How Would You Like Your Silver Coin To Be Toned

Posted by slang on June 24, 2010

Many of us like beautiful silver coins. What is a beautiful coin is really up to the individual taste of  the coin collector. Some prefer lustrously shining silver coin whilst some prefer beautiful toned silver coin. Other might prefer colorized coins. Illustrated below are some of different types of toned coins:-

Deep brown toning

Russet toning

TONING deep ebony toning highlights the reliefs

A beautiful RAINBOW TONED coin

More Token Coins From British North Borneo

Posted by slang on June 8, 2010

British North Borneo, Rotterdam-Borneo Maatschappij Cupro-nickel 1-Dollar Token

British North Borneo, Labuk Planting Company Ltd Proof Copper $1 Token, undated, legend and value, Rev Chinese legend, plain edge

China Chinese Coins Empire General Issues Chinese Dragon Fantasy Coin

Posted by slang on June 7, 2010

CHINESE COINS, Empire, General Issues Pattern Silver Tael, ND (c.1858) source:sixbid.com

The above mentioned coin is a very interesting very rare Chinese Empire, General Issues: Pattern Silver Tael, ND (c.1858) which the obverse shows a Silver One Tael Kwan Ping within circle, surrounded by Chinese Foreign Circulating Coin. On the reverse side we have the  Ying-yang symbol at centre encompassed by the eight trigrams, two dragons chasing each other in the outer circle, reeded edge

This silver coin struck by the Royal Mint, London as part of the unsuccessful British effort to solicit coining business from the Chinese Imperial Court . This coin was auctioned at estimate price range of  US$100,000-120,000 but was left unsold.