Scottishmoney

Who had the V-Cents last?

Rcvd today from Daggit, thank you very much

I love these coins, you really appreciate how crude coinage got after about 600AD until the 16th century by looking at such pieces. One wonders what their interpretation of such pieces were, ie the crude depictions of the monarch.

Thanks CCG

One of them gets this donkey who "spits and shits" gold coins when you say the magic word.

 

 

 

Christian

That would be donkey I would love to own.

I saw one from some small city in SW Germany once that had a "defecating donkey" on it, I wish I had purchased it, it was some political statement of some kind, but a rather unusual subject for a piece of money.

My only foreign error note, and my only Greek note.

Hemilitron (AE 17mm) 344-317 bc. ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ head of Persephone l., wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace, hair tied with fillet. Rv. Forepart of Pegasos left; below Σ. 4,83gr. Head of Persephone. SNG ANS 530; SNG Cop.734; Laffaille 224; Virzi 1493; Calciati II 184,79

And it looks much much nicer than the photograph.

Late incoming package...

 

2006 SAE  Yay!

1997 Australian Kookaburra

Do you get two mail deliveries a day? Seems like something similar has happened before.

The mail was extraordinary today...

 

2006 Swiss Coin Catalog

1974 Swiss Mint Set

1980 Swiss Mint Set

1974 Swiss Constitution 5 Franken Commem

2005 Swiss 20 Franken Chapel Bridge Commem

1944 Slovakian 10 Korun

1974 Finland Mint Set

2005 Belarus prince Vseslav of Polotsk 1 Rouble

2005 Russia Marines - Modern soldier 1 Rouble

1992 Russia 2 Roubles defeat of the Communist Coup

1998 Ukraine 2 Hryvni Battle of Kruty

2002 Ukraine 5 Hryven Battle of Batih

2004 Ukraine 5 Hryven City of Kirovograd

2005 Ukraine 5 Hryven Festivities of the Protection of the Virgin

I am pretty much of the conclusion that everyday is Christmas in the Bunny Hutch.

"Numismatist" - ANA Magazine, only numismatic publication I knowingly receive.

Ha ha! Too late! Banknotes are and always will be my main concern. Don't worry though... I think that there 'just might' be enough Czech notes out there for both of us. I don't think that you can hog 'em all! Though I'd like to see someone try - 

Obviously you do not know Tiffibunny that well

It is okay for you to collect Czech coins, just stay away from the Paper Money, that will be my domain.

More like what the mailman brought 1.5 weeks ago, since I had scanner and camera imaging issues:

1 Centavo 1918

2 Centavos 1918

5 Centavos 1921

10 Centavos 1915

50 Centavos 1916

Thank you very much, very very nice trade JoseMartins.

My very firstest and earliest silver crown, a 1776 Riksdaler from Sweden.

Two complete sets of Portugal Euros dated 2005 for my nippers,

Then Austria

1 Schilling 1924

20 Heller 1916

2 Schilling 1924

5 Groschen 1931

2 Heller 1918

1 Schilling 1908

1 Schilling 1915

Half Schilling 1924

Then Portuguese beauties all Brilliant Uncirculated:

1 Centavo 1918

2 Centavos 1918

5 Centavos 1921

10 Centavos 1915

50 Centavos 1916

I will post pics of the Portuguese later tonight.

Thank you very much JoseMartins, wow, aside from the 2 Centavos the rest of the Portuguese coins were a surprise.

No coins.  I hate waiting for loads of packages to arrive.

I cannot imagine a coinless day at the Bunny house, must be awful

Cool, like the screw operated coin press design.

Cheronessos hemidrachm.

That is a nice piece, not a particularly common variety either. Curiously the pellet in the upper right quadrant looks like it is over something else. It looks as though the die was modified at some late date and they just put a pellet there instead of whatever is under it.

For an interesting look at the varieties of these coins look here:

Barry Murphy's Page on Cheronessos Hemidrachms

Akrdv sent my son a Romanian 5 Lei from 1930, Peru 2 sols 1995, and some coin we have not an idea of what it is. Bolshoye Spasibo!

Wait til the other 300 + Scottish notes come up for sale beginning this weekend.

Something from Akrdv for my son.

So, my current focus for ancients is twofold: to collect at least one coin from each Imperial Roman emperor; in ancient Greek coinage, to collect as many beautiful pieces as I can afford, no matter what part of the Grecian Empire they're from.

 

I love the coins of Grecian Syracuse, Thrace, Corinth and Asia Minor. So far, the Corinthian staters are pretty much out of my price range, but the others are probably doable within my budgetary limits.

Greek city states often borrowed each other's designs, here is an example of a Syracuse 8 Litrai coin from the reign of Agathokleos(317-289BC):

Of course this looks very much like a Corinthian stater, but the triskeles or three legged device ties it to Syracuse. Coins from the reign of Agathokleos are just about at the pinnacle of lovely design in the whole series, and for the most part they are quite affordable.

Last week, I got a Thracian silver hemidrachm of Cherronesos, c. 400-350 B.C.

 

It's small and very cool. 

Post a pic please