Your favorite non-U.S. coins are....
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I don't know if these would be strictly non U.S, but they didn't circulate here, so they sorta count. I like turn of the century Phillipines coinage when it was still an American possession. The standing Liberty figure with the hammer and anvil in front of the volcano is very striking. I couldn't find a clear reverse pic, but it has an eagle with spread wings sitting on top of a shield decorated with stars and stripes.
Takes my breath away every time I see one.
Takes my breath away every time I see one.
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una and the lion
pre 1850 thai and vietnamese coinage south east asian coinage pre 1850
ancient greek roman and byzantine coinage
michael
and others like the South African shilling from the 19th century that are simply beautiful designs. There are some
that interest me because they are rarely seen or rarely seen in good condition and there are some that interest
me because they are simply dramatically underpriced for their rarity even by world standards.
Among these latter are many of the high denomination cu/ni coins of the latter half of the 20th century. While
some of these are also beautiful and historic coins many are pretty nondescript and all were usually just allowed
to wear out in circulation because people didn't believe that coins without precious metal were collectible. In many
cases with world coins the coins were recalled after being worn out and then melted to make Chinese refrigerators
and Indian surgical equipment. Boat loads of these coins used to sail monthly in trade with Japan out of South
America. Most of the old European coins have already been melted and this is an ongoing global process.
It's only been in the last few years that collectors are beginning to recognize the rarity of many of these coins.
It's often not just a case that a coin is difficult to find in unc, in many cases the coin will be hard to find at all!
Some of the coins still circulating are extremely common due to mintages in the hundreds of millions but these
coins have been circulating for generations and people didn't bother to think about saving any till now!
My favorite among these is probably the Japanese 100Y of 1967 to present. In the early years there were not
even in mint sets made and when they were started only a few thousand were made. In the '70's production
of the mint sets got much higher but virtually all of these which weren't cleaned and properly stored before the
mid 1990's have been destroyed by the PVC in their holders.
Of course there are lots of world coins and lots of different reasons most of them weren't saved.
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Mad Marty, we don't know each other but I've been admiring your Cook Islands coins quietly for a while -- as well as your absolute dedication to acquiring them. I'm sure it's been discussed before what shenanigans you had to go through to get your 'pedigree' on the slab insert; let's just say I'm impressed.
Maybe someday I'll have mine pedigreed 'Sock Drawer Collection' (no they don't live there anymore, but it sounds good...)
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