The Belgian Congo did not have a good reputation of being ruled by the Belgians, but they did strike nice coins. They are known for putting elephants on their coinage. They have always been popular and difficult to get. We have purchased a small number of the 1 Franc coins which were only struck for three years, 1944, 1946 and 1949. The coins are small and struck in brass and will grade Very fine, but we have just 24 pieces for sale.
Albert I was King of the Belgians between 1909 and 1934 and now we can offer you the first 1 franc coins of his reign and the last to be struck in silver in Belgium for general circulation. They date specifically from 1910 until 1918 and are in Very Fine condition. Most of these coins come with French text, though we also have some with the rarer Dutch text over the same period. He is often known as the Soldier King for his role in leading his country during the First World War.
Albert I was King of the Belgians between 1909 and 1934 and now we can offer you the first 1 franc coins of his reign and the last to be struck in silver in Belgium for general circulation. They date specifically from 1910 until 1918 and are in Very Fine condition. Most of these coins come with French text, though we also have some with the rarer Dutch text over the same period. He is often known as the Soldier King for his role in leading his country during the First World War.
We have a nice group of Belgian Silver 5 Francs of King Leopold II. They are in Very Fine condition and a number of different dates have been noted, so we are selling them as type coins rather than individual dates. But if you order more than one coin we will try and give you different dates. These silver 5 Francs are over 100 years old and in Very Fine condition. Something we have not be able to offer for quite some time.
Another World War II coin, that we have in a small quantity only. Struck in 1944 and available in Extremely Fine Condition, we have a limited number of pieces of this 2 Franc coin so please get in quickly to avoid disappointment.
Before the introduction of the Euro, Belgium like all the other countries issued its own coinage. We have put together a nice collection of 10 different Belgium pre-Euro coins. They are in selected circulated condition and who knows, if the Euro goes to hell they just might need these coins again. You get 20 Centimes, 25c, 50c, 2 different 1 Francs, 2 different 5 Francs, 10 Francs, 20 Francs and 50 Francs. You get all 10 different Belgium coins in selected circulated condition for a very good price. Putting these together took well over a year and who knows when we will get any more.
This delightful silver Proof 5 Dollars from Bermuda was issued in 2014. On the obverse you have a portrait of The Queen. On the reverse you have her as a younger woman inspecting the troops, with the legend ‘Promise to Dedication’. We have never seen this silver proof Crown before and it is one that is rather beautiful and interesting. Each coin comes in a capsule but we only have 15 examples for sale. Don’t miss out this is a rather beautiful coin and one that deserves to be in your collection.
It is now over 500 years since the first ships sailed into Bermuda although the island has only been inhabited for around 400 years. One famous visitor, Mark Twain, who visited the island in 1867 aboard the S.S. Quaker, described Bermuda as a Paradise and he returned many times to the island. This commemorative crown was issued in 1985 to honour cruise ship tourism and shows an early refrigeration buttery with a cruise ship in the background and palm trees to the right. It is struck in cupro-nickel and is in Brilliant Uncirculated condition in the original presentation pack.
In 2014 the island nation of Bermuda issued a special commemorative crownsized $5.00, it was for H.M. Queen Elizabeth II. We have the beautiful Sterling Silver Proof version to offer you and at what I think is a most reasonable price too. You have Queen Elizabeth II standing next to flags of the British Commonwealth and it reads ‘Dedication from Promise a Family of Nations’. The obverse has the crowned bust of the Queen. I don’t know how much this Sterling Silver Proof was issued for, but today the Royal Mint charges today about £82 for a silver proof crown. These come in a protective capsule and are very attractive and I assume low mintage, because they are too new to have made the catalogues. The recent death of our much loved monarch has made these items very much in demand and we have only 3 in stock of this item currently.
Way up high in the middle of the mountains that include Mount Everest, the small but exotic country of the Kingdom of Bhutan is situated. Intertwined dragons make up its coat of arms and the country is more interested in being happy than in anything else. How it got involved in the Royal Mint’s programme for the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations we will never know, but they sure did. On one side there is a portrait of the late leader of the United Nations, Dag Hammarskjold. The reverse has those intertwined dragons. This is full crownsized, in Brilliant Uncirculated condition and from a country that doesn’t issue a lot of coins, then again this crown was issued in 1995. We think that we are perhaps the only coin firm that has them for sale. We also think you will like our prices, after all, we did buy them some time ago…
Biafra proclaimed independence from Nigeria in 1967. They issued some coins for everyday usage in aluminium and some coins in silver and gold for collectors. They struck a Pound coin, crownsized, in 1969 in 750 fine silver. But it was never used as the silver value made the coin to expensive. So, sometime later, a re-strike was made with the same design in silver plated metal rather than silver. You have the National arms on one side and a defiant eagle with scroll on the other side. We recently got in a group of the re-strike Biafra Pounds in brilliant uncirculated condition. The last time we bought one of the original silver issues we paid one hundred British pounds for it. So we think that our price on the re-strike at just £12.50 is good value for the money.
We like to offer Uncirculated minor coins of the world at prices that will interest and amaze you and this example is no exception. From the British Caribbean Territories, a name that has now been changed we have a 2 Cents 1965 Brilliant Uncirculated. Supplies are limited and priced to please you.
The East Africa Protectorate (also known as British East Africa) was an area in the African Great Lakes stretching from Kenya on the Indian Ocean to Uganda in the west. The East Africa shilling was introduced in 1921 in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanganyika, and later extended to Somaliland and the British Colony of Aden on the Arabian Peninsula. One of the legacies of this decision is that many of these countries still use the shilling as their currency unit. We can now offer you one of these coins minted between 1948 and 1952, showing a crowned King George VI with no Emperor of India title in Very Fine.
About ten years ago we bought a large group of silver Groats or 4d from British Guiana. British Guiana is at the top of South America and the coins we bought have been ‘misplaced’ for ten years or more. Peter not only found them but also found out how many we had. These are difficult coins to find and are some of the last of the silver groats issued. Here we offer the 1942 Groat. They were struck in silver and are in selected circulated condition. Now that Peter has found them, We can offer them to our collectors, but supplies are very limited. A Scarce coin that several dealers in the Far East wanted, but we couldn’t find them at the time…
About ten years ago we bought a large group of silver Groats or 4d from British Guiana. British Guiana is at the top of South America and the coins we bought have been ‘misplaced’ for ten years or more. Peter not only found them but also found out how many we had. These are difficult coins to find and are some of the last of the silver groats issued. Here we offer the 1943 Groat. They were struck in silver and are in selected circulated condition. Now that Peter has found them, We can offer them to our collectors, but supplies are very limited. A Scarce coin that several dealers in the Far East wanted, but we couldn’t find them at the time…
About ten years ago we bought a large group of silver Groats or 4d from British Guiana. British Guiana is at the top of South America and the coins we bought have been ‘misplaced’ for ten years or more. Peter not only found them but also found out how many we had. These are difficult coins to find and are some of the last of the silver groats issued. Here we offer the 1944 Groat. They were struck in silver and are in selected circulated condition. Now that Peter has found them, We can offer them to our collectors, but supplies are very limited. A Scarce coin that several dealers in the Far East wanted, but we couldn’t find them at the time…
About ten years ago we bought a large group of silver Groats or 4d from British Guiana. British Guiana is at the top of South America and the coins we bought have been ‘misplaced’ for ten years or more. Peter not only found them but also found out how many we had. These are difficult coins to find and are some of the last of the silver groats issued. Here we offer the 1945 Groat. They were struck in silver and are in selected circulated condition. Now that Peter has found them, We can offer them to our collectors, but supplies are very limited. A Scarce coin that several dealers in the Far East wanted, but we couldn’t find them at the time…
The smallest coin issued by British West Africa under Kings George V and George VI is the 1/10th Penny. It is about the size of the old sixpence, struck in cupro-nickel and with a hole in the middle. The hole was so the locals could carry the coins on a string as they didn’t have pockets. Uncirculated condition and generally difficult to find.
The smallest coin issued by British West Africa under Kings George V and George VI is the 1/10th Penny. It is about the size of the old sixpence, struck in cupro-nickel and with a hole in the middle. The hole was so the locals could carry the coins on a string as they didn’t have pockets. Uncirculated condition and generally difficult to find.
The smallest coin issued by British West Africa under Kings George V and George VI is the 1/10th Penny. It is about the size of the old sixpence, struck in cupro-nickel and with a hole in the middle. The hole was so the locals could carry the coins on a string as they didn’t have pockets. Uncirculated condition and generally difficult to find.
The smallest coin issued by British West Africa under Kings George V and George VI is the 1/10th Penny. It is about the size of the old sixpence, struck in cupro-nickel and with a hole in the middle. The hole was so the locals could carry the coins on a string as they didn’t have pockets. Uncirculated condition and generally difficult to find.
In 1926 British West Africa still existed and in 1926 Princess Elizabeth was born. British West Africa struck a small coin with a star on it and a hole in the center. Not planed that way but what a wonderful coincident.A coin with a star to celebrate her birthday. The coin from the year of our Queen’s birth (1926) has a denomination of 1/10th of a Penny. The hole was so the natives who did not have pockets, could thread the coins on string and wear them around their necks. They wore their tributes to their future Queen. These coins are in Uncirculated condition but have toned down a bit over the past 95 years. They look great but are in short supply.
One of the only countries to issue coins with the name King Edward VIII on them was British West Africa. No countries issued coins with his portrait, just a few with his name on their coins. The coins of British West Africa have a star on them and a hole in the middle, so the natives could sting the coins and then wear them. There are 3 different denominations 1/10th Penny, 1/2 Penny and 1 Penny. All the coins were struck in this country and then sent to Africa. Here we are offering the one penny in Uncirculated condition. Buy it and then you can tell your friends that you own an actual Edward VIII coin. Remember he was King for only 10 months...