We are halfway through the year and into midwinter in New Zealand, likely midsummer where you are.
3 items to start month off
Beautiful and higher grade Canadian 5 cent from 1899 (High VF/ XF 45ish)
Another £5 Lefeaux note of NZ, this one is the same as my other note, but much earlier being the first prefix (Likely 1934 or 1935). Same grade and a nice note overall.
This is a £10 note from the second series. There was not a £10 in the first series (Very little need as average wages were £2 - £4 in the 30s). This note was introduced in 1940 and still saw little use beyond house sales, rich people and race courses, even in the 60s, this was most of a week's wages.
Its a huge note too (Horseblanket), the £50 was the same size, but much rarer.
This is a Fleming (1956 - 1967), but an early one as it has no security thread (Introduced around 1960) and the prefix is the first meaning its late 50s. 2 small staple holes at top right stop it from being a masterpiece. But I got it cheap and this note is a solid VF.
Probably every NZ banknote I buy from here on out, will be less magnificient than these pieces. I know I have made it, when I can afford these things. There are may be 5,000 Lefeaux fivers surviving and under 10,000 £10 notes. Nearly all in private hands and reference collections. Numbers of £50 surviving would be low 3 figures and most accounted for.
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I could say I picked up a Brasher doubloon - but no one would expect me to show it on your logic.
Or perhaps a box full of 20 Waitangi Crowns.
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England £5 note signature Gill folded condition but not bad for face value.
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England £5 note signature Gill folded condition but not bad for face value.
For face value? Can't sneeze at that. Nice!
Yes it is a good find considering I gave the dealer £7.50 but because I was kind and a frequent customer of his he only charged me face for it.
it pays off to be kind and build relationships for discounts plus he shows me some very rare hammered coins from Henry the 8th because he collects coins from the 14-1600s.
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My first Australian Predecimal notes in a while, these are George VI and quite scarce even in this condition. Pound is are of the 1942 - 1949 series signature (Armitage/McFarlane) wise. I have an additional 10 bob, but its very worn and with same signatures as my pound. Still great to see the similarities in the backs of these with NZ notes. The 10 bob there is signature Coobes/Wilson - 1952 or latest. The 10 bobs start of yellow orange, but wear to a sort of off yellow puke colour.
A very nice 2 Tala of Samoa. This is the 1967 - 1979 series and quite scarce. I paid quite a lot for it.
The other note is a £1 of Nigeria from 1967, also quite scarce as the colour was changed in 1967
2 more 10 bob notes. Top one is British and O'Brien (1955 - 1960), the last signature of this type before it was replaced by the more common 1960 type with the Queen. This note is decent except for the nick in the paper on the left side.
Bottom is a superb Fijian 10 bob, Fine to goodFine, the dealer advised me that Fijian Predecimal notes are quite rare and I believe him, as every time I bidded on one, I missed out. This 10 bob is the earliest date (1957) of 4 dates of this note as well.
And some coins as I am still a coin collector afterall! This is a 1972 Standard set of the Cook Islands, first year and quite low mintage (Under 31k as that was number of $1 issued). The $1 is also famous for its image of the sea God Tangaroa showing his penis. Some prudes complained, but fortunately the Tangaroa dollar is still issued today, although much smaller in size. This was minted in Australia, pre Franklin mint.
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Found my first Angling medal on Monday to go with my first shooting medal that I found last month. Both from the 1970s/80s. I know exonumia isn't for everyone, but these are really great looking finds.
Not sure why they allowed an out-of-focus obverse picture on their page.
Summary: A medal proclaiming the legitimacy of Prince Charles Edward Stuart (1720-1788) and
the Jacobite Succession, possibly struck in Scotland, 1749.
On the obverse is the standing figure of a Highlander, with a claymore in his raised right hand and
a shield on his left arm. On the shield is an inscription which translates as ‘Who can contend with me?’.
The Latin legend translates as ‘I will leave no stone unmoved to obtain that’ and, at top, the date 1749.
On the reverse is an expanded rose, with the inscription ‘My affairs are at issue’.
Marks and inscriptions Obverse, legend: NULLUM NON MOVEBO LAPIDEM UT ILLUD ADIPISCAR / 1749 Obverse, on shield: QUIS CONTENDAT MECUM Reverse, legend : MEA RES AGITUR
The $1 is also famous for its image of the sea God Tangaroa showing his penis. Some prudes complained, but fortunately the Tangaroa dollar is still issued today, although much smaller in size.
Wait, which bit exactly is smaller today? O_o
I got a few additions to the my slowly advancing collection of late stage colonial coins:
The $1 is also famous for its image of the sea God Tangaroa showing his penis. Some prudes complained, but fortunately the Tangaroa dollar is still issued today, although much smaller in size.
Wait, which bit exactly is smaller today? O_o
The coin, it was given a reduced size and made out of stainless steel after 2015
Although I guess if the coin shrunk - so did everything else!!!
ZacUk - Love the Jacobite medal.
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The Cook Islands $1 & $2 coins are a gold colour since 2015, therefore, they are possibly a brass metal.
It is only the 10, 20, & 50 Cents that are nickel plated steel.
Aidan.
True but before 2015, they issued a smaller version of that dollar with the same shape and scalloped edge like the post 2015 coins. The $1 and $2 are merely brass plated steel, the $5 coin is aluminuim bronze I think. I don't have a new $5 coin, but an old one from 2003.
The $2 was introduced in 1987 and was also issued in cupronickel, switching to steel in the early 90s.
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Finally after nearly 2 years of waiting I acquired a few of the new Mexico 50 Pesos banknote which in my opinion is my favourite Mexican Banknote ever issued. Along with a few other Banknote which I was missing the signatures.
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Those Mexican notes are nice, particularly the new 50 Pesos, looks like the Mexicans are giving their notes a revamp. I only have 2 Mexican notes, very old 10 and 20 Pesos from 1960 or so, one shows a funny looking woman in a 16th century lace collar and its called “Tehuana” or something.
More banknote mania from me.
More Lefeaux, now these are the One pound, the commonest of the 4 denominations. Not that they are common, these are still in the hundreds of dollars. Just showed one reverse. One note is VG and the other basically Fine.
These are “Hanna” which are the next series, but the earliest signature (1940 - 1954). Shown are 2 pound notes which were amongst the only ones to be dated in this era. They have the serials 53 and 47, which indicated the year. The 10 shilling also had this dating series between 1947 and 1954 too. This note is not dated meaning its pre 1947. The larger serial numbers on the pounds were introduced in 1947, but did not reach 10 shilling notes until 1956, as my 1955 10 shilling notes also have the same old numbering style as you see on the 10 shilling note above.
These are much cheaper than the Lefeaux and cost around $20 - $40 in these conditions (VG - Fine) but UNC/AU notes cost hundreds, and you see very few as these notes were heavily used in their lifetimes and even ones in this shape are less common. Low value paper notes in this era generally lasted months, so to have them 75 years later is a big plus.
You can also see how the designs evolved between series 1 and 2. Series 2 notes are much smaller but retain lettering, borders, coats of arms and some of the carvings from the earlier notes. The 10/- changed the most as its brown red colour was confused with the £50 which was carmine/lake red. The Lefeaux notes were all the same size, series 2 were much smaller and individually sized (Except the £10 and £50 - but it was hard to confuse them, unless you were blind).
Much later is a $10 note from Series 4 (1980 - 1991) and this is a Russell which means its late 80s. It is probably a note I remembered much as a child. To get one as a gift was a very nice present and in my household, meant I had to bank it. The $1 is pretty nasty, but its a Fleming which means its 1967 and very early. I didn't have one and this only cost a few dollars, so it fills a gap. The $10 however is flawless UNC and was a steal at $23 (Catalogue value $90).
Next post will be more coins I swear!!!
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Those Mexican notes are nice, particularly the new 50 Pesos, looks like the Mexicans are giving their notes a revamp. I only have 2 Mexican notes, very old 10 and 20 Pesos from 1960 or so, one shows a funny looking woman in a 16th century lace collar and its called “Tehuana” or something.
More banknote mania from me.
More Lefeaux, now these are the One pound, the commonest of the 4 denominations. Not that they are common, these are still in the hundreds of dollars. Just showed one reverse. One note is VG and the other basically Fine.
These are “Hanna” which are the next series, but the earliest signature (1940 - 1954). Shown are 2 pound notes which were amongst the only ones to be dated in this era. They have the serials 53 and 47, which indicated the year. The 10 shilling also had this dating series between 1947 and 1954 too. This note is not dated meaning its pre 1947. The larger serial numbers on the pounds were introduced in 1947, but did not reach 10 shilling notes until 1956, as my 1955 10 shilling notes also have the same old numbering style as you see on the 10 shilling note above.
These are much cheaper than the Lefeaux and cost around $20 - $40 in these conditions (VG - Fine) but UNC/AU notes cost hundreds, and you see very few as these notes were heavily used in their lifetimes and even ones in this shape are less common. Low value paper notes in this era generally lasted months, so to have them 75 years later is a big plus.
You can also see how the designs evolved between series 1 and 2. Series 2 notes are much smaller but retain lettering, borders, coats of arms and some of the carvings from the earlier notes. The 10/- changed the most as its brown red colour was confused with the £50 which was carmine/lake red. The Lefeaux notes were all the same size, series 2 were much smaller and individually sized (Except the £10 and £50 - but it was hard to confuse them, unless you were blind).
Much later is a $10 note from Series 4 (1980 - 1991) and this is a Russell which means its late 80s. It is probably a note I remembered much as a child. To get one as a gift was a very nice present and in my household, meant I had to bank it. The $1 is pretty nasty, but its a Fleming which means its 1967 and very early. I didn't have one and this only cost a few dollars, so it fills a gap. The $10 however is flawless UNC and was a steal at $23 (Catalogue value $90).
Next post will be more coins I swear!!!
Thank you Moneytane
From 2018-late 2021 Mexico did indeed redesigned their banknotes which are beautiful. Two of them the 100 and 50 peso note won the IBNS Banknote of the Year 2020 and 2021 due to the exceptional design.
I do like the simplistic but yet effective design of the earlier New Zealand notes. Fortunately my dad kept two series 4 Brash 5 Dollar notes from his trip back in early 1991, along with a 1985 10c coin.
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What I wanted to buy on vacation in Bulgaria - I couldn't find a store. In a tourist paradise, in a brick-and-mortar store, as if it were an antique, the seller had a wicker basket with coins.
They were all overpriced for crazy tourists-I wasn't looking at the price, just adding to my coin collection.
And finally, all kinds of things that stuck to me:
+ a lot of banknotes, but I have already presented them and they are not my main hobby.
The Bulgarians with St. Ivan coins give me the greatest joy( It certainly wasn't my mother's intention under deep communism when I was born and "I went out on orders" in the military hospital she named me after a saint)
I have been trying to get a 19 Zloty note [ N#203503 ] for the past few months, always finished up as the underbidder - ended up with two examples from last week’s auction after some strategic bidding!
I have been trying to get a 19 Zloty note [ N#203503 ] for the past few months, always finished up as the underbidder - ended up with two examples from last week’s auction after some strategic bidding!
That is a cool note to have - love the unusual denomination.
A distant cousin came to visit yesterday and brought these goodies for me from Norway.
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As promised coins, these were a bit frustrating, they are scarce dates (1935) or just coins I needed a higher grade replacement for.
These 1933 and 1935 NZ Florins are both very high grade (High EF to low AU), but they are cleaned and dipped and I was pretty annoyed as they did not look that way in the ad. These were pretty expensive too. Still to see 1935 that nice is rare, my current coin was bare VF and the average coin is Good to VG.
This 1942 sixpence also looked nice, a low mintage year and notoriously hard to find in higher grades. The average one survives in VG. This coin is easily EF, but was sold to me as AU and it was also badly cleaned.
Fortunately these coin lots came with extras and we got a UNC 1946 6d, not a rare date but any NZ silver 6d is rare UNC. The 1952 coin is cupronickel and also UNC - even better its not cleaned!! Insanely rare coin to find UNC, unlike 1951 which is very common, due to hoarding into the 60s - no one hoarded 1952 sixpences though.
Again photos don't do these blingy coins justice.
Fortunately this seller had some much better notes!
A pair of Hanna £5 notes. Hanna was the earliest signature of the Series 2 notes and these are earlier (Pre 1947). Top note is aEF and lower one VF. The interesting thing about them is they are sequential numbered.
And a Hanna £10 - these are pretty rare and cost as much as Lefeaux notes. This one is a better VF one, I have also noticed the printing on Hanna era notes is darker and sharper and the circle colour is pinkish, whereas on Fleming notes (1960s) it is much lighter. The serial number suggests this note dates before 1948.
£10 notes from this era are also much rarer than the later ones, as pay in the 1940s was sub £10 a week for most workers. I have wage books from the era (I collect social security wage tax stamps and these were pasted in wage books), and they show average wages for their workmen and labourers were around £6 to £9 a week. Of course white collar people got a wee bit more (say £12 or even £25 if you were big boss man), but even then you would hardly be paid in £10 notes, you would need like pennies for the paper and a few £1 to give the wife to do the shopping and a half crown for the kids to go to the movies, whilst you and wifey contributed to the post war baby boom!
Of course the later 50s saw some inflation and wages climbed into the tens and even twenties of pounds and a few more fivers and tenners joined the ranks of the singles and halves (Ten bob notes).
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My new buy ins of world coin sets are so interesting, I decided to add them to a new thread!
But I will show this set of Icelandic coins I brought too. As you may know, Iceland has had financial issues of late and also suffered some serious inflation back in the 1970s (Hardly Hungary 1946 or Zimbabwe 2009) but significant enough to have a currency reform and the coins are quite cheap. Just $12 got me this metallic history lesson.
Coins in 2 groups - older (left) and newer (right)
Iceland used Danish Kroner until the 1920s and in 1925/26 got their own coins based on this currency but now Icelandicised. They had a unit of 100 Aurar = 1 Krona (Singular Aurar called Eyrir). The coins issued after WW1 meant they were pretty much all base metal as Denmark went down the muck metal road early (No silver after 1918 except for a one off 2 Kroner coin from 1937 which was a commem). Coins up to 2 Krona were issued. The bronze coins went to 5 Aurar, the usual bantam sized 10 and 25 Aurar in cupronickel and brass 1 and 2 Krona (The old pile shows 1 Eyrir, 5, 10, 25 Aurar and a Brass 2 Krona coin all 1959 or earlier.
In the 60s inflation hit and they started issuing cheaper coins. The coins under 10 Aurar disappeared and brass 50 Aurar and 1 Krona coins came out. In 1965 they issued small cupro nickel 5 and 10 Krona coins (Shown). In 1968 a huge 50 Krona coin was issued as a one off, but became a regular coin in 1970, this was the biggest until 1980. Mine is 1971. In the mid 1970s 10 Aurar was a teensy aluminium coin and the last coin in the line up was the tiny aluminium 1 Krona dated 1980.
The whole lot was reformed in 1981 with a new Krona worth 100 old Krona and coins from 5 Aurar to 10 Krona were issued. By 1995 50 and 100 Brass Krona were added and to this date they survive. The 100 Krona is now worth around $1 in our money.
Nice bit of numismatic history I think.
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Received yesterday, July 31st, from the UK a large lot of 70 countermarked or otherwise modified coins.
Here are some extra photos I took this morning:
Five “PEARS' SOAP” and two “SAPOL”. Then the well-attested “EPICERIE MODERNE POITIERS”, a wine retailer, and a London blacksmith with a French name.
Next, three cutlers (Carthew, Robinson, and Caswell) plus the name Osbourn which is not attested in Brunk.
The next three pictures go together. A swan which is perhaps a brand? Anyone recognizes it? Next to it a “love token” with the initials of two people, the date June 20th (19)35 and “JE PORTE BONHEUR” = “I bear good luck”; the host is an 1850s French 10 centimes. To the right what looks like an odd way to announce to someone she's pregnant: “YOU ARE PREGNAN(T) on an E”R 1962 penny. And below, a high quality representation of the British Parliament (one reads "…SO PARLIAMENT" in small letters) and the only silver —or rather billon— coin, this one from France, a 1640 countermark on a later 1500s coin which I have not yet tried to identify. The reverse of the PARLIAMENT coin is seen in the last picture. This coin looks like a trial piece for a high quality representation of the parliament. Perhaps one of you knows a medal that shows the finished product? If so, this is a very interesting piece.
Just found this in a bag of coins…
