SILVER COINS OF THE WORLD
With
silver prices soaring, a LOT of nice silver coins are being melted.
In the future, many "common" silver coins will be
increasingly difficult to find.
Many
of the new arrivals on this page are coins I rescued from
dealers before they were shipped off to the smelters.
SILVER SOCCER
COINS FROM SOUTH AMERICA
Soccer is the favorite sport of South America, so it not surprising
that South American countries issued these silver Proof coins
commemorating the 2006 World Cup Soccer (FIFA) games. From
Argentina is a sterling silver 5 Peso showing a player kicking the ball
on the
obverse and the logo of the 2006 games on the reverse. The coin
contains .8029 troy oz. of silver. The
Paraguay sterling silver 1 Guarani shows a ball going into the goal on
the
reverse and the national arms on the obverse. The 40mm coin
contains .80 troy ounces of silver. The .sterling
silver Uruguay 1000 Pesos shows a stylized goal keeper grabbing the
ball on the reverse and the national arms on the reverse. The
40mm coin contains .8029 troy oz. of silver. All
three coins are dated 2004 and are
PROOF.
Item AR-5P04
ARGENTINA 5 PESOS 2004 SOCCER
SILVER KM146 PROOF out
Item
PY-202
PARAGUAY 1 GUARANI 2004 SOCCER KM202
SILVER PROOF $39.50
Item
UY-123
URUGUAY 1000 PESOS 2004 SOCCER KM123
SILVER PROOF out
BELARUS SILVER
OLYMPIC
COINS
Belarus
has
issued an extensive and very popular series of commemorative coins for
sale to collectors, most with very limited mintages. Belarus
has
not issued any coins for general circulation. Paper money,
rather
than coins, is used in commerce. These two sterling silver
Belarus 20 Ruble coins are 38.6mm in diameter. Each contains .7780 troy
ounces of silver. The 2005 issue
features two Ice Hockey players and was issued for the 2006 Winter
Olympics. It has a mintage of 15,000 pieces. The
2006 issue
has an unusual design that features runners running around the coin in
a circular fashion. It was issued for the 2008 Summer
Olympics
and has an authorized mintage of up to 20,000 pieces. The
national arms is on the obverse of each coin.
Item
BY-OLY05
BELARUS 20 RUBLES 2005 KM133 ’06
OLYMPICS SILVER PROOF $39.50
Item
BY-OLY06
BELARUS 20 RUBLES 2006 ’08 OLYMPICS
SILVER PROOF out
THE BEAUTIFUL MARIA
THERESA THALER
Many
consider the Maria Theresa Thaler to be one of the most beautiful coins
in the world. It is certainly one of the most
popular. This silver coin is larger than a United States
silver dollar. The veiled "fat lady" on the coin was
considered the epitome of beauty in much of the Middle East, so for
many years it was the standard trade coin in the region. Since troops
and traders from many nations needed the coins to operate in the middle
east it has been restruck in mints throughout the world, including
Prague, Milan, London, Paris, Brussels, Kremintz, Rome, Bombay and
Florence. It is still being struck today in Vienna. Despite where and
when it was struck, it is always dated 1780, the year
Maria Theresa died. It is struck in .833 fine silver and contains
slightly over 3/4 of a troy ounce of silver. Maria, as Empress of the
Holy Roman Empire was noted both for her diplomatic skills and for
giving birth to 16 children, thus making her a direct ancestor of most
of the royal houses of Europe.
Item
AT-MTT
MARIA THERESA THALER, 1780
(restrike) BU $37.95
UNITED STATES
COLONIAL SILVER COINS FOR THE PHILIPPINES
These silver coins were issued by the United States for the
Philippines, which was a United States colony at the time. All four
coins have the same design featuring the United States arms
and an Eagle on the obverse. A woman with a hammer and anvil standing
in front of a volcano is on the reverse. The silver
Peso is dated 1907 to 1909 and was struck at the San Francisco
mint. It was struck in .800 fine silver and
contains .5144 ounces of silver. The lower
denomination coins date from 1907 until 1935 and are struck in .750
fine silver. The coins were struck in San Francisco until
1919,
while later issues were struck at the United States branch mint in
Manila. These attractive and historic silver coins are a reminder of
America's brief colonial empire.
Item PH-172 PHILIPPINES SILVER 1 PESO
1907-1909
F-VF KM172 OUT
Item PH-SET3 PHILIPPINES SILVER 10, 20
& 50 CENTAVOS
1907-1935 KM169-171 VG-F
$16.00
Item PH-SET4 ALL 4 OF THE ABOVE PHILIPPINE
SILVER COINS:
10, 20, 50 CENTAVOS & 1 PESO 1907-1935 VG-VFOUT
ALSO SEE:
THE LAST JAPANESE INVASION NOTE FOR THE
PHILIPPINES
UNUSUAL
PHILIPPINE CURRENCY
PHILIPPINES
PEOPLE POWER REVOLUTION COIN
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 XF
$22.50
Item
LV-9
LATVIA 5 LATS 1929-1932 KM9 VF-XF
$35.00
BEAUTIFUL OLD BU SAUDI
SILVER RIYAL
This Brilliant Uncirculated silver 1
Riyal of Saudi Arabia is dated
AH1370 (AD1950). It was struck to the specifications of the
old Indian Rupee which had ceased production in 1939, but was still the
standard coin of Saudi Arabia. It contains 11.6 grams of .917
fine silver. The coin was minted in the United States in order to pay
for Saudi oil. In keeping with Islamic tradition, the design
avoids showing any human figures. Instead the design features
crossed swords, a pair of palm trees and a design primarily made up of
calligraphy. It is an attractive old coin that is quite
reasonably priced considering its age and condition
Item SA-18
SAUDI ARABIA SILVER 1 RIYAL 1950AD AH1370 KM18 BU
$22.50
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) $24.50
Item
YT-1/4E MAYOTTE 1/4 EURO 2004 SILVER PATTERN
COIN (PROOF) $24.50
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)
$24.50
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) $24.50
ALSO SEE THE FOLLOWING SILVER COINS
COOK ISLANDS 2012 TITANIC
SILVER PROOF COIN WITH COAL FROM THE TITANIC
2011 COOK ISLANDS COIN
CONTAINS PIECE OF A MUONIONALUSTA IRON METEORITE
NAZI
GERMAN SILVER COINS
MEDIEVAL HUNGARIAN SILVER COIN
EARLY DATED MADONNA & CHRIST CHILD
DENARS OF HUNGARY
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
A
SMELLY SURFER COIN FROM PALAU
BEAUTIFUL MULTI-COLORED BIRD COINS FROM
PALAU
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
SHIP
ON OLD POLISH COIN
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
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This Brilliant Uncirculated silver 1
Riyal of Saudi Arabia is dated
AH1370 (AD1950). It was struck to the specifications of the
old Indian Rupee which had ceased production in 1939, but was still the
standard coin of Saudi Arabia. It contains 11.6 grams of .917
fine silver. The coin was minted in the United States in order to pay
for Saudi oil. In keeping with Islamic tradition, the design
avoids showing any human figures. Instead the design features
crossed swords, a pair of palm trees and a design primarily made up of
calligraphy. It is an attractive old coin that is quite
reasonably priced considering its age and condition