A very interesting idea for a coin collection!
Check out the detail in that gold Ptolemy IV coin below! It was hand struck more than 2200 years ago.
World’s most valuable private coin collection revealed
The Tyrant Collection is to be displayed in a multi-year series of exhibits at the Long Beach Expo.
(Beverly Hills, California) November 27, 2017 — The existence of a previously unreported collection of the world’s most famous and valuable ancient, world, and United States rare coins is being revealed for the first time. The Tyrant Collection, which includes a treasured 1937 Edward VIII Proof set, will be publicly displayed over the course of several years through a series of exhibits at upcoming Long Beach Expo conventions.
“For a number of years, the Tyrant collector has been assembling what is undoubtedly the world’s most valuable coin collection in private hands, worth hundreds of millions of dollars,” said Ira Goldberg, president of Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, Inc. in Los Angeles, California, who provided guidance in assembling the Tyrant Collection. “I’m sure collectors will be surprised and delighted as more information is revealed about upcoming displays of this remarkable collection.”
“The focus of the collection is tyrants of every age and culture,” explained the anonymous owner of the Tyrant Collection.
“Tyrants go by many titles: kings and queens, emperors and empresses, czars and czarinas, dictators, regents, popes, caliphs, sultans, and khans. But what defines them is their absolute power over a territory containing millions of people. Tyrants have been the primary shapers of history for thousands of years. One of the first things tyrants do upon obtaining power is strike coins with their name and likeness, announcing their claim to their territory, and they continue to mint coins to maintain their claim until the day they die or are deposed. Everyday coinage is the primary means by which tyrants notify their subjects and rivals of their tyranny,” the collector said.
“Coins still exist for nearly every tyrant of the last two thousand years who ever ruled a substantial country for more than a few weeks. The objective of the Tyrant Collection is to obtain a coin of every tyrant who ruled every major territory or country, preferably a large gold coin boldly displaying the tyrant’s name, likeness, and titles,” he added.
The Tyrant Collection is divided into sections, one for each of the major civilizations that issued coins for an extended period of time. Civilizations require access to water for irrigation and transportation, so they tend to develop around bodies of water, such as rivers, lakes, and seas. Each section of the Tyrant Collection is named after the body of water it dominates.
One section of the Tyrant Collection, “The Tyrants of the Thames,” is the most valuable collection of English coins in private hands. Dozens of major rarities are contained within this collection, but the highlight is the single most valuable English numismatic item: the only complete Proof set of Edward VIII in private hands.
When Edward VIII became king of England, the Royal Mint prepared five Proof sets of the coins bearing his portrait; these were scheduled to be issued in January of 1937. But on December 11, 1936, Edward VIII abdicated his throne to marry the woman he loved. By this act, Edward VIII became the only king of England for whom no coins were issued as money within the United Kingdom.
“Gold coins do not rust, tarnish, or decay. A two-thousand-year-old gold coin can look as if it was minted yesterday,” explained the owner of the Tyrant Collection.
“Large portrait coins are works of art commissioned by tyrants who commanded the greatest artists of their realms to render their effigies to last for thousands of years. The artistry is amazing. The few paintings or statues of the most influential and powerful people in history are locked away in museums that the public almost never sees. But here at the Long Beach Expo, you will be able to see thousands of contemporary portraits, from life, of the most famous and powerful figures of history. I had so much fun assembling this collection that I want to share with the public the centuries of art, history, power, and money it comprises,” he stated.
Now, for the first time, collectors everywhere and the general public may view the coins that form this spectacular collection. The first exhibit from the Tyrant Collection will be held at the February 22–24, 2018, Long Beach Coin, Currency, Stamp & Sports Collectible Show. More information will be announced soon about the theme and the coins in this first exhibition.
Press release courtesy of the Long Beach Expo
Via: Coin Update
This is my favorite Tyrant coin from my collection.
I’ve got a pile of these as well:
Technically these are silver rounds, not coins.
I have a pope john paul II coin that allegedly passed through his hands and was given to the man i purchased it from. Silver half ounce. He was liquidating his collection to pay for cancer treatment. I also have an svdb 1909 lincoln cent. Anyone here beat those 2 tyrants from your personal collection?
I actually have a Pope John Paul II beer bottle opener with a bronze medallion depicting JP II on one side and St Peter’s on the other. It was purchased in the Vatican gift shop and was blessed by JP II himself and given to me as a gift by a priest I know who studied at the Vatican for four years before being ordained. It hangs on the kitchen wall where it gets used regular. I’m even using it to open the last of my official Pope Benedict beer. The head on this beer is so thick it’s like someone topped it with whipped cream. This priest liked to hang out with his sisters friends because “after hanging out with us, nothing he heard in confession would surprise him”. I think we corrupted the young man.
Thats outstanding.
What an intelligent coin collection. Whereas most coin collectors must specialize by denomination and type, e.g., Buffalo nickels , Mercury dimes or, if you have the money US gold coins the fascination with old coins lies in their beauty and history. Looking at a 1943 zinc penny you see a nation deep in war saving its copper for brass shell casings. Prior to Central Banks national mints annual coin production reflected the economic conditions of the years they were made as coins then were part of the actual monetary base of the nation. Their relative rarity a century or more later underscores this.
When the Comstock silver lode was pouring out its treasure silver dollars became abundant and this set off a huge political debate in the US that favored silver over gold ( if you were a debtor) as the gold and silver content of US coins was fixed. Gold coins from the 1870’s are relatively rare as compared to silver dollars. People hoarded the gold and spent the silver in accordance with Gresham’s law and mints adjusted their output to reflect the demand and need for new coinage.
“What an intelligent coin collection.”
No kidding huh? I’ve got a decent coin collection but I just buy what appeals to my eye. I love the high and ultra high relief gold coins but my favorite is my 2006 One Ounce US Gold Buffalo Proof. It’s so finely struck that it’s breathtaking in the sunlight. It literally glows. One of my later buffalos developed the dreaded “red spots” but in just the right size and nearly the perfect location to mimic gun shot wounds. When I bought it new there were no red spots.
I need to find the time to sit down and explore my father’s coin collection I recently inherited.
The coin certification service NGC offers annual awards for “Custom” sets. These are sets designed under the collectors own idea or theme.
Some classic themes that have won annual awards are: allegorical females on coins, wooden sailing ships, different flora and fauna, ancient empire coins, coins from former countries ( Zaire, Rhodesia, Yugoslavia etc)
Here’s a link– many incredible collections with images and lots of history and info.
https://coins.www.collectors-society.com/wcm/CoinCustomSetListing.aspx
No tyrant collection would be complete without:
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The Hillary Coins are Terrifying. I may not recover.
Nothing like silver and gold for money. Nothing can beat it. This collection alone shows the value of the coins. Of course, the historical feature adds to the value, but do you think anyone would care if these were clad?
Gold on Silver? Or another fine metal?
At one time I was somewhat literate on precious metals, having done the research prior to purchasing any junk silver or bullion in a group buy. There are SOME things, boys and girls, that you do not let a whole lot of people know that you own. It is fine to buy a lot of things in bulk with friends and family, but when you are storing wealth in bullion, bullets and beans, it is best to keep that between one’s immediate family and God.
However, having made our decision and moved here, we promptly lost most of that stuff in the pond.