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S ingle source mined gold coins? The Royal
Canadian Mint (RCM) launched this
innovative type of bullion coinage in 2022.
That’s one shoe that dropped several years
ago. The second shoe that has more recently
dropped is that the exclusive dealer from
whom the 2024 dated coins can be purchased
is Costco Canada.
All this comes on the back of the U.S.
Federal Reserve Bank continuing to ease
monetary policy, in turn strengthening the spot
price of gold as a safe-haven asset. Not only are
gold bullion, coins, and jewelry appreciating,
but so are gold-backed cryptocurrencies.
The derivative digital assets are becoming
increasingly attractive to investors looking for
stability. The rising prices make the coins Canada’s 2024 single-source Gold Maple Leaf coins are being sold exclusively through
of greater interest to the public as well as to Costco Canada.
collectors. two per member and, as with the silver products, are not
Consider it a gimmick or not, Costco Canada has the
returnable. All gold and silver numismatic items purchased at
initial, if not the exclusive, rights to market the single source
Costco are shipped via UPS.
coins to its clients. Each coin is available encapsulated in
Information was not available in time for this article
a credit card-type packaging that includes a certificate of
regarding whether traditional coin dealers are willing to pay
authenticity signed by the RCM chief engraver.
a premium for any of the Costco-originating numismatic
According to an RCM press release, Costco Canada
collectibles. All single-source Canadian gold coins have a
members will have the first opportunity to buy the 2024 one
privy mark on the reverse.
troy ounce .9999 fine Maple Leaf Single Mint bullion coins.
The coins are being sold initially at select Costco stores across Gold coins typically contain trace particles of other minerals
Canada and at the Costco website. The face value of the coins through which the source of the gold can be identified. This is
is $50. However, Costco initially retailed them for $3,600. The particularly true of coins that date from when refining methods
spot price of an ounce of gold was about $2,600 at that time. were less scientific than they are today. Since Canada’s single-
This is the latest numismatic item to be sold through source mined gold is refined to four 9s (0.9999 fine), it would
Costco. Silver American Eagles, Canadian Silver Maple be challenging to use chemical analysis to identify the source
Leaf coins and PAMP Suisse gold ingots are also available of the gold in its modern bullion coins.
to members through the giant retailer. Costco does not The RCM began offering single-source mined gold
repurchase numismatic items it sells. Buyers can purchase 20 bullion coins in 2022, the gold for those coins originating
Silver American Eagles or 25 Canadian Silver Maple Leafs at exclusively from Nunavut’s Agnico Eagle’s Meliadine mine.
a time. Purchases of the silver coins are limited to five units The Meliadine mine is the Kivalliq District of Nunavut
per member and are not returnable. Territory, Canada’ s most recent territory that was carved out
In addition to the Canada Gold Maple Leaf coins, Costco of the Northwest Territory. A privy mark of a hand cradling
is selling PAMP Suisse Lady Fortuna Veriscan, PAMP Earth accompanied by the weight and purity of the metal is
American Buffalo and PAMP American the Free Statue of set against micro-engraved radial lines on the reverse. The
Liberty ingots. Each is advertised as being “one troy ounce 2022 coins were marketed by Kitco.
and made of 24-karat gold.” The gold ingots are limited to The 2023 single-source mine Gold Maple Leaf coins
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MONACO EUROS - Monaco is one of the three scarce “piggyback” countries
in the Euro Zone. It is not a member of the European Union, but may of¿cially
strike a small number of Euros because of its monetary treaty with France. These
two denominations are both bi-metallic. The 1 Euro depicts both Prince Ranier III
and Prince Albert. The 2 Euro portrays Prince Ranier alone. 1 & 2 Euro BU
pair ...................................................................................................................$24.00

AUSTRIA: TYROL – One of the most famous denominations in medieval Germanic coinage
is the Kreuzer, named for the eight armed cross (kreuz) the original ones depicted. The ¿rst
Kreuzers to be struck were issued by the Counts of Tyrol in Austria. I have some inexpensive
examples of the most common early Kreuzer, struck by of Sigismund of Tyrol (1439-90). VG,
mildly wavy ............................................................................................................................. $15
RARE CRUSADER PRINCE - In 1204, the Crusaders decided that it was more pro¿table to attack
one’s allies than one’s enemies. They quickly conquered Byzantine Greece and divided it into feudal
principalities. An important one was Achaea, consisting of the Peloponnese. Most of the rulers of this
area were related to the Anjou kings of Naples. The last of this line to place his name on his coins was
Robert of Taranto (1333-64). These deniers tournois bore French designs (a cross and a chatel tournois)
but Crusader inscriptions (ROBT P ACh’E / [DE] CLARENCIA. They were of base silver and were
always weakly struck. This lot grades VF or better by wear but none will have all features clear. CCS
Price Guide lists VF at $200 ......................................................................................................... $60.00
FRANCE: METZ – During most of the Middle Ages coinage in France was a mix of not only
coins struck by the king, but also coins struck by local rulers. Some were nobles, others were
religious of¿cials who held secular authority. The Bishops of Metz, in the North East of France
near Luxembourg, were an important example. These small silver deniers were struck by Bishop
Bertram (1179/80-1212). They depict the bishop in prayer on the obverse, with the reverse showing
a hand in benediction with a cross behind. Average VF .............................................................. $75
FRANCE: MAINE - An archetypal French Feudal coinage, the deniers of the Counts
of Maine continued unchanged from c.1030 to 1246. Fashioned in the pattern of
Charlemagne’s coins, they bear an early count’s monogram and a cross. The reverse
carries the religious legend SIGNVM DEI VIVI. The retention of the dead Count
Herbert’s monogram was intended to convey the concept of stability, much as the design
of the U.S. dollar has remained unchanged since 1923. This was indeed a good coinage,
this denier being worth fully double the denier tournois. 1100s to 1246. Rob.4121-22.
VF ......................................................................................................................... $75.00
ITALY: MILAN – Much like in France, the coinage of medieval Northern Italy often was struck
by diverse local authorities. These were often cities rather than nobles, and those cities frequently
pledged their allegiance to the Holy Roman Emperor, whom they would then cite on their coins.
Milan is an excellent example. The slightly cup-shaped Denaro Scodellato struck between 1039-
1125 bore the legend IMPERATOR HENRIC, indicating loyalty to the Emperors Henry III through
Henry V. Nice examples generally EF ........................................................................................... $89
EARLY LITHUANIA - The coins of Lithuania before its union with Poland have always been consid-
ered scarce, however the fall of the Soviet empire made these coins more accessible to collectors. One
side bears the famous national symbol “Columns of Gediminas” the other a spear point and small cross.
Not all authors agree on just who struck these denars. Karys says they were struck by the famous Queen
Jogaila 1377-92, while Kopicki lists them as Vitautas 1392-1430. Good silver, half-dime size, & usually
about 50% struck. Way cheaper than they were a decade ago. VF by wear ................................ $195.00
ITALY: PAVIA – For some time an independent city with loyalty to the Holy
Roman Emperor, Pavia was acquired by the Visconti of Milan in 1359. Under
that dynasty, the University of Pavia was founded and the city À ourished. This
silver pegione, essentially a grosso, was struck by Galeazzo II Visconti from
1365 to 1378. It is similar to those struck for Milan at the time, but the saint
depicted is St. Sirus, rather than St. Ambrose. Avg. VF ...............................$98

PORTUGUESE INDIA - 1947 Tanga Brilliant Uncirculated. Portugal’s anachronistic coastal

trading settlements, the largest of which was Goa, were invaded and annexed by India in
the early 1960s. I’ve had this hoard hiding in a corner for years and then found it again. Full
BU .............................................................................................................................. $33.00

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PAMPHYLIA, ASPENDUS 1999 1000 TUGRIK K-185 DA VINCI.................... 155 1996 10 YUAN NGC-MS69 LARGE DATE PANDA ..... 80 CLEANED ........................................................... 550
C212-181BC TETRADRACHM YR.18 NGC-CH VF MOROCCO 2003 10 YUAN NGC-MS70 PANDA ....................... 240 1898ZS PESO K-409.3 NGC-UNC DETAILS CLEANED ... 95
BRUSHED ALEXANDER III.................................. 450 ND(1915) GOLD JETON AU 3.5 GRAM WITH 2007 10 YUAN NGC-MS70 PANDA ....................... 100 1902ZS PESO K-409.3 NGC-UNC DETAILS CLEANED .. 95
THRACE, MESAMBRIA ROOSTER AND CASABLANCA ............................ 900 CONGO FREE STATE 1902ZS PESO K-409.3 NGC-MS62 ........................ 200
C250-175BC TETRADRACHM NGC-XF STRIKE 4/5 NEW ZEALAND 1888 2 CENTIMES K-2 PCGS-MS65RB ..................... 85 1982-MO ONZA K-494.1 PCGS-MS65 ..................... 60
SURFACE 3/5 MARKS ALEXANDER III ................ 500 2007 $ K-296 PRF POLAR YEAR ........................... 155 CUBA 1982-MO ONZA K-494.1 PCGS-MS66 ..................... 80
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2006 POUND K-124 PRF SHAKESPEARE................ 155 1948 10 CENTAVOS K-A12 NGC-MS65.................. 275 CLEANED .......................................................... 125
ANDORRA 1864/0 2 PESO K-143 PCGS-UNC DETAILS
2008 2 DINERS PRF LA PIETAT 1 GRAM............... 155 SALTWATER DAMAGE ........................................ 850 1915 20 CENTAVOS K-13.1 NGC-AU58 FINE ........ 120 NETHERLANDS
RUSSIA 1916 20 CENTAVOS K-13.2 NGC-MS64 ................. 800 1898 25 CENTS K-120.1 NGC-MS62 ..................... 600
AUSTRALIA 1920 20 CENTAVOS K-13.2 NGC-MS63 ................. 100 NORWAY
2007 $5 PRF SYDNEY BRIDGE 1.24 GRAM ........... 155 1897 5 ROUBLES Y-62 XF .................................... 340
1899 5 ROUBLES Y-62 AU+ ................................. 370 1953 25 CENTAVOS K-27 NGC-MS63 ...................... 60 1902 2 KRONER K-359 NGC-AU DET CLND ........... 325
AUSTRALIA 1901 5 ROUBLES Y-62 AU+ ................................. 400 FRANCE 2004 .50 EURO X#PN6 PCGS-MS68 ...................... 48
1870 SOVEREIGN K-4 NGC-AU58 ......................... 780 1842 2 CENTIMES MARZ-1116 NGC-MS64 ESSAI . 140 PANAMA
1885S SOVEREIGN K-7 BAGGY AU+ ..................... 645 1976 CHEVRONETZ Y-85 AU ................................ 700
1976 CHEVRONETZ Y-85 BU ................................ 720 1853A 10 CENTIMES K-771.1 PCGS-MS64RB........ 150 1935 CENTESIMO K-14 NGC-MS64 RB.................. 105
1897 SOVEREIGN K-13 AU+................................. 645 1853B 10 CENTIMES K-771.2 PCGS-MS63RB........ 125 1947 1/10 BALBOA K-10.1 NGC-MS64 .................. 55
1900P SOVEREIGN K-13 AU+ ............................... 645 SOMALIA REPUBLIC 1929 10 FRANCS MAZ-2549A PCGS-SP64 ESSAI... 140
2002 50 SHILLINGS K-161 PRF PHARAOHS ......... 155 1930 1/4 BALBOA K-11.1 NGC-MS62 .................. 125
AUSTRIA FRENCH INDO CHINA 1947 1/2 BALBOA K-12.1 NGC-AU58 .................... 45
1773 2 DUCAT K-1860 AU ................................ 1,900 SOUTH AFRICA 1900A PIASTRE K-5A.1 NGC-AU DET CLN............... 80 1962 1/2 BALBOA K-12.2 NGC-MS65 .................... 60
1897 4 DUCAT K-2276 AU CLEANED SMALL 2008 NATURA GOLD SET ALL NGC-PF69UC 1.85 OZ
ELEPHANTS .................................................... 5,050 GERMANY-ANHALT-DESSAU PERU
HOLE (USUAL) ................................................ 1,275 1865 1/6 THALER K-19 NGC-MS65 TOP POP 1/0...400 1764LMJM 8 REALES K-A64 PCGS-VF DETAILS
BENIN SPAIN 1914A 5 MARK K-31 NGC-UNC DETAILS OBV CLEANED ........................................................... 550
2005 1500 FRANCS PRF LEOPARD 1.24G ............. 155 2008 20 EUROS K-1193 CAESAR .......................... 155 CLEANED ANNIVERSAY ...................................... 250 1888TF SOL K-196.24 NGC-UNC DET CLND .......... 100
BRAZIL SWITZERLAND GERMANY-BAVARIA PHILIPPINES
1972 300 CRUZEIROS K-584 UNC ..................... 1,350 1927B 20 FRANCS NGC-MS65 .............................. 520 1829 HELLER K-679 NGC-MS69RD OLD NGC 1903 5 CENTAVOS K-164 NGC-MS63 ...................... 80
CANADA 1930B 20 FRANCS BU ..................................... 505 TR TOP POP 5/0..................................................... 180 1897 PESO K-157 NGC-MS62 ............................ 1,700
1997 $5 GOLD MAPLE BU FAMILY 1/10 OZ ........ 285 TUNISIA GERMANY-LIPPE DETMOLD SWITZERLAND
2021 $8 PROOF CHINESE DRAGON ...................... 200 1904A 20 FRANCS ANACS-AU58 .......................... 505 1843A 2 THALER K-250 NGC-AU DET CLN ........... 950 1887 5 RAPPEN K-26 PCGS-MS65 KEY! ................. 750
2001 $10 HOLOGRAM PROOF MAPLE 1/4 OZ ..... 670 TURKEY GERMANY-PRUSSIA TIBET
CANADA-NEWFOUNDLAND AH1327/5 25 KURUSH K-752 UNC ...................... 215 1872A PFENNIG K-480 NGC-MS65RB ................... 125 1950 10 SRANG L&M-661 NGC-AU DET CLND
1880 $2 K-5 AU CLEANED KEY DATE! SMALL 1923/49 25 KURUSH K-851 GEM BU................... 155 1871A 3 PFENNIG K-482 NGC-MS66BN TOP POP 1/0 WITHOUT DOT .................................................. 100
HIT OR FLAW ON BRAID ................................ 1,800 AH1293/1 50 KURUSH K-724 BU ........................ 425 OLD NGC HOLDER ............................................. 175 1951 10 SRANG L&M-661 NGC-AU DET CLND WITH
CHINA VATICAN CITY 1910A 3 MARK K-530 NGC-MS62 BERLIN .............. 90 DOT................................................................... 100
1982 1/10 OZ PANDA IN ORIGINAL SEAL ........... 400 1936 100 LIRE K-39 PCGS-MS64.......................... 970 1912A 3 MARK K-527 NGC-AU55........................... 60 VENEZUELA
2013 150 YUAN NGC-PF69UC FAN SNAKE 1/3 OZ .. 900 1941 MINT SET W/ GOLD IN BOX K-MS25....... 1,240 GERMANY-SAXE-WEIMAR-EISENACH 1936 5 BOLIVARES Y-24 NGC-MS62..................... 100
2014 PANDA SET PCGS-MS 70 20, 50, 100, 200, ZAMBIA 1915A 3 MARK K-222 NGC-MS62......................... 175
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CONGO DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC *** CERTIFIED CROWNS AND MINORS 1865 PFENNIG K-1216 NGC-MS66RB TOP POP 1/0 1935R FRANGAR K-16 XF+ .................................... 26
2003 20 FRANCS K-136 POPE JOHN PAUL ........... 155 OF THE WORLD *** OLD NGC HOLDER ............................................. 175
CONGO REPUBLIC 1845F GROSCH K-1159 PCGS-MS64 TOP POP 1/0 ANGOLA
2005 1500 FRANCS K-70 PRF PYRAMID ............... 155
AUSTRIA 1969 10 ESCUDOS K-79 UNC LT TONED ................. 12
1816A 1/2 KREUZER K-2110 PCGS-MS64RB UNLISTED MINT IN KM ..................................... 175
DENMARK GREAT BRITAIN ARGENTINA
TOP POP 3/0..................................................... 125 1891 2 CENTAVOS K-33 AU+ ................................. 18
1873 20 KRONER K-791.1 BU .............................. 710 BHUTAN 1869 PENNY K-743.2 NGC-AU55BN THE KEY
1900 20 KRONER K-791.1 BU .............................. 710 DATE .............................................................. 1,500 AUSTRALIA
1928 1/2 RUPEE K-25 NGC-MS62 EARTH.......... 1,200 1958 3 PENCE K-57 PROOF .................................... 58
1890 20 KRONER K-791.1 NGC-MS64 OLDER SLAB.. 730 BRAZIL 1797 2 PENCE K-619 NGC-MS63BN................... 1,000
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1698 6 PENCE K-496.1 NGC-MS62 ....................... 750 1961 3 PENCE K-57 PROOF .................................... 50
1889 2000 REIS K-475A NGC-UNC DET CLN .......... 90 1673 1/2 CROWN K-438.1 PCGS-XF45 ............. 2,000 1962 3 PENCE KM-57 GEM PROOF ......................... 30
1979 250 PESOS K-56 PRF POPE JOHN II ......... 2,450 BULGARIA
EGYPT 1696 1/2 CROWN K-491.1 NGC-XF45.................. 800 1916M SHILLING K-26 XF ..................................... 25
1901 STONTINKI K-23.1 NGC-MS64BN TOP 1734 CROWN NGC-AU58 K-575.1 PLUMES AND 1922 SHILLING K-26 XF ORANGE & GREEN
1982 POUND K-543 PROOF AIR FORCE ................ 775 POP 4/0 ............................................................ 400 TONING ............................................................ 100
FRANCE ROSES ............................................................ 4,200
1937 100 LEVA K-45 NGC-MS62 ............................ 80 1845 CROWN K-741 NGC-XF40 ........................... 500 1933 SHILLING K-20 VF KEY DATE ........................ 75
1866A 20 FRANCS K-801.1 NGC-AU58 ................. 510 1937 100 LEVA K-45 NGC-MS63 .......................... 200 1960 SHILLING K-59 VLT RUB ON REV .................. 40
1867A 20 FRANCS K-801.1 NGC-AU58 ................. 510 1929/1B TRADE $ K-TN5 NGC-MS63 OVERDATE
CANADA NOT ON NGC HOLDER .................................... 1,500 1921M FLORIN K-27 VG ........................................ 20
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1939 CENT K-32 NGC-MS65 RD............................. 35 1988 50 CENTS K-97 BU 200TH ANNIV ................. 10
1876 20 FRANCS K-825 BU ANGEL ...................... 510 1943 CENT K-32 NGC-MS64 RB .............................. 50
INDIA 1991 50 CENTS K-139 BU 25TH ANNIV ................. 10
1910 20 FRANCS BU ROOSTER............................. 510 1862C 1/4 RUPEE K-470 NGC-MS62 ...................... 60 1992 $1 K-175 BU BARCELONA OLYMPICS ............ 20
AN12A 40 FRANCS K-652 NGC-AU DET CLND .... 1,050 1945 CENT K-32 NGC-MS63 RD.............................. 28 ITALY
1947 CENT K-32 NGC-MS63 RD MAPLE LF ............. 20 1858 PENNY TOKEN K-TN104 XF HIDE .................. 50
GERMANY-PRUSSIA 1949 CENT K-41 NGC-MS66 RD............................ 400 1903 25 CENTESIMI K-36 NGC-MS63................... 100 AUSTRIA
1872C 10 MARK K-502 VF ................................... 340 1950 CENT K-41 NGC-MS65 RD.............................. 40 JAPAN 1913 2 CORONA K-2821 AU/UNC.......................... 20
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1911A 20 MARK K-521 UNC ................................ 620 1904 5 CENT K-13 NGC-MS61 .............................. 160 1931 5 LATI K-9 NGC-MS63 ................................. 150 1602 SILVER MEDAL CLOUDY RESTRIKE ............... 80
GERMANY-SAXONY 1923 5 CENTS K-29 NGC-MS62 ............................ 125 MEXICO AUSTRIA-SALZBURG
1905E 20 MARK K-1265 AU................................. 680 1929 5 CENTS K-29 NGC-MS62 .............................. 85 1771MO 8 REALES K-105 NGC-AU DET CLND ....... 680 1783M THALER K-435 XF SOME COLOR ............... 190
GERMANY-WURTTEMBERG 1953 5 CENTS K-50 NGC-MS64 SUPER RARE NO 1772MO 8 REALES K-106.1 NGC-GENUINE EL BARBADOS
1877F 5 MARK K-627 UNC................................... 500 SHOULDER FOLD, NEAR LEAF ......................... 4,000 CAZADOR INVERTED FM 1ST YEAR! ................... 450 1970 $4 K-A9 UNC FAO ......................................... 20
GERMANY 1902H 10 CENT K-10 NGC-AU55............................ 85 1807MO 8 REALES K-109 NGC-GENUINE RARE BELGIUM
2001A MARK K-203 PROOF .............................. 1,050 1920 10 CENT K-23A NGC-MS62A ......................... 75 CUBAN WATERS WRECK NICE GRADE ................ 750 1880 FRANC K-38 AU+ 50TH ANNIVERSARY .......... 75
1928 10 MARK X-M5 PROOF HINDENBURG ......... 450 1921 10 CENT K-23A NGC-MS63.......................... 125 1829GO 8 REALES K-377.8 NGC-AU DETAILS 1847 5 FRANCS K-3.2 VF/XF .................................. 85
GREAT BRITAIN 1900 25 CENT K-5 NGC-AU DETAILS CLND........... 100 CLEANED DIES OF 1828..................................... 275
1830GO 8 REALES K-377.8 NGC-AU DETAILS BERMUDA
1869 1/2 SOVEREIGN K-735.2 NGC-AU50 ........... 610 1912 25 CENT K-24 NGC-MS63 ............................ 750 1996 $1 K-94 CH UNC 70TH BDAY ........................ 15
2012 SOVEREIGN K-1207 BU DIAMND JUBL........ 645 1932 50 CENT K-25A NGC-VF25........................... 275 CLEANED SINGLE DOT AFTER DATE ................... 275
1936 50 CENT K-25A NGC-XF45 .......................... 175 1830GO 8 REALES K-377.8 NGC-AU58 SINGLE DOT BIAFRA
GREECE 1969 3 PENCE K-1 XF SOME SPOTS........................ 28
1884A 20 DRACHMAI K-56 XF ............................. 510 1952 50 CENT K-45 PCGS-MS65........................... 100 AFTER DATE....................................................... 300
1831GO 8 REALES K-377.8 NGC-UNC DETAILS 1969 3 PENCE K-1 XF/AU ...................................... 38
GUATEMALA 1948 DOLLAR K-46 PCGS-AU58 ........................ 1,800 1969 SHILLING K-2 XF/AU .................................... 38
1861 4 REALES K-135 UNC ................................. 225 CHILE CLEANED THREE DOTS AFTER DATE STR ............ 500
1889SO PESO K-142.1 NGC-UNC DET CLN............ 200 1836DO 8 REALES K-377.4 NGC-AU DETAILS BOLIVIA
1864 4 REALES K-135 UNC ................................. 225 CLEANED ........................................................... 225 1808 4 REALES F SMALL PUNCH REV ................... 100
ISLE OF MAN CHINA-EMPIRE 1837DO 8 REALES K-377.4 NGC-MS61 ................. 800 1825 4 REALES K-84 F+ HOLE PLUGGED ................ 65
1976 1/2 SOVEREIGN BU HAS A SPOT ................ 320 1911 DOLLAR L&M-37A PCGS-XF GRAFFITI (A FEW 1837GO 8 REALES K-377.8 NGC-MS60 ................. 375 1853 4 SOLES K-123.1 XF WEAK CENTERS............. 58
2009 1 OZ ANGELS (2 COINS IN NGC-PF69UC) FAINT TINY SCRATCHES)................................. 1,300 1838DO 8 REALES K-377.4 NGC-AU DETAILS 1854 4 SOLES K-123.2 AU/UNC ........................... 85
ANGEL VS DRAGON K-1467 & K-1468 ............. 5,500 CHINA-CHIHLI CLEANED ........................................................... 225 1855 4 SOLES K-123.2 XF WEAK CENTERS............. 38
IVORY COAST YR24(1898) DOLLAR L&M-449 NGC-XF45 DRAGON 1838GO 8 REALES K-377.8 NGC-UNC DET CLN .... 380 1862 8 SOLES K-138.6 NICE AU........................... 150
2007 1500 FRANCS PRF CHOPIN 1 GRAM ........... 155 EYE’S IN RELIEF ........................................... 10,000 1839/1DO 8 REALES K-377.4 NGC-AU DETAILS 1892 10 CENTAVOS K-172 VF ................................ 14
MALTA CHINA-KIANGNAN CLEANED ........................................................... 225 1898 50 CENTAVOS K-161.5 AU ............................ 22
1961 5 SCUDI FR-1 UNC .1179 AGW ................... 310 1904 10 CASH Y-135.5 NGC-MS63BN .................. 500 1839GO 8 REALES K-377.8 NGC-AU DETAILS 1865 1/4 MELGAREJO K-144 XF............................ 38
MEXICO CHINA-REPUBLIC CLEANED ........................................................... 225 BRAZIL
1902MO PESO K-410.5 BU RIM NICK .................. 360 1938 20 CENTS Y-350 NGC-MS63 .......................... 50 1840/39DO 8 REALES K-377.4 NGC-AU DETAILS 1830R 40 REIS K-363.1 NEAR XF PERHAPS A
1944 2 1/2 PESOS K-463 NGC-MS66 ................... 300 1921 DOLLAR L&M-79 NGC-AU DETAILS CLEANED AMAZING DIE CLASH REV .................. 400 CONTEMPORARY COUNTERFEIT........................... 38
1945 2 1/2 PESOS K-463 RESTRIKE ..................... 165 CHOPMARKED TOOLED ...................................... 130 1842/32DO 8 REALES K-377.4 NGC-AU DETAILS BRITISH WEST INDIES
1946 2 1/2 PESOS K-463 NGC-MS66 ................... 300 1934 DOLLAR L&M-110 NGC-AU DETAILS CLEANED EUROPEAN EAGLE .............................. 350 1822/2 1/4 DOLLAR KM-3 XF ANCHOR MONEY .... 75
1906 10 PESOS K-473 AU CLEANED ..................... 640 CHOPMARKED ................................................... 140 1843/33DO 8 REALES K-377.4 NGC-AU DETAILS BRITISH HONDURAS
1866MO 20 PESOS K-389 PCGS-AU53 MAXIMILIAN 1934 DOLLAR L&M-110 NGC-UNC DETAILS OBV CLEANED ........................................................... 600 1904 CENT K-11 BRN UNC ..................................... 45
(LOOKS NICER) ............................................... 9,000 SCRATCH (PIN SCRATCH) .................................... 160 1843GO 8 REALES K-377.8 NGC-MS60 DOT ......... 375 1894 5 CENTS K-7 AU ............................................ 80
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1854DO 8 REALES K-377.4 NGC-AU DETAILS
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1894 25 CENTS K-9 VF-.......................................... 32 1942 10 CENTS K-37 AU PALM P ........................... 14 1907D 5 MARK K-915 TONED XF/AU ..................... 48 SAXONY
1895 25 CENTS K-9 VF........................................... 35 CYPRUS BRANDENBURG BAYREUTH 1628HI 1/24 THALER K-71 VF+............................. 75
1897 50 CENTS K-10 F........................................... 25 1901 9 PIASTRES K-6 F 1YR TYPE .......................... 20 1748 PFENNIG K-180 XF ....................................... 60 1768 2/3 THALER K-981 VF+ .............................. 100
BRITISH NORTH BORNEO CZECHOSLOVAKIA BREMEN 1768EDC 2/3 THALER K 981 XF .......................... 225
1903H 5 CENTS K-5 UNC FL/FL REV ...................... 50 1955 10 KORUN K-42 PROOF IN CAPSULE ............. 45 1871 THALER K-249 GREY TONED UNC ............... 190 1798IEC THALER K-1036 VF ................................ 150
BRITISH WEST AFRICA 1957 10 KORUN K-48 PROOF IN CAPSULE ............. 40 BRUNSWICK-LUNEBURG- 1855 THALER K-1187 XF MINT VISIT .................. 180
1936 ½ PENNY K-15 GEM BU ................................ 25 1937 20 KORUN K-18 TND CH UNC ....................... 25 CALENBERG-HANN 1842A 2 THALER K-1149 TONED AU/UNC ........... 425
BRITISH WEST INDIES 1955 25 KORUN K-43 TND UNC NAZI FREE ........... 28 1639HS TALER K-221 VF EX MOUNT LARGE FLAN 1902E 2 MARK K-1255 CH GUNMETAL TND UNC
1822 2/2 K-3 XF ANCHOR MONEY ...................... 125 1948 50 KORUN K-25 GEM .................................... 24 CRACK FROM RIM TO CHEST.............................. 425 DEATH OF ALBERT ............................................. 120
BRUNEI 1948 100 KORUN K-27 GEM .................................. 28 1903E 2 MARK K-1261 DARK VF ............................ 32
EAST FRIESLAND 1905E 2 MARK K-1263 VF ..................................... 50
1970 $ K-14 PROOF ............................................... 28 1939 BRONZE MEDAL SHALL BE FREE AGAIN ........ 45 1752F 1 MARIENGROSCHEN K-215 F ..................... 50
DANISH WEST INDIES 1909E 3 MARK K-1263 BU .................................... 90
BULGARIA FRANKFURT 1901E 5 MARK K-1246 ABT XF .............................. 95
1888 10 STOTINKI K-10 AU .................................. 75 1848 10 SKILLING K-20.1 CH AU ........................ 125 1819 PFENNIG K-TN6 AU....................................... 16
1905 2 CENTS K-76 AU .......................................... 35 1904E 5 MARK K-1262 CH TND UNC DEATH ........ 280
1888 20 STOTINKI K-11 AU TINY SPOTS OF 1818 HELLER K-301 ABT XF .................................. 24 SAXONY-ALBERTINE
MICROPOROSITY ................................................. 35 1862 10 CENTS K-66 AU NICELY TONED ................ 75 1821 HELLER K-301 XF .......................................... 24
1913 LEV K-31 FLASHY UNC SOME COLOR SOME DENMARK 1669 1/3 THALER K-522 XF ................................ 450
1821 HELLER K-301 UNC ....................................... 48 SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN
CONTACTS ........................................................... 55 1848 SPECIEDALER KM-742 VF ............................ 225 1859 THALER K-359 TONED XF SCHILLER............ 120
1894 5 LEVA K-18 XF............................................. 75 1855 RIGSDALER K-760.2 AU+ OLD WIPE ............. 75 1863 THALER K-372 AU PRINCES ASSEMBLY ....... 280 1787 DREILING K-116 F ........................................ 38
1937 100 LEVA K-45 AU ........................................ 18 1878 ORE K-792.1 VF ............................................ 38 1850 SECHSLING K-162 UNC SOME RED ................ 80
HALL SCHWARZBURG SONDERHAUSEN
CANADA 1878 ORE K-792.1 AU MINOR DIRT ON REV.......... 85 1712 1/2 KREUZER K-7 XF .................................... 48
1859/8 CENT K-1 VF+ WIDE 9 WEAK 5 ................. 75 1887 ORE K-792.1 XF ............................................ 13 1909A 3 MARK K-154 BU GUNTHER DEATH......... 180
1880 2 ORE K-793.1 XF ......................................... 22 HAMBURG TRIER
1907H CENT K-8 VF ............................................... 18 1901 2 MARK K-612 UNC SOME LT STAINS............ 90
1927 CENT K-28 CH AU ......................................... 14 1887 2 ORE K-793.1 F/VF...................................... 25 1876J 5 MARK K-598 VF LT TONED ....................... 50 1660 1/2 PETERMENGER K-121 XF+ ROMAN ...... 100
1927 CENT K-28 CH UNC TRACE OF RED .............. 120 1892 2 ORE K-733.1 VF ......................................... 25
HESSE-CASSEL WURTTEMBERG
1928 CENT K-28 UNC............................................. 14 1875 5 ORE K-794.1 AU ........................................ 75 1843 GULDEN K-574 F+......................................... 38
1897 10 ORE K-795.2 AU ...................................... 18 1684 ALBUS K-296 VF ........................................... 40 1877F 2 MARK K-626 VF-....................................... 75
1933 CENT K-28 CH BRN UNC................................ 28 HESSE-DARMSTADT
1979 CENT K-59.2 RED UNC DOUBLE DIE .............. 10 1874 25 ORE K-796.1 VF+ ..................................... 20 1906F 2 MARK K-631 XF ...................................... 28
1858 5 CENTS K-2 VG SMALL DATE........................ 19 1894 25 ORE K-796.2 VF ....................................... 10 1819 PFENNIG K-283 XF ....................................... 32 1907F 2 MARK K-631 VF+...................................... 24
1883H 5 CENTS K-2 VF- ......................................... 30 1892 1 KRONE K-797.1 AU .................................... 70 1834 KREUZER K-299 BU ....................................... 65 1874F 5 MARK K-623 DARK VF+ ............................ 65
1885 5 CENTS K-2 VF+ SM 5 .................................. 40 1926 2 KRONER K-825.1 XF .................................. 18 1877 2 MARK K-355 F/VF .................................... 190 1876F 5 MARK K-623 VF........................................ 70
1886 5 CENTS K-2 VF SMALL 6 .............................. 32 1953 2 KRONER K-844 UNC GREENLAND ............... 28 1910 3 MARK K-375 TND XF/AU OLD SCRS ......... 100 1904F 5 MARK K-632 XF- ...................................... 60
1887 5 CENTS K-2 F LT SCR ................................... 20 1964 5 KRONER K-854 UNC ................................... 18 1875 5 MARK K-353 VF FEW LT RN’S................... 125 1908F 5 MARK K-632 TONED AU ........................... 95
1887 5 CENTS K-2 F .............................................. 28 DOMINICA 1904 5 MARK K-373 AU 400TH BDAY.................. 180 1913F 5 MARK K-632 AU+ ..................................... 95
1896 5 CENTS K-2 VF SPOT.................................... 10 1970 $4 K-11 UNC FOOD FOR MANKIND ............... 35 JAGENDORF GERMANY
1898 5 CENTS K-2 AU .......................................... 100 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1619 3 KREUZER K-31 XF OLD CLN ..................... 100 1873A PFENNIG K-1 F/VF KEY DATE .................... 150
1899 5 CENTS K-2 XF ............................................ 15 1942 10 CENTAVOS K-19 UNC ............................... 40 KNYPHAUSEN 1892G PFENNIG K-10 XF FL LAMINATION ............. 35
1901 5 CENTS K-2 UNC REV CLND ......................... 75 1978 20 DOLLARS K-13.1 BAGGY PROOF GRAF 1807 1/8 THALER K-6 VF .................................... 200 1948D PFENNIG K-101 RED BU.............................. 25
1903 5 CENTS K-18 DARK TONED AU .................... 60 ZEPPELIN .......................................................... 135 LIPPE DETMULD 1875H 2 PFENNIG K-2 AU ..................................... 40
1907 5 CENTS K-13 AU .......................................... 20 ECUADOR 1672 2 MG K-80 XF- .............................................. 75 1932A 4 PFENNIG K-75 AU/UNC ........................... 15
1908 5 CENTS K-13 XF/AU LARGE 8 .................... 125 1916 2 DECIMOS KM51.4 BU ................................ 45 1847 3 PFENNIG K-252 XF .................................... 20 1891A 10 PFENNIG K-12 UNC ............................... 28
1909 5 CENTS K-13 VF+ POINTED ......................... 40 1943 5 SUCRES K-79 XF OBV SCRS ........................ 25 LORRAINE 1906A 10 PFENNIG K-12 UNC ............................... 25
1910 5 CENTS K-13 UNC ROUND FAINT SMALL EGYPT 1630 TESTON K-45 AU RUSTY DIES ..................... 425 1915G 10 PFENNIG K-12 XF .................................. 90
SCRATCHES RARE TYPE IN HIGH GRADE ............ 250 AH1327H 20 QIRSH K-310 VF CLND ...................... 40 LUBECK 1923G 10 RENTENPFENNIG K-33 VF ...................... 10
1915 5 CENTS K-22 VG .......................................... 12 1923H 2 PIASTRES K-335 AU/UNC ........................ 25 1729 8 SCHILLING K-144 VF ................................. 65 1908D 25 PFENNIG K-PNA133 PATTERN UNC ...... 130
1915 5 CENTS K-22 VF........................................... 24 1981 POUND K-523 GEM PROOF FAO .................... 45 MANSFELD BORNSTADT 1910J 25 PFENNIG K-18 UNC ................................ 25
1918 5 CENTS K-22 AU .......................................... 10 ESTONIA 1672ABK 1/3 THALER K-125 CH VF..................... 125 1919E 50 PFENNIG K-27 UNC .............................. 200
1918 5 CENTS K-22 TONED UNC ............................ 25 1931 5 SENTI K-11 UNC SPOT ............................... 12 MECKLENBURG SCHWERIN 1909D MARK K-14 UNC ......................................... 35
1928 5 CENTS K-29 UNC........................................ 38 ETHIOPIA 1864A THALER K-A310 VF+ ................................. 120 1912J MARK K-14 VF/XF KEY DATE ....................... 28
1928 5 CENTS K-29 CH UNC .................................. 70 EE1895 GERSCH K-12 VF........................................ 10 1876A 2 MARK K-320 F+ ..................................... 200 1939B 2 R’SMAKR K-93 CH UNC ............................ 35
1930 5 CENTS K-29 AU .......................................... 18 NASSAU-WEILBURG 1939D 2 R’SMARK K-93 CH UNC ............................ 35
1934 5 CENTS K-29 AU STRONG STRIKE ................ 30 FINLAND 1924A 3 MARK K-43 XF/AU ................................... 48
1865 5 PENNIA K-4.1 VF ....................................... 12 1559-93 PFENNIG UNIFACE OBVERSE FINE ............ 60
1888 10 CENTS K-3 NICE AU ............................... 150 NURNBERG 1927A 3 R’SMARK K-53 BU MARBURG................. 140
1911 10 CENTS K-17 TONED AU ............................ 48 1889 5 PENNIA K-11 XF/AU .................................. 40 1928D 3 R’SMARK K-58 XF/AU DURER ................ 250
1915 10 CENTS K-23 VG/F KEY ............................. 12 1865 10 PENNIA K-5.1 VF ..................................... 15 1765 THALER K-339 VF ....................................... 280 1929D 3 R’SMARK K-60 XF LESSING ...................... 80
1915 10 CENTS K-23 F KEY .................................... 14 1952H 500 MARKKAA K-15 BU WINTR OLYM ........ 20 OLDENBURG 1929A 3 R’SMARK K-62 LT TND UNC .................. 150
1919 10 CENTS K-23A AU/UNC ............................. 18 FRANCE ND(1649-51) GULDEN K-714 AU SM FL CRACK ..... 150 1929A 3 R’SMARK K-63 XF HINDENBURG.............. 50
1934 10 CENTS K-23A AU.................................... 100 1780A LIARD K-585.1 XF/AU ................................ 40 PADERBORN 1929D 3 R’SMARK K-63 AU HINDENBURG ............. 60
1940 10 CENTS K-34 COLORFUL UNC .................... 35 1644 1/4 ECU K-140.1 XF/AU ............................... 80 1706 6 PFENNIG K-173.36 AU ............................... 60 1930A 3 MARK K-67 AU GRAF ZEPPELIN ............. 110
1858 20 CENTS KM-4 VG ....................................... 75 1792A ECU K-615.1 F .......................................... 160 PRUSSIA GERMAN NOTGELD
1858 20 CENTS KM-4 XF ..................................... 160 1851A CENTIME K-754 XF ..................................... 12 1812A 1/6 THALER K-385 AU TINY SCR’S ............. 68 1923 100 MILLARDEN MARK UNC F-638.2
1858 20 CENTS KM-4 AU LT WIPE ....................... 250 1862A CENTIME K-795.1 CH UNC SOME RED ........ 10 1843D 1/6 THALER K-436.1 XF- ............................ 25 HEILBRONN (WURTTEMBERG) RARE .................. 150
1872H 25 CENTS K-5 DARK XF .............................. 40 1900 10 CENTIMES K-843 UNC.............................. 14 1750A 1/4 THALER K-253 VF+ ............................ 130 GHENT (BELGIUM-GERMAN OCCUPATION) 1915 50
1882H 25 CENTS K-5 VG........................................ 35 1907 10 CENTIMES K-843 CH BRN UNC................. 14 1764F THALER K-307 VF SCARCE LT SCR .............. 200 CENT K-TN1 VF+ .................................................. 30
1886 25 CENTS K-5 DARK VG ................................ 42 1914C 2 FRANCS K-845.2 XF ................................. 16 1772B THALER K-306.3 F .................................... 100 1915 FRANC K-TN2 FRANKEN ................................ 30
1903 25 CENTS K-11 XF ...................................... 200 1809B 5 FRANCS K-694.2 VF+ DARK .................... 175 1778A THALER K-332.1 VF+ ................................ 150 1915 5 FRANCS K-TN6 AU/UNC............................. 90
1906 25 CENTS K-11 TONED AU .......................... 300 1827A 5 FRANCS K-728.1 F/VF .............................. 36 1784A THALER K-332.1 VF .................................. 120 GREAT BRITAIN
1913 25 CENTS K-24 AU ...................................... 100 1952 5 FRANCS K-888B.1 AU/UNV KEY ................. 80 1785A THALER K-332.1 VF+ ................................ 160 1881 MAUNDY SET MDS-136 ORIGINAL BOX ...... 240
1919 25 CENTS K-24 XF+ ...................................... 35 1933 20 FRANCS K-879 AU/UNC ........................... 24 1866A THALER K-464 F ......................................... 42 1839 1/4 FARTHING K-737 PITTED F .................... 14
1932 50 CENTS K-25A F+..................................... 175 FRENCH COCHIN CHINA 1866A THALER K-467 TONED AU VICTORY ............ 90 1844 1/2 FARTHING K-738 UNC ........................... 60
1949 50 CENTS K-45 XF HOOF OVER 9 .................. 80 1884A 50 CENTS K-6 VF CLEANED RARE .............. 600 1871A THALER K-500 AU RUBBERBAND BURN ...... 50 ND FARTHING W-467 VF GEORGE EVASION ......... 160
1937 $ K-37 CH BU ............................................... 90 FRENCH INDO CHINA 1871A THALER K-500 TONED AU/UNC .................. 65 1674 FARTHING K-436.1 VF+ .............................. 160
1945 $ K-37 BU 5/5............................................ 400 1900A 10 CENTS K-9 AU........................................ 70 1856A THALER K-467 XF/AU CLEANED ................ 185 1754 FARTHING K-581.2 VF FARTHING ................. 35
1950 $ K-54 AU/UNC ARNPRIOR........................... 40 1928 10 CENTS K-16.1 F........................................ 35 1876A 2 MARK K-506 VF ....................................... 18 1823 FARTHING K-677 CH UNC LT BRN ................. 90
1954 $ K-54 PL UNC ............................................ 150 1900 PIASTRE K-5A.1 LT TND CH AU ................... 200 1876A 2 MARK K-506 TONED XF/AU ................... 100 1830 FARTHING K-697 VF+ ................................... 30
1973 $ COLORFUL SPECIMEN ................................ 35 1907 PIASTRE K-5A.1 XF/AU LT CLND ................... 80 1877A 2 MARK K-506 LT TONED UNC .................. 280 1882H FARTHING K-753 CH UNC........................... 90
1973 $ COLORFUL GOLD TONED SPECIMEN........... 35 1907 PIASTRE K-5A.1 LUSTROUS AU ................... 120 1888A 2 MARK K-510 XF/AU ................................. 58 1743 1/2 PENNY K-579.1 VF/XF ........................... 65
TOKEN 1913 PIASTRE K-5A.1 XF ....................................... 70 1896A 2 MARK K-522 AU BETTER DATE................. 50 1750 1/2 PENNY K-478.2 VF+ OLD SCR................. 48
1837 1/2 PENNY LC-8A1 XF .................................. 28 FRENCH WEST AFRICA 1899A 2 MARK K-522 CLEANED UNC ..................... 48 1807 1/2 PENNY K-662 CH UNC SOME SPOTS ..... 100
1850 1/2 PENNY K-TN2 AU UPPER CANADA.......... 28 1944 FRANC K-2 NICE UNC .................................... 15 1901A 2 MARK K-522 VF SCARCE DATE................ 100 1855 1/2 PENNY K-726 AU ................................... 50
CANADA-NEWFOUNDLAND 1948 FRANC F-E1 ESSAI ......................................... 25 1901A 2 MARK K-525 CH BU ................................. 45 1891 1/2 PENNY K-754 PLEASANT UNC .............. 100
1873 5 CENTS K-2 XF SM CONTACT MARKS ON FUJIARAH 1907A 2 MARK K-522 AU ...................................... 45 1862 PENNY K-749.2 CH BRN UNC ...................... 250
REVERSE OBV 2 RARE! ....................................... 900 1969 10 RIYALS K-21 TND PRF POPE ................... 250 1907A 2 MARK K-522 FLASHY BU MINOR 1891 PENNY K-755 MOSTLY RED UNC SPOTTY
1917 10 CENTS K-14 DK TONED AU....................... 50 GAMBIA CHATTER ON OBV.............................................. 175 TONING ............................................................ 150
1888 20 CENTS K-4 VF+......................................... 55 1966 4 SHILLINGS K-6 BU CROCODILE .................. 10 1913A 2 MARK K-532 BU ...................................... 45 1902 PENNY K-794.2 NICE UNC SOME RED ........... 35
CANADA-NOVA SCOTIA GERMAN EAST AFRICA 1910A 3 MARK K-530 XF MOUNTED BERLIN ......... 40 1902 PENNY K-794.2 R&B CH UNC......................... 48
1813 1/2 PENNY NS-21A3A XF PAPER................... 50 1890 RUPIE K-2 AU+ SOME COLOR TONING ........ 180 1911A 3 MARK K-531 AU OLD WIPE UNIV. ........... 60 1935 PENNY K-838 CH R&B UNC............................ 25
1912A 3 MARK K-527 TND UNC ............................ 55 1936 PENNY K-838 NICE UNC................................ 15
CANADA-PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND GERMAN STATES: 1912A 3 MARK K-527 CH TND UNC ....................... 75
1829 1/2 PENNY PE10-2 VF .................................. 20 ANHALT DESSAU 1950 PENNY K-869 UNC ........................................ 35
1913A 3 MARK K-534 LT TONED UNC .................... 45 1951 PENNY K-869 MOSTLY RED CU ...................... 40
CEYLON 1863 THALER K-15 TONED AU/UNC .................... 180 1913A 3 MARK K-534 BU PERIPHERAL TND........... 65 1902 3 PENCE K-797.1 DARK XF ............................ 12
1957 5 RUPEES K-126 AU/UNC BUDDHISM ........... 50 BADEN 1913A 3 MARK K-534 BU ..................................... 65
CHILE 1867 GULDEN K-249 AU OLD CLN NOW RETONED 1905 3 PENCE K-797.2 AU ..................................... 18
1876B 5 MARK K-503 AU .................................... 200 1926 3 PENCE K-813A UNC.................................... 60
1853 1/2 CENTAVO K-126 ROUGH VF ................... 14 2ND SHOOTING FESTIVAL ................................. 180 1888A 5 MARK K-512 AU+ OLD LT CLN ............... 150 1881 6 PENCE K-757 XF ........................................ 30
1868 50 CENTAVOS K-139 VF/XF........................... 65 1892 2 MARK K-269 VF BETTER DATE.................... 80 1901A 5 MARK K-526 AU 200 YEARS .................. 125 1889 6 PENCE K-760 UNC OLD WIPE ..................... 40
1877 PESO K-142 UNC CONDOR .......................... 280 1907 2 MARK K-272 XF ......................................... 55 1901A 5 MARK K-526 CH UNC 200 YEARS ........... 175 1905 6 PENCE K-799 XF/AU .................................. 48
CHINA-MANCHUKUO 1907 2 MARK K-272 XF/AU ................................... 58 REGENSBURG 1906 6 PENCE K-799 AU ........................................ 40
KT4 5 LI Y-5 XF+ ................................................... 42 1906G 5 MARK K-277 GUN METAL TND UNC ...... 230 1742 PFENNIG K-299 BU ....................................... 50 1912 6 PENCE K-815 UNC...................................... 38
KT2(1935) FEN Y-6 VF ............................................ 10 1907G 5 MARK K-274 XF LT RB ........................... 125 1621 12 PFENNIG K-25 VF RARE.......................... 125 1912 6 PENCE K-815 CH UNC ................................ 50
CHINA-SZECHUAN 1913G 5 MARK K-281 AU .................................... 110 1644 KREUZER K-93 VF+ ....................................... 40 1952 6 PENCE K-875 AU KEY DATE ........................ 30
1912 DOLLAR L&M-366 AU.................................. 425 BAVARIA 1774 KREUZER K-364 XF ....................................... 40 1856 SHILLING K-734.1 XF ................................. 140
CHINA-YUNNAN ND(1623) 2 KREUZER K-128.2 CH UNC .................. 65 1754 10 KREUZER K-367 BU 1YR TYPE ................ 160 1887 SHILLING K-761 TONED AU.......................... 35
ND(1920-31) 50 CENTS Y-257.2 XF ........................ 40 1849 1/2 GULDEN K-825 F.................................... 20 1772 TALLERO K-18 XF EX-MOUNT NEATLY 1887 SHILLING K-761 AU/UNC ............................. 40
CHINA 1769 THALER K-234.1 VF ADJ MARKS/SCRS .......... 75 REMOVED .......................................................... 190 1887 SHILLING K-761 UNC ................................... 55
1921 DOLLAR L&M-63 XF/AU CHOPMARK ........... 180 1805 THALER K-676 VF OLD CLN ......................... 140 REUSS-GREIZ 1890 SHILLING K-774 DEEP TONED XF ................. 45
1927 DOLLAR L&M-49 AU MANY SCRS OBV ........... 80 1871 THALER K-889 AU SM RIM CUT REV ............. 90 1805 GROSCHEN K-91 XF+ .................................... 50 1902 SHILLING K-800 MATTE PROOF .................. 115
1927 DOLLAR L&M-49 AU CLEANED..................... 110 1871 THALER K-889 UNC VICTORY ...................... 140 REUSS OBERGREIZ 1916 SHILLING K-816 AU ..................................... 25
1932 DOLLAR L&M-110 AU.................................. 140 1876D 2 MARK K-903 ABT VF ................................ 35 1899A 2 MARK K-128 UNC OLD HL’S RARE.......... 600 1871 FLORIN K-746 TONED XF/AU ...................... 250
CHINA-PEOPLES REPUBLIC 1877D 2 MARK K-903 F/VF.................................... 28 ROSTOCK 1887 FLORIN K-762 AU ......................................... 40
1980 YUAN K-13 PRF OLYMPIC FGR SKATER .......... 32 1896D 2 MARK K-913 VF CLND.............................. 15 1682 PFENNIG K-95 VF+........................................ 75 1887 FLORIN K-762 UNC RN ................................. 70
1911D 2 MARK K-997 AU 90TH B-DAY .................. 25 1911 FLORIN K-817 TND UNC ............................... 80
CHINA-REPUBLIC 1911D 2 MARK K-997 IRREG TONED UNC.............. 38 SAXE-ALTENBURG
1921 DOLLAR L&M-63G XF/AU CHOP ................. 180 1901A 2 MARK K-36 XF LT RN’S SCARCE.............. 275 1818 1/2 CROWN K-672 XF/AU .......................... 250
1911D 2 MARK K-997 UNC 90TH B-DAY ................ 45 1825 1/2 CROWN K-695 G OBV PUNCH ................ 30
COSTA RICA 1914D 2 MARK K-1002 UNC OLD LT CLN ............... 70 SAXE-COBURG-SAALFELD
1889/8 25 CENTAVOS K-130 AU ........................... 30 1804L 1/48 THALER K-125 XF SCARCE ................ 125 1887 1/2 CROWN K-764 TONED AU ...................... 50
1908D 3 MARK K-996 BU ...................................... 85 1887 1/2 CROWN K-764 TONED UNC .................... 85
CRETE 1911D 3 MARK K-998 CH LT TND BU 90TH ........... 58 SAXE-MEININGEN 1889 1/2 CROWN K-764 AU RN ............................ 55
1901 50 LEPTA K-6 VG .......................................... 15 1913D 3 MARK K-996 XF ....................................... 28 1915 2 MARK K-206 DEEP TND AU DEATH .......... 180
CUBA 1891 1/2 CROWN K-764 AU.................................. 85
1874D 5 MARK K-896 XF ..................................... 160 SAXE-WEIMER-EISENACH 1895 1/2 CROWN K-782 XF .................................. 85
1920 20 CENTAVOS K-13 UNC ............................. 100 1876D 5 MARK K-896 IRREG TONED VF................. 65 1842A 2 THALER K-200 XF+ SOME SM PATCHES 1915 1/2 CROWN K-818.1 XF ............................... 24
CURACAO 1876D 5 MARK K-896 TONED XF OLD CLN ............ 70 OF ROUGH FIELDS............................................. 575
1948 2 ½ CENT K-42 RED CU................................. 15 1876D 5 MARK K-896 IRREG TONED XF- ............... 80 1908 2 MARK K-219 TONED UNC JENA................ 125 ¨
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1915 1/2 CROWN K-818.1 XF SOME COLOR .......... 28 1868 4 SOLDI K-1374 AU+ .................................... 28 NORWAY SAINT LUCIA
1915 1/2 CROWN K-818.1 UNC............................. 80 1797 2 1/2 BAIOCCHI K-5 XF.............................. 150 1805 2 SKILLING K-270 VF/XF CPL SPOTS ............ 60 1970 $4 K-11 BU ................................................... 32
1916 1/2 CROWN K-818.1 AU............................... 45 SARDINIA 1897 KRONE K-357 XF......................................... 120 SARAWAK
1916 1/2 CROWN K-818.1 AU/UNC ...................... 48 1830P 5 LIRE K-116.2 AU+.................................. 550 1908 KRONE K-369 VF ........................................... 60 1900H 20 CENTS K-10 XF A FEW FAINT OLD TINY
1918 1/2 CROWN K-818.1 UNC............................. 75 SAVOY 1878 2 KRONER K-353 VF.................................... 125 SCRATCHES ........................................................ 120
1919 1/2 CROWN K-818.1 CHOICE AU TONED ...... 65 1434-1465 LUDOVICO VF ................................... 125 1906 2 KRONER K-363 CH UNC ........................... 250 SAUDI ARABIA-HEJAZ & NEJD
1947 1/2 CROWN K-856 BU .................................. 24 1580-1630 QUARTO VF EMANUELE ....................... 25 1907 2 KRONER K-377 UNC CLND ....................... 100 AH1343 1/2 GHIRSH K-2/1 AU ........................... 180
1887 DOUBLE FLORIN K-763 AU ........................... 95 1553-1580 SOLDO XF EMANUELE.......................... 90 1914 2 KRONER K-377 UNC ................................. 120
1888 DOUBLE FLORIN K-763 CHOICE AU ............ 125 1914 2 KRONER K-377 CH UNC TONE SPOT ......... 140 SHARJAH
SICILY 1964 5 RUPEES BU JFK .......................................... 45
1889 DOUBLE FLORIN K-763 XF/AU .................... 110 1796 3 TARI K-234 VF/F........................................ 45 1914 2 KRONER K-377 CH UNC ........................... 150
1808 CROWN RETRO BU........................................ 10 1964 10 KRONER K-413 UNC ................................. 20 1964 5 RUPES PROOF ON COIN JFK....................... 65
1800 12 TARI K-239 F ......................................... 110 SOUTH AFRICA Z.A.R.
1820 CROWN K-675 AU SPOT REMOVAL.............. 280 JAPAN PALESTINE
1821 CROWN K-680.1 XF/AU RN’S ...................... 480 1927 5 MILS K-5 CH BU......................................... 45 1890 PENNY K-PN6 XF+ MANY DIGS ON BOV
1845 CROWN K-741 VF/XF OLD FAINT WIPE ...... 280 YR31(1898) SEN Y-20 RED UNC OLD HL’S .............. 40 GRIQUA TOWN PATTERN RARE.......................... 280
1876 2 SEN Y-18.1 R&B AU CLEANED .................... 25 1935 10 MILS K-4 XF ............................................ 50
1887 CROWN K-765 AU/UNC .............................. 180 1871 5 SEN Y-6.2 VF ............................................. 50 1931 50 MILS K-6 F KEY DATE ............................... 48 1893 6 PENCE K-4 XF LT SCR’S .............................. 50
1889 CROWN K-765 AU ....................................... 140 1877 5 SEN Y-22 XF TYPE II SEPARATED ............... 50 PANAMA 1894 SHILLING K-5 VF+ ........................................ 40
1896LIX CROWN K-783 VF/XF RARE ................... 150 1880 YEN Y-A25.2 LT TONED UNC ....................... 700 1916 2 ½ CENTESIMOS K-7.2 XF ........................... 20 1896 SHILLING K-5 AU CLND ................................ 90
1897LXI CROWN K-783 XF .................................. 160 1882 YEN Y-A25.2 AU ......................................... 300 1929 2 ½ CENTESIMOS K-8 AU.............................. 25 1897 SHILLING K-5 AU ......................................... 28
1898B TRADE $ K-TN5 AU RUSTY DIE ................. 175 1904 5 CENTESIMOS K-2 XF .................................. 14 1897 2 SHILLINGS K-6 AU..................................... 85
1977 MAUNDY SET K-MDS-236 BU ..................... 250 KOREA, SOUTH
4294(1961) 10 HWAN K-1 RED GEM ...................... 28 1916 5 CENTESIMOS K-2 VF RN KEY DATE ............. 75 1895 2 1/2 SHILLINGS K-7 ABOUT XF ................ 125
GREAT BRITAIN-TOKENS 4294(1961) 50 HWAN K-2 CH UNC ........................ 28 1916 5 CENTESIMOS K-2 VF KEY DATE ................ 100 1895 2 1/2 SHILLINGS K-7 XF/AU OLD LT
ND PENNY W-202-7 BIRM & WAR AU/UNC MULTIPLE 1973 100 WON K-9 UNC ....................................... 10 1929 5 CENTESIMOS K-9 XF .................................. 12 CLEANING ......................................................... 125
TB COUNTERSTAMPS ........................................... 75 1930 1/10 BALBOA K-10.1 AU .............................. 10 1897 2 1/2 SHILLINGS K-7 AU ............................. 80
1791 WALES ANGLESEY XF D&H-4386 .................POR LEBANON
1929 10 PIASTRE K-6 XF/AU 1 TR TYPE ................ 65 1931 1/4 BALBOA K-11.1 VF ................................. 65 SOUTHERN RHODESIA
1812 WELLINGTON TOKEN WE-11B XF ................. 40 1933 1/2 BALBOA K-12.1 VF ................................. 18 1934 SHILLING K-3 XF .......................................... 38
GREECE LITHUANIA 1933 1/2 BALBOA K-12.1 XF................................. 45
1849 5 LEPTA K-28 XF ......................................... 150 1925 5 CENTAI K-72 AU ........................................ 15 SPAIN
1936 5 CENTAI K-81 AU/UNC STRAY MARKS ......... 15 1931 BALBOA K-13 AU .......................................... 80 1912 2 CENTESIMOS K-732 NICE RED UNC ............ 28
1848 10 LEPTA K-29 VF ......................................... 70 1947 BALBOA K-13 UNC ........................................ 65 1937 25 CENTIMOS K-1.1 VF/XF OBV DAMAGE ..... 20
1874A 20 LEPTA K-44 TONED XF ........................... 18 1925 10 CENTU K-73 AU SPOT .............................. 20
1925 LITAS K-76 AU.............................................. 15 PERU 1900 PESETA K-706 XF FAINT HL’S........................ 15
1876A 5 DRACHMA K-46 VF+................................. 50 1820 1/4 REAL K-108 UNC OLD LT CLN............... 180
1964 30 DRACHMA K-87 BU .................................. 18 LIVONIAN ORDER 1871(71) 5 PESETAS K-666 CH AU/UNC............... 280
1555 4 SCHILLING K-MB43 VF ............................ 140 1833/2MM REAL K-145.1 VF ................................. 80 1887(87) 5 PESETAS K-688 VF ............................... 35
GUADELOUPE 1834B REAL K-145.3 F/VF HOLED 1 YR TYPE RARE .. 150
1921 FRANC K-16 ABOUT XF ................................. 40 LUXEMBOURG 1949(49) 5 PESETAS K-778 UNC ............................ 38
1827JM 2 REALES K-141.1 F .................................. 40 1957(71) 50 PESETAS K-788 BU............................. 28
GUATEMALA 1963 250 FRANCS K-53.2 TND UNC ....................... 35 1828JM 2 REALES K-141.2 VF+.............................. 75
1895 PESO K-210 AU+ LUSTRIOUS ...................... 250 MALAYA & BRITISH BORNEO 1831MM 2 REALES K-141.1 F ................................ 32 STRAITS SETTLEMENTS
GUERNSEY 1958H 5 CENTS K-1 GEM ...................................... 25 1840MB 2 REALES K-141.1 XF/AU FLAW ............. 120 1845 1/2 CENT K-2 AU WW ON TRUNC .............. 100
1902H DOUBLE K-10 NEAR GEM RED UNC............. 22 1956 10 CENTS K-2 GEM ....................................... 25 1763/2 8 REALES K-A64.1 UNC CLN ................. 1,000 1845 CENT K-3 VF ................................................. 30
1929H DOUBLE K-11 RED BU................................. 20 MARTINIQUE 1770 8 REALES K-64 XF ....................................... 550 1862 CENT K-6 VF VERTIGRIS REV ......................... 14
1938H DOUBLE K-11 RED UNC .............................. 10 1897 FRANC K-41 GOOD........................................ 14 1806 8 REALES K-97 NICE UNC SM STAINS.......... 450 1875 CENT K-9 XF ............................................... 100
1889H 2 DOUBLES K-9 CH UNC ............................. 15 MEXICO 1864 SOL K-196.1 VF ............................................ 42 1889 CENT K-16 XF ............................................... 80
1920H 2 DOUBLES K-12 RED UNC ......................... 25 1783MO 8 REALES K-109 XF SHIPWRECK ............ 140 1934 SOL K-218.2 XF ............................................ 20 1899 10 CENTS K-11 AU/UNC ............................... 80
1920H 2 DOUBLES K-12 RED BU............................ 30 1783MO 8 REALES K-109 AU SHIPWRECK ........... 180 1983 5 SOLES K-271 UNC 650 MINTED ................. 50 1927 10 CENTS K-29B GEM BU .............................. 20
1920H 4 DOUBLES K-13 R&B UNC SM SPOT........... 15 1806 8 REALES K-108 VF/XF SM DIGS ................. 140 PHILIPPINES 1890 20 CENTS K-12 AU ........................................ 68
1920H 4 DOUBLES K-13 REDDISH BU .................... 30 1811MO 8 REALES K-110 AU+ LT OLD WIPE ....... 180 1885 10 CENTIMOS K-148 F .................................. 10 1900 20 CENTS K-12 XF CLEANED ......................... 35
1920H 8 DOUBLES K-14 R&B UNC ......................... 14 1824MO 8 REALES K-377.10 XF RARE ................. 800 1885 20 CENTIMOS K-149 VF ................................ 22 1904 DOLLAR K-25 XF ........................................... 95
1920H 8 DOUBLES K-14 RED BU TINY SPOT .......... 25 1830MO 8 REALES K-377.10 AU .......................... 500 1885 20 CENTIMOS K-149 VF SCR’S ...................... 15 SWEDEN
GUINEA-BISSAU 1836GaJG 8 REALES K-377.10 AU LT TN ............. 500 1903 5 CENTAVOS K-164 NICE BU ......................... 45 1586 DALER D-8705 XF JOHAN III STOCKHOM
ND1946 10 ESCUDO K-7 BU ANNV DISOVERY........ 25 1840DoRM 8 REALES K-377.4 XF DOUBLED Do/o ... 350 1904 20 CENTAVOS K-166 PROOF CLEANED ........ 200 MINT TONING OVER FAINT RUB STILL LOOKS
HAITI 1842/1DoRM/L 8 REALES K-377.4 XF ................. 350 1919 50 CENTAVOS K-171 AU/UNC LT HLS ........... 40 ORGINAL AND PLEASANT ............................... 1,800
AN14A 25 CENTIMES K-15.1 VF/XF ....................... 65 1848/7DoRM 8 REALES K-377.4 VF RARE B & G 1947 50 CENTAVOS K-184 BU................................ 25 1694 7 MARK K-295 VF CLEANED .......................... 80
AN26 100 CENTIMES K-A23................................... 40 IN RAYS.......................................................... 1,500 1903 PESO K-168 AU .......................................... 125 1864 RIKSDALER SPECIE K-711 XF....................... 180
HONG KONG 1857DO 8 REALES K-377.4 FLASHY AU................ 350 1903S PESO K-168 XF............................................ 90 1581 1/2 ORE MB-162 XF/AU ............................... 90
1865 CENT K-4.1 AU ............................................. 48 1886GaJS 8 REALES K-377.6 AU CLND ................ 100 1907S PESO K-172 VF ............................................ 40 1651 ORE K-162.2 VF TYP CRUDE ........................ 140
1900H CENT K-4.3 CH UNC R&B OBV SOME DARK 1889GO 8 REALES K-377.8 AU .............................. 90 1908S PESO K-172 AU OLD FAINT WIPE................ 55
1890 CENTAVO K-391.6 UNC ................................. 18 1746 2 ORE K-437 XF ............................................ 45
TONING ON REV ............................................... 125 1909S PESO K-172 AU ........................................... 90 1670 4 ORE K-257 VF ............................................ 50
1901H CENT K-4.3 AU ........................................... 35 1901C CENTAVO K-394 AU .................................... 48 1961 PESO K-192 BU SLIGHTLY BAGGY ................. 35
1901M CENTAVO K-394.1 CH BROWN UNC ............ 70 1927 5 ORE K-779.2 VF SCARCE............................. 50
1898 10 CENTS K-5 AU .......................................... 28 POLAND 1899 50 ORE K-740 VF .......................................... 15
HUNGARY 1935 5 CENTAVOS K-422 CH R&B UNC ................... 38 1958 2 ZLOTYCH Y-46 GEM UNC ........................... 50
1956 10 CENTAVOS K-433 CH R&B UNC ................. 10 1888 KRONA VG ................................................... 15
1948 50 FILLER K-536 CH BU ................................ 25 1966 100 ZLOTYCH Y-57 BU MILLENIUM .............. 90 1897 2 KRONOR K-762 UNC .................................. 40
1879 FORINT K-453.1 AU ...................................... 35 1879GO 25 CENTAVOS K-406.5 VF ........................ 18 PORTUGAL
1870CN PESO K-408.1 AU BALANCE SCALE.......... 280 1897 2 KRONOR K-762 P/L UNC............................ 85
INDIA 1898CnAM PESO K-409 AU CLN............................. 65 1886 20 REIS K-527 UNC ...................................... 40 1932 2 KRONOR K-805 UNC DEATH....................... 30
1835 1/4 ANNA K-446.2 VF+ ................................ 18 1901ZsFZ PESO K-409.3 XF DIE CRACKS ................ 95 1812 40 REIS K-345.1 AU TYP CRUDE ................. 250 1935 5 KRONOR K-806 UNC .................................. 30
1858 1/4 ANNA K-463.21 CH R&B UNC ................. 58 1902CnJQ PESO K-409 AU CLN .............................. 90 POTUGUESE INDIA 1952 5 KRONOR K-828 UNC B-DAY ........................ 28
1840 1/2 RUPEE K-456.1 AU................................. 50 1910 PESO K-453 UNC CABILLITO ....................... 600 1947 TANGA K-24 TONED UNC .............................. 16 1952 5 KRONOR K-838 UNC B-DAY ........................ 24
1936 1/2 RUPEE K-522 NEAR GEM ........................ 90 1912 PESO K-453 AU CABILLITO ......................... 750 1881 1/8 RUPIA K-309 XF 1 YR TYPE.................. 250 SWITZERLAND
1950 1/2 RUPEE K-6.1 PRF LITTLE BAGGY .......... 125 1921 2 PESOS K-462 XF+ LT RB INDEP ................ 150 1947 1/4 RUPIA K-25 TONED UNC ........................ 18
1835 RUPEE K-450.4 VF RS .................................... 60 1947 1/2 RUPIA K-26 TONED UNC ........................ 22 1864 RAPPEN K-3.1 DARK AU PERHAPS CLND...... 250
1921 2 PESOS K-462 AU INDEP ........................... 180 1870 RAPPEN K-3.1 VF KEY ................................. 100
1840 RUPEE K-457 AU ........................................... 45 1947 5 PESOS K-465 BU ........................................ 40 PUERTO RICO
1890C RUPEE K-492 XF.......................................... 24 1896 5 CENTAVOS K-20 VF .................................... 55 1887 RAPPEN K-3.1 AU.......................................... 22
1948 5 PESOS K-465 GEM BU ................................ 35 1850 2 RAPPEN K-4.1 UNC .................................... 35
1891C RUPEE K-492 AU ......................................... 60 1950 5 PESOS K-466 UNC RAILROAD................... 160 1896 5 CENTAVOS K-20 VF+ .................................. 65
1892B RUPEE K-492 AU/UNC ................................ 90 1896 5 CENTAVOS K-20 XF .................................... 85 1937 2 RAPPEN K-4.2A RED SPECIMEN .................. 75
1954 5 PESOS K-467 BU SL BAGGY...................... 300 1877 5 RAPPEN K-5 XF .......................................... 65
1936 CROWN K-XM-90 PROOF 650 MINTED .......... 30 1978 100 PESOS 483.2 UNC .................................. 24 1896 5 CENTAVOS K-20 AU SOME COLOR ............ 175
INDIA-TRAVANCORE 1896 5 CENTAVOS K-20 AU/UNC ........................... 15 1918 10 RAPPEN K-27A ......................................... 10
1979 ONZA K-M49b UNC....................................... 35 1875 SILVER MEDAL STUGGART P-1679 TND UNC .. 120
ND(1924-49) CHUCKRAM K-60 BU ......................... 25 1980 ONZA K-M49b UNC....................................... 35 1896 10 CENTAVOS K-21 VF TONED ...................... 65
IRAN MEXICO-CHIHUAHUA 1896 10 CENTAVOS K-21 VF+ ................................ 75 SWITZERLAND-GENEVA CITY
AH1319 1000 DINARS K-972 XF UNEVEN STRIKE ... 250 1915 5 CENTAVOS K-613 R&B UNC ........................ 38 ROMANIA 1759 6 DENIERS K-79 VF VERY RARE ................... 350
AH1330 2000 DINARS K-1041 XF WEAK OBV........ 30 MEXICO-OAXACA 1884B 50 BANI K-21 F/VF ..................................... 80 SWITZERLAND-ST. GALLEN
AH1306 5000 DINARS K-1106 UNC ....................... 75 1813 8 REALES KM-234 VF .................................. 300 RUSSIA 1622 THALER K-61 VF FL/FL BEAR ...................... 180
SH1312 5 RIALS K-1131 UNC ................................ 90 1915 50 CENTAVOS K-734 XF/AU ........................ 100 1896 1/2 KOPEK Y-48.1 AU .................................. 22 SYRIA
IRAQ 1915 50 CENTAVOS K-737 AU ............................. 100 1912 1/2 KOPEK Y-48.1 AU .................................. 17 1921 1/2 PIASTRE K-68 CH UNC ........................... 45
1931 50 FILS K-100 F ............................................ 14 1915 PESO K-740.1 UNC 4TH BUST UNFIN.......... 280 1800EM KOPEK C-95.3 XF DETAILS........................ 20 1929 PIASTRE K-71 VF........................................... 10
1931 50 FILS K-100 DARK VF ................................ 30 MEXICO-TAXCO 1818 KOPEK C-117.5 AU........................................ 45 1936 PIASTRE K-71 XF .......................................... 18
IRELAND 1915 PESO K-272 AU ........................................... 350 1844EM KOPEK C-144.1 AU LAMINATION REV ...... 28 TAIWAN
1806 FARTHING K-146.1 AU ENGR EDGE............... 50 MEXICO-ZACATECAS 1898 KOPEK Y-9.2 NICE UNC ................................. 25 1965 50 YUAN Y-539 UNC..................................... 30
ISLE OF MAN 181? 8 REALES K-111.5 AG .................................... 60 1912 KOPEK Y-9.2 CH UNC MOSTLY RED ............... 35 THAILAND
1733 1/2 PENNY K-3 AU+ ................................... 380 MONACO 1799EM 2 KOPEKS C-95.3 XF CRUDE SM SILVER CS1236(1874) 1/2 PAI Y-18 TONED AU ................. 24
1758 1/2 PENNY K-6 PLEASANT VF+ ..................... 75 1943 FRANC K-120 GEM UNC ................................ 20 DROPS OBV ......................................................... 25 ND(1879-1900) BAHT Y-34 VF+ OLD PIN SCRS
1786 1/2 PENNY K-8 VF ........................................ 58 1964 2 KOPEKS Y-127A BU KEY DATE .................... 25 WITH SOME COLORFUL TONING ......................... 32
1798 1/2 PENNY K-10 VF+ LT SPOT REV ............... 34 MONTENEGRO 1781EM 5 KOPEKS C-59.3 AU++ .......................... 100
1811 1/2 PENNY K-TN1 XF LRG LETTERS ............ 250 1912 PERPER K-14 VF ............................................ 35 1804EM 5 KOPEKS C-115.1 XF............................. 140 1996 600 BAHT Y-234 PROOF ............................. 200
1811 1/2 PENNY K-TN3 VF.................................... 28 MOROCCO 1835EM 10 KOPEKS C-141.1 XF/AU LARGE FL/FL TIBET
1813 1/2 PENNY K-10 VF+ .................................... 80 AH1331 1/4 RIAL Y-31 XF .................................... 60 SCARCE .............................................................. 150 1936(16-10) 3 SRANG Y-26 UNC CLND ................ 180
1813 1/2 PENNY K-10 XF.................................... 100 1956 500 FRANCS Y-54 AU .................................... 35 1910 5 KOPEK Y-18A.1 GEM UNC ........................ 120 TOGO
1830 1/2 PENNY K-TN16 VF.................................. 35 MOZAMBIQUE 1913 10 KOPEK Y-20A.2 CH UNC ........................... 60 1948 FRANC K-4 UNC ............................................ 28
1709 PENNY K-2A CRUDE VF ............................... 100 1982 METICAL K-99 BU ......................................... 15 1923 20 KOPEK Y-82 XF ........................................ 15 TUNISIA
1733 PENNY K-5 VF ............................................. 100 NAGORNO-KARABAKH 1895 25 KOPEKS Y-57 TONED AU ........................ 175 1917A FRANC KM-238 UNC SL DISCOL OBV........... 40
1733 PENNY K-5 PLEASANT VF+ .......................... 120 2000 1000 DRAMS K-21A PRF GILT SILVER ......... 100 1896 25 KOPEKS Y-57 TONED XF ........................ 125 TURKEY
1786 PENNY K-9.1 VF+ ........................................ 110 1998 25000 DRAMS K-1A PRF GILT SILVER ......... 125 1913 50 KOPEK Y-58.2 AU CLND/POLISH ............. 40 1327/4 10 PARA K-760 BU.................................... 18
1798 PENNY K-11 VF ............................................. 45 1998 25000 DRAMS K-5A PRF GILT SILVER ......... 125 1727 ROUBLE Y-177.1 VF+ .................................. 875 1966 SILVER MEDAL PROOF 400TH ANNIV ........... 55
1830 PENNY K-TN18 VF+....................................... 45 1998 25000 DRAMS K-16A PRF GILT SILVER ....... 125 1828 ROUBLE C-161 VF WINGS DOWN................ 175 URUGUAY
ISRAEL NETHERLANDS 1893 ROUBLE Y-48 TND XF/AU ........................... 800 1869A 2 CENTESIMOS K-12 XF .............................. 14
1962 LIRA K-38 BU ............................................... 15 1924 CENT K-152 XF SCARCE DATE ........................ 28 1913 ROUBLE Y-70 TND XF ROMANOV ................ 150
1896 10 CENTS K-116 F KEY DATE ......................... 10 1913 ROUBLE Y-70 TND AU ROMANOV ............... 180 1857D 20 CENTESIMOS K-9 XF RIM NICKS ............ 14
ITALY VENEZUELA
1866H 10 CENTESIMI K-113 UNC TONING OVER LT 1903 10 CENTS K-135 TND XF/AU......................... 22 1913 ROUBLE Y-70 UNC ROMANOV DYNASTY ..... 300
OLD CLEAN.......................................................... 70 1906 10 CENTS K-136 VF....................................... 10 1924 ROUBLE Y-90.1 AU ....................................... 85 1876 CENTIMO Y-25 AU OLD FAINT WIPE........... 150
1903 25 CENTESIMI K-36 VF SCARCE..................... 35 1910 10 CENTS K-145 XF ...................................... 25 1993 3 ROUBLES Y-409 PRF BEAR ....................... 160 1877 2 ½ CENTIMOS Y-26 CH AU LT WIPE .......... 200
1929 10 LIRE K-68.1 TONED AU/UNC ................. 140 1902 25 CENTS K-120.2 TONED AU RARE .............. 50 1994 3 ROUBLES Y-460 PRF SABLE ........................ 60 1876 5 CENTIMOS Y-12.2 AU OLD WIPE ............. 120
MILAN 1904 GULDEN K-122.2 XF ..................................... 45 1995 3 ROUBLES Y-474 PRF LYNX ......................... 55 1938 5 CENTIMOS Y-27 UNC ................................. 18
1792M CROCIONE K-236 VF ................................ 120 1908 GULDEN K-122.2 VF CLND ............................ 20 1996 3 ROUBLES Y-477 PRF KNIGHTS .................. 60 1876A 10 CENTIMOS Y-13.1 AU+ SCR’S ON
PAPAL STATES NEW ZEALAND 1996 3 ROUBLES Y-535 PRF TIGER ........................ 60 PORTRAIT ........................................................... 90
1745 QUATTRINO K-6 F/VF WEAK 5...................... 25 1941 3 PENCE K-8 AU CLND .................................. 35 1997 3 ROUBLES Y-593 PRF POLAR BEAR .............. 60 1894A 25 CENTIMOS Y-20 F/VF ............................ 15
1816B QUATTRINO K-1276.1 NICE UNC .............. 250 1935 FLORIN K-4 XF.............................................. 30 SAARLAND 1894A 25 CENTIMOS Y-20 XF ............................... 40
1851R QUATTRINO K-1359 UNC............................ 65 1935 1/2 CROWN K-5 VF+ .................................... 28 1954 10 FRANKEN K-1 BU ..................................... 20 1919A 25 CENTIMOS Y-20 F .................................. 13
1759 BAIOCCO K-1184 VF ..................................... 48 NICARAGUA 1954 50 FRANKEN K-3 NICE UNC KEY.................... 30 1893A 50 CENTIMOS Y-21 F .................................. 15
1791 BAIOCCO K-1222 CH UNC SOME RED .......... 450 1880H 20 CENTAVOS K-4 XF.................................. 30 SAINT HELENA 1921 BOLIVAR Y-22 AU SM STAIN REV .................. 65
1802 BAIOCCO K-1267 VF+ ................................... 38 NIGER 1821 1/2 Penny K-A4 XF ...................................... 48 1912 5 BOLIVARES VF ........................................... 30
1802 BAIOCCO K-1267 XF ..................................... 60 1968 10 FRANCS K-8.1 PROOF .............................. 70 SAINT KITTS & NEVIS YUGOSLAVIA
1848 BAIOCCO K-1343 XF MINOR RIM NICKS ....... 60 1968 10 FRANCS K-8.1 PROOF GLD TONE .............. 90 1970 $4 K-1 BU ..................................................... 30 1938 DINAR K-19 GEM BU .................................... 15
were produced from metal mined in Northern Quebec at the includes the numeral 24. The purity of the sourced gold
Newmont Éléonore mine. The Newmont Éléonore mine is in is achieved by following what the mint calls “a rigorous
the Cree territory of Eeyou Istchee in the James Bay region. segregation protocol.” Coins are further protected by Bullion
The gold from this mine is from the Roberto Deposit. DNA technology.
The 2024 coins use gold sourced from Agnico Eagle’s According to the RCM, “Every Gold Maple Leaf bullion
Detour Lake mine in Northern Ontario. Agnico Eagle coin dated 2014 and later, as well as every Silver Maple Leaf
is the country’s largest miner of Canadian gold and is the bullion coin dated 2015 and later, now features a unique
third-largest gold producer in the world. Agnico also owns anti-counterfeiting security mark. The Mint’s digital non-
the Meliadine mine from which the gold for the 2022 coin destructive activation (DNA) technology, jointly developed
originated. by the Royal Canadian Mint and SignopticTM, captures
The 2024 coin features King Charles III on the obverse images encrypted with a string of codes and then stores these
for the first time. The earlier two coins each featured Charles’ codes in the Mint’s secure database. By using the proprietary
late mother, Queen Elizabeth II. The annual reverse design hardware and software that make up the Bullion DNA anti-
features a sugar maple leaf engraved by Walter Ott that is counterfeiting technology, authorized Bullion DNA dealers
surrounded by precisely machined radial lines as a security can facilitate the authentication of Gold and Silver Maple
device. The micro-engraved security mark on the 2024 coins Leaf bullion coins.”

LARGE MEDIEVAL HOARD UNCOVERED

at a favorable exchange rate to the coin issuing
T he largest find of medieval bracteate coins
encountered in recent times was recently
announced in Glottertal, Germany.
authority, who then re-coined them using
different designs.
Those studying the find hope to get a Volker reported the discovery to
new view of the area’s local history as SOMP. SOMP archaeologist Andreas
well as contemporary silver mining Haasis-Berner said, “The next
operations. morning, he examined the place
Glottertal is situated in the a second time, and now, his wife
Black Forest in the Breisgau- found a huge amount. Some
Hochschwarzwald district. hours later, I went to the place
Archaeological evidence and dug about 1,000 coins.”
indicates iron smelting has taken The area was then swept
place there since Roman times. with metal detectors to find the
Silver mining began during the 11th balance of the coins. A Stuttgart
century. A 15-kilometer water channel Regional Council statement said,
supplying the mines with water was “Despite sometimes adverse conditions
built in 1284. Mining activities ceased — the rain turned the waste into knee-
late in the 12th century, following the mines deep mud — the commissioners did not
having been flooded. let themselves be deterred. Their persistence
The hoard was discovered in May, was rewarded with the discovery of
according to a Stuttgart Regional Bracteate coins, the finder suggested, look like around 600 more coins.”
Council statement. The coins were small silver plates that were recently discovered The coins were initially field-cleaned
uncovered during the installation of a in the Black Forest region of Germany. before being sent to a lab for further
water pipe near the village swimming study. Haasis-Berner determined most
pool. The workers were accompanied by Claus Volker, who of the coins were minted about 1320, the majority having been
was hired by the State Office for Monument Preservation. produced at Breisach, Freiburg in Breisgau, and Zofingen.
Volker reported seeing what he at first described as Smaller numbers originated from Basel, Colmar, Laufenburg,
“small metal plates.” What he had found was a hoard of St. Gallen, and Zurich.
approximately 1,600 silver bracteate coins. Bracteates are Breisach issued 19-millimeter, 0.39-gram silver bracteates
very thin uniface coins, the obverse image penetrating on which the shield of the city appears. Coins of Breisach are
to the reverse in incuse form. It is believed bracteate known from as early as the time of Heinrich I von Horburg
coinage began in the 12th century. They were minted by (1180-1191).
hundreds of independent continental European political Freiburg bracteates are about 15mm with a weight of 0.24
entities through at least the 15th century. Bracteates were grams. The later Freiburger rappen was associated with
commonly recalled (Renovatio monetae or coin renewal) the Rappenmunzbund coinage used in the southern Upper
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Rhine region for about 180 years following attempts to create value of approximately 150 sheep. There are no clues to the
a larger coinage area in about 1377. reason the coins were buried, although it is likely they were
Zofingen was granted the right to strike coins in 1239 by hidden to prevent theft, as a substitute for using a bank, or
Holy Roman Emperor Frederic II. Numerous designs were due to some local conflict.
issued, but all are imitations of coin designs from other coin- The find is the largest since about 5,000 coins dating from
issuing authorities. the 1280s were discovered in 1949 in Freiburg. Four additional
Haasis-Berner said the mix of so many issuing entities but smaller hoards dating from the same period have been
illustrates the extensive trade networks and currency found in the greater region.
circulation within the region during the early 14th century. He Haasis-Berner explained, “With these treasures, we can see
hopes the hoard will provide information on aspects of the which coins have been common,” adding, “The evaluation of
region’s history, including the circulation of coins in Breisgau, this coin hoard will enable us to make statements about the
the minting activities of local mints, mining operations in circulation of coins in Breisgau, the minting activity in the
Glottertal at that time in history, and the local silver trade. mints, the silver trade, but also the mining in Glottertal.”
“Glottertal has been one of the most important mining Glottertal is about 10 kilometers or six miles northeast of
areas for the dukes of Freiburg,” according to Haasis-Berner. Freiburg. Freiburg was founded by the House of Zähringen,
“The site where the coins were found was a main settlement a dynasty ruled by dukes from around 1120 to 1218. The city
area for miners.” was taken over by the House of Urach following the end of
Haasis-Berner estimates the hoard would have had the the Zähringer line.

MANY QUESTIONS FEW ANSWERS ABOUT COINS

The Kaleto fortress is believed to have
F ive gold Byzantine coins discovered in
the ruins of a house in northern
Bulgaria are leaving archeologists
been initially built by the Romans, taking
advantage of rock formations that were
with more questions than answers. used as fortified walls. Kaleto was
Normally, coins found at such used primarily for surveillance
a dig site serve the same rather than for defense. The
function as index fossils at a fortress was extended and
paleontological site—the improved upon after its 1396
coins give an idea of the age capture by the Ottoman
of the ruins. Turks as they conquered what
The five coins date had been an independent
from the time of Byzantine Bulgarian kingdom. Kaleto
Emperor Justinian I, who was used as late as 1885 during
ruled between 527 and 565. the Serbo-Bulgarian War.
Based on two iron sickles, Ivanov said there are traces
iron tools, a belt buckle, three at the site of a large Thracian
bronze rings, and various-sized settlement from the 4th-3rd centuries
ceramic vessels found with the coins, B.C., three phases of habitation from
archaeologists are positive the building Late Antiquity (4th-6th centuries), the
in which the coins were discovered First Bulgarian Kingdom, a necropolis
dates from the 10th century, several A Byzantine Emperor Justinian I solidus similar to from the Second Bulgarian Kingdom,
hundred years after the coins were this example was recently discovered in the ruins and the Ottoman period.
minted. of a burned-out building in Bulgaria. According to Ivanov, “During
Adding to the mystery is that there this year [2024], the most interesting
appears to have been a fire, which is likely why the building archaeological situation is an early
was abandoned. medieval dwelling that was burned down. In other cases,
Associate Dr. Stiliyan Ivanov from the National Historical similar dwellings are found without remains of the internal
Institute, who is also associated with a museum at the structure, while here, we have the rare opportunity to see the
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, oversees the study. The wooden lining of the dwelling, which, although charred, is
primary area of interest is the Kaleto fortress above Debnevo, clearly discernible. It must be related somewhere to the 10th
the largest village in the municipality of Troyan, Bulgaria. A century, to the time of the rule of the Bulgarian kings Simeon
monastery and folk art museum is in the area. and Peter.”

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 The archaeologist continued, “The most interesting find The solidus was introduced as the successor to the aureus
from the apartment is the discovery of five gold coins scattered during the early fourth century. The Byzantine solidus or
on the floor. Two of them were badly damaged by fire. What nomisma was struck of good purity gold until the 11th century.
is interesting about the coins is that they are much older than The by-then greatly debased denomination was replaced with
the early medieval dwelling where they were found. They the hyperpyron or bezant in 1092.
date from the 6th century, from the time of Emperor Justinian According to Mango, in sixth-century Jerusalem, a building
I. They were most likely discovered by those who built the worker was paid 21 folles or 1/20 of a solidus per day.
dwelling and who subsequently preserved them.” In seventh-century Alexandria, a pound of fish cost six
Considering the tools found in the ruins suggest the folles, while a loaf of bread was three folles. A donkey cost
occupants were farmers, and it is unlikely the coins were kept between three and four solidi. A laborer earned 1/23 of a
as mementos or due to an interest in coin collecting. Ivanov solidus daily. This means it would have cost between 69- and
added, “Although not in circulation, these coins were valuable 92-days wages to purchase a donkey.
enough because they were made of gold – a material that was In general, by the time of Byzantine Emperor Theodosius
quite valuable even in the Middle Ages.” III (715-717), a single gold solidus could be worth as much as
It is challenging to put a value on the coins at the time 2,000 nummi and could purchase 30 to 40 modii of wheat. A
they were stored in the now ruined building. In his book cavalryman earned 180 bronze composition nummi a day or a
Byzantium, the Empire of New Rome, author Cyril Mango gold solidus as his wage for a month and a half.
notes local inflation, culture, and other factors impacted The Eastern Roman Empire, remembered today as the
the purchasing values of contemporary coins. While written Byzantine Empire, continued to use Latin rather than Greek
sources exist, Mango acknowledges many of these written legends on its coins well into the eighth century despite the
sources are inaccurate or have been “tainted by translation.” culture having evolved to be primarily of Greek influence.

ROMAN REPUBLICAN COIN FIND

coins described as being of the same variety and from the
P antelleria, Cossyra, Cossura, or whatever you want to call
the Italian island and commune in the Strait of Sicily in
the Mediterranean Sea within the site of Tunisia, this rock
same period were encountered. Marble sculptures of Julius
Caesar, Agrippina, and Titus Flavius Vespasian found at the
may not in the past been known for much of anything. Now, site have been displayed at the Salinas Museum in Palermo as
it’s known as the site where multiple hoards of ancient coins well as the British Museum in London.
have been found in the past half-century or more. The coins in the current find are reported to have been
The Roman Fasti Triumphales records the Romans issued between 94 and 74 B.C. This would place the coins
occupying the island, then known as either Cossyra or toward what Edward A. Sydenham (The Coinage of the
Cossura, in 225 B.C. The Carthaginians recovered the Roman Republic) categorized as the end of Period V to
island a year later, and the Romans occupied the island more the beginning of Period VII (about 78-55 B.C.) of Roman
successfully in 217 B.C., towards the end of the Second Punic coins.
War. Bronze composition coins used on the island initially Grant describes Period V (about 119-91 B.C.) coins as
carried a Punic legend. This changed to Latin by the first originating from various mints, with monetary changes and
century B.C. The town on Pantelleria (the modern name for sequence marks. This includes issues of an auxiliary Italian
the island) had municipal rights. The island was a place where mint between about 96 and 91 B.C.
prominent Romans, including those in the imperial family, Grant’s listing of Period VI covers from 90 to 79 B.C. and
were banished. includes the Social War. Coins are described as semuncial,
M.H. Crawford identified “88 denarii and fragments serrated, and military issues. He identifies Period VII as
of denarii down to issue of L. Ivli Bvrsio” in the Museo being between 78 and 55 B.C. and includes both serrated
Nazionale di Siracusa as listing 243 and originating from and regular issues. According to photographs available when
Pantelleria-Cossura in his 1979 book Roman Republican writing this article, at least one of the coins in the recent find
Coin Hoards. Crawford lists “two extraneous denarii of is a serrate denarius.
P. Crepvsi and Ti. Clavd TiF Ap.N” and “one extraneous Serrate denarii are understood to have originated at a mint
denarius of L. Manli, L. Svlla.” in Sicily about 209 to 208 B.C. These denarii with manually
In 2011, 4,000 Punic or Carthaginian bronze coins were applied serrated edges were only issued during the period of
discovered about a mile off the coast of Pantelleria. Tanit the Roman Republic. Their function is not known for certain.
appears on the obverse, with a horse head on the reverse on It has been suggested that the labor-intensive application
all but one of these coins. of serrations to the edge of these denarii could have been
The site on the island that recently yielded 27 silver Roman done to prevent fourrée (silver-wrapped base metal core)
Republican coins is the same site where, in 2010, 107 Roman counterfeiting or to ensure the coins were of good silver and

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were acceptable in commerce without the need for testing intentionally during a raid by pirates, this being a common
individual coins when transacting business. occurrence in ancient times. Schäfer said the coins may not
The coins were found at the ruins of the acropolis at have been found earlier because so much of the acropolis
the Archaeological Park of Selinunte, Cave di Cusa and remained untouched for centuries. He hopes the discovery
Pantelleria. This site includes the remains of an ancient Greek will contribute to their understanding of the Roman
colony established in the 7th century B.C. The coins were Republic, how it was structured and what politics and
found during a cleaning and restoration project headed by the commerce might have been like in the Mediterranean at
University of Tuebingen (Germany) archaeologist Thomas that time.
Schaefer. Some of the coins were found in soil loosened by Francesco Paolo Scarpinato, a regional spokesman for
recent heavy rains. Other coins were found under a rock cultural heritage, added, “This discovery...offers valuable
during the excavations. The coins have since been restored information for the reconstruction of the events, trade contacts
and inventoried. and political relations that marked the Mediterranean in the
Schäfer has suggested the coins could have been hidden Republican age.”

CASH, YES, ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS, NO IN BULGARIA

S weden may be leading the march towards a
cashless society, but Bulgaria is going in
the other direction. The Bulgarian National
Bulgaria introduced coins in denominations
of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 stotinki in 1999. The
1-lev coin replaced the bank note of the same
Bank, or Българска народна банка, value in 2002. This was followed by the
recently announced that as of the end of 2-lev coin replacing the bank note in 2015.
July, the southeastern European nation The current 5-, 10-, 20-, and 50-lev bank
reached a new record for physical cash notes were introduced, accompanied by
that is in circulation. 1- and 2-lev notes in 1999. The 100-lev was
This is the sixth straight month in which introduced in 2003.
the circulation of coins and bank notes has Bulgaria’s favoring cash over electronic
increased. The largest increase in coinage payments is associated with security,
use is in the 1- and 2-leva denominations. reliability, and freedom, but also with ease of
The values of these two denominations are use. The World Bank’s Global Findex database
now estimated to be at 195 million and 94 million indicates Bulgaria has Europe’s second-largest share
leva, respectively, up from about 190 million and of cash payments, following Romania. About 63
90.5 million leva at the end of 2023. Overall, percent of all transactions in Bulgaria are made
it appears the value of coins in circulation using physical cash. Travelers are cautioned to
is about 609 million leva or about $346.2 carry cash for making purchases at markets
million U.S., an increase of about 5 million and roadside stalls when being outside
leva, or about $284.3 million U.S., from major cities and larger towns.
one month earlier. Inflation remains problematic in
The value of the higher denomination Bulgaria. The monthly inflation rate
Bulgarian bank notes in circulation was at 2.4 percent in July, down from 2.5
surpassed that of the two lowest percent in May. The Consumer Price Index
denominations. At the end of July, the rose 0.5 percent during July, following a 0.2
highest value note, the 100 leva, accounted for percent decline during May.
about 90 percent of the value of all the notes in In June, the European Central Bank ruled
circulation at 26.23 billion leva, or about $14.9 Bulgaria’s inflation is still too high for that
The amount of physical cash
billion U.S. This is a one-month increase from nation to join the eurozone. Bulgaria, should
circulation in Bulgaria recently hit an
the end of June of 405 million leva, or about all-time high. it join the currency union, would be the 21st
$230.29 million U.S. Much of the balance of European Union member to do so. A June
this increase was due to the popularity of the 50-leva bank note 25 ECB press release reads, “Limited progress has been made
as well. by non-euro area member states of the European Union on
An April central bank report indicated counterfeiting had economic convergence with the euro area since 2022.”
increased modestly during the early part of the year. The bank The ECB has calculated prices in Bulgaria are rising at an
had identified 225 counterfeit bank notes and 30 fake coins annual rate of 5.1 percent, this being 1.8 percent higher than what
during the first three months of 2024. This included 83 50-lev is required to join the currency union. The ECB noted Bulgaria’s
bank notes and 11 50-stotinki coins. inflation will likely “decrease gradually over the coming months.”

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 Bulgaria is a parliamentary democracy headed by a prime installation in the country to promote electronic payments.”
minister. This was established following the Revolutions of The report continues, “A growing banked population,
1989, through which the Communist Party was forced to give increasing financial literacy, and improved payment infrastructure
up its political monopoly. Bulgaria’s government is still generally supported debit cards as the preferred payment card with the
considered to be unstable. higher share of cards in circulation. The credit card market is
Bulgaria is moving slowly towards the use of electronic financial smaller due to the consumers’ preference for debt-free payment,
transfers rather than using cash. Credit card and payment market which acts as a challenge for this market.”
transactions totaled $17.3 billion in 2023. According to an April In March 2023, the Bulgarian city of Sofia phased out paper
19 Global Data report, “Cash continues to play a pivotal role tickets used to pay for rides on city buses, trolleys, and trams,
in Bulgaria. However, the central bank and government are promoting the use of electronic payments. All major Bulgarian
introducing payment regulations, improving payment-acceptance banks offer contactless cards, Visa and Mastercard being the
infrastructure, and mandating POS [point-of-sale] terminal primary cards of choice.

SOUTH KOREA CONSIDERS COPYRIGHT VIOLATIONS

N ow, here are some coins you can really sink
your teeth into. The Bank of Korea
recently announced it will relax a rule
than a year. The warnings have been primarily
ignored. Enforcement of the copyright has
been met with backlash.
through which the commercial use of In June, an official from the BOK
the iconography on any South Korean was quoted by the Korea JoongAng
coins and bank notes can be used for Daily newspaper, “Currently, we are
other purposes. negotiating with Sibwonppang
The source of this revision is manufacturers to come up with
a bread filled with cheese called adequate altercations to the bread’s
Sibwonppang, which resembles a design. As of right now, we do not
10-won coin. The obverse of this have plans for legal action against
coin features the Dabotap Pagoda Sibwonppang manufacturers.”
dating from the Silla Dynasty (57 A press release of the same
B.C.-935 A.D.) in Gyeongju, South date reads, “If money designs are
Korea. The pagoda is a national treasure. indiscriminately used for commercial
The reverse of the coin features the numeral purposes, it can be a factor that gives way
value of the denomination. to counterfeiting and deteriorate the dignity and
Won-denominated coins were reliability of currency.”
The commercial use of the image of the
introduced in 1966, the 10 won initially Dabotap Pagoda as it appears on South The Sibwonppang manufacturers legally
being struck in bronze. The coins were the Korean coins is in question. downloaded the coin’s appearance on Korea
first Korean coins on which the Gregorian Open Government License, a platform that
rather than the Korean calendar date appeared. The coin allows anyone to freely use files, including images and videos
composition was changed to brass in 1970 in an effort to reduce belonging to the government or public institutions that are
minting expenses. The coin was among those standardized in posted on the site.
relation to a new 500-won denomination coin in 1983. The BOK reacted, “The image shouldn’t have been up on
In 1986, faced with a production cost of 38 won to strike that site in the first place. It belongs to us, and the platform
a 10-won coin, the central bank changed the coinage metal should have asked us for permission to post the image on
for the coin to copper-plated aluminum; its size was reduced their site instead of the Korea Minting and Security Printing
from 22.86mm to 18mm. At the time, unsubstantiated rumors Corporation. We’ve asked the Korea Open Government
circulated the coins were being melted with the metal being License to either categorize the image under the section for
reused to make jewelry. items that are not allowed to be used for commercial purposes
Sibwonppang may resemble this coin, but Sibwonppang or take it down.”
has a larger diameter, and it sells for about 3,000 won or about There has been BOK concern that if push comes to shove,
$2.24 U.S. The pasty is sold primarily in the tourist areas of the Dabotap Pagoda image on real coins may need to be
Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang. Today, the legal tender 10-won replaced. “We’ve directed the manufacturers that the new
coin has a value equal to 0.00075 U.S. cents. design should bear no clear resemblance to the actual coin,
Due to copyrights, the BOK has been warning and that may mean a different landmark engraving or words,”
Sibwonppang manufacturers to change the design for more according to the BOK official.
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 The official continued, “I’ve been told by the brand’s known treat in the United States.
headquarters that they will provide me with a new metal mold In November 2022, the Norwegian organization Antipodes
soon.” Café exhibited “illegal tender” chocolate coins in Logroño City,
Coins and bank notes of South Korea are produced by the Spain. This included Argentinean pesos rather than pesos and
state-owned corporation Korea Minting and Security Printing Russian chocolate coins on which butterflies are featured.
Corporation. According to Candy Warehouse, “Although not legal
Candy or pastry coins and bank notes that resemble legal tender, U.S. chocolate coins wrapped in patriotic American
tender coins are nothing new. Chocolate candy resembling colors of red, white, and blue are sure to be accepted for
coins inspired by the acts of Saint Nicholas in the fourth deposit into your mouth! Featuring a real U.S. coin design
century was introduced in Europe during the 16th century. stamped into every piece, these delicious milk chocolate coins
Chocolate coins resembling legal tender coinage are are perfect for stocking the candy bowl at your 4th of July
traditionally given to children at Christmas in England. party or other patriotic event. Put your money where your
Similar gelt coins are given to children during the Jewish mouth is... literally.”
festival of Hanukkah. In China, the new year is marked by Some people collect chocolate, other candy, and pastry
similar Hongbao or lucky money chocolate coins. Chocolate resembling coins, but so far, no one appears to have “coined” a
candy wrapped in gold foil and resembling coins is a well- name for this sector of numismatics.

BRITAIN CHANGES TREASURE LAWS

G reat Britain has followed through with its new policy on
treasure trove, a policy that is meant to identify extremely
rare and significant items and then ensure they don’t leave the
Oxford University graduate Dr. Adrian Marsden is the
Norfolk County Numismatist. As such, he identifies and records
coin finds from that county. Marsden said, “Before the law
country. change, a single precious metal coin find would not have been
The idea behind the new policy is to ensure such items, declared treasure unless it had been adapted into another object
including some coins, can be assured to be available for display like a brooch, no matter how rare. I believe this is the first coin in
or study domestically. Should such a policy be adopted and used the country to fall under the new category of treasure on the basis
by other nations, the policy could be misused, becoming an of national significance.”
additional tool for seizing individual objects that have been out The first coin to which Marsden refers is a temple-style silver
of their country of origin before being listed in the Memorandum penny of Athelstan II. Athelstan, also known as Guthrum, led a
of Understanding between countries. Danish invasion of Anglo-Saxon England. He then waged war
Britain’s challenge was how to safeguard a single coin when against Alfred “the Great.”
a single coin originates from a find that didn’t fall under the Marsden explained, “Whoever designed this coinage is a very
existing 1996 Treasure Act. The common law of treasure trove original person,” continuing, “But Guthrum only used the design
covers England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. If someone finds on his first coins, and later ones are more simple, with Athelstan
a treasure, the finder is required to report it to the coroner in the Rex on one side and a cross on the other. The coin’s reverse
district where it was found within 14 days. They can also seek design is based on a temple-type coin minted for Athelstan I,
advice from their local Finds Liaison Office or the Treasure another of Guthrum’s Anglo-Saxon predecessors as king of East
Secretariat at the British Museum. Anglia.
Should a coin or other object be declared treasure, it must Guthrum arrived in England with the Viking Great Army of
first be offered to a museum at a price established by the British 865 to 878. The Danes killed East Anglia’s Anglo-Saxon King
Museum’s Treasure Valuation Committee. In that case, a reward Edmund.
is then offered to the finders and to the landowner where the As part of a later peace treaty, Athelstan became king of East
object was discovered. Anglia in 880. The Spink book Coins of England and the United
Within the 1996 act, treasure is defined as being all coins from Kingdom lists coin number 958 as a “copy of Carolingian ‘temple’
the same find if the find consists of two or more coins and as long type with reverse of a cross and pellets and number 959 as similar
as they are at least 300 years old when found. If they contain less but with cross-crosslet.” The Athelstan II temple-type penny to
than 10 percent gold or silver, there must be at least ten coins in which attention is now being drawn was discovered by a metal
the find for it to qualify. detectorist near Thetford, Norfolk, earlier this year. The coin was
The Treasure Order 2023 came into force on July 30, 2023. still the subject of a treasure inquest at the time this article was
The 2023 order includes and excludes certain objects from the being written.
definition of treasure. The order added a new class of treasure In general, Britain’s treasure laws are a model used in other
that includes objects that are at least 200 years old and “provide countries where it is legal to hunt for treasure, and the finder may
exceptional insight into national or regional history, archaeology, be lawfully allowed to keep that treasure. It is not legal to dig for
or culture.” or keep treasure, including coins, in countries including Israel,
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Italy, Greece and Turkey. Memorandum of Understanding these countries use the British model where a single object
has been agreed upon by countries, primarily with the United (including coins) is determined to be too rare or too historically
States. These MOUs impact the ability of both U.S. citizens significant to export, such a law might be weaponized to demand
and museums to import and own coins, the MOU establishing the return of a specific item regardless of how long it has been out
a date from which the coins can no longer be imported. The of that country.
U.S. State Department has been increasingly willing to establish The potential challenge Britain has with this new law is
MOUs that impact coins with other countries. establishing a definition through which it can be determined
Some countries have been claiming coins and other antiquities when a coin or other object is too rare to sell outside the country.
as theirs to own regardless of the current ownership of these The Norwich Castle Museum hopes to acquire the Athelstan
objects if the objects were exported after a specific date. Should coin.

KAZAKHSTAN NEED FOR CASH INCREASES

P erhaps the cashless society concept is making gains in
some parts of the world, but not so in the Central Asian
nation of Kazakhstan. A recently released report conducted by
and Soviet past. In 1929, the Soviet Union replaced the
Muslim Arabic-based alphabet with the Latin-based national
alphabet. This, in turn, was replaced with Cyrillic used in the
the Association of Financiers of Kazakhstan concluded that Russian language in 1940.
non-cash transactions had slowed by threefold. In response, Nursultan A. Nazarbaev became the first president of
on July 25, the National Bank of Kazakhstan reported the Kazakhstan following its independence from Russia. In April
nominal face value of coins and bank notes in the country to 2017, Nazarbaev ordered all documents, publications, and
total 4.4 trillion tenge or nearly $9.2 million U.S. dollars. A street signs to be switched back to the Latin-based alphabet
U.S. dollar can be exchanged for about 475 tenge. by 2025. Recent coins have presented a mix of Cyrillic and
The breakdown is about 4.3 trillion tenge in bank notes Latin.
and about 100 billion tenge in coins that are in circulation. A Banknote Factory website statement reads, “The
This includes a recently redesigned 10,000-tenge bank national currency is a symbol of state sovereignty; therefore,
note that was released on June 28. Notes of the same its introduction is the first step towards achieving economic
denomination dated 2012 will remain as legal tender for and financial independence of Kazakhstan. The creation of
two years and then will be officially withdrawn. This the Banknote Factory of the National Bank of the Republic
will be followed by a three-year period in which all banks of Kazakhstan - the only specialized printing company in the
and Kazakhstan’s postal service, Kazpost, will continue to country - is closely related to this historical event.”
redeem the older notes. National bank branches will accept The national bank recently reported, “To ensure cash
the older notes indefinitely. circulation in the country, the national bank daily issues and
The central bank has been slowly introducing what it calls withdraws cash through second-tier banks and Kazpost JSC
the Saka-style series of bank notes since late 2023. These notes following their requests.”
include a change in the size of the bank notes and improved According to the national bank, the average annual growth
security features. The size reduction is meant to make rate of cash in circulation throughout the past five years has
counting the notes more convenient, as well as considering been 9.9 percent. An official bank press service statement
storage and transportation. It also means more notes can be reads: “According to the results of a sociological survey
printed per sheet at the National Banknote Factory in Almaty. conducted by the national bank, about 60 percent of the
Saka is an ancestral-influenced ornamentation that reflects population predominantly prefers cash payments.”
the nation’s nomadic cultural heritage and that evolution to The desire to use coins and bank notes is different region
modern-day domestic culture. by region. People in the Almaty region have the least desire
The newer bank note series will continue to use paper to use cash, with their statistic standing at 36 percent. This
made from cotton as has been used in the past due to the is the southeast section of the country. Almaty, Kazakhstan,
need for durability. Bank notes are printed in denominations is one of the most expensive cities in which to live in Central
of 200, 500, 1,000, 2,000, and 5,000 tenge. Asia. The average family in that region spends about a third
The Kazakh Mint in Ust-Kamenogorsk has produced of their income on rent.
domestic coinage since 1992. Before that date, tenge were The regions of Atyrau, Pavlodar, and West Kazakhstan
produced for Kazakhstan in Great Britain. Coins are issued have indicated their preference for using physical cash stands
in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 50, 100, and 200 tenge. at 81, 77, and 74 percent, respectively. Atyrau is important as a
Kazakhstan’s coins and bank notes have been used to make railroad center. Pavlodar is an oil and gas hub. Agriculture is
a statement that the nation has moved on from its Russian important in West Kazakhstan.
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NEȓS

The Royal Mint Launches

T for the Sovereign, including some firsts and lasts.

The 2025 Collection will become available to
purchase later this year. This will be the last opportunity
for collectors to own a Sovereign made from rose gold.
Both silver Sovereigns will feature Benedetto Pistrucci’s
St. George and the dragon design, with one also featuring
a special privy mark in tribute to the 1825 Royal Arms
Sovereign’s 200th anniversary.
Starting in 2026, all Sovereigns struck by The Royal The Sovereign Collection also features Full, Double,
Mint will be crafted from yellow gold, returning to its Half and Quarter editions of the Bullion Sovereign. Struck
500-year-old roots. in 22-carat gold, with its weight guaranteed to five decimal
The 2025 Sovereign commemorative coin range places, the 2025 Bullion Sovereign retains its status as one
also features two classic Sovereign designs: Benedetto of the most tightly specified coins in the world.
Pistrucci’s iconic St. George and the dragon and Jean The Sovereign gold bullion is renowned for its
Baptiste Merlen's Royal Arms, which celebrates the 200th strength and reliability. It’s also exempt from Capital
anniversary of its first appearance in 1825. Gains Tax for UK residents due to its status as legal
For the first time in the Sovereign’s history, The Royal British currency.
Mint will produce a silver Sovereign. The new addition The full 2025 Sovereign Collection will be available from
to the collection is the same diameter and weight as its The Royal Mint’s website in November.

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From A to Z BOB REIS

After Manzikert: Turks

on the facing portraits and the legible legend makes this a better-than-usual specimen. (Actual diameter 26mm).

M
anzikert is the old name for Malazgirt in eastern This hadn’t happened before. The last time they messed
Anatolia, not too far from Armenia and Iran. with the gold, they changed the weight, not the fineness,
The Seljuk Turks, substantially in control of all so people who used gold knew what their transactions cost
Iraq, Iran, western Afghanistan, and points north, had been them. With base gold, they had to guess at the values.
raiding into Byzantine Anatolia during the 11th century. It was a major display of fiscal weakness on the part of
Raiding is different from conquering. Raiders come and the government. It told the big shots of the Empire that they
commit mayhem and then leave. Conquerors come, commit were being bled, and they couldn’t tell by how much.
mayhem, and stay. The Byzantines, in general, lost to the Turks. Discipline
The Byzantine Emperor, Romanus IV, had been opposing was a problem; mercenaries changed sides. Romanus had an
the Seljuk Sultan, Alp Arslan, with mixed success at best. opportunity to make a treaty with Alp Arslan, but he passed.
Romanus was a military man. He was something of a The armies met at Manzikert, where the Byzantines were
protégé of one of the powerful Byzantine families, the Dukas defeated and Romanus was captured.
clan. The Empress dowager (Dukas) told him they would Back in Constantinople, the Dukas family made their move.
marry, and thus it came to pass. His elevation alienated other They announced that Romanus IV was deposed, and their new
large families who schemed. guy was the new emperor, Michael VII, in his early twenties.
There was also the matter that the Empress dowager There was unrest and treachery. Romanus was ransomed,
intended to control him, and he was a general in his own returned, fought to regain the throne, was cornered,
right and wanted to do things his way. Governance became guaranteed safety, and then blinded and banished. He died
difficult in those circumstances. The Dukas family became after a few weeks.
displeased. Michael was Emperor for seven years. His handlers ran
Meanwhile, there were several military problems. The the government. There was a lot of corruption. The military
Normans advanced their conquest of Italy during his was not paid properly, and the international situation
reign. And, in the east, the Turks were continuing to be deteriorated. The Normans completed their conquest of
troublesome. Italy, and the Turks consolidated their holdings in Anatolia.
Among his attempts to deal with the generally They began to set up local governments as feudatory
deteriorating situation, Romanus debased the gold coinage. governorships.

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From A to Z BOB REIS

An anonymous bronze follis attributed to the time of Nikephoros III, 1078-81. The obverse
bears a facing bust of Christ and the legend ICXC. The reverse has an ornamented cross.
This would be considered a decent strike. (Actual diameter 26mm).

Michael VII continued the debasement of the gold system for a bit more than a decade. That meant extremely
coinage. Internal disorder increased. Two Byzantine armies base histamenon nomismata and extremely base tetarteron
mutinied. nomismata, all scyphate, it seems. There were scyphate silver
The Seljuks got involved in the factional fighting. Michael miliaresiae in their usual small quantities and anonymous
was forced out and retired to a monastery, from which he bronze folles.
emerged after about a decade to become the Metropolitan of In 1092, there was a coinage reform. Good gold coins
Ephesus. were brought back. The new coins, the “hyperpyra,” were still
Nikephoros III Dukas, the next emperor, was the army only 20 carats (about .833 fine), when 24 carats would have
general who made a deal with the Seljuks that expensively been considered ideal, but still, it was better than using silver
stopped the fighting for a bit. He fell out with Michael VII coins that you were required to think of as gold.
over the conduct of the Eastern war and successfully revolted. But still, the Alexios reform gold was a vast improvement
He tried to do some things, but everyone seemed to be over the old stuff.
against him. Nikephoros found himself outmaneuvered by There was also a reformed billon coin, the aspron
a faction built around the Comnenus family, one of whom trachy, scyphate, and meant to circulate, unlike the mostly
became the next emperor, Alexios I, after violently ending presentational silver miliaresiae.
the three-year reign of Nikephoros III. And there was a new, small bronze coin: the tetarteron,
As for the coinage, Michael VII had gold histamenon which became the standard bronze of the later Byzantine
nomismata and tetarteron nomismata, the latter the “cheater” Empire.
version of the former. There was a progressive and irregular It is generally easy to find the various denominations of
debasement of the gold. Some specimens are quite silvery, the Alexios I coinage from Constantinople. Coins of the
others are noted to be better than that. There were a branch mint at Thessalonika are considerably more difficult
few silver miliaresiae, which I usually think of as mostly to find. Sear lists a couple of other rare mints.
presentational. Some of the bronzes have the name of the Now, we’re going to go over to the Turkish side for a look
emperor; others are anonymous. at how they saw things.
Some of his coins are not rare. All of them were struck in In the years after their victory at Manzikert in 1071, the
Constantinople. Most of Anatolia was lost to the Turks. Seljuks started creating military governments (emirates) in
A similar coinage profile was created by Nikephorus III. Anatolia. Their policy had changed from raiding to settling.
The gold coins are all base. It’s not that they’re common, but The Turks, in general, had a problem with their
prices are relatively low because they’re so silvery. The silver governance that they didn’t solve until the Ottomans came
coins are rare. Most of the bronzes are anonymous. There is along. Rulers typically assigned their sons and some high
one type that refers to the Emperor by the letter “N.” generals as governors of conquered lands. The governors
Alexios I continued the messed up Byzantine coinage pretty much all were used to acting independently most of

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the time. There was a tendency to divide the inheritance over at the time was controlled by the Fatimid caliphs of Egypt.
succeeding generations and then for the successors to fight The Seljuks, having come closer to that action, appreciated
each other for dominance. the commercial aspects of the pilgrimages and resolved to
The subsidiary vassal states set up under the Seljuk get more involved.
overlord have come to be called “beyliks.” “Bey” (beg, etc.) Pilgrimages would typically come partway by boat,
was a Turkish term meaning “honorable,” etc. Most of the perhaps ultimately through Fatimid ports, and partly by foot,
rulers of the Anatolian beyliks were styled “Malik,” which through Anatolia and Syria, which used to be Byzantine but
means “King,” which in the Islamic system of government had just become Seljuk.
was a subsidiary rank below “Sultan,” who was theoretically The Seljuks developed a reputation as a bit bigoted and
serving the Caliph. very militaristic.
Historians distinguish between the two Beylik periods. Amongst the people whose lands they conquered were
The first was when the original Seljuk appanages were set the Armenians, who had been living in the Caucasus.
up in the 12th century, and which we are about to discuss. Thousands of them chose to flee to the southwest to escape
The second period was after the Mongol government the Seljuks. They settled in Cilicia, in southeastern Anatolia,
disintegrated in the 14th century. One of those latter Beyliks and founded the state that produced the medieval Armenian
was ruled by the family that became the Ottomans. coins that we collect.
A feature of some of the governments of the period Stories began to get back to Europe that the new bosses
was the “Atabegs.” They were officially tutors in charge of were allowing locals to charge new tolls to Christian
the education of the children of Seljuk governors. Some pilgrims, that pilgrims were being attacked more often and
of them came to run their governments. Some of them more severely than before, that the overlord Seljuks were
founded dynasties. The most notable Atabeg dynasty, at ignoring if not abetting those attacks, that pilgrimage sites
least numismatically speaking, were the Zangis, who set up were being neglected, defiled, or destroyed. Organized
governments in several regions of Syria and Iraq. pilgrim tours began to be equipped with military guards.
Many of these Seljuk appanages issued coins, some Back to the Byzantine side. Alexios I Dukas fought
just a few, others more prolifically. There was also some his way to the throne in 1081. The Normans immediately
countermarking of Byzantine coins going on, many of those invaded the western Balkans. Alexios beat them back. The
countermarks being at this time unassigned. Seljuks were busy organizing their new conquests in Anatolia
All the Seljuk vassal states remained formally subservient and Syria.
to the Great Seljuk line. The essence of the vassal In 1095, Emperor Alexios sent a delegation to the Pope for
relationship was obligatory military service to the lord when help against the Seljuks. The Pope thought it was a great idea.
asked. That continued to happen, even as, in most things, on It became a popular fad amongst the people who had armies.
most days, the local rulers did as they pleased. The First Crusade began when a large horde of
Down in the Holy Land, Christian pilgrims had been ideologically enthused peasants, with a few knights and
coming to visit for centuries. It was lucrative. The Holy Land nobles sprinkled in, traveled by foot through Germany,

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 A bronze follis of the Crusader Prince Tancred of Antioch struck while he was serving as regent
for his father while the latter was in captivity with the Danishmand Bey. The strong Byzantine
influence is obvious. (Actual diameter 24mm)

Bohemia, Hungary, and then on to the Byzantine Balkans. trade surplus one year, and there was money in the treasury.
All those wives left at home with the kids and the crops in Otherwise, no coins. And there were, therefore, a bunch of
the fields. They had no logistics, so they pillaged as they Anatolian Beyliks whose Beys never made any coins because
went. They amused themselves by killing Jews. there was no metal to make them with.
There were more of them than the Byzantines could deal Secondarily, they might make petty commerce easier if
with, and they weren’t soldiers anyway, so they herded them enough of them were made. A mint operation might be a few
on boats and rushed them to Anatolia, where the Seljuks of guys: a master and one or two assistants. Output was limited
Rum killed most of them. in the best of circumstances.
That was the first sally of the First Crusade. It was But it was great when there were coins in the market. People
followed, a year later, by armies of actual soldiers led by wouldn’t have to barter or keep accounts (in their heads, mostly,
actual high nobles. A string of successes ensued as the as most people couldn’t read). That was all great.
Crusaders and the Byzantines beat back the Seljuks in Warfare was always the top priority, though. Armies
Anatolia and Syria and the Fatimids in the Holy Land. would go off fighting somewhere every year.
Then, the Crusaders stayed, which was not what the No matter how bad a ruler might be, if he put coins in
Byzantines wanted to happen. The Crusaders set up the market, a sector of the population was appreciative and
governments in Antioch, Edessa (modern Sanliurfa in thankful. Sure, he destroyed all those villages, but his coins
southeastern Anatolia), Tripoli (Lebanon), and Jerusalem. make my life easier every day.
Coins back then served a dual function. The first, To try to organize a possible collection of “Turkish coins of
probably the most important, was propaganda. Technically, the early 12th century,” one could make a list of “countries” whose
you had to have a certain rank to have a “mint right,” rulers issued coins. Most of them are “first-period” Beyliks.
which meant putting your name on a coin. You had to be
“legitimate” too, and if you weren’t, you at least had to have Byzantines Artuqids of Mardin
a story of some sort involving illustrious ancestors. It was (Emperor Alexios I) (Beylik)
the same everywhere. Some kind of legitimacy was always
claimed, as proclaimed on the coins. Seljuks of Rum Artuqids of Amid
There weren’t any newspapers or anything other than (Beylik)
rumors, or else the soldiers showed up and told you what to Crusaders of Antioch
do, and you’d better do it, that’s all there was to it. The only Artuqids of Hisnkeyfa
Crusaders of Edessa (Beylik)
kind of propaganda you might get would be the coins with
the new guy’s name on them. Danishmands (Beylik) Salduqids of Erzurum
And where was some minor Bey of some Anatolian Beylik (Beylik)
going to get the metal to make the coins with? Plunder Inalids of Amid (Beylik)
maybe, or confiscate something from the locals (“We’re going Menkujakids (Beylik)
to take that bucket and that ladle”), or maybe they had a

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 A copper fals of the Seljuk, Kaykhusrau I, first reign, 1192-96. That’s a bit later than the period
we’ve been discussing, but the coin is representative of the early coinage of the Seljuks of Rum.
The mounted horseman is a standard motif. The ruler is styled “Sultan” on the coin. (Actual
diameter 24mm)

Each of them began a dynastic line that persisted They controlled the Armenian state in Cilicia for a
through at least one succession. By the end of the 12th while, and there are rare bilingual coins that are Armenian
century, some of those lines had come to an end, one on one side and Seljuk on the other. They ended by
way or another, and other polities had emerged, like the becoming puppets of the Mongols.
Rupenid dynasty of Cilician Armenia. The Seluks of Rum got into the coin business in the time
From the Byzantine perspective, things were getting of Mas’ud I, 1116-56. Stephen Album, in his “Checklist of
clear. They were in a hole, and the hole was getting Islamic Coins,” lists a copper fals with an enthroned figure,
deeper. obviously an imitation of an older Byzantine coin, and rare.
We already discussed, ever so briefly, Alexios I of Twenty-five names follow in Album’s book. The coins of
Byzantium. Let’s take a glance, even more briefly, at the most, but not all, those people are rare.
coins of those political entities that had sprung up on The Seljuk territories in southeastern Anatolia were
former Byzantine territory in the first part of the 12th conquered by Crusaders, who set up governments. The
century. two main Crusader states of the region were the County
The Seljuks of Rum were the major political entity in of Edessa (modern Urfa) and the Principality of Antioch.
Anatolia in the 12th century. They came from the main line There had been weak and unstable governance in
of “Great” Seljuks. The Seljuks of Rum controlled most Edessa for a few decades before the Crusaders. An
of Anatolia, Syria, and the Holy Land. They did a lot of unpopular Armenian guy had seized control and invited
fighting against the Crusaders. The rulers were styled Baldwin of Boulogne, who was in the neighborhood,
“Sultan” on the same plane as the Great Sultan in Iran. to help. Baldwin went ahead and took over. He and his
The Seljuks managed their successions by dividing successors issued Byzantine-style folles from 1099 to
the territory in the normal Turkish manner, for the most 1144. That year, Nur Al-Din Zangi (an Atabeg dynasty) of
part. Much of it went to brothers and other relatives of Mosul conquered the region.
the Sultan, but high generals of other families might also Antioch was taken from the Seljuks in 1098 by
get grants. Usually, the vassals fought each other. The Bohemund of Taranto. The Crusaders held Antioch until
stronger ones would kill the weaker ones and take their 1268 when it was conquered by the Mamluks of Egypt and
territory. Syria. A little rump state was maintained by Crusaders in
Some of the Rum Seljuks were, therefore, ephemeral Latakia (coastal Syria) for another couple of decades.
rulers of provinces. The main characters mostly lived I haven’t gotten to the Beyliks yet, and already I’ve gone
in Konya (ancient Iconium). Sivas (Sebasteia in Roman long. I’ll pick up with the Artuqids and the other minor
times) was another big mint at times. Turkish states of 12th-century Anatolia next time.

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World Coin Clinic RICHARD GIEDROYC

Hobby Remains Strong E-mail inquiries to Giedroyc@[Link]. Because of

space limitations, we are unable to publish all questions.

for Young Generations

*Is the popularity of coin collecting in decline? *Just how far back have coins been counterfeited?
According to a Jan. 8 [Link] online posting, “Recent Counterfeiting coins can be considered the second oldest
studies into Millennial and Gen Z cultures have found passionate profession in the world. Coins as we know them were first
collecting communities across the United States. While young struck in Lydia, in what is today Asia Minor, likely about 600
collectors have demonstrated different motivations for coin B.C. Counterfeiting began almost immediately. Contemporary
collecting than older generations, high satisfaction can be found counterfeits produced by local merchants or competing city-states
among collectors of all ages.” The article continues, “In 2022, 61 are known and collected alongside genuine examples.
percent of Americans identified as collectors, withx the highest
area of interest being collecting coins at 17 percent. Not only are *I saw several coins hammered into a tree in the woods. Is there
Millennials continuing to keep coin collecting alive, but even some significance to someone doing this?
younger groups are also getting in on the excitement. The [British] Wishing trees is a superstition that appears to have originated
Royal Mint has reported Gen Z as the most likely generation to in Great Britain in the 18th century. The idea was to transfer a
begin collecting coins, and over 1,200 current members of the disease from a loved one onto the unfortunate tree, using coins as
American Numismatic Association fall below the age of 18.” the vehicle for the transfer. I would suggest a coin nailed to a tree
today may be done in hopes of bringing good luck and prosperity
*We associate the obverse of a coin with “heads” and the reverse to the individual destroying the perfectly good coin and the tree in
with “tails.” Is the portrait side always the obverse on a coin? the process.
When a coin is struck, a top and a bottom die press the images
onto the planchet. The top coinage die impresses the obverse, while *Is there something known as the money dance?
the bottom die impresses the reverse. The reverse die is in a fixed The money dance is believed to have started in Poland in
position, while the obverse image is impressed, as would happen about 1900. It has become a wedding tradition in Greece, Poland,
if the image was impressed using a hammer. Today, the obverse and Ukraine. The dance is performed at the wedding reception
typically features a person. However, this has not always been following a few too many drinks. The best man, by tradition,
true. Due to modern coinage typically featuring a person, we have announces the start of the dance, followed by wedding guests
adopted the term “heads” for the obverse side of a coin. pinning paper money onto the bride’s dress.

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018 KM-1 1822 Anchor Money 1/16 Dol Nice 101 W-522 1811 Bristol Penny XF/AU .....60 Harp Rev XF .................................. 200
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orig AU CH ......................................... 110 102 W-825 1811 Newcastle-Tyne Esp nice 127 W-1916 1818 George III Dublin Luke XX 154 King Haakon 1905-55 50th Ann.
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067 KM-6 1904 Unc ............................35 Field Proof Neat lite India ink Pence .. 200 1837-1897 60 yr reign. Gem Brn Proof in RUSSIA
021 1896 Cent RB Unc ..........................50 104 W-451 1811 Bristol Penny XF ..........40 original box. Box litely tattered ..........110 155 1924 Y-90.1 Rouble MS60+ cats 275
022 1911 Cent RB Unc ..........................25 GERMANY - Bavaria
068 KM-402 1726 30 KR F Obv lamination 105 W-1102 1811 Staffordshire Penny size VATICAN Nice orig....................................... 150
023 1919 Cent RB Unc ..........................20 portrait XF+................................... 125 129 1978 KM-142 1000 Lire Proof Orig SOUTH AFRICA
024 1925 VF/XF Cent, 35; VF .................30 Made from Roller Dies ......................25
069 KM-549.2 1772-A 20 KR Rare type 106 W-7125 1811 Taunton VF Penny ......40 Package .........................................30 156 KM-62 1964 50 Cent Unc Crown size
025 1883-H 5 Cent VF...........................60 107 W-1192 1811 West Bromwich White GREAT BRITAIN Unc................................................18
026 1897 5 Cent Nice XF .......................30 Mint: Amberg 2 yr type Madonna-Child
Adj mark Rev only ............................85 House Penny Brn AU ...................... 100 130 1996 9pc PS Orig Box Better set inc 5 SPAIN
027 1907 5 Cent Narrow AU ...................20 108 W-1376 1811 Bilston Geo III VF .......50 Pound ............................................38 157 KM-355 1732-5 2 Real VF ..............75
028 1925 5 Cent F ................................40 070 KM-997 1911-D 2 Mark Unc ...........30
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tion Unc Rare ..................................75 111 5-104C 1812 Sheffield Roscoe PL 1 100 only .........................................85 159 KM-13 1899 50 Ct VF .................. 125
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 THE SILVER COINAGE
OF RUSSIA 1825–1828
BY R.W. JULIAN

W
ith the death of Alexander
I at Taganrog on Nov. 19,
1825, Nicholas I ascended
to the throne of his ancestors,
although not without difficulty.
In a technical sense, the coinage
of Nov. 19 through Dec. 31, 1825,
may be given to Nicholas, but it
usually is allotted to Alexander I,
his elder brother.
It is just barely possible that there is a
coinage of 1825, which can be clearly
ascribed to Nicholas. At some point
late in that year, Paul Stupitsyn, who
had held the post of gold mintmaster,
either died or suddenly retired, and
his place was taken by Paul Danilov.
Danilov was, until that time, the
mintmaster for silver.
The elevation of Danilov to the gold
section left the silver post open; this
was then filled by Nicholas Grachev,
probably a key assistant in the silver
or gold operations. Because of this
sudden change in mintmasters,
Grachev served for only a relatively
short time in 1825, and some of his
silver coins for this year are quite rare.
Nicholas Grachev had the longest
tenure, from late 1825 through early
1842, of any silver mintmaster at St.
Petersburg from the time that such
initials first appeared on the coinage
in 1751. His tenure was, however, tied
by that of Alexander Gertov, who
served as mintmaster for the silver
and gold from 1883 to 1899.
(Until 1866, except for a short
interlude in the 1840s, the post of gold
mintmaster was considered one of the
highest at the St. Petersburg Mint
and clearly superior to the silver. In
turn, the silver post was rated higher
than that for copper, although the
latter metal was not regularly struck at
St. Petersburg until 1876.)
The silver five kopeks struck with
Grachev ’s initials for 1825 is a great
rarity in the type of 1810–1826 and is
seen but rarely, even in the greatest
of collections. The mintage was

26 World Coin News / November 2024

 1826 10 kopecks, new design.

probably no more than 10,000 pieces or three hundred thousand. (It is not quite true that Nicholas
and perhaps well under that. It was traditional in Imperial Russia abandoned the use of portrait coinage.
The 1825 NG 10 kopeks are rare, for a new czar to choose fresh designs He used the portrait of Alexander I on
but nothing on the order of the five for the coinage. Normally, this meant the special Polish coins issued during
kopeks. It is possible to find the ten the portrait side, but in 1796, Paul I his reign.)
kopeks, but only with considerable (1796–1801) abandoned portraits on In the meantime, however, coinage of
luck as well as time. The 20 kopeks of the coinage, and this precedent was the old 1810 silver design continued for
this date and mintmaster are of equal followed by his two sons, Alexander I all denominations, including the half
rarity to the ten kopeks. There were (1801–1825) and Nicholas I (1825–1855). ruble, during the first few months of
no half rubles struck under Grachev Nicholas waited until 1830 and 1832, 1826. Most of these coins are somewhat
in 1825, while his ruble is of moderate respectively, to alter the copper and the scarce but not overly so, and most can
rarity with a mintage of perhaps two gold, but the turn of silver came in 1826. be found with due diligence.

[Link] / November 2024 27

 1826 20 kopecks, new design.

At the same time that the new designs for the silver were was to succeed, though not without many difficulties along
being decided upon, Nicholas was also seriously concerned the way.
with the state of the monetary system. Since 1769, Russia Kankrin’s tight fiscal policies received temporary setbacks
had labored under the curse of a paper-money regime, when war broke out in 1826 with Persia and in 1827 with
and Nicholas wanted a return to hard money, the silver Turkey. Armenia, which has recently been in the news
standard, that had been in effect before that time. because of fighting in the Caucasus region, was seized by
Count Egor Kankrin (1776–1845), a Russianized German, Russia as part of the peace treaty with Persia in 1828. The
was Minister of the Treasury at this time and given strict treaty with Turkey came in 1829.
orders by his imperial master to bring an end to the hated Although Nicholas changed the design in 1826, he did not
assignats (paper currency). By the summer of 1839, Kankrin tamper with the weight or fineness of the silver coins. Since

1826 20 kopecks, design of 1810.

28 World Coin News / November 2024

1762, the amount of pure silver in the under Emperor Paul I, all silver coins period during the Napoleonic wars,
ruble had been fixed at four zolotniks had been struck to the same standard. until the time of Alexander III in 1885.
21 dolyas (17.996 grams). Under In January 1797, Paul I had fixed The weight and fineness of the silver
Catherine II, minor silver coins had the fineness of the silver coinage at coins did not vary during the entire
been given slightly lower weights to 83.33/96ths (.868+), and this was reign of Nicholas I, which extended
allow for additional minting costs, but maintained, except for one short from 1825 to 1855.

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 1826 poltina, design of 1810.

The 1826 silver coins, with the design the 1826 coins of the old design would an 1826 silver coin of the new design.
of 1810, have long been subjected be much easier to obtain and less All of these were signed with the
to an artificial demand, somewhat expensive to own. initials of Nicholas Grachev (NG).
skewing their true rarity. Because Nicholas approved the final design for The new eagle on the coinage is
most collectors ignore the late 1825 the new silver coins in July 1826, and sometimes called the Wings Down
accession of Nicholas, they consider coinage began at the same time that the eagle, although it is also called the
that the 1826 silver coinage from ukase (decree) was signed. Coinage Masonic eagle. The latter name is
the design of 1810 is necessary for a was heavy for all denominations probably a poor choice as it was
complete type set of this ruler. If it throughout the rest of the year, and in members of the secret Masonic order
was not for this type set requirement, general, it is relatively easy to obtain that tried to overthrow Nicholas at

1826 ruble, new design.

30 World Coin News / November 2024

 1827 5 kopecks.
the beginning of his reign, and it on the gold coins of 1817. Just why The reverse of the new coinage of
is unlikely that the czar would have Nicholas reached back for this design 1826 is actually virtually identical to
chosen anything remotely connected is not at all clear, but it was perhaps that of 1810. The upper-value pieces,
with that organization. simply a public indication that he poltinas (50 kopeks), and rubles had
The new eagle on the 1826 silver coins was continuing the policies of his late statements giving the amount of fine
is actually the same as was first seen brother, Alexander I. silver in the coins. This was necessary

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 because Russian silver coins circulated of Paul Danilov, who had been by the order of Nicholas I in 1840.
according to bullion value and their silver mintmaster until late in 1825. The quarter ruble (25 kopeks) was
relationship to the paper ruble, not the This rare coin is actually a novodel not struck in 1826 and, in fact, had
denomination stated on the coin. The (restrike), probably made in the late not been coined since the final weeks
lower-value silver coins merely have 1830s. In making up a new die to of 1810. The denomination was again
the denomination inside the reverse strike coins of 1826 for collectors, mentioned in an ukase of December
wreath. an engraver punched in the wrong 1826. The value of the paper ruble
There is one coin of the new design initials, thus creating an instant rarity had fallen to about 25 kopeks in silver,
for 1826, which is not signed with as very few were struck. These dies and the Treasury felt that the quarter
Grachev ’s initials but instead those were probably among those destroyed ruble would thus be a convenient coin

1827 pattern portrait ruble by Jacob Reichel.

32 World Coin News / November 2024

given the current exchange rate. (The abandoned, perhaps for technical III ordered an end to striking these
smallest note was for 5 rubles.) reasons. Regular issues have an and other novodels in January 1890.
The emperor ordered that patterns be engrailed edge, as may be seen on all
There are only two overdates for late
executed for his inspection, and these small silver coins struck from 1810 to
1825 through 1828 that have been
were completed during the winter of 1866.
confirmed and published to date. For
1826–1827. At first, the Treasury wanted Also, in 1828, as one phase of the the ten kopeks, there is an 1826/5
a silver coin similar to the poltina (50 monetary reform then being (Type I) overdate, while the ruble is
kopeks) and ruble. The pattern thus implemented by Treasury Minister found with 1827/6. However, certain
had the denomination polupoltinnik Kankrin, the emperor approved the suspected overdates have yet to be
(half poltina) on the obverse, while the introduction of the platinum 3-ruble
confirmed: 5 kopeks (1827/6), ten
reverse had a statement of the amount coin. The platinum coinage, however,
kopeks (1827/6), 20 kopeks (1827/6),
of fine silver in the coin. was tied to that of the silver as Kankrin
and ruble (1826/5 for Type I). Those
After several people, including the intended to strengthen the silver to
the point that the assignats could be collectors of Russian silver reading
emperor, had carefully examined the this article are urged to check their
new coin, someone came up with the abolished and replaced by a paper
currency redeemable in silver. coins to see if the missing overdates
suggestion that the design be changed. can be confirmed.
This individual felt that the coin was Although Nicholas was adamant in
liable to be gold-plated and passed off his opposition to a portrait coinage (The suspect list for overdates comes
among the ignorant as a half-imperial (even though he did allow Alexander’s from Russian numismatic works
(poluimperial) as the eagles were of bust on the special Polish coinage published before 1917; these indicate
the same design and the denomination executed under Russian authority overdates that exist for a given date
close enough to fool the illiterate. in Warsaw), engraver Jacob Reichel but usually do not specify the original
Because of this concern, new patterns nevertheless prepared dies in 1827 for date.)
were executed in which the reverse a very fine pattern ruble. The reverse,
Although rubles of the 1826 design are
showed the value of “25 kopeks” instead except for the wings-down eagle, is
seen with reasonable frequency and
of the amount of fine silver; in addition, quite similar to the reverse of the ill-
are, in fact, quite common for most
the denomination was removed from fated 1825 Constantine ruble.
dates through the end of the design in
the obverse. The emperor approved The obverse of the 1827 Reichel 1831, this cannot be said for the lesser
the revised design, and coinage began ruble is exceptionally well done and denominations. The 1828 five kopeks
shortly thereafter. Quarter rubles of shows the talent possessed by this are decidedly scarce, while the same is
1827, with a published mintage of engraver. A small number of these true for the ten and twenty kopeks of
about 1.9 million pieces, are found were struck for review by the emperor;
this date. (The 20 kopeks are actually
with relative ease by collectors. all had a reeded edge. This may mean
rare rather than scarce.)
In 1828, there was yet another pattern that Reichel was not given access to
production planchets, which had a The upper-value silver, except for the
quarter ruble struck, now an extreme
rarity, though specimens may be lying lettered edge. ruble, is similarly scarce for 1828. The
unrecognized in modern collections. Although the original reeded-edge regular 25 kopeks (with an engrailed
The St. Petersburg Mint engraving Reichel rubles are of extreme rarity, edge, not the excessively rare reeded-
department, in cooperation with some restrikes made after 1880 for edge pattern) is hard to find, while all
silver mintmaster Nicholas Grachev, high-ranking collectors are a little poltinas from 1826 to 1828 are seldom
experimented with a reeded edge for less rare and seen in a few of the seen and scarce. Proofs exist for most
this denomination, and such pieces are best collections. These exist on plain- dates and mintmaster combinations
of the highest rarity. Only a handful edged planchets as well as those with of the 1825–1828 silver coinage, but all
were struck, and the experiment was a lettered edge. Emperor Alexander are rare.

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Künker’s Fall Auction Sales Achieve
a Total Result of 17.3 Million Euros

I
t was the strongest auction week ever for the
Künker auction house in Osnabrück. With a total
hammer price of 17.3 million euros, the estimate
of 10 million euros for the 3,900 lots in five auction
catalogs was exceeded by more than 70 percent.
Here are the top hammer prices from the five
auctions held between Sept. 23 and 28.
Four of the five most expensive lots of Künker’s
Fall Auction Sales 2024 came from auction 410.
It featured an exceptional collection of coins and
medals relating to the Thirty Years’ War and the
Peace of Westphalia. Within hours, the 436 lots
estimated at 4.25 million euros were sold at a
hammer price of 7.5 million euros – accounting for
more than a third of the total result of the auctions.
This came as no surprise to experts, as the
Nuremberg. 10 ducats, 1627. Extremely rare. Extremely fine. Estimate: 50,000 anonymous collector had assembled exactly the kind
euros. Hammer price: 125,000 euros. of coins that are so popular around the world today:
multiple gold coins of exquisite quality. Therefore,
numerous hammer prices in the upper five- and six-
figure range were realized: 16 lots fetched more than
50,000 euros each, and six lots reached six-figure sums.
Let us start with the 5th place: A 10-fold ducat of
the city of Nuremberg jumped from an estimate of
50,000 euros to an impressive 125,000 euros. This
was obviously due to its rarity combined with its
outstanding condition, but its provenance dating
back to 1930 and the detailed depiction of Emperor
Ferdinand II on horseback certainly added to the
buyer’s enthusiasm.
Despite its lower estimate of 40,000 euros, a
1632 off-metal strike in gold of the Erfurt Purim taler
with a weight of 10 ducats also realized 125,000
Erfurt. Under Swedish rule. Gustav II Adolph, 1631-1632. 10 ducats, 1632. Off-metal euros. This coin is a propaganda issue minted to
strike of the Purim taler. Extremely rare. Extremely fine. Estimate: 40,000 euros. celebrate the Swedish victory at Breitenfeld, which
Hammer price: 125,000 euros. is now a district of the city of Leipzig. The victory
took place one year earlier, on Sept. 17, 1631. The
coin compares the victory of the Swedish king to
the biblical rescue of the Jewish people: the Persian
official Haman planned to have every single Jew
killed in a single day – but his plan was thwarted by
Esther. The intervention of Gustav II Adolph cannot
be compared to Esther’s rescue of the Jewish people.
The Swedish ruler had not protected the Protestant
religion – he had merely protected Protestant rulers
from having to return the property that they had
seized from the Catholic Church.
Just one year earlier, Heinrich IV of Schlick of
Bassano and Weisskirchen issued a 10-fold ducat,
of which only a single piece is known to exist – the
specimen offered at Künker. That is why the coin had
an impressive estimate of 100,000 euros. It sold for
County of Schlick (Šlikové). Heinrich IV, 1612-1650. 10 ducats, 1630. Unique.
Extremely fine. Estimate: 100,000 euros. Hammer price: 140,000 euros.
140,000 euros.

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The coin is of great historical interest as it

documents the careers that members of rather
unimportant side branches of old ruling houses
could make during the Thirty Years’ War – provided
that they were on the winning side. Heinrich
IV of Schlick converted to Catholicism in 1622,
became an important military commander in the
imperial army and was rewarded by Ferdinand II
with lands that Ferdinand II had confiscated from
another branch of the House of Schlick during the
Bohemian Revolt. In 1622, Heinrich of Schlick even
became President of the Imperial War Council
(Hofkriegsratspräsident), an office equivalent to
that of Secretary of Defence today.
Only one of the five most expensive coins in the
Netherlands. / Campen. Double rose noble n.d. (c. 1600). Imitation of a sovereign
auction week is not from auction 410, namely the
by Queen Elizabeth of England. Only 5-6 specimens are known to exist. Extremely
double rose noble, minted around 1600 by the town
fine. Estimate: 75,000 [Link] price: 175,000 euros.
of Campen. It is a local imitation of the sovereign
of Queen Elizabeth of England. The coin is part of
the Lodewijk S. Beuth Collection and one of the
great rarities of Dutch numismatics.
The Künker auction house is proud to have sold
the double rose noble for 175,000 euros, having
already sold an eightfold rose noble from the Salton
Collection for 700,000 euros in 2022. According to
Coinarchives, this is the highest sum ever achieved
at auction for a double rose noble from Campen.
Impressive 180,000 euros – that is the hammer
price of the double reichstaler of Albrecht von
Wallenstein struck in Jitschin in 1627. It was lot
number 425 in auction 410 and the most expensive
piece sold in the entire auction week. At the same Wallenstein. 1627 double reichstaler, Jitschin. Very rare. Very fine. Estimate:
time – according to Coinarchives – it is the most 50,000 euros. Hammer price: 180,000 euros.
expensive silver coin by Albrecht von Wallenstein to
be ever sold at auction.
The result demonstrates how popular the
The high result of the silver carolusgulden from 1550, minted in
coins of this commanding general of the armies
Dordrecht, demonstrates that the coin market is not only dominated
of the Holy Roman Emperor are. People have
by investors. After all, this coin combines all the features that investors
been fascinated by Wallenstein’s fate – from a coin
do not like: it has traces of corrosion, small dents and is “only” of very
entrepreneur to a general whose power rivaled
fine quality. However, it takes us back to a fascinating period in Dutch
that of the emperor to his sudden and surprising
numismatics. It shows a portrait of Charles V as Count of Holland.
fall – even before Friedrich Schiller wrote his
Under the rule of his son Philip II, the province rebelled and became one
popular Wallenstein trilogy. That is why the coins
of the leading powers in the struggle for independence. Representing an
of Albrecht von Wallenstein are sure to fetch
important chapter in Dutch history and being an exceptional rarity – only
extremely high prices.
one other specimen is known to exist – the coin encouraged numerous
bidders to try to get their hands on this relic of Dutch numismatics. They
Coins of the Netherlands: made this piece jump from an estimate of 5,000 euros to a hammer price
The Lodewijk S. Beuth Collection, Part 2 of 46,000 euros!
Having already presented the most expensive coin In second place, once again, we find multiple gold coins of exceptional
of the Lodewijk S. Beuth Collection, the second quality – a 30-fold gulden of the Province of Zeeland in extremely fine +
part of which was offered in auction 414, we would quality. At an estimate of 25,000 euros and a result of 70,000 euros, it was
like to highlight the other two lots in the top three the second most expensive piece in auction 414.
of this collection. They represent an exceptionally These were just some of the spectacular results of auctions 410 to 414.
strong sale: the 1,237 lots with a total estimate of You can find all auction results online at [Link]/en.
800,000 euros jumped to 2.4 million euros, more
than three times their estimate.

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 Third-Party
Grading: Curse or
Blessing for European
Numismatics? By Sebastian Wieschowski

T
he scene where the seven dwarfs admire Snow dead and viewed merely as an anonymous object with a number.
White in her glass coffin is one of the most There's just some random piece of metal in there that's supposed
emotional and impressive moments in the fairy tale. to have value. I cannot develop any enthusiasm for that, Christoph
The dwarfs placed Snow White in a glass coffin on a hill Raab said. When his Asian counterpart Michael Chou highlighted
in the forest because her body, even in death, remained that his customers want an independent opinion because there's
so beautiful and unblemished. The coffin is intricately always a suspicion that auction houses may exaggerate the condition
designed and made of clear glass, allowing Snow White of their material, Arne Kirsch (President of the International Coin
to be visible from all sides and admired at any time – a Dealer Association IAPN – AINP) energetically disagreed: From
worthy resting place for "the fairest of them all." his point of view, German auction houses always describe the pieces
In European numismatics, however, a transparent coffin is still accurately. He acknowledged that when it comes to coins from the
considered by many collectors as the worst fate for a coin. They Middle Ages or ancient times, the dealer's experience plays a central
refer to the hard plastic holders in which certification providers like role in the authentication process.
the Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC) or the Professional After an hour of constructive yet heated discussions, it was
Coin Grading Service (PCGS) grade coins as "plastic coffins" – clear that the front line was located exactly at the linguistic
and some even break the coins out of the "slab." border between the German and English-speaking markets.
Even though both PCGS and NGC have been operating in
Europe for several years (PCGS uses Paris as their base, while
Grading Opponents vs. Grading Fans – NGC recently relocated to a larger space in Munich, Germany)
And International Experts and both companies report strong growth, they face constant
opposition. In a unique move, one of the important European
Caught in the Middle dealer associations decided not to issue a guarantee for coins
I vividly remember a panel discussion that took place five years encapsulated in a grading holder – a bold statement because
ago at the World Money Fair in Berlin. When Sam Spiegel both the VDDM (Association of German Coin Dealers) and the
(Director of International Numismatics at Heritage Auctions) IAPN/AINP pride themselves on issuing extensive guarantees for
and Michael Chou (owner of the auction house Champion the authenticity of every coin sold. IAPN president Arne Kirsch
Auction) accepted the invitation to participate in the special panel called the guarantee of AINP members, who are fully liable as
discussion as representatives of the international auction house long as they live, better than anything else in the coin business. He
industry, they probably knew it wouldn't be a cozy coffee chat. The and his German colleague, Christoph Raab, argued that there was
discussion was centered around an innovation that is passionately no need for services from companies like NGC or PCGS in the
debated and criticized in German-speaking numismatics: third- German market, as the members of the dealer associations already
party grading, the technical term for the certification of coins by provided extensive guarantees.
professional and independent providers, is making strides in the The panel discussion was watched with some embarrassment
European market, but not without heavy opposition from German by many collectors who already favor the advantages of third-party
dealers and some collectors. grading and point out that the guarantees from grading service
The panelists representing the German side wasted no time in providers like PCGS or NGC are not tied to a dealer's lifetime
letting their European colleagues know what they thought about but go far beyond. In fact, an active coin grading community has
grading, which was still a pretty new trend in Europe back then developed on social media in Germany and elsewhere in Europe,
while being widely accepted in the U.S. and Asia. Christoph Raab, with people discussing their latest submissions and grading results,
Managing Director of the well-established German coin dealership showing off on YouTube, and even organizing group submissions
Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger, made it clear: If I cannot touch the coin, called Grading Challenges. The latest challenge saw 20 individual
I cannot develop a passion. To him, a coin in a holder is downright collectors, most of them grading for the first time, handing in a

36 World Coin News / November 2024

total of 150 coins with a combined value of around they cannot apply their skills and knowledge to detect
40,000 euros. And Germany is still far behind other counterfeits – such as examining the edge, sound,
European markets like the UK when it comes to and weight. Indeed, there have been isolated cases
third-party grading. One of the most prominent where counterfeit coins have made their way into a
stackers, London-based Numistacker, has already grading holder.
reached more than 10,000 subscribers, while the "Touching fears" are also highly controversial
most important coin-grading group has around 500 in dealing with third-party grading: Collectors in
members. But coin collectors like Numistacker face Germany prefer to handle their coins directly and
constant rants about coins in plastic. examine them up close. However, this can damage
the coin because the fine acids on the skin can
attack the metal's surface. In a grading holder, the
Five Years Later: Grading coins are permanently protected and can still be
Slabs Enter European Auction examined up close.
Lastly, the major grading service providers must
Catalogs continually address criticism of their subjectivity.
Even five years later, many still talk about third-party
The companies themselves point out that their
grading as the future of numismatics, while others
graders assess tens of thousands of coins each year
complain about coins in plastic, which they say are
and, therefore, have a broad spectrum for grading.
downgraded to an unknown number. There's hardly
Additionally, impartiality benefits both dealers and
an innovation within European numismatics that is
collectors by providing transparency. Some collectors
as passionately debated as third-party grading, the
accuse dealers and auction houses of grading their
grading of coins by professional and independent
coins out of economic interest. However, NGC
third-party providers.
and PCGS are now multimillion-dollar companies
In recent decades, grading has become standard in
competing for clients – and at the end of the day, it is
the Asian and U.S. markets, and in Europe, companies
coin dealers, auction houses, and collectors who pay
like NGC (with an office in Munich and now a
for this service.
permanent bank note grading team on site) or PCGS
Nevertheless, grading is becoming standard
(in Paris) have gained importance in recent years. But
not only in the U.S. and Asia but also in Europe
in many corners of the numismatic world in Europe,
– particularly in Eastern Europe, where historical
the hard plastic holders and numerical gradings based
commemorative coins from their own countries are
on the Sheldon scale are still not accepted.
increasingly seen as investments. In Western Europe,
The fronts between proponents and opponents
coins in hard plastic capsules are appearing more
of third-party grading, where an independent
frequently in auction catalogs and sales lists.
expert from a commercial service provider grades
the condition of a coin on a scale of 1 to 70 and
encapsulates it in a hard plastic holder, remain The Numismatic Youth
hardened, and the same old arguments are still
exchanged in Europe.
Has Grown Up with Grading
In Europe, third-party grading serves as an entry
point into numismatics for a unique target group that
Typical European Arguments – few have on their radar: the numismatic youth. Many
young people exchange ideas on social networks
and How They Are Refuted and are also passionate coin collectors. For the next
Here are just three examples:
generation of numismatists or for collectors who
Regarding "fraud protection," grading fans
see a numismatic rarity as an investment, grading is
emphasize that the impartial opinion of grading
becoming increasingly standard in Europe. If this
experts provides the necessary certainty in an opaque
makes the market for rare collector coins sustainable,
market. Especially in Asia and the U.S., market
if dealers and auction houses make good money
experts fear a high proportion of counterfeits, causing
with the support of grading service providers – often
many collectors to eventually give up out of fear
significantly more thanks to grading – and if collectors
of being scammed. For this reason, a "raw" coin is
can sell their coins at market-appropriate prices
virtually unsellable on the Asian market because
through grading, then third-party grading is likely to
the potential buyer would immediately wonder
be unavoidable in Europe in the future.
what's wrong with the coin if it doesn't have a grade.
Additionally, the major grading providers guarantee
generous compensation if they make a mistake in Grading: The Savior for the
detecting a counterfeit.
Experienced coin dealers and auctioneers, on
Collector Value of Grandpa's
the other hand, criticize the hard plastic capsules German Collection?
because they hinder the detection of counterfeits. More and more collectors in Europe are discovering
They argue that with coins in hard plastic holders, third-party grading to preserve their collections from

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 declining value and reveal the true worth of their – especially for uncirculated coins. A look at online
coins. One example: Anyone who owns a few old auction platforms shows that terms like "brilliant
coin magazines and looks through the offer lists from uncirculated" are used almost inflationary for all
back then will be amazed – for instance, in 2000, a 5 sorts of conditions, which a reputable coin dealer
DM commemorative coin "Germanisches Museum" or auctioneer would rate at best as "very fine" or
in brilliant uncirculated condition was sold for 2,000 "extremely fine."
DM, roughly equivalent to 1,000 euros. Schiller,
Markgraf, and Eichendorf were available for around
500 euros each. Today's prices: about 300 euros for
Cherry-Picking with Returns
Third-party grading opens up entirely new
the "Museum" and around 100 euros for the three perspectives for knowledgeable coin enthusiasts,
subsequent BRD commemorative coins from the not only in terms of value development but also for
founding years of the Federal Republic. the demand for their treasures. Selecting a suitable
Many former top rarities from German coin from the German Empire, Weimar Republic,
numismatic history, especially the German or Third Reich for grading by a service provider like
commemorative coins from 1952 onwards, are now NGC requires profound knowledge and a keen eye
available at affordable prices – unless they are in for details. The problem is that there are no clearly
above-average condition and have been graded. More defined grading standards for German coins like there
and more collectors are discovering the potential are for U.S. coins – it is not yet definitively described
for value appreciation in their collections – a coin what differentiates an MS64 from an MS65 German
from the German Empire, Weimar Republic, or the Empire three-mark coin.
Federal Republic can fetch multiple times its catalog
value if it has a top grading and is thus more tradable
on the global market. Many collections in Germany U.S. Standards Can Be
contain excellent pieces that, through grading, not Applied to European Coins
only receive an internationally recognized grade but The recognized grading standards for U.S. coins
also achieve competitive international prices. can, however, be broadly applied to German coins.
The number of contact marks on the coin's fields,
Impact of High Grading the sharpness of details like the breast shield of the
imperial eagle, and the fine contours of hair, noses,
on Market Value or ears of the monarchs of the empire – these aspects
While it's always important to remember that grading help experienced coin collectors check their selections
doesn't automatically affect a coin's value, historical before submission.
collectibles from German numismatic history show German coin collectors should exercise great
surprising value development prospects. One example: caution when checking their coins for potential flaws.
The 3 Mark coin "Bremerhaven" from 1927 with the Unfortunately, it is all too common for historical
mintmark "A" was auctioned in 2018 by coin dealers coins sold on the German market to show alterations
in brilliant uncirculated condition for 120 to 150 euros. that result in a "Details" grade during grading.
Auction results in the U.S. for graded examples at These pieces can be sold as "brilliant uncirculated"
Heritage Auctions ranged from 136 to 199 USD at "brilliant uncirculated" prices, but in an NGC
for "MS62," – so grading might not necessarily be slab with a "Details" grade, even the smallest flaws
worthwhile for value development. become evident.
However, starting at MS63, significant increases Collectors should pay particular attention to
are observable: between 138 and 220 USD, for "hairlines" or any signs of improper cleaning –
example, at Heritage in recent years. The higher some collectors exhibit remarkable creativity and
the grading, the stronger the value increase: MS64 experimentation when trying to spruce up their
examples fetched between 176 and 282 USD, MS65 numismatic treasures. For such post-mint alterations
between 199 and 376 USD, and MS66 between to a coin's natural appearance, NGC graders show no
253 and 458 USD. The highest price was an MS67 mercy – the coin ends up in the "purple slab of death,"
example with a top bid of 544 USD. a holder with a Details grade.
It may seem curious at first glance that German Third-party grading won't work miracles for
coins fetch significantly higher prices on the German coins. However, more and more collectors
international market than in their home country. see it as an opportunity to document the true value
However, many wealthy collectors in the U.S. with and rarity of their coins – especially for coins in top
German roots want to own top-quality coins from condition, of which there may be only a handful of
their homeland and are willing to pay substantial examples worldwide. While these might get lost in
premiums. Additionally, the German grading system, the crowd in a German auction labeled as "brilliant
which generally only distinguishes between "very uncirculated," the population report from grading
fine," "extremely fine," and "brilliant uncirculated," is service providers clearly establishes their status as
not well-suited to precisely define a coin's condition sensational rarities.

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All for One, One for All Richelieu to save the honor of the
Queen of France.
On the four 10-euro denominations,
we find a musketeer in a combat
position. To the left of the coin, the
name of the character is inscribed
in the middle of fleurs-de-lis and
swords, symbolizing the body of the
king's musketeers.
Collectors can obtain coins in
very limited mintages. Of the three
denominations available, a common
engraving with a portrait of Alexandre
Dumas facing his four characters from

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n 2021, Monnaie de Paris “ The Three Musketeers,” published “One for all, all for one” appears at
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to celebrate literature through of D’Artagnan, a young man who author's dates of birth and death. On
major works and authors. Each year, aspires to become a musketeer to the reverse is a common design of the
a literary style is highlighted. After King Louis XIII. In his adventures, “L’Art de la Plume” collection: large
poetry and theater, it's time for the he befriends Athos, Porthos and literary quotations, a stylized feather
adventure novel with Alexandre Aramis, experienced musketeers that symbolizes writing, and the name
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Club, 6245 East Bellevue St.. SH: 9-3. SP: Tucson Coin
Lake Worth Road. SH: 9am - 3pm. SP: Palm Beach Nov 10 IL, Countryside. West Suburban Coin Expo.
Club. A: Free. T: 35. F: $75. Jerry Adamczyk. PH: 520-
Coin Club. A: Free. T: 50. F: $85. Tony Swicer. PH: Operating Engineers Local 150 Union Hall, 6200
305-5513 or jerryaz631@[Link].
561- 964-7236 or swicer@[Link]. Joliet Rd.. SH: 9am - 3pm. A: Free. Kevin Wasmer.
Nov 30 FL, Pinellas Park. 5th Saturday Coin & PH: 630- 399-9060 or [Link].
CALIFORNIA Currency Show. Knights of Columbus, Fr. Lopez Nov 10 IL, Springfield. Central Illinois Numismatic
Nov 10 CA, Northridge. Political Memorabilia Show. Hall, 7177 58th St. N. SH: 9:00-3:00. SP: Pinellas Association’s 34th Annual Fall Coin Show.
TAS Social Hall, 18200 Rinaldi Place. SH: 10-3. Coin Club. A: Free. John Salviani. PH: 845- 521- Northfield Center I, 3210 Northfield Dr.. SH: 9-4.
SP: Southern California Chapter of the American 9559 or johnsalviani@[Link]. SP: Central Illinois Numismatic Association. A: $1.
Political Items Collectors. A: $3, kids free. T: 40. F: Nov 30 FL, New Port Richey. New Port Richey, FL Coin T: 72. F: $70. Stephen G Mann. PH: 217- 741-1159 or
$25. Tom Morton. PH: 818- 644-9231 or tmcollect@ Show. Gulf Harbors Civic Center, 4610 Floramar pgksgm4179@[Link].
[Link]. Terrace. Nov 17 IL, Pekin. 26th Annual WinterCoin Show.
Nov 15-16 CA, Modesto. Central Valley Coin Show. Dec 1 FL, Maitland. Central Florida Coin & Money Moose Lodge, 2605 Broadway Rd. SH: 9-3. SP:
Modesto Centre Plaza, 1150 9th St.. SH: 10-5. SP: Show. Civic Center, 641 South Maitland Avenue. Tazewell Numismatic Society. A: Free. T: 40. F: $50.
Delta Coin Club of California, Stanislaus County SH: 9-3. Steve Rassi Jeff Pollitt. PH: 309- 263-0739 or Jeff
Coin Club, and Central Valley Coin Club. A: $5. T: Dec 7 FL, Hudson. The Pasco Coin Club Coins, Pollitt, PH: 309- 360-6802.
50. Lloyd Wagner. PH: 209- 480-0850 or thegar- Currency, Bullion, Stamps, Jewelry, Collectibles & Nov 24 IL, Peotone. Peotone Coin Show. Will County
denerstouch@[Link]. More Show. Elks Lodge #2520, 9135 Denton Ave. Fairgrounds, 710 S. West St.. SH: 9-3. A: Free. Jeff
Dec 7 CA, San Francisco. SF International Numismatic SH: 9-3. SP: Coin Club of Pasco County. A: Free. Paunicka. PH: 574- 315-0238. Jim Paicz. PH: 708-
Bourse. DoubleTree Hotel SSF, 275 S. Airport Blvd. Chuck Grecco. PH: 727- 534-7597 or [Link]- 670-3469 or show@[Link].
SH: 10-5. A: $8, $6 with coupon/website printout. [Link]. Dec 14-15 IL, Countryside. West Suburban Coin Expo.
PH: 415- 601-8661 or [Link]. Dec 15 FL, Plantation. Fort Lauderdale Coin Show. Operating Engineers Local 150 Union Hall, 6200
Volunteer Park, 12050 W. Sunrise Blvd.. SH: 9:30- Joliet Rd.. SH: 9am - 3pm. A: Free. Kevin Wasmer.
CONNECTICUT 2:30. SP: Fort Lauderdale Coin Club. A: Free. T: PH: 630- 399-9060 or [Link].
Nov 10 CT, Orange. Orange Collectibles Show. 45. F: $70. Harry Schwartz. PH: 954- 558-5108 or Dec 22 IL, Orland Park. Orland Park Coin & Stamp
American Legion, 630 Grassy Hill Road. SH: 9-2. A: shacman1@[Link]. Show. Civic Center, 14750 Ravinia Ln. SH: 9-2.
$2. T: 5. F: $35. Karen + Fred Riso. PH: 203- 265- Dec 22 FL, Greenacres. Palm Beach Coin Club’s A: Free. Bob Szczepanski. PH: 708- 476-7315 or
1813 or kmrfdr@[Link]. Monthly Coin Show. American Polish Club, 4725 bob60638@[Link].
Nov 17 CT, Cromwell. Cromwell-Hartford Coin & Lake Worth Road. SH: 9am - 3pm. SP: Palm Beach
Currency Show. Courtyard Mariott, 4 Sebethe Dr. Coin Club. A: Free. T: 50. F: $85. Tony Swicer. PH: INDIANA
4 Sebethe Dr.. SH: 9am-3pm. A: Free. T: 40. F: 561- 964-7236 or swicer@[Link]. Nov 2 IN, Crown Point. Tri-Cities Coin Show. St.
$70/$85. J&S Collectibles LLC, John Stassins Jr. PH: Jan 18-19 FL, Vero Beach. Vero Beach Coin Show. Matthias Church Hall, 101 W Burrell Dr. SH: 9-3. SP:
718- 323-1930 or PH: 212- 777-0662 or stassinsj98@ Community Center, 2266 14th Avenue. SH: Sat: Calumet Numismatic Club. A: Free. T: 50. F: $40 or 2
[Link]. 10-5, Sun: 10-3. SP: Treasure Coast Coin Club. A: for $75. Paul Beck. PH: 219- 789-2822 or collect1a@
Nov 23 CT, Naugatuck. Naugatuck Coin & Currency Free. T: 42. F: $200. Scott Anderson. PH: 772- 607- [Link].
Show. American Legion Post #17, 21 Cedar St.. SH: 3321 or verobeachcoinshow@[Link]. Nov 29 IN, Evansville. 2024 Evansville Coin Club
9am - 2pm. A: Free. T: 20. F: $55. J&S Collectibles, Black Friday Show. Bally’s Hotel and Casino 1st
LLC, John Stassins Jr.. PH: 718- 323-1930 or PH: GEORGIA Floor Walnut Room, 421 NW Riverside Drive. SH:
212- 777-0662 or stassinsj98@[Link]. Nov 15-16 GA, Augusta. Spring Coin Club Show. 9-3. SP: Evansville Coin Club. A: Free. T: 75. F: $75.
Dec 8 CT, Orange. Orange Collectibles Show. Columbia County Exibition Center, 212 Partnership Scott Burkdoll. PH: 812- 205-3488 or scburkdoll@
American Legion, 630 Grassy Hill Road. SH: 9-2. A: Dr., Grovetown. SH: Fri. 9am - 5pm Sat. 9am-3pm. [Link].
$2. T: 5. F: $35. Karen + Fred Riso. PH: 203- 265- SP: Augusta Coin Club. A: Free. T: 75. Steven Nix. Jan 19 IN, Muncie. 68th Annual Muncie Coin & Stamp
1813 or kmrfdr@[Link]. PH: 706- 551-5115 or fleetwoodcoins@[Link] Club Show. Delaware County Fairgrounds, 1210 N.
Dec 28 CT, Naugatuck. Naugatuck Coin & Currency or [Link]. Wheeling Ave.. SH: 9-4. SP: Muncie Coin & Stamp

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 Club. A: Free. T: 72. Thomas Marsh. PH: 765- 212- Stamp & Collectibles Show. North Attleboro Elks 1, $60 for 2. Jimmy Cirronella. PH: 904- 910-3566 or
7055 or tmarsh01@[Link]. Lodge #1011, 52 Bulfinch St.. SH: 9-2. SP: Bart’s cardfather@[Link].
Collectibles. A: Free. T: 12. F: $50. Bart Leonard. PH: Nov 24 NJ, Old Bridge. Old Bridge Coin, Paper Money,
IOWA 774- 203-3158 or julez02703@[Link]. and Collectibles Show. Old Bridge First Aid & Rescue
Dec 1 IA, Riverside. Iowa City Old Capitol Coin Club’s Dec 22 MA, Devens. Monthly Coin Show. Spring Hill Squad Bldg., 200 Marlboro Rd. & Ferris Rd.. SH: 8-2.
Coin Show. Riverside Casino, 3184 Hwy. 22. SH: 9-4. Suites (Marriott), 31 Andrews Parkway,. SH: 9am - A: Free. T: 24. Matt Sulikowski. PH: 732- 740-4604
SP: The Iowa City Old Capitol Coin Club. A: $2. T: 60. 3pm. SP: EBW Promotions, LLC. A: $1. T: 75. EBW or PH: 732- 290-9090 or matski47@[Link].
F: $70 for first, $65 for additional. Alice Grimm. PH: Promotions, LLC, PO Box 3, Wilmington, MA, 01887. Dec 1 NJ, Lindenwold. South Jersey Coin & Collectibles
319- 331-8576 or campgrimm@[Link]. PH: 978- 658-0160 or info@[Link] or Show. Lindenwold Moose Lodge, 2425 White Horse
[Link]. Pike (Rt. 30). SH: 9-3. A: Free. T: 33. F: $40. Tom
LOUISIANA Gullone. PH: 609- 742-2279 or tt1254@[Link].
Nov 15-16 LA, Kenner. Crescent City Coin Club Coin MICHIGAN Dec 7 NJ, Colts Neck. Colts Neck Coin, Stamp & Card
Show. Knights of Columbus Hall, 3310 Florida Ave.,. Nov 2 MI, Kalamazoo. Kalamazoo Numismatic Club Expo. Triple Crown Room, 50 Conover Rd. SH: 8-3.
SH: Fri. 10-5, Sat. 9-3. SP: Crescent City Coin Club. A: Fall Show. Kalamazoo County Expo Center, 2900 SP: Colts Neck Fire Co #2. A: Free. T: 50. F: $35 for
Free. T: 30. F: $180. Rick Demers. PH: 504- 464-1995. Lake St. SH: 9am - 3pm. SP: Kalamazoo Numismatic 1, $60 for 2. Jimmy Cirronella. PH: 904- 910-3566 or
Club. A: Free. T: 75. F: $55. Ronald Hale. PH: 269- cardfather@[Link].
MARYLAND 491-0962 or ravhale@[Link]. Dec 8 NJ, Flemington. Steve Middleton Memorial
Nov 9 MD, Middle River. Middle River Coin Show. Nov 22-24 MI, Warren. MSNS Fall Convention and Coin Coin/Collectible Show. Flemington Elks Lodge, 165
Victory Villa, 404 Compass Rd.. SH: 9am. SP: Middle Show. Macomb Community College Expo Center, Rt. 31 South. SH: 9-3. SP: Hackettstown Coin Club.
River Coin Club. A: Free. T: 30. F: $35. Wendell Petri. South Campus, Building P, 14500 E 12 Mile Rd.. SH: A: Free. F: $35. Bob Giardina. PH: 973- 202-6182 or
PH: 443- 226-0963 or pennsylpete@[Link]. Fri/Sat 10am - 6pm; Sun 10am - 3pm. SP: Michigan rjgiardina@[Link].
Nov 9 MD, Cumberland. Western Maryland Coin Club State Numismatic Society. A: Free. T: 125. PH: 734- Dec 22 NJ, Old Bridge. Old Bridge Coin, Paper Money,
Fall Show. Cumberland Outdoor Club, 31 Thomas 453-0504 or treasurer@[Link]. and Collectibles Show. Old Bridge First Aid & Rescue
Street. SH: 9-4. SP: Western Maryland Coin Club. A: Nov 29-30 MI, Westland. Michigan Thanksgiving Squad Bldg., 200 Marlboro Rd. & Ferris Rd.. SH: 8-2.
Free. Becky Weir. PH: 301- 777-7277. Weekend Coin & Currency Show. Hellinic Cultural A: Free. T: 24. Matt Sulikowski. PH: 732- 740-4604
Nov 9 MD, Cambridge. Cambridge Coin Show. Center, 36375 Joy. SH: 10-4. T: 100. F: $260-395. or PH: 732- 290-9090 or matski47@[Link].
American Legion Post 91, 98 Sunburst Highway. SH: Joseph LeBlanc. PH: 734- 216-1004 or dealersfirst-
10-4. A: Free. Erick Windsor. PH: 443- 515-0311 or choice@[Link]. NEW YORK.
windsorscoin@[Link]. Nov 2-3 NY, Rochester. Rochester Numismatic
Nov 14-16 MD, Baltimore. Whitman Coin & Collectibles MINNESOTA Association 50th Annual Coin Show. Rochester
Baltimore Expo. Baltimore Convention Center, Halls Nov 2 MN, St. Anthony. St. Paul Liberty Coin Club Museum and Science Center’s Eisenhart Auditorium,
A, B, & C. A: Free. PH: 404- 214-4373 or [Link]- Spring Show. St. Anthony High School, Door 16 3303 657 East Avenue. SH: Sat. 10am - 5pm, Sun. 10am -
[Link]. 33rd Ave. NE. SH: 9-3:30. SP: St. Paul Liberty Coin 4pm. SP: Rochester Numismatic Association. T: 20.
Nov 23 MD, Westminster. Carroll County Coin Club Club. A: Free. T: 36. F: $45. Dave Foley. PH: 612- John Lighthouse. jcl78974@[Link]
Annual Show. Best Western Conference Center, 451 735-7765 or davefoley1@[Link]. Nov 2-3 NY, Rochester. Rochester Numismatic
WMC Drive. SH: 9:30-4:30. SP: Carroll County Coin Nov 3 MN, Maple Grove. North Metro Coin Show. Association 50th Annual Coin Show. Rochester
Club. A: Free. Lester White. [Link].1@[Link] Cambria Suites Maple Grove, 9655 Grove Circle N. Museum and Science Center’s Eisenhart Auditorium,
Dec 8 MD, Lutherville-Timonium. Hunt Valley- SH: 9-4. SP: Antique Coins. T: 25. F: $55. Antique 657 East Avenue. SH: Sat. 10am - 5pm, Sun. 10am -
Timonium Coin and Currency Show. Embassy Suites Coins. PH: 651- 269-5846 or hunt4coins@[Link]. 4pm. SP: Rochester Numismatic Association. T: 20.
by Hilton, 213 International Circle. SH: 9-4. PH: 410- Nov 9 MN, Owatonna. Fall Owatonna Coin and Paper John Lighthouse. jcl78974@[Link]
929-8178 or [Link]. Money Show. Steel County Historical Center, 1700 Nov 3 NY, Albany. CDCDA Coin & Hobby Show. Polish
Jan 12 MD, Lutherville-Timonium. Hunt Valley- Austin Road. SH: 9-3. A: Free. T: 20. Sydney. PH: Community Center , 225 Washington Ave. Ext.
Timonium Coin and Currency Show. Embassy Suites 507- 475-2558. SH: 11am - 4pm. SP: Capital District Coin Dealers
by Hilton, 213 International Circle. SH: 9-4. PH: 410- Nov 17 MN, South Saint Paul. South Saint Paul Association. A: $2. F: $65. Ron Pugh, PO Box 2081,
929-8178 or [Link]. Monthly Coin Show. UFCW Local 1189, 266 Hardman Scotia, NY, 12302. PH: 518- 372-3611 or rpugh2@
Ave N.. SH: 9-4. SP: Antique Coins. A: Free. T: 35. [Link].
MASSACHUSETTS F: $60. Antique Coins. PH: 651- 269-5846 or hunt- Nov 16 NY, Big Flats. Big Flats Coin Club Show.
Nov 3 MA, Dedham. First Sunday Stamp and Coin 4coins@[Link]. American Legion Post 1612, 45 Olcott Rd South,
Show. Holiday Inn, 55 Ariadne Rd. SH: 9-4. Dec 15 MN, South Saint Paul. South Saint Paul Big Flats, New York. SH: 9:30-3. A: Free. T: 16. F:
SP: Edward Donegan. A: Free. T: 35. F: $65. Monthly Coin Show. UFCW Local 1189, 266 Hardman $45. Wayne Nyre. PH: 607- 535-7477 or mrstamp-
Edward Donegan, 210 North Central Street, East Ave N.. SH: 9-4. SP: Antique Coins. A: Free. T: 35. man14891@[Link].
Bridgewater, MA, 02333-1738. PH: 508- 631-1423 or F: $60. Antique Coins. PH: 651- 269-5846 or hunt- Nov 17 NY, Cheektowaga. BNA Monthly Coin & Stamp
etdonegan@[Link]. 4coins@[Link]. Show. Knights of Columbus Hall, 2735 Union Road.
Nov 10 MA, Auburn. Monthly Coin Show. Elks Lodge, SH: 10am - 3pm. SP: Buffalo Numismatic Association.
754 Southbridge St. (Rt. 12). SH: 9:30am - 2:30pm. NEVADA David Tortorice. PH: 716- 873-4280.
SP: EBW Promotions, LLC. A: Free. T: 46. EBW Nov 1-3 NV, Las Vegas. The Vegas National. Tuscany Nov 17 NY, Liverpool. ONA Coin & Currency Show.
Promotions, LLC, PO Box 3, Wilmington, MA, 01887. Suites & Casino, 255 E. Flamingo Rd.. SH: Fri & Sat: Holiday Inn, 400 7th North Street. SH: 10am. SP:
PH: 978- 658-0160 or info@[Link] or 10-6, Sun: 10-3. SP: CK Shows. A: Free. T: 125. F: Onondaga Numismatic Association. A: Free. T: 24. F:
[Link]. $650-1300. Dawn King. PH: 888- 330-5188 or info@ $55. Mark Caiello. PH: 315- 447-5552 or ona63syr@
Nov 17 MA, North Attleboro. North Attleboro Coin, [Link]. [Link].
Stamp & Collectibles Show. North Attleboro Elks Nov 24 NY, Depew. Coin, Stamp, Postcard, &
Lodge #1011, 52 Bulfinch St.. SH: 9-2. SP: Bart’s NEW HAMPSHIRE Collectibles Show. Polish Falcon Hall, 445 Columbia
Collectibles. A: Free. T: 12. F: $50. Bart Leonard. PH: Nov 17 NH, Nashua. 3rd Sun. Coin Show. Eagle’s Wing Ave.. SH: 9-3. SP: Peter Cappa/GDK Coins. A: Free.
774- 203-3158 or julez02703@[Link]. Function Center, 10 Spruce St.. SH: 9am - 2pm. T: 70. Peter Cappa. PH: 716- 220-4345 or gdkcoins@
Nov 24 MA, Devens. Monthly Coin Show. Spring Hill SP: EBW Promotions, LLC. A: Free. T: 49. EBW [Link].
Suites (Marriott), 31 Andrews Parkway,. SH: 9am - Promotions, LLC, PO Box 3, Willmington, MA, 01887. Nov 29-30 NY, Tarrytown. Westchester Coin & Stamp
3pm. SP: EBW Promotions, LLC. A: $1. T: 75. EBW PH: 978- 658-0160 or info@[Link] or Show. Westchester Marriott, 670 White Plains Rd.. A:
Promotions, LLC, PO Box 3, Wilmington, MA, 01887. [Link]. Free. T: 50. Mark Simon. PH: 914- 299-3995.
PH: 978- 658-0160 or info@[Link] or Dec 15 NH, Nashua. 3rd Sun. Coin Show. Eagle’s Wing Dec 1 NY, Albany. CDCDA Coin & Hobby Show. Polish
[Link]. Function Center, 10 Spruce St.. SH: 9am - 2pm. Community Center , 225 Washington Ave. Ext.
Dec 1 MA, Dedham. First Sunday Stamp and Coin Show. SP: EBW Promotions, LLC. A: Free. T: 49. EBW SH: 11am - 4pm. SP: Capital District Coin Dealers
Holiday Inn, 55 Ariadne Rd. SH: 9-4. SP: Edward Promotions, LLC, PO Box 3, Willmington, MA, 01887. Association. A: $2. F: $65. Ron Pugh, PO Box 2081,
Donegan. A: Free. T: 35. F: $65. Edward Donegan, PH: 978- 658-0160 or info@[Link] or Scotia, NY, 12302. PH: 518- 372-3611 or rpugh2@
210 North Central Street, East Bridgewater, MA, [Link]. [Link].
02333-1738. PH: 508- 631-1423 or etdonegan@ Dec 15 NY, Endicott. Endicott Coin Show. American
[Link]. NEW JERSEY Legion Post 82, 1305 Riverview Dr. A: Free. T: 35.
Dec 8 MA, Auburn. Monthly Coin Show. Elks Lodge, Nov 3 NJ, Lindenwold. South Jersey Coin & Collectibles F: $50. Robert Peretore. PH: 607- 340-0025 or
754 Southbridge St. (Rt. 12). SH: 9:30am - 2:30pm. Show. Lindenwold Moose Lodge, 2425 White Horse firstchoicecollectors@[Link].
SP: EBW Promotions, LLC. A: Free. T: 46. EBW Pike (Rt. 30). SH: 9-3. A: Free. T: 33. F: $40. Tom Dec 15 NY, Cheektowaga. BNA Monthly Coin & Stamp
Promotions, LLC, PO Box 3, Wilmington, MA, 01887. Gullone. PH: 609- 742-2279 or tt1254@[Link]. Show. Knights of Columbus Hall, 2735 Union Road.
PH: 978- 658-0160 or info@[Link] or Nov 9 NJ, Colts Neck. Colts Neck Coin, Stamp & Card SH: 10am - 3pm. SP: Buffalo Numismatic Association.
[Link]. Expo. Triple Crown Room, 50 Conover Rd. SH: 8-3. David Tortorice. PH: 716- 873-4280.
Dec 22 MA, North Attleboro. North Attleboro Coin, SP: Colts Neck Fire Co #2. A: Free. T: 50. F: $35 for Dec 15 NY, Liverpool. ONA Coin & Currency Show.

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 Holiday Inn, 400 7th North Street. SH: 10am. SP: & Medal Show. Holiday Inn, 25425 SW 95th Ave. SH: Sat. 9-6; Sun. 9-3. SP: Texas Coin Shows Production.
Onondaga Numismatic Association. A: Free. T: 24. F: 10-4. A: $3. T: 30. F: $125. Randy Van Wie. PH: 503- A: $3. T: 70. F: $260. Ginger Pike. PH: 903- 328-
$55. Mark Caiello. PH: 315- 447-5552 or ona63syr@ 640-4700 or randy@[Link]. 4343 or texascoinshows@[Link].
[Link]. Nov 22-23 TX, Texarkana. Texarkana Coin Show.
Jan 17-19 NY, New York. New York International PENNSYLVANIA Texarkana Convention Center, 4610 Cowhorn Creek
Numismatic Convention. InterContinental New York Nov 3 PA, Meadville. Meadville Coin Show. Community Rd.. SH: Fri. 12-6 Sat. 9-6. SP: Texarkana Coin Club.
Barclay Hotel, 111 East 48th St.. SH: Fri. 10-6:30; Sat. Center, 1034 Park Ave.,. SH: 9am - 3pm. SP: A: Free. T: 40. Frank McFerrin Larry Vann. PH: 903-
10-6:30; Sun. 10-2:30. SP: NYINC, Inc.. A: $25 for a Meadville Coin Club. A: Free. T: 36. F: $50. Dan 824-4167 or PH: 903- 570-1516 or larry_vann2ho-
three day pass. Paul Russell. PH: 817- 266-1957 or Crandall. PH: 814- 439-9168 or [Link]@gmail. [Link].
prussell@[Link]. com. Dec 13-15 TX, Grapevine. Texas Coin Shows.
Nov 10 PA, Telford. MontCo Coin Show. Franconia Grapevine Convention Center, 1209 S Main Street.
NORTH DAKOTA Heritage Banquet & Conference Center, 508 SH: Fri. 2-6; Sat. 9-6; Sun. 9-3. SP: Texas Coin Shows
Nov 23 ND, Fargo. Annual Coin Show of North Dakota. Harleysville Pike. SH: 10-3. A: Free. Edward S. Hipps. Production. A: $3. T: 70. F: $260. Ginger Pike. PH:
Ramada Fargo, 3333 South 13 Ave.. SH: 9am - 5pm. PH: 267- 217-3207. 903- 328-4343 or texascoinshows@[Link].
SP: Red River Valley Coin Club. A: Free. T: 50. Jason Nov 17 PA, Langhorne. Tri-State Monthly Coin & Stamp Dec 14 TX, San Antonio. Alamo Coin Show. Schertz
Jenkins. tablespace3@[Link]- Show. Sheraton Bucks County, 400 Oxford Valley Rd.. Civic Center, 1400 Schertz Parkway, Building 5. SH:
[Link] SH: 9:30am - 2:30pm. A: Free. T: 35. F: $85. Bob Paul. 9-4. SP: Alamo Coin Club. A: $2 (Under 18 Free). T:
PH: 215- 275-4700 or bobpaultnt@[Link]. 60. F: $125. Fernando Razo. PH: 210- 663-9289 or
OHIO Nov 24 PA, Trevose. Trevose Coin Show. Fire House, alamocoinclub@[Link].
Nov 2 OH, Canton. Stark County Coin Club Coin Show. 4900 Street Rd.. SH: 10-3. A: Free. Jan 17-18 TX, Conroe. 68th Houston Money Show.
St. Joan of Arc Elementary School Gym, 120 Bordner Nov 29-30 PA, Gettysburg. National Battlefield Lone Star Convention Center, 9055 Airport Rd.
Ave. SXW. SH: 9am - 3pm. SP: Stark County Coin Coin Show. Eisenhower Hotel Ballroom, 2634 @ FM3083. SH: Fri. 9-6; Sat. 9-5. SP: Greater
Club. A: Free. T: 40. F: $30, add $25. Dan Dexter. Emmitsburg Road. SH: Fri: 9-6, Sat: 9-3. SP: Dixon Houston Coin Club. A: Free. T: 122. F: $300-$535.
PH: 330- 704-3991 or dexterdw@[Link]. Shows. A: Free. T: 110. Michael Dixon. PH: 301- 788- Jim Fitzgerald. PH: 817- 688-6994 or tnaconroe@
Nov 11 OH, Springfield. Clark County Semi-Annual Coin 6232 or mike@[Link]. [Link].
Show. Windy Knolls Golf Course, 500 Roscommon Dec 8 PA, Telford. MontCo Coin Show. Franconia
Dr.. SH: 10am - 3pm. SP: Clark County Coin Club. Heritage Banquet & Conference Center, 508 VIRGINIA.
A: Free. T: 35. Dr. Gary Lau. PH: 937- 206-4943 or Harleysville Pike. SH: 10-3. A: Free. Edward S. Hipps. Nov 2-3 VA, Vienna. Vienna Coin & Stamp Show.
glau@[Link]. PH: 267- 217-3207. Community Ctr., 120 Cherry St. SE. SH: Sat. 10-6,
Nov 17 OH, Columbus. Columbus Coin & Stamp Show. Dec 15 PA, Langhorne. Tri-State Monthly Coin & Stamp Sun. 10-4. A: Free. T: 62. Darren Coker. PH: 703-
Makoy Center, 5462 Center Street, Hilliard. SH: Show. Sheraton Bucks County, 400 Oxford Valley Rd.. 444-2812 or darrencoker@[Link].
10am - 3pm. SP: Dan Rich Dr. Coin & Currency. A: $2 SH: 9:30am - 2:30pm. A: Free. T: 35. F: $85. Bob Paul. Nov 2-3 VA, Salem. Salem-Roanoke Valley Coin Show.
18 & over. T: 40. F: $50. Dan Rich. PH: 614- 785-9967 PH: 215- 275-4700 or bobpaultnt@[Link]. American Legion Bldg., 710 Apperson Dr. SH: Sat.
or drich@[Link]. Dec 22 PA, Trevose. Trevose Coin Show. Fire House, 9:30-5:30; Sun. 9:30-3:30. SP: Salem Coin Club.
Nov 24 OH, Cincinnati. Greenhills Classic Coin, Stamp, 4900 Street Rd.. SH: 10-3. A: Free. A: Free. T: 40. F: $125. Roger Keffer. PH: 540- 588-
and Jewelry Show. American Legion Post 530, 11100 4505 or rkeffer@[Link].
Winton Rd.. SH: 10-3:30. SP: Numismania of Ohio. A: SOUTH CAROLINA Nov 9 VA, Norfolk. Norfolk Coin Show. VFW Post, 5728
Free. F: $55. Colonel (Ret) Jim Huffman, PO Box 24, Nov 1-2 SC, Columbia. Midlands Coin Club Fall Show. Bartee St. SH: 9:30-3:30. SP: Bill Scott. A: Free.
Plain City, OH, 43064. PH: 937- 901-2110 or numis- Medallion Center, 7309 Garners Ferry Rd. SH: 9am T: 25. Bill Scott. PH: 804- 350-1140 or woscott1@
maniaofohio@[Link]. - 5pm. SP: Midlands Coin Club. A: Free. T: 64. F: [Link]..
Dec 15 OH, Columbus. Columbus Coin & Stamp Show. $150/$130/$100. Mike Smith. PH: 803- 250-5610
Makoy Center, 5462 Center Street, Hilliard. SH: or midlandscoinclub@[Link] or [Link]- WEST VIRGINIA
10am - 3pm. SP: Dan Rich Dr. Coin & Currency. A: $2 [Link]. Nov 9 WV, Cross Lanes. Charleston Area Coin Show.
18 & over. T: 40. F: $50. Dan Rich. PH: 614- 785-9967 Nov 23 SC, Sumter. Sumter Coin Club 21st Annual Tyler Mountain Community Center, 5382 Big Tyler
or drich@[Link]. Coin Show. Bethesda Church Fellowship Hall, 2730 Road. SH: 10-4. SP: Charleston Coin Club. A: Free.
Dec 29 OH, Cincinnati. Greenhills Classic Coin, Stamp, Broad St.,. SH: 9-5. A: Free. T: 33. Jeff Goodall. PH: T: 17. F: $45. Donald Clifford. PH: 304- 727-4062 or
and Jewelry Show. American Legion Post 530, 11100 704- 254-7705 or sumtercoinclub@[Link]. clff635@[Link].
Winton Rd.. SH: 10-3:30. SP: Numismania of Ohio. A: Dec 1 WV, Bridgeport. Stonewall Jackson Coin Show.
Free. F: $55. Colonel (Ret) Jim Huffman, PO Box 24, TEXAS Best Western, Lodgeville Road. SH: 10-3. SP:
Plain City, OH, 43064. PH: 937- 901-2110 or numis- Nov 1-3 TX, Grapevine. Texas Coin Shows. Grapevine Stonewall Jackson Coin Club. A: Free. T: 16. Jon
maniaofohio@[Link]. Convention Center, 1209 S Main Street. SH: Fri. 2-6; Watson. PH: 304- 288-0396 or forthill@[Link].

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