Nice set there, Sir. One thing that is interesting is that Proof is a means of manufacture rather than condition, then which criteria are used in...
Yes, who knows? I think it rather entertaining to try for cheaper scarce to rare bits and this fit the bill. I will try to get a better picture...
Here is mine from a cpl. years ago: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Yes, I may. Wow! That is a beautiful "full head" (or nearly) coin with PL traits. Love that one. I think these when well struck and above 63 are...
Yes, good reference and he did an excellent job on the book. The value of these has seemed to go through the roof. I have 1910, 1912, 1913, 1914...
Click on image for a blowup and see if you see any obvious defects other than minimal bag marking......
Yes, that hurt a bit but bought as AU so guess the seller thought so. Of course I do not and see a really nice coin in hand. These grades are...
I recently bought and then finally had graded at PCGS this peso. I rather liked the coin but full admit it certainly is not perfect but what I...
Well, Sam, there are a few of us out here that like these coins - 1984, me, a gentleman in Poland and a few others..... I imagine there are some...
The whole coin is brass and the center oxidizes more golden color usually after being touched by finger or hand.
This is a coin outside of what I generally collect but as the 1983 "error" mule 2 New Pence caught my interest some while ago and got the 1983...
Hey all I saw these pictures of a brass 1967 sovereign that recently passed through the salesroom at Baldwin. It was identified there as a pattern...
Greg, I think I covered this to some degree in comments about packaging and I think your examples demonstrate my point. If a coin is superbly...
Hmmm, admittedly not my series but look at the 1974 PL coin above; it clearly is PL. The coins in the OP 1985 do not appear similar at all with...
Thanks for the confirmation!
Au contraire mon ami. FDC is perfect, but proof. These are not uncirculated....Uncs can be FDC but highly unusual. If these are not proof then...
Fleur de coin = FDC = usually proof. Of course the coins have not circulated so are "Unc" These coins appear obviously, at least to me, proof.
Ah yes, that would be the palladium (IMHO) version that may be more properly a type of half sov pattern
I could be wrong but side to side the matte florin of 1927 and the matte pattern reverse seem to show slightly larger lettering on the latter and...
Mmm, the nicer of the two currency but not the proof - which I wish I had gotten. I didn't purchase at Bole directly so got this through the...
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