Egypt, Africa, Mexico Many Photos

LovelyDarkAngel · August 31, 2004 12:57AM

Just trying to contributed to the forum. I haven’t posted in a long time. Feel free to post along with me.

coinrookie · August 31, 2004 1:30AM

Great coins. I think Egyptian coins are very underappreciated.

Steve

tbirde56 · August 31, 2004 1:31AM

LDA, nice pics! I especially like the '56 British Evacuation 50 piastres coin.
Here's a Maltese Pound I got in the mail yesterday. The scan shows its imperfections but it looks P/L firsthand:

Temi Zammit

LovelyDarkAngel · August 31, 2004 1:42AM

Thank you for joining in and the great comments coinrookie & tbirde56. I really like your coin

Askari · August 31, 2004 2:04AM

Some neat designs. Coins from Arabic-speaking countries are underappreciated simply because so few understand their script and that puts them off.

laurentyvan · August 31, 2004 3:40AM

Very nice to see coins we don't see every day.

I love the quality of your coins and your imaging is right on-thanks for taking the time to post.

LovelyDarkAngel · August 31, 2004 3:51AM

Askari I think your right. laurentyvan thank you so much. You always encourage me.

oldshep · August 31, 2004 6:11AM

LDA...welcome back to posting your coins - I like those Egyptian coins also - there are a lot of countries in Africa with great coins under appreciated, thanks for posting some.
Shep

phut · August 31, 2004 6:14AM

Wow nice coins. What is the last one in the flip?It's a beauty.

LovelyDarkAngel · August 31, 2004 7:00AM

oldshep it's good to be back and hear from you

phut the one in the flip is Aztec Gold Token, Cuauhtemoc and Calendar
This little 22K gold token shows Cuauhtemoc on the obverse and the Aztec Calendar on the reverse. Cuauhtemoc was the last emperor of the Aztecs who took the throne in 1520 and was hung by the Spaniards in 1525. And it's really small.

The other gold coin is
A 1955 Mexican 5 Peso Gold Coin. .1205 ounces of .900 fine gold. Total weight is 4.1666 Grams.

I thought a share a few more items I've picked up. None coins, but unique. The 2 swords from china paid a little over $100 for them. I have no idea on the age or history. Plus the German dagger is under debate. I didn't take these photos. Just using the photos they had up when I bidded. Plus they may not be in proper order.

Since a messed up the first post I'm just going to put the Roman coins up I cleaned here as well!

Sorry I haven’t posted any photos in a while. I figured I drag out the camera and shoot away.
I can’t tell you much about the Roman coins since I’m new to cleaning dirty ancient coins. Just cleaning hasn’t given me much time to research them. Plus I’m working on cleaning without stripping the patina from the coins. So I really don’t have a good method for it yet. But I’m working on it. Your welcome to show off your coins in my thread.

One Of My Favorites. Can't make out the back. Think I should clean it more, but affraid I will ruin the coin. So I leave it as it is. I enjoy the front portrait.

Delmatius, Ceasar - Delmatius was Ceasar under "Constantine The Great, but was excuted during the slaughter of heirs following Constatines's death (FRONT)

Delmatius, Ceasar - Back

cosmicdebris · August 31, 2004 6:09PM

Cool coins and sword.

sumnom · August 31, 2004 6:39PM

Are you sure the sword is really Chinese?

It appears that whole thing was die-cast. Is that common? I have no idea about these things, actually.

earlwbollinger · August 31, 2004 8:05PM

All of these coins and stuff are interesting.

The swords are Chinese, and cast hilts and guards are typical.
The real trick is determining whether it's a contemporary fake or a real antique.
Currently it seems that anything that isn't part of a archeological dig and in a museum would be a fake made in China.

The dagger has me very suspicious, if it was a real antique you would think it would use German instead of English for the "Made in Germany" part, wouldn't you?
So it could be a more modern export model for the USA.

theboz11 · August 31, 2004 8:51PM

Very nice coins and Dagger,,, I will add this and let people guess what it is

LovelyDarkAngel · August 31, 2004 10:24PM

Yes the German dagger is a debate with in my home. We are not experts on German dagger. Though we do collect knives, well my partner does. I'm going to guess on theboz11
since it's all about LEARNING AND MAKING IT FUN HERE. I'm guessing a some type of Tibetan Buddist Ritual Dagger. What is it it's very nice and interesting.

earlwbollinger · August 31, 2004 10:37PM

My first thought was like "theboz11" said.

Hummm. . . a Souvineer Ivory Letter Opener?

theboz11 · August 31, 2004 11:10PM

Tibetan Buddist Ritual,,,, That part is correct,,, But not a Dagger, or letter opener... It is for the making of holy water. The stirrer is held by what appears to be the blade. Notice the dark area where it has been held. It is 110 mm in length made of (bronze, I think). This is the holy water crucible, adorned with Buddhas.

LovelyDarkAngel · August 31, 2004 11:22PM

theboz11 Do I get 3 points for being close with the Tibetan Buddist Ritual . That was fun and interesting. Anyone Else Has something to pull out and we can guess what it is. I know this is a coin forum. But I'm sure many of us have collected other item having nothing to do with coins from around the world.

earlwbollinger · September 1, 2004 12:20AM

Cool, that is most interesting.
Thanks for sharing.

1jester · September 1, 2004 12:23AM

Thanks for sharing, LDA. I especially like your little Aztec gold piece.

syraq · September 1, 2004 2:43AM

Neat items LovelyDarkAngel ! What do you do with all these swords?

Dan, I didn't know you had such interest for Tibetan Buddhists' stuff. Very nice.

D

Askari · September 1, 2004 11:47AM

Hmmm, the pics have been replaced by red-x's, but from what I remember of the "German" dagger, I didn't think it was an original German product. It looked like a cheap modern imitation of a Nazi dagger without the swastika. "Made in Germany" is odd enough not being in German, but it's too large for such an item. There should be hallmarks of the actual manufacturer of the steel. Do you see any?

LovelyDarkAngel · September 1, 2004 10:15PM

I'm very sorry about the red X notice them this morning. I was cleaning my computer and server to my site yesterday. I either forgot to put them over to the server or deleted them by accident. When I get to my home computer later today I will get them back up. I still have them on disk thank God.

LovelyDarkAngel · September 2, 2004 6:07AM

syraq I just look at the sword like I do many items I collect. Family says I need to sale some of the stuff I got.

Askari I'm with you it was made after the war. Theres no Hallmark other then what you see in the photos.

shylock · September 2, 2004 7:36AM

Great coins (and pics!), this design really caught my eye.

LovelyDarkAngel · September 2, 2004 7:58AM

Thank you shylock. the hand and sun burst had me

Askari · September 2, 2004 11:14AM

Now that the pic is back up, I feel even more sure that it's a modern knockoff. "Made in Germany" is carved rather crudely into the blade and it's too large; moreover, the "Made in" part is so far up the tang that it lies under the hilt. "PIC" means nothing to me, but then I'm no expert. The blade looks more like it was cast than forged. There's no sign of tempering and if you look at the close up pic of the "Made in Germany / PIC" markings, you can see file marks running length-wise and across the blade. The hilt also looks to be a very crude casting.

LovelyDarkAngel · September 2, 2004 10:20PM

Askari you are right. Things don't look right.

Egypt, Africa, Mexico Many Photos

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