@Hiddendragon Nice group. I especially like the French 5 franc - nice surface VF/EF. They are a mainstay of the world crown collection.
@PaddyB Let's see those 'lesser grade crowns', please. :)
Top pop? Very nice and minty. Good grab.
let's talk about reasons for the below prices as of right now today: Silver - 22.61 Gold - 1,909.34 Any thoughts? I think it's an easing of...
Relatedly...one needs to factor in eye-appeal too. The above half dime is actually not a bad repair and has decent eye-appeal. I'd consider it...
Another recently purchased pile of nickel French coins: [ATTACH]
One lonely 64-D Quarter in the coinstar reject this morning at the local Mart of Walls. Nice.
31-S Buff is pretty great. Low-ish mintage and a semi-key for free. Hard to beat since it's a decent VG and can retail anywhere from $10-$15.
@Jeffjay For sure. I love getting 'weird' silver like that in the rejects. So nice.
That's my general position too. I've got several decent shops in my area that I rotate through, but this is Chicagoland, so...in a metro of ~9...
Agreed.
Excellent. Thanks. I'm just now venturing more heavily into Arabic script coinage, so I need some time to adapt.
Then fly. ;) Is the round trip flight cheaper and 'safer' than shipping cost+100% replacement insurance? Perhaps you're not 'able' to fly. If...
How far are you from the recipient? Maybe it's better to simply fly or drive them there yourself? I would not trust any shipping companies right...
One new purchase I missed: 1893 (1311) Iran 5 Rials [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Recent buys: 1969 Tunisia 1 Dinars [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 1893 Eqypt 20 qrish [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 1969 Uruguay 1000 Pesos [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 1968...
If they're the same general quality as your IHC set, would the buyer of the IHCs be interested in another batch buy? Or at least get a good...
I would have as detailed as possible inventory of your collection and send that to as many auction houses as possible to get their 'quotes'. Then...
@Vess1 I hear ya, but I had these subs from 1990-1995 when print magazines were still strong. I think they could have definitely found more...
These publications were/are good for some knowledge development, but I quickly noticed as a teen with Coins and Coinage subs that the articles...
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