painting miniatures for TTRPGs | collecting coins
One of my favourite coin collecting categories is '19th century US' and another is what I'm calling 'Early Australian' so I get a buzz from pieces that undoubtedly fall into both and the coin in the photos is a good example. It's an 1830 silver Half Dollar in pretty good condition for its age. The … Continue reading US Halves are also Australian
Australia Florin KGV 1932 - KM# 27 1932 Florin rev in aEF1932 Florin obv in aEF The scarcest Australian florin There's no doubting that the 1932 is the toughest date of all the Australian florins - a measly 188,000 were produced. No surprise then that this coin commands a hefty premium and has done for … Continue reading 1932 Florins – interesting recent price action
More often than not when you come across a group of 1927 florins up for sale, what's on offer is Australia's first commemorative florin (KM# 31), as opposed to KM# 27 - the regular circulation strike. I don't think it's unreasonable to say that on release, the two types were treated very differently by the … Continue reading Standard 1927… slabbed
Florin 1928 rev in VF20-25Florin 1928 obv in VF20-25 This appears to me as one of the unloved KGV Australian florins, which means it should be gettable in EF but I haven't actually seen any like that recently! Grading The coin in the photos comes up as being in solid Fine condition - VF20-25 on … Continue reading Raw Coin: Standard 1928 Australian florin in F
UK Trade Dollar 'cool daylight' UK Trade Dollar 'cool daylight' UK Trade Dollar 'cool daylight' + halogen UK Trade Dollar 'cool daylight' + halogen I’ve got an English Trade Dollar, a special issue made to facilitate trading in Asia around the late 19th century. It’s a beaut little coin which is in pretty good but … Continue reading New light source – 1898 UK Trade Dollar photos
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