World Coins - Latest Acquisitions

[ausjack]

A big thanks to Ralf (Redlock) for the last
two 1pf coins required to complete my set.

Sets now complete...
1pf from 1948 to 1996
2pg from 1950 to 1996
5pf from 1949 to 1996
10pf from 1949 to 1996

I'm getting quite a few of these now so I'll have to sort them into the years and see what I'm missing

[Unicorn]

So what could YOU buy back then Uni :mocking: It's so hard to be good sometimes :blush2:

Hmmmm ..... Rum is sounding rather appropriate AJ :laugh2: .... oh the benefits of being an ageless mythical critter

[ausjack]

Aren't you lucky we love our , ummm, slightly aged people here :mocking:
In times gone by you would have been taken out the back and dehorned :shock:

[Heatho]

Thanks for that Heath, that shilling is a bloody beauty and especially for one that's been buried. They say to get rid of verdigris (the green death) soak in olive oil but it has to be in it for months and as I have no patience I use a WD/CRC type spray and that seems to work ok, oh and not only use a tooth pick on the hard stuff use a cotton tip and like roll it over trying not to rub and then rinse off with hot soapy water and again try not to wipe and just pat dry. A lot say not to clean coins but as I don't sell it's only to preserve the coin as it doesn't take long and the green death will completely destroy a coin.  

Damn it, one day I might be able to work out how to post pic's and not have to use tiny pics.

Thanks everyone, that shilling is definitely my fav coin so far, really desperate to find a sovereign though, a few mate have found some recently, the lucky so and so's, lol.

That is great advice the Ausjack, much appreciated. I don't sell my coins either and want to preserve them as well.

When detecting we get a lot of totally ruined pennies and half pennies, a mate detected a 1923 half penny a few weeks back and it's a bit toasted but still clearly a 1923, quite an amazing find.

[ausjack]

Yes that would be a good fine. Any coins you can't recognise you can always scrap as copper and silver is still worth. There's one member that has melted down silver into little bars.

[Triggersmob]

Just received a coin I won in a U.K. coin forum on Facebook.

[redlock]

This is the second 2018-dated coin* which I found in circulation. Actually, it's one of four. When I was paying at a local supermarket I noticed that there were brand new €2 coins in the €2 compartment of the till. I asked the cashier if she could give me my return money in coins only. Fortunately, there wasn't much going on at this check-out line AND the lady was very nice. So she gave me my return money in coins and I got this coin.


*: my first coin was ''Helmut Schmidt'' mint-mark ''A'' three days earlier.

[Triggersmob]

I don't see any image, just lots of text.

[redlock]

I don't see any image, just lots of text.

I wanted to add the photo to the text as you have done. Doesn't work (too large). Edited my post. Pic now an attachment. Hope it works.

And yes, one of the four is for you :biggrin:

[Triggersmob]

I don't see any image, just lots of text.

I wanted to add the photo to the text as you have done. Doesn't work (too large). Edited my post. Pic now an attachment. Hope it works.

And yes, one of the four is for you :biggrin:

Now I see the pic.
I look forward to adding this coin to my collection, thank you Ralf.

[redlock]

On April 19th, 2018 the second polymer-ringed coin of the (NCLT) €5 series ''Climate Zone of the World'' (orange coloured) was released by the Bundesbank. Got mine at a local bank on April 20th. The bank had mintmark ''J'' only. If you hold the coin against a light source the polymer-ring will start to ''glow.''
Mint-marks ''A'' and ''D'' (each mintmark has a different shade of orange) were also released across Germany. It seems that mintmarks ''G'' and ''F'' have been mostly distributed to coin dealers(hips) --  as was the case in 2017. :@

[Triggersmob]

Another nice coin Ralf.
Is this the second? I thought it was the third.

[redlock]

Another nice coin Ralf.
Is this the second? I thought it was the third.

It's the third polymer-ringed coin after ''Planet Earth 2016'' (blue) and Tropical Zone 2017 (red). It's the second in the series ''Climate Zones of the Earth.'' So, both answers are correct :grin:

[Triggersmob]

Another nice coin Ralf.
Is this the second? I thought it was the third.

It's the third polymer-ringed coin after ''Planet Earth 2016'' (blue) and Tropical Zone 2017 (red). It's the second in the series ''Climate Zones of the Earth.'' So, both answers are correct :grin:

Thanks for clarifying that Ralf.

[redlock]

I collect ''modern'' danish coins; but types only.
Since 2017, Danish coins are minted at the Finnish mint because the mint in Copenhagen was closed.

Interestingly, the mint-marks on the 2017-dated 10 kr and 20 kr coins are now gone again. So, both denominations are now back to their type from 2013. (10 kr 2014-2016 mint-mark ''JS''; 20 kr 2014-2015 ''JS'', 2016 ''LGS'').
Anyway, as the 2017-dated coins were minted in Finland I decided to get me a set, including the 2017 20 kr commemorative, as a birthday present to myself.

See pics of the two 20 kr coins: