East Africa, George V, 1 Cent 1922 Uncirculated With Lustre

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!

Founded in 709 B.C., the ancient city of Parion is the present day town of Kemer in Turkey. The image of the Gorgoneion was used to ward off evil and so was put on this silver Drachm made in Parion in the 6th Century B.C. We have two grades, Fine & Very Fine, a fascinating charm, 2500 years ago and now.

Coincraft’s Standard Catalogue of the coins of Scotland, Ireland, Channel Islands and Isle of Man was published nearly 25 years ago in 1999 and, at the time, it was a ground-breaking new work which detailed over 1000 years of coin issues beginning with the earliest Hiberno-Norse coinage in 995 AD and running right through to the latest decimal issues of the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. The book didn’t stop there as it also covers token issues, proof and specimen sets, patterns and Ecus with detailed information about the coin issues and market values in up to four grades for some issues. The book is profusely illustrated throughout with helpful collecting hints noted for a lot of the earlier issues. It is a large format A4 hardbound book with 440 pages and it was published at the time at £34.50 Now, here’s the thing, we thought we had sold out of this book but in a recent stocktake at our warehouse we found around 100 copies gathering dust in a corner and we weren't sure what to do with them so we came up with this offer for you, our collectors. As we mentioned, the book sold for £34.50 back in 1999 but we are going to offer you the book together with a pack of 8 coins (also with a retail price £34.50) from Scotland, Ireland, Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man for just £24.50 in total, that’s 8 coins plus this great book all for £24.50. Tell us we are mad but honestly, we want a handful of our collectors to own a copy of this great book and enjoy using it and maybe start collecting these underappreciated coins. PLEASE NOTE: Please Note: Overseas Clients: please ask for quote as extra postage is often required for postage outside the UK. Before we ship books we will advise you of the shipping costs by e-mail, as these costs vary significantly per book and per region.