"Unusual World Coins", U.S. Issues???

[RI AL]

Well, I'm on the prowl for more music coins and stumbled on a bunch in "Unusual World Coins", places like Caladonia...I don't think they are actual coins as they were never meant for circulation but my requirement is if they have a date, a denomonation and a music topic on them, I collect them. Ecus seem to be real popular with countries pre-Euro.

 

Anyway, this is a U.S. coin (?) question. I am wondering if anyone has any infoemation on these from "Unusual World Coins", hopefully visible in the scan below.

 

Thanks. RI AL

 

[michael]

yes there are tons of "coins" like this

 

tribute coins

 

there are some reallyfatastic tribute jeff nicks struck by a privare minter dated 1938 for the 50th anniversary of the jeef nick in 1988 and simply fantastic and i see them at shows and from collectors and ngc has certified many of them

 

they are neat and in demand and extremely collectible

 

not worth really much and limited demand also from the one you have pictured it is of lower visual quality

 

the ones i am speaking of are basically killer monster quality THIS USUALLY DEFINES DEMAND

 

i will try to find someone website about them and post on your thread here

 

really cool items but well they are all privately minted highly unusual but calling them unusual world coins is sort of a politically correct misnomer but a fancy marketing ploy

 

if i might be so bold as to not be so politically correct and call them privately minted for profit usually ugly/fugly less than desirable collectibles for the most part

 

interesting none the less

[Dcoin]

I can't see the scan at work, but I've seen guitar coins advertized in many publications. There is a bunch on Ebay, from Somalia. Also coins shaped like guitar picks are popular.

 

These might match your musical needs.

[michael]

cant find but they are made of i think pure silver

 

i am sure someone knows where to find photos of these coins and when they read this thread will respond in kind

[World Colonial]

Two of those are $100 and $150?

[EZ_E]

There is a 1920 German Beethoven coin not to mention the fairly recent Fender guitar coin.

[RI AL]

HI, guys. I have the whole set of the Somalia guitar coins, including the top graded NGC example of one of the 6 in the set. The 1920 Beethoven coin is notgeld and I believe they are 5, 10 and 20 pfennigs, all in zinc. If anyone is interested I will be most happy post pictures of both of the "sets".

 

Hey, keep the suggestions coming...I bet you know of some that I don't have yet. The problem is, music is such a popular topic for NCLT coins that I can't keep up. Lots of circulating ones too. That darn Wagner coin from TOGO has really been a bummer to find. I keep looking...but no luck.

 

RI AL

[EZ_E]

I'd certainly like to see pics, Al. I didn't know the Beethoven was a 3-piece coin set.

[TomB]

The Jefferson pieces are private mint fantasy tokens meant to raise money for the issuer and nothing else.

[RI AL]

Thanks for the info, guys. It's interesting then how the Jefferson "nickels" made it into the book, "Unusual World Coins". I guess I have to read again what qualifies as an "Unusual World Coin", since I have added many from the book to my Music set.

[RI AL]

Hey there, EZ_E.

 

Here are pictures of the 3 coin notgeld coins from Bonn with Beethoven, and the 6 coin set of the Somalia Guitar Coins. I bet NGC had some fun figureing how to get the Guitar coins in slabs! Gee...I think I'll have to hunt around for a new 50 of the Beethoven coins. Mine is kinda' rusty. RI AL

 

[gbsten]

That's a very nice topic set you're building Al. Bet some of those guiter issues could command a nice price even from non-collectors!

[Zoins]

Here is Heritage's description of the Jefferson piece (X-195). It describes the design as "a rejected design by Frans Karel Hejda from the design competition of early 1938" and the piece as "an unofficial pattern struck in an unknown small quantity in more recent years from a die made from the original Hejda galvanos."

1938 Pattern Jefferson Nickel PR66 Deep Cameo Uncertified. Not listed in Judd or Pollock. Left facing bust of Jefferson gazing upward, with the standard legends and date as on the circulating Jefferson Nickel. The reverse depicts Monticello with a map of Virginia below. The legends are consistent to the legends on the accepted design, but MONTICELLO is shifted left to make way for the map. Silver composition. This is a rejected design by Frans Karel Hejda from the design competition of early 1938. Felix Schlag's view of Monticello was rejected and the view changed to that seen on this piece, an unofficial pattern struck in an unknown small quantity in more recent years from a die made from the original Hejda galvanos. The die has since been destroyed. (#62300)

[RI AL]

Thanks, Zoins. Interesting!!!!

 

RI AL

[RI AL]

Hey there, EZ_E.

 

Here are pictures of the 3 coin notgeld coins from Bonn with Beethoven, and the 6 coin set of the Somalia Guitar Coins. I bet NGC had some fun figureing how to get the Guitar coins in slabs! Gee...I think I'll have to hunt around for a new 50 of the Beethoven coins. Mine is kinda' rusty. RI AL

 

 

Actually, they are dirt cheap uncertified. I think you can get the whole set of 6 for like $30 or so. Same with the Somali motor cycle coins. Apparently, the Gary Glitter guitar coin caused a bit of controversy. I'm not into rock music at all (Classically trained pianist here) but apparently, Mr. Glitter got himself into a bit of trouble with little girls in Vietnam and a variety of other "offences" including sharing of porn. He been banned or deported from a bunch of countries. I try to overlook the recognition of Gary Glitter by the coin and focus just on the guitar for my music set. Hey, you can't blame the coin.

 

Ri AL

[bartlesvilleok]

I have seen these "coins" around but never have seen the back side. Do you have photos of those?