Ætheling Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 Ian's - 1934 `wreath crown', again minted during the reign of George V. Syzygy's - Italy 1911 10 Centesimi Sir Sisu's - 1932 Poland 10 zlotych Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ætheling Posted May 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 My, my, Ian you do like to play around with the big toys with that one. I still voted Italian though! [i never really took to the wreath crowns very well]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 Very very difficult, but hm, can't go against a lady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 My, my, Ian you do like to play around with the big toys with that one. I still voted Italian though! [i never really took to the wreath crowns very well]. `Chaqun a son gout' as the frenchies would say. Not a lot of people appreciate the bust of Geordie V, let alone the reverse of this crown type. For me it is a coin where the slightest smudge on the reverse takes away its `uncirculated' status completely, no matter what the obverse might be telling you. You can tell by looking at the thistles on the wreath. They are the high points on the coin. As you can see from that one, they are purrfick! Obviously we all know where my choice lies What on earth is that lady (far right on the reverse of the 'Talian) holding ? Looks positively pornographic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ætheling Posted May 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 `Chaqun a son gout' as the frenchies would say.Not a lot of people appreciate the bust of Geordie V, let alone the reverse of this crown type. For me it is a coin where the slightest smudge on the reverse takes away its `uncirculated' status completely, no matter what the obverse might be telling you. You can tell by looking at the thistles on the wreath. They are the high points on the coin. As you can see from that one, they are purrfick! When it's 1 of 932 you can't really complain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 When it's 1 of 932 you can't really complain! Believe it or not, I saw one at Croydon Coin Auctions back in 1996 in almost VG condition (they said `VG' I said `no chance!'). It still sold for £250+ if I recall correctly. A real ugly bit of silver too IMHO. Truth be told although the mintages are greater for the 1932 and the 1936, they are harder to find than the 1934. For the 1934 if you have a wad of notes, one will find its way to you, but for the 1936 you really need to keep your eyes open. For me it was THE hardest in the date run to get hold of. I've only seen one in the past fifteen years, and I bought it. Mind you, maybe I wasn't looking in the right places I've seen at least a dozen 1934's though. Money seems to flush them out. I would have thought that the 1927 would have been the nicesrt given that it's a proof. I don't particularly like it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ætheling Posted May 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 Potentially the truth there about the '34s Ian but rumour has it that someone's now aiming to acquire about 100 of them and the market is already beginning to notice. I'm interested in finding out how the market's going to react to 1/9th of the mintage going off the market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 Poland for me. The reverse is outstanding on that coin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Oli Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 Poland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knowtracks Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 VERY nice group, I went with the Polish zlotych Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan769 Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 Italy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 10z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpnyc Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 Italia! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 Potentially the truth there about the '34s Ian but rumour has it that someone's now aiming to acquire about 100 of them and the market is already beginning to notice. I'm interested in finding out how the market's going to react to 1/9th of the mintage going off the market. Personally, I can't see it making any difference. There's just no demand there. Most crown collectors are `type' collectors. Even though the mintages for all dates of the wreath crowns combined only amounts to 50,863 there are still apparently enough to satisfy demand and make sure they only command figures in the low hundreds of pounds (the 1934 being the exception). Now if it had been a US coin type, with numbers as low as these i'd be rich, but then again i'd probably never have been able to own one, let alone a set of them in the first place I remember speaking to Colin Cooke a few years back (it was him I bought the 1934 from). We both reckoned that there were fewer than 50 serious crown collectors in Britain at that time. It really hasn't changed all that much since (IMHO), although there are more `type' collectors. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izzy452 Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 Poland 10 zlotych Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlueke Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 I love that Polish piece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleBobo Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 Italy has one amazing side, Poland has 1 1/2 amazing sides Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banivechi Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 10 Zlotych Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akdrv Posted May 23, 2006 Report Share Posted May 23, 2006 Centesimi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortyr2012 Posted May 23, 2006 Report Share Posted May 23, 2006 Sir Sisu's - 1932 Poland 10 zlotych Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sisu Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 Puola. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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