Show me some low mintage World Coins

savoyspecial

Let's define low mintage as under 150! Show off what you have: NCLT, micronation, specimen, Matte Proof, business strike, mule, whatever....

theboz11

Mintage 60 Silver proof

ajaan

WWW

I think Boiler78 still owns this wonderful coin:

HTubbs

Mintage 10:





Mintage 25:

JCMhouston

Here are some of my low mintage German States pieces.

1774 Frankfurt Kreuzer Pattern in Gold - mintage unknown but very low.



1825 Saxony Pfennig in proof - mintage unknown but very low.



1855 Hamburg Sechsling in proof - mintage unknown but probably 50-100.



1855 Meck.-Str. 1/48th Taler in proof - mintage unknown but probably 50-100.



1858 Sch.-Lippe 1 Silber Groschen in proof - mintage unknown but probably 50-100.



And a couple of Brit's.

1788 Sixpence Obverse die trial - mintage unknown but considered extremely rare.



1804 Bank of England Dollar (5 Shillings) copper pattern - mintage unknown but very rare.



1935 VIP Proof Halfpenny (6-15 known)



1964 VIP Proof Halfpenny (3-5 known) and purchased from a fellow forumite.

wybrit

Not rare mintage, but this Large 8 variety is deemed "extremely rare," which means that probably less than 100 exist.

Zohar

Listed as RRR by Richter, meaning around 10-20 exist.

worldcoinguy

Neat thread topic

Gazza

!935 proof crown, incuse edge. 3-4 known

rwyarmch

1852 proof Canadian bank token

RobP

I was just pondering what to do with this as there is no convenient slot in the collection criteria for it and I already have a type example of the Taylor restrike R59. I've decided to create a "Too nice to sell" category, which helps me to avoid making difficult decisions.
Mintage unknown, but with less than 10 examples noted at auction in the last 40 years it has to fit the low mintage definition. Peck 1169 pattern halfpenny, ex C W Peck and Rev. E Rogers with a Rogers ticket indicating it was a gift from the former to the latter for Christmas 1957. I thought it worthy of an attempt at a better image than a simple scan.

canadacolornut

1957 British Shilling PCGS VIP PR 65.

From The Exeter Collection-according to The Heritage cataloguer "one of only 2 known".

Who knows; there may be more but even so, has to be pretty scarce. Bought it for the
color of course. Hence the name "colornut"

theboz11

sold

7Jaguars

Hey, Bozz, I have one of those and also the bronze. I really like it except momma looks like she has a cleft palate....Sure would like the gold one....

mnemtsas2

South African 1944 Proof Half Penny, bought off of a forum member. Mintage 150.

secondrepublic

My favorite three Polish pre-war patterns. Each has the kind of original surfaces that are rare on these pieces. First one is a silver 100 zlotych dated 1925 ("Copernicus") with a reported mintage of 50. Second one is a silver 10 zlotych 1934 ("Klamry") with a reported mintage of 100. Last one is a 5 zlotych 1925 ("Constitution") with a reported mintage of 100, made in a copper-zinc alloy called tombak.

RobP

A William & Mary halfpenny struck in brass (Peck 607). The better of two examples known, the other in the British Museum being struck off centre and is decidedly less attractive.


A trial striking of a pair of 1689 farthings (both Peck 564) on a Charles II halfpenny. The final O of CAROLO and the edge of the bust of the halfpenny can be seen at 12 o'clock on the obverse. This is the piece in the footnote on p.155 of Peck where it was recorded at Baldwin. The P564 itself as a properly struck coin is a very rare variety with Peck only recording 3 locations, two of which were museums.


A trial striking of a pair of reverses, thought to be for a shilling. Dated 1676 on both sides, one has the date divided by a crown and the other is continuous. Struck in pewter, this is one of 6 examples known. Peck on p.134 refers to the Roberts manuscript where it is noted that the six pieces "were in the collection of a Mr Halsey, each wrapped in a piece of paper on which was written, evidently a long time ago, Tynne 6oz, Lead 4." The spelling of Tynne suggests that this may be original paper written at the time they were struck as the Roberts manuscripts are themselves over 200 years old.

OzzyAndy

Great thread, wish I could contribute.

rwyarmch

Pattern British cartwheel halfpenny 1797

coinkat

Great thread and images

theboz11

Unique in Gold.

Zohar

Just got this shooting medal, 204 minted.

SYRACUSIAN

Edited to replace the lost image.

LochNESS

I would've set the bar slightly higher than 150, but I'm also relatively new here... Here are my contributions ~Nick

Ecuador 2 Sucres, of which 35 are known to exist. This grade is top of the pop, incidentally.


Luxembourg copper essai, mintage 100. Top of the pop grade.

Peacemonkey

Mintage on this is either 60 or 30. Probably 60.

mnemtsas2

Australian 50c (dated 1985 to 1997) struck on a 20c planchet. Although this is an error it's likely that less than 150 of these were "minted" and probably less than 10 were. I'm only aware of one other Australian 50c minted on a 20c planchet becoming available in the last 12 years at public auction or otherwise.

mkman123

Awesome thread, darkside coins are neat and interesting

davidrj

One wonders what the lowest mintage modern coins struck for genuine circulation (as opposed to collectors sets) are?

For example I suspect that a UK 1934 crown was never actually used to buy anything, I would also discount accidental "escapes" of patterns/trials (UK 1954 penny)

hard to tell from the catalogues

OldEastside

I don't have any that meet the criteria, but I wanna see some more
This is a cool thread

Steve

YQQ

Last I heard there are about 18, maximum 20 known. This one was grade by ICCS at MS60.
I was able to get this one together with 2 other rare Canadian coins from one very small and unknown dealer overseas.
the other 2 were a 1966 $1 Canada small beads in MS 62 PCGS
and a 1948 Dollar also in MS 62 (later graded by ICCS)
NOW, the key Question:
does anyone know what IT IS???

Dennis88

<< <i>Last I heard there are about 18, maximum 20 known. This one was grade by ICCS at MS60.
I was able to get this one together with 2 other rare Canadian coins from one very small and unknown dealer overseas.
the other 2 were a 1966 $1 Canada small beads in MS 62 PCGS
and a 1948 Dollar also in MS 62 (later graded by ICCS)
NOW, the key Question:
does anyone know what IT IS???


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Mule with Canada obverse and New Zealand reverse. Very cool!

Dennis

Zohar

About 10



152 pieces

SYRACUSIAN

<< <i>One wonders what the lowest mintage modern coins struck for genuine circulation (as opposed to collectors sets) are?

For example I suspect that a UK 1934 crown was never actually used to buy anything, I would also discount accidental "escapes" of patterns/trials (UK 1954 penny)

hard to tell from the catalogues >>




The 1876 50 drs gold was actually minted for circulation, and not only within the Greek borders but in every country using Latin Monetary Union coins. The original mintage was 182. It's very difficult to calculate its survival rate, but because it was large and gold, I assume that at least one in three have survived. Of these however, most are low grade and/or damaged.

ajaan

<< <i>The 1876 50 drs gold was actually minted for circulation, and not only within the Greek borders but in every country using Latin Monetary Union coins. The original mintage was 182. It's very difficult to calculate its survival rate, but because it was large and gold, I assume that at least one in three have survived. Of these however, most are low grade and/or damaged. >>


I think we may have a winner.

HoledandCreative

<< <i>Unique in Gold.

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I don't think I have ever seen a Victoria 70th birthday medal before. Neat.

YQQ

Here is one with a mintage of 2,582,495. Yes, over 2 1/2 million minted..
1921 Canada 5 cents-.800 Silver
But, and that is the BIG "BUT", they were all supposed to be melted right after minting...Beats me why.
Some escaped the big pot and mysteriously made it out the "back door".
today there are about around 100 known.
Mine is a bit pitted abd is graded CCCS VG10(which would mean F12 if ICCS, or F15 if NGC)
this coin is much sought after and is extremely rare in any grade...

theboz11

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<< <i>Unique in Gold.

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I don't think I have ever seen a Victoria 70th birthday medal before. Neat. >>



The medal is coincident with her 70th Birthday , but the medals were made for the 1889 Royal Agricultural Society Exhibition at Windsor

The show was held in Windsor Great Park from the 24th to 29th of June 1889. The Prince of Wales acted on behalf of Queen Victoria who was President of the Society for that year. The Queen attended on the 27th and 28th and also knighted the Director of the Show on the 30th. The medal is hollow and was made in two halves, making this an unusual British medal for that period. It was designed and executed by Countess F. Gleichen. The reference for the medal is BHM#3379 and is shown only as being struck in bronze. It is also designated as very rare even in Bronze. 77mm dia and it weighs 114.3grams. It has a NAVY blue leather medal case... on the top it has a gilt Crown.

This medal is 22kt GOLD. It was presented to the Director when he was Knighted by the Queen, making this medal unique. Verification is in The administrative records of the Society for this period is at the Museum of English Rural Life at Reading University, Within the the minute books of the period under B I 14 and 15 and B III 5 and 6.

SYRACUSIAN

Here is one with a mintage of 2,582,495. Yes, over 2 1/2 million minted.
1921 Canada 5 cents-.800 Silver
But, and that is the BIG "BUT", they were all supposed to be melted right after minting...Beats me why.


Maybe because by the time the coin was minted, its intrinsic value exceeded the nominal one? There were more world coins melted down for the same reason in 1921, incl. a Greek 50 lepta in cu-ni. The coins that survived the pot, are certainly rare, but they shouldn't be considered as general circulation in my opinion.

JCMhouston

These are some of the more common proofs and patterns, but still relatively low mintage.

1787 Pattern 6d Esc 1640



1790 Pattern 6d ESC 1645



1791 Pattern 6d (Copper) ESC 1649



1817 Proof 6d

LochNESS

<< <i>One wonders what the lowest mintage modern coins struck for genuine circulation (as opposed to collectors sets) are?

For example I suspect that a UK 1934 crown was never actually used to buy anything, I would also discount accidental "escapes" of patterns/trials (UK 1954 penny)

hard to tell from the catalogues >>



The Ecuador coin I posted was struck for circulation, but never released. Only 35 escaped melt/restrike. So which category would that fit in your opinion?

Thanks for your thoughts ~Nick

YQQ

Dimitri,
these are circulation coins. There was never an issue about that.
and who knows, there might be more that 100 or so out there.
A few are known in MS, up to MS 66. so there definitely is / was circulation.

Dennis88

Estimated Proof mintage of 60:

LochNESS

Dennis, did you submit that beauty for the crossover special?

I considered sending in some of my NGCs but decided instead to put my dollars towards raw coins this go-round.

LochNESS

<< <i>Last I heard there are about 18, maximum 20 known. This one was grade by ICCS at MS60.
I was able to get this one together with 2 other rare Canadian coins from one very small and unknown dealer overseas.
the other 2 were a 1966 $1 Canada small beads in MS 62 PCGS
and a 1948 Dollar also in MS 62 (later graded by ICCS)
NOW, the key Question:
does anyone know what IT IS??? >>



Your coin is the very rare 1985 New Zealand KM#95, a nickel 50 Cent muled with Canada KM#120.

Krause says there are six known to exist.

You suck!

Dennis88

<< <i>Dennis, did you submit that beauty for the crossover special?

I considered sending in some of my NGCs but decided instead to put my dollars towards raw coins this go-round. >>



Nope, I don't even own it anymore to be honest with you

LochNESS

Sorry to hear that

Hope you got a fair price or better!?

Dennis88

<< <i>Sorry to hear that

Hope you got a fair price or better!? >>



I made a few dollars

I owned it very briefly at a show. Had pictures taken because I wanted to look back on it and enjoy it, but when somebody offered me almost 3X what I paid for it and I started noticing a rim bump it was gone in seconds.

Dennis

LochNESS

Nice! That is why you are "Master Collector"

LochNESS

You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, and know when to run"

candy2012mustang

I love rare foreign coins but they are hard to grade at TPG's - many times they would never have seen a particular type. Happened to me before.