My Coin Collection and Numismatics

Germany Money in My Collection

2008-12-05T17:19:00.009+07:00

I've just added the Germany money from year 1920s in my collection.

Collectible Items: Soekarno - Hatta Money

2008-09-11T13:45:00.008+07:00

I receive payments from someone, but I can't use them because they're some of collectible items for me. They have sorted serial numbers (UCP632189-90) and the year of printing (2008, new and smell good). Accidently, I receive them at Soekarno - Hatta International Airport this morning (9/11).

Funny, eh? Do you believe it?

Gold mas or tahil ingot

2008-09-08T20:58:00.002+07:00

I have one in my collection. Trying to have another one.

Source: Gold mas or tahil ingot

Antique Dagger from Java

2008-09-07T10:40:00.003+07:00

The secret weapon from the old maritim era of Indonesia.

My Small Coin Album #4

2008-09-05T19:10:00.001+07:00

The Beauty of Bali

2008-09-05T16:30:00.002+07:00

As you see, there is a picture of the Bali village and Barongan in the 1963 Sepuluh Rupiah Bank Indonesia's bank notes.

Now, the Bali island is the most popular tourism object in the world.

Dai Nippon Teikoku Seihu Sepoeloeh Roepiah

2008-09-05T16:22:00.002+07:00

With the drawing of the Gatotkaca (1943).

Cool.

"Banana Money" Set (1942)

2008-09-05T15:08:00.004+07:00

"De Japansche Regeering Betaalt Aan Toonder" in 10, 5, 1, 1/2 gulden and 10, 5, 1 cent.

Banana money is an informal term given to a type of currency issued by Imperial Japan during the Japanese occupation of Singapore, Malaya, North Borneo and Sarawak and Brunei, and was named as such because of the motifs of banana trees on 10 dollar banknotes. It was in widespread use within the occupied territories where the previous currency became a scarcity. The currency were referred to as "dollars" and "cents" like its predecessors, the Straits dollar and Malayan dollar.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_money

Yes, I have banana money in my collection :)

De Javasche Bank "Wayang Orang Series"

2008-09-05T14:18:00.006+07:00

I start to collecting bank notes (paper money) today. I am interesting at the drawing in it.

Above is the paper money of 10 Gulden in year 1937 by Javasche Bank (now Bank Indonesia) and circulated in Hindia Belanda. The drawing is about a couple of "Wayang Wong or Wayang Orang" from the Central Java region, Indonesia. The serial number is NJ 09787 and the location and date is "Batavia 28 September 1937". This bank note signed by President Dr. G. G. van Butiingha Wichers and Secretaris J.C. van Waveren.

Link: Uang (yang) beredar di Indonesia Masa Perang

Here is the drawing of the javanese woman in big size.

My Small Coin Album Page #3

2008-08-05T10:20:00.010+07:00

Antique Book: "Reisatlas der Stoomvaart Maatschappij"

2008-08-05T10:20:00.007+07:00

Amsterdam, Stoomvaart society the Netherlands z.j. [ approx. 1924 ] stitched [ leer].116 p. descriptions and cards in colour of port of Amsterdam, Amsterdam-Southamton, Island Wight, Gibraltar-Algiers, Genua, Port Said and Suez, Colombo-Ceylon, Belawan-Singapore, Batavia, and the sky

This book is one of my collection and written in Dutch language. I like it because there are maps of old Batavia city, Singapore, and several navigation maps on the sea from Amsterdam to Tg. Priok.

Type of Coin I Should Collect

2008-08-05T10:20:00.002+07:00

Coins are also graded. A coin's grading depends on its condition and the price of the coin will rely heavily on it. It is important for a coin collector to know how to grade a coin.

Uncirculated coins are those coins that are not showing any wear and tear or to use a famous term, in mint condition. A mint state (MS) grading depends on a coin's luster, contact marks, hair lines and overall appeal. A coin can have a grade ranging from MS-60 (dull luster) to a flawless MS-70. Although MS-70 is considered unobtainable, a grade of MS-65 and higher will make a coin's price shoot up.

Circulated coins are more forgiving, it does not take into consideration the amount of stracthes and dirt a coin has gathered along the years. Grades for circulated coins will vary. AU (about uncirculated), EF (extremely fine), VF (very fine), F (fine), VG (very good), G (good), AG (about good), F-2 (fair) and P (poor) are used as indication of how much a coin is worth.

Source: GiveAwayGuides

The Indian Coins in the Museum Chennai

2008-07-11T10:10:00.003+07:00

The Government Museum, Chennai has a rich collection of the ancient, mediaeval and modern Indian coins, gold, silver, copper, lead, potin and billion. Besides these there is a representative collection of foreign coinage.

One of their collection is Puranas or Punch-Marked Coins. Puranas are the earliest money coined in India . They were in circulation during the centuries long before the beginning of the Christian era. Sanskrit writers such as Manu and Panini, and the Buddhist Jataka stories have made mention of these coins.

Click here to see more.

A Map of the Ancient World on the Phoenician Coin?

2008-07-11T09:09:00.004+07:00

Neither Columbus nor the Vikings were the first non-natives to set foot on the Americas if Mark McMenamin is correct. Working with computer-enhanced images of gold coins minted in the Punic/Phoenician city in North Africa of Carthage between 350 and 320 BC, McMenamin has interpreted a series of designs appearing on these coins, the meaning of which has long puzzled scholars. McMenamin believes the designs represent a map of the ancient world, including the area surrounding the Mediterranean Sea and the land mass representing the Americas.

Read more here.

Islamic Coin in Indonesia

2008-07-10T02:07:00.002+07:00

The People of Indonesia were already familiar with coinage in the pre-Islamic era. The spread of Islam coincided with a major expansion in trade. Newly Islamised ports such as Pasai, Melaka, and Banten soon began to mint low-value coinage suitable for everyday use. These new coins were sometimes modelled after Muslim types from India and southwest Asia, sometimes after Chinese models. These coins were made of gold and silver, but more commonly of bronze, lead, or tin. The spread of these coins facilitated the evolution of new social institutions.

Source: Indonesian Heritage Book Series

Early Sumatran Coins

2008-05-24T14:46:00.002+07:00

Coins may have been first minted in Sumatra at some time in the 11th century. Sandalwood flower coins much like those of Java, and made of gold, electrum, and silver alloy, have been found at several 11th century sites in Sumatra including Barus, Bengkulu, and Muara Jambi, and also in South Thailand. These examples were very well made in comparison with silver alloy examples found in Java. Silver coins are rare in Sumatra; most are made of gold. No ancient coins have yet been reported as having been found at Palembang, despite abundant evidence that this was the site of an important port for centuries. This suggests that coinage may have had a limited role in the early Sriwijayan economy. International trade was probably conducted either through the mechanism known as tribulary trade, as in the case of China, or in another form known as administered trade. In this system, equivalencies were established between commodities through diplomatic negotiations rather than by bargaining.

Source: Indonesian Heritage Book Series

Early Indonesian Coins

2008-05-11T12:52:00.004+07:00

Found an interesting article from Indonesian Heritage book:

"Gold coins of 9th and early 10th century Java are stamped with the character ta in nagari script on the obverse, an abbreviation of tahil, probably signifying that the coins were legal tender for tax payments. The same character remained on coins until the Kadiri period in the 12th century.

Silver coins in central Java are quite different from the gold coins from the same period: in shape, renge of denominations, and manner of treatment. The gold coins were made in the shape of cubes, carefully crafted and very uniform in size and gold content. The silver coins are round and are called 'sandalwood flower' coins, after the four-petallled flower motif found on the reverse. They lasted from the early 9th to the 14th century. The same flower appears on one side of older silver ingots from central Java; the other side is stamped with a flowing vase design, which is never found on coins. The obverse of the sandalwood flower coins bears the nagiri script character ma, (abb, masa). This character degenerated quickly, perhaps because it is different from the kawi letter ma. The shape of the coin, its weight, and possibly its siver content all changed rapidly in about a century. The one masa coin shifted in the early 10th century from thick and flat to cup-shaped, and thin (about two milimeters). These coins presumably served as small change and were probably made by smoths in the markets for use in market transactions."

Ming's Old Coins Founded in Nganjuk

2008-05-08T00:08:00.003+07:00

At least 1.749 old coins founded by Manirin (50), a red onion farmer in Balonggebang Village, Gondang, Nganjuk Regency, East Java. These coins estimated as Chinese remains. The size of them is bigger than the 500 rupiahs coin. In the center of it, there is a square hole and 4 chinese characters. Each coin has different characters.

Bank of Indonesia will Produce New Coin

2008-03-03T17:57:00.002+07:00

Bank of Indonesia (BI) will produce the bank notes of Rp 2.000,00 in second semester of 2008. While the bank notes of Rp 1.000,00 will print in the coin shape start on the year 2009. Budi Rochadi said that the production of the new bank notes and the change of the money shape is to considerating people need and to efficiently the cost of money making.

Antiques in Museum of Banten

2008-02-27T11:43:00.002+07:00

The collection of the Museum of Banten such as ceramics, bank notes, sculpture, etc. could be seen in this photo album.

Coin collecting Starter Kits

2008-02-27T10:30:00.003+07:00

The collecting of coin and the study of the coins (or the numismatics) are a pastime which undoubtedly enriches those which practise it. The gathering of coin is suppose mainly about the history, but it also teaches elements of science, archaeology, geography, of policy, languages, maths, of art (and appreciation of art) and moreover. The new collectors of coin are the future of its fabulous pastime.

You can find interesting coin collecting starter kits such as coin album, envelopes, lens, etc. in here.

Why 17th Century Javanese Coins Found in Thames Mud?

2008-02-11T15:56:00.000+07:00

This story told by Mr. Puji Harsono that the messenger from the Bantam Kingdom (Old Banten) ever came visited England in 1682. That's why the 17th century Javanese coins found in Thames mud.

Mini Tiny Keris from Java

2008-01-31T14:57:00.000+07:00

I bought this mini size keris yesterday in Magelang city, Central Java. Look at its size just 7 cm length made of bronze. There is Arab character on it. It usually used in a Java traditionally ceremony.

My Small Coin Album Page #2

2008-01-31T14:45:00.000+07:00

My Small Coin Album Page #1

2008-01-25T16:28:00.000+07:00

My Small Coin Album Page #1: Republica de Chile 100 Pesos, Greeks, Republique Francaise 10 Francs 1976, Nepal, Republica de Chile 50 Pesos, RF 10 Francs Liberte - Egalite - Fraternite 1989.