How lucky can I get?

laurentyvan

My local coin store recently purchased 4 collections of world coins. The boxes were set aside and I was able to go through them before anyone else. One of the collections had to be formed in the 50's and 60's as it is replete with mint state coins from a variety of countries in that time period.
I bought a bunch and they were not expensive. I could show pictures for the next month and not be done but I'll post a few at a time.
Here's a few to chew on. Mind you, they're not rare but they fill a lot of holes-lots of mint sets broken up as well...

Congo Dem Rep. 1965. A lion for Boz-he looks kind of wistful-maybe the cowardly lion.

Jordan-1965

Guatemala-1963

Somalia-AH1369

Saarland-1955

GoldCoinLover

Those are nice, do you collect world coins?

laurentyvan

Every country, three centuries.

spinaker2000

It doesn't get much luckier than that! Nice haul, any SA stuff in the bunch........hint, hint.

laurentyvan

Oh, I'm gonna save those for last-'course I'm taking them to bed tonight for a nice snuggle. Why do you ask? I thought you owned every representative example in triplicate...

spinaker2000

I'm looking for "Fourplicate!!"

GoldCoinLover

Spinaker2000 I sent you a PM recently did you get it?

newsman

Beautiful coins -- sounds like you got a great cheryypicking opportunity!

historygeek

My local dealer just got a huge collection of 19-21th century coins: lots of high grade Tsarist Rubles, Austian Thalers, German states and dozens of high grade Mexican dollars. But unfortunately I can't afford any of it.

goldrush00013

Can you get another somalia coin? I'd be really interested!

SYRACUSIAN

<< <i>Congo Dem Rep. 1965. A lion for Boz-he looks kind of wistful-maybe the cowardly lion. >>



There's a famous story about a lion who came upon a flock of sheep and to his amazement found a lion among the sheep.
It was a lion who had been brought up by the sheep ever since he was a cub.
It would bleat like a sheep and run around like a sheep.
The lion went straight for him,and when the sheep-lion stood in front of the real one, he trembled in every limb.
And the lion said to him , "What are you doing among those sheep?"
And the sheep-lion said ,"I am a sheep." And the lion said, "Oh no you're not. You're coming with me."
So he took the sheep-lion to a pool and said , "Look!"
And when the sheep-lion looked at his reflection in the water, he let out a mighty roar, and in that moment he was transformed.
He was never the same again.

An unaware life is not worth living.

shirohniichan

Cool find. I usually end up buying coins I normally wouldn't be interested in just because there are certain coins in hoards that have "the look."

1jester

Awesome haul, Laurent!!!!!!!

Shipcoin

Great coins, laurent---especially I like with lion and with elefant! Those colonial Congo coins are very nice. There are exists one more--unusual shape with elefant--also cool coin!
Here the picture:

KM # 25

cosmicdebris

Excellent set of coins. I have been trying to get one of the lion coins for awhile and I always get outbid

Were there anymore of these in the box?

laurentyvan

Bill, I brought home about forty coins on the first haul for about $70. I have another box reserved with 20-30 coins waiting to be attributed and priced-there's plenty I passed over the first time through I'll be looking at again and if there are dups I'll be happy to glom onto them for you guys-just tell me what you're looking for.

Give me a couple of minutes and I'll image a couple of others that are really interesting without being very valuable but as Shiroh says:

Cool find. I usually end up buying coins I normally wouldn't be interested in just because there are certain coins in hoards that have "the look."

It helps that I am interested and they do have "the look."

cosmicdebris

Laurent if there is another Congo Dem Rep. 1965 lion like the one you got please grab it for me. Thanks