AN ILLUSTRATED CATALOG OF MODERN, HISTORIC AND UNUSUAL WORLD COINS & CURRENCY JOEL ANDERSON www.JoelsCoins.com PO BOX 365 GROVER BEACH, CA 93483-0365 U.S.A. e-mail: [email protected] Phone 1-805-489-8045 Fax 1-805-299-1818 Providing collectors with interesting world coins & currency, since 1970 CELEBRATING OUR 51ST ANNIVERSARY! Life Member: American Numismatic Association, Numismatics International Life Member & Past President: California State Numismatic Association Member: International Banknote Society Please visit our website: www.JoelsCoins.com for many more coins, banknotes, tokens and other items. I can only fit a very limited number of items in a catalog. If ordering on line, you may enter items directly into the secure online order form or use the website shopping cart. Of course, mail, fax or phone orders are always welcome. TERMS: U.S. addresses: please include $5.00 postage for orders under $200, $8.00 for orders $200 to $600. FREE SHIPPING on orders over $600. Postage to other countries will be based on actual costs. California residents please include 8.75% sales tax or a signed resale certificate. All items come with 3-week return privileges. All items are guaranteed to be genuine forever. Prices are in US Dollars. We accept personal checks, money orders, American Express, MasterCard, VISA, Discover and Paypal. Checks or Money Orders are preferred as they save us transaction fees. Please make them payable to Joel Anderson. Many items are in limited quantities. Alternates are appreciated. Unless otherwise indicated, coins are pictured at approximately actual size. Banknotes, packaged sets and other items are reduced-sized images. BOOK: THE COINS OF THE GRAND MASTERS OF THE ORDER OF MALTA By Robert Morris. A 1992 reprint of a scarce 1884 work. The original full title is “Coins of the Grand Masters of the Order of Malta or Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem with a Chapter on the Money of the Crusades and an introduction, heraldic and historic notes”. The book provides a history of the Order, its Grand Masters and its coins from its founding in Jerusalem during the Crusades until it was exiled by Napoleon in 1798. Good historical book and general reference. 70 + xvi pages + 6 plates, soft cove, .7"x8.5". Item BK-MALTA COINS OF THE ORDER OF MALTA BOOK ................................... $8.00 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLAND 2021 SILVER PEGASUS This beautiful 2021 dated 1 troy ounce .999 fine silver dollar of the British Virgin Islands features a reverse- frosted image of Pegasus, the flying horse of Greek mythology. Below Pegasus is the "P" hallmark of the Pobjoy Mint. The obverse has a frosted image of Queen Elizabeth. The 38.6mm coin has a mintage of only 10,000 and is sold out at the mint. Item BVI-PEGASUS21 BR. VIRGIN IS. 1 DOLLAR SILVER PEGASUS 2021 BU .... $49.95 2021 SILVER BRITANNIA Great Britain issues this popular 1 troy ounce .999 fine silver coin called the Britannia on an annual basis. The reverse features the helmeted figure of Britannia standing holding a trident and shield, her dress billowing in the wind. The 2021 issue incorporates new security features: a latent image changes from a padlock to Britannia’s famous trident, a micro-text inscription within the design rim that reads in Latin "Decus Et Tutamen" (an ornament and a safeguard), tincture lines within the stripes of the Union Jack and a surface animation that imitates the movement of ocean waves. Queen Elizabeth is on the obverse. The 38.61mm coin has the nominal value of 2 Pounds Item GB-BRIT21 GREAT BRITAIN 2021 BRITANNIA, BU ....................................... $37.00 2021 SOUTH AFRICA SILVER KRUGERRAND The design of the silver Krugerrand is based on the original gold Krugerrand. It contains 1 troy ounce of .999 fine silver. The obverse depicts Paul Kruger, who was the first President of the South African Republic. He served from 1883 until he was forced into exile by the British during the second Boer War. 1900, when he was driven into exile the South African Republic was defeated by the British in the Second Boer War. The reverse depicts a springbok. The coin has legends in both English and Afrikaans. The coin is 38.7mm in diameter and has a nominal face value of 1 Rand. Item SA-KRUGERRAND21 SOUTH AFRICA SILVER KRUGERRAND 2021 BU .... $38.00 Page #2 Joel Anderson PO Box 365 Grover Beach, CA 93483-0365 USA (805) 489-8045 SERBIA 2021 TESLA "FREE ENERGY COIN Each year Serbia honors Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla on a 1 troy ounce .999 silver 100 Dinara coin that features one of his many inventions. The 2021 issue depicts his famed Wardenclyffe Tower. The 187 foot (57m) tall tower on Long Island was supposed be able to distribute free energy to all. Foreshadowing the Internet, it would allow one to call any telephone in the world and allow one to hear music or speeches delivered anywhere. The ambitious project failed on two counts: Tesla could not figure out how to recover the costs of the project if everything was free, and the technology did not work. In addition to the 2021 issue, we have a limited number of prior issues. Item-RS-TESLA-TOWER SERBIA 100 DINARA 2021 FREE ENERGY, BU .............. $46.00 Item-RS-TESLA-XRAY SERBIA 100 DINARA 2020 TESLA-XRAY, BU ..................... $47.00 Item-RS-TESLA-REMOTE SERBIA 100 DINARA 2019 REMOTE CONTROL, BU .. $47.00 ST. HELENA 2021 QUEEN'S VIRTUES 1 TROY OUNCE SILVER POUND St. Helena launched a six coin series of "The Queen's Virtues" in 2021. Each 39mm coin is 1 troy ounce .999 fine silver with a nominal face value of 1 Pound. The Queen's Virtues are a set of principles to guide the views and behaviors of British monarchs that were established by Queen Victoria in the 19th Century. The first coin in the series is the 2021 "Victory through harmony". The reverse features Winged Victory, inspired by the statue on that sits atop the Victoria Memorial in London. The coin is produced for the East India Company, whose distinctive privy mark appears at the lower right. The obverse includes Raphael Maklouf's portrait of Queen Elizabeth, denomination and date. Item SH-VICTORY21 ST. HELENA 1 POUND 2021 VICTORY BU............................. $39.00 SQUARE CHINESE 2020 5 YUAN COMMEMORATES THE WUYI MOUNTAINS China continued their annual series featuring UNESCO heritage sites with this square 2020 5 Yuan honoring the Wuyi mountains. Wuyi is a range of mountains around the border of Fujian and Jiangxi provinces. It is noted for its spectacular scenery, many caves, diverse plant and wildlife that includes more than 1000 rare species as well has many historical and religious sites. One side of the 27.2mm brass coin depicts the distinctive Yunnu hill, a butterfly and two men on a raft on the Nine-bend River. The other side portrays the emblem of the People's Republic of China. The design incorporates a number of anti-counterfeiting devices, including a shifting image and a series of tiny dots hidden in in the design. Item CN-WUYI CHINA 5 YUAN 2020 MOUNT WUYI BU ............................................. $7.50 www.joelscoins.com e-mail: [email protected] Page #3 CHINA YEAR OF THE OX BI-METALLIC 10 YUAN China recently released this 2021 dated bi-metallic 10 Yuan coin to commemorate the Year of the ox. The bi-metallic 27mm coin depicts a traditional artistic paper-cutting of an ox, a palace lantern and grain on the reverse. The obverse features the denomination surrounded by an intricate etched design. The large number 10 contains latent images which change from "R M B" to "10 10 10" when the coin is moved. The design also features micro-letters in the base of the numeral "1" and other anti-counterfeiting devices. Item CN-OX21 CHINA 10 YUAN 2021 YEAR OF THE OX, BI-METAL BU ............... $8.00 COMPLETE SET OF JAPAN 2020 TOKYO OLYMPICS 100 YEN COINS In 2017 Japan started a four-year, 20-coin, series of circulating 100 Yen commemorating the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. Due to COVID-19, the games were not held in 2020. The games are now scheduled to start in July 2021, but due to continuing concerns about COVID-19, even that may not happen. The reverses of the coins feature the words "TOKYO 2020" and the Olympic and Tokyo Olympics emblems or the Paralympic and Tokyo Paralympic emblems. The obverses feature 18 different Olympic and Paralympic sports, plus the two mascots for the games. Depicted are some of the non-traditional sports, including skate boarding, sport climbing, surfing, Paralympic Boccia and Wheelchair Rugby. The copper-nickel coins are 22.6mm in diameter. It is a fascinating set of host country Olympic coins for games that were not held. Item JP-100Y-OLY20 SET OF 20 JAPAN 2020 OLYMPICS 100 YEN, UNC. .............. $99.75 Page #4 Joel Anderson PO Box 365 Grover Beach, CA 93483-0365 USA (805) 489-8045 HISTORIC COINS ON SILVER FRENCH 10 EURO COINS Historic coins of France, representing key episodes in French history, are featured on the obverses of these BU 2019 silver French 10 Euro coins. The 31mm coins are struck in .333 fine silver and come in a descriptive folder written in French. The reverses all include the denomination within oak and laurel branches, the date, and a series of lines representing France's hexagonal shape. The Dagobert coin depicts a Merovingian gold Triens. Dagobert was the King of all Franks from 629 to 634. He made Paris his capital and is noted as being one of the greatest Frankish kings.