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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2808686, member: 10461&quot;]Thanks, &#039;Yoda! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>That Seljuq &quot;Lion &amp; Sun&quot; piece was actually one of the most inexpensive pieces in the current box, having cost barely over a hundred bucks.</p><p><br /></p><p>The cityview Zurich piece is, as you say, amazing on many different levels.&nbsp; I could not have afforded it if it were a Mint State example (it&#039;s &quot;only&quot; an AU58), and as a <i>half</i>-thaler it&#039;s not as valuable as some of the full- or multiple-thalers would be, but it was within my reach (just), and I had to have it.&nbsp; I had a 1768 Nurnberg cityview thaler once, but it was much more modest in grade (a VF25), and while nice, it didn&#039;t remotely touch this 1739 Zurich piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1847 Liberian proof cent is not out of place at all.&nbsp; It is the <b>finest example graded</b> (<a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/81824099" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/81824099" rel="nofollow">PCGS pop 1/0</a> in <i>all grades</i>; none higher at either service)!&nbsp; It used to be in an <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/3259133-001/64/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/3259133-001/64/" rel="nofollow">NGC PF64 BN</a> holder (Pop 4/0 in that grade; was then tied with three others for finest graded) but I cracked it out last year and got that sweet upgrade.</p><p><br /></p><p>Plus I&#039;ve always loved that design, and it is presently the only coin representing Africa in my collection.&nbsp; Sure, that Liberty head, while lovely, is rather Anglo-Saxon-looking for an African coin, but remember, it was the early 19th century, in the era of colonialism, so a &quot;caucasian&quot; looking portrait would not have been politically incorrect or racist at the time.&nbsp; And in that design you can definitely see the influence of the United States on Liberia&#039;s history.</p><p><br /></p><p>Besides, it&#039;s a 170-year-old <i>proof</i> coin!&nbsp; I have at least one other collector who&#039;s expressed an interest in buying it if I ever tire of it (which won&#039;t be anytime soon).&nbsp; And there is no higher praise another collector can give you than an unsolicited buy offer!&nbsp; So that is actually one of my better pieces.</p><p><br /></p><p>Will I ever be content with a &quot;final box&quot;?</p><p><br /></p><p>Probably not until I&#039;m lowered into the ground in my <i>own</i> &quot;final box&quot;. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie40" alt=":dead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Such are the whims of being a collector.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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