World Coins Countries Q-T

When World War II was raging most people who could afford to put away silver coins after all silver had value while the non-silver coins did not. We have purchased a group of fantastic Swedish Silver 1 Kroner coins in Silver and in Uncirculated condition. Here we present the 1940 1 Kroner. Well worth adding to your collection, after all, they were part of World War II.

In Sweden after World War II the largest coin to regularly circulate was the silver 2 Kroner. It has the bust of King Gustaf V on the obverse and the crowned arms of Sweden on the reverse. Here we offer the 1946 2 Kroner. These coins are in About Uncirculated condition with lots of lustre. We have about ten pieces of each date available. A coin you don’t see every day, especially in this high a grade. Get them while you can!

In Sweden after World War II, the largest coin to regularly circulate was the silver 2 Kroner. It has the bust of King Gustaf V on the obverse and the crowned arms of Sweden on the reverse. These coins are in About Uncirculated condition with lots of lustre. We have about ten pieces of each date available. A coin you don’t see every day, especially in this high a grade. Get them while you can.

This Silver 2 Kroner coin was issued in Sweden under King Gustaf V in 1950 and was the highest denomination coin struck at the time. It was also the last date of issue, the King died in 1950. We bought a fantastic high grade lot of these beautiful silver coins. We can offer them in Extremely Fine and Uncirculated condition which is not bad for a 72 year old silver coin! Well worth having and difficult to get so nice…

This Silver 2 Kroner coin was issued in Sweden under King Gustaf V in 1950 and was the highest denomination coin struck at the time. It was also the last date of issue, the King died in 1950. We bought a fantastic high-grade lot of these beautiful silver coins. We can offer them in Uncirculated condition which is not bad for a 72 year old silver coin! Well worth having and difficult to get so nice…

During World War II there was a shortage of most metals worldwide, so each country used whatever metal was available. In Sweden's case on the lower denominations, they are large sized coins, but they struck them in iron. We have just bought 100 pieces of the 5 Ore issued between 1942 and 1945. They are in Very Fine condition and struck in iron. It is the first time that we have been able to offer this interesting World War II coin. But there are only 100 available and there are a lot of World War II collectors around…

This is the smallest coin in Switzerland. It is a one Rappen and it was struck in 1921 exactly 101 years ago. We bought exactly 100 coins, which at the time was exactly 1 Swiss Franc. The current catalogue price is $35.00 which is about £28.00 at today’s exchange rate. We bought them right and we are going to sell them right. 100 of our collectors can have one at just £15.00 which is almost half price. Get them while you can, we bought them right, we sell them right…

Switzerland, Canton of Underwalden, 1/2 Batzen, 1811. KMA11. One year type coin Very Fine and Scarce

Syria’s 2 pound coin, sometimes known also as lira, for 1996 combines the country’s Arab present and Roman past. The obverse shows the Hawk of Quraish, widely used on flags and coins in the Arabian Peninsula, and which is an important symbol of Arabism. On the reverse is the Roman Theatre at Bosra in the south west of the country near the border with Jordan. The theatre was built in the latter half of the second century and even back then it could sit 17,000. It is now one of the best preserved monuments of its kind in what was the Roman Empire.

Between 2001 and 2018 Taiwan issued a bi-metallic 20 New Dollar coin to commemorate one of its national heroes from the war against Japan in the 1930s. Mona Rudao was the son of a local chieftain who organised what became known as the Wushe Incident against the occupation forces of Japan. The coins we have to offer are all dated 2001, or Year 90 of the Chinese Republican Calendar and are in Brilliant Uncirculated condition.

Back in 1966, or 2509 in the country’s Buddhist Era calendar, Thailand hosted the Fifth Asian Games (V Asiad). This 1 baht commemorative coin was struck in copper-nickel to mark the occasion. On the obverse we see the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) and Queen Sikrit facing right, while the reverse shows the symbol of the Asian Games, the sun with 16 rays with the “Ever Onward” motto for the event. We are offering these coins in unc condition.

Bullet money or bullet coins, known in Thai as photduang, were a type of coinage historically used in Siam (now Thailand) and its predecessor kingdoms. They were almost exclusively made of silver, in the form of a bar bent into a roundish shape, and stamped with certain marks. They were issued according to the baht system of weights, known among Westerners as the tical, which is the basis of the modern Thai currency. Their earliest use dates from 13th-15th centuries but were used up until 1904 when their use was discontinued in favour of flat coinage. These examples date from the 19th century and are 1 Tical pieces.

From Thailand we offer a commemorative coin which is 23 years old. The 20 Baht of 1995 was issued for the 50th anniversary of the Kings reign an interesting piece from this Far eastern country still in mourning following the death of its ruler!

A silver one ounce from Tokelau, a $2 and dated 2022 It features the Komodo Dragon, the pre-historic beast that only exists on the Indonesian island of Komodo.

Low mintage silver proof crown from 1981 struck in pure silver

Many of us will never have heard of the small South Pacific nation of Tonga, though some may have heard of its famous Queen Salote Tupou III who reigned for 48 years from 1918 until her death in 1965. It was on her only trip to Europe for our late Queen’s coronation in 1953 that she became famous for not wanting a covered carriage in the procession despite the pouring rain, and in doing so endeared herself to those lining the route. We have a small number of the crown-sized 1 pa’anga coin issued in 1967 to commemorate the famous queen just 2 years after her death, all in uncirculated condition.

The autonomous region called the TransDniester Republic issued a most unusual set of coins in 2014. They are made of composite material, are semi-transparent, and have a textured surface. This territory was part of the Soviet Union, and later became an unrecognised Moldovan breakaway state, that is still recognised internationally as being part of Moldova. These coins are a plastic-type material but with a hardness that produces a stone-like sound when rubbed. They were issued by the 'TransDniester Republic Bank' and there are 4 denominations. 1 Rouble circular, 3 Roubles square with rounded corners, 5 Roubles pentagon-shaped with rounded corners, and 10 Roubles hexagonal with rounded corners. They have rounded corners for ease of use and for ease of machine readability at high speeds. These were an experiment and who knows if they will continue to issue them. But we thought that they were very interesting and rather well priced so we obtained 100 sets of them. Supplies are limited.

Gold plated proof Crown issued by Tristan da Cunha in 2011 to honour H. M. Queen Elizabeth II being our oldest reigning Monarch ever. It also comes in the original capsule as issued.

This crownsized £5 coin was issued in 2006 to celebrate the 80th Birthday of Her Majesty the Queen. You have trumpets on one side and the Queen on the other side. It was issued by Tristan da Cunha and are in Uncirculated condition. We bought them as part of a big deal and so we can offer them to you at a bargain price. His error, your gain. Supplies are very limited and there is a limit of 2 pairs per collector. Buy one £5.00 for £5.00 and we will give you a second one for FREE

This Crown or 25 Pence piece was issued in 1980 for the Queen Mother’s 80th Birthday. It was issued by Tristan da Cunha a very small island in the South Atlantic Ocean. There are only about 300 people on the island, the only way to travel there is by ship from Cape Town, and you need to be able to climb back up a rope ladder to be allowed off the ship. In case the ship needs to leave quickly. You have a beautiful portrait of the Queen Mother with a tiara-like crown on one side and her daughter Queen Elizabeth II on the other side. These crowns are now 42 years old and still in Uncirculated condition. Today it would be almost impossible to find them in any quantity. With our recent move, a part bag was found which we put away in 1980. This crown is from a very remote and almost impossible to get to island. These crowns are now 42 years old and Uncirculated condition.

Queen Victoria was our longest serving Monarch, until our present Monarch surpassed her. Queen Victoria ruled Great Britain and the British dominions from 1837 until 1901. She was the most important and most powerful Royal anywhere. This bit of background on Queen Victoria is important to try and under stand just important she was. In 2001 a crownsized Silver Proof 50 Pence was issued by Tristan Da Cunha. It was authorized by the Palace, some were struck but some how they just got put away for the past 20 years. We got the chance to buy all that were left. We had never seen one before, so we knew it wasn’t common, and the mintage would be quite low. The price was really right, so we realized we could buy them, mark them up, make a profit, but still be offering scarce coins at a most realistic price. It was an everyone wins situation! We are offering the crown in Piedfort Silver Proof at a most reasonable price.

Queen Victoria was our longest-serving Monarch until Queen Elizabeth II surpassed her. Queen Victoria ruled Great Britain and the British dominions from 1837 until 1901. She was the most important and most powerful Royal anywhere. This bit of background on Queen Victoria is important to try and understand just important she was. In 2001 a crownsized Silver Proof 50 Pence was issued by Tristan Da Cunha. It was authorized by the Palace, some were struck but somehow they just got put away for the past 20 years. We got the chance to buy all that was left. We had never seen one before, so we knew it wasn’t common, and the mintage would be quite low. The price was really right, so we realized we could buy them, mark them up, and make a profit, but still be offering scarce coins at a most realistic price. It was an everyone-wins situation! We are offering the crown in Silver Proof at a most reasonable price.

Winston Churchill is one of Britain's most famous heroes and one of only two non-Royals featured on our crowns. This Silver Proof 50 Pence dated 1999 was issued by the tiny island nation of Tristan da Cunha and of course not many were struck, in fact, you almost never see them. You Have Churchill on the reverse with World War Two airplanes flying overhead the obverse has H. M. Queen Elizabeth II. We cannot remember the last time we had one of these. Supplies are very limited and it is one of the keys of the Churchill series. Priced at less than half what the mints are charging for a crown today. Each silver proof crown comes in a protective capsule.

This Rare Sterling Silver piedfort 50 Pence was issued by Tristan da Cunha in 2001 to celebrate the Queen’s 75th birthday. You have a youthful portrait on one side and a more mature portrait on the other side. The first that we have seen and so it is Rare.We don’t know the exact mintage but believe it is very small. Today the Royal Mint charges £155 for a silver piedfort crown sized coin. We bought them for the right price, so we are going to sell them for the right price. Not £155 but only £78!!! Supplies are very limited but our collectors deserve a special price saving offer from time to time.

Captain James Cook on his three voyages to the South Pacific, mapped all of New Zealand, much of the East Coast of Australia, found the Sandwich Islands and South Georgia. He was also the first European to begin formal contact with the Hawaii Islands. This was unfortunate, as when he returned there, there was a terrible fight and he was killed in 1779. This handsome silver plated diamond shaped coin from Tristan da Cunha honours this great explorer. You have Captain James Cook on one side with his sailing ship and a ships wheel behind him. The other side has H.M. the Queen. Each large sized diamond shaped crown comes in a unique heavy plastic capsule to protect the proof surface. A great man and a wonderful coin, what more could you ask for?