Azores, the Koreas, and Guatemala for the OFEC guys and gals

laurentyvan · May 5, 2004 10:26AM

Going to try to show diversity from now on-as a member of the OFEC, diversity is our creed.

Azores 1880 copper 5 Reis

Guatemala 1963 .720 silver 50 Centavos- the reverse is the same for the following 1964's

Guatemala 1964 25 centavos

Guatemala 1964 10 centavos

Guatemala 1964 5 centavos

One of my favorite coins- Korean cast bronze series. Kaesong Township Military Office ND 1836 MUN
Reverse: ch'on at bottom, series number at right-25 mm

S. Korea 1966 reform coinage bronze10 Won

S. Korea 1959 decimal coinage bronze 50 Hwon-this great turtle boat has got to be a collector favorite but the first time I saw it was last week when I found it.

tbirde56 · May 5, 2004 10:36AM

Nice coins!
OFEC??

laurentyvan · May 5, 2004 10:39AM

I thought you were OFEC!

One From Every Country...

tbirde56 · May 5, 2004 10:51AM

Nah, I'm BFEC (A bunch from every country)!

oldshep · May 5, 2004 10:52AM

That's what we are talking about!!! Great coins - Good for us to deversify on the pictures, there are zillions of countries with nifty coins for us to look at, thanks Laurent.
Shep

farthing · May 5, 2004 11:04AM

I like early Azores copper!

Have several of them somewhere around here...

laurentyvan · May 5, 2004 11:09AM

Thanks shep! For a while there I was caught up in trying to compete with the European collectors-who was I kidding?

Now when I see a really nice piece, I'll gladly go after it, but the real joy for me is back to the unique diversity of world coins, all world coins. Large countries, small countries, countries like Katanga-just two coins issued, UNC for $3.00 the pair on E-Bay last week-not fantastic but certainly unique in their minting and I was very pleased with them.

sumnom · May 5, 2004 11:25AM

The one mun from Kaesong is BEAUTIFUL. Fabulous condition.

Askari · May 5, 2004 1:58PM

The early Azores coins are most underappreciated ... probably because 99% of the US collecting population doesn't know where they are, much less that they ever had their own coinage.

I love those turtle boat coins!!

boz · May 5, 2004 2:17PM

Damn, Nice coins.

Looks like I'm just fec'd

Shipcoin · May 5, 2004 4:04PM

Great pics , Laurent!! You catched even very small details to show us the beauty of these coins! Especially I like Korean 1836 bronze coin --real "Korean Beauty" with neat blue inclusion in the central square hole

.. and Guatemala's silver--great details on it!!!

And sure that Turtle boat already for a long time in my wants!!!!! I have another one --on 5 won denomination Turtle Boat, but yours are much more COOL!!!

Great coins!

sumnom · May 5, 2004 5:25PM

Judging from the leftover coloration and the string marks in the hole, I'd say that the Korean one mun piece was once part of a charm.

Shipcoin · May 5, 2004 5:52PM

<<<I'd say that the Korean one mun piece was once part of a charm. >>> ---yes I mean exactly the same, Sumnom

and I really like Laurent's way of displaing that coin, now seriously!!

1jester · May 5, 2004 6:47PM

Nice coins, sir!!!

sumnom · May 5, 2004 6:53PM

I like the form of the character "kae." It has that little whisp coming off the left element. It seems that other issues from Kaesong do not have this.

Stork · May 5, 2004 7:03PM

This is a great post for reminding me about why collecting for my 'lots of coins from lots of countries' (as my collection is now called) is so much fun! Hey there Jester--nice to see your little light on!

Cathy

sumnom · May 5, 2004 7:22PM

The Guatemala and Azores peices are nice. I have never seen the Azores coin before but I have 5 centavos peice from Guatemala. i really like the tree design. In fact, that could be another collecting theme: trees!