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Franklin planchet maybe.
If I could find the think I would post it.
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Originally Posted by Collect89
Very interesting.

Panama had coins struck at the US mint. No U.S. mint marks are present on the coins struck for Panama. Some of the coins struck for Panama are on planchets identical to U.S. coinage of the time in weight, diameter and composition. This is by design and not an error IMHO.

 

That is true. Surprisingly, even though the Panamanian silver coins of that era were minted on their corresponding US planchets, they don't appear to get anywhere near the respect that US 90% silver does.

 

There are a few rare dates in the series that get lots of attention, and overall, at least the coins are well struck, something no one bothered with on the Phillipines coins struck on the same planchets, of for that matter, the Franklin half itself.

 

I don't disagree with the points you have made. However, it has been my experience, at least, that dealers tend to view the majority of Panamanian silver coins struck on US planchets as being just regular foreign silver coins, that is, not really worth their time. That medio balboa, for example, was purchased at a significant discount to the spot value, even though it is 90% silver and in uncirculated condition. I also have several cuarto balboas-- equivalent to US quarters-- that I bought at about 20% below spot.

 

Got this one today.

 

I posted this another thread but I realized it should of been here. They're not the greatest but I thought they were cool. For twenty bucks I couldn't say no.

 

What's the silver coin, or is that a medal?

 

Well,,,,princeofwaldo.....You hit it on the head,,The coin came back a MS-63 and it was all because you wished me luck......:smile
I will post a picture when I get it back from the NGC next week.

 

It's both actually. Its an annual .999 silver medallion that Ireland mints every year. I bought the complete series for my mother a few years ago in MO. It was the last coin I ever thought to walk into our shop. The store didn't want anything to do it with so I was able to pick it up on a personal level. Which is more than just fine with me

 

This one came today.

 

I really dig this foreign pattern. I don't know that much about it other than it is a 1913 10 Mark PR 66 bronze pattern. It is just a shade larger than a Lincoln cent. Really nice surfaces and what I consider a very interesting design and highly crafted. Picked it up in eBay a few weeks ago. It was listed as a BIN and hovered for weeks then it showed as a true auction and I was able to buy it for 25% less than the old BIN price. Pretty cool! Matt

 

A new proof from Lithuania.

 

Hard to find without problems. MS66. From Rare Coin Collector in Florida. This is the 50 Soles. The 100 Soles, when available, almost always has problems, just too big a coin for the proof like fields to not get messed-up.

 

after many years of searching i have found this coin at last and it was an absolute steal at £5 on ebay...........

 

I posted another thread, wish I knew this one was here. Anyway, I went German crazy over the weekend:
Here are a few.

 

i don' know what has happened but my pics aren't being displayed anyway my coin is the 1851 cerese 20 centime from france.

 

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Wow nice here The silver one I picked up a few years back!!
http://www.cointalk.com/t51876/

 

Here's a 1978 French 50 francs silver piece that contains .8680 ounce ASW (actual silver weight), more than a US silver dollar, that I picked up for less than melt. It's not a very photogenic coin, at least it doesn't like my camera! It actually has very flashy prooflike surfaces, but they just don't come out well in the photos, whether taken under fluorescent light or in natural light.

Anyway, I'm under the impression that this was meant to be a circulating coin, which would have been worth about $10 at the exchange rate back then. However, the silver bubble of 1979-80 sealed whatever fate it had as a circulating coin.