CoinTalk Members Share Newly Acquired World Coins, Including an 1892 Austria 1 Florin
In a CoinTalk forum thread titled "World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!", members posted world coins they had recently acquired. The first poster showed an 1892 Austria 1 florin; other posts included a 1968 25 peso pair and a 1966 Bahamas 15 cents. All details are the posters' own statements, and the source does not give the date of the thread.
Correction (Oct 13, 2026): We shortened and rewrote the headline, summary and body to match the source, a CoinTalk forum thread. We removed unsupported claims (a headline saying the coin trades at 20 times its silver value, background on Franz Joseph I and the Vienna mint, claims of steady demand and rising prices in German, Swiss and Austrian markets, and search keywords implying grading, silver fineness and XRF testing), removed an error that tied a piedfort question to an Irish euro coin, and made clear that the content consists of posters' statements and that the source gives no date for the thread. The previous headline was "1892 Austria 1 Florin Trades at 20x Silver Value."
This article is based only on posts in a CoinTalk forum thread titled "World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!" The source does not give the date of the thread. What follows are the posters' own statements and opinions; the coins' authenticity, condition and value have not been verified.
An 1892 Austria 1 Florin
The first poster, petro89, showed an 1892 Austria 1 florin. The poster wrote that they had a couple of these coins, but this was their "latest and greatest."
Other members replied with praise. One member, rzage, who described themselves as a US type collector branching off into Mexican pesos, said Austria has some great designs and that they loved the double-headed eagle on the reverse.
petro89 said the coin was among their top five favorite coins in their collection. The poster also wrote that some crud on nice VF-AU coins gives them character and beauty, and praised the detail of the portrait on the obverse, especially the beard, the hair and the eye.
Other Coins in the Thread
Other posts in the thread included:
- A Type-I and Type-II 1968 25 peso pair (NorthKorea), who wrote that the next goal was to find a Type-III. The poster also wrote that two days earlier they had sold two Type-I coins for $4 more than the pair cost, adding that the coins sold were in much better condition - A Canadian commemorative that arrived the day before (Ripley) - A 1966 Bahamas 15 cents (Mark14) - A coin bought for 16 euros (moneyer12) - A Philippine centavo the poster was still waiting to receive in the mail (defcon505)
Source: CoinTalk, "World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!"
Read next
Weekly Market Intelligence
Weekly rare coin intelligence — auctions, price action, and analysis, delivered via LINE.
Free · Instant · Block anytime