Finally got a hold of a Lübeck 10 mark making my set of all the three Hansastadt 10 mark set complete.
Lübeck only issued 10 mark in gold, never a 20 mark. They issued them for six different years and mine is a 1901.
In this set is the only 10 mark from Bremen dated 1907. Bremen also has an 20 mark from 1906.
Hamburg is the easiest obtainable coin, issued in both 10 and 20 mark several years. Mine is a 1898.
Using the German Leuchtturm Quadrum system to reorganise my coins. The plan is to have the different LMU-nominations from each country together. This is all of my ungraded 20 francs from France. 🇫🇷 (Still room for two more!)
I have to admit I really like this part of coin collecting. Organising the collection by nomination, year and country. ❤️ Next up is Italy and Italian states.
Others enjoy this and how do you organise your collection?
(A new post since my first attempt was removed by the filters - now with a new picture)
In the series of LMU coins, the 20 francs and 5 francs are both my and others' favorites, but it is also exciting to collect 1 franc coins. This small 5 gram coin is the very foundation of the currency system and I think is often overlooked by many collectors.
I have just acquired one of my favorite coins in this denomination, a one franc in MS Prooflike from the Danish West Indies.
A nice portrait of King Christian IX on the obverse and three beautiful women on the reverse. The women hold symbols for the islands' sources of income, a sickle, a rudder and a sugar axe. In my eyes, few other francs can compete with these three figures.
This motif was also issued as a 2 franc coin, but the planned 5 franc coin with the same motif was never issued.
In 1830, France gained a liberal constitutional monarchy. This monarchy came to an end in 1848. After intense urban battles, large crowds managed to take control of the capital, leading to the abdication of France's last king, Louis Philippe I and the subsequent proclamation of the Second Republic.
Both the monarchy and the Republic produced a 5 francs at the Paris mint that year, not rare to find, but harder to find in good quality. I found these in an auction and thought I had to buy both so they wouldn't be separated.