Conder101 Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Had a good, possibly great day on eBay today. It has been difficult lately for me to find any conder tokens for my collection. But today I lucked out with a Lancashire 19, listed in D&H as rare and not represented in Dr Sriro's conder token CD. It's not the most pretty thing and the grade isn't real high but I'm happy to have found it. I also found a Shropshire piece that appears to be even better. The obverse is definitely the obv of DH 9. The rev matches the description in D&H for the one used for D&H 11 and 17. That would seem to make it #11. Problem is from talking to a couple of Conder experts, no one has seen a #11 that actually matches the description in description in the book. They have always turned out to be one of the other listed varieties. At least until I indentified the #11 on the Sriro CD as having a previously unknown rev die. Well when I saw this one on ebay today, at first glance it does match the description for #11. But when you check more closely you see that it is not the same reverse. GREAT I thought , I've found a second example of the Sriro #11!. So I pulled up the image from the CD. No it doesn't match that reverse either! After a little more study I have come to the conclusion that either it is from the reverse of D&H 4, which would mean a new variety from known dies, or it is a new variety from a new unknown reverse die. If it is it will be the third new reverse die, and the second new variety I have discovered from Shropshire. (We are assuming that the Sriro 11 is actually the variety that D&H intended as 11 and they simply got it wrong when the said it was the same reverse as 17.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarm Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Congratulations! With the number of GTTs you need dwindling, that has to be a GREAT day! I've noticed some fairly rare tokens coming out of GB related to (but not in) the recent Spink sale and have been led to believe there is more to come. Hope so! Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RareSov Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Here are my latest The 2008 Gilded Kookaburra The 200th Anniversary Of The Rum Rebellion (holey dollar type!!) And the 100yrs First Coat Of Arms coloured silver proof Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarm Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 I'm going to have to check out some of that pretty Australian at the ANA next month! I've been adjusting the images posted by various auction houses based on a comparison of coins and tokens in hand. Pretty much across the board, the Spink sale recently had images that were too bright and not brown enough. Here's the Spink image and my own which is pretty close to the actual look (which I like, by the way!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackson64 Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 picked this one up today...a 1943 War coin, made in zinc like our cents were...looks BU but not much luster left...Krause lists at $35 so the $12 I paid seemed worth it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarm Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Cool coin with some history behind it! This little snippet from "World History at KLMA" addresses the change in coinage by the German authorities during their WWII occupation. "The Occupied Netherlands - Economy . The Dutch silver and copper coins were replaced by zinc coins (not only to collect valuable metal, but also in order to take metal portraits of Queen Wilhelmina out of circulation; many Dutchmen turned the old coins into necklaces etc., thus expressing their solidarity with the monarch)." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackson64 Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 good snippet...I like to read interesting facts like that.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BULLY Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 The latest, not necessarily the GREATEST just returning from NGC. On the upside, I took a chance and bought them RAW from an unknown seller on eBay. Add to the fact that Libertads from Mexico were VERY new to me. This is what I got, which was just slightly above melt at the time, and is BELOW melt at today's prices, with silver topping $19.29 per oz.! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackson64 Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 my 2 newest additions...my first ever coin from Nicaragua and the second coin for this set from the Seychelles (islands)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarm Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 The British token collection craze in the 1790's reached the point where tokens were even issued to lampoon the collectors! This token collector is about to have a dunce's cap placed on his head (presumably by the issuer Denton). The edge reads "Any sum given for scarce original strikings". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackson64 Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 too funny...nice one yarm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarm Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 Denton's also issued this token (lifted from Dr. Sriro's token CD) with an even more pointed inscription on the reverse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvereagle82-migration Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 France 1785A Louis d'or Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvey8542 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Love that one Yarm Nice France 1785A Silvereagle82 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarm Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 Simple and utilitarian, the tokens that followed the "Conder" period tend to come circulated. So, I had to grab this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzLarry Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 George II 1750 6 Pence, NGC MS64 http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f203/flaglarry/1507.jpg[/img]] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pendragon1998 Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 (edited) My latest: 2006 NGC MS69 Silver Britannia Edited March 16, 2008 by pendragon1998 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dooly Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Nice coins all You got one then pendragon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCM-Houston Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 I like that Geo. II 6p, I bought this NGC65 Geo. III 1/2 penny over the weekend, hopefully it arrives next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coinsarefun Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 New pickup's over the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ant Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 i like that 74/3 ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pendragon1998 Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Nice coins all You got one then pendragon Yes...I finally convinced tootawl ATS to sell me his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarm Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 JCM, looks like die cracks and die clashing on that halfpenny. Here's an extreme example (with cuds thrown in). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ant Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RI AL Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Half Dollar.. What a gorgeous Peru 5 pasetas. My no dot example is not nearly as nice, but I thought I would post a "with dot" just for the fun of sharing. Neither is a "newest acquisition" (my wife and I worked in Peru from 1975-79) and your coin is nicer than any I can recall seeing available during our stay. RI AL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RI AL Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Far from as super as many of the posts here, but these coins just arrived yesterday and will be added to the ole' trusty Music Coin collection. The first is an olympic coin (kind of a stretch to include in a music coin set) except that the runners are "jumping over" the Sydney Opera House. The second commemorates the reopening of the Berg Theater and Opera Building. I wouldn't have known about this issue except it appears on the cover of 2008 Standard Catalog 2001-date. Sorry the scans are through holders...I'm kinda' a klutz when it comes to handling Proofs. RI AL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackson64 Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 I've liked that Berg theater coin since I purchased my new Krause catalog...is that a silver proof? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coinsarefun Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Half Dollar.. What a gorgeous Peru 5 pasetas. My no dot example is not nearly as nice, but I thought I would post a "with dot" just for the fun of sharing. Neither is a "newest acquisition" (my wife and I worked in Peru from 1975-79) and your coin is nicer than any I can recall seeing available during our stay. RI AL Thank you very much for your kind words. I just got this picture in my email today. I haven't received this back from grading yet. But this 1846 Russian Rouble did very well. MS63 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RI AL Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Hello, everyone. These just arrived today for my "Music Collection". They certainly are a major departure from my "old fuddy duddy" set of composer coins, but what the heck...I'm mellowing in my retirement...sort of like old cheese that has been left out too long. RI AL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RI AL Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Hi, Jackson64. Appreciate your kind words on the Austria 10 Euro. It is a silver proof. I'm rather pleased with it and was a reasonably good buy on e-Bay. There sure is some great stuff posted here!!! RI AL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
