Let's see your newest acquisitions!

Discussion in 'US Coins Forum' started by H8_modern, Feb 25, 2011.

  1. fretboard

    fretboard Defender of Old Coinage!

    Okay got this off of the bay last week. Many will cringe because it's jewelry but it's gold and it's rare and I'm too old to care! :D I already had one, the slabbed one I bought years ago but I always wanted another, these are selling right now for $500 to $600 and it's less than 2 grams of gold, here it is! :D

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  3. Barney McRae

    Barney McRae Well-Known Member

    Are you pimping it ala Christopher Mulsante (Sopranos) style? :D
     
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  4. rte

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  5. fretboard

    fretboard Defender of Old Coinage!

    No it's really tiny like 14.3mm but I have others to rock! lol.gif
     
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  6. Croatian Coin Collector

    Croatian Coin Collector Well-Known Member

    Insular Government of the Philippine Islands Silver Peso (minted in San Francisco in 1907):

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  7. Kentucky

    Kentucky Supporter! Supporter

    Whenever I see these old pesos, I am reminded of the story of how a large amount of older silver Filipino coinage was dumped into the ocean when MacArthur left and then retrieved after the war, hence explaining the awful condition of many of these pieces.
     
  8. Croatian Coin Collector

    Croatian Coin Collector Well-Known Member

    Yes, rather than leaving the Silver Pesos to the Japanese, they threw them into the ocean.

    By the way, do you by any chance know who the woman on the obverse is supposed to represent? She reminds me of Manifest Destiny.
     
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