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A few of my 1935 NZ coins (no threepence)...




... and from Australia...




... and the USA:

Connecticut commemorative half





Daniel Boon Commemorative half

Thanks people. It seems the 3d was a hit, but no comments on the Melbourne Florin, I consider it much more of a prize.

J1M That Kopek collection was amazing, I managed to pick out types back to the early 1700s one of Peter the Great. Can't date that wire money though - would they go back to say Ivan III the Great?

1935 was a bumper year for Pacific coins. New Guinea issued 3!


This silver shilling we have seen and it came out in big numbers

But also these 2.


Sixpence


Threepence

These 2 were smaller and not as prestigious as the shillings. A bronze penny joined the line up the next year with further shillings, but no more of these 3d and 6d were minted until the early mid 40s.

Fiji also issued 4 of its 5 new coins in 1935 - all are more scarce than 1934 dated coins.


The penny, like New Guinea, these lower value coins were holed so non clothes wearing natives could string them up. But higher coins in Fiji dispensed with holes.


Shilling


Florin

There was also a sixpence, but I don't have one.

More to come, 1935 is one of my biggest years!

The first coin in that particular bunch is an example of the so-called "sword kopek" [Numista link] of ca. 1535-38 (very early in the nominal reign of Ivan IV the Terrible, who would have been about 5-7 years old at the time), which is said to be the first type of the kopek, as such, introduced in a monetary reform by (his mother) Yelena Glinskaya. Previously the main denomination was the denga, which the 1535 reform equated to 1/2 kopek.

The very name "kopek" (kopeyka) means "the one with a spear", referring to the figure of the spear-wielding horseman (not yet interpreted as Saint George at the time, AFAIK) which appeared on all post-reform wire kopek types except this one (where the horseman has a curved sword instead - a design that remained on post-reform dengas).
So "sword kopek" (in Russian, mechevaya kopeyka) is a bit of an oxymoron - though it's a useful description of the type!

IIRC some (very scarce) double-weight dengas, corresponding to later kopeks, are known from Ivan IV's pre-reform years (i.e. around 1533-35). Looking them up, apparently they did have a spear.

Thanks Trigg and J1M - those kopeks are great!

More 1935 - now the UK


The Jubilee Crown, the Art Deco design was WAY! ahead of its time. I really like it - there is something really futuristic about the Dragon and the eagle eyed will notice the 70 year old king is St George.
With 712k minted, its quite common and this AU piece cost me barely the melt value.


Another nice halfcrown (AU original)


Florin - still better than a lot from this era, this design wore very quickly.


Decent shilling (AU), issues of these coins were moderate around 5 - 10 million of each coin per year, now the colonies did not need them anymore - but mintages of later KGV silver coins pales next to the mid 8 figure mintages of most of the KGVI ones.


Worn Irish penny - now these coins are marked "Irish Free State" in Gaelic as in 1935 Ireland was a Dominion in the British Empire.

From 1934 backwards, the coins become less common for me and you will begin to see a few more "seasoned" coins.

Brazil, 2000 reis


Saudi Arabia, 1/2 riyal

1934 US.Indian Head (Buffalo)
1934 D US Lincoln Wheat penny.