Toshunya86

I’m collecting the 20 francs/ Latin monetary union coins.  I have 7 with another 5 on the way.  They’re great to collect.  There are so many different varieties and some beautiful coins.
Most are around bullion value.  There are a few that are a bit more expensive as the mintages are lower. The most expensive I’ve come across so far is the finish 20 markkaa which is around £400.  I’m yet to acquire this coin but I will one day!!  I’ve had quite a few from coininvest over the last few yrs at reasonable prices. Baird have a few too.
Some of the coins have some great history behind them expecially the angel and the early nepolian bonaparte francs.  Out of all my stack, the 20 francs are my favourite.  

My recent two additions.  
 
1.France 1851 20 Francs Ceres
-Bought at 311 euros (1.3% over spot) about 3 weeks ago, but...when it was around $1950/oz range  (it crashed just a day after my purchase due to the vaccine news)
 
2.Italy 1865 20 Lire
-Recently bought at 287 euros (about 1% over spot). it has pretty much amount of bag marks,  but the overall condition isn't bad considering the price.  This is my first Italian 20 piece.   
Now I have only one more to go for my 20th 20 Franc coin.   

cross-post from "today i received"
 
eceived recently :  3 coins
1- Austria-Hungary 20 Francs /8 Forint 1890 - features an eagle , from Fiume region , only present on some 1890 1891 & 1892.

 

 
2- Kingdom of Serbs , Croats and Slovenians ( a brief kindgom preceding Yugoslavia)  20 Dinara 1925 


 
3- 10 Francs - Switzerland - 1922 
 

cross-post from "today i received"
 
eceived recently :  3 coins
1- Austria-Hungary 20 Francs /8 Forint 1890 - features an eagle , from Fiume region , only present on some 1890 1891 & 1892.

 

 
2- Kingdom of Serbs , Croats and Slovenians ( a brief kindgom preceding Yugoslavia)  20 Dinara 1925 


 
3- 10 Francs - Switzerland - 1922 
 

Received recently :  3 coins
1- Austria-Hungary 20 Francs /8 Forint 1890 - features an eagle , from Fiume region , only present on some 1890 1891 & 1892.

 

 
2- Kingdom of Serbs , Croats and Slovenians ( a brief kindgom preceding Yugoslavia)  20 Dinara 1925 


 
3- 10 Francs - Switzerland - 1922 
 

Received recently :  3 coins
1- Austria-Hungary 20 Francs /8 Forint 1890 - features an eagle , from Fiume region , only present on some 1890 1891 & 1892.

 

 
2- Kingdom of Serbs , Croats and Slovenians ( a brief kindgom preceding Yugoslavia)  20 Dinara 1925 


 
3- 10 Francs - Switzerland - 1922 
 

Received recently :  3 coins
1- Austria-Hungary 20 Francs /8 Forint 1890 - features an eagle , from Fiume region , only present on some 1890 1891 & 1892.

 

 
2- Kingdom of Serbs , Croats and Slovenians ( a brief kindgom preceding Yugoslavia)  20 Dinara 1925 


 
3- 10 Francs - Switzerland - 1922 
 

Received recently :  3 coins
1- Austria-Hungary 20 Francs /8 Forint 1890 - features an eagle , from Fiume region , only present on some 1890 1891 & 1892.

 

 
2- Kingdom of Serbs , Croats and Slovenians ( a brief kindgom preceding Yugoslavia)  20 Dinara 1925 


 
3- 10 Francs - Switzerland - 1922 
 

cross-post from "today i received"
 
eceived recently :  3 coins
1- Austria-Hungary 20 Francs /8 Forint 1890 - features an eagle , from Fiume region , only present on some 1890 1891 & 1892.

 

 
2- Kingdom of Serbs , Croats and Slovenians ( a brief kindgom preceding Yugoslavia)  20 Dinara 1925 


 
3- 10 Francs - Switzerland - 1922 
 

Received recently :  3 coins
1- Austria-Hungary 20 Francs /8 Forint 1890 - features an eagle , from Fiume region , only present on some 1890 1891 & 1892.

 

 
2- Kingdom of Serbs , Croats and Slovenians ( a brief kindgom preceding Yugoslavia)  20 Dinara 1925 


 
3- 10 Francs - Switzerland - 1922 
 

Received recently :  3 coins
1- Austria-Hungary 20 Francs /8 Forint 1890 - features an eagle , from Fiume region , only present on some 1890 1891 & 1892.

 

 
2- Kingdom of Serbs , Croats and Slovenians ( a brief kindgom preceding Yugoslavia)  20 Dinara 1925 


 
3- 10 Francs - Switzerland - 1922 
 

Two recent (raw) auction buys, now graded. 
 

Received recently :  3 coins
1- Austria-Hungary 20 Francs /8 Forint 1890 - features an eagle , from Fiume region , only present on some 1890 1891 & 1892.

 

 
2- Kingdom of Serbs , Croats and Slovenians ( a brief kindgom preceding Yugoslavia)  20 Dinara 1925 


 
3- 10 Francs - Switzerland - 1922 
 

Received recently :  3 coins
1- Austria-Hungary 20 Francs /8 Forint 1890 - features an eagle , from Fiume region , only present on some 1890 1891 & 1892.

 

 
2- Kingdom of Serbs , Croats and Slovenians ( a brief kindgom preceding Yugoslavia)  20 Dinara 1925 


 
3- 10 Francs - Switzerland - 1922 
 

cross-post from "today i received"
 
eceived recently :  3 coins
1- Austria-Hungary 20 Francs /8 Forint 1890 - features an eagle , from Fiume region , only present on some 1890 1891 & 1892.

 

 
2- Kingdom of Serbs , Croats and Slovenians ( a brief kindgom preceding Yugoslavia)  20 Dinara 1925 


 
3- 10 Francs - Switzerland - 1922 
 

Received recently :  3 coins
1- Austria-Hungary 20 Francs /8 Forint 1890 - features an eagle , from Fiume region , only present on some 1890 1891 & 1892.

 

 
2- Kingdom of Serbs , Croats and Slovenians ( a brief kindgom preceding Yugoslavia)  20 Dinara 1925 


 
3- 10 Francs - Switzerland - 1922 
 

cross-post from "today i received"
 
eceived recently :  3 coins
1- Austria-Hungary 20 Francs /8 Forint 1890 - features an eagle , from Fiume region , only present on some 1890 1891 & 1892.

 

 
2- Kingdom of Serbs , Croats and Slovenians ( a brief kindgom preceding Yugoslavia)  20 Dinara 1925 


 
3- 10 Francs - Switzerland - 1922 
 

Received recently :  3 coins
1- Austria-Hungary 20 Francs /8 Forint 1890 - features an eagle , from Fiume region , only present on some 1890 1891 & 1892.

 

 
2- Kingdom of Serbs , Croats and Slovenians ( a brief kindgom preceding Yugoslavia)  20 Dinara 1925 


 
3- 10 Francs - Switzerland - 1922 
 

Now I have more than 3oz's of pure gold only with LMU '20'  denominations.   I don't like slabbed coins because I can't see the edge of the coins, which is a very interesting part for me.

Here are my recent additions.   I'm especially satisfied with the Belgian piece since I bought it at only 6~7% over melt,  but the condition is fabulous.   It looks better than my MS63 graded 20 Lei piece.

A real rarity just back from grading, and a far better result than I could have hoped for.

So...why so rare?
Although this coin has a mintage of 2002, something happened in 1968 that resulted in most of these coins being melted for scrap 😱. The price of gold rocketed by over 22% in a short period of time, meaning the scrap value would have been too attractive to resist...So into the melting pot they went!

So far, this is the only 1967 to be graded by any grading company, and I am only aware of one other known example, and that is held in very tight hands.
 

Spanish 20 pesetas from LMU period ( one of the 2 affordable coins out of 4 existing ) 

My first junk silver negotiating in a shop. Not sure I did well but it was high time to start