Hello Took a photo of some of my classical European silver coins - Note , each coin was the HEAVIEST silver coin that circulated in the region at the time. and in terms of gold was worth around 0.0425 oz - 0.0525 oz I have just uploaded the photos of the coins , and in a day or two, il upload Mintage and other such info and we can try and generate some numi-discussions ps. the Italian 5 Lira costs the most
Stunning photos,Thucy. The bottom left is my favourite You know what I like Great heads on the obverse I dips me lid..........
Thanks Thucy. Looking forward to more info. I quite like my Netherlands 2.5 Gulden, even if it is only 0.587oz Ag. The larger coins certainly have more appeal.
Bottom left was minted in Constantinople during the last stages of the Ottoman rule and it is 20 Kurush ( looks almost the same as the Egyptian 20 Kurush ) 2.5 Gulden are priced well, but those before Queen Wilhelmina there is one currently auctioned here http://www.ebay.com/itm/Netherlands...ultDomain_0&hash=item23136fba61#ht_651wt_1311
Nice bunch of coins there thucy. Im a big fan of of that design Belgium 5 Franks, but havn't been able to add one affordably to my collection yet. I also enjoy crown-sized world silver coins. Love the Panama Balboas
The eBay seller below has a bunch of 5 Francs French silver coins up for sale - he started of with around 120 5 Francs up for sale, it would have been nice, to have bought one from each mint to make a set. http://www.ebay.com/sch/tonno64/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=25 The Belgian 5 Francs is probably the most affordable coin from that period as it has been minted in the millions. The Balboas are great, as are the other Latin American silver crowns, - ive kinda started with European coins first.
And now, Lets start with the 5 Francs Belgium coin during 1801-1900 only We have two Kings on the obverse Leopold & Leopold II ( my coins are all Leopold II - recently bought Leopold coin on eBay and am eagerly awaiting its arrival ) Concentrating on Leopold II issues, of which there are two varieties, one with the Large Head ( very rare and priced at around $300 when in F grade ! ), and the other with Small Head Small head [imgz=http://forums.silverstackers.com/uploads/531_belgium_5_francs_1873.jpg][/imgz] http://www.coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coins?main_coin=1912&main_ct_id=110 KM# 24 5 FRANCS (5 Frank) 25.0000 g., 0.9000 Silver .7234 oz. ASW Obv: Smaller head, engraver's name near rim, below truncation Date Mintage F VF XF Unc BU 1865 Inc. 1867 100 450 700 1,200 1866 Inc. 1867 150 700 1,000 1,800 1866 Inc. 1867; Dot after F on reverse 110 500 800 1,500 1867 3,693,000 7.50 25.00 70.00 110 1867 Dot after F on reverse Inc. above 10.00 70.00 175 275 1868 Position A 6,751,000 7.00 20.00 60.00 100 1868 Position B Inc. above 35.00 120 330 600 1869 12,658,000 6.50 8.00 30.00 65.00 1870 10,486,000 6.50 8.00 30.00 65.00 1871 4,783,000 6.50 8.00 35.00 70.00 1872 2,045,000 7.00 10.00 60.00 90.00 1873 Position A 22,341,000 6.50 6.00 20.00 60.00 1873 Position B Inc. above 7.00 9.00 35.00 100 1874 2,400,000 6.50 12.00 60.00 150 1875 2,981,000 6.50 8.00 35.00 75.00 1876 2,160,000 7.00 12.00 40.00 150 1878 3 known Now Large head KM# 25 5 FRANCS (5 Frank) 25.0000 g., 0.9000 Silver .7234 oz. ASW Obv: Larger head, engraver's name below truncation Date Mintage F VF XF Unc BU 1865 Inc. above 450 2,500 3,500 6,000 1866 Inc. above 400 2,200 3,200 5,000 1867 Inc. above 275 1,700 2,500 4,000 1868 Inc. above 300 2,000 3,000 4,500 Now lets look at rough mintage numbers for this series of 5 Francs coins So total roughly 70 million coins and largest mintages have the following coins - ( thus least cost, assuming grades equal ) 1873 : 22.3 mill coins around 31% of entire series - 1869 : 12.7 mill coins around 18 % of entire series 1870 : 10.5 mill coins around 15 % one at 6.7 mill, and one at 4.7 mill, and the rest at less than 5 mill coins ** enough for now
I received this Spanish 5 Peseta silver coin today in the mail. To my knowledge this is the only Ruler to have made it on a coin when this young. KM# 689 5 PESETAS 25.0000 g., 0.9000 Silver .7234 oz. ASW Note: Mint mark: 6- pointed star. Date Mintage F VF XF Unc BU 1888 (88) MS-M 200 1,000 2,000 3,200 1888 (88) MP-M 10,644,000 10.00 12.00 50.00 225 1889 (89) MP-M 4,681,000 10.00 15.00 100 200 1890 (90) MP-M 4,275,000 10.00 20.00 100 225 1890 (90) PG-M 3,000,000 10.00 25.00 150 300 1891 (91) PG-M 11,660,000 10.00 15.00 50.00 150 1892 (92) PG-M 1,294,000 12.50 30.00 175 450 Alfonso XIII (Alfonso Len Fernando Mara Jaime Isidro Pascual Antonio de Borbn y Austria-Lorena; anglicised: Alphonse Leon Ferdinand Mary James Isidor Pascal Anthony of Bourbon and Austria-Lorraine; 17 May 1886 28 February 1941) was King of Spain from 1886 until 1931. His mother, Queen Maria Christina, was appointed regent during his minority. In 1902, on attaining his 16th year, the King assumed control of the state. Alfonso was born in Madrid, posthumous son of Alfonso XII of Spain, and was proclaimed King at his birth. The French newspaper Le Figaro described the young king as "the happiest and best-loved of all the rulers of the earth". Source : wikipedia
