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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gallienus, post: 2063655, member: 42034&quot;]Wow, I thought these were worth in the $4 - 5K range.</p><p><br /></p><p>Shortly before I got married in 1998 I was very interested in early Thalers.&nbsp; I found one at Spink&#039;s London.&nbsp; They were asking L. 2000 for it which was $3,000 US at the time.&nbsp; I probably tried to negotiate first but ending up buying it.&nbsp; I then sent it to Karl Stephens, a German thaler expert for evaluation.&nbsp; He liked the coin and saw no evidence of problems.&nbsp; I like the &quot;easy to read&quot; early date, particularly for showing to non-collectors.</p><p>I&#039;ve shown the 1486 piece many times, including at a kindergarden class at my son&#039;s preschool where they were having a history lesson.&nbsp; 1485 was the technical end of the middle ages and also I think in 1486 Colombus approached the monarchs of Portugal or Spain for funding for his proposed expedition. </p><p><br /></p><p>Also at our wedding my wife wanted a display of some of my early coins.&nbsp; I had theses displayed in a plexiglass case &amp; specifically for the wedding wanted a Polish thaler (as I&#039;m part Polish).&nbsp; From a Karl again I bought the below 1634, graded AU [then the highest grade for thalers], for $800.&nbsp; Here you almost have to know where to look for the date as it&#039;s hard to find.&nbsp; This also started a short term interest in Polish thalers in which I ended up with 4 or 5 of them [depending on whether you classify a Pomeranian thaler as Polish or German].</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.coinsandhistory.com/pix_coin/Pol_Th_Ladis4_1634_both_med.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Foreign coins were dirt cheap before around 2005.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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