Dear all. I have this Carolus IIII coin and wondered could anyone tell me it's approximate value. Kind regards
Your 2 reales piece minted in Lima has a catalog value of around $20.00. However the calalog I'm using is twenty years old. Hope this is of some help. P.S. I believe your coin is real.
The 2002 3rd Ed. Standard Catalog of World Coins, 18th Century, puts it at $17.50 VG, $35 F, $50 VF and $65 XF, with no value shown for Unc. Based solely on the picture, I would grade it in the top-end F to low-end VF range..
I think spending $125 on that coin would be a mistake when you could buy several different dates of the same mint on ebay for between $15 and $40 each including #8313491011.
But its not the same coin...its like this....you can buy a 1921 Morgan dollar for $10 but you can't buy a 1878CC morgan dollar for $10.... Prices are not the same for every coin. Speedy
Of course it's not the same coin. There are many 1800 Lima minted 2 reales available in many grades. They are not the same either but some are XF/au and they are still priced under that $125 estimate. Ponterio has 13 of them in stock at this very moment in the next auction Sept.9th. P.S. the 1800 Lima 2 reales IS the 1921 Morgan of the series NOT the 1878CC.
Right, but if this type of 1800's 2 reales is worth XXX and the other one is worth XXX...why shouldn't one be worth more than the other? It seems plain to me that this coin could be worth $125 while another type could be worth $20. Speedy
I'm in no way a expert...I try to help collectors. But what one is the "1921"?...you yourself said that there are many of these coins...many types and such....right now I have am old book on my lap that shows 4 coins that look like this coin..BUT they are not the same...one looks just like the coin in this thread...the other one looks like the one in the auction you posted---one has more value...the other one doesn't. Can't you see that just because 1 coin goes off ebay for $25 doesn't mean that a coin of another type has to be worth the same amount of money? Like I said with the Morgan...and you said You may have 2 coins from the same mint but from other years (or from other mints)---one has more value than the other one---its plain to me. Speedy
