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1955 proof 66 cameo Franklin   |
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Muddler - your coins are so beautiful, they must have cost you a fortune!   An unusual coin, an East Caribbean 2 cent piece. This coin is the size of a British/Kiwi/Australian/South African penny yet designed for a currency started in 1950 for most of the Leeward islands of the British Caribbean. Again sorry for yuk pictures - but the coin is fairly well preserved. |
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1955 English shilling with the three lions (heraldic leopards) on the shield:  |
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Canadian 1956   |
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Mcshilling, we are in 1955 now sorry. Although your Canadian cents are STUNNING PIECES. Full red bloom and all!    Sorry NumisRob - decided to show my 1955 Florin and Shilling of the UK. Standard circulated coins - gFine to VF. However the shilling is a "Scottish shilling" which shows the Scottish lion standing uprights in a shield. These shillings were legal tender throughout the United Kingdom and places like Malta which used sterling coinage. Edited by Princetane
03/24/2020 1:18 pm
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1955 -- Crown Colony of Cyprus, 3 mils:   |
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A very blurry photo sorry (There are only 5 or more to go and some great ones coming) These are Cypriot coins dated 1955.   They introduced a new currency of 1000 mils = 1 Cypriot Pound. So these coins are the 5 mils bronze (Halfpenny size) and 50 Mils cupronickel (Shilling size and equivalent). It replaced an old Turkish derived currency of 40 Para = I piastre and 180 piastres = 1 Lira (Pound). I will show a coin of this era when we get to 1940. This currency was doomed as in 1956 Archbishop Makarios started a rebellion against the British and by 1960 Cyprus had gained independence from the UK. The currency was retained, although "Mils" had disappeared by 1975. Coins show a standard "Crowned" bust of the Queen used in colonial territories. |
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Italy, 1 lira, 1955:   A low value coin. Even when issued it was only worth about 1/6 cent. Jan |
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Mcshilling, we are in 1955 now sorry. I got the US ones right. Don't know what happened. 1955 SF Small Denticle   1955 SF Large Denticle   |
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I have lots of 1955-dated coins, but here are some of the nicest of the bunch for you to see. @Princetane, got a nice Kiwi coin coming up for you soon! 1955-S Lincoln Wheat cent, MS/RD   1955(B) Colombia 5 Centavos, MS/RD From a 1960s era collection with original envelopes   1955 Roosevelt dime, NGC Proof 68, old soap bar slab, toned   1955 Washington quarter, PCGS/CAC MS 66, toned   Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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@Princetance, most of the proofs were very affordable when I started the set, still short the big one that would set me back the fortune you mentioned.
@mcshilling, I really like your cents.
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1954 India. One Pice.   |
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