Continuing List To Show Everyones Latest Acquisitions

Costa Rica 1979 5 Centimos

Thank you, Bryan.

Very nice Costa Rican examples.

Very nice looking New Zealand dollar. Hondo.

Thank you Hookie I agree, eyeapeal dont always rests in the grade, same with my gf good eyeappeal but wear on the high points :D

I love that Black Robin coin Hondo been looking out for one myself.
The motif deserves some elaboration, that little endemic bird was believed to extinct, but was rediscovered but are now endangered again. I think the pop is 2-300 birds.They dont fly well due to the fact that they lived on a isolated island with no predators, then the darn britts arrived with their cats and rats. Only 5 birds remained only one female bird
from wiki
The black robin or Chatham Island robin (Moriori: karure, M#257;ori: kakaruia; Petroica traversi) is an endangered bird from the Chatham Islands off the east coast of New Zealand. It is closely related to the South Island robin (P. australis). It was first described by Walter Buller in 1872. The binomial commemorates the New Zealand botanist Henry H. Travers (1844-1928). Unlike its mainland counterparts, its flight capacity is somewhat reduced. Evolution in the absence of mammalian predators made it vulnerable to introduced species, such as cats and rats, and it became extinct on the main island of the Chatham group before 1871, being restricted to Little Mangere Island thereafter.[2]

Discovery and taxonomy
The first mention of the black robin in science was at a presentation given by William Travers at the Wellington Philosophical Society in 1871. He presented the findings of his son, Henry Travers, who had visited the Chatham Islands to investigate their fauna. Although Henry Travers' notes on his visit were published the following year, it was the publication of Walter Buller a month later that is considered the species' official description.[4][5]

In 1905 it was believed to be completely vanished: "...the so-called black Tit or black Robin, Miro traversi, have fallen victims to man and his satellites." [6]

Great addition Hondo.

Arrived yesterday.




2025 Canada 1 oz Silver $15 Tall Ships: Three-Masted Schooner

Very nice addition, GLB49.