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PillarDollarCollector

I am sure the eye candy will be awesome. Value is not important just true rarities.

PillarDollarCollector

No one has anything to share? Or is more keep it secret keep it safe attitude?

1960NYGiants

This is a counter stamped Canadian token. Struck by Thomas Church as catalogued by Bowman. The dies used for the stamps are relatively common, #6 + 24, but this is the only known example of this die combination on any host piece. They are also off center.

This is what the stamps should look like.

PillarDollarCollector

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HoledandCreative

2 fairly hard to get early Philippine coins. Volcano sold a few years ago, the other still owned but misplaced right now, I am getting old.

Tibor

Spanish Obol minted in Toletum (Toledo) celebrating the expulsion of the Muslims from
the region. The date on the coin reads 1204 in the Es Safar calendar. This calendar was
introduced by Caesar Augustus.. Translated to the calendar that we use today, the
date would be 1166 A.D. There are 4-5 in museums and another 5-6 in collectors
hands. Last known sale, private, public or auction was 6 years ago, this coin.

Tibor

A rare piece from Heidelberg. Only 2 known, one in a museum in Germany,
and this piece in my collection.

1984worldcoins

10 centimes silver piedfort 1984, SP69, mintage 100, 54 ever sold:

Weiss

1932 Poland 10 Zlotych Proof (London)

Poland contracted with the London Mint to strike 6,000,000 of this iconic European silver crown in 1932 (in addition to the 3,100,000 pieces struck in Warsaw). London supposedly took it upon themselves to strike 100 proofs, of which only two are known.
This example is the highest graded of those two, the other is a 64.

To illustrate how difficult this series is: Of the 9,100,000 circulation pieces struck in 1932, about 1,000 have been submitted for grading. Only 2 have been graded 65 by either PCGS or NGC across both mintmarks, with none graded higher.
A further 2.8 million examples were struck in Warsaw in 1933, concluding this 2-year series. Of those pieces, about 350 have been submitted to both TPGs, with a single example grading 65 and none higher.

savoyspecial

PillarDollarCollector

@savoyspecial said:

Please add some information some of us have no idea why certain coins are rare.

savoyspecial

@KingOfMorganDollar Rare date for the 960 Reis series. Last time I looked there were two known at AU58 with only one finer.

bidask

@savoyspecial said:
@KingOfMorganDollar Rare date for the 960 Reis series. Last time I looked there were two known at AU58 with only one finer.

I like it !

Eddi

I have quite a few coins in my collection of which less than 10 examples, in some cases less than 5 are known.
These are some of them.

Santiago Columnario dated 1764 - 5 example exist:

Gorinchem, Netherlands Gold Noble, ca. 1580's. Edward the IV Imitative coinage. The larger coin in the middle. Less than 7 known of this particular Delmonte variety.

German States, Grossherzogtum Hessen, Two Gulden 1848. A very are coin of which only two example have surfaced in the last 120 years. Thgis is one of them. Struck in the Revolutionary year of 1848.

deepblue30

1983 MS67 RD 2 Pence mule with New Pence instead of Two Pence Top Pop and only 2 grade the other XF

Stork

Hm, does anyone know how to find out the London mint records for a proof of record type coin? I know it's a low number.

And my previously posted Albanian. This coin was designed by the prolific Romagnoli of Italy. There were two or three variants of the 20 Franga coin produced in 1926, the first year of coinage for 20th century Albania. Italy was a close 'ally' and the Rome Mint was a logical choice, though other coins were also produced in the Vienna and London Mints as well. Paper money as well.

For the 20 FrA two primary designs were used. One featuring the bust of then-President-later-King Zog. The other featured a bust of the hero Prince Skanderbeg. The 1926 Zog bust has never, to my knowledge, been seen/sold other than an obscure offer in The Numismatist back in the 1970s (and possibly that was a catalog number typo as there was no photo involved).

The Prince Skanderbeg bust had an overall mintage of 6000. Of these 5900 bear the R mintmark. 100 also bore a fasces symbol and in one translated Bank of Albania book this comes across as a 'trial'. Of the 100, 90 are reported as melted. Therefor a population of 10.

Interestingly, there was a contemporary 2 FrA banknote (I think, I'm doing this off the top of my head and I may have the denomination wrong) that was rejected and withdrawn by the Albanians as the eagle represented was single headed, not double headed, and was therefor 'not Albanian'. It would not be a surprise if the Rome Mint had included the fasces mint mark on the original dies as a matter of course, but this also was rejected as too Italian/not Albanian. If those first hundred minted were indeed trial or first strikes to be evaluated, they might have been rejected and thus the impetus for the destruction. A subsequent die re-working could have removed the fasces mark and the remaining 5900 coins contracted for were produced.

Now, that said, 10 did survive. The King of Albania was an avid coin collector and numismatist and it would be very understandable for the few pieces to be with held from the melting pot.

Surviving population 10:

PillarDollarCollector

WOW some true eye candy thanks for posting!!

Cucumbor

@KingOfMorganDollar said:
Does not matter if they where shown before feel free to post them here.

I have indeed already posted the following. Anyway, this is a complete set of 1/2 ecus (only five dates are known to exist) and three out of five have less than 5 known examples

Atelier de Trevoux
AN . M . LVD . PRINC . SVPRE . DOMBA, Buste drapé de 3/4 a droite
(rose) DNS (trefle) ADIVTOR (rose) A (rose) ET . RED . MEVS . 1665 Ecu d'Orleans couronné
13.44 gr
Ref : Divo Dombes # 221 (le deuxième exemplaire connu), PA # 5219v,

The Dombes principality is a small region of France, not far from Lyon, which had the privilege of issuing their own currencies during the XVI° and XVII° centuries.

Anne Marie Louise de Bourbon, AKA La Grande Mademoiselle, was born to Gaston d'Orleans and Marie de Montpensier in 1627 CE. A few days after her birth her mother passed away and she became sole heir of the principality of Dombes. Until she'd been emancipated by her cousin Louis XIV "Le Roi Soleil" in 1650 CE, her father (and Louis XIV's uncle) Gaston d'Orleans ruled the Dombes as regent.

For those interested in reading a little more here's the Wikipedia page on the subject of the Dombes principality (in english) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dombes

Anne Marie Louise coinage is abundant, especially 1/12 ecu also known as Luigini, which have been shamelessely copied by other rulers as they were very popular in the whole Middle East at the moment, purportedly because they featured a female bust on the obverse. Other than that are liards, a rather crude billon coinage, usually struck on short flans (finding one with complete legends and date is quite unusual) that you can find by the million.

The demi écu is quite a big chunck of silver (size between half-dollar and dollar at 33/33.5 mm) with an impressive look to it. Only five years of striking are known to exist, with very low mintage, according to the recorded surviving examples : the 1673 demi ecu is an easy one. I think at least one or two hundreds of them survive nowadays. All the others known to exist are key dates : I assume a total of about 20 examples are known for 1665 (2), 1669 (<10), 1672 (<5) and 1674 (2).

I started the series in 2004, and although it's a small one, I had to wait 17 years before I completed it. they're so rare I doubt I will ever upgrade any of them...

Stork

@Weiss said:
1932 Poland 10 Zlotych Proof (London)

Poland contracted with the London Mint to strike 6,000,000 of this iconic European silver crown in 1932 (in addition to the 3,100,000 pieces struck in Warsaw). London supposedly took it upon themselves to strike 100 proofs, of which only two are known.

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The London Mint and their proofs again! I have found brief references to the mints of the time producing 'proofs of record' wherein they produced proofs destined to be shipped to other mints as a way to share their work. (NOT for the collector market so limited in numbers). Australia, and South Africa have been mentioned as trading partners. My posted Albanian proofs from the London Mint as well. Do you by any chance know of how the mintage was determined? I suspect it was a similar number for mine, with only 3 of each denomination being graded between NGC and PCGS.

Weiss

@Stork said:

The London Mint and their proofs again! I have found brief references to the mints of the time producing 'proofs of record' wherein they produced proofs destined to be shipped to other mints as a way to share their work. (NOT for the collector market so limited in numbers). Australia, and South Africa have been mentioned as trading partners. My posted Albanian proofs from the London Mint as well. Do you by any chance know of how the mintage was determined? I suspect it was a similar number for mine, with only 3 of each denomination being graded between NGC and PCGS.

I believe I saw the 100 mintage via NGC, though I can't recall for certain. However, this piece was from the collection of Henry V. Karolkiewicz in Triton IV (12-06-00). That catalog indicates "...probably no more than 3-5 pieces of each will ever be released from Royal Mint collections".

SmEagle1795

I'm generally focusing on acquiring coins which have absolute rarity rather than conditional rarity (although I can't complain when both come in the same package!)

This aureus of Caracalla is the finest of three known:

This drachm of Clazomenae is unique and has one of the finest portraits on Greek coinage (also coming from the famous Kunstfreund and Pozzi collections):

This stater of Pantikapaion is one of 11 known, four available to private collectors, coming from the Jameson collection and the collection of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia (particularly meaningful as the coin was minted in modern day Russia):

This diobol from Athens (only one other in private hands) was minted from a gold statue that was melted down to pay for a fleet to fight the Spartans.

bidask

@SmEagle1795 said:
I'm generally focusing on acquiring coins which have absolute rarity rather than conditional rarity (although I can't complain when both come in the same package!)

This aureus of Caracalla is the finest of three known:

This drachm of Clazomenae is unique and has one of the finest portraits on Greek coinage (also coming from the famous Kunstfreund and Pozzi collections):

This stater of Pantikapaion is one of 11 known, four available to private collectors, coming from the Jameson collection and the collection of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia (particularly meaningful as the coin was minted in modern day Russia):

This diobol from Athens (only one other in private hands) was minted from a gold statue that was melted down to pay for a fleet to fight the Spartans.

Wowee !

ChopmarkedTrades

I'm not usually an ancients guy, but I'm familiar with a few issues and these selections are insane; the diobol was minted from gold obtained from the melted statues of Nike on the Acropolis to raise emergency funds to preserve Athens during the Peloponnesian War, one of the most influential conflicts in antiquity. It doesn't even seem like something that a private individual could hope to own.

Stork

@Weiss said:

@Stork said:

The London Mint and their proofs again! I have found brief references to the mints of the time producing 'proofs of record' wherein they produced proofs destined to be shipped to other mints as a way to share their work. (NOT for the collector market so limited in numbers). Australia, and South Africa have been mentioned as trading partners. My posted Albanian proofs from the London Mint as well. Do you by any chance know of how the mintage was determined? I suspect it was a similar number for mine, with only 3 of each denomination being graded between NGC and PCGS.

I believe I saw the 100 mintage via NGC, though I can't recall for certain. However, this piece was from the collection of Henry V. Karolkiewicz in Triton IV (12-06-00). That catalog indicates "...probably no more than 3-5 pieces of each will ever be released from Royal Mint collections".

Well that is interesting! I just googled and found this: https://vcoins.com/en/stores/lac_numismatic_literature/277/product/stephens_k_triton_iv_the_extraordinary_collection_of_henry_v_karolkiewicz_session_3__4/1262618/Default.aspx

The part about being presented by Karl Stephens is interesting. Seeing as I bought the above proofs from him! I did it over the phone while driving on the interstate after a helpful forum member spotted them at (if I remember correctly) a NYINC. He was tempted but put me onto them. Needless to say I had no negotiating power (um, calling mid 200 mile drive as soon as I found out about them and it was a semi-descent hour, again if I'm remembering right).

In any case I recall Karl saying that he had sold them to a person in the (?)1990s, and was given them back to re-sell when the owner was dispersing. I need to go check my emails because I'm sure I asked him about the proofs which I'd forgotten.

Thanks for the info and jogging my memory! I need to find one of those catalogs to look at too (maybe a different volume, but I have a name and a date now).

edited to add: Ebay has come through. Catalog on the way

Orlena

Man some beautiful coins pictured on this post. Here’s the rarest I have (500 mintage) - not old but it’s a beauty.