my possble best ever find?

i went to a flea market near home this morning and found some interesting coins but one has stood out from the rest, if i am right them i have just paid 10p for an ottoman egyptian gold 100 para. the weight and size is corect but before i can definitely say it is the real mc coy i have made an appointment on friday with the curator of coins at manchester university museum to have it authenticated. i will keep you posted...........

 

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Well good for you! Any pics?

 

if it is legit then i will post some pics but if not it will be consigned to my fakes bin.

 

i do love a good bargain at a flea market or a car boot sale

 

Wow, good luck! Nothing like finding treasure when you least expect it!

 

Sounds like a real winner! I can,t wait until i see the pics

 

Good luck!

 

Yeah, good luck, I hope it's real.

 

good luck!

 

just returned from manchester university and it has been confirmed that the coin is an ottoman 100 qirsh not para as i first thought, and it is gold with a possible value of between 5 and 8 hundred pounds. not a bad return for 10 pence.





and a massive thank you to richard for his time and the photo he took for me.

 

Nice!

 

Wow, I've never had such luck at flea markets. I don't know if I ever bought anything numismatic at a flea market that was worth even 1.5 times what I paid for it. The luckiest I've gotten is finding a nice 1869 Napoleon III 20 francs in a $10 grab bag of foreign coins I bought at a coin show.

 

wow that is a fantastic find

 

i think that i will be a regular attendee from now on.........

 

Congratulations! That's a great find!

 

What a fantastic experience this must have been!

Unfortunately, nothing will ever excite you ever again in your life. You might find a silver proof coin in your pocket change someday. It will be a nice litle thrill but it won't compare to the thrill when you found that gold coin back in 2011....

 

wow, that is amazing!

 

I think most of us would be willing to face that risk.

 

Spectacular

 

Very nice! I wish all of us here at CoinTalk similar luck in the future!