marianne Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 Drachm from the kingdom of Persis, circa 50 AD. This is about as foreign a coin as I could find. Even the ruler is a mystery: he's the unknown king formerly known as Prince Y. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 Ah, the mysteries of unknown rulers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marianne Posted January 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 Follis commemorating the founding of Rome, issued in 334 when Constantine I was moving the capital from Rome to Constantinople. Lots of political hoohah. It's a common coin, but it still astounds me that a piece of history can be so inexpensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marianne Posted January 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 Okay, I bought this to make one of my brothers laugh. I've loved the Tintin/Kuifje books since I was tiny, and my brother has bought me all sorts of Tintin stuff over the years. Captain Haddock is my favorite, though. His cussing added all sorts of great words to my vocabulary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 Follis commemorating the founding of Rome, issued in 334 when Constantine I was moving the capital from Rome to Constantinople. Lots of political hoohah. It's a common coin, but it still astounds me that a piece of history can be so inexpensive. These are known as Urbs Roma pieces, supposedly issued to commemorate the 1000th anniversary of Rome. I have always liked these pieces because of the Romulus and Remus getting suckled by the wolf on the reverse. It is cool to get something so emblematic of Rome and it's history for very little money, I have seen these for less than $10 each and for very nice examples under $150. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 Ah yes ... one of those I have too. And, it does involve an animal. Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 he's the unknown king formerly known as Prince Y. Who is his favorite pop music artist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 Who is his favorite pop music artist? Mikey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marianne Posted January 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 Who is his favorite pop music artist? I don't know, but he wore a raspberry beret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 I don't know, but he wore a raspberry beret. I had to use google to verify your oldness and sure enough, he did that song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 Captain Haddock is my favorite, though. Oh, this guy? http://boutique.europassion.org/ModuleBout...intNumeroPage=5 You guessed it - Hergé was born 100 years ago, and the Monnaie de Paris thought it would be a good idea to crank out a whole set of gold and silver (colored silver ...) collector coins. Will be issued in May or so. Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marianne Posted February 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 Oh, this guy?http://boutique.europassion.org/ModuleBout...intNumeroPage=5 You guessed it - Hergé was born 100 years ago, and the Monnaie de Paris thought it would be a good idea to crank out a whole set of gold and silver (colored silver ...) collector coins. Will be issued in May or so. Christian What would Captain Haddock say about that design? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 Hehe, good one. That Europassion "sticker" is of course not on the coin (but was added by that store) but the rest of the piece is bad enough. Marchands de tapis ... ou de pièces commémos françaises, phh, je m'en fous. Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belg_jos Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 If you are a true Kuifje/TinTin-fan, I can only warn you not to read the biography of Hergé. He could draw a nice bunch of comics, but the man himself wasn't nice at all, to say the least. Regards from Belgium, the country that minted that "coin" of yours Jos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 Okay, I bought this to make one of my brothers laugh. I've loved the Tintin/Kuifje books since I was tiny, and my brother has bought me all sorts of Tintin stuff over the years. Captain Haddock is my favorite, though. His cussing added all sorts of great words to my vocabulary. I love it. I'm a big fan of cartoonish coins though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marianne Posted October 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 I like tiny coins and gargantuan ones. This 1901 Old Head Maundy set falls into the former category, with the 1p being only 11.15mm. (Roaddevil needs one to make his Netherlands 5 cent look overweight.) I pilfered these pics from the seller because I'm crap at coin photography. The set is in an NGC slab, making it even more difficult to capture the toning. So here's the obverse of the 3p and reverse of the... take a wild guess. Since Queen Victoria died in January 1901, and Maundy Thursday is in April, these must have been distributed after her death. (At the time, monarchs didn't participate in the Maundy ceremony anyway.) She was 82, so 82 men & women received 82 pence each - I think. I haven't read the book. I'd like to free them from the slab and put them into a little Maundy case, but the slab will help slow down the toning process. Hmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted October 27, 2007 Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 What a beautiful coin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted October 27, 2007 Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 Although I don't collect them myself, I love the Maundy sets. Your's is a beautifully toned example. I hope you acquire some complete sets with the cases. They are not that expensive and are full of history, symbolism, etc. Great acquisition and the potential start of a passion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreasureGirl Posted October 27, 2007 Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 Oh, I'm the same way! Puny and ginormous coins. That 1901 piece is stunning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted October 27, 2007 Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 Lovely Maundy pieces! I'm not sure if it still applied in 1901, but for a while in Victorian times Maundy sets were sold to the general public by mail order before being stopped due to the actual Maundy receipents being unhappy about other people being able to buy the pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marianne Posted October 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 Although I don't collect them myself, I love the Maundy sets. Your's is a beautifully toned example. I hope you acquire some complete sets with the cases. They are not that expensive and are full of history, symbolism, etc. Great acquisition and the potential start of a passion. Thanks! Some of the old cases are lovely in themselves, and I suspect my Maundy collection won't stop here. I like that the coins broken out of sets are called "oddments." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marianne Posted October 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 Lovely Maundy pieces! I'm not sure if it still applied in 1901, but for a while in Victorian times Maundy sets were sold to the general public by mail order before being stopped due to the actual Maundy receipents being unhappy about other people being able to buy the pieces. Yes, that was still true in 1901. People could order sets from the bank, and the mintage was 8,976. The mintages lowered considerably after the recipients complained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted October 27, 2007 Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 Yes, that was still true in 1901. People could order sets from the bank, and the mintage was 8,976. The mintages lowered considerably after the recipients complained. What did the recipients complain about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marianne Posted October 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 Yes, that was still true in 1901. People could order sets from the bank, and the mintage was 8,976. The mintages lowered considerably after the recipients complained. What did the recipients complain about? Well, some of them complained about their digestive systems and how everything was going to hell in a handbasket. They also complained that the widespread availability of the Maundy sets made receiving them in the Maundy ceremony something of a crock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted October 27, 2007 Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 Maundy coins are neat, and as you note, they were distributed to the poor etc. but examples were also available to collectors and these can be encountered in proof sets. My wife has a 1901 set that someone put on loops and put on a charm for a bracelet, I bought it for $19.01 in 2001 and gave it to her for her charm bracelet. Myself I have a 1902 Edward VII set in the original box that I bought when I was a teenager. I really would like an Elizabeth II set, but these go up exponentially in price because of the interest in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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