1887 Florin Uncirculated

This is something you will not see often. These bronze coins from Greek colony city of Olbia in Thrace were cast in the shape of a dolphin! They were made to honour their god Apollo Delphinios. This name is linked to the story of Cretan sailors in a storm who were guided to safety by Apollo shaped as a dolphin, landing at Delphi they became his priests. It also likely that the people were imitating what they saw, there were large numbers of dolphins in the Black Sea and still are today! Playful and intelligent, they would have been as friendly then as they are now. These were cast in bronze in the 5th to 4th centuries B.C., and because of this process do not have a tail. They show the body, the vast majority have the dorsal fin and some will even have eye pellets. As always the first to order will get the best, in this case the shape and features!

We just bought 10 of these sought after £100 fine silver coins that were issued in 2015. They were a series of London Landmarks featuring The Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben), Buckingham Palace and Trafalgar Square. This is the Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben) coin in Specimen Brilliant Uncirculated and comes in the original Royal Mint presentation pack but we only have 10 available and in the past when we have offered them they have always sold out quickly. They also have fairly low mintages, and went under the radar of a lot of collectors.

We just bought 10 of these sought after £100 fine silver coins that were issued in 2015. They were a series of London Landmarks featuring The Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben), Buckingham Palace and Trafalgar Square. This is the Buckingham Palace coin in Specimen Brilliant Uncirculated and comes in the original Royal Mint presentation pack but we only have 10 available and in the past when we have offered them they have always sold out quickly. They also have fairly low mintages, and went under the radar of a lot of collectors.