rbrown4 Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 A Toned 1988 Maple Leaf - Effects from sitting in a desk drawer for several years apparently. The nearly vertical lines are not scratches or wipe marks. Rey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsshog40 Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 That's nice Rey, I like that!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoKopeiki Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 How's this for a Churchill Crown? ~Roman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RareSov Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Have finally added a PROPER Type II Sydney Mint coin to my collection CH UNC she's a beauty and should slab an almighty MS64 or better *fingers crossed* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoKopeiki Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Very nice Australian sovereign! Here's a tiny 1 Real with a lot of character ~Roman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsshog40 Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Nice coins there TwoK and raresov!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RareSov Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Yes nice Real ! pretty well detailed by the looks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoKopeiki Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Thanks, RareSov. It's quickly becoming one of my favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarm Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 I need to find my old college German text to figure out the inscriptions on this piece but I thought this half dollar size jetton was kinda neat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrown4 Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 (edited) By what I can remember here are some of the words, Pour, my, brother, with, hunger - not proper tense, arrangement, meaning etc. Do not delay God's ????? More, Plenty of, a lot of Beer Nice coin by the way too. Rey Edited July 28, 2007 by rbrown4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satootoko Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 Google is striking out on finding something significant about the two years in the double date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ant Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 found this hunting pounds of world coins dont know what it is but its from 1854 with a posable doubled mint mark? sorry very dark coin and only a scan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RareSov Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 See this page for more information http://odophil.ch/numismatik/medaillen/hunger/hunger.html Seems to be known as a HUNGER or HUNGERSNOT ? () Yours is down a bit, type 5 Medaille auf die Hungersnot 1816/1817 Messing versilbert 33 mm, 12.8 gr. AV: Eine Mutter sitz nach rechts auf einem Stein, hält ein Kind im rechten Arm, vor ihr steht ein weiteres Kind an sie gelehnt und hält die Hand bittend zur Mutter. Legende: O GIEB MIR BROD MICH HUNGERT., im Abschnitt: IETTON, am Fuss des Steins: "Stettner" (Medailleur aus Bayern) RV: Aus den Wolken hängt eine Waage, in der linken Schale ein Gewichtsstein, darunter 1&3L, in der rechten Schale Korn, darunter 12.KR, zwischen den Schalen: 1 MAAS BIER / 8 1/2 KR, auf der Standlinie liegt ein Anker und eine Garbe Korn, links und rechts davon Getreidehaufen. Legende: VERZAGET NICHT - GOTT LEBET NOCH., im Abschnitt: 1816.U 1817. / L Translation of that page with google is here http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://odophil.ch/numismatik/medaillen/hunger/hunger.html&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DO%2BGIEB%2BMIR%2BBROD%2BMICH%2BHUNGERT%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3DS2I%26sa%3DG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RareSov Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 Sorry ant, not for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RareSov Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 Google translated: Medals to hunger emergency and Theuerung 1771/1773 and 1816/1817 In our time coined/shaped by the abundance, only few humans use thoughts to the terrible hunger emergencies of that time. It was reported at that time on the fact that in the Appenzellerland hungernden humans on the meadows dried up dug for grass roots. From the hunger time of distress even still another prescription of a May beetle soup is delivered. Maikäfer and many other insects have a high content of proteins and fats, which were partly also used by darbenden humans. The prescription, of me personally tested and after own Gusto refined, can be dispatched gladly on request. The soup mundet excellently. The today's hunger emergencies are far away our civilization and affect few contemporaries. According to some shocking pictures over hunger disasters in Africa, Asia or South America, which are radiated occasionally at the TV, the everyday life with its offer in excess gets us. We bite, push Genüsslich again into the fat sausage something bread after and rinse with appropriate Wohlbehagen with a cool Bierchen or a delicious wine. These intending medals are able to point out perhaps the problems of the times of distress at that time to something. The fears and emergencies of the population at that time, the argument with over-powerful nature with its climatic fluctuations, all this on the medals one holds. In addition, the Huldigung at God, which the harvest benediction was to be thanked, we find in the pictures. In addition, there the usurers came on Gepräge, which enriched themselves at the distressed population shameless. Impressive also the tin medal, which represents 1773/1774 mouse troubles in Saxonia. Remarkably the putting medal, arranged of the well-known Medailleur T. Stettner, with handkolorierten inserts. For the coinages predominantly cheaper metals were used such as lead, tin or copper/brass. This may be perhaps also a reason that these medals do not find so many lovers, completely to injustice actually, if one regards the beautiful, styleful Design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RareSov Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 (edited) 5 Medal on the hunger emergency 1816/1817 Brass silvers 33 mm, 12,8 gr. AV: A nut/mother seat to the right on a stone, holds a child in the right arm, before it stands a further child leaned to her and keeps the hand pleading to the nut/mother. Putting one: O GIEB ME BROD ME HUNGERT., in the section: IETTON, at the foot of the stone: “Stettner” (Medailleur from Bavaria) Check valve: From the clouds a balance, in the left bowl a weight stone, hangs under it 1&3L, in the right bowl grain, under it 12.KR, between the bowls: 1 MAAS BEER/8 1/2 KR, on the base line is appropriate an anchor and a sheaf grain, on the left and on the right of it for heaps of grain. Putting one: VERZAGET NON GOD LIVES STILL., in the section: 1816.U 1817. /L EDIT : whoops actually of course yours is type SIX, just underneath.. Auflage anyone ? Gleiche Medaille wie Nr 5 Messing versilbert 33 mm, 12.8 gr. Stempel nachgearbeitet, viele Details feiner geschnitten (Anker, Garbe, Wolken, Schriften usw.), Versilberung massiver, vielleicht 2. Auflage? Edited July 29, 2007 by RareSov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RareSov Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 Now you know the exact inscriptions, someone should be able to translate O GIEB ME BROD ME HUNGERT VERZAGET NICHT - GOTT LEBET NOCH That site is .ch which is Switzerland, is that where its from ? don't know of any online Swiss translators, Google didnt do anything with it as seen above.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RareSov Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 ant : NAPOLEON III EMPEROR and EMPIRE FRANCAIS What else is on there, I'm assuming its a Franc or so ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ant Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 centime is the only other word i think its that. pretty worn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ant Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 http://www.muenzen-hardelt.de/fra-10c54a.jpg looks like this but has what seems to be a doubled mint. bb is mint mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarm Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 Raresov, thanks for the references! Translating 200 year old text seems to be a bit tricky even for Google! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crito Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 Potosi mint 4 Reales cobs from reign of Philip II. They were produced between 1574 and 1598. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsshog40 Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Now them's is old there crito (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francophile Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 (edited) To Ant: In case this info is still useful to you... You appear to have a France 10 (dix) centimes coin from 1854. If the coin measures 30mm, it is a 10 centimes. If it is 25mm, it's a 5 (cinq) centimes. If the mint marked appears to be a doubled B or "BB", it was minted in Strasbourg. If it is only one B, it was minted in Rouen. Both the 5 and 10 centimes are bronze coins, equaling 1/20 and 1/10 of one franc respectively, similar to the U.S. nickel and dime. The 10 centimes was the largest bronze coin minted in France in that year. 50 centimes to 5 francs were minted in silver. Edited July 31, 2007 by Prester John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ant Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 where can i go for a value of the coin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keleum Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Ant, I have one of those in VF shape obv/ VG-F shape rev , and according to the 2004 standard catalog of the 19th Century (I checked out of the library) it's worth about $5 or in that range, I looked it up about a week or so ago, myself. I'm sorting through a bunch of 19th-20th Century french and german coins, I'm thinking of becoming a german 19th Century Thaler collector, since I got a good headstart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francophile Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Ant, My sources basically agree with with Keleum's. An 1854 BB Dix Centimes will go about $5.00 in that condition. This is based on "Le Franc VII" 2007 edition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarm Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 (edited) Just picked up this British Historical Medal #650 (seller's picture) commemorating George III's 50th year of reign. What attracted me was the seller's comment that it was overstruck on a coin/medal of 1803. It'll be fun to see if I can identify what that was! Edited August 3, 2007 by yarm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dooly Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Nice find Yarm.. 1803 gess it wont be a GB coin then ! (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvey8542 Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Nice one Yarm . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...