Stopped by the LCS today to see if they had anything interesting walk through the door. At first glance, it didn't seem like it...the foreign silver box had been cleaned out (i.e., sold completely) and no one had any "secret piles" of stuff hiding on their desk. I was going to have to put some effort in, apparently. So, I went through about 15 boxes. Found a HUGE pile of foreign silver they didn't know was there, so they were happy about that, and picked up this pile of FUN: (US Coins also included at the top) Two AU 1941 D Jefferson Nickels 1941 S Washington Quarter "Large S" 1956 Washington Quarter Type B Reverse 1964 D Washington Quarter with a nice little rainbow tone starting on the obverse Hooray for a pile of new coins!
Stopped by our local LCS today for laughs. No surprise, with PM tanking, they had removed all silver and gold bullion from display cases. Only had some numismatic pieces with all the slabbed copper, clad, and nickel. I envy you guys who have someone locally.
The larger Russian silver you see are 50 Kopeks (1911, and two 1912.) I believe the 1911 is a better date, but nothing spectacular. The best part of the deal was the non-silver for an extra $4 (includes a 1953 Great Britain 9-coin mint set, still sealed, although the dividers seem to have broken down over time.) Finally picked up the first Nazi silver coin I've seen in at least 6 months (another CT member here has been asking about them) and a Cuban silver 10 centavos (also have someone looking for these.) As well as plenty of older foreign silver for another CT member. So, today was fun for me but will eventually be fun for many other people...
@Numismat @Siberian Man - here are the photos of the Russian 50 Kopeks. Being as the Krause manuals are notoriously behind on prices...thoughts on grade/value? (others are welcome to reply as well, no offense meant)
Two more favorites from this bunch. They might be keepers: Danish West Indies - 1878 10 Cents (mintage of 80,000) Italy (Italian States - Naples & Siciliy) - 1855 10 Grana
Phew!! Here's a full list: USA 1941 D Jefferson Nickel (2) 1941 S Washington Quarter "Large S" 1956 Washington Quarter "Type B Reverse" 1964 D Washington Quarter (toned) Canada 1909 5 Cents silver 1953 Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal (Copper or bronze) Russia 1913 15 Kopeks 1915 15 Kopeks 1911 50 Kopeks 1912 50 Kopeks (2) Panama 1930 1/2 Balboa Bahamas 1972 2 Dollars (proof) Switzerland 1810 3 Batz (Basel) 1930 5 Francs 1931 5 Francs Japan 1909 20 Sen 1909 50 Sen 1958 100 Yen Great Britain 1906 1 Farthing 3 Pence (1884, 1889, 1903, 1915, 1917 (2), 1918 (3), 1919, 1922, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1940, 1942) 6 Pence (1816, 1844, 1884, 1904, 1910, 1915, 1919, 1927 (2), 1937, 1942 (2), 1943, 1944, 1945) 1 Shilling (1874, 1881, 1907, 1944 (2), 1959 (Scottish Crest)) 1 Florin/2 Shillings (1935, 1937) 1953 Mint Set 9 coins Germany 1797 1 Pfennig (will look up specific state in a bit) 1856 1 Silver Groschen 1873 D 10 Pfennig 20 Pfennig (1874 B, 1875 D) 1/2 Mark (1906 A, 1919 A) 1 Mark (1874 C, 1874 G, 1902 D, 1903 J, 1909 A, 1914 A) 1934 J 2 Reichsmark 1901 2 Mark (will look up specific state in a bit) 1919 E 3 Mark (will look up specific state in a bit) 1830 1/2 Thaler (Hesse-Cassel) 1865 1 Thaler (Bavaria) France 1868 1 Franc (countermarked "SEDAN") Chile 1938 10 Centavos (possible overdate or DDR) Cuba 1952 10 Centavos Danish West Indies 1878 10 Cents Italy 1855 10 Grana Austria 1836 5 Kreuzer Misc 1796 either Spain or one of the Spanish Colonies, about the size of a dime Arabic coin, size of a Canada silver 5 cents
Those 50 kops are very nice, and your photos really do them justice. Not going to venture a guess at market value, but I have no doubt they will do very, very well as an auction.
I appreciate your input. I see them priced ALL OVER THE PLACE on eBay...so maybe I will just put them in as an auction and see where they end up. It would be great if they could pay for the whole lot ha ha...
They did pretty well indeed: 1911 ($62.99) 1912 ($21.50) 1912 ($34.99) I'm thinking if I throw the rest of the Russian silver on they'll cover the entire bunch. Huzzah!
