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Message:: [QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3704637, member: 10461"]Wow, I had more than I remembered. Some of these are pop.1 in all grades.  Still, that's not so unusual in the case of medals and exonumia, like the Napoleon piece and the peacock token. <ul> <li>The 1759 Spanish half-escudo was a coup.  I got it for less than half the catalog price, it's classic gold from the age of piracy, it's a key date, and a nice coin.  And oddly, the only one PCGS has graded, last time I checked.</li> <li>The 1866 US 3-cent piece is probably pop.1 simply by virtue of being an offbeat plus grade.  (MS62+).  They only started doing plus-grades fairly recently, in the last few years.  This is the only plus-grade I've ever made, or owned.</li> <li>The last three modern World coins here are pop.1 probably because no one else has been silly enough to waste money slabbing any.  I just did it because I liked the coins and wanted to include them in my collection.  All of those last three cost considerably less than the plastic slabs they're now in.  </li> <li>That 1972 Tanzanian coin is worth like two or three bucks in UNC, and I spent close to fifty bucks getting it slabbed, after all the fees and stuff.  (<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/post-a-cheap-coin-that-makes-you-happy.307562/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/post-a-cheap-coin-that-makes-you-happy.307562/">Had my reasons</a>.)  Not a lot of other people are likely to submit any for the foreseeable future, so it will likely remain pop.1 and top-pop for quite some time.  Until somebody else like me just sends one in for the heck of it.</li> </ul>Sometimes I shrug off the expense and submit something because I like it and want it in a slab.  I've seen people (knowingly) do that with crazy stuff, like corroded Wheat cents that are worth no more than face value. I have some error coins which are unique.  PCGS doesn't keep populations on those. I guess because it would be impossible, since they're all as individual as snowflakes.  Ditto for Ancients- I don't think NGC keeps populations on those, since that would be a virtually impossible task due to the near-infinite variety. My current pop.1 coins from the <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lord-marcovans-eclectic-box-collection-as-of-september-7-2019.346448/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lord-marcovans-eclectic-box-collection-as-of-september-7-2019.346448/">Eclectic Box</a>: <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/X573wTgfXSYzUyBRF230" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/X573wTgfXSYzUyBRF230" rel="nofollow">Sicily (Norman Kings): gold tari of Guglielmo I ("William the Bad"), ca. 1154-1166</a><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/8u50CJaYTOaTDde9eFUH_Tari%20800x400.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/36461152" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/36461152" rel="nofollow">PCGS VF35</a>; population 1 with none higher as of 9/7/2019. <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/Fj6xHVdtlrZRtofwoCJd" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/Fj6xHVdtlrZRtofwoCJd" rel="nofollow">German States (Teutonic Order): silver 1/4-thaler of Grand Master Maximilian of Austria, ca. 1615</a><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/DSc9t2jFThencoGYvlPa_Teutonic%20Order%20800x400.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/81824095" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/81824095" rel="nofollow">PCGS XF45</a>; population 1 with 2 higher as of 9/7/2019. <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/ZqnSoLZ9pWWuXSuhABtE" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/ZqnSoLZ9pWWuXSuhABtE" rel="nofollow">Germany (Nuremberg): silver medal by Daniel Dockler the Younger, 1730; bicentennial of the Augsburg Confession</a><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/b8YD0Yh8QOaYILm9e5pg_Nurnberg%20medal%20800x400.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/37681945" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/37681945" rel="nofollow">PCGS AU50</a>; population 1 with none higher as of 9/7/2019. <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/wR9A5JuiabFwVBjKs4FS" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/wR9A5JuiabFwVBjKs4FS" rel="nofollow">Switzerland (Zurich): silver "city view" 1/2-thaler (1 gulden of 36 schillings), 1739</a><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/ky8BaFgzS1WZXKup1ir1_1739%20Zurich%20800x400.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/81375726" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/81375726" rel="nofollow">PCGS AU58</a>; population 1 with none higher as of 9/7/2019. <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/aDgKNMFOPYlWE3od9mtr" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/aDgKNMFOPYlWE3od9mtr" rel="nofollow">Spain: gold half-escudo of Ferdinand VI, 1759-JB, Madrid mint</a><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/fnRwFQewSOCy8gmhbdk3_1759%20Spain%20half%20escudo%20800x400.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/85188590" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/85188590" rel="nofollow">PCGS XF40</a>- population 1 with none higher as of 9/7/2019 - also the key date for the type. <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/MurD7daCeL1YOjw4MpU3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/MurD7daCeL1YOjw4MpU3" rel="nofollow">India (Mysore): gold fanam of Tipu Sultan, AH 1200 (1786), Patan mint</a><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/9Alz3N1VTwCPrlkLtdqK_Mysore%20Tipu%20Sultan%20fanam%20800x400.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/35075113" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/35075113" rel="nofollow">PCGS MS62</a>; population 1 with none higher as of 9/7/2019. <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/nbFvchb7PippT2TZ8lzb" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/nbFvchb7PippT2TZ8lzb" rel="nofollow">France: gilt bronze Napoleon Bonaparte medal by Antoine Bovy; special specimen striking for Napoleon's 1840 Paris funeral</a><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/fDwhaFMQ8abbs0wwr61H_1840%20Napoleon%20medal%20800x400.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/32592814" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/32592814" rel="nofollow">PCGS SP64</a>; population 1 with none higher as of 9/7/2019. <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/46xoilUr58BBgjgbKcd2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/46xoilUr58BBgjgbKcd2" rel="nofollow">United States: copper-nickel 3-cent piece, Liberty Head type, 1866</a><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/Cs75lYb3RoSLI0d0w8yy_1866%203cN%20800x400.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/37681959" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/37681959" rel="nofollow">PCGS MS62+</a>; population 1 with 666 higher as of 9/7/2019. <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/eAvvRbX829Fbn4AvZ1TK" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/eAvvRbX829Fbn4AvZ1TK" rel="nofollow">Channel Islands (Guernsey): copper 2-doubles coin, 1889-H; Heaton mint, Birmingham</a><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/c01G1HIJR1GBejo7pTgq_1889H%20Guernsey%202D%20800x400.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/35783878" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/35783878" rel="nofollow">PCGS MS65 RB</a>; population 1 with none higher as of 9/7/2019. <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/VVNU3PSbQAeCBuml7Xin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/VVNU3PSbQAeCBuml7Xin" rel="nofollow">United States: copper "Hard Times" token; C.D. Peacock Jeweler, Chicago, "1837" (struck ca. 1902)</a><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/KV5LbRftRMej9IStj8Ya_Peacock%20HTT%20800x400.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/81865317" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/81865317" rel="nofollow">PCGS MS63 BN</a>; population 1 with none higher as of 9/7/2019. <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/Ml8eXsHe3YxvC11Nzusm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/Ml8eXsHe3YxvC11Nzusm" rel="nofollow">Esperanto (Universal League): copper-nickel 10-steloj fantasy, 1959; struck in 1960 at the Royal Dutch Mint in Utrecht</a><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/f00qCokYSqy7jq0U76mf_1959%20Esperanto%20800x400.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/37681947" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/37681947" rel="nofollow">PCGS MS66</a>; population 1 with none higher as of 9/7/2019. <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/5MYF2wjidvliPYOxoA08" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/5MYF2wjidvliPYOxoA08" rel="nofollow">Tanzania: copper-nickel 5-shilingi, F.A.O. issue, 1972</a><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/P3I666zfSvKUlaorAJ32_1972%20Tanzania%205s%20800x400.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/37681949" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/37681949" rel="nofollow">PCGS MS63</a>; population 1 with none higher as of 9/7/2019. <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/73h4ZXEZjk8EXvjTnSTE" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/73h4ZXEZjk8EXvjTnSTE" rel="nofollow">Austria: silver proof 10-euro, 2008, Klosterneuburg Abbey commemorative</a><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/BmNsaraXTIKF2da1pHKB_2008%20Austria%20Klosterneuberg%20800x400.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/37681946" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/37681946" rel="nofollow">PCGS PR70 DCAM</a>; population 1 with none higher as of 9/7/2019. <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/RBv23pehDcRSJ2seYhv7" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/RBv23pehDcRSJ2seYhv7" rel="nofollow">Uruguay: steel and brass bimetallic 10-pesos, 2011</a><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/Q6LgPRRTmup0eAToLQ8A_2011%20Uruguay%20puma%20800x400.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/37681950" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/37681950" rel="nofollow">PCGS MS66</a>; population 1 with none higher as of 9/7/2019.[/QUOTE]

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