New Stock April 2024

In 1967 New Zealand introduced the decimal dollar, but we can now off er you fl orins from the early 1960s before the new coinage came in. The coins are all in copper nickel, but come in Uncirculated condition. On the obverse is the young laureate head of the late Queen Elizabeth II, with the iconic kiwi bird on the reverse side.

Born around the year A.D. 265 in Roman Dacia, Licinius grew up with the future emperor Galerius and they served in the Roman army together. Galerius later appointed him Augustus in the West in A.D. 308. Following the deaths of Galerius, Maximinus II and Maxentius, the empire was left under the control of Licinius and Constantine the Great in A.D. 313. Licinius married Constantine’s half-sister, Constantia, to improve relations but in reality, both men only wanted control of the whole empire! They fought on and off until A.D. 324 when Constantine defeated Licinius first at Hadrianopolis and then at Chrysopolis. Licinius surrendered and, thanks to his wife, was sent to retirement. In A.D. 325 Licinius and his son were both hanged on the orders of Constantine for plotting. We offer you a bronze coin struck for Licinius which shows his bust on the obverse with various reverses. We can provide two grades, Fine and Very Fine, and as we have not been able to offer these for a long while we expect they will sell fast! Get the coin of Constantine the Great’s ultimate rival and imagine, what could the world be like if he had won.

In 1854 Luxembourg introduced the decimal franc and now we can off er you the first ever bronze 10 centime coin minted for use in the country. It features a crowned coat of arms for the Grand Duchy, which was then ruled by King Willem III of the Netherlands in a personal union. This lasted until his death in 1890, after which the throne of Luxembourg passed to a minor branch of the Dutch Royal House of Orange-Nassau as laws of the Grand Duchy then banned female succession. These coins are in Fine condition or better.

In 1939 the Malayan dollar replaced the Straits Settlement dollar and it remained the territory’s currency until 1953. We have a number of high grade 1943 cents in Uncirculated condition. Like similar denominations of the Straits Settlement dollar that preceded them, these coins are also square with rounded corners. These were reduced in size by the colony’s Currency Board during the war to save money and due to a shortage of materials. King George VI appears on the obverse with the denomination within a beaded circle showing the issuing authority, the Commissioners of Currencies of Malaya.

A silver one ounce from Niue, a $2 piece dated 2022 and features Darth Vader.

A silver one ounce from Niue, depicts the Disney legends Donald Duck & Mickey Mouse 2023 $2.

We have just had these sets come in which were made to mark the remembrance of the 80th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor. They were made a few years ago but we have only just managed to get them. There are five medals in the set which come in a nice presentation case, they each have The USS Arizona Memorial on one side with the text USS ARIZONA BB-39. This memorial is built across the ship’s remains which lies at the bottom of Pearl Harbor, and is dedicated to the 1,177 officers and crewmen who perished on that day. The other side of each medal carries a scene from the Pearl Harbor attack on 7 December 1941.

The Qarlughids (or Karluk Turks) were a tribe founded by Hasan the father and Nasir the son who wandered out of Afghanistan and took over Sind in Pakistan. They established a short-lived but prosperous Muslim principality and dynasty that lasted between 1224 and 1266. The coins on off er are small copper Jitals issued by Nasir Al-Din Muhammad (1249-59). Jitals are a category of every-day coin in silver, billon and copper minted between 750 and 1250 AD in the area which is now East-Afghanistan, Pakistan and North-West India. The coin shows an outline of a horse on the obverse with an Arabic legend around and on the reverse is a Nagari inscription. Over 750 years old and off ered in at least Good Very Fine condition.

Between 1991 and 1993 this 100 lei coin circulated in Romania bearing the image of Michael the Brave (Mihai Viteazul), and is seen as a national hero and the eff ective ruler of the country in the late 16th Century. Born Mihai Pătrașcu, he is hailed as a symbol of national unity during Romania’s struggle with the Ottoman Empire. The coin is struck in nickel plated steel and comes in Brilliant Uncirculated condition.