What types of non US coin items do you have as a compliment to your collection of US coins?
SanctionII
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I have a few medals, a few examples of foreign and US currency and quite a few grayside and darkside coins.
Looking at the non US coins is pretty neat. Some very interesting designs and some very ugly designs.
Some of my favorites are some 19th century issues, primarily copper, and some early 20th century [1900-1949] silver from Canada, Britain, Austrailia and Phillipines. A really interesting piece is a 1902 Costa Rican MS silver coin that was officially "counterstamped" in 1923. A picture same is in the Krause World Coin book covering the 20th century.
Looking at the non US coins is pretty neat. Some very interesting designs and some very ugly designs.
Some of my favorites are some 19th century issues, primarily copper, and some early 20th century [1900-1949] silver from Canada, Britain, Austrailia and Phillipines. A really interesting piece is a 1902 Costa Rican MS silver coin that was officially "counterstamped" in 1923. A picture same is in the Krause World Coin book covering the 20th century.
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Recipient of the coveted "You Suck" award, April 2009 for cherrypicking a 1833 CBHD LM-5, and April 2022 for a 1835 LM-12, and again in Aug 2012 for picking off a 1952 FS-902.
60 years into this hobby and I'm still working on my Lincoln set!
I also have a small collection of Panama Balboas, and a bunch of Canadian odds and ends.
This Malaysian 2005-6 20 sen struck over a 1988 20 sen fits perfectly with my jambalaya pot. One of this, a couple of them....... etc.
<< <i>About 1/3 my collection is non US. I love Darkside gold, silver, crowns, medals, etc. There is so much wonder in this hobby of ours, why limit yourself? >>
Very well said
Same here
Stefanie
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I am also beginning to look into large 18th Century Russian coppers.
These both drip history to compliment the coinage.
Good question
As a compliment to my US coin collection I have a pillar dollar and some Spanish colonial 2 reals and other coins that were once legal tender in the US. I also have coins from the Philippines to mark its territorial and commonwealth eras.
I also have a lot of Canadian and British Commonwealth coins, as well as some Japanese coins and coins with Chinese chopmarks.
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<< <i>A couple of my favorite non-US
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Wow - look at the neck on that guy - He's like a Parthian Mr Incredible
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Philippine Silver Proof Sets
<< <i>I have a large collection of Spanish Colonial 2 Reales from 1772 - 1825, from all of the Central and South American mints.
I collect them by die marriage...
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WOW !
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1790 P-971 Bronzed proof, population 1/2 in NGC 63, with the lovely bare breasted Britannia. I know, it's not a top pop but there are less than a couple of dozen known, so you take what might be available in your lifetime.
My main collecting, or at least where I spend the most money is early British. Most of them are on my web page if interested.
World Collection
British Collection
German States Collection
1724-M French Colonies Louis D'or, a French gold issue recovered from the wreck of the Le Chameau:
"On the night of August 27, 1725, the future of Colonial French Canada was dashed to pieces on the rocks off Cape Lorembec, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. The 600-ton, 48-gun pride of the French fleet, Le Chameau, was lost with all of her 316 passengers and what amounted to several years’ worth of funds for the French colonies in North America. Not only was this specific disaster devastating in the terms of souls and monies lost, but the Chameau’s passenger manifest was a virtual “Who’s Who” of the French colonial aristocracy – people who had and were to have been the elite of their nation’s colonies in North America. A generation of leaders went down with that ship."
“Le Chameau was loaded with supplies, money and dispatches. In addition to new recruits for the garrisons - some as young as fourteen years of age - Le Chameau had aboard a number of French civic and ecclesiastical dignitaries, including: the new Intendant of Canada, Me. de Chazel; the Governor-Elect of Three Rivers, De Louvigny. While trying to make the mouth of Louisbourg harbour, Le Chameau was swept in upon the hard rocky shore. Much of the wreck was washed ashore and was picked up by those sent from Louisbourg. Cast up from the sea were 180 bodies. A burial, en masse, was carried out with the missionary priest at Baleine officiating. There was no sign of the after part of the ship having come ashore, so it was hoped that some salvage might be made of her guns and treasure, particularly as the rock on which she broke up was covered at low tide by only a few feet of water. ... The next season some soldiers who were skilled divers were sent from Quebec and were employed at the wreck. The treasure, however, was not located. The criticism, as may be found in the official correspondence, was that the local authorities waited too long to get proper people and recovery equipment in place, as was apparently available at Quebec.”
"After resting on the ocean floor for 250 years, the missing “after part” of the Chameau was discovered by a local diver and entrepreneur named Alex Storm and his associates, who began recovering contents of the ship that had eluded the French salvors of 1726. They discovered mounds of cannonballs, iron-encrusted artifacts and a few silver and gold coins. After approximately five weeks of work on the wreck site, Storm and his associates were able to bring to the surface many historically significant artifacts, along with approximately 30,000 livres in coins. Most of the coins were silver, but a few hundred of them were gold Louis d’or."
"In the 1970’s, a large portion of the recovered artifacts and coins were placed on auction in New York. What Storm and his associates did not realize, however, was the full extent of just what was onboard the Chameau at the time of her loss. The balance of her million-livre specie cargo was to go undiscovered up to the present time. Captain Robert MacKinnon subsequently filed for and received title of claim to what now is known as the CBNS-1 site. As President of Artifact Recovery and Conservation, Inc (“ARC”), a wholly owned subsidiary of SEA-I, he continues to oversee the recovery and conservation of thousands of additional coins and artifacts from the Chameau and other historic vessels located at this multi-shipwreck site."
(Information from various Internet sources)
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I have a few Russian gold coins as well. But that's about it.
I also agree that some non-US coins are very interesting.
Dave
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