TomGoodheart Posted March 7, 2014 Posted March 7, 2014 (edited) Bit of a scarcity. A 25 Centimos coin from Ibi in the Alicante region of Spain. Produced (as far as I can establish) as 'money of necessity' during the Civil War. Copper, 4g and 24 mm. Not the prettiest of coins, but it was made by a local toymaking factory, so the design is .. a bit amateur! However it has the essentials I'm looking for in a Republican issue, namely the lady in the hat, so a space awaits her when she arrives. Edited March 7, 2014 by TomGoodheart Quote
TomGoodheart Posted March 7, 2014 Posted March 7, 2014 (edited) And then there's this. A proof 20 Centimes. I got the proof because, well it's nice to have some diversity. And the design by Lagriffoul is rather shallow so I'm hoping it's a bit clearer on this than most currency examples. Edited March 7, 2014 by TomGoodheart Quote
TomGoodheart Posted March 7, 2014 Posted March 7, 2014 (edited) So that's a proof, a coin made in a toy factory, a few made abroad (London, Paris and Philadelphia) for use in Liberia, Venezuela and Cuba respectively and some local issues made just to circulate in one town. And ranging from aluminium through bronze, copper, Cu-Ni and silver to steel. No gold as yet though. It's still meant to be a sort-of-budget side-line! Edited March 7, 2014 by TomGoodheart Quote
damian1986 Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 No gold as yet though. It's still meant to be a sort-of-budget side-line!I bet this is what every British collector of foreign coinage says to begin with... Liking the Marianne and Marianne-esque coinage you've posted nice theme to run with. Quote
damian1986 Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 One of the nicer pieces of Notgeld but these were mostly issued to collectors and didn't really enter circulation, unlike the tatty old Notgeld of 1914-1918.Coin written about at length here (and their sample is nicer than mine :@). Quote
TomGoodheart Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 One of the nicer pieces of Notgeld but these were mostly issued to collectors and didn't really enter circulation, unlike the tatty old Notgeld of 1914-1918. Coin written about at length here (and their sample is nicer than mine :@). Good grief! That's less allegory and more of a book in the form of a coin! Or is it more a medal? Either way I'm not sure they could have crammed more discontent into a little space like that. That's some engraving and clearly not made in a toy factory! Amazing and thanks for posting that Damian. Nothing like money with a bit of a story to it, eh? Quote
damian1986 Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 Good grief! That's less allegory and more of a book in the form of a coin! Or is it more a medal? Either way I'm not sure they could have crammed more discontent into a little space like that. That's some engraving and clearly not made in a toy factory!Amazing and thanks for posting that Damian. Nothing like money with a bit of a story to it, eh?Yes quite a nice one isn't it! The Notgeld coins issued during WWI would have actually been spent but later on they were being issued purely to meet collector demand. The devaluation of the mark 1922 - 24 meant that they re-issued spendable Notgeld but I think that most of this was paper. With this one, yes I think it was just the bank showing off, they also issused silk notes during this period. There's a story about how shoppers would take wheelbarrows full of Notgeld to the shops during hyperinflation only for muggers to steel the wheelbarrow and leave the pile of cash right there. Pretty sure it's bull, but makes a point. Quote
Colin G. Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 Fascinating stuff, that is quite a story being told there Quote
TomGoodheart Posted March 12, 2014 Posted March 12, 2014 I should listen to my Wife. She always says that I just spend money when I have it. Finally found an acceptable Barber coin to add to the Mariannes. No, not brilliant. But I didn't want to spend MS money. Thought it was Ok for £20 delivered. And a Portuguese 50 Centavos. I have a later (smaller) Cu-Ni one but fancied a 30mm chunk of silver: All pushes the average cost of the collection up a bit, but .. well, let's just say it's still cheaper than Stuart shillings! Quote
RLC35 Posted March 12, 2014 Posted March 12, 2014 I should listen to my Wife. She always says that I just spend money when I have it.Finally found an acceptable Barber coin to add to the Mariannes. No, not brilliant. But I didn't want to spend MS money. Thought it was Ok for £20 delivered.And a Portuguese 50 Centavos. I have a later (smaller) Cu-Ni one but fancied a 30mm chunk of silver:All pushes the average cost of the collection up a bit, but .. well, let's just say it's still cheaper than Stuart shillings!Nice 1914 Quarter Tom...good purchase! Quote
scott Posted March 12, 2014 Posted March 12, 2014 (edited) one i got a week or so backall this talk of notsgeld, and other misc token coinage of that period, there are all sorts, I have a porcelain One and a french paper 10 centimes Edited March 12, 2014 by scott Quote
damian1986 Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 one i got a week or so backall this talk of notsgeld, and other misc token coinage of that period, there are all sorts, I have a porcelain One and a french paper 10 centimesLa Semeuse!A bit of porzellan, get a picture posted Scott? Still not too sure what to do with the notgeld / medals yet probably a small but 'representative' sample, whatever that means. Quote
TomGoodheart Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 Cool piece Scott! I do like the sower Marianne.Rather better I think than her Walking Liberty cousin, which just has too much cloth floating around for my liking! Especially the "colorised" versions.Poor thing, out collecting broccoli, when there was that terrible accident at the circus tent ...As for porzellan ... reminds me of Rammstein I'm afraid. Quote
Peckris Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 Cool piece Scott! I do like the sower Marianne.Rather better I think than her Walking Liberty cousin, which just has too much cloth floating around for my liking! Especially the "colorised" versions.Poor thing, out collecting broccoli, when there was that terrible accident at the circus tent ...As for porzellan ... reminds me of Rammstein I'm afraid. Rammstein? As in 'Tanz Der Mussolini'?? Quote
TomGoodheart Posted March 17, 2014 Posted March 17, 2014 It looks like I now own this. A French (late in the) Revolutionary period 5 Centimes, issued between 1796-96 Copper 23mm 5g: Quote
Generic Lad Posted March 17, 2014 Posted March 17, 2014 (edited) Bought a couple of pattern coins from the Virgin Islands for melt! Can't find any info about them though. Pics of one (the other is nearly idential) here: http://imgur.com/a/TfRI0 Edited March 17, 2014 by Generic Lad Quote
TomGoodheart Posted March 17, 2014 Posted March 17, 2014 Bought a couple of pattern coins from the Virgin Islands for melt! Can't find any info about them though. Pics of one (the other is nearly idential) here: http://imgur.com/a/TfRI0 For melt?!? Sounds like a bargain! Quote
Generic Lad Posted March 17, 2014 Posted March 17, 2014 Bought a couple of pattern coins from the Virgin Islands for melt! Can't find any info about them though. Pics of one (the other is nearly idential) here: http://imgur.com/a/TfRI0For melt?!? Sounds like a bargain!Hopefully so! Now I just have to figure out how to sell it to I can buy stuff that I actually collect! Going to go back to the shop tomorrow and see if there's anymore! Quote
VickySilver Posted March 17, 2014 Posted March 17, 2014 (edited) That yours for sale on the bay of E? Good score there...I collect Franklin Mint to some degree but only would be marginally interested in these. Are there any mules with mixed obverse and reverses? Those would be of interest.PM me if you'd like... Edited March 17, 2014 by VickySilver Quote
richtips86 Posted March 20, 2014 Posted March 20, 2014 Believe it or not, but my girlfriend has been getting into coins having seen some of the older coins that I've recently got. She's Hungarian however so finds their coins more interesting so picked up this rather nicely toned Corona recently Quote
scott Posted March 21, 2014 Posted March 21, 2014 yea that one is nice.picked these up a few weeks back, £11.01 the 4.scottish Plack, couldn't really identify it fully but could only find this Design for James IIIearly french Denier, again not found the exact details but found similar designs from 1093-1112 ad Quote
scott Posted March 21, 2014 Posted March 21, 2014 another french one, later then the firstand a small german state uniface pfennig Quote
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