1994 Peru Gold Un Sol Pre-Inca Moche Cultural Artifacts. Mintage of 100. Bought directly from the mint in Lima circa 2004. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Was thinking the same thing: VG10 outside shot at F12.
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Pity the collector who ponied up all the extra dough to add common date Saints to the collection in the "much more sought after grade of MS64"...
That's pretty much all modern coinage, the last gasp was Finland before the artform was completely snuffed-out by automation and lifeless graphic...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] From the Stack's NYINC sale. Just picked it up at the Long Beach Expo. 1807 Papal States, Doppia. Slight weakness in strike,...
Neat coin from a real neat city. I have in-laws who live there, about the most civilized spot on the planet.
A 10 ounce bar at $21 an ounce set you back $210. It will only buy 3 silver one ounce rounds today.
1902-S $20 in raw XF from the coin kiosk at the local mall (Yorktown - Lombard, Illinois) around mid-1985 for $472 at a time when gold was about...
I suspect much of the anxiety surrounding the potential drop in silver prices has less to do with refining backlogs or the spectacular gain in...
Nope, don't remember. Just remember that I paid more for the better date, --something substantial like $50 more... Which doesn't sound like much...
MS66 Saints did almost nothing as gold soared from $2,200 to $3,200. Every advance in gold prices saw an equal offsetting decline in the premium....
Good questions. To the extent that Peru is a major producer of gold, it makes sense they would strike gold coins just like South Africa. I find...
Well, some things never change with the government. Even in 1931 it appears that $78,000 FV in gold was considered "negligible" -- I think...
Here's another super low mintage Peruvian gold coin, mintage of 300. The following year in 1969 only 403 struck. Yet have a look at recent...
Fabulous information gathering there...,,. Any chance of posting the entire article? The lead sentence implies comment on an earlier portion of...
First world gold coin I ever won at a live auction was a 1933/34 Vatican 100 Lire from Richard Ponterio at the Chicago International Coin Fair...
No question it is all demand driven. But if hesitancy to sell at spot affects the willingness of future owners to offer the coins at melt, the...
Much rare gold numismatic material is changing hands at spot, and many great coins are getting melted down. Saints have never been rare, even the...
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