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That is a marvelous coin Cucumbor! I think mine is from Saint Quentin Mint/ seems dot is under 17th letter.
Fantastic post/ learned a lot! If I inherited the AV aureus posted formerly in NFA auction, it was perfect MS. I would keep it and never sell it....
You are right about crazy prices! I thought I was an idiot for going 2600 Sfrcs on a MS EL Hemihekte (Boar on tunny) from Leu. That probably would...
Yes, there where way better bargains in the NY Sale/Golderg event;) John
Thanks! It went for $1250 Goldbergs/NY Sale!
There where some crazy prices for sure/ If I had the means (being rich) I would have snapped up that Vabalathus aureus for 250K:happy: Not that EL...
Not just ancients, world coin prices are going ballistic too:( Only US prices are stagnant/ well US coinage was way overpriced to begin with.
Got this 3 mins. after Orange Florin d'or! AV Ecu d'or neuf a la couronne ND Chalons sur Marne Mint Charles VII "the Victorious" 1422-61 king of...
I was after the Sicily AV Pierreale d'or Pedro I/ Constanza and the AV Mouton d'or Flanders/ Louis de Male/ both went way too high.
I was after the I am still surprised that they let you handle coins with protective gloves! I have never touched any of mine with bare fingers.
Yeah, I am really surprised that no one in Koln would have put some MS examples aside in his collection. I would have.....
Certainly, its MS-62 NGC On that Triton Koln 1438 dated coin, it went fairly cheap. I am waiting for a MS one hopefully one day.
Thanks! LaCointessa:) and Michael K:) Nice thing about that coin (I have been wanting a better quality ex. for past 5 years) This one went way...
After a bad Triton/ my luck got better with New York Sale (Goldbergs) auction. I ended up getting two really nice French Medieval pieces. France/...
Well, I ended up getting a big fat O :dead: Seems, everything I was interested in, went way past estimates. Lets hear how others members...
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Just got this yesterday! AV Sovereign 1835 London Mint William IV[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Congratulations on your fantastic first auction win! Beautifull piece, great portrait:happy: It will find a nice home in your collection.
I think his mistress was an actress.
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