Well Toad, you are right. American coins seem to be very much appreciated in the UK. The foreign coin specialist at Spinks-London once told me...
Steve (srkjkd), I thank YOU very much for your kind words. As you see , this coin had been cleaned when i bought it, but it managed to tone down...
Guys, thank you for your comments. What strikes me is that you are all grading this coin higher than Bowers & Merena did in the auction. It...
This one came from an B&M auction. What do you guys think? Your opinions on grade, appeal and variety as usual are very welcome. Thanks Eduard
According to the World Coin catalogue, your assayers are as follows: For Mexico Mint Assayer T Tomas Butron Miranda 1809 to 1810...
Guys, here is a close-up of the date, as requested. You can see the serifs of the 2 under the 3. Eduard
Guys, thank you much for your comments! At what grade do you think the the 1802/0 would slab. See if you concur with B&M's grade assessment of...
Hello C.T friends, Here is an 1800/2 half cent, and an 1823/2 cent. The first is from a B$M sale. It is low grade but compensates due to the very...
keano, i would really like to see a photo of your dealers coin. I hope that can be arranged. Thanks and regards, Eduard
Metal detectorists (many dug coins are bent when found) often use heat to straighten up a coin. I've not tried that. What i have tried is placing...
Phoenix, i put the pictures up again since they mysteriously dissapeared a few days ago. They are still the ones from the auction house as the...
Thank you very much GDJMSP, you do true honor to your sign off: Knowledge - share it! I will start searching for the resources you mentioned....
Hello everybody, Thanks again for all your comments concerning this coin. Just to let you know that i have decided to have the coin encapsulated...
Thanks vavet. Glad you like this coin. Guys, here are some close-ups of the edge and reeding (its evening here and not much daylight left, so it...
Thank you Steve for your comments. I will try to take a close-up photo of the mintmark to see if that helps better determine the coin is OK....
I was just looking at a current eBAY listing which features an 1885-S dime with an altered mintmark (the coin is listed as such). This got me...
Congratulations! The fugio cent has a beautiful yet simple design with its intertwined links symbolizing the union of the states. A coin in VF 20...
Thank you all for your comments. I feel a lot of afinity for Latin America and Chile specially, that is probably why i wanted this coin so much....
I was finally able to realize one of my "numismatic dreams" last night. I bid on, and won a Santiago mint columnario 8 Reales dated 1768, (Assayer...
I agree with Cladking. In that condition the '55 G coin is worth about 2 euros (3$). In good VF about $20. Only the very top grades are worth what...
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