Where to next ??

[matttheriley]

US Classic Commemorative Half Dollars

http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/Coin/Detail/9312

[robbiegal]

very beautiful but way outta my price range
guess i'll still stick with my aussie penny obsession

[Nevol]

very beautiful but way outta my price range

:i_agree: My pockets are not deep enough.

[matttheriley]

That Hudson Bay is probably one of the more expensive issues for classic US commemorative, but I thought it might interest Trout since it has a fish, and I believe a reference to his name.

[trout]

There are some really nice designs on the commemorative US half dollars.
I have a couple I think , I will try and dig one out .
As far as collecting these as a series I think that it will be too expensive to buy the already graded coins and finding a raw and genuine one in Aus is a pretty big call.
Besides I prefer a coin with an effigy of a brit Monarch on the obverse.

[Triggersmob]

What about putting together a nice set of the aluminium coins from the French colonies. They are the 1, 2 & 5 franc coins. These are very nice coins in uncirculated condition. Places like New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Afars & Issas, French Somalialand, Cameroon, French West Africa, Reunion Island, Saint Pierre & Miquelon, etc.
Not sure how many others there are.  

[trout]

I don't know why but I am not that keen on aluminium coins, they just don't "Feel" like real money to me :angel:

[Triggersmob]

I don't know why but I am not that keen on aluminium coins, they just don't "Feel" like real money to me :angel:

I would have to agree about how they feel, but some do look really nice. I think that might be because they mint well, being a soft metal.

[jrg_from_oz]

What about the GB Victorian silver (florin/shilling/sixpence) from the die number period (1864-1879)?

The beauty of this series is that it is still, 150 years later, possible to locate a previously-unrecorded die number. There's also the knowledge that we're collecting coins which had as their sole purpose to circulate as currency.

There's a huge range to pick from (some shillings had 100+ die numbers in one year), but you can easily specialise in one particular area. My collection is specifically the sixpences of 1867 and 1868, which covers the change of bust. There are 30 1867 combinations of bust and die number known (I have 27), and 23 for 1868 (I have 20).

The advantage of this series is that only a few mad people around the world are interested in the die numbers, so you will only ever pay the standard price for a particular date from dealer stock, even when you know it may be the only recorded example of a particular die number. Ebay and auctions might cost you more, depending on how many of us mad people spot it too

John

[Goldseeker]

Are the die numbers actually imprinted into the coin somewhere or are they determined by minor changes in the design.

Pictures would be nice.

[robbiegal]

printed on the coin as far as I know
they actually have the numbers

http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk/dieno.html

Goldie if you click the little descriptor links in the coin heading you will see an image that shoes where the die numbers sit

[Goldseeker]

Thanks.   That is a clear explanation and photo.

I have just tried it out on my sovereigns but tit won't work on Aussie sovereigns will it?

Gees I am a dummy.

[robbiegal]

not sure
I think it has to be English Mintage

[jrg_from_oz]

Robbiegal is correct.

The die number experiment was carried out only at the Royal Mint, not at any branch mints, and is believed to have been a method for recording the longevity of dies. I say "believed" because to my knowledge, no-one has found anything in the RM reports of the time setting out the details of the experiment.

John

[trout]

I am thinking of expanding the scope of my Maundy sets and maybe get some nice Brit coins for now