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AUSTRALIA - CIRCULATION |
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3P 1943D KM-37 |
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PCGS MS 65 |
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Owner Comments
Australia - 1943D 3 Pence - KM #37 - Mintage: 16,000,000
Minted by the Denver Mint for circulation in Australia during World War II.
Date acquired: 10/2/2011 (Already graded by PCGS)
Rev 1/17/2016
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CUBA |
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1C 1915 KM-9.1 |
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NGC MS 64 |
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Owner Comments
Cuba - 1915(P) 1 Centavo - KM #9.1 - Mintage: 9,396,000
These copper-nickel coins were minted by the US Mint in Philadelphia.
Date acquired: 8/9/2014 (raw coin)
Date graded: 12/29/2014 (self submitted to NGC)
Rev. 12/29/2014
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CUBA |
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1C 1915 KM-9.1 |
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PCGS MS 62 |
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Owner Comments
Cuba - 1915 1 Centavo - KM #9.1 - Mintage: 1 9,396,000
These coins were minted by the US Mint in Philadelphia.
Date acquired: 5/16/2010 (Already graded by PCGS)
Rev. 5/3/2016
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CUBA |
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1C 1943 KM-9.02a |
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PCGS MS 63 |
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Owner Comments
Cuba - 1943 - 1 Centavo - KM #9.02a - Mintage: 20,000,000
These One Centavo coins were minted in brass recovered from spend artillery shell casings by the US Mint in Philadelphia during World War II. Up until then, they were minted in copper -nickel. Despite the picture quality, this coin exhibits a sharp strike with exceptional luster.
Date acquired: 10/20/2011 (Already graded by PCGS)
Rev. 12/2/2015
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CUBA |
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1C 1943 KM-9.02a |
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NGC UNC Details |
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Owner Comments
Cuba - 1943 - 1 Centavo - KM #9.02a - Mintage: 20,000,000
These One Centavo coins were minted in brass by the US Mint in Philadelphia during World War II. Up until then, they were minted in copper -nickel. Despite the picture quality, this coin exhibits a sharp strike with exceptional luster.
Date acquired: 8/9/2014 (raw coin)
Date graded: 1/12/2015 (self submitted)
Rev. 1/12/2015
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CUBA |
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1C 1943 KM-9.02a |
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NGC MS 63 |
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Owner Comments
Cuba - 1943 - 1 Centavo - KM #9.02a - Mintage: 20,000,000
These One Centavo coins were minted in brass by the US Mint in Philadelphia during World War II. Up until then, they were minted in copper -nickel. This coin exhibits a sharp strike with excellent luster.
Date acquired: 2/5/2016 (Already graded by NGC)
Rev. 3/1/2016
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CURACAO |
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2.5C 1948 KM-42 |
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NGC MS 66 RD |
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Owner Comments
Curaçao - 1948(u) 2 1/2 Cents (KM #42) - Mintage: 1,000,000
Obverse: Rampant Lion and Field from the shield of the coat of arms
Obverse Legend: MUNT VAN CURAÇAO (Mint of Curaçao), date below
Reverse: Denomination within a wreath of orange tree branches.
Edge: Reeded
This coin contains two privy marks which identify the mint and the mint master.
The fish to the left of the date represents the mint master at the time the coin was minted. J.W.A. van Hengel served as the mint master from 1945 through 1969. Van Hengel started as acting mint master during World War II from 1942 until 1944. After the war he became the true mint master of the Royal Dutch Mint, and used a fish as his privy mark.
The caduceus to the right of the date has been the mint mark of the dutch Royal Mint since 1816 and is present on most coins minted by the Utrecht mint. This mark is called "staff of Mercury" in dutch, referring to the God Mercury. He is often depicted with a staff and symbolizes trade and profit, hence it's relation with the mint. The wings on top of the staff, as well as the two snakes, refer to Mercury's Greek predecessor Hermes who is often seen with two wings on a helmet or on his sandals.
The primary element on the obverse is the central elements of the shield from the Dutch coat of arms. The background (field) of the shield is azure which is a dark royal blue that is represented by horizontal lines in engraving. Also part of the background is gold billetty which are vertically oriented gold blocks, twice as long as they are wide, arranged in rows but not directly underneath each other. A hatched pattern of dots is used in engraving to represent the gold color of the billets. The lion is rampant (standing on his back legs), crowned with a coronet, and is also gold with a red tongue and red claws. In his sinister (left front) paw he is holding seven silver arrows bound together with a gold ribbon, representing the seven provinces of the Union of Utrecht. In his dexter (right front) paw he is brandishing a silver sword with a golden hilt
Date acquired: 3/14/2016 (Already graded by NGC)
Rev. 12/5/2018
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CURACAO |
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5C 1943 KM-40 |
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NGC MS 65 |
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Owner Comments
Curaçao/Suriname - KM #40 - 1943 (P) 5 Cents - Total Mintage: 8,595,000
Curaçao: 500,000 minted in 1943
Curaçao: 1,500,000 minted in 1944 (dated 1943)
Suriname: 6,595,000 minted in 1944 (dated 1943)
The coin does not bear either a palm tree privy mark or a mint mark, but it was struck expressly for use in Curaçao and Suriname by the Philadelphia mint during World War II while The Netherlands was occupied by Germany. The homeland type of KM#153 was last issued in the Netherlands in 1940.
Date acquired: 8/31/2013 (Already graded by NGC)
Rev. 1/9/2016
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CURACAO |
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5C 1948 KM-47 |
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NGC MS 66 |
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Owner Comments
Curaçao - 1948(u) 5 Cents (KM #47) - Total Mintage: 1,000,000
Obverse: Orange branch within circle "MUNT VAN CURAÇAO" (Mint of Curaçao)
Reverse: Date divided by denomination within shells and beads.
This coin was minted by the Utrecht mint although it contains no privy marks to indicate it.
As of this revision, this particular specimen is one of the finest known by NGC. PCGS and NGC each have recorded one finer at MS67.
Date acquired: 1/30/2016 (Already graded by NGC)
Rev. 12/5/2018
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CURACAO |
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2.5G 1944D KM-46 |
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NGC MS 64 |
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Owner Comments
Curacao 2-1/2 Gulden (KM# 46) 1944D (Palm Tree privy mark) - Mintage: 200,000
(60,000 coins melted down after minting)
Lettered Edge: "GOD * ZIJ * MET * ONS *"
This coin was minted in Denver for circulation in the Dutch Colony of Curacao during World War II. It is interesting to note that the O in CURACAO is actually tilted.
This is a really nice, bright white coin. A couple of contact marks principally on the check and some scuffing in the hair is all that keeps this coin from getting a higher grade.
Date acquired: 5/8/2013 (already graded by NGC)
Rev. 5/9/2013
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ECUADOR |
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5C 1918 KM-60.2 |
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NGC UNC Details |
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Owner Comments
Ecuador - 1918 -5 Centavos - KM-60.2 - Mintage: 7,980,000
These coins were minted for the "Repuplica Del Ecuador" by the Philadelphia mint. These coins were only minted in 1917 and 1918, with the 1918 issue outnumbering the 1917 issue by nearly a factor of 7. Despite the significantly higher mintage, these coins circulated heavily and are nearly as difficult to acquire in mint state as the 1917. Although this coin IS uncirculated, NGC interpreted some die polishing lines on the reverse as hairlines and assigned it a details grade. I will be talking to them about this at a future numismatic event.
Update: I took this coin to the ANA show in 2016 and was assured that what I interpreted as die polishing lines are actually hairlines. So it goes...
Date acquired: 6/20/2006 (raw coin)
Date graded: 10/28/2015 (self submitted to NGC)
Rev. 12/19/2018
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Registry |
| Origin/Country: |
ECUADOR |
| Design Description: |
R-3E-LC-Y--3B |
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5C 1919 3 BERRIES KM-63 |
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NGC MS 63 |
| Research: |
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Owner Comments
Ecuador - 1919 -5 Centavos - KM-63 - Mintage: 12,000,000 (Providence Mint)
History
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These coins were minted for the "Republica Del Ecuador" by the Providence Mint, a division of Gorham Manufacturing Company in Providence Rhode Island. Known primarily for producing high-quality sterling silverware and holloware, they also produced silver and base metal coins for several foreign countries including Ecuador, Serbia, and Cuba. The most notable of these are the several varieties of 1897 Cuban "Souvenir Pesos", and the 1898 Cuban Peso.
Varieties
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I became interested in this "one year type" in 2004, and I have acquired quite a few of these coins over the years since. Krause & Mishler identifiy three main varieties, but I have come to realize that there are many more significant die varieties than that. The ones that everyone knows are all linked to the configuration of berries directly to the left of the "C" in Centavos on the reverse. They are as follows:
- 3 berries to left of "C" on reverse. Most common variety.
- 4 berries tightly grouped to left of "C" on reverse. (aka 4 Berries tight) Sub-varieties exist.
- 4 berries loosely grouped to left of "C" on reverse. (aka 4 Berries loose) This variety is extremely rare.
In addition to these, I have noticed that there are two sub-varieties of the grouping of the 4 berries tight variety. They exist in both a square and diamond configuration. The square pattern being much more common than the diamond pattern. Varieties also exist in the style and positioning of the letters in the word CENTAVOS.
All of the focus has been on the varieties exhibited on the reverse, but there are very noticeable varieties on the obverse as well. The three main elements on the obverse that are of interest are:
- The overall style of the design (Refined or Crude)
- The number and style of tail feathers on the condor perched atop the coat of arms.
- The size and position of the sun just below the condor.
- The presence or absence of the backstay on the mizzenmast of the ship.
Combine all of the obverse and reverse varieties, and one could define a collection similar to all of the varieties known for the 1878 8TF Morgan Dollar!
Based on the large number of die varieties and style of the design, I have come to the conclusion that there was probably no master hub used and that each die was very likely hand cut.
NGC has certified 4 of the 3 Berry variety coins as "Specimen", but I have never seen one of these, so I do not know what distinguishes these specimen coins from the normal production strike coins.
This Coin
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This particular coin is a very beautiful and near proof like example of the most common 3 Berry variety.
Obverse characteristics are:
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Overall design: ............Refined
Condor Tail Feathers: 3, even
Sun Size: ......................Large and centered
Mizzenmast Backstay: Yes
Date acquired: 12/30/2007 (raw coin)
Date graded: 10/28/2015 (self submitted to NGC)
Rev. 10/9/2016
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Registry |
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ECUADOR |
| Design Description: |
R-4E-VC-M--3B |
| Item Description: |
5C 1919 3 BERRIES KM-63 |
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NGC UNC Details |
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Owner Comments
Ecuador - 1919 -5 Centavos - KM #63 - Mintage: 12,000,000 (Providence Mint)
History
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These coins were minted for the "Republica Del Ecuador" by the Providence Mint, a division of Gorham Manufacturing Company in Providence Rhode Island. Known primarily for producing high-quality sterling silverware and holloware, they also produced silver and base metal coins for several foreign countries including Ecuador, Serbia, and Cuba. The most notable of these are the several varieties of 1897 Cuban "Souvenir Pesos", and the 1898 Cuban Peso.
Varieties
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I became interested in this "one year type" in 2004, and I have acquired quite a few of these coins over the years since. Krause & Mishler identifiy three main varieties, but I have come to realize that there are many more significant die varieties than that. The ones that everyone knows are all linked to the configuration of berries directly to the left of the "C" in Centavos on the reverse. They are as follows:
- 3 berries to left of "C" on reverse. Most common variety.
- 4 berries tightly grouped to left of "C" on reverse. (aka 4 Berries tight) Sub-varieties exist.
- 4 berries loosely grouped to left of "C" on reverse. (aka 4 Berries loose) This variety is extremely rare.
In addition to these, I have noticed that there are two sub-varieties of the grouping of the 4 berries tight variety. They exist in both a square and diamond configuration. The square pattern being much more common than the diamond pattern. Varieties also exist in the style and positioning of the letters in the word CENTAVOS.
All of the focus has been on the varieties exhibited on the reverse, but there are very noticeable varieties on the obverse as well. The three main elements on the obverse that are of interest are:
- The overall style of the design (Refined or Crude)
- The number and style of tail feathers on the condor perched atop the coat of arms.
- The size and position of the sun just below the condor.
- The presence or absence of the backstay on the mizzenmast of the ship.
Combine all of the obverse and reverse varieties, and one could define a collection similar to all of the varieties known for the 1878 8TF Morgan Dollar!
Based on the large number of die varieties and style of the design, I have come to the conclusion that there was probably no master hub used and that each die was very likely hand cut.
NGC has certified 4 of the 3 Berry variety coins as "Specimen", but I have never seen one of these, so I do not know what distinguishes these specimen coins from the normal production strike coins.
This Coin
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This particular coin 3 berry coin has a very noticible die clash on reverse in CEN of CENTAVOS.
Obverse characteristics are:
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Overall design: ............Refined
Condor Tail Feathers: 4, even
Sun Size: ......................Very large, centered
Mizzenmast Backstay: Maybe, The base of the mizzenmast is thicker than normal which implies there may be a backstay but there is no separation from mizzenmast.
Date acquired: 11/2/2009 (raw coin)
Date graded: 3/3/2016 (self submitted to NGC)
Rev. 10/9/2016
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ECUADOR |
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5C 1942 (P) KM-75a |
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PCGS MS 65 |
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Owner Comments
Ecuador - 1942(P) 10 Centavos - (KM #75a, EC #138) - Mintage: 2,000,000
Brass (80% copper, 20% zinc)
Ecuador began adopting a decimal coinage system in 1874 with the minting of one and two centavo coins at the Mint in Birmingham, England. The transition was completed on March 22, 1884 with the creation of the silver sucre coin which was equivalent to 100 centavos. The sucre remained the official unit of currency in Ecuador for 116 years until the President of Ecuador announced on January 9, 2000 that the US dollar would be adopted as Ecuador's official currency.
This coin was minted by the Philadelphia Mint using brass most likely recovered from spent artillery shell casings. Half of the mintage of this coin was listed in the U.S. Mint report of 1943, however all are dated 1942.
Obverse
These coins were minted for the "Republica Del Ecuador" by the Philadelphia mint, however no mint marks were used on the minor coinage produced for Ecuador in Philadelphia. Ecuador dictated the various elements that of their coat of arms, but the actual rendering of these elements by the various mints which produced their coins can vary greatly from mint to mint. In this case the central elements of the ship, water and mountain look more like an ocean going freighter sailing away from a mountainous coastline rather than the river steamship Guayas, sailing the Guayas river with the snow capped Chimborazo volcano in the distant background. There is also no Caduceus appearing as a mast on the ship, an aspect which seems to have eluded all but one mint. The following is a depiction of the 1841 steamship Guayas for comparison:
Reverse
The reverse of this coin is very simple, containing only the denomination 5 CENTAVOS surrounded by a Laurel wreath.
This coin
This is a beautiful coin with great eye appeal. If Brass coins could receive a "Red" designation, this one would have it. As of this revision, this coin is tied with one other from NGC for the finest graded example of this date and denomination.
Date acquired: 9/12/2015 (Already graded by PCGS)
References:
Seppa, Dale and Anderson, Michael, the COINS of ECUADOR (second edition), Almanzar's Coins of the World, San Antonio, 1973.
Rev. 9/27/2017
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ECUADOR |
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10C 1919 KM-64 |
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NGC MS 64 |
| Research: |
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Owner Comments
Ecuador - 1919 -10 Centavos - KM-64 - Mintage: 2,000,000
History
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These coins were minted for the "Repuplica Del Ecuador" by the Providence Mint, a division of Gorham Manufacturing Company in Providence Rhode Island. Known primarily for producing high-quality sterling silverware and holloware, they also produced silver and base metal coins for several foreign countries including Ecuador, Serbia, and Cuba. The most notable of these are the several varieties of 1897 Cuban "Souvenir Pesos", and the 1898 Cuban Peso.
Varieties
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I became interested in this "one year type" in 2004, and I have acquired quite a few of these coins over the years since. Unlike the companion 5 Centavos, Krause & Mishler identify no varieties, but proofs do exist. I have not identified any varieties on this coin either, probably due to the much lower mintage.
Based on the style of the design, there was probably no master hub used and each die was very likely hand cut.
This Coin
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This particular coin is a very beautiful and well preserved example of this one year type.
Date acquired: 8/13/2007 (raw coin)
Date graded: 10/28/2015 (self submitted to NGC)
Rev. 11/4/2015
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