New Stock January 2024

We bought these some time ago and Steve just reminded me. They are a rendition of the Guernsey 8 Doubles, at that time Guernsey was the only place in the British Isles not to use the portrait of the Monarch. These are the first and only ones that we have seen or been offered. They are dated 2011 and read ‘1oz fine silver 9999’. They have the Guernsey coat of arms and are Proof condition. We have 30 pieces and don’t know where there are any more to be had.

In 2003 Hungary issued a 20 forint coin to honour one of the country’s greatest statesmen, Ferenc Deák de Kehida. Known as “The Wise Man of the Nation”, he was instrumental in bringing about the compromise that led to the Dual Monarchy within the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1867. On the obverse, we see the portrait of Deák himself along with the dates of his birth and death. These coins are in Brilliant Unc condition.

In 1808 the East India Company had some copper coins struck in Birmingham for use in India. The denomination was Ten Cash which was marked on the coin as X Cash. They were placed in wooden barrels and put on a ship called The Admiral Gardner to sail them to India. This is when the tragedy happened, the ship with all hands on board was sunk in the Goodwin Sands. It lay undiscovered for about 200 years until it was discovered by a crew of treasure hunters and brought up to the surface. Of course, after about 200 years under the sand and sea, the coins had some damage to them. I have graded these coins Grade B, which means that there is some damage to the edges what with all that has happened to them, they are still in very acceptable condition. We have graded them Very Good, Very Fine, and a very few in Extremely Fine. All the coins were professionally cleaned to preserve them. Each coin comes with a certificate of origin. British / Indian Treasure. These coins were purchased about 20 years ago when the Admiral Gardner was found.

Yes, it does say 1/12th Shillings... at the time these coins were issued Jersey did not use the Penny but rather the correct equivalent, or 1/12th of a Shilling. After all there were 12 Pennies to the Shilling. The first 1/12th of a Shilling was issued in 1945 under King George VI for the Liberation of Jersey from the Germans in the Second World War. The second coin was issued in 1960 for the 300th anniversary of the accession of King Charles II. This coin is in Brilliant Unc condition and now 64 years old. It is also one of only three commemorative Pennies or 1/12th of a Shilling that were issued.

Many people have never even heard of Kazakhstan. It is mostly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. Until 1991 it was part of the Soviet Union but since then it has been an independent country and issued its own coins. We have an especially attractive commemorative 100 Tenge coin in prooflike uncirculated to offer you. Celebrating a positive start for Children, it has stick figures of children with an open book. We bought these from a dealer we know in Kazakhstan. They are fantastic quality and a coin that you don’t often have a chance to add to your collection.

Having been to Nepal we can tell you that getting any coins is almost impossible in your change. The face value is so low that it costs more to strike the coins than you can spend them for. So we were very excited when we were offered a set of seven Uncirculated coins from Nepal. Six of them are struck in aluminium and the other in gold-coloured metal. You get 1, 2, 5, 5, 10, 25 and 50 Paisa. They have a crown, ox, horse, trident with sun and moon, and other symbols on the coins, most are from about 20-30 years ago. They are almost impossible to find in Nepal, but you can find them in London. You get all seven different Uncirculated coins! Try finding them elsewhere...