Serendipity

My favourite coin 😍 ; 1885 Sydney Shield 
 

1871 Victoria Shield Reverse sovereign bought from Baldwin’s. Princess Alexandrina Victoria was born in 1819, crowned as Queen Victoria in 1837 when her uncle, William IV, died and reigned through a period of unprecedented change until her death in 1901. Victoria ruled for 64 years, a record only recently surpassed by Queen Elizabeth II. RMS Douro was a British passenger liner that served from 1865 to 1882 with the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. She was sunk in a collision in 1882.
DESCRIPTION
Victoria (1837-1901), gold sovereign, 1871, London, Tower Hill Mint, third young filleted head left, W.W. raised on truncation for engraver William Wyon, date below, hint of doubling in legend both sides, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, VICTORIA DEI GRATIA (“Victoria, by the Grace of God”), rev. struck with inverted die axis, engraved by Jean Baptiste Merlen, crowned quartered shield of arms, laurel wreath surrounding, die number 14 below, emblems below, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID:DEF: (“Queen of the Britons, Defender of the Faith”), raised hairline flaw in last A of legend to rim, edge milled, weight 7.97g (Bentley 558; Marsh 55; M.C.E. 531; S.3853B). Tiny obverse rim nick, otherwise pleasing good extremely fine. Ex Douro Cargo, Spink Auction 118, 20-21 November 1996, lot 1377 (part). Calendar year mintage 8,767,250.


 

 
 

1914 and 1918 George V sovereigns bought from @ChardsCoinandBullionDealer and the Royal Mint. Sovereigns issued during the First World War are significant to collectors and none more so than the 1914 and 1918 issues which are frequently paired together in collections to mark the beginning and end of the Great War. T.E. Lawrence, aka Lawrence of Arabia, was a British scholar, writer and soldier who mobilised the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War and wrote about his wartime exploits in The Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1926). Gold sovereigns were used by Lawrence to sway Arab tribes to join the Allied fight and as a bounty for Arabs who returned any downed Allied airmen to safety.
DESCRIPTIONS
George V (1910-36), gold sovereign, 1914, London Mint, bare head left, B.M. raised on truncation for engraver Bertram Mackennal, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIVS V D.G.BRITT:OMN:REX F.D.IND:IMP: (“George V, by the Grace of God, King of all the Britons, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India”), rev. struck en médaille, St. George on horseback slaying dragon with sword right, plumed helmet with three-strand streamer, horse with long tail, ending in three strands, with one spur higher up at curve, broken lance on ground-line to left, tiny WWP raised under lance for Master of the Mint, William Wellesley Pole, date in exergue, tiny B.P. raised in upper right of exergue for engraver Benedetto Pistrucci, edge milled (Marsh 216; M.C.E. 642; S.3996). Extremely fine. Calendar year mintage 11,501,117.
George V (1910-36), gold sovereign, 1914 M, Melbourne Mint, Australia, bare head left, B.M. raised on truncation for engraver Bertram Mackennal, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIVS V D.G.BRITT:OMN:REX F.D.IND:IMP: (“George V, by the Grace of God, King of all the Britons, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India”), rev. struck en médaille, St. George on horseback slaying dragon with sword right, plumed helmet with three-strand streamer, horse with long tail, ending in three strands, with one spur higher up at curve, broken lance on ground-line to left, tiny WWP raised under lance for Master of the Mint, William Wellesley Pole, mint mark M at centre of ground-line, date in exergue, tiny B.P. raised in upper right of exergue for engraver Benedetto Pistrucci, edge milled (Marsh 232; M.C.E. 642; S.3999). Almost extremely fine. Calendar year mintage 2,012,029.
George V (1910-36), gold sovereign, 1918 I, Bombay Mint, India, bare head left, B.M. raised on truncation for engraver Bertram Mackennal, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIVS V D.G.BRITT:OMN:REX F.D.IND:IMP: (“George V, by the Grace of God, King of all the Britons, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India”), rev. struck en médaille, St. George on horseback slaying dragon with sword right, plumed helmet with three-strand streamer, horse with long tail, ending in three strands, with one spur higher up at curve, broken lance on ground-line to left, tiny WWP raised under lance for Master of the Mint, William Wellesley Pole, mint mark I at centre of ground-line, date in exergue, tiny B.P. raised in upper right of exergue for engraver Benedetto Pistrucci, edge milled (Marsh 228; S.3998). Obverse good very fine,  reverse almost extremely fine. Calendar year mintage 1,294,372.

got the 3 and the 2 Coinset of the Millenium Kooks

 

1911 20 French Francs - Marianne Rooster bought from @ChardsCoinandBullionDealer.



 
 

1908 Edward VII Melbourne Mint sovereign bought from Sovereign Rarities. Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910, an immensely popular and affable monarch and a leader of society.
DESCRIPTION
Edward VII (1901-10), gold sovereign, 1908 M, Melbourne Mint, Australia, bare head right, tiny DeS. raised below truncation for engraver George William de Saulles, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, EDWARDVS VII D:G:BRITT:OMN:REX F:D:IND:IMP: (“Edward VII, by the Grace of God, King of all the Britons, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India”), rev. struck en médaille, St. George on horseback slaying dragon with sword right, plumed helmet with three-strand streamer, horse with long tail, ending in three strands, with one spur higher up at curve, broken lance on ground-line to left, tiny WWP raised under lance for Master of the Mint, William Wellesley Pole, mint mark M at centre of ground-line, date in exergue, tiny B.P. raised in upper right of exergue for engraver Benedetto Pistrucci, edge milled, weight 8.00g (Bentley 820; McDonald 229; Marsh 192; M.C.E. 627; S.3971). Some light bag marks, hairline scratch in obverse field, otherwise extremely fine, better than usually seen. Ex Randy Weir Numismatics, Unionville, Ontario, Canada, purchased c.1998. Calendar year mintage 3,078,500 of which 1,648 went for pyx trial.

Postman also popped these through my door today....not sure why these aren't more popular, they are stunning out of the capsule and a relatively low mintage. Picked these up for a steal too 😁

1/10th 2015

2014 and 2011 sets.

Photos of your Pandas, only your own and no comment please


1990 Large Date


1990 Small Date

The collection so far.

Bought from @ChardsCoinandBullionDealer. My 2018 Chinese Panda 🐼 stack consists of the 30 and 8 gram Gold Pandas 🐼 along with a full stack of fifteen 30 gram Silver Pandas 🐼. The obverse of each Panda 🐼 depicts the Hall of Prayer for Abundant Harvests in the Temple of Heaven in Beijing encircled with the Chinese characters “中华人民共和国” (People’s Republic of China) closed off by the year of issue, 2018. The reverse features a large portrait of the giant panda 🐼 eating a bamboo shoot.

Bought from @ChardsCoinandBullionDealer. My 2018 Chinese Panda 🐼 stack consists of the 30 and 8 gram Gold Pandas 🐼 along with a full stack of fifteen 30 gram Silver Pandas 🐼. The obverse of each Panda 🐼 depicts the Hall of Prayer for Abundant Harvests in the Temple of Heaven in Beijing encircled with the Chinese characters “中华人民共和国” (People’s Republic of China) closed off by the year of issue, 2018. The reverse features a large portrait of the giant panda 🐼 eating a bamboo shoot.

Bought from @ChardsCoinandBullionDealer. My 2018 Chinese Panda 🐼 stack consists of the 30 and 8 gram Gold Pandas 🐼 along with a full stack of fifteen 30 gram Silver Pandas 🐼. The obverse of each Panda 🐼 depicts the Hall of Prayer for Abundant Harvests in the Temple of Heaven in Beijing encircled with the Chinese characters “中华人民共和国” (People’s Republic of China) closed off by the year of issue, 2018. The reverse features a large portrait of the giant panda 🐼 eating a bamboo shoot.

Bought from @ChardsCoinandBullionDealer. My 2018 Chinese Panda 🐼 stack consists of the 30 and 8 gram Gold Pandas 🐼 along with a full stack of fifteen 30 gram Silver Pandas 🐼. The obverse of each Panda 🐼 depicts the Hall of Prayer for Abundant Harvests in the Temple of Heaven in Beijing encircled with the Chinese characters “中华人民共和国” (People’s Republic of China) closed off by the year of issue, 2018. The reverse features a large portrait of the giant panda 🐼 eating a bamboo shoot.

This is my entire gold and silver stack. The candy cane is a complimentary gift from Chards when I ordered some silver Koalas. I don’t want to spoil the fun by revealing all my coin collection. Anyone keeping up with my other posts will get a good idea what the air-tite tubes contain when I showcase the actual coins themselves at various times. This took me a year and a half to stack.

Doug, our photographer, sent me this:
Spot the error!

Thanks again, but this isn’t a rare or ancient coin. It’s a trial coin either struck by the Mint or created overseas in response to the vast sums being received for the 2014, 2015 and 2016 trial coins during 2017-2019 on eBay.
This one has the same design but is a round coin. I have now emailed the RM For information and will let you know their response when it comes in. Thanks again.

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