Anyone want to share their new purchases?

The highest grade cutout WL half I have seen.

1743 Crown

Dipping my toes into some ancients with this little postumus Alexander III The Great drachm I won from Heritage.

Just posted this in its own thread, but I want to show her off!

First ancient I've added to the collection in many years. Just arrived today.

Constantine I, AD 307-337

@JoeLewis said:

@Clio said:

@JoeLewis said:

An outstanding group of 6d you have there! I love them. Do you collect through to early milled?

Thanks! I’m working on a British sixpence major design type set. Defining that set has been tough, as there have been tons of minor design changes through the centuries, and it's not always easy to draw the line between what I would consider a minor or major change.

Anyway, I would described the set as "A major design type set of sixpences from every British monarch who produced them. It includes sixpences from any country that had the British monarch's portrait on the coin. It spans almost 500 years from Edward VI to Elizabeth II!

Currently, the set requires 56 coins. I've got 18 so far. Most of those are in NGC holders, but I do really like those PCGS TrueViews!

Very cool. This is right up my alley of interests. If you every share them here please feel free to tag me as I love to see them. I collect just shillings myself though have been venturing into florins.

Speaking of which....

New purchase:

Just sailed in yesterday. The slab is scratched up about as bad as I've seen them, the coin underneath the plastic is magnificent. It was frustrating trying to image it as any angle that was good for the coin made the scratches highlight and jump out like a hundred sore thumbs. This one is definitely a candidate for new plastic and a TrueView one day.

Here's my latest - a Nurnberg Jeton of the "vomiting dog" type! I've seen these before - I think CRO has had a couple for sale, and so when this popped up for a modest price I bought it.

It looks pretty nice for the type, with a small planchet flaw.

A nice write up from @numismagram
GERMANY. Nürnberg. Copper Jeton or Rechenpfennig. Issued circa 1670 (27mm, 5.47 g, 12h). By W. Lauffer III.

ICH HAB DIE ANGENEME KUNST DIE MACHT GERECHTIK V GVNST / WOLFF LAVFFER RECHPFENGMACHER, man standing slightly left in 17th century Spanish attire, with feet on a balance, and holding chalice, pocket watch, and money bag / GELT MACHT SCHELCK (money makes things bad), arm emerging left from the clouds, holding scales balancing pious figure of man with a crucifix against a skull and money bag; to left, craftsman standing right, holding compass, carpenter's square, and plumbline; to right, merchant standing left, holding book; between them, vomiting dog standing right.

Cf. Mitchener 1747 note; cf. Neumann 32354. Choice Extremely Fine. Pleasing brown surfaces. Great allegorical type.

Rechenpfennigen, German for "accounting pennies," are similar to other tokens or jetons that could serve reckoning, gaming, or even semi-numismatic functions. In particular, the rechenpfennigen were made famous by their various manufacturers in Nürnberg (Nuremberg) from the mid-late 16th century to the early 18th century, with a host of themes used as subject matter. These topics included history, mythology, contemporary political affairs, and even satire. Though many were intended as aids in accounting and bookkeeping (with an accounting board and these tokens taking the place of an abacus or sliderule), they were also useful in other functions, such as in the world of gaming—as poker chips—or in commerce and monetary transactions—as a substitute for harder currency.
Here is a write up from

Picked this up at auction recently in raw form. One of the rarest Ausdtralian pennies after the 1930. Mintage is believed to be less than 30k. Tied equal 4th highest graded PCGS. Population 2/3

I should probably quit buying these but it has become a habit. I just can't quit.

My last foreign purchase, a really nice V reis from Portugal.

The latest 8R for my set.