GoldElliott

morning all just thought I'd share a couple of coins I received today. My absolute favourite coin of all time and so happy to have one- the Ethiopian silver birr very hard to find here. One day I'll get one in better condition but they go up into the hundreds! Nice French Indo-China piastre. Interesting to think both the silver birr and piastre were minted in Paris not that far apart, however ended up in very different parts of the world. A few Italian coins also came too. The older ones have such beautiful classic art designs! @paolothanks bud

morning all just thought I'd share a couple of coins I received today. My absolute favourite coin of all time and so happy to have one- the Ethiopian silver birr very hard to find here. One day I'll get one in better condition but they go up into the hundreds! Nice French Indo-China piastre. Interesting to think both the silver birr and piastre were minted in Paris not that far apart, however ended up in very different parts of the world. A few Italian coins also came too. The older ones have such beautiful classic art designs! @paolothanks bud

morning all just thought I'd share a couple of coins I received today. My absolute favourite coin of all time and so happy to have one- the Ethiopian silver birr very hard to find here. One day I'll get one in better condition but they go up into the hundreds! Nice French Indo-China piastre. Interesting to think both the silver birr and piastre were minted in Paris not that far apart, however ended up in very different parts of the world. A few Italian coins also came too. The older ones have such beautiful classic art designs! @paolothanks bud

morning all just thought I'd share a couple of coins I received today. My absolute favourite coin of all time and so happy to have one- the Ethiopian silver birr very hard to find here. One day I'll get one in better condition but they go up into the hundreds! Nice French Indo-China piastre. Interesting to think both the silver birr and piastre were minted in Paris not that far apart, however ended up in very different parts of the world. A few Italian coins also came too. The older ones have such beautiful classic art designs! @paolothanks bud

morning all just thought I'd share a couple of coins I received today. My absolute favourite coin of all time and so happy to have one- the Ethiopian silver birr very hard to find here. One day I'll get one in better condition but they go up into the hundreds! Nice French Indo-China piastre. Interesting to think both the silver birr and piastre were minted in Paris not that far apart, however ended up in very different parts of the world. A few Italian coins also came too. The older ones have such beautiful classic art designs! @paolothanks bud

morning all just thought I'd share a couple of coins I received today. My absolute favourite coin of all time and so happy to have one- the Ethiopian silver birr very hard to find here. One day I'll get one in better condition but they go up into the hundreds! Nice French Indo-China piastre. Interesting to think both the silver birr and piastre were minted in Paris not that far apart, however ended up in very different parts of the world. A few Italian coins also came too. The older ones have such beautiful classic art designs! @paolothanks bud

morning all just thought I'd share a couple of coins I received today. My absolute favourite coin of all time and so happy to have one- the Ethiopian silver birr very hard to find here. One day I'll get one in better condition but they go up into the hundreds! Nice French Indo-China piastre. Interesting to think both the silver birr and piastre were minted in Paris not that far apart, however ended up in very different parts of the world. A few Italian coins also came too. The older ones have such beautiful classic art designs! @paolothanks bud

morning all just thought I'd share a couple of coins I received today. My absolute favourite coin of all time and so happy to have one- the Ethiopian silver birr very hard to find here. One day I'll get one in better condition but they go up into the hundreds! Nice French Indo-China piastre. Interesting to think both the silver birr and piastre were minted in Paris not that far apart, however ended up in very different parts of the world. A few Italian coins also came too. The older ones have such beautiful classic art designs! @paolothanks bud

morning all just thought I'd share a couple of coins I received today. My absolute favourite coin of all time and so happy to have one- the Ethiopian silver birr very hard to find here. One day I'll get one in better condition but they go up into the hundreds! Nice French Indo-China piastre. Interesting to think both the silver birr and piastre were minted in Paris not that far apart, however ended up in very different parts of the world. A few Italian coins also came too. The older ones have such beautiful classic art designs! @paolothanks bud

morning all just thought I'd share a couple of coins I received today. My absolute favourite coin of all time and so happy to have one- the Ethiopian silver birr very hard to find here. One day I'll get one in better condition but they go up into the hundreds! Nice French Indo-China piastre. Interesting to think both the silver birr and piastre were minted in Paris not that far apart, however ended up in very different parts of the world. A few Italian coins also came too. The older ones have such beautiful classic art designs! @paolothanks bud

morning all just thought I'd share a couple of coins I received today. My absolute favourite coin of all time and so happy to have one- the Ethiopian silver birr very hard to find here. One day I'll get one in better condition but they go up into the hundreds! Nice French Indo-China piastre. Interesting to think both the silver birr and piastre were minted in Paris not that far apart, however ended up in very different parts of the world. A few Italian coins also came too. The older ones have such beautiful classic art designs! @paolothanks bud

morning all just thought I'd share a couple of coins I received today. My absolute favourite coin of all time and so happy to have one- the Ethiopian silver birr very hard to find here. One day I'll get one in better condition but they go up into the hundreds! Nice French Indo-China piastre. Interesting to think both the silver birr and piastre were minted in Paris not that far apart, however ended up in very different parts of the world. A few Italian coins also came too. The older ones have such beautiful classic art designs! @paolothanks bud

morning all just thought I'd share a couple of coins I received today. My absolute favourite coin of all time and so happy to have one- the Ethiopian silver birr very hard to find here. One day I'll get one in better condition but they go up into the hundreds! Nice French Indo-China piastre. Interesting to think both the silver birr and piastre were minted in Paris not that far apart, however ended up in very different parts of the world. A few Italian coins also came too. The older ones have such beautiful classic art designs! @paolothanks bud

morning all just thought I'd share a couple of coins I received today. My absolute favourite coin of all time and so happy to have one- the Ethiopian silver birr very hard to find here. One day I'll get one in better condition but they go up into the hundreds! Nice French Indo-China piastre. Interesting to think both the silver birr and piastre were minted in Paris not that far apart, however ended up in very different parts of the world. A few Italian coins also came too. The older ones have such beautiful classic art designs! @paolothanks bud

morning all just thought I'd share a couple of coins I received today. My absolute favourite coin of all time and so happy to have one- the Ethiopian silver birr very hard to find here. One day I'll get one in better condition but they go up into the hundreds! Nice French Indo-China piastre. Interesting to think both the silver birr and piastre were minted in Paris not that far apart, however ended up in very different parts of the world. A few Italian coins also came too. The older ones have such beautiful classic art designs! @paolothanks bud

morning all just thought I'd share a couple of coins I received today. My absolute favourite coin of all time and so happy to have one- the Ethiopian silver birr very hard to find here. One day I'll get one in better condition but they go up into the hundreds! Nice French Indo-China piastre. Interesting to think both the silver birr and piastre were minted in Paris not that far apart, however ended up in very different parts of the world. A few Italian coins also came too. The older ones have such beautiful classic art designs! @paolothanks bud

morning all just thought I'd share a couple of coins I received today. My absolute favourite coin of all time and so happy to have one- the Ethiopian silver birr very hard to find here. One day I'll get one in better condition but they go up into the hundreds! Nice French Indo-China piastre. Interesting to think both the silver birr and piastre were minted in Paris not that far apart, however ended up in very different parts of the world. A few Italian coins also came too. The older ones have such beautiful classic art designs! @paolothanks bud

morning all just thought I'd share a couple of coins I received today. My absolute favourite coin of all time and so happy to have one- the Ethiopian silver birr very hard to find here. One day I'll get one in better condition but they go up into the hundreds! Nice French Indo-China piastre. Interesting to think both the silver birr and piastre were minted in Paris not that far apart, however ended up in very different parts of the world. A few Italian coins also came too. The older ones have such beautiful classic art designs! @paolothanks bud

Also received these coins (not fakes!). Nice big lump of early belgian silver in a fantastic grade with with plenty of obverse detail and a 1886 maundy 4d groat. This is not something I collect so I have put it up for auction elsewhere. With a mintage of just 6,785 I have to say I am surprised at how cheap these maundy pieces go! I would have thought more people would collect them! This one has beautiful toning which isnt really captured but has a reddish/ rainbow hue to it and lovely symetrical toning.

So sorry to hear about your loss mate  
As always, your coins are amazing and the accompanying story amplifies their appeal. I have to say I haven't actually come across the 1947 50c- will have to keep en eye out in the future for one.

I first want to dedicate this post to my very good, patient, and understanding friend Merm, who has been a godsend since I lost my best mate last week.
I won in an auction these uncirculated and strong lustre USA Philippines silver coins.
This design of coin was released in 1937 and minted from .750 silver for all denominations, when WW2 started and the Japanese invaded the Philippines the majority of these years of coins were apparently dumped into the sea to prevent the Japanese getting their hand on precious metals or metals of any kind, therefore coins of pre 1941 date in mint condition are very rare, the seawater doing a job on them (while silver is none ferrous the metals mixed with it were not).
With the re-capture of the islands the Denver mint was contracted to make the 10 & 20 Centavos coins and the San Francisco mint the 50 Centavos coins to replace all the ones that had been lost.
Production figures of the coins I have bought that I am keeping are as below,
1944 dated, 10 Centavos, 31,592,000
1944 dated, 20 Centavos, 28,596,000
1945 dated, 50 Centavos, 18,120,000


 
 
The coins below were part of the collection but I decided to sell, as one is a duplicate (20 Centavos) and the other was made after WW2 (50 Centavos), both are full lustre, though the sun was quickly disappearing by the time I took these.
Production figure for the 1945 20 Centavos was 82,804,000
The 50 Centavos was a real dilemma for me do I keep it or not, but I have quite a lot of interest in it from collectors due to its mint condition and incredibly low mintage, I only stack pre 1945 coins but these were made in 1947 only, but they commemorated General Douglas MacArthur's retaking of the Philippines islands from the Japanese during WW2.
They were the first coins minted in the Philippines new republic and the design came in 50 Cent and 1 Peso, the 50 Centavos being minted from .750 silver and the 1 Peso of .900 silver.
The coins were struck in low relief only by the the San Francisco mint.
Production of these coins were as following,
1947 dated,  20 Centavos, 200,000
1947 dated,  1 Peso,           100,000
 

I have returned them but defaced them with the word FAKE across each so as to avoid liability myself for distributing counterfeit coins! It also prevents the auction house from reselling the coins themselves should they want to do so. If they kick up a fuss about refunds etc Im going to post their name very publically.

Also received these coins (not fakes!). Nice big lump of early belgian silver in a fantastic grade with with plenty of obverse detail and a 1886 maundy 4d groat. This is not something I collect so I have put it up for auction elsewhere. With a mintage of just 6,785 I have to say I am surprised at how cheap these maundy pieces go! I would have thought more people would collect them! This one has beautiful toning which isnt really captured but has a reddish/ rainbow hue to it and lovely symetrical toning.

Also received these coins (not fakes!). Nice big lump of early belgian silver in a fantastic grade with with plenty of obverse detail and a 1886 maundy 4d groat. This is not something I collect so I have put it up for auction elsewhere. With a mintage of just 6,785 I have to say I am surprised at how cheap these maundy pieces go! I would have thought more people would collect them! This one has beautiful toning which isnt really captured but has a reddish/ rainbow hue to it and lovely symetrical toning.

Agreed. I have bought another lot of coins that I am 99% sure are fake and they refused to hold a magnet to them or weigh them before posting saying that they were too busy and that was not a service they offered. Honestly the complacency of the auction houses is astonishing it's a miracle theyre still around.