STARCK CONTRASTS: LIMA SHILLING, KARSHAPANA COIN

One of the great things about this job is getting to attend coin shows on a regular basis.

Of course it is always great to greet fellow collectors and Coin World readers, and meet with dealers and discuss the state of the market. From a purely selfish reason, however, it is wonderful because it means another chance to buy coins.

The New York International Numismatic Convention’s 43rd annual event, held Jan. 8 to 11, was no different.

I came home with several noteworthy acquisitions, and all have special meaning to me.

There is a romance and allure to the Lima series of coins issued in 1745 during the reign Britain’s George II.

These coins, like the shilling that I purchased, were struck from metal captured by Admiral of the Fleet George Anson in defeating the Spanish.

Having just written about these coins for Coin World’s December monthly issue, I was delighted to find one, in relatively good condition, at a price I found acceptable. And that was within the first 15 minutes of the show!

Another find was an ancient coin that I had never heard of, in a denomination worthy of a spelling bee.

The 1.5 karshapana coin is often attributed to Pushkalavati (modern-day Peshawar) in what is now Pakistan, and was issued sometime in the third to second century B.C.

It wasn’t the name that drew my attention, but the square shape and the elephant on the obverse.

To read the complete article, see:
WHAT I BOUGHT AT THE 2015 NY INTERNATIONAL NUMISMATIC CONVENTION (www.coinworld.com/voices/jeff-starck/2015/01/what_i_bought_atthe.html)

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