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<p>[QUOTE="Joe Campbell, post: 24671889, member: 89857"]Picked up a handful of nice world coins last week. Among the group were two that I paid $10 each for that exhibit substantial repunching. </p><p><br /></p><p>First is a 1924 Costa Rica 25 Centimos. The coin is .650 silver and the ‘65’ has been repunched at least 3 times, possibly 4. Not sure what the marks are over the ‘65’, maybe from the punch itself or maybe be a die crack? Interestingly the ‘0’ does not appear repunched. </p><p><br /></p><p>Second is an 1898 Peru 1/5th Sol. The ‘5’ marking the 1/5th denomination has a large spread on the repunching. The small circle right of the ‘5’ is also repunched. </p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, just for fun I’m throwing in a 1944-S Netherlands 10 cent that has a die crack running through the Queens face. Die cracks are common on these coins but much less so on the portrait. For $1.88 I was thrilled with the purchase, and with the die cracks I’m even more so. </p><p><br /></p><p>Also interesting how these errors are valued relative to US comps. World errors are a very cheap way to collect and study errors. $21.88 for the 3 of them? Yes please. </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for looking. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1573326[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1573327[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1573328[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1573329[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1573330[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1573331[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1573332[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1573333[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Joe Campbell, post: 24671889, member: 89857"]Picked up a handful of nice world coins last week. Among the group were two that I paid $10 each for that exhibit substantial repunching. First is a 1924 Costa Rica 25 Centimos. The coin is .650 silver and the ‘65’ has been repunched at least 3 times, possibly 4. Not sure what the marks are over the ‘65’, maybe from the punch itself or maybe be a die crack? Interestingly the ‘0’ does not appear repunched. Second is an 1898 Peru 1/5th Sol. The ‘5’ marking the 1/5th denomination has a large spread on the repunching. The small circle right of the ‘5’ is also repunched. Finally, just for fun I’m throwing in a 1944-S Netherlands 10 cent that has a die crack running through the Queens face. Die cracks are common on these coins but much less so on the portrait. For $1.88 I was thrilled with the purchase, and with the die cracks I’m even more so. Also interesting how these errors are valued relative to US comps. World errors are a very cheap way to collect and study errors. $21.88 for the 3 of them? Yes please. Thanks for looking. [ATTACH=full]1573326[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1573327[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1573328[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1573329[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1573330[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1573331[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1573332[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1573333[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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