You don't usually see colorfully toned gold coins. Bought this one raw in a Japanese auction. There were maybe 10-15 similar toned examples,...
One of my favorite set designs. The 1930 Iceland "1000 Years of Althing" set. Officially they are medals embossed with denominations. The only...
Recently picked this up. Undated, but similar types were minted at the Vienna mint circa 1970's-80's. Based on its look, I'd guess this was minted...
This is a 1989 "Pattern Set" from South Africa. Unlike most patterns that are being tested for design, these were produced for another reason,...
Super common coin, but super rare grade. I got offered a couple original rolls of 1967 Swiss silver 1/2 Francs. Sent about 25% of them into be...
Found this in a dealer's stock. Way out of his and my area of expertise, but it looked very appealing and it seemed cheap (I think $60). Just came...
The 1917 Germany (Saxony) Friederich The Wise 3 Mark celebrating the Jubilee of Reformation is the key modern German coin. Lightly impaired...
A 1952 Denmark specimen set from the John Jay Pittman collection. I recently purchased the (2) 1952 and (2) 1951 sets from his collection. The...
Nothing rare, but just a handful of (IMHO) pretty-to-gorgeous toned modern South Africa proofs. They just posted grades at PCGS. [IMG] [IMG]...
This just came back from PCGS: [IMG] I didn't check the Pop Report, but I suspect this is the only non-modern German coin to ever grade MS69.
A few of my Boston ANA purchases. [img] 1680 Germany Harz Baptism Taler. Large planchet. [img] 1730 Germany Harz Baptism Taler....
Recently picked this up for my collection. It's a Siege Coinage from 1713 German (Landau) 1 Florin 4 Kreuzer. I find unusual stuff like this oddly...
Since the major Heritage auction is over, figured it's time for us to start posting our auction wins and any floor purchases once the show opens...
For your viewing enjoyment, the finest known 1931-A German 3 Mark Magdeburg commemorative. Likely original mintage of only a few hundred. Without...
Picked this set up at Long Beach. Not something I usually would buy for myself or resale, but it just looked really nice which can be a rarity for...
Here is something I just picked up at the Long Beach show. It's a one year type coin. While not necessarily a rare coin in itself, even in unc...
Anyone know anything about this coin? [img] I picked it up in a large collection I purchased and know nothing about it or even that it...
A few of my recent pick ups from the NYINC show last month. [img] 1627 Germany (Augsburg) Taler. Davenport 5026. NGC MS63 (which was harsh)....
This arrived in the mail today... [IMG] It's a (dated) 1720 Switzerland (Beromuenster) medallic 1/4 Taler struck to commemorate the 1,000th...
I just got this back from NGC. I have no real information about it other than what is listed on the insert. I picked it up at the NYINC show...
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