sandy3075

No response so far. Hope he is just busy.

Didn't want to start a new topic, so I am asking here. Anyone knows what is going on with the OMNICOIN.COM? The search function had been broken for months and now the links to the "stats" - most popular, largest, etc are also broken for a few weeks. I am not a Web expert, but it seems that some maintenance is needed. I started thinking where to move my 5,000 coins and, more importantly, if it is worth the effort to put the rest 2/3 of my collection up :-(.

I've recently got myself an 1830 Sardinia lira. Trying to determine the mint, I realized that it is certainly not a common anchor, but it does not look like a more prominent eagle head (Turin) shown on the 5 or 20 lire coins. Does anyone know if this is indeed a scarcer Turin (Turino) mint mark? http://www.omnicoin.com/viewcoin/1041314

I will appreciate some help here. If the owners of the above mentioned commemorative issue (100'th anniversary of the ministry of finance) can take a look and let me know if the edge is plain or vertically reeded? I bought the coin recently with the plain edge and was puzzled since I could not recall another plain edge silver issue by Thai mint. The weight - 24.9 gr by my weight - seems to match declared, diameter is 38 mm and the edge seems manufactured, not filed off. Krause omits this information in both printed and on-line editions.

Here is my thinking :-). Azores, Angola, Mozambique and Brazil were all governed by the same administrative principles, including monetary policy, not unlike British at the later times - 19'th century anchor dollars, Jersey issues and such. In a wayRemember that most of the large scale trade, if done in cash, was done in gold and silver, and was to be shipped back to Portugal for reminting into crown currency. Local copper money was issued to facilitate exclusively local trade and it was usually in limited quantities. I don't know/guess why - maybe so that the local government will exercise self restrain in spending, maybe because the cost of setting up the mint or shipping from the metropolis was too costly. Foreign money was usually prohibited from circulation as it showed the weakness of the governing regime or was at least counter marked. and was to be shipped back to Portugal. Exportation of the currency was also officially forbidden, however lot of the coinage shipped away with sailors.

Sarawak is already a pretty "hot" issue and getting good Straits Settlements issues is difficult for both in high grades. I believe that the initial Chinese and Indian middle class collecting (hoarding) of the native Chinese coins will start morphing into the classics (British and German) and near territories which culturally are closest. So yes, I think the pricing of the high grade Sarawak and older Malaya coins will continue to rise. I think that modern issues will remain under a certain ceiling as they lack the attractiveness of age for the collectors.

The KN letters under the CENTS indicate that it was minted at King Nortons mint at Birmingham, UK. They minted quite a few colonial issues for the Empire. But their most thought after issues are high quality pennies minted for the use in the UK in 1918 and 1919.

Let's see if I can stir someone to post their Australian treasures, will start with recent addition of the 1916-M shilling/ Melbourne mint, common but pleasant extra fine specimen, finer of all Australian coins I have - they are so expensive nowadays.

Nice coins sidney!

Here is another one of the Raised "B" on the eBay. I am not sure if it is authentic slab or no slab, but you may be interested. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Straits-Settlements-1903-B-Raised-B-One-Dollar-PCGS-AU55-Silver-Coin-Rare-/261208597274?pt=US_World_Coins&hash=item3cd13ee31a#ht_633wt_1161

Or a sloppy half blind collector lived there before :-) and these pennies just fell through the cracks.

And you should be able to tell easily if it is brass or gold by the weight of the piece. If it is a gold "copy" of halfcrown, it'll be close the the ounce of gold in weight, brass should be much lighter. but the pictures are not consistent with it being gold.

I do not remember if I posted this particular type before in another post, but this one certainly belongs here.

Got interestingly toned Edward VII 5 cents.

Earlier George V, great coin if it was not for some obverse scratches.

Scarce, smallest mintage George VI penny - 1947

From the early 1831-1835 pre-colonial milled mintage a small copper one pie coin.

Thank you Constanius, this is what I was hoping for. And yes, I see now it is Lancaster :-) on the edge.

Can someone help with the specific attribution of the Conder token I just got. I have been able to identify so far that it is a Lancashire Manchester half penny, possibly DH (D&H) 135A, however the NGC slab describing a similar coin lists only "PAYABLE IN MANCHESTER" while my token's edge lettering is "PAYABLE IN MANCHESTER LONDON AND BRISTOL". Despite a relative preservation of the edge lettering it is crude and uneven, so I have had to guess about Bristol, it may be something else. Same source - Internet coin dealer listing notes that the token was issued to commemorate the construction of The Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal, begun in 1791. Will appreciate a confirmation. Also opinions on the grade will be valuable as I do not have much experience with the Conder tokens. I know it is not a rare token there is at least half a dozen of them listed on the eBay albeit in poor quality, so I hope some info can be shared.

I think I have one with re-engraved 4. And yes, it is in Krauze catalog.

Adding another ship, although a new Canadian thread may have been better. 1949 dollar celebrating Newfoundland joining confederation.

Here is a very nice addition of the almost uncirculated 1908 cent. Date numerals are weakly struck but very nice.

Nice coins and a couple of interesting bits of information. Can't hold and not jump in with my own coins . Here is an earlier 1866 cent issue in dark brown extra fine. And by the way technically speaking Krause differentiates between 3 different sub-types of the crown jewelry on the Victoria cent, this is the first type with the 14 pearls in the left arch of the crown. And a friend of mine has a 1941 cent....

Few recent additions (not that a lot of people browse this forum anymore which puzzles me - there is a lot of interest in colonial mintage in general). Pretty 1888 Victoria 5 cents and a couple of 1918 George V coins: 5 cents and a 10 cents