My fellow sunface enthusiasts will enjoy browsing part D of the January 2021 auction at Stacks. There are a lot of great looking coins, so best of luck to anyone bidding. Please post some pics if you win
Öljeitü ibn Arghun Fals, 1303-1318 Bronze, 23mm, 2.55g. Sun-face with eight rays within square. Three-lined and marginal legends citing Muhammad Khudabanda and title al-Sultan al-Aza (Album 2190).
Seljuks of Rum Sultanate, Dirham, Kaykhusraw II, Konya, AH 639 (AD 1241)
Silver, 24 mm, 3.00 gm, struck at Konya mint
Obverse:
Ring outer: Iman al-Mustansir Billah Lord and Commander of the Faithful
(Al-Mustansir Billah was the Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad and officially Kaykhusraw's lord)
Ring inner: Struck at Qunyat (Konya)
Field: Sunface and lion (supposedly the astrological sign of Leo)
Reverse:
Field: Five lines
Nine and thirty (39) (one line)
The very great Sultan, help of the world, Kai-Khusru son of Kai-Qubad (three lines)
Six hundred (one line)
The Mongols effectively ended Kaykrusraw's reign in AD 1243 when he became their vassal.
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I just upgraded from a 10 cent. to a 25 and notice that there is a little sun face rising in the Caribbean and peering over to the Pacific.
Pacific Northwest Numismatic Association
Big sun but no faces on US coins!
My current "Box of 20"
Latin American Collection
Not mine, but stumbled upon a sunface from Quedlinburg abbey
Pacific Northwest Numismatic Association
I like that! Cool piece.
Bringing back this thread with a new addition to my small but growing sunface collection.
I like it
I give away money. I collect money.
I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.
Latin American Collection
This is one of my favourite coins. One of the best CAR coins that I have ever seen as far as preservation, the coin is bright like the sun!
Am I doing this right?
8 Reales Madness Collection
Taler Custom Set
Ancient Custom Set
Charles III Album
Charles III Portrait Set
Charles IV Album
Charles IV Portrait Set
It is great to see all these additions! Thanks for chiming in, everyone.
Took me a while to see it! Way cool!
8 Reales Madness Collection
But of course it’s at high noon!
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CoinsAreFun Toned Silver Eagle Proof Album
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Gallery Mint Museum, Ron Landis& Joe Rust, The beginnings of the Golden Dollar
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My fellow sunface enthusiasts will enjoy browsing part D of the January 2021 auction at Stacks. There are a lot of great looking coins, so best of luck to anyone bidding. Please post some pics if you win
Finest extant Rebel 8 reales
Latin American Collection
An interesting 17th century London token (not mine - just appeared on the bay)
Pacific Northwest Numismatic Association
Here's a favorite coin of mine. Pics by a friend.
Love the toning on that one @Euclid
https://www.kuenker.de/en/auktionen/stueck/290687
New world record !
I give away money. I collect money.
I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.
It is good to see this thread back!
And yes @bidask Kunker did very well! I unfortunately got outbid on the piece I wanted.
that auction was nuts - anyone here get the Quito 8E?
I tried at 15,000 hammer, went 17,000. You buy it? Price isn’t nuts if it is a nice coin for that grade but who knows from those pictures.
Latin American Collection
I do not own any of these, oops... wrong coin, the one i was trying to post is 8 Soles... doh.
I bid but did not but it
I give away money. I collect money.
I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.
my South Peru surface escudos
1864/3 surface medal PCGS MS63
@Achori nice medal, but those half escudos are awesome!
thank you @Abuelo !!
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I have a couple of Mongol sunface coins.
One from the Golden Horde:
Tokhta Khan Pulo, 1296-1297
Qrim (Crimea). Bronze, 0.97g. Sun face. Tokhta’s tamga (Lebedev M8).
Another from the Ilkhanate in Persia:
Öljeitü ibn Arghun Fals, 1303-1318
Bronze, 23mm, 2.55g. Sun-face with eight rays within square. Three-lined and marginal legends citing Muhammad Khudabanda and title al-Sultan al-Aza (Album 2190).
I haven't seen one of these yet, although the sun is similar to that on the Central American Republic coins of the 1830's & 1840's.
It is great to see more coins and types! Keep them coming if you have them.
Saw this in the DNW auction.
Pacific Northwest Numismatic Association
Pacific Northwest Numismatic Association
A sunface from Turkey:
Seljuks of Rum Sultanate, Dirham, Kaykhusraw II, Konya, AH 639 (AD 1241)
Silver, 24 mm, 3.00 gm, struck at Konya mint
Obverse:
Ring outer: Iman al-Mustansir Billah Lord and Commander of the Faithful
(Al-Mustansir Billah was the Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad and officially Kaykhusraw's lord)
Ring inner: Struck at Qunyat (Konya)
Field: Sunface and lion (supposedly the astrological sign of Leo)
Reverse:
Field: Five lines
Nine and thirty (39) (one line)
The very great Sultan, help of the world, Kai-Khusru son of Kai-Qubad (three lines)
Six hundred (one line)
The Mongols effectively ended Kaykrusraw's reign in AD 1243 when he became their vassal.
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Thanks to @CoinRaritiesOnline for this recent addition!
Latin American Collection
Couldn't pass this one up even though I already own the type.