New World Silver "rescues"

Discussion in 'World Coins' started by stldanceartist, Feb 1, 2014.

  1. stldanceartist

    stldanceartist Minister of Silly Walks

    As many of you know, I love sorting through the "junk" foreign silver, trying to rescue as many beautiful coins from the melt pile as I can. Here are some of my rescues from the past week:

    Bahamas - 1972 $2
    Mintage of 65,000

    Bahamas - 1972 Two Dollars.jpg

    Canada - 1951 10 Cents Double Die Reverse

    Canada - 1951 10 Cents DDR.jpg

    Canada - 1951 10 Cents DDR - Boat 1.jpg

    Jamaica - 1972 $10 (1.4 oz of silver - woof!)
    Mintage of 42,000

    Jamaica - 1972 Ten Dollars copy.jpg

    Panama - 1931 1 Balboa
    Mintage of 200,000

    Panama - 1931 One Balboa copy.jpg

    Panama - 1933 Half Balboa
    Mintage of 120,000

    Panama - 1933 Half Balboa copy.jpg

    Peru - 1801 2 Reales (holed)

    Peru - 1801 2 Reales copy.jpg

    Philippines - 1921 50 Centavos

    Philippines - 1921 50 Centavos copy.jpg

    Russia - 1915 10 Kopeks #1

    Russia - 1915 10 Kopeks 2 copy.jpg

    Russia - 1915 10 Kopeks #2

    Russia - 1915 10 Kopeks copy.jpg
     
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  3. stldanceartist

    stldanceartist Minister of Silly Walks

    South Africa - 1962 10 Cents

    South Africa - 1962 10 Cents copy.jpg

    South Africa - 1969 1 Rand Double Die Reverse (other photos here)
    Mintage of 506,000 (unknown how many DDR there are)

    South Africa - 1969 1 Rand DDR copy.jpg

    Uruguay - 1981 So 100 Nuevos Pesos
    Mintage of 25,000

    Uruguay - 1981 So 100 Nuevos Pesos copy.jpg
     
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  4. Dougmeister

    Dougmeister Well-Known Member

    These are from local coin shops?
     
  5. stldanceartist

    stldanceartist Minister of Silly Walks

    Yep. Paid silver melt for every one of them. :)
     
  6. vlaha

    vlaha Respect. The. Hat.

    You...bought...a...2 reales...for...melt.o_O

    I defer to your awesomeness.
     
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  7. stldanceartist

    stldanceartist Minister of Silly Walks

    Yes, sir...and it will go with the 1 Real (1830 Zacatecas), 2 Real (1798 Peru), 2 Real (an 1849 San Luis Potosi, also holed), and 4 Real (1805 Mexico City) I picked up last week...along with a handful of 50 centavos and lower denomination coins I picked up last week but haven't even begun to photograph yet.

    It's been a good couple of weeks!
     
  8. stldanceartist

    stldanceartist Minister of Silly Walks

    And here is one that's not silver (but I'm also really excited about!)

    Sweden - 1812 1/12 Skilling w/ Mint clip

    Sweden - 1812 One Twelfth Skilling copy.jpg
     
  9. Mat

    Mat Ancient Coincoholic

    Wow those are some nice scores.
     
  10. vlaha

    vlaha Respect. The. Hat.

    Nooooooo.jpeg

    Why can't I get any of the good stuff?:(
     
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  11. stldanceartist

    stldanceartist Minister of Silly Walks

    It's out there. ;)

    Besides, I can't keep all of it. Some of this is already on my site.
    (I don't want to go any further with that, because this isn't a B/S/T thread.)
     
  12. vlaha

    vlaha Respect. The. Hat.

    I know, I've checked it out!:)

    Sadly, I'm more into ancients, and I just climbed on the wagon.:(
     
  13. stldanceartist

    stldanceartist Minister of Silly Walks

    No problem at all! Sometimes I'm just overjoyed to take photos of these magnificent items and share them with everyone. I hope I never, ever sound boastful - because it's truly a joy for me...
     
  14. Dougmeister

    Dougmeister Well-Known Member

    My coin shops up here suck. I'm very jealous. Nice work!
     
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