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This is my rarest coin. A slin coin from Cambodia, featuring Hamsa bird, cross and circle. I was battling to even find a picture of another one on the internet. Anyone else own one?  |
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This is my rarest coin. A slin coin from Cambodia, featuring Hamsa bird, cross and circle. Very nice! 
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This is my rarest coin.
A slin coin from Cambodia, featuring Hamsa bird, cross and circle.
I was battling to even find a picture of another one on the internet.
Anyone else own one? A bit like the wide mouthed frog "you don't see many of those around these parts"I have read about them, though these were referred to as fuong, and sleng (slin?) I think. If you haven't seen the article it is titled The Coinage of North Cambodia (accessed through JSTOR) Just saw this on ebay, but it's maybe a modern copy?..your thoughts. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/155297962985edit: I was just on Numista and found an exact copy of your coin! ....then noticed the Triggersmob copyright....d'oh
The Ox moves slowly, but the Earth is patient.
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02/28/2023 7:22 pm
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Quote:Just saw this on ebay, but it's maybe a modern copy?..your thoughts. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/155297962985edit: I was just on Numista and found an exact copy of your coin! ....then noticed the Triggersmob copyright....d'oh Yes, had to add that one on Numista. First time I have done that. I think the one on ebay might be type G4 
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The last Elsen auction (Brussels) featured Part 2 of a collection of the coins of the Principality of Liege. I started counting how many coins in that auction were the one and only known example, and stopped after five. One of them was a type completely unknown to collectors until the single example turned up in 2010: https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=l...694&lot=1002No bids at an opening bid of 2400 euros. Chump change for such a rare coin  |
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Typical of European auctions houses to set a very high opening bid. A scam IMO.
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Edited by tdziemia
04/28/2024 1:32 pm
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Continuing to venture beyond American coins, here is a coin listed as UNIQUE in a 1963 catalog (Delmonte "Le Benelux d'Or"), but the second known example sold recently for a paltry 9500 euros. https://www.kuenker.de/en/archiv/stueck/404239Some folks spend more than that on a bottle of wine. Edited by tdziemia
10/21/2024 8:49 pm
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here is a coin listed as UNIQUE in a 1963 catalog (Delmonte "Le Benelux d'Or"), but the second known example sold recently for a paltry 9500 euros.  
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Stumbled across this one recently: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces445280.htmlThe example in the photos has sold three times over the last 15 years. No other examples have come to market as far as I can tell. But I would be curious if anyone else can find one. |
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Here is another European coin, the second known example, a steal at $6500 or so. https://www.kuenker.de/niederlande-...echt./965889 There is also a lot of history in that coin. 1581 was the year the Dutch Republic was formed, yet the coin was struck under the authority of Philip of Spain, making it a "last gasp" coin of Spanish authority over the northern Low Countries. Imagine a George III coin struck in an American mint in 1776, and only two examples were known. I can only imagine what kind of price such a coin would fetch. Edited by tdziemia
02/10/2025 3:57 pm
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