RI AL

I don't do medals... yet....but I have to admit...those are mighty tempting!!!

Ri AL

I am attaching a scan of 5 of my favorite new additions to the music coin set. The first is Boris Hristoff of Bulgaria. He was a famous Bass Opera singer. Next, Robert Marley of Jamaica, Reggae music...not my thing...but talented man and very popular, 3rd Sergi Rachmaninoff, one of my favorite Russian composers, 4th, Peter Ilich Tchaikovski, another well loved Russian Composer (Nutcracker Suite for example) and 5, the National Anthem of Transnistria. I had to look up Transnistria...but it really...sort of...is a country.

I have my 5 NGC submissions I haven't used yet...I think these will be the 5 selections to send in. I THINK they will accept gold on the "free" submission with membership coupon.

I really like the nice simple designs of the Finnish coins (prior post).

RI AL

Way to go there, Physics!!

I won 4 more music coins in the past 3 days as "make an offer" on e-Bay. Will post when they come in. Israel, Andorra, Poland, Bulgaria, and just got an e-mail that a 2 coin Egypt set (Abdul Halim Hafiz 1 and 5 pound set offer was accepted...he was a famous Egyptian singer) so that's 6, plus several others I am waiting for. Definitely going to need another notebook and some more Eagle holders and pages! And...I keep finding MORE that I have missed in the past...not to mention new issues...I have a "looking for" list of about 40 pieces. That darned Wagner coin from Tonga is driving me nuts. I must be on 10 want lists.

I hope I'll have a chance to show this set off sometime. If I had a zillion $, I'd do the NGC competitive set thing...but I'll never be able to afford all THOSE slabs! Oh well, I'm having a blast while not breaking the bank.

RI AL

Hi, Guys. RI AL here.

I have been derelict in posting new acquisitions of late but the Music Coin collection has really taken off. I have gotten back into it bigtime and have found so many pieces that I didn't know about, and am bombarded by e-mailings and snail mail with new issues. I have added 28 pieces (mostly new or recent mintings but some older "missed" coins as well) in the past 2 months and have 4 more coming and bids on a few others. I am again "enjoying the thrill of the hunt" since I called a moratorium on my U.S. type set. (Hopefully this will come to an end at some point but I am enjoying the heck out of the music coin hunting and they are so much more affordable.) Anyway, I have scanned a few of my favorites to share. These are all recent or current issues except for the Egypt coin commemorating the Opera Aida, which was minted in 1987. My research has created a stack of "coins needed" sheets...there must be 50 pieces out there that I am looking for or will order at some point. Apparently there is a series of "World's Smallest Gold Coins", many of which commemorate composers. I have 3, but keep getting outbid on a Mozart piece from Mongolia.

Anyway, large scans below. The coins pictured are from Russia, Poland, 1 from the Ukraine and the AIDA coin from Egypt.

Hope everyone is well and having much success in your collecting!

RI AL...marrying off my son next weekend! We LOVE the soon to be daughter in law!

Just won this one. My first Aluminum coin.

 

 

Bartlesvilleok, If you have a minute sometime, I sure would like to know the history of this piece! Thanks.

 

Ri AL

 

Dont know a lot about the history. It is a Judd 1769

 

The Judd 10th edition says the following

 

Obverse : Charles E Barber's design. At the center is a shield, across which is a ribbon inscribed LIBERTY, incused. Crossed poles behind support a liberty cap and an eagle. E PLURIBUS UNUM above. 1896 below, seven stars left, six right, all within a circle of dots.

Reverse: Olive wreath enclosing 1 CENT. Around the boarder inside a circle of dots is UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Thanks for the information. I wasn't even aware that aluminum was "available" 113 years ago. I really like the design. I wonder why it was rejected.

RI AL

Just won this one. My first Aluminum coin.

 

Bartlesvilleok, If you have a minute sometime, I sure would like to know the history of this piece! Thanks.

Ri AL

Thanks to the wisdom of you guys when I asked your opinions a few weeks ago, I just picked up this 69 for $12 instead of $40-$50 for a 70. This is going to be part of my music coin set of course. RI AL

Here is another music coin that arrived yesterday. It is a fantasy issue from "Catalonia" (listed under Spain in "Unusual World Coins". Rummaging through the book, I found a few pages of coins from "Middle Earth". Now THAT would be a fun set to collect. I wonder if they were minted in Hell? RI AL

What an amazing little "time capsule" your coin is!!! It 's just so neat thinking about what was going on in the world when this coin was "born",

Regarding the pongs, I think I have to agree that they are not my favorite aspect of the entire presentation, In fact, I think they kind of detract. In any event, you have a really neat piece of history protected for future generations to enjoy.

Nice coin!!! RI AL

Of course I'm exceedingly envious. I've been hunting for a measely affordable 63 quarter...and there you go, posting all that gorgeous stuff!!! and I mean N I C E!

RI AL

This musician coin arrived today complements of Teletrade. I had never heard of Jezec so I had to look him up. Not only is this a Registry coin (so what)...it is the finest graded by PCGS (and the only one).

Sorry about the scans, guys, tried several settings...but here is my Teletrade win from last week. There is some gold toning that doesn't show up in the crappy scans, as well as a couple of neat die breaks.

A scanning question for the scanning impaired...as you increase the number of DPI's, should the images get sharper? I can't quite figure out why my images look like they are on the other side of a foggy window...

I just checked back several pages here and am so impressed with the BEAUTIFUL stuff you guys come up with!!!

js30225. I am looking at a picture of the Pope 2001 Proof in the "World Coins" catalog and I see no evidence of obvious doubling on the reverse. Interestingly, there are no mintage statistics for the coin listed, so it would be interesting to know how many your seller bought, if he bought nearly all of them. As far as value, in my humble opinion, I believe that you may have an interesting error, but I would imagine that the market for your coin would be very small, requiring a very specialized collector indeed. A fun piece to own, but I don't think it is a rare treasure.

RI AL

Well...here it is...the moment you have all been anxiously waiting for, my next, "I'm not quite sure why I bought this" coin. The detached leg isn't that spectacular...it's more like a birth defect...

RI AL

WOW! Love that astronomy set!!!

This just arrived this afternoon from Latvia. Another addition to my Music and Musicians collection. This one commemorates Latvian Folksongs. Coin is copper/nickel, 30mm in diameter issued in 2008.

RI AL

I am busily working on a Rhode Island set...which will have all of 3 pieces when finished, the 1936 half which I already have, the RI continental currency that I won from Heritage and am waiting for, and today, this arrived. Not as riviting as many of the beauties you all post...but I'm happy just the same.

Some really handsome looking silver there, Ant!!

RI AL

You've got to love those colored Australia coins!!

This minor coin from Portugal arrived yesterday. I collect music related coins. It's a challenge to keep up with all the new issues as music seems to be a pretty popular "theme" (pardon the pun) these days. Next, hopefully, is a Singing Festival coin from Latvia that I have a bid on.

In spite of the famous DiWitt brother's noses, (serious honkers those!) that's a gorgeous medal. I wish the designs of today's coins were even HALF as beautiful!!!

Though the 2 unfortunate gentlemen were torn to pieces...I bet those noses are still around somewhere...maybe used as door stops??

RI AL

Attempt # 3,085,362.464...Slightly better picture

RI Al

Please excuse the poor quality of the picture...this is the best of several attempts of my "latest acquisition". For some reason, I just can't get the picture to be smaller when I post it though I have "resized it" on Photobucket. Can anyone help me with this??

This set was issued in 2004 and the coins are Euro Pattern coins. Though difficult to tell, the obverses feature Frederic Chopin (pianist/composer) as the bottom 3 copper coins, Nicolaus Copernicus (astronomy) and the top 3 brass coins. The center 3 coins feature Pope Paul ll.

Again...my apologies for the poor picture. RI AL

She's a beauty, raresov! I really love the simplicity of the design! Congrats in geting one of the 1500!!

RI Al

Raresov.

Thanks for posting the pix. Your set is gorgeous! I really like the designs a lot!!!

RI AL