 ........................ 9500
1874-A 20 Lepta NGC PF63 .......................... 3500
Guatemala
1817-NG M Gold 2 Escudos NGC AU55 ....... 4950
Hong Kong
1868 Dollar NGC XF40 .................................. 1050
Hungary
1342-1382 (ND) Ludwig I Goldgulden Rethy-64A
FR-5 NGC AU58 ........................................ 1950
1342-82 (ND) Ludwig I Goldgulden Rethy-62
FR-3 NGC MS61 ....................................... 1750
1691-KB Gold Ducat FR-128 NGC MS64 ...... 3450
1695-KB Taler Dav-3264 NGC AU58............. 1350
India
AH1202/19 Gold Mohur Bengal Presidency
KM-113 PCGS MS63 ................................ 2500
Ireland
1035-60 (ND) AR Penny S-6132
PCGS MS63 .............................................. 3450
1736 Halfpenny NGC PF63BN ....................... 1750
1737 Farthing NGC PF64BN......................... 1550
Israel
1969 Gold 100 Lirot Shalom NGC PF68UCAM
................................................................ 1450
Italy
1912-R Gold 20 Lire NGC MS63 ................. 2400
Italy/Achaia
1346-1364 (ND) Andrea Dandolo Gold Zecchino
FR-38A PCGS MS63 ................................ 2250
FR-38A PCGS MS63 ................................ 2250
FR-38A PCGS MS63 ................................ 2250
FR-38A NGC AU55 ................................... 1495
FR-38A PCGS MS64 ................................ 2750
FR-38A PCGS MS62 ................................ 1695
1346-64 (ND) Gold Zecchino Fr-38a NGC
MS63 ....................................................... 1950
1346-64 (ND) Gold Zecchino Fr-38a NGC
MS64 ....................................................... 2500
1346-64 (ND) Robert d’Anjou Gold Zecchino
Fr.38a PCGS MS64 .................................. 2800
Italy/Genoa
1464-66 (ND) Francesco I Gold Ducato FR-381
NGC AU55 ................................................ 2950
1795 4 Lire NGC MS63 ................................ 2950
Italy/Papal States
1670-76 (ND) Clement X Teston Bermn-2010
NGC AU55 ................................................ 1695
1851-VR 5 Baiocchi KM-1356 NGC PF65BN 1650
Italy/Tuscany
1793 Gold 3 Zecchini (Ruspone) NGC AU58 5500
Italy/Venice
1414-23 (ND) Tomaso Mocenigo Gold Zecchino
FR-1231 NGC MS65 ................................ 1950
1457-1462 (ND) Pasqual Malipiero Gold Ducat
FR-1233 NGC MS64 ................................ 1695
1708-GF Osella Paolucci-191 NGC MS61 .... 3450
1842-V Gold Ducat Mont-174 NGC MS61 ... 2200
Jamaica
1758 (ND) 6S/8P on 175-Mo MM Mexico 8
Reales NGC VF30 ..................................... 3850
Japan
1901 M34 Yen NGC MS65 ........................... 1750
Liberia
2002 $100 Gold Type 3 PCGS PR69DCAM . 1875
Malta
1582-95 (ND) Gold Zecchino FR-8
NGC AU details ........................................ 1350
1764 Order of Malta Gold 20 Scudi KM-275
NGC AU details ........................................ 1850
Mexico
1712-Mo J Gold Escudo Calico-508 PCGS
AU58 ........................................................ 3250
1712-Mx O J Gold Escudo KM-51.1 NGC
AU55 ........................................................ 2550
1714-22 (ND) MoJ Gold 2 Escudos KM-53.2
NGC MS64 ............................................... 3950
1947 Gold 50 Pesos Restrike NGC MS64 .... 1850
Netherlands
1938 (ND) Gold 5 Cent Pattern KM-PNa127
NGC MS62 ............................................... 3500
Peru
1752-LM J Gold 8 Escudos NGC AU55 ....... 4600
1787/6 Lima MI 8 Reales NGC MS63 .......... 3500
1809-L JP Gold 8 Escudos Imaginary Bust
PCGS AU55.............................................. 5950
1811-JP Gold 8 Escudos Uniformed Bust NGC
AU55 ........................................................ 3450
Philippines
1868 Gold 4 Pesos PCGS MS63 .................. 1850
Poland
1923 20 Groszy NGC PF67 Cameo .............. 3650
1925 Zloty London Ex-Karolkiewicz Collection
NGC Specimen ......................................... 4500
Portugal
1792 Gold 1000 Reis F-120 NGC MS64 ...... 1950
Romania
1906 Gold 25 Lei PCGS MS61 ..................... 1975
Russia
1961 (ND) 9 Piece Die Trial Set NGC BU ..... 1950
1996 Gold 200 Roubles Amur Tiger Wildlife
NGC PF68UCAM ...................................... 3800
South Africa
1874 Gold Pond KM-1.2 ICG EF40 details ... 3950
1892 2.5 Shillings NGC PF64 .................... 17500
1970 Gold Krugerrand Proof ....................... 1600
1979 University of Cape Town 150th Anniversary
Gold Medal Proof ..................................... 1900
1980 Gold Krugerrand Proof ....................... 1600
Spain
1475-97-S (ND) Gold Castellano Seville mint
FR-139 NGC XF45 ...................................... 285
1786-S C Gold 8 Reales NGC AU55............. 2950
1822-S RD 20 Reales De Vellon NGC MS64 4500
1892 (92) PGM Gold 20 Pesetas NGC AU58 3950
Switzerland
1855 Brass Essai 5 Francs HMZ-2-1229D NGC
MS63 ....................................................... 1850
1860 AR 2 Francs KM-PN14 HMZ-2 1231a
NGC MS63 ............................................... 2250
1862-B 2 Francs NGC MS63 ........................ 1550
1995 Gold 500 Francs Thun Festival KM-S47
NGC PF69UCAM ...................................... 1450
2000 Gold 500 Francs Beire Festival KM-S60
NGC PF70UCAM ...................................... 1950
Switzerland/Basel
1786 1/2 Thaler HMZ-2-1000 NGC MS65 .. 3950
Switzerland/Bern
1798 Thaler Dav-1760A NGC MS65 ............ 1950
Switzerland/Rheinau
1723 AR 2 Ducat KM-PN5 HMZ-2-1181b
NGC AU55................................................ 1495
Switzerland/Vaud
1812 40 Batzen NGC MS64 ......................... 2550
Switzerland/Zurich
1775 Gold Ducat FR-486b NGC MS63 ......... 2300
Transylvania
1765 Gold Ducat KM-610 NGC MS63 ......... 2100
Turkey
1923//38 Gold 500 Kurush KM-859 NGC
MS63 ....................................................... 1750
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AUSTRALIA
1915S 1/2 SOVEREIGN
K-28 NGC-AU58 .......................................................190
1887S SOVEREIGN K-6 VF ..........................................335
1905M SOVEREIGN K-15 UNC ...................................340
1906S SOVEREIGN K-15 AU .......................................340
1912M SOVEREIGN K-29 UNC ...................................340
1916S SOVEREIGN K-29 BU .......................................345
2000 $100 K-528 UNC DRAGON
1 OZ .......................................................................1,650
AUSTRIA
1894 20 CORONA K-2806 AU .....................................360
BELIZE
1979 $100 K-58 PROOF ANGELFISH ..........................160
1980 $100 K-62 PROOF REEF FISH ............................170
BYZANTINE
1068-1071 ROMANUS IV DIOGENES XF OR
BETTER .....................................................................500
CANADA
2010 50 CENT K-? MOUNTED POLICEMAN WITH BOX
AND COA 1/25 OZ ......................................................90
2012 50 CENT K-? CARIBOU RIVER GOLD
RUSH WITH CERT AND BOX 1/25 OZ ........................80
1912 $5 K-26 NGC-MS62 ...........................................500
CHINA
1995 5 YUAN K-794 NGC-PF69
ULTRA CAMEO UNICORN .........................................225
1990 10 YUAN K-317 NGC-PF68
ULTRA CAMEO DRAGON & PHOENIX ......................240
1992 25 YUAN K-393 P/L UNC WIPED.......................400
FRANCE
1856A 5 FRANCS K-787.1 AU.....................................140
1820W 20 FRANCS K-712.9 AU..................................425
1851A 20 FRANCS K-762 AU CERES..........................290
1869BB 20 FRANCS K-801.2 AU ................................270
GIBRALTAR
1998 1/10TH ROYAL K-750 PROOF KISSING...........165
GREAT BRITAIN
2005 1/2 SOVEREIGN K-1064 PROOF ........................175
2000 1/2 SOVEREIGN K-1001 PCGS-MS68
MILLENIUM FIRST STRIKE .......................................200
1899 SOVEREIGN K-785 AU........................................340
1908 SOVEREIGN K-805 UNC .....................................340
1925 SOVEREIGN K-820 UNC .....................................340
1925 SOVEREIGN K-820 BU........................................345
2003 1/10TH OZ K-1040 BU BRITANNIA.....................146
INDIA
1114-1154 AD SLATER GANADAVALAS OF
KANAUS + BANAVES XF .................................................
375 ..................................................................................
1918I SOVEREIGN K-525A UNC .................................380
IRAN
AH1342/32 1/5 TOMAN K-1070 UNC .........................140
AH1294-5 TOMAN K-932 XF ONCE MOUNTED..........175
AH1370(1991) 1/4 AZADI K-1265 CH BU ...................200
ISLE OF MAN
1993 1/4 ANGEL K-195 ANACS-PF67 HEAVY CAMEO
MINTAGE? .................................................................400
1990 1/5 CROWN K-268 GOLD PROOF 150TH
ANNIV OF PENNY BLACK STAMP ...........................360
1990 1/5 CROWN K-268 PLATINUM PROOF
150TH ANNIV OF PENNY BLACK STAMP ................390
1990 CROWN K-2676 1 OZ GOLD PRF
150TH ANNV PENNY BLACK STAMP 1,000 MINTED,
CONTACT MARKS AT HIGH AREAS ......................1,450
ISRAEL
2008 NEW SHEQEL K-440 PRF WOLF LAMB .............120
2009 NEW SHEQEL K-462 PRF LION ..........................120
ITALY
1890 20 LIRE K-21 NGC-AU55 ...................................400
PERU
1951 20 SOLES K-229 XF ...........................................380
PHILIPPINES
1975 1000 PESOS K-213 BU ......................................420
POLAND
1995 50 ZLOTYCH Y-292 BU EAGLE ..........................300
RUSSIA
1887 5 ROUBLE Y-42 AU ............................................750
SINGAPORE
1969 $150 K-7 BU ....................................................1,040
SOUTH AFRICA
1931 SOVEREIGN K-21 UNC SMALL HEAD................340
1952 POUND K-43 CH BU 1 YR TYPE ........................500
1952 POUND K-43 PROOF 1 YR TYPE .......................550
1952 POUND K-43 NGC-PF65 1 YR TYPE..................600
SWITZERLAND
1914 OR 15 20 FRANCS K-35.1 BU ............................290
2008 G500F NGC-PF69 ULTRA CAMEO
GENEVA FESTIVAL W/ FEMALE ARCHER SCARCE
ONLY 150 MINTED.................................................2,400
TURKEY
1995 25 KURUSH K-870 BU .........................................80
1923 YR54 100 KURUSH K-855 BU ...........................320
TURKS AND CAICOS
1975 25 CROWNS K-9.1 CH BU
1,272 MINTED .05 OZ..................................................110
1995 4 CROWNS K-? 1/25THOZ .917 FINE BEE
HUMMINGBIRD IN PLASTIC CASE ..........................110
***** CERTIFIED CROWNS AND MINORS
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AUSTRALIA
1955(M) PENNY K-56 NGC-PF63RD ..........................450
1958(M) PENNY K-56 NGC-PF63RD ..........................450
1959 3 PENCE K-57 NGC-PF66 ..................................160
1959 6 PENCE K-58 NGC-PF65 ..................................160
1958 SHILLING K-59 NGC-PF67 HIGHEST
GRADE BY NGC POP 5/0 ..........................................300
1958 2 SHILLINGS K-60 NGC-PF66 ...........................225
BELGIUM
1886 50 CENTIMES K-64 NGC-MS64 ........................140
1849 2 1/2 FRANCS K-11 NGC-AU DETAILS
SURFACE HARILINES SMALL HEAD ........................475
1954 20 FRANCS K-140.1 UNC ..................................110
CANADA
1859 CENT K-1 NGC-MS63BN BRONZE
(NOT IDENTIFIED BY NGC, BUT IS A REPUNCH 8
VARIETY-SCARCE) .................................................2,000
1890H CENT K-7 NGC-MS63RB .................................300
1893 CENT K-7 NGC-MS65RB HIGHEST
GRADE BY NGC POP 2/0 SCARCE IN HIGH
GRADE ...................................................................1,750
1896 CENT K-7 NGC-MS62RB .....................................80
GRADE ...................................................................1,200
1900H CENT K-7 NGC-MS62RB ...................................60
1900H CENT K-7 NGC-MS63RB ...................................90
1900H CENT K-7 NGC-MS64BN HINTS OF RED ........120
1900H CENT K-7 NGC-MS65BN FULL BROWN .........340
1900H CENT K-7 NGC-MS65BN HINT OF RED ..........380
1901 CENT K-7 NGC-MS62BN .....................................60
1901 CENT K-7 NGC-MS65RB ...................................500
1902 CNET K-8 NGC-MS63RB .....................................65
GRADE BY NGC POP 19/0 ........................................300
GRADE ...................................................................1,000
1911 CENT K-21 NGC-MS66RB .................................600
1915 CENT K-21 NGC-MS65RB .................................325
1916 CENT K-21 NGC-MS65RB .................................360
1918 CENT K-21 NGC-MS66RB HIGHEST GRADE BY
NGC POP 4/0 ............................................................600
1920 CENT K-28 NGC-MS65BN (HINTS OF RED)
HIGHEST GRADE BY NGC POP 7/0 SCARCE IN HIGH
GRADE ......................................................................500
1909 5 CENT K-13 NGC-AU50 HOLLY POINTED
LEAVES BETTER TYPE ..............................................300
1929 25 CENT K-24A NGC-MS61..............................150
1949 DOLLAR K-47 SEGS-MS63 ..................................45
CHINA
1919 20 CENT Y-308 NGC-MS64BN ..........................350
CHEKIANG
1903-06 10 CENT Y-49.1 NGC-AU55BN .....................100
KIANGSU-KIANGSOO
1902 10 CENTS CCC-232 NGC-AU53BN ...................250
HONAN
1928 200 CASH Y-396 NGC-AU53BN ......................1,200
MANCHUKUO
1935 FEN Y-6 NGC-MS63BN ......................................150
REPUBLIC
1914 50 CENTS Y-328 L&M-64 NGC-XF40................600
1934 DOLLAR Y-345 L&M-110 NGC-MS63 ...............300
DENMARK
1846VS 1 SPECIEDALER K-720.1 NGC-XF45.............390
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
1952 PESO K-22 NGC-MS64 ......................................125
FRANCE
1920 10 CENTIMES K-843 NGC-MS66RB
BRONZE,SEMI-KEY,NGC HIGHEST GRADE ..............400
1839A 1/4 FRANC K-740.1 NGC-MS65
2ND HIGHEST GRADE BY
NGC POP 1/1 ............................................................250
GERMAN EAST AFRICA
1906A RUPIE K-10 NGC-AU DETAILS
EXCESSIVE SURFACE HAIRLINES ..............................80
GERMANY, ANHALT DESSAU
1909A 3 MARK K-29 NGC-XF45 .................................120
GERMANY, BAVARIA
1874D 5 MARK K-896 NGC-MS63 .............................800
1902D 5 MARK K-915 PCGS-AU58 ............................130
GERMANY, BRUNSWICK-WOLFENBUTTEL
1791MC 16GG K-1020 NGC-MS62 ............................350
GERMANY, CONSTANCE
1626 3 KREUZER K-118 NGC-AU58 ...........................300
GERMANY, HANNOVER
1827 16 GUTE GROSCHEN K-138 NGC-MS61 ...........180
GERMANY, HESSE-DARMSTADT
1898A 2 MARK K-368 NGC-AU DETAILS SURFACE
HAIRLINES ................................................................950
GERMANY, MUHLHAUSEN
1767 1/24 THALER K-72 PCGS-AU55 ........................110
GERMANY, NORDLINGEN
1532 BATZEN SCH-2423 NGC-XF40 ..........................175
GERMANY, OETTINGEN
1515 BATZEN NGC-AU55 ............................................225
GERMANY, SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA
1836 20K K-66 NGC-UNC DETAILS SURFACE
HAIRLINES ................................................................200
GERMANY, SAXONY
1812SGH 2/3 TALER K-1052 NGC-AU55 ....................280
GERMANY, SCHWARZBURG RUDOLSTADT
1898A 2 MARK K-186 NGC-XF45 ...............................480
GERMANY, WURTTEMBERG
1736 5 KREUZER K-333 NGC-AU55 HIGHEST GRADE BY
NGC ..........................................................................380
1904F 5 MARK K-632 NGC-AU53...............................140
GERMANY
1888D 20 PFENNIG K-9.1 NGC-MS64..........................80
1918A 1/2 MARK K-17 NGC-MS65 NICELY TONED .....40
1918D 1/2 MARK K-17 NGC-MS65 ..............................40
1915J MARK K-14 NGC-MS66 .....................................50
1926J R’SMARK K-44 ANACS-EF40 KEY....................140
1927J R’SMARK K-44 ANACS-AU58 KEY ...................100
1927F 3 R’SMARK K-54 PCGS-MS64 TUBINGEN
UNIVERSITY ..............................................................600
GREAT BRITAIN
1771 FARTHING K-602
NGC-MS63BN...........................................................650
1721 HALF PENNY K-557 NGC-XF45BN ....................475
1887 HALF PENNY K-754 NGC-MS63RB ...................260
1826 PENNY K-693 NGC-MS62BN .............................475
1886 PENNY K-749.2 NGC-MS62RB ..........................450
1891 PENNY K-755 NGC-AU58 ..................................120
1891 PENNY K-755 NGC-MS64BN .............................220
1904 PENNY K-794.2 NGC-MS64RB ..........................150
1912H PENNY K-810 NGC-MS63BN ..........................240
1912H PENNY K-810 NGC-MS65RB ..........................380
1919H PENNY K-810 NGC-AU55 ................................400
1693 6 PENCE K-481 NGC-VF DETAILS
DAMAGED (FLAN FLAW & DIG ON PORTRAIT) .......375
1866 6 PENCE K-733.2 NGC-MS64 W/DIE#...............400
1899 6 PENCE K-779 NGC-MS62 BLUE, ROSE, GOLD
TONING ON OBV.......................................................150
1839 SHILLING K-679 NGC-AU58 ..............................600
1687 CROWN K-452 NGC-VF20 .................................700
GUATEMALA
1859 PESO K-178 NGC-VF30 SCARCE ......................750
HUNGARY
1670KB 6 KREUZER K-62 FLASHY NGC-MS62 ..........140
INDIA, JAIPUR
1911//32 NAZ RUPEE K-147 NGC-MS62....................300
INDIA, BRITISH
1889(C) 1/4 ANNA K-486 NGC-MS65RD HIGHEST
GRADE BY NGC ........................................................200
1891(B) RUPEE K-473.2 NGC-AU58
ATTRACTIVE BLUE GREY TONING............................100
1906(C) RUPEE K-508 NGC-MS-61 ...........................100
IRELAND
1930 SHILLING K-6 ICG-AU53 ...................................175
1930 FLORIN K-7 ICG-AU55 (THIS COIN
IS MISLABELED AS HALF CROWN) .........................190
ISLE OF MAN
1993 8 PC SET OF 1 CROWNS AND 5 CROWNS
KING ARTHUR, MERLIN, GUINEVERE & SIR LANCELOT
PROOFS IN CAPSULES
K-679A,680A,681A,682A
K-689,690,691,692 (LOW MINT 999) ....................1,350
ITALIAN SOMALILAND
1909R 4 BESA K-3 NGC-AU58BN ...............................390
JAPAN
M28(1895) YEN Y-A25.3 NGC-MS61..........................350
MEXICO
1783MO 1/2 REAL K-69.2 PRIME
SELECT .......................................................................75
1876MO 8 REALES K-377.10
NGC-MS62 ...............................................................175
1888PI MR 8 REALES K-377.12 NGC-MS63 ..............280
1891ZS FZ 8 REALES K-377.13 NGC-MS62 ...............130
1892ZS FZ 8 REALES K-377.13 NGC-MS62 ...............140
1896MO AB 8 REALES K-377.10 NGC-MS63 .............280
1897GO RS 8 REALES K-377.8 NGC-MS62 140
1954MO 5 CENTAVOS K-426 NGC-MS64 NO DOT ....180
1893AS L 10 CENTAVOS K-403 NGC-XF40..................50
1902ZS FZ PESO K-409.3 NGC-MS62........................120
1903ZS FZ PESO K-409.3 NGC-MS65
HIGHEST GRADE BY NGC, POP 1/0 .........................700
NORWAY
1877 KRONE K-357 PCGS-XF40 .................................300
PERU
1846 LIMA 8 REALES K-142.1 NGC-AU50 .................320
PHILIPPINES
1910S PESO K-172 NGC-UNC DEATILS
SURFACE HAIRLINES ...............................................250
RUSSIA
1912CNB 1/2 KOPEK Y-48.1 NGC-MS64RB ..801882CNB
HO 5 KOPEKS Y-19A.1 NGC-MS67 HIGHEST GRADE
BY NCG, POP 9/0 .....................................................300
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1914CNB 15 KOPEK Y-21A.2 NGC-MS67
HIGHEST GRADE BY NGC, POP 20/0 .......................300
SOUTH AFRICA
1894 6 PENCE K-4 NGC-AU DETAILS
SURFACE HAIRLINES ...............................................175
1895 6 PENCE K-4 NGC-XF40 ...................................180
1897 6 PENCE K-4 NGX-MS61 ...................................110
1892 SHILLING K-5 PCGSAU50 .................................300
SPAIN
1896(96)PGV PESETA K-706 NGC-AU58 ......................60
SWITZERLAND
7246 t1939B 5 FRANCS K-42 NGC-MS64 BATTLE OF
LAUPEN 30,000 MINTED ..........................................350
1999 S50 FRANCS K-S57 NGC-PF69bULTRA CAMEO
SION FESTIVAL .........................................................175
SWITZERLAND - VAUD
1828 BATZ K-20 ANACS-AU58 .....................................40
*CROWNS AND MINORS OF THE WORLD*
ALBANIA
1926R 1 LEK K-5 XF PITTED ...........................................9
1939R 5 LEK K-33 TONED XF+=$30 UNC ....................90
ALGERIA-BONE
ND(1915) 50 CENT K-TnB6 UNC/BU ..........................100
ANGOLA
1785 MACUTA K-20 VF .................................................50
1860 MACUTA K-58 XF- ...............................................60
ND(1837) COUNTERSTAMP 2 MACUTAS ON 1763
MACUTA K-51.1 VF ..................................................140
ANTWERP
1814 10 CENTIMES K-7.2 VF OR BETTER CRUDE SIEGE
COINAGE...................................................................110
ARGENTINA
1854 CENTAVO K-23 VF 1 YEAR TYPE .........................21
BUENOS AIRES
1840 2 REALES K-8 VF UNEVEN STRIKE......................60
1854 2 REALES K-9 VF SPOT & SCRS REV .................18
1860 2 REALES K-11 F/VF SOFT STRIKE .....................40
AUSTRALIA
1922 1/2 PENNY K-22 NICE BROWN UNC .................140
1923 PENNY K-23 XF ....................................................25
1912 SIX PENCE K-25 XF- ..........................................100
1927 FLORIN K-31 AU PARLIAMENT HOUSE ...............35
1928 FLORIN K-27 XF/AU ..........................................125
1937 CROWN K-34 VF+ ................................................32
1937 CROWN K-34 XF LT WIPED .................................38
2010 DOLLAR K-1451 PROOF SYDNEY COIN SHOW W/
BOX & COA.................................................................80
2010 DOLLAR K-??? PROOF CANBERRA COIN SHOW W/
BOX & COA.................................................................80
2012 $10 10 OZ SILVER KOALA IN CAPSULE ............245
2013 $10 10 OZ SILVER KOALA IN CAPSULE ............245
TRADE TOKENS - MELBOURNE
1858 PENNY K-TN104 VF HIDE DE CARLE ................100
ND(1800’S) TRADE TOKENS
PENNY IREDALE & CO IRONMONGERbSYDNEY K-Tn135
AU .............................................................................210
PENNY IN VINO VERITAS VICTORIA 1862
K-Tn236.1 VF ROUGH RIM .........................................75
AUSTRIA
1788B 3 KREUZER K-2059 XF CLEANED OBV..............20
1802A 7 KREUZER K-2129 XF DIG
ON OBV .......................................................................20
1617 TALER K-218.3 D-3323B XF EX MOUNT ...........325
1820A THALER K-2162 F POLISHED EX-JEWELRY ......25
1909 5 CORONA K-2813 VF..........................................27
AUSTRIA - BURGAU
1765SC THALER K-15 AU CLND LT SCR’S.................225
AUSTRIA - SALZBURG
1661 1/6 THALER(KLIPPE) K-160 XF MOUNT REMOVED
AT TOP ......................................................................150
AUSTRIA - TYROL
1809 20 KREUZER K-149 AU INSURRECTION ............150
AUSTRIA NETHERLANDS
1750(L) LIARD K-2 VF ...................................................10
1780 LIARD K-28 XF .....................................................30
1790 10 SOLS K-47 XF ...............................................350
BAHAMAS
1972 $2 K-23 PROOF FLAMINGOS...............................25
BELGIUM
1870 CENTIME K-33.1 BR UNC SPOTS ON REV ..........25
1852 5 CENTIME K-5.1 AU ...........................................90
1859 5 CENTIMES K-5.1 AU .........................................50
1912 50 CENTIMES K-70 BU BELGES ............................9
1844 1/2 FRANC K-6 VF+ SOME CORR REV ..............135
1849 5 FRANCS K-17 AU+ OLD CLEANING ...............125
1958 50 FRANCS K-150.1 WORLD’S FAIR ....................18
BELGIUM CONGO
1909 5 CENTIMES K-12 XF FEW SPOTS ......................25
BERMUDA
1988 DOLLAR P-2 PIEFORT IN DAMAGED BOX .........125
BOHEMIA
1589 MALEY GROSCHEN MB-240 VF RUD II...............48
BOLIVIA
1830PTS JL 1/2 SOL K-93.2A XF ................................18
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1855 POTOSI MJ 4 SOLES K-123.2 VF+
LIGHTLY CLEANED .....................................................28
1859FJ INV V 4 SOLES K-123.3 AU/UNC ...................200
1781AR 4 REALES K-54 G/VG ......................................75
1808PTSPJ 8 REALES K-7.3 XF- ................................150
1818PTSPJ 8 REALES K-84 AU SOME CORROSION,
PROBABLY SALVAGED..............................................100
BRITISH NORTH BORNEO
1935H CENT K-3 GEM BU START OF SOME
CORROSION ON OBV 10% .........................................75
BRITISH WEST AFRICA
1927 2 SHILLINGS K-13B AU+ .....................................75
BULGARIA
1894 5 LEVA K-18 XF+ ..................................................40
1978 5 LEVA K-100 PROOF YAVOROV..........................15
1973 10 LEVA K-93.2 PROOF OLYMPICS .....................28
CAMEROON
1924 2 FRANCS K-3 XF ................................................65
CANADA
1858 CENT K-1 VG+ ......................................................50
1898H CENT K-7 AU .....................................................35
1900 CENT K-7 XF ........................................................20
1906 CENT K-8 R&B UNC...........................................125
1907H CENT K-8 F=$20 VF .....................................25
1913 CENT K-21 NICE UNC W/ SOME RED .................65
1923 CENT K-28 F.........................................................27
1875 5 CENT K-2 VG HOLED KEY ................................30
1881H 5 CENT K-2 F .....................................................20
1887 5 CENT K-2 VG.....................................................40
1898 5 CENT K-2 VG.......................................................8
1903 5 CENTS K-13 VF .................................................15
1910 5 CENTS K-13 VF ROUND LEAVES ......................35
1925 5 CENTS K-29 VG KEY .........................................50
1909 25 CENT K-11 VF .................................................80
1906 50 CENT K-12 DARK VF .....................................105
1910 50 CENT K-12 VG.................................................25
1911 50 CENT K-19 XF SCRATCH IN FRONT OF
FACE .........................................................................500
1947 50 CENT CURVED 7 ND VF..................................22
1949 50 CENT K-45 NICE BU........................................80
1935 $ K-30 UNC SILVER JUBILEE ...............................60
1938 $ K-37 XF .............................................................75
1949 $ K-47 UNC ..........................................................32
1965 4 PC DOLLAR SET OF SM LRG BEADS, POINTED
AND BLUNT TONED UNC ........................................125
1957 PROOFLIKE SET K-PL8 WHITE
CARD ........................................................................110
CANADA - LOWER CANADA
ND LC-48A1 VG BUST SHIPS COLONIES.......................9
1820 LC-60C2 AU BUST & HARP IMITATION...............50
1812 HALF PENNY LC-46A2 XF ...................................45
1830 HALF PENNY LC-14B XF PUBLIC
ACCOMADATION ........................................................85
1841 HALF PENNY LC-13B XF ...................................100
1857 PENNY K-TN3 AU .................................................30
CANADA - NEWFOUNDLAND
1894 PENNY K-1 VF ........................................................7
1896 5 CENTS K-2 F+ ...................................................15
1865 20 CENTS K-4 VFR LIGHT DIGS ..........................20
1872H 20 CENTS K-4 NET G...........................................7
1882H 20 CENTS K-4 VF ..............................................40
CANADA - NEW BRUNSWICK
1862 20 CENTS K-9 VF LT CLEANING ..........................68
CANADA - NOVA SCOTIA
ND NS-16A1 VF FL FL REV PAYABLE AT THE STORE OF
JBROWN .....................................................................40
1813 NS-21A1 TRADE & NAVIGATION..........................45
1813 HALF PENNY NS-19B2 VF ...................................40
1815 HALF PENNY NS-12 VF LT SCR COMMERCIAL
CHANGE......................................................................50
1832 HALF PENNY NS3D1 XF SL WK STRIKE............100
1856 HALF PENNY NS-5A1...........................................35
1814 PENNY NS-20B3 PURE COPPER
PREFERABLE TO PAPER .............................................75
1832 PENNY 4A2 XF .....................................................60
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
1855 PE-7A1 XF SELF GOVERNMENT ..........................55
1859 PE-5A NICE VF+ SPEED THE PLOUGH ................25
WELLINGTON TOKEN
1814 HALF PENNY WE-8A2 ROUGH F..........................10
CAYMAN ISLANDS
1972 $5 K-8 PROOF ......................................................30
CHILE
1875 PESO K-142.1 VF .................................................35
CHINA
CHIHLI
ND(1906) 20 CASH Y-68 ROUGH XF RARE ................150
1908 DOLLAR Y-73.3 L&M-465.A XF+ .......................450
FUKIEN
1903-08 5 CENTS Y-102.1 VF .......................................30
KANSU
1926 100 CASH Y-409 VG ............................................25
KWANGTUNG
ND(1890-1908) 10 CENTS Y-200 XF ............................35
1914 10 CENTS Y-422 BU .............................................60
ND(1890-1908) 20 CENTS Y-201 VF+ ..........................15
ND(1890-1908) 20 CENTS Y-201 XF ............................25
ND(1890-1908) 20 CENTS Y-201 UNC .........................65
1929 20 CENTS Y-426 BU .............................................50
SZECHUAN
1913 200 CASH Y-459.1A F ............................................9
1913 200 CASH Y-459.1 XF ..........................................70
TAIWAN
2000 50 YUAN Y-564? MISHANDLED PROOF ..............40
YUNNAN
YR12(1923) 5 CENTS Y-485 VF ....................................60
1932 20 CENTS Y-491 XF .............................................30
1911 50 CENTS Y-492 VF .............................................30
YR21(1932) 50 CENTS Y-492 PLEASANT AU ...............80
ND(1920-22) DOLLAR Y-258.1 L&M-421 XF .............500
CHINA - REPUBLIC
YR29(1940) 10 CENTS Y-360 BU ..................................25
YR31(1942) 50 CENTS Y-362 BU ..................................25
COLOMBIA
1885 5 CENTAVOS K-174A.1 VF .....................................5
1892 50 CENTAVOS K-187.2 AU ...................................30
1934 50 CENTAVOS K-274 XF=$12 AU ........................20
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
ND(2000) 5 FRANCS K-63 PF LADY DIANA...............18
CONGO FREE STATE
1887 CENTIME K-1 R&B UNC .....................................40
1888 CENTIME K-1 AU..................................................24
1888 2 CENTIMES K-2 BROWN UNC............................24
1887 5 CENTIMES K-3 UNC LT STAIN REV ..................40
COOK ISLANDS
1973 $2 K-8 PROOF 25TH ANNV CORON ....................25
COSTA RICA
1850GOJB 1/16 PESO K-101 VF+ SL CUPPED
FEW MIN SCR’S ..........................................................75
1892 HEATON 25 CENTAVOS K-130 XF........................18
CRETE
1901 5 DRACHMAI K-9 VF..........................................190
CUBA
1920 40 CENTAVOS K-14.3 VF- ....................................20
1933 PESO K-15.2 AU ...................................................50
1953 PESO K-29 NICE BU MARTI .................................75
1965 PESO BR-XM4 PROOF REEDED EDGE .................40
1965 PESO BR-XM5 PROOF PLAIN EDGE ....................40
1985 PESO BR-XM10 PROOF LOBEL ISSUE ................18
1990 10 PESOS K-345 PRF HIGH JUMPER ..................35
CURACAO
1948 1/10 GULDEN K-48 BU ........................................15
1900 QTR GULDEN K-35 FINE OLD CLNG ...................12
1941P PALM 10 CENT K-37 AU ....................................12
1944D GULDEN K-45 LT TND AU 1 YR TYP .................35
CYPRUS
1901 18 PIASTRES K-7 VG LT POLISH .........................30
1901 18 PIASTRES K-7 F ..............................................50
1928 45 PIASTRES K-19 CH AU .................................190
1947 2 SHILLINGS K-28 AU..........................................35
1970 500 MILS K-43 BU FAO .........................................9
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
1928 10 KORUN K-12 BU..............................................15
1966 10 KORUN K-61 UNC 1100TH YR..........................7
1975 50 KORUN K-83 BU..............................................11
DANISH WEST INDIES
1837 2 SKILLING K-13 G FLAT TOP 3 ..........................10
1859 OR 1860 CENT K-63 VF .......................................20
1860 CENT K-63 XF MIN VERTIGRIS ............................20
1913 CENT K-83 F 1 YR TYPE ......................................10
1913 CENT K-83 VF=$16 1 YR TYPE VF.......................25
1905 5 CENTS K-77 XF STAIN=$14 XF ........................20
1905 10 CENTS K-78 DIRTY VF W/ LT
SCRATCHES..................................................................9
1905 10 CENTS K-78 TONED XF ..................................20
DANZIG
1625 ORTE K-15.2 XF SL CLIP FLAN............................85
1809 GROSCHEN K-137 VF ..........................................40
1926 PFENNIG K-140 XF+.............................................16
1926 2 PFENNIG K-141 XF+ .........................................15
1923 10 PFENNIG K-143 ...............................................14
DENMARK
1719 SKILLING K-512.1 F+ ...........................................45
1797 1/15 SPECIE DALER K-652 F ...............................50
1818 2 RIGSBANK SKILLING K-689 XF ........................85
1842K/FF 3 R.B.S K-A730 TONED UNC ........................65
1848FKVS RIGSBANKDALER K-735.1 VF
LT SCRATCHES ...........................................................50
1855FK/VS 2 RIGSBANKDALER K-761.2 F .................130
1878CS ORE K-792.1 VF ...............................................80
1882 ORE K-792.1 AU ...................................................70
1888 ORE K-792.1 XF....................................................70
1874 2 ORE K-793.1 BROWN UNC ...............................25
1876CS 2 ORE K-793.1 KEY DATE ..............................175
1883CS 2 ORE KM-793.1 UNC .....................................85
1913 5 ORE K-814.1 VF KEY .......................................120
1933 25 ORE K-823.2 XF ..............................................60
1912 2 KRONER K-811 BU FEW LT MARKS .................50
1924 2 KRONER K-825.1 F/VF KEY...............................40
1953 2 KRONER K-844 AU GREENLAND ......................40
1964 5 KRONER K-853.1 BU .........................................20
1967 10 KRONER K-856 BU WEDDING.........................23
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
1939 PESO K-22 XF=$175 XF/AU ...............................200
EAST AFRICA
1941I 10 CENTS K-26.1 UNC........................................10
1942I SHILLING K-28.3 LT CLND AU............................16
EAST CARIBBEAN STATES
1990 $10 K-22 PROOF ..................................................38
ECUADOR
1928 1 CENTAVO K-67 AU SPOT ..................................10
1928 1 CENTAVO K-67 UNC OLD CLNG.......................15
1928 1 CENTAVO K-67 LT TONED UNC ........................28
EGYPT
1972 POUND K-424 BU MOSQUE ................................18
1974 POUND K-443 BU.................................................16
1979 POUND K-488 PROOF 25TH ANNIV.....................20
EL SALVADOR
1951 10 CENTAVOS K-130 BU ......................................25
1892 50 CENTAVOS K-112 ROUGH F FLAG ...............120
1894 PESO K-115.1 XF .................................................60
ETHIOPIA
EE1889(1897) 1/32 BIRR K-10 XF/AU...........................30
EUROPA
1952 2.5 EUROPINOS BR-X-11 PL BU..........................25
FALKLAND ISLANDS
1983 50 PENCE K-19A MISHANLDED PROOF..............35
FINLAND
1891 PENNIA K-10 XF .....................................................9
1895 PENNI KM-13 BROWN AU ...................................60
1873 5 PENNIA K-4.2 RAINBOW TONED XF- ...............20
1899 5 PENNIA K-15 AU+ .............................................30
1897 10 PENNIA K-14 XF SM SPOT ON REV ...............30
1892L MARKKA K-3.2 XF ..............................................35
1970 10 MARKKAA K-51 BU .........................................10
FRANCE
1574-89 PARIS DOUBLE TOURNOIS EK#1 VF ..............30
1774M LIARD K-543.7 VF SL CUPPED FLAN...............16
1793AA SOL K-619.2 VF FL FL RIM .............................70
1649A 10 SOLS K-166.1 F ............................................38
1660I 10 SOLS K-166.9 SL POROUS VF ....................100
1662B 10 SOLS K-199.2 VF ..........................................65
1662I 10 SOLS K-199.5 VF W/ 3 SCRATCHES ON
REVERSE .....................................................................90
1727?N 1/2 ECU K-484.13 POOR .................................24
1709E ECU K-3865 XF FL FL ON OBV ........................325
1718X ECU K-435.23 XF+ SL WEAK PORTRAIT
FAINT HAIRLINES ON OBV REV................................110
1939 2 FRANCS K-886 BU ..............................................7
1830A 5 FRANCS K-736.1 F RAISED EDGE ..................40
1841BB 5 FRANCS K-749.3 XF RN TONED ..................75
1845W 5 FRANCS K-749.13 AU FAINT HAIRLINES FROM
OLD CLEANING...........................................................60
1849A 5 FRANCS K-756.1 DARK XF TINY RN ..............45
1850BB 5 FRANCS K-761.2 AU+ ................................225
1876K 5 FRANCS K-820.2 XF LT RN.............................32
1878K 5 FRANCS K-820.2 VF .......................................65
FRENCH INDO-CHINA
1898 10 CENTS K-9 VF- ..............................................60
1898 PIASTRE K-5A.1 XF/AU ......................................135
1900A PIASTRE K-5A.1 AU .........................................135
GERMAN EAST AFRICA
1916T 20 HELLER K-15 UNC VERY WEAK
STRIKE OBV B, REV B .................................................35
GERMAN STATES:
ANHALT-BERNBURG
1793 2/3 THALER K-58.1 XF 1 YR
TYPE .........................................................................525
BADEN
1834 8/8 KREUZER K-197.2 XF.....................................25
1856 1/2 GULDEN K-234 XF KEY ...............................140
BAVARIA
1745 6 KREUZER K-478 VF/XF SCRS OBV ...................90
1771 THALER F/VF FL/FL BOTH SIDES ........................60
1778HST THALER K-563.1 NICE VF LT CLN NOW
RETONED W/ FEW PIN SCR’S ....................................80
1904D 2 MARK K-913 FROSTY BU .............................190
1913D 3 MARK K-996 PLEASANT UNC ........................60
1914D 2 MARK K-1002 BU LUDWIG III .....................170
1911D 5 MARK K-999 AU ...........................................110
BOHEMIA
1620PRAGUE 48 KREUZER K-254.1 VF
POROUS DEEP TONING............................................380
BRUNSWICK-WOLFENBUTTEL
1754IBH 1 PFENNIG K-901.2 VF...................................20
1625 1/4 THALER K-50 VF- MOUNT RMVD ...............160
BRANDENBURG
1656 1/24 THALER K-245 VF LT PIN SCR’S...............75
COLOGNE
ND(1657-1687) 2 ALBUS K-44 VF+ ...........................40
1673 1/8 THALER K-373 OR 374 VG NICE ...................40
FRANKFURT
1668 ALBUS K-108.2 F+ LEGEND
WEAK ..........................................................................35
1773BN KREUZER K-253 VF CITY
VIEW ...........................................................................24
GOSLAR
1728 4 PFENNIG K-87 TND XF MIN FL CLIP ...............90
FRANKFURT
1772 THALER K-251 VG/F SM FL/FL REV ..................160
FREIBERG
1921 25 PFG M-4353.4 BRN PORCELIN UNC ..............20
1921 50 PFG M-4353.7 BRN PORCELIN UNC ..............20
HANNOVER
1671 12 MARIEN-GROSCHEN K-79 XF ......................230
1852B PFENNIG K-216 XF 1 YR TYPE ..........................30
1860B PFENNIG K-233 XF ..............................................8
HILDESHEIM
1605 1/24 THALER K-9 VF ............................................44
LOWENSTEIN WERTHEIM ROCHEFORT
1767 20 KRUEZER K-65 F/VF........................................60
MUNSTERBERG SCHLES.
NOTGELD 10 PFG M-9837.3 BROWN PORCELLIN .......15
NOTGELD 10 PFG M-9837.6 BROWN PORCELLIN .......15
PADERBORN BISHOPRIC
1718 6 PFENNIG K-A2 FINE ..........................................15
1718AGP 6 MARIEN GROSCHEN K-210 VF+1 YR TYPE
LT SCR’S REV..............................................................40
PFALZ ELECTORAL
1717 1/16 THALER K-204 VF/XF HOLED ......................80
PRUSSIA
1782A 3 GROSCHER K-337 F .......................................15
1813A THALER K-387 ROUGH VF REV PIN SCR ..........55
1861A THALER K-488 XF MOUNT REMOVED ..............22
1861A THALER K-488 XF SL ROUGH RIM....................35
1867A THALER K-494 GUN METAL TONED AU ............60
1871A THALER K-500 TONED UNC SIEGES .................55
1913A 2 MARK K-533 BU 25TH YR REIGN ...................48
1913A 3 MARK K-535 BU UNIFORM BUST ..................40
SAXE-MIDDLE-WEIMAR
1656 3 PFENNIG K-32 UNC ........................................300
SAXONY
1913E 3 MARK K-1275 TONED AU ..............................30
SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN
1850 1 DREILING K-160 VF ..........................................25
1850 SECHLING K-162 XF ............................................40
1789MF M 20 SCHILLING K-130B CLND VF .............150
WESTPHALIA
1809C CENTIME K-107 AU NAPOLEON .......................40
1812C 20 CENTIMES K-97 F SCR NAPOLEON.............15
WURTTEMBERG
1674SP 6 KREUZER K-9 VF ..........................................40
1877F 2 MARK K-626 F/VF OLD CLEANING ................60
1912F 3 MARK K-635 AU..............................................40
1911F 3 MARK K-636 AU SILVER ANNIV......................35
GERMANY
1875A PFENNIG K-1 UNC W/ SOME
RED .............................................................................30
1886J PFENNIG K-1 DARK UNC ...................................60
1876C 2 PFENNIG K-2 XF/AU .......................................25
1907F 2 PFENNIG K-16 AU+ .........................................20
1932F 4 R’SPFENNIG K-75 XF ......................................12
1948F 10 R’SPFENNIG K-A104 AU ...............................15
1888F 20 PFENNIG K-9.1 VF ........................................20
1888F 20 PFENNIG K-9.1 TINY RN REV XF ..................25
1910E 25 PFENNIG K-18 XF .........................................15
1876A 50 PFENNIG K-6 LUSTROUS AU .......................22
1877A 50 PFENNIG K-8 F .............................................15
1905D 1/2 MARK K-17 CH BU ......................................40
1925J MARK K-44 VF....................................................16
1950D MARK K-110 UNC..............................................40
1924G 3 MARK K-43 XF................................................65
1929E 3 MARK K-65 MEISSEN VF=$60 XF ..................68
1930D 3 MARK K-67 AU ZEPPELIN ............................130
1927A 5 MARK K-56 XF OAK TREE ............................135
1930A 5 MARK K-68 AU ZEPPELIN ............................240
1923E 500 MARK K-36 BU............................................25
1916J 2 KOPEKS K-22 BU SOME SPOTTING ...............75
1927D SILVER MEDAL X-1 ROUGH XF HIND ...............35
GREAT BRITAIN
ND(1662) MAUNDY SET K-MDS2 VF 3 PENCE HAS A
COUPLE SMALL HITS ...........................................1,100
1677 MAUNDY SET K-MDS10 VF TO XF....................680
1840 MAUNDY SET K-MDS90 AU TO UNC ................640
1932 MAUNDY SET K-MDS190 UNC .........................230
1800 MAUNDY SET K-MDS62 XF...............................400
1913 1/3 FARTHING K-791 UNC W/RED.......................35
1749 FARTHING K-581.2 VF..........................................60
1829 FARTHING K-697 DARK TONED UNC ................250
1858 HALF PENNY K-726 AU+ ...................................120
1826 PENNY K-693 XF+ RIM BUMPS...........................85
1858/3 PENNY K-739 XF.............................................125
1863 PENNY K-749.2 XF ...............................................50
1877 PENNY K-755 XF ..................................................50
1891 PENNY K-755 BRN AU .........................................80
1907 PENNY K-794.2 UNC............................................65
1910 PENNY K-794.2 TND UNC W/SOME RED ............70
1912H PENNY K-810 XF SPOT ON HEAD.....................60
1950 PENNY K-869 TONED XF .....................................15
1834 1 1/2 PENCE K-719 XF/AU HL’S ..........................60
1797 2 PENNY K-619 NICE VF....................................140
1942 3 PENCE K-848 NICE UNC...................................30
1746 6 PENCE K-582.3 VF ............................................65
1883 6 PENCE K-757 XF ...............................................85
1758 SCHILLING K-583.3 XF TINY FL FL RIM ...........175
1787 SHILLING K-607.2 XF LT ADJ MRKS HEARTS IN
HANOVERIAN SHIELD...............................................120
1834 SHILLING K-713 ABT XF LT HIT ON PORTRAIT ...50
1867 SHILLING K-734.2 F DIE # RARE .........................90
1906 SHILLING K-800 XF..............................................40
1907 SHILLING K-800 TONED XF .................................60
1917 SHILLING K-816 XF..............................................25
1920 SHILLING K-816 CH FROSTY UNC ......................95
1871 FLORIN K-746.2 VG/F ..........................................18
1821 1/2 CROWN K-676 XF/AU A FEW PIN SCR IN
FRONT OF PORTRAIT................................................225
1820 CROWN K-675 XF ..............................................480
1844 CROWN K-741 VF XF MIN ABRASION IN FRONT
OF PORTRAIT ............................................................500
1845 CROWN K-741 AU ...........................................1,250
1847 CROWN K-741 XF+ ............................................900
2012 SIX 5 POUNDS 2009/2010 CELEBRATION OF
BRITAIN GREAT BRITISH ICONS
IN ORIGINAL BOX W/ CERTIFICATE ............................550
BATH
1794 1/2 PENNY D&H-26 UNC SOME RED SPOT REV
BOTANIC GARDENS PLAIN.......................................150
BIRMINGHAM
1796 1/2 PENNY D&H-210 PROOF NAVIG ...................90
LANCASHIRE-LANCASTER 1794 HALF PENNY
CONDER TOKEN JOHN GAUNT D&H-44 XF .................80
MIDDLESEX
ND 1/2 PENNY D&H-952 AU PRNC OF WALES ...........40
NORWICH, NORFOLK
1792 1/2 PENNY D&H-15 CH AU SOME RED ..............40
1792 1/2 PENNY D&H-15 P/L R&B UNC SMALL FLAN
CLIP ..........................................................................125
WARWICKSHIRE COVENTRY
1794 1/2 PENNY D&H-249 VF ......................................30
GREECE
1828 5 LEPTA K-2 VF/XF LT CORR COUPLE OF
SCRATCHES..............................................................200
1831 5 LEPTA K-10 VF/XF FLAN FLAWS
CORRODED PLANCHET,STILL ATTRACTIVE.............290
1882A 10 LEPTA K-55 BROWN UNC...........................150
1874A 20 LEPTA K-44 DARK XF+ .................................15
1964 50 LEPTON K-80 BU $35, CH BU .......................40
1962 DRACHMA K-81 BU .............................................50
1874 2 DRACHMA K-38 XF.........................................100
1957 2 DRACHMA K-82 XF KEY DATE .........................20
1959 10 DRACHMA K-84 BU ........................................25
1963 30 DRACHMAI K-87 UNC 5 KINGS......................20
1963 30 DRACHMAI K-87 BU 5 KINGS ........................22
1964 30 DRACHMAI K-87 BU MARRIAGE ....................15
GREENLAND
1922 10 ORE K-TN46 XF ...............................................70
1926 25 ORE K-5 UNC 1 YR TY ....................................60
1926 25 ORE W/HOLE K-6 VF=$50 VF+ .......................60
1926 50 ORE K-7 VF WIPED OR VF LT SCRS ...............15
1926 KRONE K-8 VF .....................................................22
1944 5 KRONER K-9 XF POLAR BEAR ........................110
GUATEMALA
1879D 2 REALES K-154 VF 1 YR TYPE.........................12
GUERNSEY
1834 8 DOUBLES K-3 UNC COUPLE TONING SPOTS ON
REV ...........................................................................200
2002 POUND K-142 BU WILLIAM DUKE ......................38
HAITI
1967 5 GOURDES K-64.1 PROOF .................................26
1973 50 GOURDES K-104.1 PROOF .............................38
1973 50 GOURDES K-105 PROOF ................................30
HAWAII
1883 DALA K-7 AU OLD CLEANING ...........................650
1994 HAWAII DALA PROOF W/ LIGHT SCR & SPOTS
KALAKAUA I KING OF HAWAII ....................................95
HONDURAS
1910 CENTAVO K-68 XF ALTERED REV DIE OF 5
CENTAVO ..................................................................195
1911 CENTAVOS K-65 XF RARE
VARIETY ....................................................................275
1912 2 CENTAVO K-69 XF FOR TYPE ...........................30
1886 PESO K-52 NICE XF ...........................................125
HONG KONG
1905 CENT K-11 UNC ...................................................85
1923 CENT K-16 MOSTLY BROWN UNC ......................30
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1900H 10 CENTS K-63 AU ............................................12
HUNGARY
1548KB DENAR XF ........................................................25
1833 20 KRAJCZAR K-415.3 VF....................................20
1920 20 FILLER K-498 UNC..........................................15
1896 KORONA K-487 UNC BLUE TONE REV ................35
1963/1965 2/5/10/20 FILLER 4-PC TYPE
SET ON SOUVENIR CARD BU .....................................20
1980 200 FORINT K-618 WINTER
OLYMPICS ..................................................................18
1980 500 FORINT K-619 WINTER
OLYMPICS ..................................................................55
ICELAND
1926GJ 5 AURAR K-7.1 NICE BU ..................................95
INDIA
1840 1/4 RUPEE Y2A.3 VF WW.....................................20
1946 1/4 RUPEE K-548 AU ...........................................15
1835RS RUPEE K-450.7 NICE XF................................180
1972B 10 RUPEES K-187.1 PROOF .............................48
1973B 10 RUPEES K-188 PROOF .................................50
1974 10 RUPEES K-109 PL BU FAO .............................32
KUTCH
1942 5 KORI Y-82 CH BU ..............................................40
MADRAS PRESIDENCY
1808 10 CASH K-320 XF OLD CLEANING ....................35
1808 10 CASH K-320 XF STAIN ....................................35
INDONESIA
1974 2000 RUPES K-39 BU TIGER................................35
IRAN
AH1305 2000 DINARS K-1096 XF.................................48
AH1320(1902) 5000 DINARS K-976 AU........................75
SH1306 5000 DINARS K-1106 XF RB ...........................26
IRELAND
1822 PENNY K-151 VF ..................................................60
1823 PENNY K-151 ROUGH VG ......................................8
1690 JUNE SHILLING K-100 CH XF POROUS GUN
MONEY .....................................................................150
1690 MAR SHILLING K-94 XF POROUS
GUN MONEY .............................................................200
1966 10 SHILLING K-18 PROOF IN BOX ......................50
1990 10 ECU BR-X2 PROOF STAG................................55
ISLE OF MAN
1975 25 PENCE K-31a PROOF MANX CAT ...................32
ISRAEL
1958 5 LIROT K-21 PROOF FEW MARKS ...................100
1961 5 LIROT K-33 UNC 13TH ANNIV ..........................32
1967 10 LIROT K-49 UNC VICTORY .............................34
ITALIAN SOMALILAND
1909 BESA K-1 AU ......................................................180
1909 2 BESA K-2 AU ...................................................290
ITALY
1896R CENTESIMO K-29 UNC ......................................20
1914R CENTESIMO K-40 MOSTLY RED UNC ...............10
1922 20 CENTESIMO K-44 BU......................................50
1903 25 CENTESIMI K-36 FLASHY BU VERY LT PIN SCR
ON REV .....................................................................100
1921 50 CENTESIMI K-61.2 XF...................................100
1908 LIRA K-57 F KEY DATE .........................................25
1912 LIRA K-45 UNC...................................................100
1922R LIRA K-62 BU .....................................................50
1908R 2 LIRA K-46 VG/F 25, F ..................................30
1910R 2 LIRE K-45 VF HEAD &
SHOULDER HAS HEAVY SCRATHES RARE ................65
1872M 5 LIRE K-8.3 UNC LITTLE BAGGY ..................180
1879R 5 LIRE K-20 NICELY TND XF/AU .....................300
1928 10 LIRA K-681 VF *FERT* ....................................45
1936R 10 LIRA K-80 XF ..............................................100
1928R YRVI 20 LIRA K-69 XF......................................350
1958R 500 LIRA K-98 IMPAIRED PROOF......................14
LOMBARDI-VENETIA
1822V CENTESIMO C-1.3 XF CORR SPOT ...................12
1822V CENTESIMO C-1.3 NICE AU ..............................35
1852V CENTESIMO C-29.2 XF W/ MIN POROSITY ......15
1852V CENTESIMO C-29.2 XF $20 XF+ ......................25
1852M 3 CENTESIMI C-26 XF ......................................30
1862A SOLDO C-35.3 GRANULAR XF ............................8
1862V SOLDO C-35.3 AU 1 YR TY ...............................20
1848M 5 LIRE C-22.1 AU ............................................200
NAPLES & SICILY
1859 10 TORNESI C-159 XF 1 YR TY ...........................80
1840 20 GRANA K-332 VF ............................................25
PAPA STATES
1796 2 1/2 BAIOCCHI K-1240 POROUS XF ................250
1860R ANXV 20 BAIOCCHI K-1360 AU+.......................70
1867R CENTESIMO K-1370 TONED UNC .....................60
1866R YR21 LIRA K-1376 BU .......................................50
JAMAICA
1909 PENNY K-23 XF ......................................................9
1975 $10 K-66A PROOF ................................................38
1977 $10 K-74A PROOF ................................................38
JAPAN
ND 100 MON C-7 VF.....................................................15
YR6(1873) RIN Y-15 XF+ SPOT $18, UNC ....................40
YR31(1898) 5 SEN Y-21 UNC STAINED REV.................75
YR33(1900) 10 SEN Y-23 UNC ...................................150
YR3(1870)TYPE 1 YEN Y-5.3 AU LT HL’S
EX MOUNT - CLEVERLY REMOVED .........................450
YR37(1904) YEN Y-A25.3 VF/XF SCR REV ...................45
1964 1000 YEN Y-80 TONED UNC ................................25
JERSEY
1861 1/13 SHILLING K-3 UNC TINY FL/FL ................225
2005 5 POUNDS KM-UNLISTED PROOF HMS
CONQUEROR ..............................................................50
KOREA
YR10(1906) 1/2 WON K-1129 XF................................300
KUWAIT
1991 5 DINAR BR-X5 PROOF LIBERATION ...................50
LATVIA
1924 LATS K-7 VF ...........................................................7
1924 LATS K-7 XF .........................................................14
1924 LATS K-7 AU.........................................................20
1924 LATS K-7 UNC ......................................................50
1925 OR 1926 2 LATI K-8 VF/XF...................................12
1926 2 LATI K-8 TONED UNC .......................................35
1929, 31 OR 32 5 LATI K-9 TONED AU .........................28
LEBANON
1929 25 PIASTRES K-7 AVF ..........................................17
1936 25 PIASTRES K-8 VF DINGED ..............................11
10
LESOTHO
1976 10 MALOTI K-13 PROOF 10TH ANNIV.................38
LIBERIA
1862 2 PENNY K-4 PROOF .........................................550
1896 10 CENTS K-7 F .....................................................8
1906H 25 CENTS K-8 XF WIPED 1 YR TYPE ................80
2000 $20 K-?? PROOF BATTLE OF SHILOH..................27
LITHUANIA
1935 CENTAS K-71 BU..................................................40
1936 CENTAS Y-9 TONED UNC ....................................25
1936 2 CENTAI K-80 R&B UNC.....................................40
1925 2 LITU K-77 UNC COUPLE LT MARKS ................40
1925 2 LITU K-77 TONED UNC .....................................50
1925 5 LITAI K-78 AU....................................................30
1936 5 LITAI K-82 XF ....................................................14
1936 10 LITU K-83 FLASHY UNC .................................45
1938 10 LITU K-84 XF...................................................70
LUXEMBOURG
1786 SOL K-11 VF.......................................................120
1795 SOL K-19 VG SCARCE .........................................40
ND(1946) 50 FRANCS K-48 BU JOHN ..........................25
ND(1946) 100 FRANCS K-49 BU JOHN ........................85
MACAO
1952 5 PATACA K-5 BU 1 YR TY ...................................24
MALAWI
1974 10 KWACHA K-13 BU INDEPENDENCE ...............27
MALTA, ORDER OF
1779 2 TARI K-301.2 VF SL UNEVEN STRKE ................44
1964 2 SCUDI BR-X10 PROOF......................................28
MALTA
1972 2 POUND K-14 BU ...............................................32
1973 2 POUND K-20 BU GATE ......................................30
1981 5 POUND K-53 PROOF INT’L YOUTH CONF ........70
2004 25 LIRES X-312 PROOF ......................................25
1976FM 9-PC PROOF SET K-PS2 ORIG BOX, PAPERS,
AND CERT ...................................................................70
MAURITIUS
1946 1/4 RUPEE K-18A VF SCARCE .............................25
1975 25 RUPEES K-40A PROOF BUTTERFLY ...............40
1977 25 RUPEES K-43A PRF SUGAR CANE .................28
1977 25 RUPEES K-43 BU ............................................28
MEXICO
1781MOFF 1/2 REAL K-69.2 XF FL/FK REV .................45
1798FM 1/2 REAL K-72 XF ...........................................65
1800MOFM 1/2 REAL K-72 XF+ SCR ON FACE ...........45
(163)0MoD REAL K-28 VF WEAK OBVm STRONG
REV ...........................................................................250
1800MOFM REAL K-81 DIRTY VF .................................50
1751MOMF 8 REALES K-104.1 XF .............................300
1818GAFS 8 REALES K-111.3 XF ...............................275
1821GAFS 8 REALES K-111.3 XF/AU .........................225
1879OAAE 8 REALES K-377.8 XF .................................80
1880OAAE 8 REALES K-377.11 VF/XF ..........................60
1883PIMH 8 REALES K-377.12 AU ...............................75
1888CAMM 8 REALES K-377.2 BU SOFT CENTER ....160
1893MOAM 8 REALES K-377.10 GUN METAL
TONED UNC ..............................................................110
1915 CENTAVO K-416 XF 1 YR TYPE ...........................38
1916 CENTAVO K-415 VF KEY DATE ............................60
1864Mo 10 CENTAVO K-401.2 ROUGH F .....................40
1935 10 CENTAVOS K-430 XF .....................................18
1919 20 CENTAVOS K-436 XF 1 YR TYPE ....................40
1878ZSS 50 CENTAVOS K-407.8 VF- ...........................20
1887MO 50 CENTAVOS K-407.6 VF..............................26
1866MO PESO K-388.1 AU MAXIMILIAN ...................250
1866MO PESO K-388.2 XF WIPED MAXIM ................225
1871OA PESO K-408.6 AU LARGEA............................150
1905MOAM PESO K-409.2 VF ......................................60
1950 PESO K-466 BU RAILROAD..................................50
1950 PESO K-466 NICE BU RAILROAD.........................60
2005 ONZA K-639 PROOF LOW MINTAGE..................100
MONACO
1966 10 FRANCS BR-XM1 BU 10TH ANNIV .................50
MONTENEGRO
1910 2 PERPER K-7 XF 1 YR TYPE ...............................55
MOROCCO
1911(AH1330) Y-29.1 XF ..............................................23
AH1321PA RIAL Y-22.2 VF .........................................60
NETHERLANDS
1883 1/2 CENT K-109 AU/UNC DBL PUN 3 ...............140
1849 W/ DOT 10 CENTS K-75 AU DETAILS
CLEANED W/ HAIRLINES............................................35
1897 25 CENTS K-115 XF- ...........................................30
1932 DEEP HAIRLINES 2 ½ GULDEN
K-165 XF RARE .........................................................200
NETHERLANDS - ZEELAND
1761 SILVER DUCAT K-52.4 FLASHY XF ....................180
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
1979 25 GULDEN K-22 PROOF IYOC............................35
NEW ZEALAND
1940 FLORIN K-10 XF+ KEY DATE ..............................100
WELLINGTON
ND(1860) PENNY K-TN39.1 F LIPMAN LEVY .............200
NICARAGUA
1914H CENTAVO K-11 VF .............................................10
1912H CORDOBA K-16 XF LT RIM BRUISE ................150
1912H CORDOBA K-16 AU .........................................250
NORWAY
1863 ½ SKILLING K-324 VF..........................................24
1877 ORE K-352 FINE ...................................................15
1897 ORE K-352 AU .....................................................25
1917 5 ORE K-368A VF .................................................28
1894 10 ORE K-350 VF .................................................24
1898 10 ORE K-350 VF .................................................17
1913 10 ORE K-372 VF ...................................................9
1909 25 ORE K-373 VF .................................................24
1923 50 ORE K-379 VF KEY LAMINATION ON OBV .....70
1962 KRONE K-409 BU .................................................15
1878 2 KRONER K-359 XF SM SCR OBV....................340
1907 2 KRONER K-365 XF ..........................................120
1914 2 KRONER K-377 VF=$70 XF .............................95
1914 2 KRONER K-377 TONED AU CONSTITUTION ...125
PALESTINE
1937 MIL K-1 AU .........................................................35
1940 MIL K-1 XF ...........................................................50
1941 5 MILS K-3 XF......................................................25
1944 20 MILS K-5A VF/XF ..........................................100
1927 50 MIL K-6 AU ....................................................45
1933 50 MIL K-6 VF SM STAIN ....................................18
1923 100 MIL K-7 XF ..................................................100
2010 FANTASY 8-PC PROOF SET 1 MIL/2
DINAR K-UNL F AUNA INCL BI-METALLIC ..............25
PANAMA
1904 2 1/2 CENTESIMOS K-1 UNC SM SPOT..............30
1904 5 CENTESIMOS K-2 XF ........................................12
1904 25 CENTESIMOS K-4 XF ......................................44
1904 50 CENTESIMOS K-5 VF+ ....................................65
1931 1/4 BALBOA K-11.1 F=$15 F+=$20 VF=$50 KEY
VF+..............................................................................75
1934 1/4 BALBOA K-11.1 TONED XF ............................32
1947 1/4 BALBOA K-11.1 XF ........................................10
1933 1/2 BALBOA K-12.1 XF ........................................38
1934 1/2 BALBOA K-12.1 XF ........................................30
1947 BALBOA K-13 AU .................................................32
1947 BALBOA K-13 BU .................................................40
1966 BALBOA K-27 BU .................................................35
1975 BALBOA K-39.2 BU ..............................................18
1972 5 BALBOA Y-32 BU ..............................................30
1975 20 BALBOAS K-31 PROOF .................................115
1978 20 BALBOAS K-54 BU 2,500 MINTED ...............120
PERU
1858MB 50 CENTIMOS K-78 VF...................................30
1810LIMA JP 8 REALES K-406.2 HOLED XF
SOME LUSTER ..........................................................100
1880BF 5 PESETAS K-201.1 UNC FAINT HL’S ERROR
WITH LARGE FLAN FLAW .........................................140
PHILIPPINES
1834-1837 8 REALES K-138.2 COUNTERSTAMP
ON PERU ...................................................................140
1939M CENTAVO K-179 RED UNC ...............................20
1947S PESO K-185 BU MACARTHUR...........................28
POLAND
1796B 1/2 GROSSUS C-2.1 VF S PRUSSIA..................18
1797B 1/2 GROSSUS C-2.1 F+ S PRUSSIA ..................15
1928 GROSZ Y-8a XF ....................................................10
1766 4 GROSCHEN K-185 F BAD SCR’S ......................15
1923 5 GROSZE Y-10 XF 1 YR TY .................................18
1930 5 GROSZY Y-10A XF ............................................18
1683 6 GROSCHEN K-128 VF .......................................60
1949 ZLOTY Y-45a BU...................................................50
1821B 2 ZLOTE C-99A G...............................................28
1835 30 KOPEKS/2 ZLOTY C-132 G/POOR ..................18
1958 2 ZLOTE Y-46 BU..................................................20
1972MW 2 ZLOTE Y-46 UNC $25, BU ..........................50
1840MW 5 ZLOTE C-133 G...........................................25
1928 5 ZLOTYCH Y-18 VF REV W/3 PUNCHES ............60
1928 5 ZLOTYCH Y-18 VF BRUSHED ........................125
1836HR 1 1/2 ROUBLES/10 ZLOTYCH C-134
F+ BUT WEAK REVERSE .............................................90
1933 10 ZLOTYCH Y-23 TONED XF SOBIESKI..............80
1934 10 ZLOTYCH Y-26 XF RIFLE CORP ....................100
1937 10 ZLOTYCH Y-29 FLASHY AU ............................80
2001 10 ZLOTYCH Y-413 PRF CONSTIT.......................40
2002 10 ZLOTYCH Y-432 PRF MALINOWSKI ...............23
1980 200 ZLOTYCH Y-110.2 HAZEY PROOF ................25
1980 200 ZLOTYCH Pr-409 PROBA IN RED
CASE OLYMPICS WITH TORCH .................................75
1982 1000 ZLOTYCH Y-144 BU POPE
JOHN PAUL II..............................................................25
POLAND - GERMAN OCCUPATION
1918 FENIG Y-4 BU .......................................................50
PORTUGAL
1812 40 REIS K-345.1 VF+ POROUS RN’S ...................35
1831 40 REIS K-391 ABT XF .........................................60
1953 50 CENTAVO K-577 BU ........................................45
1910 ESCUDO K-560 LT TONED AU BIRTH ................140
1927 ESCUDO K-578 AU...............................................85
1953 20 ESCUDOS K-585 BU FINANCIAL ....................20
PORTUGUESE GUINEA
1946 EXCUDO K-7 RED UNC $12, BU 500 YRS
DISCOVERY ................................................................18
PORTUGUESE INDIA
1934 4 TANGAS K-21 XF 1 YR TYPE ..........................160
PUERTO RICO
1896 5 CENTAVOS K-20 XF+ ........................................80
1896 5 CENTAVOS K-20 AU/UNC ...............................140
1895 20 CENTAVOS K-22 XF/AU ................................175
1895 20 CENTAVOS K-22 AU LT RN ...........................180
1896 40 CENTAVOS K-23 VF- .....................................350
1896 40 CENTAVOS K-23 VF+ ....................................500
1896 40 CENTAVOS K-23 XF ......................................600
1896 PESO K-24 VF+ LT CLND ...................................575
1896 PESO K-24 XF PIN SCR’S OBV ..........................575
1896 PESO K-24 XF/AU ..........................................1,000
REUNION
2004 1 1/2 EURO BR-XE12 PROOF ESSAI
WHITE STREAKS ON REV ..............................................35
ROMANIA
1906 5 LEI K-35 F/VF ....................................................80
1954 BAN K-81.2 UNC ..................................................40
1941 500 LEI K-60 RED/BLUE TONED UNC .................45
1944 500 LEI K-65 SL BAGGY AU 1 YR ........................14
1946 100,000 LEI K-71 UNC .........................................50
RUSSIA
1751 DENGA K-188 F=$10 VF ......................................25
1862BM DENGA Y-24 VF ..............................................55
1828KM KOPEK C-117.5 VF .........................................16
1797EM 2 KOPEKS C-95.3 VF DETAILS
SCRATCH REV, LT SCRATCH OBV..............................18
1801EM 2 KOPEK C-95.3 VF ROUGH REV ...................35
1801EM 2 KOPEK C95.3 BROWN AU............................75
1763 5 KOPEKS C-59.8 F..............................................60
1831EM 5 KOPEKS C-152.1 VF ....................................50
1857EM 5 KOPEKS C-152.1 VF ....................................50
1860 10 KOPEKS Y-26.1 SMALL EAGLE.....................120
1895 25 KOPEKS Y-57 VF .............................................60
1911 50 KOPEKS Y-58.2 XF ........................................140
1912 50 KOPEKS Y-58.2 XF PIN SCR ON PORTRAIT ...45
1927 50 KOPEKS Y-89.1 XF .........................................15
1927 50 KOPEKS Y-89.2 XF RN ....................................20
1996 3 ROUBLES Y-535 PROOF TIGER.........................65
SAINT THOMAS & PRINCE
1962 20 CENTAVOS K-16.1 RED UNC ..........................12
SARAWAK
1863 CENT K-3 XF TINY RN MIN CORR .......................40
1880 CENT K-6 VF ........................................................18
1892H CENT K-7 DARK XF ...........................................35
1900H 10 CENT K-9 XF.................................................75
1927 20 CENTS K-17A VF.............................................40
SAUDI ARABIA - HEJAZ & NEJD
AH1344 1/2 GHIRSH K-5 VF .........................................22
SCOTLAND
SOUTH LEITH PARISH EDINBURGH COMMUNION
TOKEN XF/AU .............................................................50
SEYCHELLES
1939 RUPEE K-4 VF 1 YR TYPE ....................................25
1974 5 RUPEES K-19A PROOF TOROISE ......................16
1976 10 RUPEES K-20A PROOF TURTLE......................28
1978 50 RUPEES K-39 PROOF SQUIRREL ...................37
1978 100 RUPEES K-40 PROOF BIRD...........................40
SHARJAH
1964 5 RUPEES BU .......................................................40
SINGAPORE
1973 $5 K-10 BU SE ASIA GAMES ...............................20
1973 $10 K-9.2 BU HAWK.............................................27
1977 $10 K-16 BU HANDS / MAP ................................17
1979 $10 K-17.1 BU STELLITE .....................................17
SOUTH AFRICA
1895 6 PENCE K-4 XF .................................................120
1897 SHILLING K-5 XF/AU............................................40
1897 2 SHILLINGS K-6 UNC DETAILS HL’S
RETONED ....................................................................75
SOUTHERN RHODESIA
1945 6 PENCE K-17a AU BETTER DATE .......................70
SPAIN
1855BA 8 MARAVEDI K-531.1 VF ROUGH RIM ............30
1865 ESCUDO K-626.1 VF/XF.......................................80
1867OM HALF CENTIMO K-632.5 REDDISH
AU 7-PT STAR.............................................................30
1870OM 5 CENTIMO K-662 XF/AU...............................20
1893(93)PGL PESETA K-702 VF-=$60 VF.....................90
1881(81) 2 PESETAS K-678.2 TND XF- ........................50
1875 5 PESETAS K-671 VF HL’S ...................................30
1885(87) 5 PESETAS K-688 VF .....................................32
1888MPM 5 PESETAS K-689 VF...................................32
1892 5 PESETAS K-689 XF DIPPED ............................120
1893 5 PESETAS K-700 VF ...........................................32
1898 5 PESETAS K-707 VF ...........................................32
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS
1845 1/2 CENT K-2 XF ................................................120
1862 CENT K-6 F...........................................................12
1888 CENT K-16 CH AU..............................................180
1889 CENT K-16 VF ......................................................16
1897 CENT K-16 XF ......................................................60
1897 CENT K-16 NICE AU...........................................120
1908 CENT K-9 IRREG TONED UNC ...........................120
1920 CENT K-32 REDDISH UNC ...................................40
1910B 5 CENT K-20A TND XF.......................................10
1927 10 CENTS K-29B UNC .........................................14
1896 50 CENT K-13 XF+ ONCE LT CLN......................380
SUDAN
AH1312/12 20 PIASTRES K-26 XF ................................45
SURINAME
1943 CENT K-10 UNC ...................................................17
SWEDEN
1715 DALER K-352 VF ..................................................35
1840 1/6 SKILLING K-639 AU WEAK .............................8
1636 1/4 ORE K-152.2 F/VF ..........................................60
1877 ORE K-745 XF TINY DIG.......................................20
1878 ORE K-745 NICE BROWN UNC ............................75
1880 ORE K-750 VF.......................................................15
1873 2 ORE K-729 XF 1 YEAR TYPE .............................24
1911 10 ORE K-780 AU/UNC ........................................18
1881 25 ORE K-739 UNC HL’S ......................................40
1906 KRONA K-772 UNC ............................................160
1952 5 KRONOR K-828 UNC 70TH BIRTHDAY .............23
SWITZERLAND
1936 2 RAPPEN K-4.2A UNC ........................................15
1897B 5 RAPPEN K-26 FLASHY AU..............................75
1919 10 RAPPEN K-27A XF BRASS SCARCE ...............70
1851 20 RAPPEN K-7 F/VF .........................................140
1878 1/2 FRANC K-23 FINE ..........................................20
1898B HALF FRANC K-23 LUSTROUS UNC
BUT FEW STRAY MARKS IN OBV FIELD ..................100
1909 FRANC K-24 UNC.................................................50
BERN
1774 QTR THALER K-118 XF ......................................200
NEUCHATEL
1792 1/2 BATZEN K-47 XF ............................................70
TIMOR
1958 ESCUDO K-13 CH BU ..........................................75
TUNISIA
AH1357(1938) 5 CENTIME K-258 CH BU .....................30
1892A 2 FRANCS K-225 VF ..........................................16
1911A 2 FRANCS K-239 VF ..........................................15
1969 DINAR K-297 PROOF SHIP ..................................27
TURKEY
2002 10,000,000 LIRA K-?? PF CONULLER ..................35
URUGUAY
1869A 2 CENTESIMOS K-12 UNC ................................40
1961 10 PESOS K-42 UNC GAUCHO ................................
15 ....................................................................................
VENEZUELA
1873 50 CENTAVOS Y-15 POOR ..................................40
YEMEN
AH1278 ERROR FOR 1378 1/80 RIYAL Y-11.1
RED UNC.....................................................................15
ZAIRE
1975 5 ZAIRES K-10 PROOF OKAPI ..............................50
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Could coin redraw US/Canada border?
Should the accuracy of the western boundary of the United States and
Canada be questioned due to the random find of a coin?
Conspiracy theorists think so. They
are speculating that an English shilling of Edward VI minted in London
between 1551 and 1553 recently found
in mid-December 2013 in the Victoria
area of British Columbia could rewrite
history, as well as impact the interpretation of documents that led to establishing the nearby international border.
The 49th parallel border was chosen in 1818 based partially on past
European colonial land holdings.
Surviving historical records document
that Spanish explorers rather than the
English were the first Europeans to set
foot in the region in 1774. British Royal
Navy Captain James Cook arrived there
in 1778.
Theorists have claimed for years that
Sir Francis Drake beat them all, having
visited in 1579 while searching for the
Northwest Passage. Drake sailed around
the world between 1577 and 1580.
Drake sailed as far north as California
or Oregon, but there is no evidence
or record Drake traveled as far as the
Victoria region—or is there?
The search for the Northwest Passage
was top secret at the time. Both the
Spanish and English were looking. The
English were trying to avoid a confrontation with Spain, although ultimately
the Spanish Armanda would attempt
to invade England unsuccessfully in
1588. Theorists suggest the secrecy of
Drake’s mission is why no record of his
arrival in what is now British Columbia
hasn’t been documented. In fact, unfortunately, Drake’s personal logs of his
trip around the world burned in a fire a
century after Drake’s death.
Three English coins of the period of
Edward VI to Elizabeth I are documented to have been found in the region. A
1571-dated sixpence was found in 1930
in the backyard of a Victoria home. A
Tudor-era coin was later discovered on
nearby Quadra Island. The latest coin
was discovered “under eight centimeters of blue clay” with the aid of a metal
detector by Bruce Campbell.
Campbell said, “It was all black and
crusty and full of gunk from being in
the water.” The same day he found an
1891 Canadian silver 5-cent coin, a
1960s 10-cent, and 1900 1 cent.
The find adds fuel to the fire being
stoked by former British Columbia
Cabinet Minister Samuel Bawlf, a proponent of the theory Drake arrived
in British Columbia first. Bawlf has
written a book on this theory. He also
helped construct British Columbia’s
heritage protection regime.
The Jan. 12 Postmedia News quotes
Bawlf as saying, “The documentary
evidence is compelling in and of itself,”
adding, “But now we’re getting corroborating evidence. And two of the
Canada/Page 20
Russia, others move toward currency union
It’s not all about Crimea. Despite the rhetoric and saber
rattling by both Russian and US politicians regarding the
recent Russian occupation of the Crimean region of Ukraine,
Russia’s true intentions become obvious not through its military actions or political statements, but through what it is trying to achieve with its currency.
The bottom line is that Russia is attempting to reunite as
many of the nations as possible that emerged when the Soviet
Union collapsed during the late 20th century. This appears to
be a monetary reunification, if not a political reunification.
The United States and its allies are trying to prevent this
reunification as this chess game for regional political superiority continues.
The Bank of Russia tried to keep the former Soviet nations
under a single fiduciary umbrella through the Commonwealth
of Independent States currency issued by that bank immediately following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Where the
CIS failed the Eurasian Economic Union now hopes to succeed. In May Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia will sign an
agreement through which a joint monetary union will emerge.
There are indications Armenia and Kyrgyzstan are among
several other former Soviet republics that might join the EEU
soon after.
Russia’s dream could be a nightmare for the United States
and its allies. In December 2012 former U.S. Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton said of the EEU, “It’s going to be called
[a] customs union, it will be called the Eurasian Union and
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all of that, but let’s make no mistake about it. We know what
the goal is, and we are trying to figure out effective ways to
slow down or prevent it.”
Its goal is obviously pro-Russian trade. Slowing down
or preventing it is going to be difficult. The presidents of
Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia will sign the joint monetary
policy and financial markets agreement in May. This is all
about trade, either Russia or the United States being the dominant trading partner with the countries involved.
According to an article appearing in an early March issue
of Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper, the founding Eurasian
Central Bank will issue currency in “altyn” denominations
somewhere between 2017 and 2025. Altyn is a Russian word
that may have been borrowed from the Golden Horde Turkic
numeral “alti” for six. The Russian altyn refers to the 3-kopek
coin introduced in 1839 during the reign of Czar Nicholas I.
During the 17th century 20 altyn was the purchase price of a
calf, five altyn would buy a piglet, while two to three altyn
would purchase a goose.
The Moskovsky Komsomolets article describes the ECB as
being the “supranational megaregulator of the joint currency.”
The currency union was first suggested in 2012 by
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev. Nazarbayev is
quoted in the April 10 issue of the Russian newspaper Pravda
as saying the world is moving towards a new monetary system
Russia/Page 20
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European Central Mint shut by police
Don’t let the catchy name fool you.
The European Central Mint is (or was) a
privately owned mint in the Netherlands.
To quote from The Raven by Edgar Allen
Poe: “Nevermore.”
Patrick Onel, now under arrest in the
Netherlands, is the individual that appears
to have single-handedly torpedoed the
British £1 coin, having produced massive numbers of counterfeits at the ECM,
which he owns. A new, more counterfeit
resistant coin will be introduced in 2017,
according to the British Royal Mint.
According to the March 23 Daily Mail
newspaper, “This is thought to be the largest operation of its kind, although in 2009
a scheme to bring 500,000 fake pound
coins to Britain from Italy was foiled by
Italian police.”
The Dutch prosecutor’s office released
a statement saying, “The owner [Onel] is
also suspected of money laundering and
having a gun. The investigation was triggered by information from the Dutch tax
office authorities.”
This appears to be partially true, however other sources indicate the Dutch antifraud agency Dutch Fiscal Information
and Investigation Service or FIOD had
been warned by British law enforcement
that the British had discovered hundred of
thousands of counterfeit coins at a port in
northeast England in 2012.
The coins were found in blue plastic barrels in which two-inch layers of
washers were placed on top of the bogus
coins. The barrels originated in Germany.
Reports indicate the shipment was meant
to be delivered to an organized criminal
gang. British customs officials discovered
a second similar shipment at a southern port during 2013, these counterfeits
believed to have originated from the same
source. Other sources suggest more than
one organized criminal gang has been
involved in distributing the counterfeit
coins.
According to the March 23 issue of
the British newspaper The Independent,
“Detectives believe that the ring, which
was supplying British crime syndicates, is
the largest and most sophisticated the UK
[United Kingdom] has ever seen.”
ECM’s minting equipment is said to be
capable of producing hundreds of coins
per minute. An industry source estimated
Onel’s mint had been striking about £4
million value in £1 coins annually since
at least 2006.
According to a March 23 The
Independent story, “Dutch police are
understood to have found machinery
capable of producing the master dies used
to make £1 coins, something that has
never been seen before in UK forgeries.”
ECM was thought to be a legitimate
privately owned mint. For this reason the
mint was able to purchase sophisticated
minting equipment in Italy.
A BRM survey taken in November
2013, about the time ECM was shut
down, indicates the number of counterfeit
£1 coins in circulation had risen from
2.74 percent to more than three percent. A
March 2014 report said about 45 million
fake £1 coins are now in circulation.
Onel’s bogus coins prompted
Chancellor of the Exchequer George
Osborne to announce March 19 that a
new ringed bimetal 12-sided coin that
will incorporate high-tech anti-forgery
technology similar to that used in bank
notes will replace the round pound within
two years. The circulating British £1 coin
introduced in 1983 has been dubbed “the
Maggie” due to its being forced on the
public during the term of Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher. Perhaps the innovative
coin that will replace it should be dubbed
“the Onel.”
Japan Mint solicits foreign coin contracts
The Japan Mint, the government mint of Japan located in
Hiroshima, announced April 2 that the mint had received an
order to mint 5,500 commemorative silver coins for Brunei.
Mints compete for foreign coin contracts all the time. The
announcement, however, likely caught the attention of competing government-owned and privately owned mints worldwide since Japan’s mint has seldom in the past bid for these
foreign coin contracts.
According to an article published in the April 2 The Japan
Times newspaper, “The mint is boosting efforts to promote
orders from overseas as domestic coin production declines,
due partly to the rising popularity of electronic money.”
Brunei becomes the third country in the past two years
and the fifth country since the end of World War II that
has contracted with the Japan Mint to have that mint strike
coins for them. The Japan Mint struck coins for Bangladesh
and for Cambodia during 2013. The contract to produce the
30-Brunei dollar non-circulated legal tender coins depicting
Sultan Hassan al Bolkiah accompanied by a simpor flower
on the obverse, with the flags of Brunei and Japan alongside
cherry blossoms on the reverse marks the 30th anniversary of
diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Japan Mint is looking to find uses for its underutilized
production capacity. The mint’s website includes offerings
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of ‘metallic art objects.’ According to information at the
website, “We produce exquisite metallic art objects in order
to maintain and improve the producing techniques for coins
and orders. The masterly workmanship and the beauty of
classic Japanese design have attracted many people in the
world. Especially our cloisonné ware is a beautiful art object
with enamel decoration technique, which, in Japan, has been
developed for a long time, is applied and well received both
at home and abroad.”
It is likely the Japan Mint will seek further foreign coinage
contracts in the future. The problem of unused capacity may
otherwise persist.
According to a Sept. 15, 2013, article published in
Eurotechnology Japan, “Electronic money (e-money) and
mobile payments started in Japan [in] 1999 – about 10 years
ago, and are growing exponentially. Both mobile payments
and e-money are substantial parts of Japan’s economy today,
and a substantial part of payment transactions and money
in circulation are e-money including mobile phone based
e-money.”
While this acceptance of e-money by Japanese citizenry
doesn’t bode well for physical coins and bank notes, the
Japan/Page 20
Medieval France
FRANCE - King Philip II Auguste 1180-1223. The reign of Philippe Auguste was a time of great
economic and territorial expansion for France. The commercial fairs expanded and towns grew.
The income of the king nearly doubled during this period. The king’s primary coinage, the denier
parisis extended its area of minting and circulation towards the northeast. This silver coin was
inscribed PHILIPSVS REX, with the large letters FRA/NCO across the field (for Francorum). It
became so common that in certain feudal baronies it became more popular than the coins of the
barons themselves. Arras mint (in Artois), at least VG .........................................................$28.00
St.-Omer mint (rare) (in Picardy), VF.................................................................................$150.00
crude F ..................................................................................................................................$90.00
same VG ................................................................................................................................$35.00
Péronne mint (in Picardy), F .................................................................................................$85.00
Montreuil-sur-Mer mint (in Picardy), F ................................................................................$85.00
FRANCE - Queen Blanche of Castile, Regent 1226-34 & 1248-52. A powerful and principle
woman, Queen Blanche ably ruled France during the minority of her son Louis IX, as well as
when he was off to the Crusades, and was royal advisor 1234-48. Deniers tournois with the
inscriptions, LVDOVICVS REX / TVRONVS CIVI were struck 1223-45/50, a period when
France was more under Blanche’s rule than under either of its kings. Dup. 187-188. Average
F ............................................................................................................................................$45.00
FRANCE - St. Louis IX, King 1226-1270. One of the most famous of all French Kings,
Louis IX is known for his crusading exploits. With a strong sense of justice and charity, he
is considered by some the ideal f a medieval Christian monarch. He significantly expanded
the role of the denier tournois by making their acceptance mandatory in the territories of
his feudal vassals and by making many feudal coins subject to confiscation after 1266.
These deniers tournois with the modified legend CIVIS were struck 1245/50 to 1270.
Average F ..............................................................................................................................$48.00
F-VF ......................................................................................................................................$75.00
ANJOU - Charles of Anjou, King of Naples & Sicily. Charles of Anjou was the brother of St.
Louis IX and accompanied his on his crusades to Egypt (1248) and Tunis (1270). As Count of
Anjou (1246-1285) he exercised his tight to strike his own coinage. In order to convey the image
of stability these deniers display the monogram of the long dead Count Fulk, despite bearing the
name CAROLVS for Charles. Rob.4116. F-VF ....................................................................$48.00
BRITTANY - John the Red, 1237-86. The coinage this ruler of the only Celtic Dukedome in
Feudal France is also among the few to depict a proper shield of arms. At this time Brittany was
virtually independent and clearly represented a challenge to the king’s royal authority. Frequently
separatist in their outlook, the language of the Bretons is to this day very smiliar to Welsh.
At least F ...............................................................................................................................$45.00
VF .........................................................................................................................................$85.00
BURGUNDY - Hughes V, Duke 1305-1315. Located between France and Germany, Burgundy
would eventually grow into a serious power. This particular duke was also a Crusader and held
the nominal title of King of Thessalonica. Later than many other French Feudal deniers, the coins
of Hughes V were of more debased silver than those of the 1200s. The obverse reads HVGO
BURGUNDIE, with the word DVX, i.e., Duke, across the field. The reverse bears a cross with
what has been called “scepters” in two angles. The cross can sometimes be seen “ghosting”
through on the obverse. The inscription DIVIONENSIS refers to the mint city, Dijon. PdA.5678,
Rob. (SCMF) 5784. Fine .......................................................................................................$25.00
LA MARCHE - Hugh IX-X, Counts, 1199-1249. This immobilized (unchanging) denier has
been attributed to Hugh IX by Roberts and Hugh X by Poey deAvant, and was possibly struck by
both. These counts kept naming their heirs Hugh right into the next century! They are quite an
important family in that they were also the dynasty which ruled Crusader Cyprus. abt F ...$25.00
Full Fine ................................................................................................................................$45.00
VF .........................................................................................................................................$75.00
MAINE - 12th Century Counts. An archetypal French Feudal coinage, the deniers of the Counts
of Maine continued unchanged from c.1030 to 1246. Fashioned in the pattern of Charlemagne’s
coins, they bear an early count’s monogram and a cross. The reverse carries the religious legend
SIGNVM DEI VIVI. The retention of the dead Count Herbert’s monogram was intended to
convey the concept of stability, much as the design of the U.S. dollar has remained unchanged
since 1923. This was indeed a good coinage, this denier being worth fully double the denier
tournois. Rob.4121-22.F+ .....................................................................................................$45.00
VF .........................................................................................................................................$75.00
Earlier antecedent, similiar but 900s to 1000s, VF .............................................................$150.00
COUNTS OF TOULOUSE - Raymond V-VII, 1148-1249. The Counts of Toulouse held a
splendid court, attracting the finest troubadours and holding sway over much of southern France.
Their policies were tolerant, welcoming Jews and Albigensian heretics. But this tolerance was their
undoing. In 1208 the Pope preclaimed a crusade against the Albigensians, much to the pleasure
of King of France. When all was done, war and inquisition had wiped out the Albigensians.
Raymond VII ended the Toulouse dynasty. At his death (1249) his territories passed to the French
King’s brother. Alphonse of Poitiers.
These deniers, and scarcer obols (halves) were well regarded in their day, their noticeable silver
content making them worth twice other local currencies. It is ironic that their motif represents the
word PAX, Latin for peace. Denier, at least VF ....................................................................$75.00
Obol, at least VF ...................................................................................................................$75.00
Toulouse Denier of Alphonse of France (1249-67), F ..........................................................$45.00
Same, VF ...............................................................................................................................$85.00
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TERMS: All items guaranteed genuine as described. 7-day return for any reason. Domestic
postage $3. Overseas, ask. Money orders sent within 3 days, personal check must clear.
PHONE HOURS: Phone hours are subordinate to parental obligations (when home) and a
heavy schedule of travel for coin shows and cataloging. As the office phone rings only
in the office, you may feel free to call me 24 hours a day. My favorite hours currently
are 9am to 9pm, but I suspect that you will have the most success emailing me. I save
all emails as “new” until dealt with, reading them when I return from each trip.
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#2 RESERVE COINS PCGS CERTIFIED
CANADIAN GOLD
13831 Pair of 1913 & 1914 $10 Premium Gold Coin PCGS Certified
MS64+ with original box and COA @ .................................. $3,699.95
13803 Pair of 1913 & 1914 $10 Premium Gold Coin PCGS Certified
MS64 with original box and COA @ ...................................... 2999.95
13216 - Canada 1914 $10 Premium Gold Coin PCGS Certified MS64
NOW COMES WITH PREMIUM BOX AND COA.................... 1794.95
13219 - Canada 1913 $10 Gold Coin PCGS Certified MS63 .. 1199.95
13220 - Canada 1913 $10 Gold Coin PCGS Certified MS63+ 1399.95
13236 - Canada 1913 $10 Premium Gold Coin PCGS Certified MS64
NOW COMES WITH PREMIUM BOX AND COA.................... 1794.95
13237 - 1914 $5 Gold Coin PCGS Certified MS63+ ................ 1349.95
13272 Canada 1913 $5 Gold Coin PCGS Certified MS63+ @ .. 949.95
13184 UPGRADED 1912-1914 $5 & $10 set of all 6 Gold Coins
PCGS certified @ ................................................................. $8,199.95
13183 1914 $10 Gold Coin PCGS Certified MS63+ @ ........... 1399.95
13182 1914 $10 Gold Coin PCGS Certified MS63 @ ............. 1199.95
13181 1914 $5 Gold Coin PCGS Certified MS63 @ ..............1199.95
#2
2014 RCM
CORE
PRODUCTS
Item # 13806 2014 Proof Silver $ ‘100th
Anniversary of The First World War’ .9999
Fine @ .................................................. 54.45
Item # 13807 2014 BU Silver $ ‘100th Anniversary of The First World War’ .9999
Fine @ .................................................. 49.95
Item # 13808 2014 Proof Set (with Proof
‘100th Anniversary of The First World War’
Silver $ , all coins in pure .9999 silver)
@ ....................................................... 208.95
Item # 13809 2014 Uncirculated P-L Mint
Set @ ................................................... 22.45
Item # 13810 2014 Specimen Set (with
‘Ferruginous Hawk’ $1 Coin) @ ............. 45.45
Item # 13811 2014 ‘Oh! Canada’ Gift
Set @ ................................................... 17.95
Item # 13812 2014 Baby Gift Set @........ 17.95
Item # 13813 2014 Wedding Gift Set @ .. 17.95
Item # 13814 2014 Birthday Gift Set @ .. 17.95
#3
2014 CANADIAN 50 CENT
COINS HAVE ARRIVED!
13854 Roll of 2014 50Cent Coins (in special
wrap) BU
@..21.95
13868 2014 ‘Bobcat’ $20 Pure Silver
Coin .9999 Fine @ ........................... 22.95
WATER LILY AND FROG
13875 2014 ‘Water Lily and Leopard Frog’
Colorized 25-Cent Coin (Oversized) @
........................................................... 25.95
13876 2014 *SILVER* ‘Water Lily and
Leopard Frog (Murano Glass)’ Proof
$20 Silver Coin 1oz .9999 Fine @
.......................................149.95
each Leopard Frog is hand made from
Murano Glass. Each on is slightly different
every coin is unique.
13860 2014
‘Chipmunk’
Proof 25-Cent
Gold Coin
.9999 Fine
@.......69.95
#5
Canada’s
First Polymer
Notes
13805 Complete set of Canada’s
first Polymer notes $5 - $100
Uncirculated @ .................. 214.95
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THE LEGEND OF
NANABOOZHOO COINS
13870 2014 ‘Nanaboozhoo and the
Thunderbird’s Nest’ Proof $20 Silver Coin
1oz .9999 Fine @ ............................ 78.45
13871 2014 ‘Legend of
Nanaboozhoo’ Colorized
Proof $20 Silver Coin 1oz
.9999 Fine @ ..........86.95
13872 2014 ‘Nanaboozhoo and the
Thunderbird’ Gold-Plated Proof $20
Silver Coin 1oz .9999 Fine @ .........99.95
13873 2014 Gold ‘Portrait of
Nanaboozhoo’ Proof $5 Gold
Coin .9999 Fine @ ......254.95
13874 2014 Platinum ‘Portrait of
Nanaboozhoo’ Proof $5 Platinum Coin
.9995 Fine @ .............................254.95
SPECIAL FEATURES:
- This beautiful, 11 millimeter 25-cent coin is certified 99.99% pure gold.
- Crafted and certified to be 99.99% pure gold and offered with a limited mintage
worldwide, this coin is offered to you with exceptional engraving details.
- An affordable solution to start a gold coin collection. Weighing only 0.5 grams of gold,
this coin is within your grasp.
- Elegant design is finely engraved and meticulously presented in a beautiful Proof finish
50TH
ANNIVERSARY OF
THE 1964
COMMEMORATIVE
SILVER DOLLAR’
Item # 13827
1964 Canadian
Dollar in black
presentation case
(50th Anniversary) @ 34.95
50 years ago, The Royal Canadian Mint issued a
$1 silver coin with the commemorative reverse
acknowledging the 100th anniversary of the 1864
meetings in Charlottown, P.E.I & Quebec City which
was a main factor in the 1867 confederation of
Canada.
To commemorate this beautiful silver dollar from 50
years ago, we have specially packaged a select
number of coins in hard plastic capsules for protection and present them in a deluxe black clam shell
case with our own certificate.
The coins chosen are of Proof-Like quality and are
cut out of their plastic cellophane original wrap just
before being carefully placed in the capsule.
‘CANADIAN DECIMAL COINS IN BULK’
12299 100 Mixed King George V 5ct VG-F (dates from
1922-1936) @ ............................................... $28.49
13799 100 Mixed King George V small 1ct VG-Fine
(dates from 1920-1936) @ ............................ $29.95
13800 100 Mixed King George VI 1ct (dates from
1937-1952) @ ................................................. $9.99
13801 100 Mixed King George VI 5ct (dates from
1937-1952) @ ............................................... $19.95
13847 50 mixed date Proof-Like Canadian Nickels
(100% Pure Nickel) @ ................................... $19.99
13866 20 x Canadian Nickel Dollars 1968-1987 (at
least 10 different) @ ..................................... $34.95
13163 Canada Circulation Silver Dollar Coin
(1967 & Prior; 80%) @................Prices updated daily
TERMS
1. 14 day return except bullion.
2. All prices in U.S.A. dollars and valid only on orders to the
U.S.A
3. Payment by check, money order, draft, Visa or MasterCard.
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4. Credit cards accepted at no surcharge (some card providers may charge a small “foreign transaction fee” which is
beyond our control - please ask your card provider before
ordering); we reserve the right to refuse credit card order for
bullion transactions.
5. All orders paid by credit card MUST ship to the exact name
AND address the credit cards bills to. There are no excep-
tions. We will take steps necessary to verify the information
you provide us.
6. All cheques must clear - allow sufficient time for international clearing (4 weeks).
7. Add $5.00 for postage and insurance on all non-bullion
orders. A higher shipping charge will apply to orders under
$100 (at our discretion) and on all bullion-related orders.
8. Prices subject to market change and not responsible for
typographical errors.
9. $25 Fee charged for dishonored/NSF/stop-payment cheque
or credit card charge back.
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COMPLETE SET OF 75TH
ANNIVERSARY SUPERMAN COINS
We were able to secure a small number of each of the 75th Anniversary ‘Superman’ coins and are offering all 7 coins in this limited time offer set.
Coins you will receive are:
2013 *GOLD* ‘Superman’ Colorized $75 Proof 14K Gold Coin
2013 ‘Superman Achromatic Hologram’ $20 Silver Coin 1oz .9999 Fine
2013 ‘Superman Shield’ Enameled Proof $20 Silver Coin 1oz .9999 Fine
#13830
2013 ‘Superman Stands Guard’ Colorized Proof $20 Silver Coin 1oz .9999 Fine
2013 ‘Modern-Day Superman’ Colorized Proof $15 Silver Coin .9999 Fine
2013 ‘Vintage Superman’ Proof $10 Silver Coin .9999 Fine
2013 ‘Superman’ Lenticular 50ct Coin & Stamp Set ...................................................$2,499.95
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2014 WORLD MONEY
FAIR SML
item # 13836 SPECIAL ...................$69.95
2014 $5 FINE SILVER COIN BULLION
REPLICA WITH WORLD MONEY FAIR
PRIVY MARK
The iconic Silver Maple Leaf is a highly sought-after Royal Canadian Mint
bullion coin. This reverse proof silver numismatic coin celebrates the
Silver Maple Leaf’s beauty and success since its introduction in 1988.
2014 ROYAL CANADIAN MINT PRODUCTS!
RMC EMPRESS OF IRELAND COINS!
13898 2014 ‘RMS Empress of Ireland’ Colorized
50-Cent Coin (Silver Plated) @...........$30.45
13899 2014 SILVER ‘RMS Empress of
Ireland’ Colorized Proof $20 Silver Coin
1oz .9999 Fine @ ..........$95.95
13909 2014 ‘Blessings of Longevity’ Proof $150 Gold Coin
.99999 Fine (Scalloped Shaped) @ .......................$858.88
DOWN BY THE OLD MAPLE TREE
COINS
13900 2014 ‘Green Darner Dragonfly’ Proof $10 Silver Coin
.9999 Fine @ ...............................................................$69.95
13910 2014 ‘Down by the Old Maple Tree - O Canada’
Proof $10 Silver Coin .9999 Fine @ ........$34.95
13911 2014 ‘Under the Maple Tree - O
Canada’ Proof $25 Silver Coin .9999 Fine @
............................................................$78.45
13901 2014 ‘Respect - The Seven Sacred Teachings’ GoldPlated Proof $20 Silver Coin 1oz .9999 Fine @..........$95.95
13912 2014 ‘The Bison- A Family at Rest’ Proof $20 Silver
Coin 1oz .9999 Fine @ ...............................................$86.95
13902 2014 ‘River Rapids’ Colorized Proof $20 Silver Coin
1oz .9999 Fine @ ......................................................$86.95
EAGLE COINS
13913 2014 ‘The Bald Eagle’ Proof $20 Silver Coin 1oz
.9999 Fine @ .........................$78.45
13903 2014 ‘Craigdarroch Castle Stained Glass’ Enameled
Proof $20 Silver Coin 1oz .9999 Fine @ ..................$112.95
13914 ‘Soaring Bald Eagle’ Colorized Proof
$20 Silver Coin 1oz .9999 Fine @ ........$86.95
13915 2014 ‘Perched Bald Eagle’ GoldPlated Proof $20 Silver Coin 1oz .9999 Fine
@ ........................................................$99.95
13904 2014 Proof Set (with Proof ‘200th Anniversary
of War of 1812’ Silver $) @...............................$86.95
75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST
ROYAL VISIT
13905 2014 Antique ‘75th Anniversary of the First Royal
Visit’ $20 Silver Coin 1oz .9999 Fine @ ...............$121.95
13906 2014 ‘75th Anniversary of the First Royal Visit’ Proof
$25 Silver Coin .9999 Fine @ ....................................$130.95
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Around the World
RICHARD GIEDROYC
New coin technology dominates 2014
You can’t say there is anything dull about modern numismatic manufacturing technology.
In the past the collar was introduced to ensure a round
coin. This was followed by reeded and lettered edges for
security purposes. In more modern history we’ve seen ringed
bimetal coins, color enhancements, holographic devices, and
microprinting—all meant to discourage counterfeiting.
Bank note technology is advancing quickly as well. Not
only are there microprinting and security strips, but there are
see-through vignettes, front-to-back registration, and more
recently polymer or plastic as a substitute for the traditional
paper bank note.
You might think security for coinage has finally reached its
zenith, but both Monnaie de Paris and the British Royal Mint
are proving this to be wrong. The French 2009 International
Year of Astronomy coin is only now gaining attention since
the United States has decided to borrow and improve on the
technology for a coin of its own, each of these being a curved
or cup-shaped product. This novel technology is challenging
for anyone to use. It will likely frustrate counterfeiters as well.
The BRM has announced a new Integrated Secure
Identification System or iSIS technology that is hoped will
frustrate counterfeiters. It will frustrate the vending machine
and parking meter industry as well, which is expected to
spend £20 million (more than $32 million US) to change the
coin acceptance mechanisms in machines nationwide.
The mint has been careful not to give out too much information about the iSIS. Although the innovative £1 coin won’t
be available for some time, there is concern since the number
of counterfeit £1 coins detected in circulation has recently
risen from 2.74 percent to 3.04 percent. Marcus Glindon, now
serving a five-year sentence for counterfeiting, may be credited for some of this increase in bogus £1 coins. The unemployed engineer has been estimated to have minted millions of
fakes. Patrick Onel, under arrest in the Netherlands, deserves
much of the credit as well.
The BRM has its hands full launching this next generation
of coins. The coin will be 12-sided. The planchet will be a
ringed bimetal composition of metals yet to be announced.
The coin will include a lettered edge.
According to the March 19 issue of the publication The
Engineer, “iSIS is expected to reduce costs by replacing
expensive clad and homogeneous coins with a more affordable full-plated option rather than a surface coating that is
prone to wear over time.”
The U.S. Mint is also jumping through hoops to master new
technology, this being what will be necessary for its upcoming
cup-shaped National Baseball Hall of Fame coin. U.S. Mint
in Philadelphia Manager of Digital Development Stephen C.
Antonucci said, “It stretched the bounds of everything we
Technology/Page 20
Sea salvaged bullion struck into coins
Coin collectors may be familiar with
relic medals, but coins made from materials originating from similar sources are an
unusual event.
Relic medals are typically made from
scrap salvaged from a statue, building, airplanes, trains, or other manmade objects.
The medals are often sold to help raise
funds to restore the relic or a museum
dedicated to that relic.
Call them relic coins if you like, but
the British Royal Mint planned to issue
20,000 silver quarter ounce Britannia
coins on April 21, the silver from these
coins originating from metal recovered from a merchant ship sunk by the
Germans during World War II.
In December 1940 the BRM was running low on its stocks of silver due to the
war. An emergency supply was requested
from British India.
During 1941 the British merchant ship
SS Gairsoppa was traveling in a protective naval convoy from Kolkata (Calcutta,
India) to London with a cargo including
2,800 silver bullion bars destined for
the BRM in addition to pig iron and tea.
The Gairsoppa endured a storm before
exhausting its coal supplies off the coast
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of Southern Ireland. The ship then left the
convoy, heading for the safety of Galway
Harbour. The Gairsoppa was torpedoed
by a German submarine. It sank about 460
kilometers (about 300 miles) off the Irish
coast at a depth of about three miles. This
is about a half mile deeper than is the site
where the Titanic was found.
The wreck of the Gairsoppa was
located by the Florida-based Odyssey
Marine Exploration in September 2011.
Odyssey then performed the deepest nautical recovery operation in history, successfully recovering 2,792 silver ingots
with an estimated value of £150 million
or nearly $240 million US.
The BRM director of Bullion and
Commemorative Coin was recently quoted by The Telegraph newspaper as saying, “We are so pleased to be able to
bring these coins to the market at long
last, albeit more than 70 years later than
expected.”
At the time the bullion was requested
the intention was to strike it into .500 fine
silver coins for circulation, likely into
threepence, sixpence, shillings, florins,
and halfcrowns.
While relic medals are only issued
sporadically, “relic coins” if you choose
this term, are issued even less frequently.
Bullion was captured from Spanish
galleons in October 1702 by the British
during the Battle of Vigo Bay, this being
a battle during the War of the Spanish
Succession. This captured bullion was
struck into circulating coins dated 1703
on which the word Vigo appears prominently under Queen Anne’s bust on the
obverse.
According to a Royal Warrant dated
Feb. 10, 1703, the word Vigo was to
appear “under our effigies, which inscription we intend as a mark of distinction
from the rest of our gold and silver moneys to continue to posterity the remembrance of that glorious action.”
The edge of the 2014 silver quarter
ounce Britannia carries the name SS
Gairsoppa. The obverse depicts the standard Philip Nathan design of Britannia
standing wearing windswept apparel.
Perhaps the Nazi German’s were
defeated by Great Britain and its allies
69 years earlier, but this boldly proclaims
Britain’s victory “to posterity” in spite
of the lapse in time as well as the loss of
the ship.
Around the World
Scotland faces
currency choice
Change coming
to Iceland’s
small change
You would think a referendum on
independence would focus on politics,
freedom of religion, language and customs, and the economy when a region
considers voting to free itself from
another nation.
That isn’t Scotland, a potential independent nation in the near future that
appears to be more concerned with if
the Scots will continue to use the coins
and bank notes of the United Kingdom
or a totally new currency issued exclusively for their own commerce.
The British aren’t thrilled with the
idea of Scotland becoming a sovereign
nation. The British may not have much
choice. England was bankrupt when
in 1707 it joined Scotland in what
was meant to be the temporary United
Kingdom. That temporary kingdom has
been joined at the hip currency-wise
ever since.
The latest flap is over what or who
would appear on Scotland’s money if
Scotland becomes a separate nation.
There is also finger pointing going
on regarding who may or may not
have said what regarding if the United
Kingdom would be willing to continue
a currency union with an independent
Scotland.
The Telegraph caused quite a stir
when on April 1 the British newspaper
published an article explaining plans
to place Scotland First Minister Alex
Salmond on what the article called
the “Salmond Sterling” on money in
place of Queen Elizabeth II following
Scottish independence.
According to the article, “The
designs were being honed at a facility
funded by Sir Sean Connery.” (A portrait of James Bond is likely out since
the fictional Ian Fleming British spy
was in Her Majesty’s Secret Service
rather than being a member of Scotland
Yard.) The plan is allegedly to be introduced April 1, 2015, with Scottish coins
placed into circulation within months
of a “yes” vote for independence in the
upcoming referendum.
There are questions being raised
Iceland may have a 500-kronur coin
rather than bank note “in the near
future,” according to the central bank of
Iceland’s recently released annual report
for 2013.
This isn’t the only change in Iceland’s
coins and bank notes that may be in the
offing. According to the report, “It can
be argued that coins with a value of 1,
5, and 10 krónur rightly belong to the
past… These coins are heavy and bulky,
and they are expensive to manufacture
relative to their purchasing power.”
There is a proposal to reduce the
diameter of low face value coins rather
than remove them entirely. The report
states that “various options are currently
under scrutiny.”
“Their purchasing power” is the key
phrase. Iceland introduced a new 10,000
kronur bank note during October 2013.
This, the highest denomination bank
note in circulation in Iceland, was introduced “to facilitate and streamline payment intermediation.”
What is really going on can be
described in one word—inflation. The
central bank report states inflation has
been historically high in Iceland, averaging in double digits between 1970 and
1990. It “has often been necessary to
adjust the face value of bank notes and
coins to a higher price level,” according
to the report.
The 500 kronur bank note was the
highest denomination in circulation
when it was introduced in 1981. It is now
the lowest denomination. According to
www.CentralBanking.com, it is estimated there were about 2.5 million 500
kronur bank notes in circulation as of
March 31. This makes the denomination the third most used in Iceland. The
notes of this denomination represent
about 3 percent of the total value of
Iceland’s bank notes now in use.
At the time this article is being
written Iceland issued bank notes in
denominations of 500, 1,000, 2,000, and
5,000 kronur. The 5,000 kronur note is
typically available through Automated
Teller Machines.
regarding if a government minister purposely said the United Kingdom would
not allow a currency union following
independence in an effort to discourage
voters from voting yes.
According to the March 31 The
Guardian newspaper, “The deputy
prime minister [Nick Clegg] said he
did not know whether the anonymous
minister who spoke to the Guardian was
a Liberal Democrat, but the comments
should not be invoked by Scotland’s
first minister, Alex Salmond, to give
voters false hope. A currency union
was not going to happen and was ‘not
available to Alex Salmond,’ he [Clegg]
told reporters at his monthly press conference.”
Clegg continued, “It’s really, really
important we understand what is at
stake in this referendum. When it comes
to the currency, I want no one to be
under any illusions whatsoever. The
idea that Scotland can pull itself out of
the UK but still enjoy the stability of
being part of a wider currency union …
is simply not available.”
The political climate didn’t improve
when on April 6 the Herald Scotland
newspaper published, “The Treasury
was last night at the center of a growing row over political bias, after admitting it had no record of when its most
senior civil servant first advised the
Chancellor against a currency union
with an independent Scotland. The
inability of Permanent Secretary Sir
Nicholas Macpherson to give a precise
date is fueling claims that Westminster’s
bombshell rejection of a currency union
was cooked up to help the No campaign
in the referendum.”
Coins of the United Kingdom circulate in Scotland. Bank notes issued by
the privately owned Bank of Scotland,
Clydesdale Bank, and Royal Bank of
Scotland circulate side-by-side with
Bank of England bank notes, but backing for the Scottish bank notes would
become a problem if Scotland becomes
independent both politically and financially.
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Canada/from Page 12
Technology/from Page 18
three coins were found long before I put pen to paper, so this is just further impetus
for the documentary proof.”
Royal British Columbia Museum Curator Grant Keddie is not impressed by
Bawlf ’s irrational exuberance. Keddie told the Postmedia News, “I am encouraging
[relic hunters] to take another look at things they may have found here that are not
identified — such as ceramics or glassware — that might date to the same time
period as the coin.”
According to a March 7 Agence France-Presse article, “He [Keddie] said his
analysis typically looks at ‘what was written at the time, and archeological artifacts.’
And there is currently not enough evidence to support this theory.”
In an editorial appearing in the April 10 online publication Coin Weekly editor
Dr. Ursula Kampmann said, “…as far as we know, there is no context given for any
of the three coin finds which conclusively proves that the coins were indeed lost by
Englishmen in Canada at the time of Drake’s round the world sailing tour. They may
equally well have gotten there later in the context of trade relations.”
Kampmann continued, “The three coins are certainly not a reason to rewrite
Canada’s history,” adding, “The year of production does not tell us anything about
the time when something was buried in the ground.”
Hand hammered coins such as those minted during the reign of the Tudor monarchs were issued by England through 1662, continuing to circulate until 1696. The
Spanish colonial American mint at Potosi continued to strike crudely produced cob
coins through 1772. Due to a lack of circulating coinage it is likely hand-hammered
coins were still in use in western North America after the time Cook arrived in
British Columbia in 1778. Foreign coins, including those that were hand-hammered,
were legal tender in the United States through 1857. Canada’s pre-decimal bank
token coinage began about the beginning of the 19th century. It would be more than
a half century beyond that when the only mint on the west coast of North America,
that at San Francisco, would open.
that Nazarbayev describes as going from “defective capitalism” to “the new capitalism that would be based on a non-defective currency—self-growing global wealth.”
Nazarbayev argues that the “world currency was not de jure legitimate because it
was never adopted by any communities or organizations,” but only explains “There
is not such international law,” while failing to define this world currency of which
he speaks.
Despite the attempts of the United States to discourage the EEU Kyrgyzstan
and Tajikistan have each expressed interest in joining the organization. Armenia is
considering joining as well (Russia is Armenia’s biggest trading partner). Ukraine
submitted an application to participate as an observer in August 2013, several
months before a pro-Western revolution toppled Ukraine’s pro-Russian president.
Georgia took an interest in the union, then announced it will continue to seek
integration into the European Union instead. Despite Georgia’s change in attitude
Russian Prime Minister Dimitri Medyedev included Georgia as a possible future
member to the EEU in a speech Medyedev made in August 2013.
knew about coin development.”
Studying the previous French coin
has proved to be valuable to the US
Mint. The U.S. Mint wants to improve
the relief of the design elements, creating a laser scan model of the French
coin in order to study the shape and
relief of the coin.
The U.S. design team produced a test
coin on which a billiard ball appears
on one side, with a pool table on the
other. The concept came from a team
member’s joke that the team was behind
the eight ball.
The U.S. Mint went one step further than did Monnaie de Paris. They
produced the milling test dies for the
prototype in house, cutting the time
needed to be devoted to this step in the
project. The next challenge will be to
successfully strike the world’s first copper-nickel “domed” or cup-shaped coin.
Legislation approved by U..S Congress
mandates the coins be struck in gold
($5), silver ($1), and as a non-precious
metal clad 50-cent issue.
Since this clad coin will involve a
copper core plated with a nickel alloy
further experimentation will be necessary to avoid warping or die defects.
Cup- or dome-shaped coins called
scyphates were issued in gold and
bronze composition about a thousand
years earlier by the Byzantine Empire.
Many of the surviving examples have
planchet cracks caused by the problems
encountered when striking a curveshaped coin.
Once this technology is perfected it
may at some later date join the British
technology to produce “super coins” for
circulation that hopefully will frustrate
counterfeiters for a long time into the
future. The technology should also make
it interesting when a coin is flipped at the
beginning of a sporting event.
April next year, the Finance Ministry is
anticipating a spike in coin usage.”
A coin shortage in 1989 was attributed to the introduction of a 3 percent
sales tax. For that reason for the first
time in four years the lowly 1-yen coin
denomination is now being issued. Akao
Aluminum Company produced 26 million 1-gram weight aluminum coinage
blanks in March for Japan Mint, which
will strike them into 1-yen coins to help
pay the new sales tax. Akao had to bring
four employees out of retirement and
refurbish several machines in order to
fill the order.
Akao Aluminum Company Production
Manager Yoshinori Nakao told Japan
Daily Press, “We still have orders to make
another 30 million coins.”
For the moment this may help keep
Japan Mint busy, but without soliciting
foreign coin contracts this may prove
to be a flash in the pan. In the mean
time electronic money systems competing against coins including Nanaco,
PASMO, SUICA, VISA-Touch, and
WAON rather than the yen are becoming household names.
Russia/from Page 12
Japan/from Page 14
Japan Mint still sees bright spots on the
domestic horizon.
According to the April 1 Japan Daily
Press newspaper, “Using coins remains a
popular form of payment in Japan in spite
of the digital age, where cyber-theft is
also prevalent.
According to the Bank of Japan, around
¥4.6 trillion coins are in circulation since
December [2013]. As consumer prices
are expected to increase by t2percent by
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“they also purchased other locations down the street and
turned them into further office space for their expanding
of Brittany that he wanted to receive permission to update and enterprises.” Not surprisingly, Michel’s ambitions went far
republish. The second post announced the addition of 76 new beyond just Paris. He wanted to cultivate coin collecting
commerce et industrie (Trade and Industry) jetons to the CGB across the world. And to do this, he decided very early on that
(Compagnie Générale de Bourse) website, now in its 18th the Internet was the answer. In November 1997, cgb.fr was
year of development. There one will find a coin and book launched which would become a model for other coin dealers
shop and a storehouse of information, a reflection of a man wanting an online presence. “In the early days of numismatic
thoroughly dedicated to furthering coin collecting in France web development,” Chris Hopkins of Parthia.com explained,
and the world through the latest technologies.
“we exchanged many ideas and techniques; his thoughtful
Michel Jean-François Prieur was born on Sept. 2, 1955, suggestions were uniformly excellent.”
in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, to Jean Michel Joseph Prieur, a
In fact, Michel thought so highly of his website that he
teacher and coin collector, and Geneviève Angèle Leca. His changed the name of his business to cgb.fr. Technically though,
siblings included a brother, Frédéric, who is today a professor the firm is known as CGF (Comptoir Général Financier), a parof robotics and a talented sculptor; and a sister, Françoise, allel company founded after CGB and later merged in March
who is currently a caregiver for the elderly. Michel attend- 2013. Many sold coins are maintained on the website in an
ed secondary school at Lycée
archive called “SAPIENCIA”
Hoche de Versailles and spent
in Latin, meaning “wisdom,”
a part of his youth in Lebanon
for the benefit of numismatic
which, by all accounts, greatly
researchers. In addition, cgb.
impacted his later life.
fr is linked to several partner
It was the opinion of Tarek
sites, known to English speakCharara, Michel Prieur’s
ers as The Friends of the Euro,
stepson, that “Michel’s interof which Michel was a foundest in numismatics probably
ing member in 2003.
started with his father’s interSince 2004, many collecest in coins; he specialized in
tors have visited the webanything that came from the
site, not only to buy coins
Levant – Lebanon and Syria.”
and
numismatic
literaIt shouldn’t appear strange
ture, but also to read about
then that two of Michel’s
them in the monthly Le
major interests were SyroBulletin Numismatique (The
Phoenician tetradrachms and
Numismatic Bulletin), pubLebanese bank notes. Of the
lished free online in French to
first, his decades-long study
subscribers. Well-written and
eventually blossomed into Michel Prieur at home working on his Syro-Phoenician Tetradrachms researched articles, news stoA Type Corpus of the Syro- and their Fractions book project in the summer of 1989. The book ries, and commentaries on a
Phoenician Tetradrachms and wouldn’t be finished until 2000. Tarek Charara notes: “As you vast range of topics fill the
their Fractions from 57 BC might notice, this was way before Windows—although you can pages of each lavishly illusto AD 258, in the year 2000. notice a computer behind him on the right side.” Scanned print trated issue.
It was written with his wife, photo courtesy of Tarek Charara.
Although Michel constantKarin, whom he had first met
ly looked to the future for
in Beirut during the mid 1970s. After the book was published ways to improve and popularize coin collecting, he also
by the Classical Numismatic Group auction house, Michel embraced the more traditional means of reaching collectors.
continued to record new coins in his personal database. It cur- One of the most influential in a French context was the crerently holds around 30,000 images.
ation of the biennial coin guide, Le Franc, first published in
Concerning his stepfather’s Lebanese bank notes, Tarek 1995, and authored by Michel Prieur, Laurent Schmitt and
reports that the collection became so important, that it “was others. Modeled after Whitman’s Red and Blue Books, it
eventually taken over by the Lebanese National Bank (Banque was the first French coin catalog to utilize a variation of the
du Liban), and can be seen in a museum in Beirut.”
Sheldon coin grading scale. It also introduced Francophones
After having been the manager of the translation service to coin varieties as collected in the USA. The book’s success
company, Trad Consulting, Michel adopted numismatics as a is measured by the debut of a 10th edition this year, and by
profession around 1979. However, CGB was not born over- the fact that even English speakers can understand the catalog
night, as world paper money expert Ian Marshall made plain with little difficulty. Two further goals were to produce an
to readers of E-Sylum in the March 30 issue. “I met Michel English version and find an American distributor to bypass
Prieur,” Marshall recalled, “on my first visit to Paris in 1983. expensive transatlantic shipping. However, practical difficulHe was the manager of perhaps the shabbiest, messiest shop ties prevented these aspirations from being realized before
in the Bourse area where all the dealers in Paris are congre- Michel’s untimely passing.
gated. I did a little business as he had a considerable stock
On a more academic level, Celtic coin researcher John
of bank notes. Only a few years passed before his family, I Hooker related to this writer an equally ambitious project
believe, purchased the business and began the transformation Michel had tried to undertake. “It was in the late nineties
of it into one of the greatest numismatic firms in France.”
when I first came into contact with Michel via email,” he
CGB opened for business in 1988, of which Michel was
Prieur/Page 26
the manager for many years. As Marshall further reported,
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Danish W. Indies K-80, 40 Cents, 1905, Christian IX/
Three semi-nude maidens, only 38,000 struck, nice
nearly XF ...............................................................240.
K-82, 40 Cents, 1907, Frederick VIII l./Three seminude maidens, 25,000 only, 1-yr. type, VF ............250.
Danzig K-146, 2 Gulden, 1923, Sailing Ship/Lions supporting arms, sharp XF+ .......................................225.
K-147, Dav.-68, 5 Gulden, 1923, City View/ Star above
lions supporting arms, nice VF+............................295.
K-155, Silver 2 Gulden, 1932, Sailing Ship/Arms, rare
1-yr. type, Unc., rare .............................................850.
Denmark K-770, Dav.-78, 2 Rigsdaler, 1863, Death of
Frederik VII & Accession of Christian IX, sharp struck
choice AU-Unc .........................................................550.
Denmark K-696.1, 1/2 Specidaler, 1827FF, Frederick VI
r./Crowned arms, attractive XF ..............................325.
K-735.1, 1 Rigsbankdaler, 1847FK/VS, Copenhagen,
Afghanistan K-878, Silver 2 1/2 Rupees, SH1300
Christian VIII/Crowned & mantled arms w. chain of
(1921), XF ...............................................................75.
elephants, sharp XF...............................................185.
Albania K-1,5 Qindar Leku, 1926R,Lion’s head, 1-yr.
K-759, 1/2 Rigsdaler, 1854 Copenhagen, Fred. VII,
type, Gem red BU ..................................................250.
choice toned BU ....................................................210.
K-2, 10 Qindar Leku, 1926R, Eagle’s head, 1-yr type,
K-761.1, 2 Rigsdaler, 1854FF Altona, Frederick VII r./
Gem red BU...........................................................240.
Value in wreath, sharp toned AU ...........................450.
K-34, Silver 10 Lek, 1939R, 1-yr. type, King/Double
K-770, Dav.-78, 2 Rigsdaler, 1863, Death of Fred. VII
headed eagle, choice toned BU .............................210.
& Accession of Christian IX, sharp toned XF+ .......375.
Algeria Lecompte-165, Lg. Brass Octagonal Token, N.D.
K-797.1, 1 Krone, 1875, Christian IX/Crowned arms,
2 Fr. in beaded circle, “ALGER” below/ “Fabrique
Dolphin, choice Brilliant Unc., rare grade ..............340.
Algerienne de Blancs Broyes”, sharp XF+, rare . ...450.
K-798.1, 2 Kr., 1876, Christian IX, Crowned arms,
Argentina (Rio De La Plata) K-20, 8 Reales, 1836RA P,
Dolphin, choice original golden BU .......................350.
Radiant sunface/Clasped hands holding pole w. cap
East Africa K-28.3, 1 Shilling, 1943I, Bombay Mint,
in oval, wreath surrounding, beautiful toned XF-AU ....
George VI/Walking Lion, mountains in background,
550.
extremely rare date with only 25-50 pcs. known,
Argentina K-Pn20, AS K-29, Silver 1 Peso, 1880, Liberty
BU ..........................................................................1,400.
l./Sunface w. rays above elaborate arms, extremely
Egypt K-327, 10 Piastres, 1920H, 1-yr. type, (under Britrare first year of issue, NGC AU58 ........................1,500.
ish occupation), attractive lustrous Unc. rare grade....
Australia K-34, Crown, 1938, George VI/Crown, better
550.
date, lustrous AU ..................................................195. El Salvador K-108, 1 Centavo, 1892, only 14,000 placed
Austria K-2232, Silver 2 Florins, 1867A, Franz Joseph I/
in circulation, the others were melted, Cap/wreath,
Crowned Double Eagle, only 45,000 struck, nice toned
attractive red & brn. Unc .......................................250.
VF+........................................................................125. Eritrea K-4, Dav.-27, 5 Lire-Tallero, 1891, Crowned
Azores (Terceira Island) K-5, Copper 5 Reis, 1830,
bust of Umberto I r./Crowned eagle perched on order
Maria II, Crowned arms/Wreath, sharp XF, rare
band, a few field marks and abrasion below chin but
type .......................................................................145.
attractive mirror Pf., rare .....................................2,400.
Barbadoes K-Tn5, Prid.-11, Penny, 1788, Negro l./Small Eritrea K-5, Tallero, 1918R, Venetia/Arms, choice sharp
pineapple, only 5,376 struck, sharp milk chocolate
toned lustrous XF-AU ............................................250.
XF..........................................................................275. Ethiopia K-15, 1/2 Birr, EE1889 (1897), very rare 1-yr.
K-Tn8, Prid.-14, Penny, 1788, Negro l./Large
type struck at Addis Ababa, surface scratches, VF.. 250.
Pineapple, attractive toned AU ..............................250.
K-20, Gill-p. 148, Gold 1/2 Werk, EE1923 (1930)
Bavaria K-223.2, Dav.-1952, Thaler, 1755, Maximilian
Crowned bust of Haile Selassie l./St. George on horseJoseph III r./Madonna & Child, Rosette after the date,
back, clashed die, mtd. at 5:00, lustrous AU .........525.
very sharp toned lustrous XF-AU ..........................265. France K-155.2, Dav.-3799, Silver Ecu, 1652B, Bust of
K-915, 5 Mk, 1913D, Otto I/Crowned eagle, regular
Louis XIV r. (the Sun King)/Crowned 3 fleurs-de-lis,
issue, BU ...............................................................195.
attractive portrait, nice sharp VF+ .........................350.
Belgium K-17, Dav.-51, 5 Fr., 1853, Leopold I l./Arms,
K-725.1, Silver 2 Fr., 1826A, Charles X l./ Crowned
early type, sharp attractively toned Unc. ...............275.
arms in wreath, toned sharp XF-AU, rare grade ....350.
K-99, 10 Fr., 1930Fr., Three Kings/Value,
K-728.1, Dav.-88, 5 Fr., 1827A, Charles X l./Arms,
Independence Centennial, choice BU ....................225.
attractive patina, toned lustrous XF-AU .................175.
K-107.1, Silver 50 Fr., 1935 Fl., Brussels Expo &
Frankfurt K-365, Dav.-651, Double Thaler, 1861, Bust
Railway Centennial, rare Flemish legend, golden toned
of a young woman (Franconia) r./Crowned Imperial
BU .........................................................................250.
Eagle, lustrous choice AU .....................................350.
Fr. Colonies K-11.1, 10 Cent., 1828A, Garlanded bust of
Belgian Congo K-5, Silver 50 Cent., 1887, only 20,000
Charles X l./Wreath, sharp toned AU .....................135.
struck, sharp litely toned Unc................................150.
K-6, 1 Fr., 1887, 20,000 struck, choice AU/Unc ....225. Fr. Indo-China K-5, 1 Piastre, 1895A, last date of first
type, choice sharp AU-Unc....................................325.
Biafra K-6, Silver 1 Pound, 1969, Beautiful Pflk. BU .. 275.
K-5a.1, 1 Piastre, 1910A, rare lowest mintage date of
Bolivia K-84, 8 Reales, 1819PJ, Potosi, lustrous AU . 150.
type, lustrous XF-AU .............................................195.
K-146, Silver Melgarejo, 1865FP, Bust l./Inscription,
rare 1-yr. type, nice aXF ........................................175. Genoa (Italy) K-79, Dav.-3901, Silver Scudo Stratto,
1689ILM, Cross w. 6-pointed stars in quadrants/
Brazil K-237, 640 Reis, 1808/7B, Joannes, sharp
Madonna w. child seated on cloud, attractive lustrous
VF+........................................................................175.
XF .............................................................................650.
K-307.3, Silver 960 Reis, 1810R, Joannes, choice
lustrous AU ...........................................................195. Germany K-50, 3 Mk, 1927A, 100th Anniv. of Bremerhaven, Sailing Ship, BU .........................................195.
K-466, Silver 2,000 Reis, 1853, sharp toned Unc .175.
K-51, 5 Mk, 1927A, 100th Anniv. of Bremerhaven,
Bremen Dav.-629, K-249, Thaler, 1871B, Commem.
Sailing Ship, litely toned AU/Unc...........................650.
victory over France, 60,729 struck, Pflk. BU .........175.
K-56, 5 Mk, 1932F, Oak Tree, choice fully lustrous
Br. Guiana K-723, 4 Pence, 1836, Wm. IV/Britannia,
AU .........................................................................250.
2-yr. type, toned BU ..............................................125.
K-57, 3 Mk, 1928A, 900th Anniv. of founding of
Br. Honduras K-11, 1 Cent, 1906, Edward VII, sharp
Naumburg, BU ......................................................195.
toned AU, rare grade .............................................150.
K-61, 5 Mk, 1929E, Birth of Lessing, only 12,000 pcs.
Br. W. Africa K-6, Penny, 1911H, rare 1-yr. type w.
struck, BU .............................................................325.
“Nigeria” legend, fully lustrous BU ........................195.
K-66, 5 Mk, 1929E, 1,000th Anniv. of Meissen, litely
K-19, Penny, 1946SA, very rare date, sharp XF.....350.
toned AU, rare type ...............................................450.
K-31, 6 Pence, 1952, rare 1-yr. type, BU ...............275.
K-68, 5 Mk, 1930A, Flight of the Graf Zeppelin,
Bulgaria K-7, Silver 5 Leva, 1884, scarce date, 2-yr.
BU .........................................................................350.
type, gold & violet toned XF+ ................................150.
K-71, 5 Mk, 1930A, Liberation of Rhineland, watchful
Cambodia K-48.2, Silver 4 Fr., 1860, Norodon I/Arms, XF
Eagle on bridge, toned Unc ...................................295.
restrike.....................................................................375.
K-72, 3 Mk, 1931A, City View, 300th Anniv. of MagdeCape Verde K-14, Gold 2500 Escudos, 1976, 1st
burg, BU, rare type ................................................275.
Anniversary of Independence, only 3,409 struck, 0.23 German E. Africa K-2, Rupie, 1890, William II/Arms,
oz., Pf., rare gold issue .........................................450.
Beautiful silver & gray toned Gem Unc., ...............350.
Central American Rep. K-4, 8 Reales, 1836NG M,
K-2, Rupie, 1897, rare date, lightly cleaned sharp
Sunface, mtns./Tree, toned lustrous AU ................450.
AU .........................................................................175.
Comoro Islands K-3, Dav.-9, 5 Fr., AH1308 (1890), DagK-3, 1/4 Rupie, 1891, original toned BU................275.
ger, cannon, pistol, etc./Crossed flags of France & the
K-10, Rupie, 1910J, golden AU-Unc. ....................150.
Sultan, only 2,050 pcs. struck, 1-yr. type, attractive
K-11, 5 Heller, 1909J, red & brn. AU.................... 225.
Pflk. Unc., rare ......................................................3,500. German N. Guinea K-2, 2 Pf., 1894A, 17,000 struck,
Congo K-2, Gold 10 Fr., 1965, Pres. Kasa-Vubu/Crossed
choice mostly red BU, rare grade ..........................310.
palm trees, 3,000 struck, Pf. .................................195.
K-3, 10 Pf., 1894A, Bird of Paradise, red & brn.
Costa Rica K-103, Silver 1/4 Peso, 1850JB, rare type,
Unc .......................................................................295.
sharp nearly XF .....................................................250. Gr. Britain K-836, Crown, 1930, George V l./Crown surCrete K-9, Dav.-118, 5 Dr., 1901, Prince George of
rounded by closed wreath, only 4,847 struck, toned
Greece r./Crowned, mantled & supported arms, XF,
choice AU, rare type.................................................550.
rare grade for 1-yr. type ..........................................450.
K-Tn5, Trade Dollar, 1901B, Britannia holding shield &
Cuba K-14, 40 Centavos, 1915, Star, BU ..................350.
trident, sailing ship, BU .........................................185.
K-15.2, Star Peso, 1916, rare date, sharp XF-AU ..150.
K-764, 1/2 Crown, 1889, Jubilee bust/Crowned arms,
K-22, ABC Peso, 1934, only year type with intertwined
toned BU ...............................................................210.
numbers in date, BU .............................................295.
K-745, “Godless” Florin, 1849, Victoria l./Crowned
K-22, ABC Peso, 1936, rare grade for date, BU .....350.
shields, 1-yr. type, sharp fully lustrous Unc ..........450.
Cyprus K-19, Silver 45 Piastres, 1928, George V/Lions,
K-734.2, Shilling, 1876, die #7, Victoria/Crown,
50th Anniv. of British rule, 1-yr. type, litely toned
wreath, BU, rare grade ......................................... 350.
Maundy Set, 1905, Edw. VII, BU, 4-pc. set ...........275.
Unc .......................................................................225.
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Gr. Britain K-663, Copper Penny, 1806, Soho Mint,
George III r./ Britannia, choice brown Unc. ...........325.
Spink-1859, Silver Groat, Henry VI (1430-31), Calais
Mint, Facing Crowned bust/Cross, XF ...................275.
Greece K-12, Copper 10 Lepta, 1831, Cross above
Phoenix/Wreath, sharp toned aXF .........................350.
Haiti K-46, Silver 1 Gourde, 1882, Woman’s head/Arms
w. cannon, flags, palm tree, lustrous AU...............140.
Hawaii K-6, Half Dollar, 1883, Kalakaua I, curly bust/
Crown above shield, toned XF ...............................275.
Hesse-Cassel K-617, Dav.-696, Thaler, 1855, only
28,000 struck, Friedrich Wilhelm r./Crowned elaborate
arms in wreath & chain, sharp XF+, rare type .......195.
Hesse-Darmstadt K-353, Dav.-708, 5 Mk, 1876H,
Ludwig III/Crowned eagle, portrait has good detail,
sharp VF-XF, rare grade .........................................650.
Hesse-Homburg K-20, Dav.-714, Thaler, 1859, only
6,579 struck, Ferdinand r./Crowned & mantled arms,
sharp aXF, full hair detail .......................................275.
Iceland Y-8-10, Dav.-130-131, Bz. 2 Kr., Silver 5, 10 Kr.,
1930, Millenary of the Iceland Parliament, complete
Unc. set of 3, orig. boxes ......................................550.
Ireland K-15, Florin, 1940, Salmon, litely toned BU ...85.
K-16, 1/2 Crown, 1942, Horse, BU ..........................60.
Isenburg (Germany) KN-Pn5, As K-49, Silver Ducat,
1811, Carl I l./Crowned and mantled arms, Unc.,
extremely rare .......................................................650.
Italy K-81, Dav.-147, Gill-pg. 59, Silver 20 Lire, 1936R
yr.-XIV, only 10,000 struck, King l./Quadriga w. seated
woman holding fasces & Nike, commemorates the
victory & occupation of Ethiopia, choice BU rare4,250.
Italy K-12, Gold 40 Lire, 1812M, Napoleon/Crowned
arms, only 56,000 struck, sharp aXF.....................850.
K-8.4, 5 Lire, 1878R, Vittorio Emanuele II/Crowned
arms, rare date, fully lustrous choice AU ..............135.
K-20, 5 Lire, 1879R, Umberto I/Arms, 2-yr. type,
attractive sharp XF ................................................175.
Japan Y4a.1, Silver 50 Sen, Yr.-4 (1871), Pflk.
AU-Unc. ................................................................225.
Y-24, Silver 20 Sen, Yr.-9 (1876), BU....................135.
Y-A25.3, Silver 1 Yen, Yr.-29 (1896), Pflk. Unc .....175.
Jersey K-5, 1/13 Shilling, 1866, Victoria, extremely
rare date variety without LCW on bust, no circulation
strikes, choice toned Pf., red highlights ................ 750.
Jersey K-6, 1/48, Shilling, 1877, Victoria, extremely rare
with no “H” mintmark, no circulation strikes, red &
brn. choice Pf. ..........................................................650.
Jersey K-1, 1 /52 Shilling, 1841/0, Victoria, rare 1-yr.
type, toned AU, red traces .....................................225.
Kenya K-24, Silver 10-sided 500 Shillings, 1988, Pres.
Moi/Arms, rare 1-yr. type, choice Pf .....................350.
K-26, Silver 1000 Shillings, 1991, Pres. Moi/Arms,
Silver Jubilee of Central Bank, Pf., rare .................375.
Korea K-1135, Silver 1/2 Won, Yr.-11 (1907), 1-yr. type,
attractive nearly XF................................................225.
Latvia K-11.1, 2 Santimi, 1937, rare 1-yr. type, only
45,000 struck, toned choice AU ..............................85.
Lauenberg (under Denmark) K-25, 2/3 Thaler, 1830FF,
Frederick VI of Denmark, bust l./Value in wreath,
attractive aXF, rare type ..........................................550.
Liberia K-9, Silver 50 Cents, 1906H, Liberty, Star below/
Wreath, litely toned Unc., rare grade ..................... 625.
Liberia K-Tn1, 1 Cent, 1833, Palm tree, Negro waving to
sailing ship/”American Colonization Society”, founded
AD1816, toned XF, rare type..................................125.
K-Pn13, Copper Pattern 2 Cents, 1866, Liberty/Palm
Tree, Sailing Ship, XF+, rare type ..........................165.
Liechtenstein Y-4, 5 Kr., 1900, Johann II/Crowned arms,
only 5,000 struck, choice AU/Unc .........................350.
Y-7, Silver 1/2 Fr., 1924, majority were melted, only
14,255 pcs. extant, toned XF.................................175.
Macau K-11, Silver 100 Patacas, 1978, 5,500 struck,
Racing car, 25th Anniv. of the Grand Prix, choice
Pf ..........................................................................125.
Mauritius K-9, 5 Cents, 1890H, Victoria, toned AU, a
hint of red on reverse ............................................150.
K-11.1, Silver 20 Cents, 1889H, lustrous Unc .......185.
Mexico K-100, 4 Reales, 1801FT Mo., Carolus IV/Pillars
flanking crowned arms, toned XF, rare
grade ........................................................................475.
Mexico K-95, Pillar 4 Reales, 1748MF Mo., Ferdinand
VI, Crowned Globes flanked by pillars, toned XF ...425.
K-105, Pillar 8 Reales, 1765MF Mo., Carolus III/Pillars
flanking crowned hemispheres, XF .......................350.
K-109, 8 Reales, 1800MF Mo., Carolus IV r./Crowned
arms between pillars, beautifully toned lustrous abt.
Unc .......................................................................250.
K-377.13, 8 Reales, 1826AZ Z’s, rare date, gold &
violet toned XF ......................................................275.
K-453, Caballito Peso, 1910, Liberty w. torch on
horseback, attractive lustrous AU-Unc ..................150.
Milan (Italy) K-239, Dav.-1390, Kronenthaler, 1796M,
Francis II r./St. Andrew’s cross with three crowns in
angles, fleece below, choice original AU-Unc ....... 650.
Mombasa K-5, 1 Rupee, 1888H, Crown above sunburst/
Balance scales, lustrous litely toned choice AU.....150.
Monaco K-98, Gold 20 Francs, 1879A, Charles III/
Crowned & supported arms, BU, rare grade ...........850.
Morocco Y-22.2, Riyal, AH1321 Paris, scarce 1-yr. type,
litely toned XF .......................................................175.
Y-25, Riyal, AH1329, 1-yr. type, Double tri-lobe star,
lustrous Unc..........................................................150.
Mozambique K-45, Thaler, (1889), Crowned PM
ctstmpd. on Maria Theresa Thaler of 1780,
VF/Fine ..................................................................125.
Muscat & Oman K-2, 1/4 Anna, AH1311, Fortress, ship
in foreground/Inscription in wreath, toned VF .......140.
Naples & Sicily Cr.-153c, Silver 120 Grana, 1857,
Ferdinand II r./Crowned arms, litely toned frosty
Unc .......................................................................150.
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Netherlands K-123, Dav.-237, 2 1/2 Gulden, 1898,
Wilhelmina, 1-yr. type, lustrous AU, rare grade ......650.
(Holland) Dav.-8838, Lion Daalder, 1576, Stndg.,
Knight holding shield/Rampant Lion, nice VF+......175.
K-148, 1 Gulden, 1911, rare date, Wilhelmina/
Crowned shield, toned AU .....................................225.
Netherlands E. Indies (Batavian Rep.) K-81, 1/4 Gulden,
1802, Galleon, toned XF-AU ..................................150.
Netherlands W. Indies K-2, 1/4 Gulden, 1794, rare 1-yr.
type, attractive toned VF-XF ..................................275.
New Zealand K-10.1, Florin, 1937, George VI/Kiwi Bird,
BU .........................................................................135.
Nicaragua K-16, 1 Cordoba, 1912H, 1-yr. type, Facing
bust/Radiant sun & mountains, unusually nice
without edge nicks, lustrous AU, rare grade ..........550.
Norway K-363, 2 Kr., 1906, Independence, litely toned
BU .........................................................................250.
Panama K-2, Silver 5 Centesimos, 1916, rare date, 2-yr.
type, lustrous AU ..................................................225.
K-10.1, 1/10 Balboa, 1932, better date, golden toned
BU .........................................................................150.
Papal States K-451.3, Dav.-4093B, Silver Piastra, N.D.
(1684), Yr.-VIII, Innocent XI, Bust of the Pontiff r./
Inscrip. in wreath, fully lustrous Unc .................. 1,500.
Paraguay K-2, 1 Cent., 1870, Star w. rays, red BU .....75.
K-3, 2 Cent., 1870, Star w. rays, red BU..................90.
The pair above, red BU, SPECIAL ..........................150.
Peru (South) K-170.2, 8 Reales, 1837BA Cuzco, Sunface
w. rays/Volcano, ship, castle, cornucopia, 1-yr. type,
nice litely toned XF-AU ........................................... 550.
Peru K-A64.a, 8 Reales, 1769JM Lima, Crowned Globes
flanked by pillars/Crowned arms, Charles III, toned XF,
rare type ................................................................395.
K-142.3, 8 Reales, 1838MB, Lima, Stndg. woman w.
cap & shield, rare date, lite scr’s., lustrous XF ......150.
K-155, North Peru, 8 Reales, 1838MB, Lima, Stndg.
woman w. cap & shield/Arms, lustrous choice
AU .........................................................................295.
K-196.5, Silver 1 Sol, 1880 YJ, Seated Liberty/ Arms,
lustrous frosty Unc. ..............................................175.
K-Tn2, Gold 5 Soles, 1910, 1-yr. type, Sunburst above
arms/Inscription, Unc., rare type...........................185.
Philippines K-166, 20 Centavos, 1905, just 471 pcs.
struck, deeply toned Pf. only...................................550.
Philippines K-83, Peru 8 Reales, 1833MM Lima,
(K-142.3) ctstmpd. Crowned F.7.0 on stndg. woman/
Arms, toned XF/VF+, rare this nice ........................250.
K-167, 50 Centavos, 1903, Liberty/Eagle on U.S.
shield, beautiful silver & gray choice BU ...............175.
Poland K-37, Silver Orte (1/4 Thaler), 1623, Sigismund
III, half length bust w. orb, nice VF+, good
portrait ..................................................................125.
Portugal K-472, Dav.-265, 1,000 Reis, 1844, Diademed
bust of Maria II l./Crowned arms, rare type with very
low mintage, lustrous AU ........................................650.
Portugal K-331, 400 Reis, 1813, Joannes, golden toned
AU .........................................................................150.
K-370, Thick 40 Reis, 1823, Joannes VI/Globe,
aXF ........................................................................125.
K-512, 200 Reis, 1886, Luiz I, Pflk. BU .................125.
K-558, 1,000 Reis, 1910, Peninsular War Centennial,
Manuel II/Arms w. Lion, Cannon, Pflk. Unc...........275.
K-560, 1 Escudo, 1910, Young Woman w. torch
extended/Arms, Birth of Republic, choice lustrous
AU-Unc., rare grade ..............................................175.
Portuguese Guinea K-1, 5 Centavos, 1933, 1-yr. type,
choice red BU........................................................125.
Puerto Rico K-24, Peso, 1895, Alfonso XIII/Arms, choice
toned lustrous AU, rare grade ..............................1,100.
Puerto Rico K-21, 10 Cent., 1896, lower mintage than
the 40 Centavos, richly toned original Unc ............450.
K-23, 40 Cent., 1896, toned sharp XF+, rare
grade .....................................................................725.
Reunion K-Tn2, Hexagonal Alum. 10 Centimes Token,
1920, extremely rare type, choice lustrous
AU-Unc .................................................................850.
Russia Y-90.1, Rouble, 1924, Two Workers, sunburst w.
rays/Arms, AU $75; attractive BU..........................150.
San Marino K-6, Dav.-302, 5 Lire, 1898R, only 18,000
struck, Standing Saint w. scroll/Crowned arms, gold,
& violet toned AU ..................................................350.
Saxe-Altenburg K-35, Dav.-814, Thaler, 1869B, Ernst I/
Crowned & mantled arms, only 22,700 struck, litely
toned Gem Unc., rare grade ....................................650.
Saxony K-1112, Dav.-865, Thaler, 1828S, 2-yr. type,
Anton/Crowned shield in wreath, toned BU ...........375.
Serbia K-27, Dav.-305, Silver 5 Dinara, 1904, Centenary
of Karageorge Dynasty; Conjoined busts of Peter I &
Queen, sharp lustrous XF-AU ................................450.
Somalia K-10, Gold 20 Shillings, 1965, 6,325 struck,
Pf. .........................................................................175.
So. African Republic K-8.2, 5 Shillings, 1892, Double
Shaft on wagon, Kruger/Arms, only 4,327 struck,
sharp golden toned Pflk. AU-Unc ........................ 1,500.
So. African Republic K-10.2, Gold 1 Pond, 1898, Pres.
Kruger/Arms, lustrous Unc...................................1,250.
Sweden K-187, Dav.-4525, Riksdaler, 1645, Facing
bust of Queen Christina/Stndg. figure of Christ w.
orb, crowned arms to left and letters A G, very rare,
attractive VF+ .......................................................1,450.
Vatican City K-MS1, Mint Set, 1929, 5 Cent thru 10 Lire
& Gold 100 Lire, Pius XI, 9-pc. set in original case 850.
Zanzibar K-4, Silver 1 Riyal, AH1299 (1882), Sultan
Burghash Ibn Said (1870-1888), clove sprigs around
inscriptions, choice AU-Unc., exotic & rare .........1,250.
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Priuer/from Page 24
wrote. “What I remember him most for was that he had
offered to put the entire French National Collection of coins
online at his own expense.” This idea proved to be too bold
at the time, but is slowly becoming a reality now through the
online BnF catalogue général.
Collectors and researchers aside, the public at large was
not forgotten by Michel Prieur. He appeared several times
on television and radio to give his numismatic perspective,
especially on gold topics. He even entertained the idea of
introducing numismatic lessons in schools.
Through his Syrian research, Michel made many friends,
one of whom was Richard McAlee, author of The Coins of
Roman Antioch (2007). In a memoriam to his Parisian friend,
McAlee writes: “Michel Prieur and I first became acquainted
in January 1986, when he wrote to me about a tetradrachm
of Antioch I had purchased in an auction the month before. I
had outbid him on the coin and he was interested in buying
it. I did not sell it, but in this way we learned of our mutual
interest in the Roman provincial coins of Syria, and we commenced a correspondence and friendship which would last for
nearly 30 years.”
The “cgb.fr team,” as they officially refer to themselves,
also greatly admired Michel, their “boss,” quirks and all.
“Everyday Michel Prieur ate [mackerel] at 9 a.m.,” recalls
Joel Cornu, the newly elected president of the firm. To
Michel and each other they were a family and he was very
protective of them. He refused to have a private office, preferring to work instead in the same room with his team. Every
day he would put his shoes under his desk and work in his “big
red socks,” which he claimed were more comfortable.
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Seen here is the ancient coin that led to a long-lasting friendship between Michel Prieur and Richard McAlee. The latter
identifies it as “a Hadrian tetradrachm of Antioch, purchased
from a Numismatic Fine Arts auction” in December 1985.
McAlee still owns the coin today. Photo courtesy of Richard
McAlee.
What caused Michel pain, however, were people who, as
McAlee put it, “did not live up to his standards of integrity
or intelligence.” In exposing fake coins and other wrongdoing in the coin trade, he was a man on a mission. Collector
and writer Pierre Monney knew this well. “Always ready to
advise collectors and with a sharp eye, he would from the first
look at a coin, immediately notice a forgery.” No matter how
precarious the situation, if Michel felt something had to be
said, you can be certain he would say it. This was often done,
Monney said, “with a touch of humor or irony.”
Shortly before the new 5 -euro bank notes entered circulation on May 2, 2013, Michel famously declared, “I’ll put the
new 5-euro note in my microwave.” This he soon did, to test if
the new currency was being tracked by RFID (radio frequency
identification) microchips, technology he felt could easily
harm one’s privacy if used in paper currency. Supposedly
RFID chips embedded in the paper would show signs of their
presence or even explode when microwaved, but according to
Michel, his experiments found no trace of them.
In helping others directly, the founder of CGB was just
as earnest. I personally knew this side of Michel the best. I
cannot recall one instance where he failed to respond to my
many research questions, which often were answered within
minutes, even if it were late at night in France. He was an
enthusiastic interviewee for this writer’s World Coin News
feature, “Rare WWII franc stirs memories of French valor,”
published in the April 2010 issue. Ironically, it was during the
writing of this article that a gentleman from Iowa e-mailed me
with a question concerning a possible 1943 Graziani franc in
his possession, the same subject discussed in my World War II
article. “Would you have any suggestions as to whom I should
contact?” the questioner politely asked. Unfortunately, this
was not necessary, as the coin in question was a normal 1948
Morlon franc, but it was nevertheless painful not to be able to
direct the writer to my friend Michel for his input.
The cgb.fr team knows these painful feelings far too well.
In an editorial in Le Bulletin Numismatique, No. 131, Laurent
Schmitt writes: “Michel left us, without a fuss. It was the
absence of mail from a person who wrote incessantly, that
made us realize he was gone. He was a link in this long chain
which constitutes cgb.fr. He was one of us, we belonged to
the same team. Over the past 20 years, he patiently built up a
solid group around himself, for he understood long ago that
nothing big can be achieved alone.” (trans. Pierre Monney and
Dane Kurth).
A funeral Mass was held for Michel Prieur at SaintNicolas-du-Chardonnet Church at March 28, 2014.
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Australia
1862 Penny token. T. Stokes, Melbourne. Obv.: Shield,
rising sun, kangaroo & emu. Rev.: Vines & grapes.
Copper, 34mm. KM--Tn236.1. Nice VF-XF ............. $57
“1936.” Fantasy Crown. Obv.: Edward VIII, head left.
Rev.: Kangaroo, standing left. Silver 3mm thickness, by
Hearn. Giordano—FM3b. BU, one thin line ............ $80
Austria
Salzburg. 1729 4 Kreuzer (Batzen). KM—322. Choice
brilliant AU ................................................................. $65
1934 50 Groschen. One-year type. KM—2850. AU, a light
gray spot ...................................................................... $65
France
1848 Essai 10 Centimes. Obv.: Laureate Liberty head, left,
variety with hair to the front. Rev.: Denomination &
date in wreath, text at top. KM—Pn43. AXF, impressive
obverse die break, hints of luster ............................. $165
French Indo-China
1903 20 Cents. KM—10. Choice lustrous XF ........... $190
1909 20 Cents. KM—10. Better date. Lustrous AVF . $210
Germany
Hamburg 1789--OHK 32 Schilling. KM—460 (previous
KM—221). Bright, attractive XF-AU, a small patch of
weakness at the centers............................................. $225
Silesia—Liegnitz--Brieg 1669 Groschen. Christian, bust
right. KM—500. BU ................................................. $130
1929-E 10 10 Pfennig. KM—40. Choice golden BU . $100
1909-E ½ Mark. KM—17. Rare in this grade. Choice
BU.............................................................................. $165
1923-A 50 Rentenpfennig. KM—34. Choice 70% golden
BU................................................................................ $95
1938-D 50 Reichspfennig. KM—95. Choice AU ......... $70
1939-D 2 Mark. KM—93. Choice borderline Unc ..... $22
1930-D 3 Mark Zeppelin. KM—67. Bright AU ........ $170
1930-A 5 Mark Zeppelin. KM—68. Choice brilliant
AU .............................................................................. $295
1930-D 5 Mark Zeppelin. KM—68. Choice bright
AU .............................................................................. $325
1930-J 5 Mark Zeppelin. KM—68. Scarce. AU, short light
reverse mark.............................................................. $330
Great Britain
1920 6 Pence. Type 2: Wide rim. KM—815a.1. Choice
BU................................................................................ $77
1758 Shilling. George II. KM—583.3. Choice VF+ .... $85
1951 Florin. KM—878. Choice copper-nickel Proof .. $38
“1936” Fantasy Crown. Obv.: Edward VIII, head left.
Rev.: St. George slays dragon. AR, 3mm thickness, by
Hearn. Giordano—FM2b. Choice BU, one fleck...... $85
India
Travancore. ND (1939-1940) Chuckram. Bust of Bala
Rama Barma II. KM—60. Choice BU ....................... $47
Italy
1922 5 Centesimi. KM—59. BU................................... $27
Poland
Danzig. 1624/3 Ort (1/4 Thaler). Sigismund III. Distinct
underdate, unlisted. KM--15.2. XF.......................... $160
Danzig. 1625 Ort (1/4 Thaler). Sigismund III. KM--15.2.
Choice XF.................................................................. $140
South Africa
1892 5 Shillings. Single shaft on wagon tongue. Paul
Kruger. KM—8.1. Mintage: 14,000. Lovely toned AU,
4mm scratch in front of face ................................... $750
Turkey
AH 1336/4 (1920) 40 Para. KM—828. Choice BU ..... $42
Vatican City
1937 20 Cents. KM—3. Gem BU ................................. $27
MEDALS
Austria
1857. 50th anniversary of the Agricultural Society of
Vienna. Obv.: Young boy with scythe sits with horse,
bull & sheep; around, a decorative border features four
putti (male toddlers) at play. Rev.: Text in an oak wreath
that includes five shields with agriculture themes.
Bronze, 68mm by Karl Radnitzky. Great art. Choice
orange & green AU, with prooflike fields ................ $175
1881, May 10. Marriage of Crown Prince Rudolf &
Princess Stephanie of Belgium. Obv.: Busts right. Rev.:
A calendar of Sundays, and Christian holiday dates
listed around. Silver, 37mm. Prooflike green & orange
XF .............................................................................. $175
ND (1895?). Obv.: Franz Maria Doppelbauer, the bishop
of Linz, half-length, facing half-left. Rev.: A tall bearded
cleric blesses two children. Silver, 42mm by Leo Zimpel.
Prooflike orange & green XF ..................................... $75
Belgium
1861, August 18. Antwerp Art Festival. Obv: Crowned
female welcomes winged female in front of walled
fortress. Rev.: Horned bull’s head above shield. Nice art.
Bronze, 60mm by Leopold Wiener. AU................... $110
Bosnia-Herzegovina
1888. Visit of Crown Prince Rudolf to Bosnia. Obv.: Bust
right. Rev.: Text in wreath. Bronze, 30mm, with loop &
hanger. Yellow XF, some luster ................................... $72
France
ND. Jeton. Royal Academy of Science. Obv.: Louis
XVI, bust right. Rev.: Minerva sits amid scientific
instruments. Silver, 29mm. Feuerdent—4409;
Mitchiner—3732. Choice brilliant borderline Unc., a
touch of yellow toning ............................................. $130
ND. Jeton. Solicitors appearing before the Court of
Appeals in Paris. Obv.: Justice, seated. Rev.: An oil lamp
& an open book of law rest on table supported by two
eagles. Silver, 38mm octagonal by Tiolier. Plain edge:
early issue. Feuardent-4940a. Beautiful rose-colored
Unc., just bare trace of friction ................................ $210
1814, May 3. Louis XVIII enters Paris. Obv.: Bust right.
Rev.: Citizens welcome king & queen in Roman chariot
pulled by two prancing horses; Victory flies above.
Bronze, 40mm by Andrieu & Brenet. Bramsen--1410.
Plain edge (early strike). Nice art. XF ..................... $170
1820, September 29 (birth) & May 1, 1821 (date of
christening?) The Duke of Bordeaux. The future Henry
V (for 7 days in 1830) was the son of the assassinated
Duke of Berry. Obv.: Henry, his head nestled amid a
flower’s petals. Rev.: He stands beneath a radiant dove,
many historical symbols around. Copper, 50mm by
Tiolier. Pink XF, a scuffy edge .................................... $95
1823. Obv.: Jacques Auguste de Thou, bust right. Rev.:
Birth & death dates. His Historia sui temporis comprised
138 books. Bronze, 41mm by Rogat. From the Durand
series of illustrious men. Struck in Munich. XF ....... $67
ND (struck 1880+). Jeton. The founding of the
Chambers of Commerce of Normandie (1703) &
Rouen (1802). Obv.: Mercury flies over city view. Rev.:
Text in oak & laurel wreath. Silver, 34mm octagonal. XF,
a patch of multi-colored iridescence ....................... $110
ND (struck only 1880+). A jeton de presence for
shareholders at the assembly of the Compagnie
Générale Transatlantique, which provided postal
service to New York & the Mediterranean. Obv.:
Mercury & Commerce stand by shield depicting a
sailing ship. Rev.: Text & ribbon. Mitchiner—4188. Pale
pink XF, a few tiny flecks.......................................... $125
ND (1952). Launch of the Antilles. Obv.: Liner of
the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, sails right,
turtle & tropical birds & plants below. Rev.: Two 19th
century women bid farewell to a sailing ship. Bronze,
55mm by R. Delamarre in original worn round box.
XF ................................................................................ $70
Germany
ND (c.1800). A testimonial to friendship. Obv.: A nearly
nude dancing female with flowing hair holds up a dish
of grapes. Rev.: Text in grape wreath. Silver, 36mm
by Johann Doll & Daniel F. Loos. Sommer—B21.
Wunderbar! Purple & orange Proof (Choice AU).. $145
Pomerania. 1811. School prize for Stralsund gymnasium.
Obv.: Minerva, seated, places wreath on student’s head.
Rev.: Text in laurel wreath. Silver, 39mm by G. Loos &
Held. 629 minted. VF ................................................. $82
1837, February 24-25. 300th anniversary of the
Schmalkalden Articles, in which Luther set forth
what he believed to be the most important Christian
teachings. Obv.: He stands at church altar. Rev.: Church
exterior. Brass, 30mm by G. Loos & Held. Lovely golden
BU.............................................................................. $135
1885, April 1. Bismarck’s 70th birthday & 50th year from
first public service. Obv.: bust left. Rev.: Arms, including
two crowned eagles. Bronze, 38mm by Schwenzer.
Choice AU, just trace of friction ................................ $67
1898, March 25. 60th anniversary of Bismarck’s first
military service. Obv.: Head, right. Rev.: Sword wrapped
in oak branch, texts. Bronze, 35mm by Drentwett.
Choice Unc., splattery orange & green fields ............ $95
1908. Graf v. Zeppelin’s 70th birthday. Obv.: Bust, half
right. Rev.: LZ-4 over Bodensee, Alps beyond. Bronze,
29mm, with original loop. Kaiser—269. Lovely multicolored AU ................................................................ $125
1916, February 2. Obv.: Sailors on a sinking Zeppelin
shake fists at British. Rev.: “Cursed be the British,”
etc. The L-19 bombed England, and then, on its
return, crashed into the North Sea. The captain of a
British trawler refused to rescue 16 sailors clinging to
the floating Zep, and they drowned. [See Wikipedia,
“LZ 54 (L 19)”.] Cast bronze, 57mm by Karl Goetz.
Kienast—174. AU ..................................................... $425
1917, August 15. Benedict XV’s Peace Plan. Obv.: Papal
tiara, key & dove. Rev.: Despairing Allies spill gold. Cast
Bronze, 58mm by Karl Goetz. Kienast—193. AU .. $385
1920. “The Black Shame … The Watch on the Rhine.”
Obv.: Offensive portrait of black colonial soldier in
French helmet. Rev.: Nude woman bound to phallus
topped by helmet. The obscene version. Cast bronze,
56mm by Karl Goetz. Kienast--262. XF+ ............... $390
1923. “The Watch on the Ruhr” & “The White Shame.”
Obv.: Unattractive head of Marianne, left. Rev.: She
garrotes a German worker with a rope. Graphic. The
medal recalls the “Hell of Buer” in which French
occupiers harshly mistreated the German residents.
Silver, 36mm by Karl Goetz. Kienast—299. Choice
matte AU ................................................................... $210
1933. Obv.: Hitler, bust left. Rev.: Spread-wing eagle,
swastika on its breast, breaks chains. Matte silver,
23mm. C & H—30. AU ............................................ $115
1939, December 6. General Field Marshal August v.
Mackensen, 90th birthday. Obv.: Head right. Rev.:
Sword, other relics of war. He fought Russia, Serbia &
Romania in World War I. Matte silver (.900), 36mm by
Karl Goetz. Kienast—566. AU ................................. $230
Germany/France
1814, May 30. Peace of Paris. Obv.: Friedrich Wilhelm
III, head right. Rev.: Spread-wing eagle, a wreath in
its talons, over symbols of peace. Silver, 36mm by
Daniel Loos. Sommer—A161; Bramsen—1452. Choice
XF+ ............................................................................ $155
Great Britain
1844. Opening of the Royal Exchange. Obv.: Victoria
& Albert, busts left. Rev.: Exterior of the Exchange.
BHM—2174. White Metal, 39mm. Mirror Proof .... $82
1913. Obv.: Arms with lion, unicorn, shield, “Royal
Naval and Military Tournament” around. Rev.: “1913
Bayonet Fighting Team” in laurel wreath. Winners got
to play against the Germans. Bronze, 39mm in original
damaged box stamped “Joseph Moore Die Engraver &
Medallist Birming.” XF-AU ........................................ $67
ND (1936). Award for an unknown event. Obv.: King,
facing, “Edward VIII, King & Emperor” around. Rev.:
Wreath (unawarded). DNW auction, November 28-29,
2001: “The first example seen by the cataloguer.”
Giordano—172.2a (Scarce). Bronze, 32mm. XF ...... $85
Hungary
1889, January 30. Death of Crown Prince Rudolf. Obv.:
Uniformed bust right, “1858-1889” around. Rev.:
Genius, a boy, places wreath at tomb as Hungaria,
grieving, rests her head on her hand. Bronze, 60mm by
Karoly Gerl. Beautiful prooflike orange AU, tiny flecks &
smudges detract only a little .................................... $275
Italy
1818. Obv.: Carlo Gaetano Gaisruck, an Austrian cardinal
& archbishop of Milan. Rev.: Milan Cathdedral, or
Duomo, completed during his time. Bronze, 44mm by
Francesco Patinati. Vibrant purple & orange prooflike
XF ................................................................................ $82
Russia
ND (c.1860). Medal of the Imperial Russian Society of
Horticulture in St. Petersburg. Obv.: Female holds
cornucopia & wreath, amid symbols of agriculture.
Rev.: Text in fruit wreath. Bronze, 54mm by Semenov &
Kubli. Diakov—690.2. Choice chocolate AU .......... $295
South Africa
1899-1900. South Shields, a borough on the North Sea,
honors defenders under siege at Mafeking during the
Boer War. Obv.: Baden-Powell, bust facing. Rev.: Arms,
oval portraits of three officers. White metal, 32mm with
original loop & hanger. A scarce memento. AXF ..... $77
Spain
1902, May 17. Alfonso XIII’s 16th birthday. Obv.: Head
left. Rev.: He stands with Hispania and his mother,
Maria Christina of Austria, who had served as regent
after her son’s posthumous birth. Bronze, 60mm by
B. Maura. An attractive caramel Unc., just a trace of
friction and several flecks......................................... $110
Switzerland
ND (1920s). Swiss Shooting Society Feldmeisterschaft.
Obv.: Shooter holding rifle kneels on stone displaying
Swiss Cross. Rev.: Floral display, awarded to “Konrad
Kramer,” 300m. Gilt silver, 30mm by Huguenin.
Richter—1979. Gem Unc ........................................... $52
United States
1893. World’s Columbian Exposition. Obv.: Columbus,
arms extended, steps ashore in the New World. Rev.: Text
on a cartouche; above, Fame & Science (two females) on
either side of a globe; below, the Santa Maria; at the
sides, two torches. Awarded to “Eisenwerk,” an iron &
steel firm in Hamburg. Bronze, 76mm by Augustus
Saint Gaudens (obverse) & Charles Barber (reverse).
AU .............................................................................. $325
1917, June. “United States Treasury War Service Award”
(text on bar). Obv.: Statue of Liberty. Rev.: “For Service
in Liberty Loan Campaign / Boy Scouts of America.”
Unawarded. AE, 34mm, with loop, chain & bar.
VF-XF .......................................................................... $68
1927. Obv.: Tousle-haired Charles Lindbergh, bust half
right “The American Eagle” above; plane in distance.
Rev.: Blank. Bronze, 51mm from MACO. Choice
AU .............................................................................. $160
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New coins issued for two new saints
By Kerry Rodgers
While most of the world’s Catholic
laity seemed aware of the impending
canonization of Pope John Paul II on
April 27, not all seemed to be au fait
that on the same day the much loved
Pope John XXIII, a.k.a. “il Papa buono”
(The Good Pope), was also destined to
be acknowledged as a saint.
Pope Francis fast-tracked Pope St.
John XXIII last summer when he made
an exception to the canonization process – as he was entitled to do. He
announced John would be canonized
despite being credited with just one miracle instead of the required two. John’s
elevation to sainthood has been delayed
many years, partly by internal Vatican
politics. Pope Francis cut through the
remaining red tape.
To date few coins issued to celebrate the double canonization make
reference to Pope St. John XXIII. Most
are focused on Pope St. John Paul II.
Perhaps this is understandable among
those coins emanating from Poland.
On April 15 The National Bank of
Poland released four coins all marking
the sainthood of Pope St. John Paul II: a
21.00 mm, 8.00 g .900 fine gold, proof
100 zlotych; a 100.00 mm, 1,000 g, .999
fine silver, proof 500 zlotych; a 32.00
mm, 14.14 g .925 silver, proof 10 zlotcyh; a 27.00 mm, 8.15 g Nordic gold,
BU 2 zlote. Mintages are 5,000, 966,
50,000, and 1.6 million, respectively.
Also struck in Poland by Mennica
Polska [Mint of Poland], but in the
name of the island nation of Niue,
are five coins, three of distinctive and
unusual shapes. Four are concerned
solely with Pope St. John Paul II. One
makes reference to Pope St. John XXIII.
Top of the Niuean line is arguably a
150.00 mm, 4,000 g .9999 fine silver BU
$100. The media release refers to a “the
saint among saints” and on the obverse
Pope St. John Paul is surrounded by
effigies of St. Peter, St. Christopher,
St. Adalbert, St. Francis, St. Jadwiga,
St. Faustina, St. Maximillian Kolbe and
Pope St. John XXIII. Mintage is 58.
Designer is Robert Kotowicz.
On a smaller scale is a selectively
gilded 45.00 mm, 2 oz .999 fine silver,
proof $2 by Piotr Gorol. The reverse
carries a simple image of Pope St. John
Paul II. On the obverse, along with an
effigy of Elizabeth II are the arms of
John Paul, an intriguing association in
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Four coins mark the canonization of Pope St. John Paul II from the National Bank of Poland.
Two of Niue’s issues to mark the April 27 canonization. Left 4kg silver $100; right 2 oz
silver $2. Images courtesy Mennica Polska.
Niue’s $25 silver cube celebrating St John Paul II. At left the obverse of the cube coin
as struck; right folding the struck coin into its finished cube shape. Images courtesy
Mennica Polska.
both historic and religious terms given
the positioning of the papal arms above
the Queen – the Head of the Church of
England. Mintage is 5,555.
Then comes a one-of-a-kind 6.5
ounce .999 fine oxidized silver $25
cube. Mintage is 555.
This six-piece coin was struck flat
as a single unit using a medal press but
was then manually folded into a cube.
On the reverse an image of Pope St.
John Paul II is central, surrounded by
four ornamented panels and one pierced
face.
Production of Niue’s triptych $20 coins
using shaped dies, a medal press, 360 tons
of pressure and nine-fold strikes for each
coin. Each die can produce 50-100 coins
before needing to be refurbished. Image
courtesy Mennica Polska.
Canada’s two coins for the canonization
of St John Paul II. Images courtesy RCM.
One the obverse, the effigy of
Elizabeth II occupies one side with
the evangelists filling four others. The
pierced face allows Pope St. John Paul
to be inspected once the cube is folded.
The piercing is surrounded by a verse
from Matthew 23: OMNIA NUDA ET
APERTA SUNT ANTE OCULOS EIUS
[Everything is disclosed and revealed
before his eyes.]
The stunning effect of the cube is
arguably trumped by two, 45x90 mm,
colorized, proof triptych panels struck
in 4 oz .999 fine silver. Both are $20
denomination. One is fully gold-plated,
the other not. Mintages are 999 and
333, respectively. Designer is Robert
Kotowicz.
On their common reverse Pope St.
John Paul II occupies the central panel.
At his right is an image of the Black
Madonna of Czestochowa. On his left is
the depiction of Mary as Mother of the
Church from Colonna Chapel.
On the obverses a stained glass
depiction of the Holy Spirit is central
with an effigy of Queen Elizabeth at
the left, and an outline of part of St.
Peter’s Basilica at right along with the
denomination.
The Royal Canadian Mint has marked
the occasion with issue of a 36.07 mm.
23.17 g .9999 fine silver, proof $10 and
a 20 mm, 7.8 g .9999 fine gold, proof
The Vatican’s bronze medal celebrating
the first ever double canonization of two
popes on one day. Image Ufficio Filatelico
e Numismatico, Vatican City.
$25 [World Coin News May issue]. Both
coins are devoted exclusively to Pope
St. John Paul II.
On March 3 the Vatican released
two 35 mm medals commemorating
the canonization of both popes, one in
bronze and the other in 23 g .925 fine
silver. Mintages are 30,000 and 7,000,
respectively.
Both obverses show the coat of arms
of Pope Francis. The common reverse by
Daniela Longo displays the conjoined
profiles of the two new saints, complete
with their papal crowns and the legend
IOANNES XXIII ET IOANNES PAV
An obverse and reverse of the completed
triptych coins. Images courtesy Mennica
Polska.
LVS II SANCTI PROCLAMANTVR
XXVII APR. MMXIV.
And this year’s Vatican coin set
includes a silver 20 euro for the canonization of Pope St. John XXIII and a
gold 50 euro for Pope St. John Paul II.
Set mintage is 88,000. At the time of
writing no images had been sourced for
either coins.
To date, outside the Vatican, Tanzania
is the sole country to celebrate both new
saints on an equal basis. As the information sheet accompanying this country’s
issues points out, “for the first time in
the church’s history, two popes will be
canonized on the same day.” Tanzania
thinks this is worth making a fuss over
and the country has released four coins
in the new saints’ honor: a 38.61 mm,
20 g .925 silver, proof 1,000 shillings;
a 38.61 mm, 20 g .925 silver, antiquefinish 1,000 shillings; a 38.61 mm, 25
g gold-plated copper, prooflike 100
shillings; and a 11 mm, 0.5 g .9999 fine
gold, proof 1,500 shillings. Mintages
are 1,000, 1,000, 2,500 and 15,000,
respectively.
No doubt other saintly coins will
arrive over ensuing weeks.
Tanzania’s four coins marking the double canonization - the sole issues to date that
give equal billing to St John XXIII and St John Paul II. Images courtesy Coin Invest Trust.
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CANADA
KM# 1430 300 DOLLARS
31.1600 g., 0.9995 Platinum 1.0013 oz. APW, 30 mm. Ruler: Elizabeth II Mint: Royal Canadian Mint Subject: War of
1812 - Naval Battle Rev: HMS Shannon and Chesapeake
Rev. Designer: John Horton
Date
VG
F
VF
XF
Unc
2013 Proof
Est. 250 Value: 3,000
1000.0000 g., 0.9999 Gold 32.146 oz. AGW, 101.6 mm.
Ruler: Elizabeth II Mint: Royal Canadian Mint Subject: Year
of the Snake Rev: Snake under maple leaves Rev. Designer: Three Degrees Creative Group
Date
VG
F
VF
XF
Unc
2013 Proof
Est. 25 Value: 69,000
1000.0000 g., 0.9990 Gold 32.117 oz. AGW, 101.6 mm.
Ruler: Elizabeth II Mint: Royal Canadian Mint Subject: Arctic Coastline Rev. Designer: W. David Ward
Date
VG
F
VF
XF
Unc
2013 Proof
Est. 20 Value: 69,000
KM# 1406 DOLLAR
1.5500 g., 0.9999 Silver 0.0498 oz. ASW, 17 mm. Ruler:
Elizabeth II Mint: Royal Canadian Mint Obv. Designer: Arnold
Machin Rev: Three Maple Leaves Rev. Designer: Arnold Nogy
Date
VG
F
VF
XF
Unc
2013 Proof
— Value: 20.00
156.5000 g., 0.9999 Gold 5.0309 oz. AGW, 60 mm. Ruler:
Elizabeth II Mint: Royal Canadian Mint Obv: Crowned bust
of George V Rev: Arms of Canada, dual dates and denomination below Edge: Serially numbered
Date
Mintage
VG
F
VF
XF Unc
1912-2012 Proof
200 Value: 9,150
KM# 1407 2 DOLLARS
3.1100 g., 0.9990 Silver 0.0999 oz. ASW, Ruler:
Elizabeth II Mint: Royal Canadian Mint Obv. Designer: Arnold Machin Rev: Three Maple Leaves Rev. Designer: Arnold Nogy
Date
2013 Proof
VG
F
— Value: 30.00
VF
XF
Unc
156.0500 g., Gold , 60 mm. Ruler: Elizabeth II Mint: Royal
Canadian Mint Subject: War of 1812 - Naval Battle Rev: HMS
Shannon and Chesapeake Rev. Designer: John Horton
Date
VG
F
VF
XF
Unc
2013 Proof
Est. 200 Value: 12,000
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1000.0000 g., 0.9990 Gold 32.117 oz. AGW, 102 mm. Ruler: Elizabeth II Mint: Royal Canadian Mint Series: End of 7
Years War - 250th Anniversary Rev: Map of North America
and Arms of France and Great Britain. Rev. Designer: Luc
Normandin
Date
VG
F
VF
XF
Unc
2013 Proof
Est. 20 Value: 69,000
KM# 1408 3 DOLLARS
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From A to Z
BOB REIS
Difficult history marks Solomon Islands
I actually have a personal history with
the Solomon Islands. In the late 1970s I
was contacted by a guy in Honiara,
the capital city, on Guadalcanal island,
who was working in the Peace Corps or
similar group and who over a couple of
years sold me some “primitive money”
and some other things. The guy stayed
and opened a tourist shop after his
tour was up but he didn’t last long and
progressed back to civilization through
New Zealand and eventually back home
to the USA.
The notion of “primitive money”
usually refers to the idea that in the
absence of a universally accepted standard value system there may arise in
some circumstances a set of things that
in a certain place and time are generally acknowledged to be worth some set
rate in relation to each other. Part of the
definition seems to include the notion
that at least some of the objects are not
objectively useful.
There is also related to “primitive
money” the idea that there is a voluntary economy of some sort, with people
making independent decisions about
what they are going to do and who they
are going to do it with.
From Solomon Islands, an old giant clam
shell pendant in a standard shape called
“barava” (actual size 75x55mm)
There have been cultures in the past
that were entirely command-hierarchical, with a paramount ruler who essentially told everyone else what to do. No
money of any kind in those cultures,
just orders. The Inca culture in South
America would be a good example,
also numerous locations in Polynesia:
Hawaii, etc. A modern example of a
moneyless command economy was the
Khmer Rouge government in Cambodia.
Even North Korea has “money.”
Solomon Islands (no “The” in the
official name of the country) is in
Melanesia, a different ethnic zone from
Polynesia, actually a multiethnic zone.
It was a prolific manufacturer of “primitive money” before the modern era,
which in the context of the Solomons,
was before the 1970s.
Solomon Islands is an independent
kingdom these days. Queen Elizabeth II
of the United Kingdom is the monarch.
It consists of about 900 islands, 10 biggish ones, on the eastern side of the vast
archipelago that stretches from Sumatra
near the Malay peninsula about 6,000
miles into the south Pacific ocean. It is
a few hundred miles from Papua-New
Guinea and a few hundred miles from
northeast Australia. New Caledonia,
Tongo, Vanuatu, Samoa, Fiji, Tuvalu,
Kiribati, Nauru and Marshall Islands, of
numismatic note, are nearby, also USA
associated territory Micronesia.
In the various Pacific islands there
are a number of what we used to call
races and now call gene complexes
or something like that, with associated physical types, languages, cultural
features, etc. The people of Solomon
Islands are almost all Melanesians, a
group characterized by relatively dark
skin color and kinky hair ranging in
Various styles of conus shell rings (actual size 200mm wide)
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color from black to blond. Before the
20th century the political organization
was very local: extended families led
by a strongman, usually in a condition
of war with the neighbors. The islands
were known to the people in nearby
Indonesia, Fiji, etc., who for the most
part left them alone. The landscape
was deep jungle, the people were bellicose, famous as headhunters and cannibals. There was no political or cultural
unity. Today there are 70 languages in
use. Compare with Fiji or Tonga for
example: unicultural Polynesian islands
with long established monarchies. There
never was such a thing in Solomon
Islands.
These various ethnic groups traded
and intermarried with each other when
they weren’t at war. The things they
used for the trade are the objects of
interest of the primitive money collectors. For information on these things
we turn to the book “A Survey of
Primitive Money” by A.H. Quiggin.
Quiggin’s book was published in 1949
and quoted sources back into the 19th
century for the Solomon Islands. What
went on in any kind of day-to-day way
before that is mostly unnoted. It is now
thought that people were living on those
islands as far back as 30,000 B.C.E.
There are stone tools and bones, but
no stories of course. Outrigger canoes
appeared around 4,000 B.C.E., perhaps
pigs arrived at that time as well. Around
1200 B.C.E. Lapita people (Polynesian)
arrived bringing a characteristic pottery.
There are stone monuments here and
there on some of the islands, particularly Roviana in the west, dating from
the 13th century or later.
A Spanish explorer stopped at
some of the islands in 1568. Finding
what he thought was alluvial gold on
Guadalcanal and imaginatively thinking about King Solomon’s mines he
so named that island. Spain sent some
more expeditions but didn’t get anything going. French, Dutch and British
followed in the 18th century but didn’t
find much of interest: modest resources,
hostile natives.
Colonial ventures got under way
in the mid-19th century with a claim
to Sikiana island by the kingdom of
Hawaii, but there was no real attempt by
the Hawaiians to actually do anything
there.
German missionaries came to the
northern islands, followed by the
German government to protect them.
The British moved in on the southern
islands to contain the Germans, and in
Solomon Islands coins struck for circulation show local artistic motifs (actual diameter
21mm).
One of a number of coins struck by Solomon Islands for collectors has an Olympic
theme (actual diameter 38mm).
a treaty in 1899 the German interests
were abandoned in return for a free
hand in Samoa, not too far away. The
shape of the modern country came into
being with that document.
Before the treaty British plantation
owners in Queensland and Fiji had gone
to the Solomons to recruit labor for
sugar plantations, using methods that
often involved swindling and sometimes abduction as agents struggled to
fill their ships. These practices gave
excuses to the already aggrieved natives
to go marauding against the colonists,
and there were numerous occasions of
mayhem and massacre.
The islands were occupied by
Japanese troops starting in 1942. Their
removal was accomplished mostly by
American forces over the next three
years. John F. Kennedy’s PT 109 incident took place in the Solomons. There
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was a lot of damage to the islands but
there was also a lot of traffic from
outside. In the aftermath of the war
religious movements known as “cargo
cults” grew, the general idea being that
the correct rituals would bring airplanes
with stuff.
Local councils were formed in the
1950s, and a legislature in 1960. A
general election was held in 1967 and
a constitution was introduced in 1970.
That constitution perhaps gave too
much power to local elites and a new
constitution was presented in 1974 that
established a governing structure more
like that of the United Kingdom.
Independence came in 1976. The
Wikipedia article takes the position
that the impetus came more from the
British administrators who had come to
the conclusion that the colony was too
expensive and not worth the trouble.
There was no liberation struggle. But as
most of the islands in that region were
becoming independent at that time, it
seemed the thing to do.
Economic growth did not happen
and ethnic tensions, present for millennia, continued. At the turn of the
current millennium war erupted on the
capital island of Guadalcanal between
locals and migrants from another island,
Malaita. The Malaitans gained the upper
hand after tens of thousands of casualties, but a change of government did not
restore order.
In 2003 the government requested
outside help, and military and police
forces were sent from Australia, New
Zealand, Fiji and Papua New Guinea.
They are still there. The fighting has
stopped but the country is still a mess.
To the coins, we will start with the
“primitive money.”
As I see it there are basically three
kinds of things placed within that category. The first, most money like,
would be things that are standardly used
in many different kinds of day-to-day
trade.
The second would be objects that
are ritualistically required in certain
social transactions, such as marriages or
criminal penalties.
The third kind consists of various
items that do not have any kind of
standard value but nevertheless are considered valuable and can be used in
economic activity either as tradeables
or as collateral.
The ubiquitous first type standard
trade item was the shell money string.
Typically it was made of flat shell beads
less than a quarter inch in diameter. The
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strings were made in various lengths,
most common being about 20 inches, or
necklace size, and “fathom,” the span of
a grown man’s extended arms. Bundles
of them were used to make big purchases such as pigs, wives and houses.
On the other side of the scale there were
reports of single beads being used in
markets. My Solomon Islands supplier
sent me some singles tied to a scrap of
local twine.
Most shell money beads were white,
a smaller number were red, considered
more valuable, the redder the better. The
typical string would have some artistically placed black beads made out of
black shell or more often black seeds.
Because the presentation of shell
money strings remains a required part
of normal marriage ceremonies (my
second category of primitive money)
they are still being made and used. It
is not so easy to tell the modern ones
from the older ones except if the new
versions happen to have been made
with machines. There are also plastic
versions.
A look on the web found some offers
of shell money in necklace lengths,
mostly from Australia. I can’t tell if
they’re new or old from the pictures, the
string is nylon filament, with modern
necklace clasps, usually with a traditional native pendant attached.
All sorts of other things were used as
“money” in nearby islands but Quiggin
mentions only the shell money strings
for the Solomons proper. However, my
1970s-1980s supplier produced for me
a number of other traditional value
items that frequently show up in primitive money collections. Chief among
them were the large arm rings made
from giant clam shells (tridacna). They
did not trade, but were accumulated
as hoards by people who could afford
them, and who often had them buried
with them when they died. The size of
those rings ranged from a typical wrist
bangle of about three inches to unwearable heavy, thick, six inches diameter.
I found rings of this type for sale on
the web, again, can’t tell how old they
are. My supplier also sent me a plastic
imitation from the 1960s – used in marriage ceremonies, he told me.
Another set of objects are shell pendants, usually from the conus snail.
Quiggin does not mention them in relation to the Solomons but according
to my supplier they were made and
“used” there. He sent me conus shell
cap “dibidibi” assigned to New Guinea
by Quiggin, and “barava” clam shell
pendants, and other typical Melanesian
artifacts not particularly used in a trade
context.
The problem I have had with primitive money is its hard to store compared
with coins. The things take up a lot of
space.
He also sent me more than a few
British New Guinea shillings he picked
up on various islands. Most of what he
sent was uncirculated, implying that the
previous owner was a migrant worker,
paid in those coins, who took them
home and did not use them for anything.
I imagine that most of the coins used
during the colonial period circulated on
Guadalcanal and were Australian, but
I don’t know that. There was a single
colonial paper money issue in 1916,
very rare.
The actual coinage of mostly round,
flat metal objects commenced in 1977.
The module was like the Australian up
to the 20 cents. Higher denominations
varied in size and shape. I don’t know
where the circulation strikes were made
but I kind of think it was either the
Royal Mint in England or Canberra in
Australia.
The Solomon Islands government
also contracted with the Franklin Mint to
make and market uncirculated and proof
coins and sets to collectors, a practice
that continued until 1983. Silver and
gold coins were part of the Franklin
Mint program. Some of the collector
coins have extremely low mintages, but
that has not resulted in super-high prices for these rarities. When one of them
shows up it usually goes “reasonable.”
And they do show up from time to time.
From the late 1980s until today there
have been occasional releases of both
circulation and collector coins. I went
looking for Solomon Islands coins and
found many different types for sale at
what looked like reasonable prices; silver and gold coins at modest increases
over bullion value, sets, singles, everything is uncirculated and proof.
The key to the series seems to be
a mule $5 coin with a New Zealand
reverse dated 2000. They apparently
all went in New Zealand proof sets that
year. I found none for sale in a web
search.
That raises the issue of where the
later Solomon Islands coins were made.
As you know, the Standard Catalog does
not say. New Zealand has had its coins
struck at the Royal Canadian and British
Royal mints in recent decades, so perhaps the Solomons coins were made at
one of those as well.
SUPER SALE #CXI
AUSTRIA
001 KMT-1 1780 BU Restrike....................15
002 KM-1975 1765 Heller XF-AU ..............25
003 KM-1977 1777 Heller XF-AU Scarce ..30
004 KM-2129 1802-C 7-KR UNC ..............35
005 KM-2213 1898 1/4 FL AU/UNC ..........20
006 KM-2896 1964 50 Sch PR .................13
BELGIUM
007 KM-50 1901 FR 50 ct UNC Cats for
90-140 Sell Only .....................................45
008 KM-38 1880 1 FR VF..........................15
BOLIVIA
009 KM-111 1852 1/4 SGL XF-AU ............60
CANADA-Cents
010 1918 Cents R.B. UNC .........................17
5 Cent-Silver
011 1858 SD G-VG .....................................8
012 1870 Wire Rim XF W-O ....................100
013 1872-H G .............................................5
014 1875-H LD VG=F ..............................125
015 1891 F ..................................................6
5 Cents
016 1922 AU .............................................12
017 1926 N-6 F ...........................................4
018 1926 N-6 AU ....................................100
10 Cents
019 1858 10 Cent VF ................................50
020 1871 10 Cent VF ..............................110
021 1911 10 Cent XF ................................30
022 1913 10 Cent XF ................................20
023 1920 10 Cent MS60+ .........................35
024 1928 10 Cent UNC 60+ ......................50
025 1939 10 Cent CH BU ..........................45
Quarters
026 1871 25 Ct F ......................................30
027 1891 25 Ct F ......................................55
028 1899 25 Ct VF ....................................35
029 1905 25 Ct F ......................................25
030 1907 25 Ct XF ....................................90
031 1921 25 Ct G ........................................5
Half Dollars
032 1881-H 50 Ct XF ..............................400
Dollars
033 1949 AU .............................................18
NEW BRUNSWICK
034 1864 SM 6 VF ....................................90
035 KM-1 1843 1/2 Penny XF-AU .............30
NEWFOUNDLAND
036 1885 Cent F-VF ..................................35
037 1904Cent VF ......................................15
038 1929 5 Cent UNC ...............................85
039 1882-H 10 Cent VF.............................80
040 1888 10 Cent VF ..............................100
041 1872-H 50 Ct Scarce VF-XF..............120
NOVA SCOTIA
042 KM-5 1856 1/2 Cent XF-AU................25
CANADA TOKEN
043 Pc.6A1 1850 Cent No-dot BRN
AU-UNC ..................................................50
CEYLON
044 KM-96 1899 50 Cent VF .....................25
COURLAND
045 KM-20 1762 Solidus XF Scarce type
Nice Coin ................................................65
CUBA
046 KM-A12 1915 10 Ct MS63 .................80
DANISH WEST INDIES
047 KM-70 1878 10 Ct AU ........................55
DENMARK
048 KM-765 1858 16 Sk AU .....................40
049 KM-792.1 1888 1 Ore VF ...................25
050 KM-794.1 1904 5 Ore VF+ .................75
051 KM-798.1 1875 2 KR VF-XF ...............60
ETHIOPIA
052 KM-3 EE.1887-89 1/4 B.R. XF Scarce 65
053 KM-19 1892 1 Birr XF+ ....................235
FRENCH INDOCHINA
054 KM-12.1 1920 Cent CH UNC ..............25
055 KM-2 1894-A 10 Ct XF Nice Tone.....100
056 KM-9 1899 10 Ct XF-AU.....................35
057 KM-9 1916 10 Ct XF...........................50
FINLAND
058 KM-35 1952 500 Markkaa UNC .........28
FRANCE
059 KM-754 1851-A Brn UNC...................25
060 KM-795.2 1862-BB Cent UNC ..............7
061 KM-826.1 1877-A Cent UNC ................7
062 KM-826.1 1878-A Cent Brn UNC..........7
063 KM-826.1 1879-A Cent UNC ................8
064 KM-826.1 1886-A Cent UNC ..............18
065 KM-826.1 1889-A Cent R.B. UNC ......18
066 KM-826.1 1896-A Cent UNC ................6
067 KM-827.1 1884-A 2 Cent R.B. UNC ...15
068 KM-841 1899 2 Cent Brn UNC ...........12
069 KM-821.5 1898 5 Cent UNC...............25
070 KM-815.2 1872-K 10 Cent XF AU.........8
071 C.178.1 1824-A 1/2 FR VF .................18
072 KM-844.1 1919 1 FR UNC....................5
073 KM-710.6 1817-K 2 FR VF Cats 120
Sell for ....................................................85
074 KM-816.2 1871-K 2 FR Scarcest mint 2
yr type VF+ .............................................75
075 KM-845.1 1909 2 FR XF.....................15
076 KM-888a.2 1946-C AC-BR 5 FR UNC .25
MOZAMBIQUE
Rostock
PORTUGAL
Wurzburg
PHILIPPINES
090 KM-677 1823 Farthing XF ..................40
091 KM-725 1843 Farthing XF ..................28
092 KM-753 1884 Farthing XF/AU ..............6
093 KM-663 1807 Cent VF ........................15
094 KM-813 1913 3 Pnce CH AU/UNC........9
RUSSIA
137 KM-66 1936 1 Esc XF Cats 150 Sell...75
NETHERLANDS
138 KM-68 1843 1/2 Cent Fleur-de-Lis
unlisted VF-XF Scarce.............................30
139 KM-91 1862 5 Ct Not CH UNC MS63
Only ........................................................45
140 KM-80 1885 10 Ct UNC .....................65
141 KM-48 1826 25 Ct F ...........................10
GERMANY-Bavaria
077 KM-794 1846 1/2 Gulden XF..............35 142 KM-195 1970 10 Guldens UNC ..........16
078 KM-825 1898 1/2 Gulden XF..............40 ITALIAN STATES-Papal States
079 KM-701 1808 1 TH F+........................60 143 KM-1370 1866 Cent XF ......................12
080 KM-515 1913 3 Mk VF-XF..................14 Sicily
144 C-66a 1790 120 Grana F/VF .............125
Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel
081 KM-973.1 1764 2/3 TH F/VF ..............45 Venice
145 C-26 1762-63 Soldo VF Well-centered
Prussia
coin Nice Grade Cats 60 Only .................30
082 KM-538 1914 3 Mk XF .......................17
083 KM-128 1797 F.C. VF .........................16 146 KM-585 1953 20 Esc Gem BU ...........20
084 KM-355 1760 1/2 PF XF .....................25 147 KM-163 1917-S Cent R.B. UNC CH
MS64 Only .............................................50
GERMANY-Proper
085 KM-9.1 1887-A 20 PF UNC Tone ........25 148 KM-163 1905 Cent CH Red 63 Cats 60
Sell Only .................................................50
086 KM-18 1912-D 25 PF UNC .................20
087 KM-42 1924-D 1 Mark UNC ...............40 PUERTO RICO
149
KM-20 1896 5 Cent VF .......................40
088 KM-44 1925-A 1 Mark XF ..................15
150 KM-24 1895 Peso VF .......................450
EAST GERMANY
089 KM-76 1980 5 Mk UNC ......................40 POLAND
151 Y-28 1934 5 Zlotych XF AU ................30
GREAT BRITAIN
152 Y-22a.1 1887 20 KP XF ......................15
153 Y-21a.3 1915 20 KP XF-AU ................15
154 Y-82 1922 20 KP UNC 3 yr Type ........70
155 Y-58.2 1913 50 KP AU/UNC ...............40
GUADALOUPE
RUSSIA-Siberia
GUATEMALA
SOUTHERN RHODESIA
095 KM-46 1921 XF..28; UNC .................108 156 C-4 1773 @-KP VF+ ...........................85
157 KM-19 1940 2 Shillings XF ..............100
096 KM-146 1875/3 1/4 R Gem BU ..........75
158 KM-19 1941 2 Shillings XF ..............110
097 KM-256.1 1950 10 Cent UNC...............6
159 KM-12 1937 2 Shillings VF ................20
HAWAII
STRAITS
098 KM-1A 1847 Cent VF-XF Nice No
160 KM-2 1845 1/2 Ct XF .........................60
problem coin ........................................400
161 KM-10 1901 5 Ct UNC .......................75
099 1883 10 Ct VG-M+..20; VF Scr ...........30
162 KM-11 1877 10 Ct VF.........................75
HONG KONG
163 KM-296 1927 10 Ct UNC ...................10
100 KM-11 1905 Cent Brn XF-AU .............18 164 KM-12 1874-H 20 Ct Mint 45,000 VF
101 KM-13 1903 5 Cent CH UNC ..............50
Cats 250 Sell ........................................125
102 KM-6.3 1891 10 Ct XF-AU..................10 165 KM-13 1891 50 Ct XF+ Cats 700 Choice
103 KM-13 1903 10 Ct XF.........................10
Coin Only ..............................................400
104 KM-15 1905 50 Ct AU ........................75 166 KM-13 1897 50 Ct VF..210; XF .........375
105 KM-10 1866 Dollar Scarce type XF ..700 167 KM-23 1902 50 Ct XF Cats 800
HONDURAS
Sell only ...............................................375
106 KM-51 1883-P 50 Ct. Scarce XF ........75 UNION SOUTH AFRICA
IRELAND
168 KM-4 1896 6 Pence AU/UNC .............50
107 KM-2 1933 1/2 Penny R.B. UNC Orig.
SLABS-Central American Republic
R.B. UNC Cats. 465 Sell .......................310 169 KM-1 1837-G 1/4 R MS64-P Choice 200
108 KM-11 1942 Penny UNC ......................9 170 KM-161 1992 Czechoslavakia 100 K
ITALY-Proper
PR65 Ulta Cameo .................................110
109 KM-38 1905 2 Cent XF Key Date XF
171 D-H 40 1794 1/2 Penny Condor Token
Sell .........................................................35
MS64 BN ................................................55
110 KM-32 1907 1 Lira VF ........................10 172 KM-619 1915 CH Chihuahua-Mexico
111 KM-45 1910 1 Lira UNC Only...........150
Peso AU53 ...........................................250
112 KM-8.4 1871-R 5 Lira XF-AU Scarce225 173 KM-15 1888 Jamaica 1/4 P MS65-N100
113 KM-96 1957 100 Lira BU ...................75 174 KM-18 1941 S. Rhodesia 1 Shilling
JAPAN
MS61-N ................................................150
114 Y-3 1871 20 Sen XF/AU Deep scales
175 KM-11 1883 Straits 10 Cents VF35-N
Cats 175 Sell ..........................................85
Cats 300 Sell ........................................125
115 Y-4a.1 1871 50 Sen XF.......................85 CUBA
116 Y-39 1964 1000 Yen UNC ..................20 176 KM-443.2 1994 10 Peso UNC P/L......30
MEXICO
177 KM-500.1 1994 10 Peso UNC P/L......35
117 KM-415 1916 Cent XF Cats 175 Sell 100 178 KM-501.1 1994 10 Peso UNC P/L......30
118 KM-419 1925 2 Cent R.B. UNC Cats 30 179 KM-502.1 1994 10 Peso UNC P/L......30
Sell .........................................................20 180 KM-553 1996 10 Peso UNC P/L.........35
119 KM-421 1905 5 Cent UNC................200 181 KM-554 1996 10 Peso UNC P/L.........30
120 KM-422 1926 5 Cent R.B. UNC ........175 182 KM-555 1996 10 Peso UNC P/L.........30
121 KM-401.2 1863 S.L.P. 10 Ct 1 yr type F 183 KM-556 1996 10 Peso UNC P/L.........30
Scarce type Only.....................................45 184 KM-563 1996 10 Peso UNC P/L.........30
122 KM-727.1 1915 10 Ct OAXACA
SARAWAK
XF-AU .....................................................10 185 KM-5 1870 1/2 Cent XF......................75
123 KM-729.1 1915 20 Ct OAXACA XF .....15 186 KM-3 1863 Cent VF+ ..........................20
124 KM-36 1919 20 Ct UNC .....................90 187 KM-10 1911-H 20 Ct XF-AU Only.....250
125 KM-406 1886-A 25 Ct XF-AU .............50 188 KM-10 1913-H 20 Ct XF ...................250
126 KM-407 1876 A&L 50 Ct F .................15 189 KM-10 1915-H 20 Ct XF Only...........500
SUDAN
127 KM-407.8 1876 ZsS 50 Ct VF
Scarce ..................................................125 190 KM-77 1978 Ct Mks Proof Cats 45 Sell
only ........................................................30
128 KM-407.21881 CNG 50 Ct F.............100
129 KM-407.5 1894 HOG 50 Ct XF ...........75 191 KM-81 1980 10 Pounds Proof..35;
BU ..........................................................30
130 KM-370.5 1825 GARS 1/2 R F ...........20
131 KM-370.2 1852 CGBC 1/2 R VF/XF ....35 MEXICO
192
1781 MO FF El Cazador shipwreck in
132 KM-370.2 1856/5 C/CE 1/2 R F-scr....20
NGC Holder in fancy display bo with C.O.A.
133 KM-374.8 1825 Gold 2-R F ..................9
Great box ................................................85
134 KM-374.12 1846 2sOM 2-R F ..............8
135 KM-375.6 1868 moPH 4-R VF ...........50 SOMALIA
193 KM-X61-65 Lot of 6 pcs. Sell all 6 pcs
MONACO
only ........................................................15
136 E-25, 28, 31, 34 1950 4 Pc. Essai CH
UNC P/L Cats 375 Sell Lot ....................275 194 KM-X50-55 Lot of 6 pcs Sell ..............20
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German East Africa
1983-A 5 Mark KM-90 Luther’s Birthplace
1950-J 1 Mark KM-110 PCGS MS-64 ........$100 1975-J 5 Mark KM-141 Ebert PCGS Proof-68
Deep Cameo ............................................$100
PCGS Proof-67 Deep Cameo, Pop 2/1 ....$110
1890 1 Pesa PCGS MS-64 Red & Brown ...$100 1954-G 1 Mark KM-110 PCGS XF details,
scratch ......................................................$75 1975-F 5 Mark KM-142 Monument PCGS
1983 5 Mark KM-91 Max Planck PCGS MS-67,
Saxony
Proof-68
Deep
Cameo
...............................$75
1954-G
1
Mark
KM-110
PCGS
AU-53
........$125
Top Pop 1/0 ..........................................$72.50
1904-E 2 Mark, Death of Georg PCGS
1984-A 5 Mark KM-96 Leipzig Old City Hall
MS-63 .....................................................$150 1954-G 1 Mark KM-110 PCGS AU-55 ........$150 1975-F 5 Mark KM-142 Monument PCGS
Proof-69 Deep Cameo .............................$125
1956-F 1 Mark KM-110 PCGS AU-55...........$25
PCGS MS-66, Top Pop 2/0 ........................$50
1888-J 1 Pfennig KM-1 PCGS MS-64 Red &
Brown........................................................$45 1956-G 1 Mark KM-110 PCGS MS-64 .......$100 1976-D 5 Mark KM-144 Grimmelshausen PCGS 1984-A 5 Mark KM-96 Leipzig Old City Hall
Proof-68 Deep Cameo ...............................$75
1960-F 1 Mark KM-110 PCGS AU-55......$32.50
PCGS Proof-67 Deep Cameo, Top Pop!...$150
1875-A 2 Pfennig KM-2 PCGS MS-63
1984-A 5 Mark KM-96 Leipzig Old City Hall
Brown........................................................$60 1962-F 1 Mark KM-110 PCGS MS-64 ..........$60 1977-J 5 Mark KM-145 Gauss PCGS Proof-68
Deep Cameo ..............................................$75
PCGS Proof-67 Deep Cameo, Top Pop
1909-J 5 Pfennig KM-11 PCGS MS-65 ......$100 1963-F 1 Mark KM-110 PCGS MS-64,
Pop 1/1 .....................................................$55 1978-D 5 Mark KM-147 Stresemann PCGS
1874-C 10 Pfennig KM-4 PCGS AU-58 ........$90
3/0.............................................................$90
Proof-67 Deep Cameo ...............................$50 1984-A 5 Mark KM-97 Thomas Church PCGS
1907-E 10 Pfennig KM-12 PCGS MS-64 ......$65 1967-G 1 Mark KM-110 Mintage: 5363 PCGS
Proof-64 Cameo ........................................$50 1972-J 10 Mark In Deutschland PCGS
1905-A 1/2 Mark KM-17 PCGS MS-67 ......$110
MS-66, Top Pop 1/0 .............................$82.50
Proof-68 ...............................................$52.50 1984-A 5 Mark KM-97 Thomas Church PCGS
1971-F 1 Mark KM-110 PCGS Proof-67
1916-D 1/2 Mark KM-17 PCGS MS-67,
Cameo .......................................................$40 1972-J 10 Mark Flames PCGS Proof-67
Pop 7/0 ...................................................$125
Proof-67 Deep Cameo, Top Pop 1/0 .....$77.50
Cameo .......................................................$29
1875-E 1 Mark KM-7 PCGS XF-40 ...............$45 1957-D 2 Mark KM-116 Planck PCGS
1984-A 5 Mark KM-98 Lutzow PCGS Proof-68
MS-63 .......................................................$75 1972-F 10 Mark Knot PCGS Proof-67 Deep
1875-G 1 Mark KM-7 PCGS AU-58 .......$112.50
Deep Cameo, Top Pop 1/0 .......................$100
Cameo .......................................................$29
1876-F 1 Mark KM-7 PCGS MS-62 ............$135 1957-J 2 Mark KM-116 Planck PCGS
1985-A 5 Mark KM-102 Dresden Women’s
AU-55 ........................................................$60 1972-G 10 Mark Knot PCGS Proof-68 Deep
1880-A 1 Mark KM-7 PCGS XF-45 .............$100
Church PCGS MS-66, Top Pop 1/0 ............$55
Cameo
.......................................................$50
1958-F
2
Mark
KM-116
Planck
PCGS
1881-G 1 Mark KM-7 PCGS XF-40...............$80
1985-A 5 Mark KM-102 Dresden Women’s
MS-64 .......................................................$80 1972-G 10 Mark Knot PCGS Proof-68 Deep
1904-D 1 Mark KM-14 PCGS MS-64 ...........$75
Church PCGS Proof-68 Deep Cameo, Top Pop
Cameo .......................................................$55
1904-J 1 Mark KM-14 PCGS AU-53...........$130 1958-J 2 Mark KM-116 Planck PCGS Unc
1/0.............................................................$90
details, spot removed ................................$40 1972-J 10 Mark Knot PCGS MS-64 .............$30
1905-A 1 Mark KM-14 PCGS MS-66,
1985-A
5 Mark KM-103 Dresden Zwinger PCGS
1972-J 10 Mark Knot PCGS Proof-67 Deep
Pop 4/0 .....................................................$90 1959-D 2 Mark KM-116 Planck PCGS
MS-66, Top Pop 1/0 ..................................$55
Cameo
.......................................................$29
XF-45
........................................................$50
1906-E 1 Mark KM-14 PCGS MS-63 ............$80
1987-G 10 Mark KM-167 European Unity PCGS 1985-A 5 Mark KM-103 Dresden Zwinger PCGS
1959-F 2 Mark KM-116 Planck PCGS
1907-D 1 Mark KM-14 PCGS MS-65,
Proof-68 Deep Cameo, Top Pop 1/0 .....$82.50
Proof-68 ....................................................$60
XF-45 ...................................................$67.50
toned .......................................................$100
1987-G 10 Mark KM-167 European Unity PCGS 1985-A 5 Mark KM-104 Neuber PCGS MS-65,
1907-F 1 Mark KM-14 PCGS MS-66 ..........$120 1964-D 2 Mark KM-116 Planck PCGS
Pop 1/1 ...................................................$100
Proof-69
....................................................$75
AU-55 ........................................................$40
1908-J 1 Mark KM-14 PCGS AU-58.............$80
1986-A 5 Mark KM-110 Sansoucci PCGS
E. Germany
1909-D 1 Mark KM-14 PCGS MS-66 .........$100 1965-D 2 Mark KM-116 Planck PCGS AU
MS-67, Top Pop 1/0 ..................................$55
details, cleaned..........................................$20 1993-J 10 Mark Koch PCGS Proof-67 Deep
1910-D 1 Mark KM-14 PCGS MS-66 .........$130
1965-G 2 Mark KM-116 Planck PCGS
Cameo .......................................................$45 1986-A 5 Mark KM-110 Sansoucci PCGS
1930-D 1 Reichspfennig KM-37 PCGS MS-65
MS-62 .......................................................$50 1969 5 Mark KM-23 Hertz PCGS MS-67, Top
Proof-67 Deep Cameo, Top Pop 2/0 ........$125
Red & Brown........................................$47.50
Pop 1/0 .....................................................$80 1986-A 5 Mark KM-111 New Palace PCGS
1924-A 10 Rentenpfennig KM-33 PCGS
MS-64 .......................................................$40 1970-A 5 Mark KM-26 Roentgen PCGS MS-67,
MS-66, Top Pop 2/0 ..................................$35
MS-64 .......................................................$75
Top Pop 1/0 ...............................................$80 1986-A 5 Mark KM-111 New Palace PCGS
1930-A 10 Reichspfennig KM-40 PCGS
MS-64 .......................................................$45 1971-A 5 Mark KM-29 Brandenburg Gate PCGS
MS-65 .......................................................$60
1967-G 2 Mark KM-116 Planck PCGS Proof-64
MS-66, Top Pop 1/0 ..................................$50 1987-A 5 Mark KM-114 Nikolai Quarter PCGS
1924-A 50 Rentenpfennig KM-34 PCGS
Cameo
.......................................................$55
1984-A 5 Mark KM-29 Brandenburg Gate PCGS
MS-65 .....................................................$100
MS-66, Top Pop 2/0 ..................................$40
Proof-65 Deep Cameo, Top Pop 1/0 ........$150 1987-A 5 Mark KM-114 Nikolai Quarter PCGS
1939-A 1 Reichspfennig KM-89 PCGS MS-64
MS-63 .......................................................$80 1987-A 5 Mark KM-29 Brandenburg Gate PCGS
Brown........................................................$50
Proof-68 Deep Cameo, Top Pop 2/0 ..........$90
1969-D 2 Mark KM-116 Planck PCGS
MS-67, Top Pop 2/0 ..................................$60 1987-A 5 Mark KM-115 Red City Hall PCGS
1939-B 1 Reichspfennig KM-89 PCGS MS-64
AU-58 ...................................................$32.50 1987-A 5 Mark KM-29 Brandenburg Gate PCGS
Red & Brown.............................................$60
MS-66, Top Pop 2/0 ..................................$55
1969-F 2 Mark KM-116 Planck PCGS Proof-64
Proof-66 Deep Cameo, Top Pop 1/0 ..........$85 1987-A 5 Mark KM-115 Red City Hall PCGS
1940-F 1 Reichspfennig KM-97 PCGS MS-64,
Cameo .......................................................$50 1971 5 Mark KM-30 Johannes Kepler PCGS
lustrous .....................................................$65
1951-D 5 Mark KM-112 PCGS MS-64 ....$67.50
MS-67, Top Pop 2/0 ..................................$60 1987-A 5 Mark KM-116 Berlin Clock PCGS
Red & Brown.............................................$60 1951-G 5 Mark KM-112 PCGS MS-61 .......$100 1972 5 Mark KM-36 Johannes Brahms PCGS
MS-67, Top Pop 1/0 .............................$77.50
1951-J 5 Mark KM-112 PCGS MS-63 ..........$50
MS-64, Pop 1/3 .........................................$50 1987-A 5 Mark KM-116 Berlin Clock PCGS
Red & Brown...........................................$100 1951-J 5 Mark KM-112 PCGS MS-64 ..........$65 1973-A 5 Mark KM-43 Otto Lilienthal PCGS
1956-D
5
Mark
KM-112
PCGS
AU-50
..........$75
MS-65, Pop 2/1 .........................................$75 1988-A 5 Mark KM-120 Saxonia PCGS MS-68,
MS-64 .......................................................$60 1956-F 5 Mark KM-112 PCGS XF-45 ...........$60 1974-A 5 Mark KM-49 Philipp Reis PCGS MSTop Pop 1/0 ..........................................$82.50
1956-J 5 Mark KM-112 PCGS MS-61 ........$150
66, Top Pop 1/0 .........................................$55
1939-J 5 Reichspfennig KM-91 PCGS
1988-A 5 Mark KM-121 Rostock PCGS MS-67,
1975 5 Mark KM-54 Thomas Mann PCGS MSMS-64 .......................................................$65 1957-F 5 Mark KM-112 PCGS XF-45,
Top Pop 2/0 ...............................................$95
toned .........................................................$45
66, Top Pop 1/0 .........................................$55
1941-A 5 Reichspfennig KM-100 Regular Issue
1988-A 5 Mark KM-122 Barlach PCGS MS-66,
1975-A 5 Mark KM-55 Year of the Woman
PCGS MS-62 .............................................$75 1957-J 5 Mark KM-112 PCGS AU details,
Top Pop 1/0 ...............................................$90
cleaned ......................................................$40
PCGS MS-66, Top Pop 2/0 ........................$60
1989-A 5 Mark KM-129 Zwickau, Pop 1/0 PCGS
MS-62 .......................................................$80 1960-D 5 Mark KM-112 PCGS MS-63 .......$150 1976 5 Mark KM-60 Von Schill PCGS MS-65,
MS-68 .....................................................$100
1960-F 5 Mark KM-112 PCGS AU details,
Pop 1/0 .....................................................$55
1939-D 10 Reichspfennig KM-92 PCGS
1989-A 5 Mark KM-129 Katharinen Church
cleaned ......................................................$35 1977 5 Mark KM-64 Jahn PCGS MS-66, Top
MS-64 .......................................................$90
1960-F 5 Mark KM-112 PCGS MS-62 ........$125
Pop 2/0 .....................................................$55
1939-B 50 Reichspfennig KM-96 PCGS
2/0...........................................................$135
AU-55 ........................................................$40 1960-G 5 Mark KM-112 PCGS MS-62 .......$125 1977 5 Mark KM-64 Jahn PCGS Proof-68 Deep
Cameo, Top Pop 3/0 ................................$125 1989-A 5 Mark KM-130 Muhlhausen PCGS
1943-D 50 Reichspfennig KM-96 PCGS MS-64, 1961-F 5 Mark KM-112 PCGS MS-63,
Prooflike ....................................................$90 1978-A 5 Mark KM-67 Klopstock PCGS MS-65,
MS-67, Top Pop 1/0 ..................................$55
Pop 3/0 ...................................................$125
1963-F 5 Mark KM-112 PCGS MS-62 ..........$45
Pop 2/1 .....................................................$90 1989-A 5 Mark KM-130 Muhlhausen PCGS
1934-A 1 Reichsmark KM-78 PCGS
Proof-65 Deep Cameo .............................$100
MS-64 .....................................................$100 1963-F 5 Mark KM-112 PCGS MS-63 ..........$90 1978-A 5 Mark KM-67 Klopstock PCGS
1964-F 5 Mark KM-112 PCGS MS-64 ..........$70
Proof-67 Deep Cameo, Top Pop 1/0 ........$125 1989-A 5 Mark KM-130 Muhlhausen PCGS
1935-J 1 Reichsmark KM-78 PCGS
1978-A 5 Mark KM-68 Anti-Apartheid PCGS
MS-63 .....................................................$110 1965-G 5 Mark KM-112 Mintage:8233 PCGS
Proof-67 Deep Cameo, Pop 1/1...............$135
Proof-67 Deep Cameo ..........................$67.50
Proof-67 Deep Cameo, Top Pop 2/0 ........$130 1989-A 5 Mark KM-131 Ossietzky PCGS
1933-A 2 Reichsmark KM-79 Luther PCGS
MS-62 .......................................................$80 1966-D 5 Mark KM-112 PCGS MS-63 .........$40 1979 5 Mark KM-72 Einstein PCGS MS-65, Top
MS-65, Top Pop 1/0 ................................$100
1966-F 5 Mark KM-112 PCGS Unc details,
Pop 2/0 ...................................................$100 1990-A 5 Mark KM-133 Tucholsky PCGS
1936-E 2 Reichsmark KM-93 PCGS
cleaned ......................................................$30 1980 5 Mark KM-76 Menzel PCGS MS-68, Top
AU-55 ......................................................$150
MS-68, Top Pop 1/0 ................................$135
1966-F 5 Mark KM-112 PCGS MS-63 ..........$40
Pop 1/0 ................................................$72.50 1990-A 5 Mark KM-134 Postal Service PCGS
1937-D 2 Reichsmark KM-93 PCGS
MS-64 .....................................................$125 1966-F 5 Mark KM-112 PCGS MS-64 ..........$50 1980 5 Mark KM-76 Menzel PCGS Proof-68
MS-67, Top Pop 2/0 ..................................$60
1966-G 5 Mark KM-112 PCGS MS-64 .........$35
Deep Cameo, Top Pop 2/0 .......................$120 1990-A 5 Mark KM-134 Postal Service PCGS
1938-A 2 Reichsmark KM-93 PCGS
1981 5 Mark KM-79 Riemenschneider PCGS
MS-64 .....................................................$125 1967-G 5 Mark KM-112 PCGS MS-62, light
toning ...................................................$32.50
MS-67, Top Pop 1/0 .............................$82.50 1990-A 5 Mark KM-135 Zeughaus PCGS
1938-B 2 Reichsmark KM-93 PCGS
MS-64 .....................................................$150 1967-J 5 Mark KM-112 PCGS MS-64 .....$32.50 1981 5 Mark KM-79 Riemenschneider PCGS
MS-68, Top Pop 2/0 ..................................$75
1967-J 5 Mark KM-112 PCGS MS-65 ..........$45
Proof-68 Deep Cameo, Top Pop 1/0 ........$145 1990-A 5 Mark KM-135 Zeughaus PCGS
1982 5 Mark KM-84 Frobel PCGS Proof-66
MS-64 .....................................................$150 1968-D 5 Mark KM-112 PCGS MS-64,
toned
.........................................................$50
Deep Cameo, Top Pop 3/1 .......................$130
1938-J 2 Reichsmark KM-93 PCGS MS-63, Pop
1970-A 10 Mark KM-27 Beethoven PCGS
2/1...........................................................$125 1969-J 5 Mark KM-112 PCGS MS-63 ..........$40 1982-A 5 Mark KM-85 Weimar Cottage PCGS
MS-65 .......................................................$60
1971-D 5 Mark KM-112 PCGS MS-64 .........$40
MS-67, Top Pop 1/0 ..................................$65
1974-A 10 Mark KM-50 25th Anniversary AU-55 ......................................................$110 1974-F 5 Mark KM-112 PCGS MS-65 ..........$45 1982-A 5 Mark KM-85 Weimar Cottage PCGS
Motto PCGS MS-65.................................$100
1939-F 2 Reichsmark KM-93 PCGS MS-64, Pop 1966-D 5 Mark KM-119 Leibniz PCGS
1990-A 10 Mark KM-136 Labor Day PCGS
MS-65 .......................................................$40 1982-A 5 Mark KM-86 Wartburg Castle PCGS
2/1...........................................................$150
MS-65 .......................................................$35
1966-D 5 Mark KM-119 Leibniz PCGS
MS-66, Top Pop 1/0 ..................................$65
1934-G 5 Reichsmark KM-83 Potsdam Church
1968 20 Mark KM-21 Marx PCGS MS-65 ..$125
MS-66 .......................................................$75 1983-A 5 Mark KM-89 Wittenberg Church
with Date PCGS XF-45.............................$100
1969-G 5 Mark KM-125 Fontane PCGS
PCGS MS-67, Top Pop 2/0 ........................$60 1973-A 20 Mark KM-47 Grotewohl PCGS
1935-A 5 Reichsmark KM-86 Hindenburg/
MS-64 .......................................................$40
MS-63 .......................................................$20 1983-A 5 Mark KM-89 Wittenberg Church
No Swastika PCGS MS-64, deep, colorful
1976 20 Mark KM-63 Liebknecht PCGS
toning ......................................................$150 1969-G 5 Mark KM-125 Fontane PCGS
MS-67 .....................................................$125
Proof-65 Cameo, toned .............................$27
1/0...........................................................$125
1948-D 1 Pfennig KM-101 PCGS AU-58 ......$45
1990-A 20 Mark KM-139a Brandenburg Gate,
1971-D 5 Mark KM-129 Durer PCGS
1983-A 5 Mark KM-90 Luther’s Birthplace
1949-J 50 Pfennig KM-104 PCGS
PCGS MS-66, Top Pop 1/0 ...................$77.50
MS-64 .......................................................$20
Silver PCGS Proof-67 Deep Cameo .........$150
Proof-64 ..................................................$150
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World Coin Clinic
RICHARD GIEDROYC
German mark part of both past and present
■ Are German mark-denominated
coins still legal tender despite Germany
using the European Union’s euro currency?
Officially German marks have been
replaced by the European Union euro.
Unofficially there are merchants throughout Germany who are still willing to
accept pfennig and mark-denominated
coins and bank notes because they can
be turned in for euros at 1.96 marks per
euro. The reasoning appears to be good
old-fashioned marketing on the part of
merchants who are counting on the fact
that people don’t necessarily trust the euro
and that there has been speculation that
Germany will eventually drop the euro
and revert to the mark.
■ Where can I get information on
mintmarks on Spanish colonial American
coins?
There is a listing of some of the mintmarks at the introduction to Spain in
the Krause “Standard Catalog of World
Coins.” A more comprehensive list follows:
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■ What is the status of the Perth Mint
in Australia?
The Perth Mint was opened in 1899
as a branch of the British Royal Mint. In
1970 the mint became the property of the
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through the Gold Corporation Act of
1987. Coins made at the Perth Mint are
legal tender in all of Australia despite the
mint being owned by an Australian state
rather than by the federal government.
■ How many mints strike coins for
Canada?
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■ What mints are currently in operation in India?
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Cherlapally, Mumbai, Noida (New Delhi),
and Saifabad (Hyderabad). The names of
some may not be familiar to readers since
in recent years India has been changing
the Anglicized names of some cities to
their original native names.
Bogota: S, NR, N, SF, FS, F
Cartagena: S, RN, C
Cuzco: C, CUZ
Guatemala: G, NG
La Plata: P
Lima: P, *P, L, LM, Lima
Mexico: M, Mo
Panama: vertical AP
Popayan: P
Potosi: P, PTSI, monogram similar to a
dollar sign
Santiago:So
Santo Domingo: SP, S/Do
As you can see the Spanish government wasn’t overly concerned with using
identical mintmarks at different locations,
making it more challenging to determine
the originating mint for an individual
coin. Readers are encouraged to share
additional information on Spanish colonial American mintmarks.
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Mostly Copper
DONALD H. DOOL
Wear makes these challenges to identify
I am beginning to think that my want
list is of coins that only exist in reference catalogs. I did manage to find two
coins from the Reaper’s War, Olot and
Puigcerda, on Spanish eBay. However
as is the usual case they are rather sad
specimens. These seem to come in two
grades, terrible and not that good. If you
do find a decent specimen they are not
cheap. I also found one atthe Chicago
International Coin Fair that was not on
my want list, a Tuscany 2½ quattrini
dated 1712.
The world coin dealers were mostly
Olot: This undated diner requires a microscope and an imagination to make out any detail.
Unfortunately, it is typical. The dealer had this as an issue of Felipe IV during the Reaper’s
War but did not give any attributions. I think he may have erred. My only Spanish reference
is Castán/Cayón and the closest I can find in it is 6039 or 6094, a Felipe III issue. In my
opinion this reference leaves much to be desired, only photos and no written descriptions.
Whoever said, “a picture is worth a thousand words” never compared Castán/Cayón to
Neumann. The obverse has a bust of Felipe III to the right and all I can make out is …D.
G. H or R I S… . On the reverse a shield and …N I V… The other attribution I found was
Krause 10, which is also lacking in a written description. The weight is 1.11 gram and the
diameter is 16.59 mm. These are scarce even in this condition.
absent from the Central States show so I
found nothing of interest. I entered four
exhibits and went home with a first,
two seconds and a third place award. I
also had four for four at the American
Numismatic Association convention last
year; I hope this is the start of a trend
as I plan on entering four at ANA again
this year.
Puigcerda: According to the dealer in
Catalonia this dinier is the 1641 Philip IV
issue. The only letter I see on the obverse
is an O, so that would make it the Louis XIII
issue. These are very rare. The obverse has
the arms of Catalonia on a diamond shaped
shield. The legend is LVDOVIC. D. G. R. On
the reverse PODICERITA 1642 with a fleurde-lis in the field. The weight is 1.28 gram
and the diameter 13.20mm. The attributions
are Cayón 9901, Eklund 131, Krause 78 and
Neumann II 14846
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Since my usual March trip to
Argentina has been postponed indefinitely, to fill the gap I’ll have to wrack
my brain to find some copper coins in
my collection that have not appeared on
these pages to write about.
Contact Dool with questions, corrections and comments at dool@comcast.
net.
Tuscany: I found this in Karl Stephen’s stock at CICF. It is interesting in that the
denomination uses a combination of Roman and modern numerals. It is probably the
only 2½ quattrini or ½ crazia issued. A crazia is five quattrini. The obverse has the
crowned monogram of Cosmus III, an M, two C’s linked and another M above •1712•.
The reverse has a Florentine lily in the field with QVATTRINI • II½ • on the perimeter.
The only attribution I have is Neumann II 18419. It weights 1.05 gram with a diameter
of 19.09mm. I usually don’t measure the thickness; this one is very thin, 0.050mm.
Cosmus III ruled Tuscany for 53 years from 1670 to 1723. His son Gian Gaston I was
the last of the Medici family to reign in Tuscany.
Coin Critters
DENNIS G. RAINEY
Ducks appear on Canadian coin issues
Aldo Leopold, (1887-1948), professor of wildlife management at the
University of Wisconsin and founder of the science of wildlife management, made the following statement
in the Introduction to the monumental
book, The Ducks, Geese and Swans of
North America, authored by Francis
H. Kortright and published in 1943
by The American Wildlife Institute,
Washington, D.C. : “To my mind it is
appropriate that this book should issue
from the pen of a Canadian. Canada
is the birthplace of most waterfowl;
this book attests her growing activity
in waterfowl research and conservation.” Mr. Kortright (1887-1972) was an
engineer, author and devoted conservationist that resided in Toronto, Canada.
I bought this 476-page book May 19,
1951 for $5.50, and it is one of my most
treasured books.
I started this article with the tribute
to Mr. Kortright and his book by a world
renowned biologist as an introduction to
a new series of three coins portraying
three wild ducks issued by the Royal
Canadian Mint in celebration of the
75th anniversary of Ducks Unlimited
Canada. The first in 2013 was the mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos), the best
known wild duck in the world. A pair
of mallards is shown in color on a 2013
$10 silver coin (KM-1355). The second,
also in 2013, is the wood duck (Aix
sponsa), the male (drake) is the most
handsome wild duck in the world. A
pair is portrayed in color on a 25 cents
cupronickel coin (KM-1524). Then in
2014 a pair of northern pintail ducks
(Anas acuta) in color was depicted on
a 25-cent cupronickel coin (KM-1630).
The species has the widest breeding
range of all the world’s wild ducks.
I am very fond of ducks and my
favorite bird species is portrayed on one
of these coins — the wood duck. On my
office wall I have a quite large Maynard
Reece painting of a wood duck pair, a
smaller photo of a drake in the water, a
needle point of a drake (gift of my wife)
and two ceramic wood duck decanters.
So let me spend a few minutes informing you about some aspects of the biology and lifestyle of the three species.
The members of the genus, Anas,
Mallard ducks are depicted on the reverse of a 2013 Canadian $10 coin, KM-1355.
Wood ducks appear on a 1913 Canadian cupronickel 25-cent piece. In 2014 a silver $10 depicts
a pari of northern pintail ducks.
are called “dabbling ducks.” These are
surface feeding ducks in shallow waters
and find their food by tipping the body
up to submerge the head and neck to
search for food. The wood duck belongs
to the “perching duck” group because it
has strong claws that are used for perching on tree limbs, but it also dabbles for
food in shallow water like the mallard
and pintail.
Mallard Duck: Kortright gives 35
common names for the mallard, but
remember it has only one scientific
name. Anas is Latin for duck, platyrhynchos is from Greek platys meaning broad and rhynchos meaning beak.
The mallard occurs in North America,
Asia and Europe and widely introduced to practically everywhere else
in the world. In Canada it occurs natu-
rally from southwestern Quebec to the
Pacific Ocean. It is rare in the Atlantic
Provinces and Ungava.
The Canadian Wildlife Service’s
Hinterland Who’s Who is a wonderful
source of information about Canada’s
wildlife. The following description of
the mallard drake in breeding plumage
is taken from the Who’s Who mallard
leaflet. The head of the drake is brilliant
green but under certain light conditions
flashes of purple can be seen. The green
head is separated from the chestnut
neck and breast by a conspicuous white
band. The underparts are light gray. A
distinguishing feature is a rectangular
blue patch with white borders on the
wing called the “speculum.” No other
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duck has this feature.
Notice the barely visible two central curled feathers on the
tail of the drake in the coin photo. A curious tradition among
duck hunters where I grew up in southeast Missouri is they
would pluck these two feathers and stick them in their cap
where they stayed all season. It supposedly meant good luck
all season.
When I was about eight years old my grandfather gave me
two mallard ducklings, which I named Jack and Jill hoping
they would be a pair. They made wonderful pets and when
they were grown I did have a pair. But as time went by I began
to notice that Jack was loosing his green head and gradually
Jack’s plumage closely resembled Jill’s. In fact, I could not
tell which was Jack. I thought Jack had changed to another
Jill. Much to my amazement in about one month or so my second Jill gradually changed back to a Jack, and it was not until
I was in graduate school did I find out what had happened. Let
me tell you what occurred.
Birds periodically replace their old feathers with new ones
in a process called molting. Generally, North American birds
in late summer or early fall lose most of their feathers which
are replaced with new feathers. The new plumage is the “winter plumage.” Breeding is over and many species migrate to
a warmer climate but many stay at home. Then in spring the
feathers are molted again resulting in the “breeding plumage”
and in many species this plumage in males is quite different
being more colorful.
This general pattern is totally different and only in drakes.
In early summer when females are incubating their eggs the
males still in their breeding plumage (green head, etc.), leave
the females and gather into groups. Then an amazing event
occurs. The males begin to lose their bright breeding plumage
and the replacement feathers are drab like the females. In fact,
this new plumage when complete is almost identical with the
drab female plumage, and it is called the “eclipse” plumage.
Moreover, every feather of the breeding plumage is lost fairly
rapidly including all the wing flight feathers, and the males
now are unable to fly and do not move around much. Since
they now have the concealing coloration of females they are
pretty well protected from predators. The eclipse plumage
is kept only about one month when it is lost and the bright
green head and other colors appear once again resulting in a
new breeding plumage but worn in the winter. This peculiar
pattern is only in male ducks.
Now that the females have raised their ducklings and the
males once again can fly, flocks migrate southward to warmer
places in winter. There the drakes in their splendor of bright
colors woo females and pair bonding occurs. Flocks migrate
northward in spring to their breeding grounds in Canada
where pairs can begin breeding almost immediately. Now you
know why my Jack did not change into a Jill. Females also
molt and become flightless but the new winter plumage is
like the old one.
The wood duck eclipse plumage resembles the juvenile
male. The eclipse plumage of the pintail resembles the female
except for the wings and also the feathers on the back resemble a juvenile male.
Wood Duck: Quoting Kortright, “Indisputably the drake
Wood Duck is the most beautiful of all our wildfowl. And it
is entirely our own. Peculiar to North America.” Personally, I
think it is the most beautiful duck in the world, and I will not
attempt to describe the drake as it would take too much space.
I refer you to the coin photo. Not to be
outdone in appearance the female wood
duck is more beautiful than females of
other ducks.
Aix, Greek, a kind of waterfowl
in Aristotle; sponsa, Latin, meaning
betrothed, i.e., as if in wedding dress,
referring to the beautiful plumage of
the drake.
In Canada wood ducks’ summer
range is only in southern Canada and
nesting is in scattered locations of all
provinces. The winter range is mostly
in the southern states of the United
States, but some migrate into central
Mexico. They are largely absent from
prairies, Great Plains and the southwest
in the United States.
This species nests in tree holes sometimes using holes created by pileated
woodpeckers. The nest may be six or
eight feet down from the hole entrance.
Sometimes nests are 50 feet from the
ground (Kortright, p. 226). One source
stated nests may be 88 meters (290 ft.)
from the ground, but this is suspect.
The nests usually are close to water,
but some are considerably away from
water. Females lay 8-15 eggs incubating
them about 30 days. How in the world
do the ducklings get to the ground?
Their mother flies down to the ground
and softly calls to them, and using their
sharp claws the hatchlings climb to
the edge of the hole and simply jump.
Owing to their pliant bodies, tiny wings
and feet spread out they seldom are
injured.
What do wood ducks eat? They prefer foraging along banks of woodland
streams and ponds seeking out acorns,
other kinds of nuts, berries, seeds,
some insects and lots of spiders. One
study revealed spiders were 80 percent
of the stomach contents.
The wood duck has always been
sought for its feathers to use in making
artificial flies for fishing, and its flesh
is good to eat. It was brought almost
to extinction in early 1900s. In 1918 it
became illegal to kill both in Canada
and the United States and this was continued until 1941. Through very strict
management by both Canada and the
United States and aided by use of nest
boxes placed in trees wood ducks are
now safe from extinction. Hunters in
most states can take fewer wood ducks
than other species.
Northern Pintail Duck: The pintail is
commonly called “sprig.” Again, quoting from Kortright (p. 191): Pintails
are medium-sized, alert-looking ducks,
and flocks are readily recognized by
the trim, handsome males. They sit
elegantly, the slim head and neck raised
in a graceful curve and the long tail
pointing upward at a moderate angle;
the gray body, with dark brown head
and long white neck is distinctive. The
female is like the mallard female but
more slender, and has a long neck and
more pointed tail.” The specific name,
acuta, is Latin for “pointed” as the tail
is.
The pintail has the largest breeding
range of any duck. It nests in North
America, Europe, Asia north of the
Himalayas and northern and central
parts of the Arabian Peninsula. The
species winters in southern Eurasia and
northern South America.
In North America pintails nest
in Alaska, Canadian Arctic south to
the Prairie Pothole region of southern Canada and northern Great Plains
of the United States. Pintails winter
along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts
from southeast Alaska and southeast
Massachusetts south to Mexico and
Central America. It is the most common duck in western United States
(the Pacific Flyway). In “good” years
upwards of two million pintails winter
in California. However, there has been
a decline in numbers in the last two
decades due to loss of grassland habitat
reducing nesting success.
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JUNE
Jun 1 AZ, Chandler. Greater Chandler AZ Coin &
Currency Show, 1st Sunday of Each Month.
American Legion Post 35, 2240 W Chandler
Blvd. A: Free. T: 35. Jeff, PH: 480- 229-4986.
Jun 1 CA, Sacramento. Coin Show. Clarion Hotel,
1401 Arden Way. Scott Griffin, PO Box 1876,
Suisun City, CA, 94585. PH: 415- 601-8661 or
scott@griffincoin.com or www.griffincoin.com.
Jun 1 FL, Maitland. Coin & Currency Show. Civic
Center, 641 South Maitland Avenue. T: 25. PH:
407- 730-3116.
Jun 1 MI, Plainwell. Coin & Currency Show. Comfort
Inn, 622 Allegan Highway. SH: 9am-3pm. A:
Free. T: 25. F: $45. David Brody, PO Box 724,
South Bend, IN, 46624. PH: 574- 272-9198.
Jun 1 MN, Bloomington. Coin & Currency Show.
Crowne Plaza, In’tl. Airport, 3 Appletree Square
(I-494 & 34th Ave. S.). A: free. T: 63. F: $40-$50.
Del, PH: 763- 355-9436.
Jun 1 NY, Albany. CDCDA Coin & Hobby Show.
Polish Community Center , 225 Washington
Ave. Ext. A: $1.50 adults, $.50 under 12. F: $60.
Ron Pugh, PO Box 2081, Scotia, NY, 12302.
Ron, PH: 518- 372-3611 or rpugh2@nycap.
rr.com.
Jun 5-7 CA, Long Beach. Coin, Currency, Stamp &
Sports Collectibles Expo. Convention Center,
Hall A, 100 S. Pine Ave.. Expos Unlimited - Long
Beach Expo, Taryn Warrecker, PO Box 6280,
Newport Beach, CA, 92658. PH: 805- 680-0294
or www.longbeachexpo.com.
Jun 6-7 MD, New Market. Frederick Coin & Currency
Show. Grange Hall, 8th Alley. A: Free. T: 25. F:
$130. Mike Dixon, 5601 Bobolink Place, New
Market, MD, 21774. PH: 301- 788-6232 or
mike@dixonshows.com.
Jun 6-7 TX, Abilene. Key City Coin Club Coin
& Collectible Show. Hilton Garden Inn, 4449
Ridgemont Dr.. A: $2, 16 & under free. T: 30. F:
$90. John, Abilene, TX, 79606. PH: 325- 6696537.
Jun 7 TN, Knoxville. Coin Show. Rothchild Center,
8807 Kingston Pike. A: Free. T: 25. Robert
Bruner, POB 465, Strawberry Plains, TN, 37871.
PH: 865- 660-8692 or rcb03@bellsouth.net.
Jun 7-8 FL, Pensacola. Pensacola Numismatic
Society Coin & Currency Show. Pensacola
Fairgrounds, 6655 West Mobile Hwy.. A: $1.
T: 50. F: $170. George Grant, PO Box 9814,
Pensacola, FL, 32513. PH: 850- 932-4252 or
georgegrant@mchsi.com.
Jun 7-8 NC, Greenville. Original Coin & Currency
Show. American Legion Post 39, 403 Saint
Andrews Dr.. A: Free. Stacy Silvers. PH: 919723-1410.
Jun 8 AZ, Scottsdale. Camelback Collectibles Coin
& Stamp Show. Elks Lodge 2148, 6398 E. Oak
St. A: Free. Wayne Imbrogno, PO Box 3641,
Gilbert, AZ, 85299. PH: 602- 315-2069.
Jun 8 IL, Countryside. West Suburban Coin &
Collectibles Show. Operating Engineers Local
150 Union Hall, 6200 Joliet Rd.. A: Free. T:
85. Kevin Wasmer. PH: 630- 399-9060 or
westsuburbancoinshow.com.
Jun 8 NJ, Burlington Township. US & World Coin
& Paper Money Show. Lodge No. 32, 2308
Mt. Holly Rd. A: Free. T: 40. Walt, PO Box 145,
Columbus, NJ, 08022. PH: 609- 291-5670.
Jun 8-Mar 9 WA, Tacoma. Tacoma/Lakewood Coin
Club Show. King Oscar’s Convention Ctr., 8820
South Hosmer. A: $1. T: 43. F: $165. David
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Schmidt, PO Box 11192, Tacoma, wa, 98411.
PH: 253- 565-6565 or schmidtgigharbor@
yahoo.com.
Jun 12-15 TN, Memphis. 38th Annual Memphis
International Paper Money Show. Cook
Convention Center, 255 N. Main St. A: $20
family or $7 per day per person. Doug Davis.
PH: 817- 723-7231 or doug@memphisipms.
com.
Jun 13-14 TX, Tyler. Five State Coin & Currency
Super Show @ Tyler. The Lone Star Event
Center, 4036 FM 2767. A: Free. T: 90. Barry
Carter *, PO Box 132705, Tyler, TX, 75713. PH:
903- 752-6300 or tylercoinshow@suddenlink.
net.
Jun 14 MN, Roseville. Coin Show. Skating Center,
2661 Civic Center Dr.. A: Free. T: 20. F: $60..
Andrew Swammi. PH: 612- 770-6578 or
aswammi@comcast.net.
Jun 14 MS, Vicksburg. Vicksburg Early Summer
Coin Show. Battlefield Inn, 4137 I-20 Frontage
Rd.. A: Free. T: 36. PH: 601- 618-7140.
Jun 14 NJ, Colts Neck. Coin & Currency Show. Saint
Mary’s Church, Rte. 34 North & Phanlax Rd.
A: Free. T: 40. Jimmy Cirronella. PH: 732- 5267337 or cardfather@optonline.net.
Jun 14 OH, Canton. Canton/Route 30 Monthly Coin
Show by Canal Coin & Currency. Perry Grange
Hall, 6300 Richville Dr. SW. A: Free. T: 26. F:
$30-$55. Dennie Lebo. PH: 330- 844-2138 or
canalcoin@yahoo.com.
Jun 15 NE, Omaha. Monthly Coin Show. Comfort
Inn & Suites, 7007 Grover St.. T: 50. F:
$25. Corey Clinebell. PH: 402- 812-7062 or
abccoinsandcollectables@gmail.com or www.
abccoinsandcollectables.com.
Jun 15 NJ, Clifton. World Money Show. Recreation
Ctr., 1232 Main Ave.. A: Free. T: 45. F: $45..
Mark Schiffer. PH: 973- 983-2449.
Jun 15 NJ, Old Bridge. Coin, Currency & Collectibles
Show. Old Bridge First Aid & Rescue Squad
Bldg., 200 Marlboro Rd. & Ferris Rd.. A: Free. T:
30. Matt Sulikowski. PH: 732- 566-6369 or PH:
732- 740-4604.
Jun 15 NY, Buffalo-Cheektowaga. Buffalo
Numismatic Assoc. Monthly Bourse. Columbus
Hall, 2735 Union Rd.. A: Free. T: 56. Hal
Folckemer, 5295 Broadway, Lancaster, NY,
14086. PH: 716- 908-3097 or broadwaycoins@
verizon.net.
Jun 15 NY, Syracuse. Onondaga Numismatic
Association Coin & Currency Show. Ramada
Inn, 1305 Buckley Rd.. A: Free. T: 25. Mark
Caiello, 652 Old Liverpool Rd., Liverpool, NY,
13088. PH: 315- 461-9379.
Jun 15 OH, Hilliard. Columbus Coin Show 3rd
Sunday Every Month. Makoy Center, 5462
Center St.. A: $2. T: 30. F: $45. Dan Rich, PO
Box 340123, Columbus, OH, 43234. PH: 614785-9967 or drich@columbus.rr.com.
Jun 15 PA, Trevose. Coin Show. Fire House, 4900
Street Rd.. A: Free. T: 42. F: $80-$135. John
Bachman, PO Box 44, Magnolia, DE, 19962.
PH: 610- 937-0332 or johnbach@comcast.net.
Jun 16 CO, Golden. Jefferson County Coin Show.
Jefferson County Fairgrounds, Exhibit Hall,
15200 W. 6th Ave.. A: Free. T: 45. F: $85. David
Fox, PO Box 2013, Centennial, CO, 80161. PH:
303- 290-6138 or coinbuyer@d-fcoins.com.
Jun 19-21 IL, Tinley Park. Greater Chicago Coin,
Currency & Collectible Show. Tinley Park
Convention Center, 18451 Convention Center
Dr. A: Free. T: 220. F: $275. Jim Paicz, PO Box
January 8-11, 2015
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
301 Park Avenue - at 50th St.
Kevin Foley - Bourse Chairman
(414) 807-0116 • kfoley2@wi.rr.com
For complete NYINC schedule & hotel information
Visit our web site: www.nyinc.info
628, Richton Park, IL, 60471. PH: 708- 670-3469
or paiczj@aol.com or www.chicagocoinshow.
com.
Jun 20-22 NC, Charlotte. Carolina Coin & Currency
Show. Metrolina Trade Show Expo., 7100
Statesville Rd.. A: Free. Dot Hendrick, PO Box
12052, Raleigh, NC, 27605. PH: 919- 828-9450.
Jun 21 FL, Brooksville. West Hernando Coin Club
Coin & Currency Show. Elk’s Lodge 2582, 14494
Cortez Blvd. A: Free. T: 35. F: $75. Bruce A
Schneider, PO Box 6592, Spring Hill, FL, 34611.
PH: 352- 584-3163 or sparky3bear1950@aol.
com.
Jun 21 IN, South Bend. Coin & Currency Show.
Comfort Stes., Corner of SR 933 & Cleveland.
A: Free. T: 30. F: $45-$50. David Brody, PO Box
724, South Bend, IN, 46624. PH: 574- 2729198.
Jun 21 TX, Denton. Denton County Coin Show. VFW
Post 2205, 909 Sunset. A: Free. T: 25. F: 6’-$70.
Tony Hales, PO Box 832032, Richardson, TX,
75080. PH: 214- 289-4545 or tkhales@yahoo.
com.
Jun 21-23 CA, Modesto. Modesto Coin, Stamp
& Collectibles Expo. Centre Plaza, 10th & K
Streets (downtown). SP: Stanislaus County
Coin Club. A: Free. F: $225-$350. Brandilyn
Gilmer, PO Box 1672, Modesto, CA, 95353. Ext.
2, PH: 800- 471-2319 or www.stancocoinclub.
org.
Jun 22 MD, Annapolis. Coin & Currency Show.
Knights of Columbus Hall, 2590 Solomon’s
Island Rd.. A: Free. T: 30. Carl Earl Ostiguy, PO
Box 92, Savage, MD, 20763. PH: 443- 623-7025
or ceocoins@comcast.net.
Jun 22 MA, Westford. Monthly Coin Show. Westford
Regency Hotel, 219 Littleton Rd. A: $1. T: 85.
EBW Promos., PO Box 3, Wilmington, MA,
01887. PH: 978- 658-0160.
Jun 22 PA, Fort Washington. Tri-State Coin & Stamp
Show. Holiday Inn, Exit 339 of PA Tpke., 309
Expwy.. A: Free. F: $80. Allen Brock. PH: 305852-7678.
Jun 26-29 MD, Baltimore. Whitman Coin &
Collectibles Expo. Convention Ctr., One W.
Pratt St.. A: Free. T: 400. F: $725 &$1,000.
Lori Kraft, 3101 Clairmont Road, Suite G,
Atlanta, GA, 30329. PH: 404- 214-4373 or
info@whitmanexpo.com.
Jun 29 MI, Redford Twp.. Redford Coin Show. VFW
Hall, 27345 Schoolcraft. A: Free. T: 60. F: $50.
Don Reid, PH: 313- 737-9141 or Hanna Reid,
PH: 313- 244-7444.
JULY
Jul 4-6 FL, Clearwater. Coin Show. InnisBrook Golf
& Spa Resort. A: Free. T: 100. F: $350. Ed Nieto,
PO Box 3106, Holiday, FL, 34692. PH: 727- 4824956 or ClearwaterCoinshow@gmail.com.
Jul 6 AZ, Chandler. Greater Chandler AZ Coin &
Jul 6 FL, Maitland. Coin & Currency Show. Civic
407- 730-3116.
Jul 7 OH, Hilliard. Columbus Coin Show 3rd Sunday
Every Month. Makoy Center, 5462 Center St..
A: $2. T: 30. F: $45. Dan Rich, PO Box 340123,
Columbus, OH, 43234. PH: 614- 785-9967 or
drich@columbus.rr.com.
Jul 10-12 FL, Orlando. Annual Summer F.U.N.
Show. Orange Cty. Convention Center, 9800
International Dr.. Cindy Wibker *, PO Box
471147, Lake Monroe, FL, 32747. PH: 407321-8747 or cwibker@aol.com.
Jul 12 MN, Roseville. Coin Show. Skating Center,
Jul 12-13 CA, Vallejo. 132nd CSNA Annual
Convention & Coin Show. Veterans Memorial
Building, 420 Admiral Callaghan Lane. A: Free.
T: 40. Fred G Van Den Haak, PO Box 60484,
Palo Alto, CA, 94306. PH: 650- 380-4181 or
fredvdh@gmail.com.
Jul 12-13 CO, Colorado Springs. SERTOMA.
Colorado Springs Event Center, 3960 Palmer
Park Blvd.. SH: Sat. 9am-5pm, Sun. 9am-4pm.
PH: 719- 630-3976 or prospectorsgs@gmail.
com or www.sertoma.org.
Jul 12-13 LA, Kenner. Louisiana Numis. Assoc. Show.
Doubletree Hotel, 2150 Veterans Memorial Blvd.
Rick Demers. PH: 504- 464-1995.
Jul 12-13 VA, Danville. Rare Coins of Raleigh Show.
VFW Post 647, 275 VFW Drive. Stacy Silvers.
PH: 919- 723-1410.
Jul 13 AZ, Scottsdale. Camelback Collectibles Coin
Gilbert, AZ, 85299. PH: 602- 315-2069.
Jul 13 IL, Countryside. West Suburban Coin &
Jul 13 IA, Altoona. Des Moines Coin Club Annual
Coin & Stamp Expo. Adventureland Inn, I-80
exit 142. A: Free. T: 55. Christopher’s Rare
Coins, Chris Seuntjens, 3427 Merle Hay Rd.,
Des Moines, IA, 50310. PH: 515- 251-4031 or
chris@christophersjewelry.com.
Jul 13 MA, Auburn. Greater Worcester Coin Show.
Elks Lodge, 754 Southbridge St. (Rt. 12).
A: Free. T: 46. EBW Promos., PO Box 3,
Wilmington, MA, 01887. PH: 978- 658-0160.
Jul 13 NJ, Burlington Township. US & World Coin
Columbus, NJ, 08022. PH: 609- 291-5670.
Jul 14 AZ, Scottsdale. Camelback Collectibles Coin
Gilbert, AZ, 85299. PH: 602- 315-2069.
Jul 17-19 CA, Ontario. SoCal Coin & Currency
Ontario Show. Convention Center, 2000 E.
Convention Center Way. A: $3. T: 155. F: $385.
CK Shows, Dawn *, PO Box 95517, Las Vegas,
NV, 89193. PH: 888- 330-5188 or PH: 800- 2081810 or info@ckshows.com.
Jul 17-19 MO, St. Charles. 55th Annual Missouri
Numismatic Society Coin Show. Convention
Ctr., 1 Convention Center Plaza. A: Free. T: 180.
Sid Nusbaum. sid1904pike@yahoo.com
Jul 18-20 AL, Bessemer. AL Numismatic Society
Annual Convention. Civic Ctr., 1130 9th Ave.
SW. A: Free. T: 103. F: $175-$375. Corbitt
Chandler *, PO Box 365, Pelham, AL, 35124.
PH: 205- 616-9385 or jcolyn@aol.com.
Jul 18-20 NC, Raleigh. Coin Club Coin, Currency
& Stamp Show. NC State Fairgrounds
ExpoGrounds, 1025 Blue Ridge Rd. Paul
Landsberg. PH: 919- 247-1982 or paul_
landsberg@yahoo.com.
Jul 19 TX, Round Rock. Central TX Coin Show.
Wingate Inn, 1209 N. IH-35 & Hwy. 79, exit 253.
A: $3. T: 40. Bryan Jones, Box 80975, Austin,
TX, 78708. PH: 512- 677-1044.
Jul 19 TX, Silsbee. Southeast Texas Coin
Collectibles. First Pentecostal Church, 1403 N.
5th St.. SP: Silsbee Coin Club. A: $2. T: 20. F:
$90. Jerry Williams, PH: 409- 385-7028.
Jul 19-20 OK, Alva. Annual Coin & Token Show.
Woods County Fairgrounds, Womens Bldg.,
43258 Harper Rd.. T: 40. F: $95. Clifford Cooper,
813 W. Maine, Enid, OK. PH: 580- 233-0007 or
cccoins@att.net.
Jul 20 NE, Omaha. Monthly Coin Show. Comfort
Inn & Suites, 7007 Grover St.. T: 50. F:
$25. Corey Clinebell. PH: 402- 812-7062 or
abccoinsandcollectables@gmail.com or www.
abccoinsandcollectables.com.
Jul 20 NJ, Old Bridge. Coin, Currency & Collectibles
Show. Old Bridge First Aid & Rescue Squad
Bldg., 200 Marlboro Rd. & Ferris Rd.. A: Free. T:
30. Matt Sulikowski. PH: 732- 566-6369 or PH:
732- 740-4604.
Jul 20 PA, Philipsburg. 13th Annual Rare Coin &
Collectable Show. Reliance Fire Hall, 400 N.
3rd St.. A: Free. T: 60. F: $50. Tony Janke, 421
Hudson St., Philipsburg, PA, 16866. PH: 814762-6751 or hcoins7@comcast.net.
Jul 20 PA, Trevose. Coin Show. Fire House, 4900
Street Rd.. A: Free. T: 42. F: $80-$135. John
Bachman, PO Box 44, Magnolia, DE, 19962.
PH: 610- 937-0332 or johnbach@comcast.net.
Jul 25-26 OH, Cincinnati. 31st Greater Cincinnati
Numismatic Expo. Sharonville Conv. Ctr., 11355
Chester Rd. A: Free. T: 118. F: $295. Paul
Padget. PH: 513- 821-2143.
Jul 26-27 CA, San Diego. 57th Annual Coinarama.
Scottish Rite Masonic Center, 1895 Camino
Del Rio South, Mission Valley. A: $5. T: 79.
Steve Fahrlender. PH: 619- 971-5159 or www.
coinarama.com.
Jul 26-27 LA, Bossier City. Ark-La-Tex 51st Annual
Coin, Stamp & Card Expo. Civic Center, 620
Benton Rd.. A: Free. T: 100. Richie Self or
Hal Odom. PH: 318- 868-9077 or halodom@
comcast.net.
Jul 26-27 NC, Rocky Mount. Original Coin &
Currency Show. Moose Lodge Family Center,
521 Country Club Road. A: Free. Stacy Silvers.
PH: 919- 723-1410.
Jul 27 IL, Springfield. CINA Annual Autumn Coin
Show. Northfield Center I, 3210 Northfield Dr..
A: $1. T: 70. Steve Butler, 1712 S. First St.,
Springfield, il, 62704. PH: 217- 528-7634.
Jul 27 MA, Westford. Monthly Coin Show. Westford
Regency Hotel, 219 Littleton Rd. A: $1. T: 85.
EBW Promos., PO Box 3, Wilmington, MA,
01887. PH: 978- 658-0160.
Jul 27 MI, Redford Twp.. Redford Coin Show. VFW
Hall, 27345 Schoolcraft. A: Free. T: 60. F: $50.
Don Reid, PH: 313- 737-9141 or Hanna Reid,
PH: 313- 244-7444.
Jul 27 PA, Fort Washington. Tri-State Coin & Stamp
Show. Holiday Inn, Exit 339 of PA Tpke., 309
Expwy.. A: Free. F: $80. Allen Brock. PH: 305852-7678.
AUGUST
Aug 1-3 NV, Las Vegas. Coin, Currency, Jewelry &
Stamp Expos. Circus Circus Hotel, 2880 Las
Vegas Blvd. S. A: $3.. Israel I. Bick, PO Box 854,
Van Nuys, CA, 91408. PH: 818- 997-6496 or
iibick@sbcglobal.net.
Aug 2 TN, Knoxville. Coin Show. Rothchild Center,
8807 Kingston Pike. A: Free. T: 25. Robert
Bruner, POB 465, Strawberry Plains, TN, 37871.
PH: 865- 660-8692 or rcb03@bellsouth.net.
Aug 2-3 MS, Meridian. 50th Annual Coin & Currency
Show. Best Western, 2219 S. Frontage Rd..
A: $1. T: 35. Blake Rouleau, PO Box 303,
Collinsville, MS, 39325. PH: 601- 527-9340 or
rulobe@comcast.net.
Aug 2-3 NC, Fletcher. 7th Annual Buncombe County
Coin Club Show. Elizabeth Boone Bldg.,
Western NC Agricultural Ctr., 1301 Fanning
Ridge Rd., Enter Gate 4 off Airport Rd. A:
Free. T: 50. F: $175. Roger D. Gumm, 4020
Hendersonville Rd., Ste. F, Fletcher, NC, 28732.
PH: 828- 768-2200 or rgumm16513@aol.com.
Aug 3 AZ, Chandler. Greater Chandler AZ Coin &
Aug 3 FL, Maitland. Coin & Currency Show. Civic
407- 730-3116.
Aug 5-9 IL, Chicago. ANA World’s Fair of Money.
Rosemont Convention Center. T: 1100. ANA
Conventions, 818 N Cascade Ave, Colorado
Springs, CO, 80903. PH: 719- 482-9857 or
convention@money.org.
Aug 9 MN, Roseville. Coin Show. Skating Center,
Aug 9 NJ, Colts Neck. Coin & Currency Show. Saint
Mary’s Church, Rte. 34 North & Phanlax Rd.
A: Free. T: 40. Jimmy Cirronella. PH: 732- 5267337 or cardfather@optonline.net.
Aug 9-10 AL, Foley. Gold Coast Coin & Currency
Show. Civic Center, 407 East Laurel Avenue.
SP: South Baldwin Numismatic Society. A:
Free. T: 37. F: $150. , PO Box 836, Foley,
al, 36536. Gerald, PH: 251- 269-3089 or
southbaldwinnumismaticsociety@gmail.com;
rjenkins@gulftel.com.
Aug 9-10 CO, Colorado Springs. SERTOMA.
Colorado Springs Event Center, 3960 Palmer
Park Blvd.. SH: Sat. 9am-5pm, Sun. 9am-4pm.
PH: 719- 630-3976 or prospectorsgs@gmail.
com or www.sertoma.org.
Aug 10 AZ, Scottsdale. Camelback Collectibles Coin
Gilbert, AZ, 85299. PH: 602- 315-2069.
Aug 10 CA, Fairfield. 25th Annual Coin & Collectibles
Show. Fairfield Community Center Willow Hall,
1000 Kentucky Street. SP: Fairfield Coin Club.
A: $1. , PO Box 944, Fairfield, CA, 94533. Bob
Belleau, PH: 707- 567-6938 or Jon Marish, PH:
707- 384-3793 or paper4coin@yahoo.com or
www.solanoclub.com.
Aug 10 IL, Countryside. West Suburban Coin &
Aug 10 MA, Auburn. Greater Worcester Coin
Show. Elks Lodge, 754 Southbridge St. (Rt.
12). A: Free. T: 46. EBW Promos., PO Box 3,
Wilmington, MA, 01887. PH: 978- 658-0160.
Aug 10 NJ, Burlington Township. US & World Coin
Columbus, NJ, 08022. PH: 609- 291-5670.
Aug 15-17 GA, Dalton. Blue Ridge Numismatic
Association 55th Annual Convention. NW GA
Trade & Convention Ctr., 2211 Dug Gap Battle
Rd.. A: Free. T: 200. F: $316. Belinda Brush. PH:
864- 617-3378 or jbrush2@gmail.com.
Aug 16 CA, Pasadena. Coin & Currency Show.
Scottish Rite Center, 150 North Madison Ave. A:
$3. Paul Vreede. PH: 818- 486-7285.
Aug 16 CO, Golden. Jefferson County Coin Show.
Jefferson County Fairgrounds, Exhibit Hall,
15200 W. 6th Ave.. A: Free. T: 45. F: $85. David
Fox, PO Box 2013, Centennial, CO, 80161. PH:
303- 290-6138 or coinbuyer@d-fcoins.com.
Aug 16-17 NE, Lincoln. NE State Coin Show.
Borders Inn, 5250 Cornhusker Hwy.. SP: Lincoln
Numismatic Society. A: Free. T: 35. F: $75. Brian
Owens, PH: 402- 483-1291 or David Willsie, PH:
402- 483-2868 or brian_owens500@hotmail.
com or dfwsafety@aol.com.
Aug 16-17 NC, Fayetteville. Original Coin & Currency
Show. Holiday Inn Bordeaux, 1701 Owen Dr.. A:
Free. Stacy Silvers. PH: 919- 790-8544.
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Belgium 1835 Gold 20 Francs – NGC PF-64, Lot 970717
Chile, 1828 H Coquimbo Peso, NGC MS-63, Lot 970747
Denmark 1864 RH 2 Riksdaler – NGC MS-66, Lot 970763
Lissner/from Page 1
Coins), also of London, in association with M. Louis Teller of Encino, Calif.
The Lissner collection features coins of the world, primarily type coins of the
19th and 20th centuries.
Richard L. Lissner assembled his truly remarkable collection over the last 40
years, the firms said. His focus was on coins of exceptional quality, rarity and
pedigree.
Over 2,900 coins have been consolidated into approximately 2,200 lots.
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On Aug. 1, gold, silver and bronze
coins of the world (excluding the New
World) will be sold. On Aug. 2 gold,
silver and bronze coins from the New
World will go on the block.
The Lissner collection has over 100
different countries represented with
specialized offerings of 100+ coins for
Denmark, France, Italy, the Netherlands,
Norway, Sweden and Spain on the first
day of the sale.
More than 100 coins will be
offered from Bolivia, Chile, Colombia,
Guatemala, Mexico and Peru on the
second day.
Additionally, specialized offerings of
50-100 coins from Belgium, Bulgaria,
India and Romania will be sold on Day
1 and coins from Brazil, Costa Rica,
Ecuador and Haiti will be sold on Day
2.
The entire Lissner collection, including coins that will be offered in group or
large lots, is presently being graded by
Numismatic Guaranty Corporation and
will be encapsulated in special “Lissner
Pedigree” holders.
Lot viewing begins at 2-6 p.m. July
29 at the Chicago Marriott O’Hare,
8535 West Higgins Road in Chicago.
On July 30-31 viewing hours are 9
a.m.-6 p.m. Additionally, lots will be
available for viewing during the first
session on Aug. 1 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.,
and on Aug. 2 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lots
will also be available for viewing at the
offices of CNG after June 15.
The auction session times on Aug.
1, Session 1, Part 1, are from 9:30 a.m.
to approximately 1 p.m. Session 1, Part
2, will go from 2 p.m. to approximately
7 p.m.
On Aug. 2 Session 2, Part 1, runs
from 9:30 a.m. to approximately 1 p.m.,
and concludes with Session 2, Part 2,
starting at 2 p.m. and running until
approximately 7 p.m.
Printed catalogs will be available
approximately July 1, the firms said. To
order a catalog, visit cngcoins.com and
visit the Lissner collection page under
The Coin Shop listing. Catalogs are $75
to North American addresses and $100
to the rest of the world. Payment may
be made by U.S. dollar check or Visa or
MasterCard.
For further details and any additional
information, contact CNG, Inc. at:
Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
P.O. Box 479
Lancaster, PA 17608-0479
Telephone: (717) 390-9194
Fax: (717) 390-9978
Email: cng@cngcoins.com
Sunday morning was time to get together
By Mark Teller
In the 1970s, a group of numismatic
friends decided to get together for a
Sunday breakfast. We started at Factor’s
Deli and then branched out to other
venues on the west side of Los Angeles
and West San Fernando Valley. Some 40
years later, we are still at it, Sundays at
9:30 a.m.
The founding members, all committed numismatists, were Richard “Dick”
Lissner, Irving “Irv” Goodman and me.
Within a year, we were joined by Dr.
Lawrence “Larry” Adams, a prominent Los Angeles physician. Over the
years such illustrious collectors as Dr.
Osmund Chan, Dr. Robert Hesselgesser
and Paul Covey from San Antonio often
appeared at the table. Wives, children
and grandchildren were often guests.
Later, Dr. Vladimir Golovchinsky
became a member of the group. Victor
England sometimes joined the group
when traveling through the area. Vibrant
numismatic conversation was always in
the forefront, along with a wonderful
show-and-tell of exceptional numismatic specimens.
Politics, world news and other current events often led to vigorous conversation. The full spectrum of political
thought was represented and explored.
We were good friends and listened and
debated with courtesy. We also spoke of
personal matters. We were a close-knit
group of cronies.
As we aged, our meetings were still
vibrant but some members could not
attend due to illness or other issues.
Recently, Dick Lissner passed away
at the age of 87. Losing him was a
devastating loss for us all. In addition to being a wonderful man, he was
one of the great coin collectors in Los
Angeles and worldwide. His collection,
of impeccable quality, encompassed
all world type coins of the 19th and
20th centuries, with the exceptions of
Canada and the United States. Should
a beautiful 17th or 18th century coin
come along, he would add it to the collection.
His numismatic start was as a
10-year-old boy collecting Lincoln
cents, and he once received a rare 1914D in change on a Los Angeles street
trolley. While in high school, he joined
the U.S. Army Air Corps cadet program,
and after graduating from high school,
he joined the U.S. Army Air Corps in
Richard L Lissner
1943. Upon returning home after the
war, he attended Stanford University,
and then graduated cum laude from
University of California, Berkeley.
After being accepted at Harvard, Yale,
and other fine institutions of learning, he chose to attend Yale where he
received his law degree. He married his
wife Judy in 1952, and they lived in the
Los Angeles community of Brentwood,
where they raised their four children.
Dick’s family were Gold Rush arrivals in California with an impressive
background and history – from a Grand
Rabbi in Lisse, Poland, to a great grandfather who left home at a tender age
and settled in Massachusetts. His greatgrandfather then came to California by
ship, crossing the Isthmus of Panama on
foot before continuing on by ship to San
Francisco. While in San Francisco, he
became a successful businessman, marrying the daughter of another successful
businessman. Her father was one of the
original founders of the first professional baseball team in Oakland (the
Oakland Oaks, established in 1879).
Coming from a successful business family, Dick’s grandfather, Meyer
Lissner was a successful attorney and
was deeply immersed in politics and
its inner workings. Dick was proud
of the letters he inherited that had
been exchanged by his grandfather and
President Theodore Roosevelt. As a
political reformer, Meyer was greatly
at odds with the very conservative Los
Angeles Times. The Times published
several seemingly anti-Semitic cartoons
of Meyer and their mutual animosity
grew. Meyer was deeply immersed in
California politics and was the campaign chairman of Sen. Hiram Johnson,
a Republican senator from California
from 1917 to 1945. Meyer Lissner died
in 1930. During World War II, a U.S.
Liberty ship was named for him.
Richard’s father was an assistant
U.S. attorney in Los Angeles in the
1920s before joining the L.A. law firm
of Loeb and Loeb, where he became a
full partner. After practicing law for a
period of time, Dick, who never cared
for the legal profession, managed family properties in downtown Los Angeles.
At one time, his maternal grandfather,
Isidor Eisner, owned the largest number
of high-rise buildings in the downtown
area of Los Angeles. Most are still in
existence.
Although Dick came from an affluent and highly connected family in Los
Angeles, he always remained very down
to earth in a friendly, outgoing way.
He was, as his ancestors, very philanthropic. This writer’s favorite memory
is the time Dick left a theater in Santa
Monica, Calif., and saw a homeless man
with no shoes. He promptly took off his
own shoes and gave them to the man.
He was always discreet and private and
rarely spoke of his philanthropy.
His four children, now grown, were
given top-notch educations both in the
United States and Europe. He believed
that education was the finest gift that
could be given to one’s offspring. The
proceeds of the sale of his excellent
Russian collection (sold in Triton X,
January 2007) were given to his 11
grandchildren to further their education.
As a linguist and scholar of history,
the numismatic world was comfortable
for him. His numismatic endeavors are
legendary. He only wanted the finest
specimens to add to his ever-growing
collection. He amassed amazing type
collections of France, Scandinavia, the
Low Countries, Italy and the Balkan
States. He also collected crowns of the
world. He was especially fond of Spain
and the New World, and his collection
of South American coins is known by
dealers and collectors worldwide.
This August 1st and 2nd his collection be the finest sale of its type in 50
years.
We will miss “Dicky Boy,” but his
legacy will live on with his family and
friends. His coins will find new homes.
Richard Lissner always said; “We are
only numismatic caretakers.” He was
right and these coins will live on as his
numismatic legacy.
Thank you Dick, we miss you.
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New twist for Nelson Mandela coin set
By Chris Woltermann
A hazard of journalism is seeing
one’s work upended by events occurring
shortly after it went to press. I recently
had this experience following the publication of my “Mandela’s death to impact
coins?” by World Coin News in January,
2014.
My article discussed the forces likely
to move the market in the avidly collected coins minted by South Africa
to honor Nelson Mandela during his
lifetime. Subsequent developments
in South Africa lead me to conclude
the pricing of the Mandela coins will
strengthen significantly.
The change in my thinking needs
to be placed in chronological context.
Mandela died on Dec. 5, 2013. I wrote
my article over the next few days. On
Dec. 11, World Coin News printed it. It
includes my prediction that South Africa
would mint a Mandela death commemorative. That now seems unlikely.
South African Reserve Bank
Governor Gill Marcus has signaled the
end of the Mandela coin series. Its most
popular component, the 90th Birthday 5
rand, was its last.
The Marcus position reflects South
African officialdom’s indignation at
public reaction to the 2008 and earlier
Mandela R5s. Not treated as circulating
relics honoring Mandela and meant to
be seen and touched daily by ordinary
South Africans, the coins soon disappeared into hoards and coin collections
and, worse still, investment portfolios
and the inventories of profit-seeking
numismatic dealers.
That was expected with the lowmintage proofs, but not the high-mintage business strikes. There were suggestions, soon dismissed, to prohibit
the sale of Mandela business strikes for
more than face value. The more practical measure against renewed “profiteering” was a moratorium on new Mandela
coins.
It was too late. Numismatic circles had already acclaimed a justminted coin, the 2013 R2 commemorating the 100th anniversary of the
Union Buildings, as the final Mandela.
Although South Africa’s monetary
authorities had not foreseen the connection, the new coin belongs thematically
with the earlier Mandelas.
This interpretation increasingly
makes sense to South Africans. The first
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Collectors considre this 2-rand coin to belong to the Nelson Mandela set.
Mandela coin, the 1994 Presidential
Inauguration R5, neither portrays him
nor mentions him by name. However,
the coin’s reverse depicts the Union
Buildings where he was inaugurated as
South Africa’s first black president and
where he maintained his state office. A
large statue of Mandela now graces the
buildings’ foreground.
The website of SA Coin, a leading South African retailer, expresses
the emerging numismatic consensus:
“History will show that Nelson Mandela
and the Union Buildings will be forever
intertwined with one another. ... All of
the coins that can be associated with the
great man are collectors’ items to be
held and passed down.”
Acceptance of the R2 Union
Buildings as the final Mandela adds
complexity and excitement to the pricing of all coins in the Mandela series.
By “all,” I mean to include the new R2
itself. Its prospects wouldn’t be what
they are absent its relation to the earlier coins. Similarly, the earlier coins
now have enhanced potential for price
appreciation.
The crux of pricing lies in collectors’
desire to complete sets of coins. Before
the new R2, a full Mandela set comprised seven R5s, viz., MS examples
from 1994, 2000 and 2008, two 1994
proof varieties, and single proofs for
each later date. Adding MS and proof
2013 R2s make the total nine.
Some collectors will bring this figure to 10 by including a crown-size
medallion commemorating the Union
Buildings. Released both as a standalone item and in sets with the proof
R2 Union Buildings, this sterling-silver
piece boasts an elaborated version of
the R2’s design. The medallion’s total
mintage is 1,700.
The principal challenge to assembling any set of coins is posed by
the piece with the lowest mintage. For
the Mandela series, that coin is the
2013 proof R2 Union Buildings. Issued
exclusively in sets with the silver medallion (and 20 commemorative postage
stamps), its mintage of 700 makes it the
most elusive Mandela by far.
Its rarity precludes there being more
than 700 comprehensive Mandela sets.
Accordingly, the R2 proof itself has
potential for price appreciation.
One fact in particular fires my optimism. The pre-2013 Mandela with the
lowest mintage is the 2008 proof at
5,000 to 10,000 pieces. Due to recent
administrative and personnel changes at
the South African Mint, the 2013 proof
R2s precisely reported far lower figure
of 700 seems trustworthy.
Let’s consider actual prices. A major
Johannesburg retailer currently (March)
sells Proof-69 2008 R5s for R35,000
(about U.S.$3,220) apiece. Recent
sales by various vendors of Proof-69
2013 R2s have ranged from R6,500 to
R30,000. Given the 2013 coin’s importance to set collectors, even the high
figure seems low.
MS-66 2013 R2s currently fetch as
much as R2,500 each. If the distribution of the coin’s MS grades follows the
2008 R5’s precedent, examples at MS
68 and higher will prove extremely rare.
South Africans tend to defer to retail
dealers’ pricing discretion. Many buyers
purchase only from a trusted dealer(s)
even when that entails paying several times online auction prices. Actual
transaction prices cover wide ranges as
American-style online auctions become
increasingly popular.
This promises to be the world’s most
vibrant numismatic market in 2014.
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4-601 ALBANIA 1938R 100 Franga Ari –
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1969 from original dies – We just
purchased this from a Dix Noonan Web
auction in London and it is the first
restrike we have seen. Choice Brilliant
UNC. ...........................................$1,750
4-602 ALBANIA 1938R 20 Franga Ari –
Fr-17, KM-24 – NGC MS 65 - Zog I –
10th Anniversary of Reign – Mintage of
only 1,000 – An original strike in gem
proof-like condition, maybe a proof?
Only one grade higher in MS66. .$1,950
4-603 BELGIUM Flanders ND (13461384) 1 Chaise d’or – Fr-152 – Louis
de Male – NGC MS63 – An incredible
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for the type. Bright yellow satin surfaces
with great strike..........................$3,695
4-609 FRANCE ND (1364-1380) 1 Franc
a Pied – Fr-284 - Charles V – PCGS
MS63 – Choice Brilliant Uncirculated
and again highest ever graded. As
struck mint state. .......................$2,675
4-610 FRANCE (1380-1422) 1 Ecu d’or
– Fr-291 – Charles VI – NGC MS63 –
Superb Choice BU with full legends and
a great strike. Fantastic for type. .$2,150
4-611 FRANCE (1422-1461) 1 Ecu d’or
Au Briquet – Fr-309 – Charles VII – NGC
MS63 – The first time we have owned
this very rare type coin. This is the finest
known specimen. .......................$5,900
4-612 FRANCE 1810 Gold Medal for the
Marriage of Napoleon and Maria Louise
by Andrieu – Julius-2265 – 15mm,
2.96 grams – Great looking couple
holding hands. Encased in NGC AU55
holder. ...........................................$395
4-613 GUATEMALA 192 5 Quetzales KM-241 – NGC MS62 – Very nice for
type and fully lustrous BU. ...........$725.
4-604 BRAZIL 1812 4,000 Reis – Fr-99,
KM-235.2 – Joao VI – Rio mint – NGC
MS65 – Highest graded and none of
the type have ever been graded higher.
Lustrous Gem BU and equal to the finest
known. .......................................$3,250
4-605 BRAZIL 1851 20,000 Reis – Fr119, KM-461 – Pedro II – NGC MS64 –
Another highest graded specimen and a
real wonder coin for the type. A onetime
shot to buy this fantastic specimen.
Only struck three years...............$5,750
4-606 EGYPT AH1293 Year 12 100 Qirsh
– KM-297 – Abdul Hamid II – NGC
MS62 – Very nice BU with full mint
bloom. Net.....................................$725
4-607 FRANCE ND (1328-1350) 1
Ecu d’or – Fr-270 – Philippe VI de
Valois – PCGS MS64 – Finest known
example and highest ever graded of
this hammered gold Ecu. What a
killer! ..........................................$3,850
4-608 FRANCE ND (1328-1350) 1 Ecu d’r
– Fr-270 – Philippe VI de Valois – PCGS
MS63 – Another example of this scarce
type and second finest known different
variety.........................................$2,975
4-614 MEXICO 1864 FR 8 Escudos – Fr74, KM-383.10 – Oaxaca mint – NGC
MS66 – Only three coins (two of this
date) for the entire series of “Hand on
Book” 8 Escudos have ever reached
this grade. Incredibly rare and choice
lustrous perfectly struck super Gem
BU. Finest Mexican Hand on Book we
have ever seen! It is so good we can
see the nails on the bird’s talon and
also the scales on the serpent. The hand
holding the cap shows well manicured
fingernails. ...............................$17,750
4-615 PERU 1840A 8 Escudos – Fr-62,
KM-148.3 – Cuzco mint – NGC AU58
– Superb color and surfaces grace this
choice 8 Escudos of Peru. Finest we
have owned in many years. Looks more
UNC than AU, you be the judge. .$3,595
4-616 SPAIN 1823SR 80 Reales de
Vellon– Fr-321, KM-564.2 – Ferdinand
VII – Madrid mint – Highest ever
graded for this type and unique in this
rarified position. Full lustre and great
strike. .........................................$3,300
4-617 SPAIN 1864 100 Reales – Fr-334,
KM-617.1 – Isabel II – Madrid mint –
NGC MS65 – Highest ever graded with
none better. A superb gem and finest
known example of this date. ..........$995
4-618 TIBET BE1552 (19118) 20 Srangs
– Fr-1, Y-22 – PCGS AU 58 – Type
with no dot in reverse center – Choice
lustrous and just a super “slider” coin.
Most would call this uncirculated,
with full wire edge. Very much in
demand. .....................................$4,640
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4-625 GERMANY Saxony 1630 1 Taler
Klippe – Dav -7609 – NGC AU 55 – On
the Marriage of Fredrich III to Maria –
These usually show up lower grades
and mounted in jewelry. Our coin is
toned and problem free. .............$2,950
4-619 AUSTRIA 1797 Franz II Silver
Medal by I.N.Wirt – Montenuovo-2305
– Awarded for acts of bravery – PCGS
MS66 – One of the most superb Taler
size medals we have ever owned or
seen. Very rare and very choce. ....$975
4-620 CAMBODIA 1860 4 Francs – Dav149,KM-X8 – Norodom I – NGC MS 63
– A real choice example of this coinage
that was struck for the Colonial Portion
of the 1889 World’s Fair in Paris. ..$350
4-621 COMOROS AH1308 (1890) 5
Francs – Dav-9 KM-3 – Paris mint –
NGC AU 58 – One of the most sought
after classic crowns of the world
in superb condition and very well
struck. ........................................$1,600
4-622 EGYPT AH1293 Year 20 (1894) 20
Qirsh – KM-296 – Abdul Hamid II – NGC
AU 58 – Beautifully toned Choice AU+
specimen and a scarcer date. ........$395
4-623 GERMANY Frankfurt 1796
10 Marks –Dav-2229, KM-288 –
Contribution Thaler – Super Choice
Uncirculated. A great one year only type
coin. ..............................................$795
4-624 GERMANY Frankfurt 1673 60
Kreuzer (2/3 Thaler) – KM-146 – Very
Choice AU/UNC. A great type coin. $399
4-626 GERMANY Saxony 1679 1 Taler
Klippe – Dav-7637 – NGC MS62 –
Commemorating Peace with Nijmegen –
Johann Georg II – This square coin is as
struck in mint state. Beautiful iridescent
toning and problem free. Very scarce
and very rare in condition. ......... $3,500
4-627 GERMANY Wurttemberg 1871
1 Taler – Dav-962, KM-620 – FrancoPrussian War Victory – Karl – Gem
toned proof or proof-like but we think it
is a gem toned Proof. ....................$495
4-628 GERMANY Prussia 1901A 5 Marks
– Dav-790,KM-526 – Wilhelm II – 200th
Year of Kingdom – NGC MS 65 – A
gem BU with a hint of toning. Just a
gorgeous coin. ..............................$195
4-629 GERMANY 1927A 3 Marks – KM50 – Bremerhaven – ANACS MS64 –
Choice lightly toned Gem BU. A great
type coin........................................$345
4-630 GREECE 1875A 5 Drachmai –
Dav-117, KM-46 – George I – NGC AU
50 – wonderful surfaces, not heavily
bagged and a bit better than the holder
indicates. ......................................$449.
4-631 HUNGARY 1907KB 5 Koronas –
Dav-124, KM-489 – Franz Josef - 40th
Anniversary as King – NGC MS 63 –
Choice BU with prooflike devices. A
virtual gem for this original strike. $130
4-632 JAPAN Meiji 45 (1912) 1 Yen
– Y-A25.3 – NGC MS 64 – Close to
gem with just a reverse scuff. A really
premium coin. ...............................$190
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