I am glad for your happiness and aquisition, most certainly. I will say that I have seen many of these proof 1975 coins for sale in the last 20...
I agree, certainly not up to the level of the first Lion coin! Most of us that started the series are to some degree slaves to complete the...
Nice! One of my favorite coins in either date.
Yes I posted the initial pictures from Bowers-Merena and these are "in hand". Essai does indeed equal pattern or trial.
I finally have the coin in hand and had posted on it before:[ATTACH][ATTACH] This is the 1982 WAS 5,000 CFA Francs coin. What makes it special is...
You scare me with Volume 1 prospects - there are some heartstoppers in there!
Definately the proof and not the matte. This is "my" series of coins....
German AU as MS65? I think not, except on rare occasions.
If they are in top grade, I would guess so. If not, maybe not.
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They are notoriously low on their estimates. I would guess 300% of high estimate.
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Spirit, I have tried to locate this and found nothing. I have some connections to WA Francophone countries and no help "on the ground". One...
Yea, check to see if they have archives of the auction. I mean I don't know the series and saw crazy prices...
I really don't know. I was looking into some Colonial Jamaica issues that I thought might be off, and was most pleasant about the whole thing. I...
I was able to purchase this coin just yesterday at Stack's ANA auction. [ATTACH] This is a coin of likely exceeding rarity, but there is just a...
As I was waiting for my West African States coin to come up, I was watching the Stacks auction on-line and noticed that there were coins in the...
After a protracted fight, got this from the Stack ANA sale: [ATTACH] This is the 1982 5,000 Francs but struck in gold. Very rare as an essay,...
Here are two obverse pictures, one of a currency/business strike crown, the second of a specimen matte currency. And sorry about the quality of...
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