I agree. I saw one of those guldiners in the Money Museum in Richmond, and it grabbed me more than even some of the US rarities. That coin and the 1792 US half disme were the ones that impressed me most. And maybe the octagonal Pan-Pac $50- that was the first time I'd actually laid eyes on one of those.
The most famous coin of the Ancient world, the Eid Mar Brutus Denarius chronicaling the "brutal" assasination of Caesar Mar 15 44 BC the only coin with a portrait of Brutus.
The Athens Decadrachm , for a period was the most expensive coin in the world 35 are known today with about 29 of them permanently impounded in government banks and museams.
The British Columbia Ten and Twenty Dollar gold coins, coins so rare that for years their whereabouts was virtually unknown! Today one known Ten Dollar gold piece in private hands (this one) two others in museams, two known twenty dollar gold pieces in private hands
"Until recently, this was the only available portrait crown (a "ryal") of Mary, Queen of Scots. She shares the obverse with her husband Henry Darnley. The coin is now, quite unfortunately, impounded. " -MrEureka
Andy, could you please give us some more info in reference to this unfortunate story? Thanks.
.....GOD
"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." -Luke 11:9
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." -Deut. 6:4-5
"For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; He will save us." -Isaiah 33:22
Another lock for the list. The photo and description are from DNW's June 2003 auction.
Batavia, United East India Company, Kroon or Reaal of 48 Stuivers, 1645, sword with laurel wreath in background, bataviæ anno 1645 around, rev. VOC monogram, value above, four arabesques around, 26.05g/12h (Scholten 12; Bucknill 39; Maillet pl.xiii, 1; Catalogus Bataviaasch Genootschap 34, this coin; Salvesen sale –; Dav. 415; KM. 34 and p.895, this coin). Old institution number ‘34’ lightly inked on obverse at 5 o’clock, otherwise extremely fine and toned, of the highest rarity; the first silver Dollar-sized coin minted in the Orient and the finest of the three known specimens
Provenance: Sotheby Auction, 24 November 1972, lot 1; Schulman Auction 286 [Amsterdam], September 1987, lot 483 [bt by Spink]; Dave Perry, USA, March 1989 [as footnoted in KM]; H. Walls Collection, Paul Bosco Auction 18 [New York], 4 August 1997, lot 123. To combat a local shortage of silver coin in the Dutch Indies, pieces to the value of 12, 24 and 48 stuivers were cast locally to a lighter standard, the 48 stuivers being equal to seven-eighths of a lion daalder. The first round silver coins made anywhere in the Orient, they were withdrawn from circulation in 1647.
The images don't always come up. Cross your fingers...
Andy Lustig
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
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<< <i>Another no-brainer for the Top 100.
I agree. I saw one of those guldiners in the Money Museum in Richmond, and it grabbed me more than even some of the US rarities. That coin and the 1792 US half disme were the ones that impressed me most. And maybe the octagonal Pan-Pac $50- that was the first time I'd actually laid eyes on one of those.
1) It has the most packaging for any single Canadian coin.
2) It celebrates a not-terribly-important event.
3) It celebrates that event on an odd anniversary (15 years).
4) It changed little from the standard-issue coin.
Obscurum per obscurius
<< <i>Even more than the moose head one? >>
Yes, even more than the moose coin.
How about the world's only $8 coin?
Obscurum per obscurius
Sid and Alicia
Syracuse Decadramn by the great ancient artist Kimon, possibly the most beautiful coin ever made
As promised a few more coins from our collection.
The most famous coin of the Ancient world, the Eid Mar Brutus Denarius chronicaling the "brutal" assasination of Caesar Mar 15 44 BC the only coin with a portrait of Brutus.
The Athens Decadrachm , for a period was the most expensive coin in the world 35 are known today with about 29 of them permanently impounded in government banks and museams.
The British Columbia Ten and Twenty Dollar gold coins, coins so rare that for years their whereabouts was virtually unknown! Today one known Ten Dollar gold piece in private hands (this one) two others in museams, two known twenty dollar gold pieces in private hands
Andy, could you please give us some more info in reference to this unfortunate story? Thanks.
"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." -Luke 11:9
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." -Deut. 6:4-5
"For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; He will save us." -Isaiah 33:22
Batavia, United East India Company, Kroon or Reaal of 48 Stuivers, 1645, sword with laurel wreath in background, bataviæ anno 1645 around, rev. VOC monogram, value above, four arabesques around, 26.05g/12h (Scholten 12; Bucknill 39; Maillet pl.xiii, 1; Catalogus Bataviaasch Genootschap 34, this coin; Salvesen sale –; Dav. 415; KM. 34 and p.895, this coin). Old institution number ‘34’ lightly inked on obverse at 5 o’clock, otherwise extremely fine and toned, of the highest rarity; the first silver Dollar-sized coin minted in the Orient and the finest of the three known specimens
Provenance: Sotheby Auction, 24 November 1972, lot 1; Schulman Auction 286 [Amsterdam], September 1987, lot 483 [bt by Spink]; Dave Perry, USA, March 1989 [as footnoted in KM]; H. Walls Collection, Paul Bosco Auction 18 [New York], 4 August 1997, lot 123. To combat a local shortage of silver coin in the Dutch Indies, pieces to the value of 12, 24 and 48 stuivers were cast locally to a lighter standard, the 48 stuivers being equal to seven-eighths of a lion daalder. The first round silver coins made anywhere in the Orient, they were withdrawn from circulation in 1647.
The images don't always come up. Cross your fingers...
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
<< <i>There's already a book on the 100 Greatest US Coins. >>
Isn't that pretty much all of them (design-wise)?
Come on over ... to The Dark Side!
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
Come on over ... to The Dark Side!