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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kryptonitecomic, post: 1391917, member: 26784&quot;]I decided a couple of weeks ago that I wanted to add some gold to my collection but bullion simply doesn&#039;t interest me. I wanted historical coins that had numismatic value well above the simple melt value. I started looking at Ducats and Escudo&#039;s from the 1700&#039;s and decided I like the design and the history of the Escudo pieces more than the ducats so I spent a few weeks trying to find the right coins for the right price...no easy task.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did as much research as I could online to gather info on rarity and values but the supply is so small on some of these coins that I ultimately had to purchase from a dealer so I may be into the coins for a bit more than they are worth but I didn&#039;t buy these as an investment so I am ok with the prices which averaged around $330 a piece. From what I can ascertain from online information the smaller denomination escudo&#039;s are rarer then say the 8 Escudo pieces which would make since due to their small size which would make them easy to lose. I am not putting too much stock in the current population reports as there still may be hoards of these coins in Europe that haven&#039;t been graded...who knows?</p><p><br /></p><p>Ultimately I opted to spend a bit more for graded pieces as I have limited experience with buying gold coins in general and I couldn&#039;t take a chance on buying ex jewelry piece or pieces that weren&#039;t authentic.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee194/Kryptonitecomics/Consignments64/Consignments89005.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee194/Kryptonitecomics/Consignments64/Consignments89006.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee194/Kryptonitecomics/Consignments64/Consignments89117.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee194/Kryptonitecomics/Consignments64/Consignments89118.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee194/Kryptonitecomics/Consignments64/Consignments89007.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee194/Kryptonitecomics/Consignments64/Consignments89009.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee194/Kryptonitecomics/Consignments64/Consignments89119.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee194/Kryptonitecomics/Consignments64/Consignments89120.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee194/Kryptonitecomics/Consignments64/Consignments89010.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee194/Kryptonitecomics/Consignments64/Consignments89011.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee194/Kryptonitecomics/Consignments64/Consignments89121.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee194/Kryptonitecomics/Consignments64/Consignments89122.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee194/Kryptonitecomics/Consignments64/Consignments89012.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee194/Kryptonitecomics/Consignments64/Consignments89013.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee194/Kryptonitecomics/Consignments64/Consignments89123.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee194/Kryptonitecomics/Consignments64/Consignments89124.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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