SILVER COINS OF THE WORLD
SILVER GERSH OF
ABYSSINIA
Abyssinia,
now known as Ethiopia, was an ancient kingdom. Its
kings traced their ancestry to King Solomon and the Queen of
Sheba. It was the oldest Christian nation, having converted
in the fourth century. The obverse of this silver 1 Gersh
features Emperor Menelik II, who during his rule from 1889 to 1913
modernized, unified and greatly expanded his kingdom. The
reverse shows the Lion of Ethiopia carrying a Coptic cross.
The coin was struck at the Paris mint and is dated 1895 in the
Ethiopian calendar, though it was minted from 1903 until 1928AD. Item
ET-12 ABYSSINIA (ETHIOPIA) SILVER GERSH KM12 EE1895 VG-FINE $6.00
SILVER
COIN FROM THE GRAND DUCHY OF
FINLAND
From
1809 to 1917 Finland was ruled by Czarist Russia, who
called the country the Grand Duchy of Finland. Finland
however had its own coinage. We offer this attractive silver 50
Pennia from the period of Czarist Russian domination in
Uncirculated condition. The 16mm coin is dated 1916 or
1917. The denomination
is on one side of the coin. The other features the crowned
Czarist double-headed eagle with the arms of Finland on its breast. The
coins were struck by the Helsinki mint. An "S",
for
mintmaster, Isac Sundell is below the eagle. Sundell, was
quite a survivor. He managed to hold his office for 35 years,
through World War I, Finland's War of Independence, and World
War II.
Item
FI-2 FINLAND-GRAND DUCHY SILVER 50 PENNIA
1916-17 KM2.2 UNC.
$10.00
COINS
FROM FINLAND’S CIVIL WAR
Finland was a Russian possession from 1809 until 1917. The
collapse of the Czarist government in March of 1917 created the
opportunity for Finland to demand their independence.
Fighting broke out between various pro-Russian and anti-Russian
factions. The Provisional Russian Government of Alexander
Kerenski, often called the "White Government" issued these
coins for the pro-Russian forces fighting in Finland. The
design is similar to the previous Czarist issues, featuring the
denomination on one side and the Russian eagle with the Finnish lion on
its breast on the other,
however the Czarist crown was removed from the eagle. In
November 1917 the Bolsheviks took over Russia, and on December 6, 1917
Finland declared its independence, thus ending this short-lived series.
We have two attractive silver coins from this brief series
The
silver 25 Penni is 16mm and is Uncirculated. The silver 50
Penni is 18.6mm and is Uncirculated. Considering
the age, grade and history of the coins, the price for them seems
remarkably low.
Item
FI-19 FINLAND-CIVIL WAR SILVER 25 PENNIA 1917
KM19 UNC.
$6.00
Item
FI-20 FINLAND-CIVIL WAR SILVER 50 PENNIA 1917
KM20 UNC.
$10.00
SILVER SOCCER
COIN FROM PARAGUAY
Soccer is the favorite sport of Paraguay, so it was only natural that
they issued this sterling silver Proof 1 Guarani to commemorate the
2006 World Cup Soccer (FIFA) games. The coin features a a
ball going into the goal on
the
reverse and the national arms on the obverse. The
attracrtive 40mm coin
is dated 2004 and contains .80 troy ounces of silver.
Item
PY-202
PARAGUAY 1 GUARANI 2004 SOCCER KM202
SILVER PROOF $39.50
ATTRACTIVE OLD
LATVIAN SILVER COINS
Latvia gained its freedom for the first time in hundreds of years
following the collapse of Czarist Russia in 1918. Latvia's freedom -
and its coinage - turned out to be short lived. In 1940,
after the signing of a secret pact between Stalin and Hitler, Soviet
troops occupied the country and annexed it into the Soviet
Union. Latvia would not again regain its independence until
the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union. We offer two
attractive and historic silver coins issued during Latvia’s short
period of independence. The silver 2 Lati was struck only 2
years; 1925 and 1926. It features the Latvian arms supported
by a lion and a griffon on one side and the denomination on the other.
The 27mm coin contains .2684 grams of silver. The attractive silver 5
Lats coin features a woman wearing a traditional Latvian hat on the
obverse and the Latvian arms on the reverse. The 37mm coin was minted
only in 1929, 1931 and 1932. The coin has a lettered edge,
was struck in .835 fine silver, weighs 25 grams and contains .6711 troy
ounces of silver. They are both attractive and historic
silver coins.
Item
LV-8
LATVIA 2 LATI 1925-26 KM8 VF-XF $19.95
Item
LV-9
LATVIA 5 LATS 1929-1932 KM9 VF-XF
$35.00
100th
ANNIVERSARY SCOUTING COIN FROM PORTUGAL
2007 marks the 100th anniversary of the Scouting movement, founded by
Robert Baden-Powell in England. To commemorate the
event Portugal
issued an this silver 5 Euro coin with a modernistic portrait of
Lord Baden-Powell on one side and the Portuguese Arms and the Scouting
logo
on the other.
Item
PT-SCOUT PORTUGAL
5 EURO 2007 SCOUTING SILVER
BU $29.95
FRENCH
OVERSEAS
TERRITORIES SILVER ESSAI (PATTERN) COINS
The silver 1/4 Euro coins commemorate French Medalist and coin designer
Louis Oscar Roty. Roty lived from 1846 to 1911. He
was a prolific sculpture and engraver. His works can be found
in most major European museums. He is probably best remembered for his
1898 engravraving of "Semeuse (the Sower) which graced French coins for
nearly a century. The obverse of each coin features
his portrait and the name of the territory. The reverse
features a beautiful rendition of one of his works on the
other. The coins are 27mm in diameter and contain 1/4 ounce
of .999 fine silver. There is a mintage of only 2000 pieces
of
each type. Each coin is graded Fleur-de-Coin (FDC) in French
standards, and is
Proof or Proof-like in American grading standards.
Item
TF-1/4E FRENCH ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES 1/4 EURO
2004 SILVER
PATTERN COIN FDC (PROOF) out
Item GF-1/4E FRENCH
GUYANA 1/4 EUROS 2004 PATTERN COIN FDC (PROOF)
$24.50
Item
GP-1/4E GUADELOUPE 1/4 EURO 2004 SILVER
PATTERN COIN FDC (PROOF) $24.50
Item
MQ-1/4R MARTINIQUE 1/4 EURO 2004 SILVER
PATTERN COIN (PROOF) out
Item
YT-1/4E MAYOTTE 1/4 EURO 2004 SILVER PATTERN
COIN (PROOF) out
Item
RE-1/4E REUNION 1/4 EURO 2004 SILVER PATTERN
COIN FDC
(PROOF) $14.95
Item
BART-1/4E ST. BARTHLEMY
SILVER 1/4 EURO ESSAI 2004 FDC (PROOF) out
Item
ST.MART-1/4E ST. MARTIN
SILVER 1/4 EURO ESSAI 2004 FDC (PROOF) out
Item
SPM-1/4E ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON 1/4
EURO SILVER PATTERN COIN FDC (PROOF) out
ALSO SEE THE FOLLOWING SILVER COINS
OLD CAMBODIAN SILVER COIN
SILVER COIN FROM THE
GRAND DUCHY OF FINLAND
COINS FROM FINLAND’S
CIVIL WAR
NAZI
GERMAN SILVER COINS
MEDIEVAL
HUNGARIAN SILVER COIN
SAILING
SHIP "FLYING CLOUD" ON SILVER PROOF
COIN FROM LIBERIA
LOW MINTAGE GOLD AND SILVER
COINS FROM MALI
JOHN BROWN ON LOW MINTAGE
NIGER SILVER
ICEBREAKER
TARMO ON SILVER PROOF COIN
MULTI-COLORED
HEART SHAPED DEVIL AND ANGEL
COIN
POLAND
GOLD ON SILVER WORLD
CUP SOCCER COIN
OLD
POLISH SILVER COIN OF SIGISMUND III
POLAND CELEBRATES THE 2008
OLYMPICS WITH
SILVER PROOF 10 ZLOTYCH COIN
SEALAND HONORS KILLER WHALES
BEAUTIFUL
DUGON COIN FROM SOLOMON ISLANDS
AMERICA'S FIRST
SILVER DOLLAR - THE PIECE-OF-EIGHT
PIRATE
TREASURE COB PIECE-OF-EIGHT
TOKELAU
SILVER COLOR COIN
FEATURES KILLER WHALES
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Abyssinia,
now known as Ethiopia, was an ancient kingdom. Its
kings traced their ancestry to King Solomon and the Queen of
Sheba. It was the oldest Christian nation, having converted
in the fourth century. The obverse of this silver 1 Gersh
features Emperor Menelik II, who during his rule from 1889 to 1913
modernized, unified and greatly expanded his kingdom. The
reverse shows the Lion of Ethiopia carrying a Coptic cross.
The coin was struck at the Paris mint and is dated 1895 in the
Ethiopian calendar, though it was minted from 1903 until 1928AD. 
From
1809 to 1917 Finland was ruled by Czarist Russia, who
called the country the Grand Duchy of Finland. Finland
however had its own coinage. We offer this attractive silver 50
Pennia from the period of Czarist Russian domination in
Uncirculated condition. The 16mm coin is dated 1916 or
1917. The denomination
is on one side of the coin. The other features the crowned
Czarist double-headed eagle with the arms of Finland on its breast. The
coins were struck by the Helsinki mint. An "S",
for
mintmaster, Isac Sundell is below the eagle. Sundell, was
quite a survivor. He managed to hold his office for 35 years,
through World War I, Finland's War of Independence, and World
War II.
