That is some serious money, for a modern coin...
Honestly, for coins outside of Canada, US, Australia and UK, I really can't tell you the market value of this piece. I simply don't know...
It might be different in the US, but in Canada, the majority of coin dealers do not make money on coins. They make money buying and selling...
Double struck, in collar. Very cool error... I would kill for a Canadian $2 coin to have the same error...
This was the part I disliked...
Detecto, try having golf, or fishing, or car racing as a hobby (i.e., guess how much return I get on a used set of track tires)... only then you...
Short answer, yes. But, add in the years of learning and acquiring knowledge, learning how to grade yourself, how to spot unattributed coins and...
I assume then, you are not accounting for your time in this equation??
Moral of the story - never bring your wife to a coin auction!!
Nice token Steve! I love test tokens too, almost as much as nickel dollars... but hey, when a full set of nickel dollar size test tokens came...
The 1947 (no mark) and 1947 Maple Leaf are fairly common. The 1947 dot is a bit of an enigma, but it is the rarest variety for that year....
Does not look right, to be a Rockwell hardness tester error in the planchet (prior to the strike). I can't quite tell with the lighting, if the...
Beautiful coin... thanks for sharing!
The damage on the lower right serif of H in ELIZABETH, indicates to me that this is a clever press job, probably more with a hammer than a vice...
Saw your request for BU Canadian coins. Send me a message... I can set you up with quite a few dates...
With errors, sometimes it is impossible to put an accurate price on a piece. Sometimes I have gotten spectacular errors for almost nothing, other...
The coin is worth in excess of $1500 (I was the underbidder at the 2012 Long Beach auction)... but that is a lot of money to be chasing an error...
This is a Canadian nickel dollar, struck on a 5.6 gram Cu-Ni planchet (unattributed, but likely the New Zealand 10c that the Royal Canadian Mint...
I use the label maker itself. I buy the smallest labels I can find for the label maker, size 7 font, two lines (one line for dollar sized flips or...
PCGS Registry for my sets. The coins stay safely in the bank as well. Also, PCGS has the 'Collectors Showcase' which is a fantastic place to...
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