Another country finished: Nicaragua

[spiny]

The Philadelphia mint produced ten types of coins (well really just two different designs on ten different planchets) for Nicaragua between 1917 and 1943. Like a lot of Central/South American coins, they can be difficult to find uncirculated. Most of these are lusterous AUs.

 

½ Centavo KM10 1917-37, Bronze, 17.0mm, 2.50g

 

1 Centavo KM11 1917-40, Bronze, 20.3mm, 4.00g

 

5 Centavos KM12 1919-40, Copper-Nickel, 21.2mm, 5.00g

 

10 Centavos KM13 1927-36, Silver .800, 17.9mm, 2.50g

 

25 Centavos KM14 1928-36, Silver .800, 24.0mm, 6.25g

 

50 Centavos KM15 1929, Silver .800, 30.0mm, 12.50g

 

1 Centavo KM20 1943, Brass, 18.0mm, 2.50g

 

5 Centavos KM21 1943, Brass, 21.0mm, 3.75g

 

10 Centavos KM22 1943, Brass, 24.0mm, 5.50g

 

25 Centavos KM23 1943, Brass, 27.0mm, 7.50g

[greggy]

The Philadelphia mint produced ten types of coins (well really just two different designs on ten different planchets) for Nicaragua between 1917 and 1943. Like a lot of Central/South American coins, they can be difficult to find uncirculated. Most of these are lusterous AUs.

 

½ Centavo KM10 1917-37, Bronze, 17.0mm, 2.50g

 

1 Centavo KM11 1917-40, Bronze, 20.3mm, 4.00g

 

5 Centavos KM12 1919-40, Copper-Nickel, 21.2mm, 5.00g

 

10 Centavos KM13 1927-36, Silver .800, 17.9mm, 2.50g

 

25 Centavos KM14 1928-36, Silver .800, 24.0mm, 6.25g

 

50 Centavos KM15 1929, Silver .800, 30.0mm, 12.50g

 

1 Centavo KM20 1943, Brass, 18.0mm, 2.50g

 

5 Centavos KM21 1943, Brass, 21.0mm, 3.75g

 

10 Centavos KM22 1943, Brass, 24.0mm, 5.50g

 

25 Centavos KM23 1943, Brass, 27.0mm, 7.50g

[spiny]

Merry Boxing Day

[greggy]

Merry Boxing Day

All I care about is that it's a day off.

[spiny]

and you're here? Are all the comic book stores closed?

[spiny]

Hey wait! g'back here!

 

Got any of those poppy quarters? I could really use one.

[TJ]

Nice coins. Why did they switch from silver to brass on the higher denoms?

[spiny]

I don't know for sure why, but they went to copper-nickel for the higher denominations in 1939, as well as changing mints. Most likely due to inflation/poor economy. Nickel was a crucial war time material, so it's no suprise that they went with brass for the 1943 coins. The US mint made coins from brass for ten other countries as well during WWII. Even France.

[TJ]

I don't know for sure why, but they went to copper-nickel for the higher denominations in 1939, as well as changing mints. Most likely due to inflation/poor economy. Nickel was a crucial war time material, so it's no suprise that they went with brass for the 1943 coins. The US mint made coins from brass for ten other countries as well during WWII. Even France.

I really dislike brass anything.

[greggy]

Hey wait! g'back here!

 

Got any of those poppy quarters? I could really use one.

Not really.

[TJ]

Hey wait! g'back here!

 

Got any of those poppy quarters? I could really use one.

Not really.

translation: he has some but not for you.

[spiny]

Hey wait! g'back here!

 

Got any of those poppy quarters? I could really use one.

Not really.

translation: he has some but not for you.

Ah... kinda like I'd get you a deal on your cell phone if I could. Really.

[TJ]

Hey wait! g'back here!

 

Got any of those poppy quarters? I could really use one.

Not really.

translation: he has some but not for you.

Ah... kinda like I'd get you a deal on your cell phone if I could. Really.

No, not like that, not like that at all. Unless you have a stack of phones sitting in your perfect basement.

[shirohniichan]

Congrats, Spiny! How many more to finish the entire set of foreign coins struck at US Mints?

[JamminJ]

That is a nice, well matched set. How did you begin collecting along this theme?

[Hoot]

Very interesting stuff Spiny! Great set!

 

Hoot

[spiny]

Congrats, Spiny! How many more to finish the entire set of foreign coins struck at US Mints?

 

More than I thought. I just went through it and it looks like I have 55 more that I can realistically expect to get, even though there are some expensive ones like the 1 Quetzal and the Hawaiian coins in there, 13 gold coins, including the Saudi ones, that I'd rather wait on, 9 that should be varieties and not types like they are according to Krause, (i.e. Cuban HR/MR/LR silver, Peruvian coins sub-typed by mintmark), and 11 that are most likely impossible for me to obtain (Chinese patterns, 1978 Dominican silver proof set (mintage 15), Hawaiian copper proofs). Phew... (TJ, pls prfrd, thx)

 

Jammin, I collected US type until I got priced out/couldn't see the value in continuing. Then I moved on to Canada, since I'm half Canadian , and a well planned out type set of semi-keys in matching grades. That turned out to be tougher than I thought it would be (those coins are rare in VF-EF). I had gotten bored with hunting for die varieties as a low cost time filler, got some coins from the PI from my uncle, and I found my new direction. Five years later and I'm right back where I was, but this time I'm searching for the elusive 1915 El Salvador 3 Centavos.

[EZ_E]

Nice!!! I love the mountain design. I've acquire a half a dozen Guatemalan coins from JamminJ which is sweet diversion.

 

What other countries have you whored, er, um....collected?

 

I just watched Deuce Bigalow: European Gigalo so I guess that my mind is somewhere else.