Bag of 10 South African Farthings

Citta del Vaticano, or Vatican City, issued its own coins up until 2002 when it adopted the Euro. These Aluminium 2 Lire coins (KM.50) were issued in the name of Pope Pius XII in 1958 and were the last of their type issued since he died in October 1958. The coins are low mintage with only 30,000 being struck. They have the crowned shield on the obverse and on the reverse the figure of Fortitude standing with a lion at his feet. Even better, they come in Brilliant Uncirculated condition and are now nearly 65 years old and rather difficult to find.

This is a Coincraft Special Offer! Three coins from Denmark each issued with hole in the centre. They were used up until World War Two and then they were replaced. The coins are the 1, 2 and 5 Ore struck in copper and with that hole in the middle. This was in order to differentiate denominations that were of similer size and metal. This is not a set you see everyday, infact you don’t see all that often at all. One of our dealers came up with this hoard and at a price we just could not believe. At Coincraft if when we make a good buy, our collectors make a good buy. You can have this interesting set of three Danish coins used up to World War Two for just £3.75. Get them while you can it sure is a Special Offer.

In 1942, during World War II Sweden change the metal content of its smallest coins. That is the 1, 2 and 5 Ore were now made in steel? During the War you used whatever metal was most readily available and of the least use elsewhere. They liked this new coinage so well that they carried on making them until 1950. So some of the coins will be struck during the War and some shortly afterwards. We think it is a most interesting set and that they carried on using them after the War. The set of three coins are in Very Fine condition and now at least 70 years old.