Howdy fellow coin peeps, Here's another one of the coins I recently won in a Heritage Auction, along with 3 other colonial type coins. It's a Newman 6-W and barely attributeable and without a doubt a ground find but all of my Fugios are ground finds and I'm lucky to have them, considering how expensive these little booghers are. This makes #4 and the others are a N12-M & N12-U & N15-Y. Ribbit
Yours is probably worth more then mine . I'm the guy that has the Fugio with the hole in it. I read somewhere that the fugio is one of the most popular coins on a coin collectors want list. Having a fugio in any condition is great, remember this coin in in the smithsonian . I love the fugio coin. Jazzcoins Joe
Yours is in much better condition so value is similar but if it was me, I'd rather have yours. I don't mind a hole in certain coins and the Fugio is one of them. Of the four I own, one is holed and the others aren't and the one that's holed, is in better condition than the other three. Ribbit
Nice grab Toad. By the way if you safe ever gets to full you just let me know, I'll hang on to your surplus for you. :whistle: I tell you what, the more I see different coins around here, the tougher it gets to stick to what I'm collecting now.:headbang:
I happened to pick the area that is impossible to find where I'm at. This area isn't old enough to have the early coppers "floating" around or to find via metal detecting, so I have to rely on the internet. I went to the local coin shop yesterday to grab a few supplies, flips & flip holder pages, and I asked, as I always do, any old copper show up? The answer it always the same - Nope! However, I took along my newly acquired California Gold Tokens and found out he has a few stuck somewhere and is willing to sell them to me at around the price I paid for the ones I just got, so that has me sitting on the edge of my seat wondering what he's got. I'll go see him again on Monday to see if he's pulled them out yet, which I doubt he will have, but it will let him know I am serious and then he'll remember to do it. As to a safe, I don't own one. My place is pretty secure so peeps can't break in and I'm always around. :kewl: One of these days I'll start uploading pics into my "thingy" on here so my whole collection is viewable. Not sure when I'll get around to doing that but someday. I still need to make it to a local coin club meeting, which is next Thursday. I wonder if I'll make it this time? :whistle: Ribbit
The only time I remember seeing these coins was when I was about 13 years old and I was a messenger in Manhattan. I would often go to what was then the Bank of New York on Wall Street and they had a bunch of these on display. Ruben
Psssst! The DBC I got from Heritage is a 1797 S-137. As soon as I make it to Wally World to get a dremel, I can cut it out of it's holder and take pics to post on here. I'll try to go tomorrow. Ribbit
I would like to see the other Fugio's if you could post them. especially the one with the hole in it . jazzcoins Joe :smile
Here ya go: N12-M N12-U N15-Y I already posted the N6-W so that's the four I have so far also, I said they were all ground finds, when all of them are except for the N12-U, which is very worn but has no corrosion. It looks like it has seen many pockets. I hope to increase the number I have but I collect all the colonials so it doesn't take many to break me each week plus I have to start saving my money to have startup cash for the business I'm taking over at the first of the year. That will slow me down for a few months but I'll be back in full swing around March, so enjoy not having me to bid against while it lasts. Ribbit
Thank you for posting them Paul ,I really enjoyed viewing them, you know there my favorite coin.I had to pick one of the most expensive coins to like, and I cant' even afford to buy one in MS70.( yeah right if they exsist)The holed fugio is not bad at all ,you know that was used for a jewlery piece right in the suns face the hole.The one I like the best is the N12S the reverse of that coin is in vg. Why is the obverse a shade of blueish? Do you want to make a dealencil:, I will give you my fugio for all four of yours, plus a full tank of gas.:rolling: Let me know/ great coins toad Jazzcoins Joe:whistle:
