Your thoughts on these two coins value / opinion

[Alex944]

Happy new Year forum!

i have picked up these two coins on holiday, which for me are quite interesting so I wanted to share them with you and also ask your opinions on perceived value. 
 

2 Pula Botswana 1986 proof

100 Shillingi Tanzania 1986 proof

These are part of a series made by the British Royal Mint as a celebration of conservation efforts of the WWF in 1986. Both are in good condition and have their CoA. 
 

- how do you like them?

- what value would you place on them (individually or as a pair)

for transparency, I paid 35€ for the pair which I think is a good deal. 
 

hope you enjoy them and thanks for all of your inputs!

[Happypanda88]

Nice coins and in good condition too. 

I think you did well to buy them for €35, considering there is 1.42 ounce of pure silver content worth £28.10 (€31.70).

Nice pickup. 👍 

[LawrenceChard]

1 hour ago, Alex944 said:

Happy new Year forum!

i have picked up these two coins on holiday, which for me are quite interesting so I wanted to share them with you and also ask your opinions on perceived value. 
 

2 Pula Botswana 1986 proof

100 Shillingi Tanzania 1986 proof

These are part of a series made by the British Royal Mint as a celebration of conservation efforts of the WWF in 1986. Both are in good condition and have their CoA. 
 

- how do you like them?

- what value would you place on them (individually or as a pair)

for transparency, I paid 35€ for the pair which I think is a good deal. 
 

hope you enjoy them and thanks for all of your inputs!

 

2 minutes ago, Happypanda88 said:

Nice coins and in good condition too. 

I think you did well to buy them for €35, considering there is 1.42 ounce of pure silver content worth £28.10 (€31.70).

Nice pickup. 👍 

I agree. Nice coins, and a good enough price.

Do you know what "Ipelegeng" means? Or where it is?

As these are WWF issues, it seems a shame they had to kill the two zebras and a bull to put them on the Coat of Arms!

😎

[CollectForFun]

Certainly interesting coins, thanks for sharing. I would also agree that you paid more or less fair price and if nothing else got a nice souvenir from your holiday which can even increase in value over time!

Just for the record, the latest auction results for these coins were Botswana sold at EUR 20+%, Tanzania unsold at CHF 20+%.

[Alex944]

6 hours ago, LawrenceChard said:

 

I agree. Nice coins, and a good enough price.

Do you know what "Ipelegeng" means? Or where it is?

As these are WWF issues, it seems a shame they had to kill the two zebras and a bull to put them on the Coat of Arms!

😎

So a bit of research; Ipelegang means self reliance, and I imagine it’s a slogan came to be after independence of Botswana

Edited December 31, 2022 by Alex944

[Alex944]

4 hours ago, CollectForFun said:

Certainly interesting coins, thanks for sharing. I would also agree that you paid more or less fair price and if nothing else got a nice souvenir from your holiday which can even increase in value over time!

Just for the record, the latest auction results for these coins were Botswana sold at EUR 20+%, Tanzania unsold at CHF 20+%.

Thank you for that!

do you mean it was sold at spot +20%?

[ShineyMagpie]

I think as others have said nice souvenir from holiday and quite literally worth there weight in metel alone (well close enough 😉)

[LawrenceChard]

9 minutes ago, Alex944 said:

So a bit of research; Ipelegang means self reliance, and I imagine it’s a slogan came to be after independence of Botswana

Pretty good!

When I first saw it, I struggled to discover it's meaning, but I eventually found it, and noted it here:

https://24carat.co.uk/frame.php?url=botswana.html

There is also a village of the same name:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipelegeng

Although Wikipedia was no help when I created our old Botswana page.

😎

[CollectForFun]

4 hours ago, Alex944 said:

Thank you for that!

do you mean it was sold at spot +20%?

Well, it was sold for 20 euros hammer price plus auction commission (~20%) so ~24 euros total.