A new red beauty

[brg5658]

Galloping past 40 coins...

 

This week I have added a couple new coins to my horses set. These coins put me past the 40 coin mark for the set!

 

I have been looking for a Venezuela coin featuring the horse on the national arms shield for quite some time. I was patient, and picky about this one, and I'm happy with the coin I finally picked up. I purchased a 1965 25 Centimos piece from Teletrade graded MS65 by NGC. It's a superbly clean coin, and has great detail. I love the steely look of it, and it's size is petite at 17 mm, or about the size of the U.S. Dime.

 

The second coin I acquired was through a trade with a fellow Collector's Society member. Specifically, brolytiz has a superb set of Lithuanian coins from 1925-1938. Lucky for me, he also had some extra examples. As a part of a trade, I am happy to add to my horses set a 1936 2 Centai piece graded MS64 RED by NGC. It is a beautiful coin, and features the same left facing mounted horseman/knight as my 1548 Lithuanian/Polish half grosz (also in my horses set). This is a symbol of Lithuania that has stood the test of time and is still used on their coinage to this day.

 

I hope everyone is having a good week. I will post large photos of both new coins on the Chat Boards link. Below is a small version of the Lithuania .

 

Cheers!

 

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[brg5658]

The large pictures:

 

[Walkerfan]

Nice theme! Gotta love those!!!

[noow]

[Mokiechan]

Very Nice Brandon, that Lithuanian coin is especially nice. Love those Baltic States, got to put them on my bucket list.

 

Cheers,

Malcolm