Tuesday Treasure Trove - Samoa 10 Sene Proof

Samoa - 10 Sene
Date: 1974
Mint: N/A
Grade: Proof 
KM#: 15a
Content: 0.9250 Silver
Weight: 6.37g 
Mintage: 5,578
Value: $3.25

Here is one of my newest treasures, a silver proof version of a Samoan 10 Sene coin.  I picked it up from a local coin show about 2 weeks ago for more than it is worth.  I paid about $6.00 for it; roughly the melt value for the coin.  To me, the deal was a trade-off, pay a little less than twice the catalog value for a coin that had a very low mintage.  The mintage, noted above, is extremely low.  To me, it was a sign that I should just buy it.  So I did and here it is for the world to see! 

It has great toning on the reverse side of the coin.  The coin is not in the greatest condition considering that it is a proof coin, but despite it's flaws, I find it quite a collectible and affordable coin to add to my collection.  This is 1 of 3 Samoan coins that I own.  The Kingdom of Samoa is very small group of islands, located west of American Samoa.  It was formerly known as Western Samoa until they decided to change their name, which was opposed by the natives of the U.S. Territorial portion of the island chain.  Just a quick fact; American Samoans are not citizens of the U.S., but instead they are American Nationals, which is a step above permanent resident alien and a step below citizen.  Out of all of the inhabited territories within the jurisdiction of the U.S. Federal and Territorial governments, American Samoans are not granted automatic citizenship at birth.

Anyway, should you run into one of these coins, you should probably purchase it as the mintage is quite low and it is an odd-ball type coin to own!

Happy Tuesday!

Tuesday Treasure Trove - Singapore

Singapore probably one of the more well-known city-state countries in the world.  It is one of the financial hubs of Asia, and probably the financial center of Southeast Asia.  It's competition is Hong Kong, although now it's part of China, it still retains some autonomy and city-stateness.  Anyways, here are some coins that I found in a bin.  They were cheap and since I didn't have these, I purchased them! I have tons of the newer type Singaporean coins but none of these.  Once upon a time, I lived and studied in Singapore and that's why I was able to amass tons of coins, but never really had the time to look for a shop that sold coins and paper money - although I know they exist!

Anyway, here's something that most people don't know, not even collectors of numismatic products: Singapore and Brunei have a currency union! Meaning that you can use Brunei Ringgit and Singapore Dollars at par in the two respective countries!  Although in practice, it is very rare that someone would spend Brunei Ringgit in Singapore.  Just doesn't happen!

So these coins, 20 Cents (KM#4) and 10 Cents (KM#3) were the part of the first coins produced by an independent Singapore.  Formerly, Singapore used the currency of Malaysia, but after Singapore was expelled from the political union, they were forced to create their own currency. The first coins were very beautiful, more beautiful than the coins produced today.  Regardless, I got these in UNC condition and they are 80 cents and 35 cents respectively!

Tuesday Treasure Trove - Netherlands (Dutch) Coins!

1.

Netherlands

½ Cent 1912

VG – KM#138

2.

Netherlands

1 Cent – 1880

VF – KM#107

3.

Netherlands

1 Cent – 1881

VF – KM#107

4. 

Netherlands

1 Cent – 1942

 XF – KM#170

5.

Netherlands

1 Cent – 1969

UNC – KM#180

6.

Netherlands

10 Cents – 1941

XF – KM#173

7.

Netherlands

10 Cents – 1942

XF – KM#173

8.

Netherlands

10 Cents – 1942

XF – KM#173

9.

Netherlands

10 Cents – 1943

XF – KM#173

10. 

Netherlands

25 Cents – 1941

XF – KM#174

11.

Netherlands

25 Cents – 1942

XF – KM#174

12.

Netherlands

25 Cents – 1948

XF – KM#178 

13.

Netherlands

1 Guilden – 1967

XF – KM#184a 

14.

Netherlands

1 Guilden – 1979

XF – KM#184a 

 

 Hello Bloggers and Readers! Here's an exciting post on some more coins that were picked up in my huge coin hoarding quest! I haven't found much lately in terms of freebies, nor have I been able to purchase any coins, but since I still have about 200 more coins to post about, I will leave you with these 14 coins that I found to be quite interesting.  

The first three coins are the ones that I find interesting.  They are old and only cost be 4 cents each, actually, every coin depicted here only cost me 4 cents a piece, but cost aside, these are quite old.  The first coin, the 1/2 cent, I found buried at the bottom of the dealers bin.  It was at the very very bottom and was neglected, so I bought it and gave it a home.  It has some damage on it, but even so, it's worth about 50 cents.  Many of the zinc coins are in pretty descent condition and therefore, fetch a far better price at around $3 each for the 10 and 25 cent pieces.  Here's another example of a Dutch WWII 10 Cent piece from my fellow bloggers website if you're interested http://mycoinbox.blogspot.ca/2012/09/1942-netherlands-10-cents.html 

It's a shame that these coins are now extinct and not in use anymore due to the introduction of the Euro Monetary system.  You can't even exchange the former coins anymore as that window of opportunity has now passed! Who knows though, maybe the Euro will collapse and they will reintroduce these coins again! FINGERS CROSSED!