Cyprus, George V, 9 piastres  1919 Fine

This 1939 20c Malay coin was issued during World War II. A very interesting coin. Supplies are very limited and it carries the portrait of a British Monarch. Struck in Silver and offered in Very Fine.

The Kingdom of Sardinia, also referred to as the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont or Piedmont-Sardinia was an independent state for 600 years before the creation of a United Italy in the 1860s. Its territories consisted of the island of Sardinia and a large stretch of north-eastern Italy and the capital was based in Turin. The Sardinian lira was the currency between 1816 and 1861. Here we have a selection of copper 5 centesimi coins in Fine condition struck in 1826 during the reign of King Carlo Felice of the ruling House of Savoy.

The creation of a unified monetary system in the Netherlands in the early 18th century saw the introduction of the guilder or gulden. Thanks to similarities in size and quality, old ducats and “rijksdaalder” became 2½ guilders. The coin was routinely nicknamed a rijksdaalder right up to the introduction of the euro in 2002. We have a number of these coins issued in silver between 1959 and 1966 and in Extremely Fine condition. These were the last of the denominations to be struck in silver before being replaced by nickel.