I recently saw an old 2002 coin value guide and bullion coin prices were based on a gold spot price of $275. And we're now hoping for the $800's...
Waaaaay too soon for me. I'm waiting for a much bigger dip. Prices are still too close to the $1000 "wall". I want a little more padding between...
Mexican coin with eagles: [IMG] Eagle has been on many Mexican coins since early 19th century.
I have been surprised at how well the scanner does as compared to my digital camera. Depending on the coin, you can play around with both white...
Misaligned double stikes on Spanish-Colonial cobs are not unusual at all -- in fact, quite common -- and is not an indication either way of the...
And the date? Every similar coin I've seen, even replicas, had a date under St. George. This is some kind of modern "fantasy coin" (non-coin).
These are all beautiful coins. I too have some colorized coin sets from the Perth Mint (not the same as yours) and love looking at them. But I...
The coin is apparently from Lima, Peru and the assayers was (D) Diego de la Torre. According to Daniel Sedwick in his well respected book, "The...
In my experience, "tourist" coins are typically about 50%-100% overpriced (Atocha coins excepted), but people who buy these types of shipwreck...
Wow!!!!! Please put me in your will. How much does the Brinks guard cost you each month?
I just recently got into collecting and am still looking for the niche that I'll concentrate on, trying a few things, going to shows, reading this...
It's a fact that buying shipwreck coins in a tourist area is definitely going to cost more money but if you're buying it as a nice momento of your...
Nice looking clump with a lot of character. Yes, shipwreck coins have a special appeal to me because I'm a history buff first and coin collector...
The o-over-M mintmark is Mexico city. The F and T were the assayers. F is Antonio Forcada but don't know about the T. I can't comment on the...
With all respect to the expertise of GDJMSP, it's not clear to me how this coin can be so quickly dismissed as a replica from a photograph and a...
Your coin is beautiful. Your Grandpa did you good. :thumb: This coin would have been legal tender in the U.S. until about 1857, but continued in...
You can do it with graphics software too. If you don't have Photoshop, you can use GIMP, which is free and does most everything Photoshop does.
Excellent coin and history. Thank you for posting it. I too like Spanish Colonials and the interesting history behind each one. There's so many...
For 1787 (assuming you asking about Spanish Colonial), these would be the milled bust types (as in my avatar) struck in a number of different...
Thanks for the bit of history and the pics. That's one of the more interesting countermarks I've seen. It's always nice when a coin represents...
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