World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!

The 1997s are sold out and a result the price they have is when the coin sold out (silver could have been $25/oz spot price for all we know) and as a result not up to date like price for 96 issue.

 

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While foreign enough to qualify for this thread, I bought this ($76.59 - eBay) as an example to show people what coins circulated during the American Revolution. The 8 Reales aka the Spanish Milled Dollar was legal tender in the United States until 1857.

 

I had purchased the '97 when both were in stock about last week and the '96 still carried a higher premium. ~$4 more than the '97, just curious you know. Well I'm just glad I got one, I should've bought all 3

 

Without milk spots they are not genuine. The 2011 and the grizzlies have been the worst in my opinion, when someone posted one without I was quite surprised. My older coins are all free from this problem, I would really like to know what they've changed in the minting process? Some people claim that an ounce of silver is an ounce of silver, but this is not true. Selling such coins is only possible with a discount.

Luckily your coin has only a few small spots, they shouldn't be a problem.

My first Maple was a 1996, which I bought in a set with an American Silver Eagle and a Chinese Panda for 59.90 DM pretty good compared to today. Back then bullion investing was in the realm of the obscure and I bought these coins at a coin dealer and not like it is today at a bullion dealer.

I'm missing this and the last before of the series in my collection. A lovely modern design, different to the style of the earlier polar bear.

 

Yes, you know they're real if they have those classic milk spots.

3 out of my 4 Timberwolves have milk spots.
Nice and milky mmm.....

 

I checked Krause and 1996 was listed with value of 42.50 and 1997 value of 35. Mintage 250,445 vs 100,970. Perhaps they based it off of that?

Also I have seen fake Panda coins that have milk spots, milk spots are due to multiple reasons. That would worst way to determine the legibility of a coin...

 

I thought that Hiddendragon might like to see these two coins. One is a silver 1938 Iraq 50 fils and the other is an off-center peso from Mexico.

 

Newfoundland 2 Dollar Gold MS61 PCGS, Mintage 2,500 Coins!

Newfoundland 1880 2 Dollar Gold MS61 PCGS, Mintage 2,500 Coins!


The 1880 is the key to the set, seldom seen in Mint State. Really glad to get this piece! Enjoy!

Best Regards, :hail:

George
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NGC pop in 67 is only 14

 

Is this a genuine coin ? I sometimes look at offers of those pieces of eight, as I could imagine to buy one , too. But I find they very sheldom come in such a high grade. If this one is a legitimate coin, 80 $ were quit a good deal.

 

I don't really buy modern coins especially colored coins. But when I saw this I just had to get it.


2012 Palau

this is the reverse

 

97=lowest mintage

96=a dealer told me they are harder to get. is that true?

 

My latest addition: A 120 Grana, dated 1850, from the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (Naples & Sicily).

 

I think I need an intervention. When I see this coin for sale, I simply can't resist bidding on it. This is one of the Restrike 100 Francs issued by Luxembourg in 1946 in a mintage of 2,000 pieces. Another version of this coin was issued in a mintage of 98,000 coins that bears the designers complete surname on the reverse between the "6" of 1946 and the "N" of BLANNEN. Strangely, NGC doesn't note the "restrike" variety on many of the slabs for this coin. The coin is all the more attractive as it is large (crown sized) and the design (particularly the reverse) is very aesthetically pleasing. This is my 4th example of the low mintage variety of this coin, three graded MS66 (2 from NGC, 1 from PCGS), and one raw.

 

It is a beautiful coin, and with such a low mintage who could resist? World crowns are among my favorites as well, particularly with original surfaces as this piece appears to possess! I picked up a beautifully toned 1949 South Africa 1949 crown at my last show and a 1953 Sweden 5 kronor crown-sized commemorative coin. I just squirrel them away like nuts ... maybe we both need interventions!

Thanks for sharing!

Best Regards, :hail:

George

 

Awesome obverse design

I like the 1946 Luxembourg obverse design.

 

Here UK 1p +

1/2 penny @ One I found half dollar @ the bank
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Picked these up today at the store




1965 Republic of China, Taiwan set of 5, 10, 50 and 100 Yuan. The 50 and 100 are silver.

 

1870 Canada Half Dollar With LCW AU55 PCGS With Awesome TrueView Photo!

The 1870 Canadian fifty cents were the first issue of the denomination, since no pre-Confederation silver coinage was struck with face value higher than twenty cents. Introduction of the fifty cent denomination therefore required the designing of new dies, which feature Leonard C. Wyon's portrait of Queen Victoria. The very rare "No LCW" coins, lacking the designer's initials on the bust truncation, were issued only briefly and are among the keys to the set. All Victoria Canadian halves are EXTREMELY elusive and expensive in Mint State, so I am elated to obtain this Choice AU (or perhaps a bit better? AU58?) beautiful example of the 1870 With LCW, which features the modified second portrait and initials on the bust. Population: 16 in 55, 32 finer. Enjoy!

Best Regards, :hail:

George

1870 Canada Half Dollar With LCW AU55 PCGS
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:thumb:1 more free bee from a bank roll of quarters 1946 Mexico 10centovs