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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 8051969, member: 10461"]Newfie = coin from Newfoundland.</p><p><br /></p><p>Newp = new purchase.</p><p><br /></p><p>An <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces16041.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces16041.html" rel="nofollow">1885 Newfoundland gold $2 piece</a> of Queen Victoria, to be specific. A nice survivor from a modest original mintage of only 10,000 pieces.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one’s not quite in hand yet. Soon.</p><p><br /></p><p>All I presently have are these slab shots with glare off the plastic. Since it’s a slightly older PCGS slab (AU58) , there’s no TrueView image on the <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/18775119" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/18775119" rel="nofollow">cert page</a>, unfortunately.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Edit: </span></b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/nice-newfie-newp.389307/page-2#post-8065578" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/nice-newfie-newp.389307/page-2#post-8065578">updated (better) pictures in Post #27</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1394456[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1394457[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I used to have a holed 1881 example on my old Holey Gold Hat, back in the day. That was back when gold was cheap. Never thought I’d be able to afford a nice <i>un</i>holed example these days. The 1885 above was <i>not</i> cheap, but it’s mine now.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do love young-head Vickies. And Canadian Maritime Provinces stuff, for some reason.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1394466[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1394467[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 8051969, member: 10461"]Newfie = coin from Newfoundland. Newp = new purchase. An [URL='https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces16041.html']1885 Newfoundland gold $2 piece[/URL] of Queen Victoria, to be specific. A nice survivor from a modest original mintage of only 10,000 pieces. This one’s not quite in hand yet. Soon. All I presently have are these slab shots with glare off the plastic. Since it’s a slightly older PCGS slab (AU58) , there’s no TrueView image on the [URL='https://www.pcgs.com/cert/18775119']cert page[/URL], unfortunately. [B][COLOR=#ff0000]Edit: [/COLOR][/B][URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/nice-newfie-newp.389307/page-2#post-8065578']updated (better) pictures in Post #27[/URL]. [ATTACH=full]1394456[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1394457[/ATTACH] I used to have a holed 1881 example on my old Holey Gold Hat, back in the day. That was back when gold was cheap. Never thought I’d be able to afford a nice [I]un[/I]holed example these days. The 1885 above was [I]not[/I] cheap, but it’s mine now. I do love young-head Vickies. And Canadian Maritime Provinces stuff, for some reason. [ATTACH=full]1394466[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1394467[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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