2009 Brisbane ANDA Coin and Banknote Show

mnemtsas2

A friend and I attended the 2009 Brisbane ANDA Coin and Banknote Show last weekend. ANDA is the Australian numismatic dealers association and they hold 5 or 6 big shows each year in various cities around the country. There are hardly any coin shows in Australia so this will be one of a very few that I attend this year. I had to travel 2000 miles to get there *sigh*. Still it was a good show, my friend and I wrote a show report which you can read Part 1 Here and Part 2 Here.

I ended up with some nice coins (and almost no Australian stuff). The highlights can be seen below.

Australian 1952A Half Penny - eye popping rainbow toning

Unidentified Indian Pagoda - anyone who knows anything about this coin and can let me know?

Brazil 1810 960 Reis - strong traces of host coin, some irridescant toning in the devices

Japan 1914 Yen, proof like obverse - no idea if I have the images right way up in this picture

Mexico 1944 Peso - nice unc coin, cost $5 (about USD$3)

Australia 1949 1d - lovely high grade mark free coin, have high hopes for this one at PCGS

Sapyx

I was there, one of the coin club volunteers manning the door.

As for your pagoda, Krause lists it under Princely States - Mysore, KM/C# 210. It should weigh 3.4 grams; too much lighter and it's probably a fake. Krause notes there are modern fantasy "fanams and half-pagodas" with this design.

Your Japanese reverse is upside down; the chrysanthemum should be at the top.

mnemtsas2

Thanks SAP, image all fixed up. Wish I'd know you were there I would have said hello! What date range were those pagoda's minted? I had it weighed at the show, weights 3.4 grams according to the scales I used.

Sapyx

Not sure; the very broad date range Krause files it under is "1759 - 1806".

That qualifies it as a "Proclamation Coin".