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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 03-29-2008, 06:57 PM   #1 (permalink) Catbert Evil Cat     Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Flyover country Posts: 1,605 My Mood: Help w/Venezuela Bolivar Coin? Hello - I am curious to learn more about this coin and am hoping you can give me your thoughts on: - What denomination (is it similar to a U.S. silver dollar) - Assessment of grade (don't know what that odd orange spot is on rev.) - Value (I suspect it is worth only bullion value) First pic (just had to include my Purdue cap ) Better obverse view: Reverse:   03-30-2008, 01:43 PM   #2 (permalink) GDJMSP Numismatist     Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: PA Posts: 24,653 Quote: Originally Posted by Catbert Hello - I am curious to learn more about this coin and am hoping you can give me your thoughts on: - What denomination (is it similar to a U.S. silver dollar) Yes it is. [quote- Assessment of grade (don't know what that odd orange spot is on rev.)[/quote] I would say it is in F condition. Quote: - Value (I suspect it is worth only bullion value) You are correct. __________________ knowledge ..... share it   03-30-2008, 04:26 PM   #3 (permalink) acanthite ALIIS DIVES     Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Western hemisphere Posts: 1,880 My Mood: Catbert, the 5 bolivar coin you have appears to be a 'normal' date as opposed to wide or narrow. It is also known as a 'bolivar fuerte'. It has 25g silver, on eBay it would sell for more than bullion in this condition. __________________ 'I hope this is the dark part of the night, which is generally just before day.' - General Nathanael Greene   03-30-2008, 04:57 PM   #4 (permalink) Tater Coin Collector     Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Utah Posts: 1,786 My Mood: Looks like acanthite beat me to it. Its a fuerte, and the 1911 is very common. Good thing is that its a 90% silver, many of the venezuelan coins where 83.5% silver. If you sell it let me know what you get, I've got several that I'm thinking about selling. __________________ Roll Searching Since July 2007 2743 rolls halves 157-40% halves 39-90% halves   Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. If you don't like the coin, don't trash the person. « Erm...canadian olympic coin | 1940 One Rupee India » Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page Display Modes Rate This Thread Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode Rate This Thread: 5 : Excellent 4 : Good 3 : Average 2 : Bad 1 : Terrible Posting Rules You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off Trackbacks are On Pingbacks are On Refbacks are On Forum Rules Similar Threads Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post Coin Grading/Authentication Services Reid Goldsborough Coin Chat 66 02-10-2010 03:43 PM Some basic coin examination/grading tips... Mark Feld Coin Chat 24 08-20-2009 06:23 PM Trivia: Millennium Coins Part 8 Scandinbavia Clinker Coin Chat 4 03-18-2009 10:44 AM 1984 mint error questions with pic mespe US Coins Forum 91 03-18-2009 02:04 AM Trivia: Exergue Clinker Coin Chat 0 11-08-2007 09:11 AM LinkBack LinkBack URL About LinkBacks

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