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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3700490, member: 10461"]<font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Some precious lambs went to the slaughter since last time, but I had debts to be paid.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">I'm excited about some of the new acquisitions, however; particularly the Elizabeth I sixpence and the Napoleon medal. </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/cUuEzTfZlQlfKInCfBWA" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/cUuEzTfZlQlfKInCfBWA" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/fMbVxLwlRPahz7fkmwJw_Sceat%20800x400%20v2.png?w=200&h=200" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a> </font></font></b></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">I have an Anglo-Saxon coin again with that little sceat. It doesn't hold a candle to the </font></font><a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/SL50Qie7LLIUhnykKUjI/f8VHRDZzzusywaN6Tv0l" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/SL50Qie7LLIUhnykKUjI/f8VHRDZzzusywaN6Tv0l" rel="nofollow"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Aethelred II penny</font></font></a><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"> I sold, but it's a really neat coin from the Dark Ages. I like that it has tail-biting </font></font><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouroboros" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouroboros" rel="nofollow"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">ouroboros</font></font></a><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"> serpents on both sides.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/DlPw8vMRPuIP6rJiYyjJ" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/DlPw8vMRPuIP6rJiYyjJ" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/RLy0cZ4HSSuxWFnI1N1J_1575%20GB%206d%20800x400.png?w=200&h=200" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a> </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">I had been wanting a decent coin of England's famous Queen Elizabeth I for a while, but wanted one with the right look (i.e., contrasting grey toning), and a <i>dated</i> example. It took a while to find one that met my criteria which I could also afford. That piece has been at PCGS a while and news of its grade should come any day now. I suspect it will go VF-something. Really, I'm fine with any straight-grade, as long as it doesn't come back with a "details" grade. I think it'll do OK.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/nbFvchb7PippT2TZ8lzb" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/nbFvchb7PippT2TZ8lzb" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fcollectivecoin.imgix.net%2FfDwhaFMQ8abbs0wwr61H_1840%2520Napoleon%2520medal%2520800x400.png%3Fw%3D200%26h%3D200&hash=55f069d6ee9352f478aba5b7fff6cb78" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">The Napoleonic medal is absolutely stunning in hand with its gilt surfaces and high relief. None of the pictures (even the PCGS TrueView) do it any justice.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">The last three moderns were coins that are arguably worth less than the money I spent slabbing them, but they're all at the top of the PCGS population simply by virtue of being the only ones anyone has submitted.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/Ml8eXsHe3YxvC11Nzusm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/Ml8eXsHe3YxvC11Nzusm" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fcollectivecoin.imgix.net%2Ff00qCokYSqy7jq0U76mf_1959%2520Esperanto%2520800x400.png%3Fw%3D200%26h%3D200&hash=20de7c726164ded5bbb336a098ed1ce6" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">The Esperanto piece was a cool item I just liked a lot. It was a private pattern for a proposed universal world coinage, as Esperanto was created to be a universal language. Of course the single world currency idea never materialized, but who knows, perhaps it will, someday, and maybe the Universal League of Esperantists were just well ahead of their time. I got two of these coins from [USER=86472]@Mark Metzger[/USER]. This one, at MS66, is now the finest graded. The other, which I sold, went MS65.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/5MYF2wjidvliPYOxoA08" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/5MYF2wjidvliPYOxoA08" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fcollectivecoin.imgix.net%2FP3I666zfSvKUlaorAJ32_1972%2520Tanzania%25205s%2520800x400.png%3Fw%3D200%26h%3D200&hash=8bc12b66f5960f7d2cdbf6668ad3a84c" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">The Tanzanian coin was a cheap bulk bag find (cost me 10 cents or less). I wanted to add it to this collection for sentimental reasons. You see, I lived in Tanzania in 1972, when that coin was struck. I was a little kid, and used to get one of those coins on Fridays for my allowance if I had been a good lad (which I always was). If I remember correctly, you could buy a plastic model airplane kit with one. So what if it's a two-dollar coin in nearly fifty dollars' worth of plastic slab- I just like it.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/73h4ZXEZjk8EXvjTnSTE" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/73h4ZXEZjk8EXvjTnSTE" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/BmNsaraXTIKF2da1pHKB_2008%20Austria%20Klosterneuberg%20800x400.png?w=200&h=200" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Side note:</b> speaking of inexpensive moderns: the Austrian 10-euro Klosterneuberg commemorative is not a new addition, but did get graded by PCGS since last time. And it received the highest possible grade: </font></font><a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/37681946" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/37681946" rel="nofollow"><font size="5"><font face="Georgia">PR70 DCAM</font></font></a><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">! That is the first time I have "made" a 70-grade. I loved the design of the coin and though it only cost me $27 or so originally (and was thus worth less than the cost of the slab fees), I sent it in anyway. No regrets on that now!</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3700490, member: 10461"][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5]Some precious lambs went to the slaughter since last time, but I had debts to be paid. I'm excited about some of the new acquisitions, however; particularly the Elizabeth I sixpence and the Napoleon medal. [/SIZE][/FONT] [B][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5][URL='https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/cUuEzTfZlQlfKInCfBWA'][IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/fMbVxLwlRPahz7fkmwJw_Sceat%20800x400%20v2.png?w=200&h=200[/IMG][/URL] [/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5]I have an Anglo-Saxon coin again with that little sceat. It doesn't hold a candle to the [/SIZE][/FONT][URL='https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/SL50Qie7LLIUhnykKUjI/f8VHRDZzzusywaN6Tv0l'][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5]Aethelred II penny[/SIZE][/FONT][/URL][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5] I sold, but it's a really neat coin from the Dark Ages. I like that it has tail-biting [/SIZE][/FONT][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouroboros'][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5]ouroboros[/SIZE][/FONT][/URL][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5] serpents on both sides. [URL='https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/DlPw8vMRPuIP6rJiYyjJ'][IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/RLy0cZ4HSSuxWFnI1N1J_1575%20GB%206d%20800x400.png?w=200&h=200[/IMG][/URL] I had been wanting a decent coin of England's famous Queen Elizabeth I for a while, but wanted one with the right look (i.e., contrasting grey toning), and a [I]dated[/I] example. It took a while to find one that met my criteria which I could also afford. That piece has been at PCGS a while and news of its grade should come any day now. I suspect it will go VF-something. Really, I'm fine with any straight-grade, as long as it doesn't come back with a "details" grade. I think it'll do OK. [URL='https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/nbFvchb7PippT2TZ8lzb'][IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fcollectivecoin.imgix.net%2FfDwhaFMQ8abbs0wwr61H_1840%2520Napoleon%2520medal%2520800x400.png%3Fw%3D200%26h%3D200&hash=55f069d6ee9352f478aba5b7fff6cb78[/IMG][/URL] The Napoleonic medal is absolutely stunning in hand with its gilt surfaces and high relief. None of the pictures (even the PCGS TrueView) do it any justice. The last three moderns were coins that are arguably worth less than the money I spent slabbing them, but they're all at the top of the PCGS population simply by virtue of being the only ones anyone has submitted. [URL='https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/Ml8eXsHe3YxvC11Nzusm'][IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fcollectivecoin.imgix.net%2Ff00qCokYSqy7jq0U76mf_1959%2520Esperanto%2520800x400.png%3Fw%3D200%26h%3D200&hash=20de7c726164ded5bbb336a098ed1ce6[/IMG][/URL] The Esperanto piece was a cool item I just liked a lot. It was a private pattern for a proposed universal world coinage, as Esperanto was created to be a universal language. Of course the single world currency idea never materialized, but who knows, perhaps it will, someday, and maybe the Universal League of Esperantists were just well ahead of their time. I got two of these coins from [USER=86472]@Mark Metzger[/USER]. This one, at MS66, is now the finest graded. The other, which I sold, went MS65. [URL='https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/5MYF2wjidvliPYOxoA08'][IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fcollectivecoin.imgix.net%2FP3I666zfSvKUlaorAJ32_1972%2520Tanzania%25205s%2520800x400.png%3Fw%3D200%26h%3D200&hash=8bc12b66f5960f7d2cdbf6668ad3a84c[/IMG][/URL] The Tanzanian coin was a cheap bulk bag find (cost me 10 cents or less). I wanted to add it to this collection for sentimental reasons. You see, I lived in Tanzania in 1972, when that coin was struck. I was a little kid, and used to get one of those coins on Fridays for my allowance if I had been a good lad (which I always was). If I remember correctly, you could buy a plastic model airplane kit with one. So what if it's a two-dollar coin in nearly fifty dollars' worth of plastic slab- I just like it.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5][URL='https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/73h4ZXEZjk8EXvjTnSTE'][IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/BmNsaraXTIKF2da1pHKB_2008%20Austria%20Klosterneuberg%20800x400.png?w=200&h=200[/IMG][/URL] [B]Side note:[/B] speaking of inexpensive moderns: the Austrian 10-euro Klosterneuberg commemorative is not a new addition, but did get graded by PCGS since last time. And it received the highest possible grade: [/SIZE][/FONT][URL='https://www.pcgs.com/cert/37681946'][SIZE=5][FONT=Georgia]PR70 DCAM[/FONT][/SIZE][/URL][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5]! That is the first time I have "made" a 70-grade. I loved the design of the coin and though it only cost me $27 or so originally (and was thus worth less than the cost of the slab fees), I sent it in anyway. No regrets on that now![/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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