World Coins - Latest Acquisitions

[Tanecoins]

I was at the lower end, until my partner passed away early last year. Since then I think its grown out of control. Yet compared to some of the moneybags types on Youtube and the Bowers and Merina crowd who buy Eliasbery specimen 1804 dollars and King Farouk collection 1933 double eagles, I would be only in the lower middle end of that spectrum. Just an average guy who got lucky by having Mr Moneybags as a partner.

Typical purchase in 2019/2020 when I started

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Common NZ uncirculated sets cost about $5 each bought May 2019

Typical purchase now
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UK 2 Pound gold coin 1893 - cost $2,050.00 bought May 2024.

However the party will end as I need the money for a house (I am still over quarter of a million from oblivion).

In 2019 I started collecting again seriously, back then I had around 2000 coins and most were base metals and in average or poor condition. i had maybe 20 silver coins in total. There was almost no specialisation. I had 20 banknotes, most $1 and $2 NZ and cheap Slavic and Hispanic junk. Total value maybe $200 or $300. Oldest coin was a holed 1758 6d of the UK

By mid 2024, I had 14k coins and over 3k were silver weighing 15kg, most were numismatic, but some were stacking coins (Around 2 - 3kg or stacking silver). I have 8 or 9 countries seriously collecting. I also now have around 15 ounces of gold coinage and again some of it is collector quality. I also have 300 banknotes including very serious collections of NZ, Fiji and several other Pacific Islands. Total value now around $150,000 with $70,000 in gold and $20,000 in Silver (As bulk not including numismatic value). Oldest coin is 400BC, but many coins from the 13th to 17th centuries.

[redlock]

My neighbour knows that I collect coins. Therefore, he sometimes checks what he receives in change. Recently, he found the follwoing coin in his change. I got the coin for face value.

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[Triggersmob]

Nice pick up Ralf. Only 1,000,000 minted.

[Mister T]

Very nice.

[redlock]

Nice pick up Ralf. Only 1,000,000 minted.

Yes, especially because it was found in change and not during coin roll hunting.

Now, the coin is waiting for passage to Australia. Probably later this year. 

[Triggersmob]

Thank you Ralf.

[gweidion]

We might end up briefly in Monaco after Switzerland late next year. I'll keep my eyes open.

[Triggersmob]

Thank you Gweidion.

[Tanecoins]

This is a one off NZ coin from 1994. i bought to join another coin I was getting for Trigg

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This is a bimetallic old style 50 cents of NZ. They were issued to celebrate 225 years of Captain Cook coming to NZ. Yes my Aussie friends he came to NZ before Australia in October 1769, hence 1994.

They made it bimetallic and it was our first bimetallic coin, the same size as a usual old 50c (31.5mm 13.50 grams). There were 3 types, muck metal (Aluminium bronze centre, cupro nickel ring), silver (This one which is same centre but sterling silver ring of 6 grams) and the gold one which was 22 carat gold centre and 9 carat white gold ring (Remnant silver).

Its a nice coin and worth the $60 I paid for it, just 4,600 silver ones minted for the proof set and 55,000 muck metals for the UNC sets and alone, the gold was a few hundred. I have the muck metal one (And so does Trigg). now to get the gold one!

[Mister T]

Yeah the bimetallic commemoratives had a bit of a time in the 1990s but not much after that.

[Tanecoins]

Very nice 500 yen courtesy of Trigg  :yahoo:

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Its a nice coin and a nice design, my first Japanese coin of the new emperor.

[Triggersmob]

That was sent to be from Gweidion. He had some spares from his trip to Japan, so you really need to thank him.
Coins, made round, to go around.

[gweidion]

Happy to help. I'll keep my eyes open for more years if and when I get back there again.

[Triggersmob]

Thank you Gweidion.

[Tanecoins]

Thanks Gweidion, its a nice coin! Arigato gozaimasu!