i wish i would have know about this show earlier. too late to change my plans this weekend. :( is it held at the same time every year?
personally, i don't own a slabbed coin. when i do get a slabbed coin, i crack it out. i have enjoyed learning to grade coins and slabs don't offer...
i just wanted to update this, as my op has some incorrect info. after doing several months of research into this coin, i have come to the...
$50.05 is my guess. thanks for the contest!!
the frustrating part was to be in the right region, but be a couple of countries too far north. oh, well. it was fun, no matter the outcome!!
thanks for a fun, but frustrating, contest krispy!
that is cool! :thumb::thumb:
g- saudi arabia i- saudi arabia
2nd attempt... G- israel I- israel m- israel
1853 victoria shilling [ATTACH]
oops! i only wrote down the winning answers, not all the coins in the envelopes. oh, well, there's always another try tomorrow.
here's my guess a- sweden c- sweden e- sweden g- sweden i- sweden m- sweden
that is a gorgeous coin!!
congrats menace! and thanks camlov2 for the contest!
i think you're wrong. the 1570's would make it a carlos and johanna reale, but the legend doesn't say carlos and johanna. it says ferdinand and...
taking a guess... some real of ferdinand and isabella. the obverse legend, in part, says king and queen of castille. the reverse says ferdinand...
i have 2... paid $8 from a foreign bin [ATTACH] paid 75¢ from a junk bin [ATTACH]
$250 - a 1849 coronet gold dollar $500 - a crvx type aethelred ii penny $1000 - the above 2 coins and a 1798 draped bust large cent
nice write up! :thumb::thumb: personally, i don't like toning and would not pay a premium for it. at the same time, blast white, while pretty,...
my krause is old (2006), but it says 50¢ for unc, $1 for BU. someone else may have a more recent value for it.
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