Nice Newfie newp

Newfie = coin from Newfoundland.

Newp = new purchase.

An 1885 Newfoundland gold $2 piece of Queen Victoria, to be specific. A nice survivor from a modest original mintage of only 10,000 pieces.

This one’s not quite in hand yet. Soon.

All I presently have are these slab shots with glare off the plastic. Since it’s a slightly older PCGS slab (AU58) , there’s no TrueView image on the cert page, unfortunately.

Edit: updated (better) pictures in Post #27.




I used to have a holed 1881 example on my old Holey Gold Hat, back in the day. That was back when gold was cheap. Never thought I’d be able to afford a nice unholed example these days. The 1885 above was not cheap, but it’s mine now.

I do love young-head Vickies. And Canadian Maritime Provinces stuff, for some reason.

 

Hey, yours is my coin’s little sister! Though “little” is perhaps deceptive, since your coin is physically larger than mine. To think, ten of yours would have got one of mine, back in St. John’s in Victorian times. Either handful would be appealing to see.

 

I’ve got quite a bit of stuff in older holders that I’ve been thinking about sending off; not for regrading but for Gold Shield/TrueView/reholdering. If I’m reading the submission form correctly, that should cost me about $18 a pop, plus shipping and insurance both ways. Might be worth it in the long run, but since I’m a cheapskate, I’ve procrastinated on that.

 

I’ve not quite yet gone back to a fixed-quantity collection. Kinda plan to do that when I reach 100 pieces. (I’m back down to ninety-something at the moment.)

Since the new Newfie above represents Canada well enough for my Eclectic Box purposes, I might eventually kick this large cent over to my Swap/Sell/Giveaway inventory when the time comes to start pruning again.

 

You want the large cent? OK, I’ll send it to you now, then.

Well, next time I mail something.

Which will be soon, since @masterswimmer just bought @NLL a gift from my inventory, which I should be shipping in the next day or two.

 

That wasn’t necessary- you’ve done enough for me- but thanks.

 

Not as nice as some of those you recently got!