expat Posted July 7 · Supporter Share Posted July 7 (edited) Post your largest coin, not tokens or medals. Issuer Panama Period Republic (1903-date) Type Non-circulating coin Years 1972-1976 Value 20 Balboas 20 PAB = EUR 18 Currency Balboa (1904-date) Composition Silver (.925) Weight 129.59 g Diameter 61 mm Thickness 4.7 mm Shape Round Technique Milled Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑ Number N# 23893 References KM# 31 Any marks are on the capsule Edited July 7 by expat 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMonkeySwag96 Posted July 7 · Member Share Posted July 7 (edited) The largest coin in my collection is this 2013 5 oz silver quarter commemorating the Great Basin National Park in Nevada. The coin measures over 76 mm in diameter and contains 5 troy ounces of 99.9% pure silver. Despite being a silver bullion coin, it shares the same design and 25 cent denomination as the quarters circulating in 2013. Year: 2013 Grade: MS69 Grade Service: PCGS Denomination: 25 Cents Mint Mark: P - Philadelphia (Not Shown) Metal Content: 5 troy oz Purity: .999 Thickness: 4.064 mm Diameter: 76.2 mm Edited July 7 by MrMonkeySwag96 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Kowsky Posted July 7 · Member Share Posted July 7 PTOLEMIC EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes, 246-222 BC. AE Drachm: 67.32 gm, 41 mm, 12 h. Obverse: Zeus Amon. Reverse: Eagle on thunderbolt, cornucopia in left field. Svoronos 964. Ex Harlan J. Berk, Bid or Buy Sale, January 18, 2018, lot 316. 15 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted July 7 · Supporter Share Posted July 7 Roman Republic. Anonymous, circa 225-217 BC. Æs Grave As (66mm, 272.08g, 12h). Libral cast series. Rome mint. Obv: Laureate head of bearded Janus, line below, all on a raised disk. Rev: Prow of galley to right; I (mark of value) above; all on a raised disk. Ref: Crawford 35/1; HN Italy 337; Thurlow-Vecchi 51a. Sydenham Aes Grave 71; Haeberlin pl. 10, 1–16; BMCRR Rome (Aes Grave) 1–9; Kestner 112–3; RBW 83. Earthen green patina. Good Very Fine. Ex Astarte Web Auction 1 (July 31, 2023), Lot 84. 15 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted July 7 · Supporter Share Posted July 7 (edited) China Emperor: Xian Feng Board of Revenue Av: Xian Feng Zhong Bao 咸 豐 重 寶 Rv: Dang 當 Wushi 十五 (Value 50), Boo Chiowan Brass, 60g, 56mm Ref.: Hartill 22.703 Edited July 7 by shanxi 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted July 7 · Supporter Share Posted July 7 Largest modern: COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS AR '10 Dollars' non-circulation coin (50.00mm, 49.70g, 12h) Dated 1973. Struck by the Franklin Mint (Pennsylvania, USA) for the Bahamas Obverse: COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS, crowned and draped bust of Queen Elizabeth II right; ELIZABETH II below Reverse: INDEPENDENCE 10 JULY 1973, Santa Maria, left, under full sail; 10 DOLLARS below References: Numista 16333 Largest ancient: PTOLEMY II, 284-246 BC AE Drachm (43.29mm, 72.67g, 1h) Struck 266-261 BC. Egypt, Alexandria mint Obverse: Horned head of Zeus Ammon right, wearing taenia with basileion Reverse: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ on l. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ on r.; two eagles with closed wings standing left on two thunderbolts; monograms between legs References: CPE B241 Warm brown surfaces. A massive piece, over two and a half ounces of bronze. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anaximander Posted July 8 · Member Share Posted July 8 @expat, I'll call your Panama 20 Balboas (130 gm, 61mm) and raise you a decadrachm (42.6 gm, 33mm). Modern. Panama 1972 AR 20 Balboas (130 gm, 61mm, 12h). Commemorative. 0.925 fineness, 3.85 oz silver. Head and neck right. SIMON BOLIVAR 1783-1830. / Coat of arms of Panama, a shield festooned with two gathered flags, surmounted with harpy eagle and motto Pro Mundi Beneficio. Ten stars above • REPUBLICA DE PANAMA • • 20 BALBOAS • LEY 0.925 Proof. Non-circulating 20 PAB coin, minted 1971 to 1978, as the largest legal silver tender in the world. Mintage: 48,000. KM #31. Manufactured by the Franklin Mint. Greek Sicily. Syracuse, Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AR Dekadrachm (42.64ᵍᵐ 33ᵐᵐ 6ʰ). Fast quadriga driven left by charioteer being crowned by Nike, flying right; ex: panoply of armor, spear behind. / Head of Arethusa left, hair wreathed, wearing pendant earring and pearl necklace, four dolphins around & scallop shell behind. [ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ]. nVF/gVF. Bt. Louis diLauro, Coral Gables, 2002. Unsigned die by the "shell engraver" in the style of Euainetos. Characteristic obv. die rust. SNG ANS 5 #370 (same dies); ACNAC Dewing 907-908 (same); Gallatin series F: O.VIII-R.F.I #1-2 (same); Gulbenkian Coll. I #315-317; HGC 2 #1299; SNG Ashmolean II #2026. Must say, I'm really taken by @Edessa's door stop. My aes grave triens weighs in at 90 gm, but it is still just one third of his aes grave as. 6 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegandron Posted July 8 · Supporter Share Posted July 8 (edited) My largest Ancient stamped / hammered coin Carthage 201-175 BCE Æ 15 Shekels 45 mm 7.5 mm thick. 102g Wreathed Tanit Horse Uraeus above. MAA 104 SNG Cop 400 My largest CAST Ancient: RR Aes Grave Anon 280-276 BCE Triens 46mm 90.3g 9.3mm thick Tbolt-Dolphin Rome Mint Crawford 14-3 T Vecchi 3 My largest Modern - I really like these, gorgeous coin. I have a few... Mexico AU 50 Pesos 1.2057 TOZ / 37.5g Edited July 8 by Alegandron 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientJoe Posted July 8 · Member Share Posted July 8 I'm still looking for a pentakaidekadrachm which would be larger but for now, this is my largest: SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I, 405-367 BC. Dekadrachm (Silver, 37mm, 43.51 g 7), unsigned but by Kimon, c. 404-400. Quadriga galloping to left, driven by a female charioteer who leans forward, with a kentron in her right hand and the reins in her left; above left, Nike flying right to crown the driver; in exergue below, panoply of arms on pedestal inscribed with ΑΘΛΑ. Rev. ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩ Head of Arethusa to left, her hair bound in an ampyx with a net behind, and wearing a pendant earring and a pearl necklace; around her head, four dolphins: two swimming towards each other before, one swimming downwards behind, and one nestling under the neck truncation. Gulbenkian 309. Jongkees 12. Rizzo pl. LVI, 6.. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 27, 12 May 2004, 121 and Bank Leu 61, 17 May 1995, 75. 8 1 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor robinjojo Posted July 9 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 9 (edited) That would be the "Cincuentín". Spain, Philip IV, 50 Reales, Segovia, 1635 R. 170 grams Runners up in world crowns: England, Charles I, Oxford half pound, 1643. S-2945A 60.2 grams One more world crown "heavyweight". Ferdinand IV, Sicily, oncia, 1791. 68.2 grams And a broad two thalers. Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle, 1662-LW, 2 thalers. Dav-LS174 57.5 grams Heaviest ancient: Thrace, Abdera, oktadrachm, period II 520-492 BC. Spencer-Chruchill 96 29.3 grams Edited July 10 by robinjojo 8 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted July 10 · Supporter Share Posted July 10 58 minutes ago, robinjojo said: That would be the "Cincuentín". Spain, Philip IV, 50 Reales, Segovia, 1635 R. 170 grams 170 grams! 😮 What does that thing look like in hand?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akeady Posted July 10 · Supporter Share Posted July 10 This isn't exactly a coin - bit of a currency bar - but it is the heaviest money I have. Sometimes I think I see part of a bull on it, but probably not. Coin: Bronze Currency Bar - Sub-rectangular section of bronze bar - Indeterminate design Mint: Central Italy Wt./Size/Axis: 588.00g / 70mm / - References: cf. ICC p.26 3 Haeberlin pl. 5, 1 Provenances: Ex. Gorny & Mosch 253, 5 March 2018, lot 342 Acquisition/Sale: Roma Numismatics Online auction E-Live Auction 3 #560 25-Oct-2018 ATB, Aidan. 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor robinjojo Posted July 10 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 10 4 hours ago, CPK said: 170 grams! 😮 What does that thing look like in hand?? The coin is in an old capital plastics holder, and removing it is a bit of a task, so here's an older photo of ii in the the holder and a US quarter next to it. 7 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Ancient Coin Hunter Posted July 10 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 10 I've got to add one to the Ptolemy parade: PTOLEMAIC EMPIRE EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA. Ptolemy IV 221-205 BC AE Drachma. (75.52g, 41mm, 12h) Obverse: Bust of Zeus Ammon right Reverse: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, cornucopiae in front, ΛΙ between legs Note: Pleasing bronzey tone Reference: SNG Cop 199. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greekcoin21 Posted July 11 · Member Share Posted July 11 Best I can do is 36mm Gordian III. Cilicia, Tarus, 36mm, 24.2g. Bust right holding shield and spear / Selene-Hecate driving biga drawn by hump backed bulls. RPC VII.2 3102. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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