Articles Archive for December 2008

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AUSTRIA silver 2 gulden 1879

From comments to Collecting Rare Coins:
Hi there;
I owe an old silver coin that I would like to sell.
Here is its description:
Around the rim:
ZWEI. GULDEN . XLV. KET. FORINT*
Front:
Portrait of a couple;
FRANC.IOS.I.D.G.AUSTR.IMP.ET.HUNG.REX.AP.ELISABETHA.IMP.ET.REG*
Back:
Goddess Fortuna with Cornucopia
QUINTUM.MATRIMONII.LUSTRUM.CELEBRANT.XXIV.APRILIS.MDCCCLXXIX*
What is the catalog value and would you be interested in buying it?
Sincerely, Karin Lacy
Chico, CA, karinlacy@gmail.com

1879 Austrian Silver Commemorative Coin

Hi Karin Lacy, it is an Austrian 2 Gulden (equal to two florins or forints) piece commemorating the silver wedding (25th) anniversary of Emperor Franz Joseph and Empress Elisabeth in 1879. This silver coin should weigh 24.69 …

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Commemorative silver coins

Modern coinage is following the ancient tradition in coinage. Coins of the Bank of Russia are still manufacturing at Moscow Mint and St. Petersburg Mint. Their features are the high quality of coinage and perfect decorative design. The silver coins producible there are in popular demand throughout the Russia as well as abroad.
Taking a part in collection the global forces for the environmental protection Russian signifies it issuing the set ‘Save Our World’.

The ‘Sable’ was mint at 1995. It commemorative silver coin presents on the reverse the sable sitting on …