I had a cheap $10 foreign piece from the Farouk auction, but must have sold it. I have these now.
Surprisingly high SN for a small bank.
The octagonal stamp with George III’s effigy are much rarer. But counterfeits exist. It’s good to have pirates on the payroll.
I like to buy while it’s still available. I don’t price PMs in fiat currency.
Looks like a nice gothic florin. Weakness of strike doesn’t seem evident in the reverse.
As Mark Twain said, “It ain’t what you don’t know that’s the problem, it’s what you know that just ain’t so that’s the problem.”
You can do a Seated Dollar type set and only need two coins to complete it.
Platinum is even more special when you pick it up.
The quarters, halves and dollars were struck with the 1776-1976 dates in 1975 AND 1976. Not rare, especially circulated, but not commonly found...
The dollar is the best. It is a type 2.1. Go to the PCGS website and look up the holder museum.
Nope.
As long as you didn’t buy GM stock. Then you’d have 0.
Looks like corrosion to me - especially the reverse. As they say, one man’s junk is another man’s treasure.
Not fakes, just “countries” that have NCLT struck by mints like the Perth Mint to be shilled by places like MCM to the unsuspecting. And they...
They weren’t named the Saxe-Coburg Gothas for nothing.
There are some official Edward VIII coins, but they only have his name, no portraits.
Feeder finger marks affect the die face, making shiny straight marks. The way U.S. coins are struck now, they don’t use the feeders they did 50...
Look like spenders to me. Not worth the cost of the solvents or time.
The Charles III coins will be issued in 2023, with him facing left.
Looks like a gap to me.
Separate names with a comma.