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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 39454, member: 112&quot;]Didn&#039;t have time for quality pics today, but I always scan the new coins for insurance purposes so I can share those for now.</p><p><br /></p><p>This first coin is an 1809 8 reales struck in Mexico. When I first saw this coin I had to do a double take - it has Proof like surfaces&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Sadly - it does show some rub on the high points which would keep it from grading UNC. Even so, it&#039;s still the nicest one of the type I have ever personally seen.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.gdjmsp.cointalk.org/coin_pics/Spainish%20Colonial/1809%208%20reales%20obv.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gdjmsp.cointalk.org/coin_pics/Spainish%20Colonial/1809%208%20reales%20obv.jpg" rel="nofollow">obverse</a> </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.gdjmsp.cointalk.org/coin_pics/Spainish%20Colonial/1809%208%20reales%20rev.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gdjmsp.cointalk.org/coin_pics/Spainish%20Colonial/1809%208%20reales%20rev.jpg" rel="nofollow">reverse</a> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Next are some French coins - the first is a 1659-D 1/12th ecu.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.gdjmsp.cointalk.org/coin_pics/France/1659%20one%2012th%20ecu%20obv.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gdjmsp.cointalk.org/coin_pics/France/1659%20one%2012th%20ecu%20obv.jpg" rel="nofollow">obverse</a> </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.gdjmsp.cointalk.org/coin_pics/France/1659%20one%2012th%20ecu%20rev.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gdjmsp.cointalk.org/coin_pics/France/1659%20one%2012th%20ecu%20rev.jpg" rel="nofollow">reverse</a> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Andy, you&#039;re gonna love this next one&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I already own a slabbed, high grade example of this coin - but when I saw this one raw - just had to buy it&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; It&#039;s not quite as nice as my other example, but I&#039;d say it&#039;s an honest MS64. An 1848-A French 20 francs.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.gdjmsp.cointalk.org/coin_pics/France/1848-A%20%23%202%2020%20francs%20obv.JPG" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gdjmsp.cointalk.org/coin_pics/France/1848-A%20%23%202%2020%20francs%20obv.JPG" rel="nofollow">obverse</a> </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.gdjmsp.cointalk.org/coin_pics/France/1848-A%20%23%202%2020%20francs%20rev.JPG" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gdjmsp.cointalk.org/coin_pics/France/1848-A%20%23%202%2020%20francs%20rev.JPG" rel="nofollow">reverse</a> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is another raw coin, an 1868 French 5 francs. It is design that I could just never find the right coin so I never purchased one. But this one - this one is gorgeous ! The scans don&#039;t show it of course, but the obverse has a ring of iridescent blue around the rim. And the reverse is covered with shades of purple &amp; blue that flash at you in the light&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; If it were not for the one small rim ding on the reverse - I belive this coin would grade MS67.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.gdjmsp.cointalk.org/coin_pics/France/1868%205%20franc%20obv.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gdjmsp.cointalk.org/coin_pics/France/1868%205%20franc%20obv.jpg" rel="nofollow">obverse</a> </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.gdjmsp.cointalk.org/coin_pics/France/1868%205%20franc%20rev.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gdjmsp.cointalk.org/coin_pics/France/1868%205%20franc%20rev.jpg" rel="nofollow">reverse</a> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And the last of the French coins, a 1895-A 20 francs angel.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.gdjmsp.cointalk.org/coin_pics/France/1895-A%2020%20franc%20obv.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gdjmsp.cointalk.org/coin_pics/France/1895-A%2020%20franc%20obv.jpg" rel="nofollow">obverse</a> </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.gdjmsp.cointalk.org/coin_pics/France/1895-A%2020%20franc%20rev.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gdjmsp.cointalk.org/coin_pics/France/1895-A%2020%20franc%20rev.jpg" rel="nofollow">reverse</a> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is the last one I&#039;m going to post today - a 1791 Netherlands ducaton, also known as a silver rider. I bought this coin because the detail is all there and it would grade UNC. Unfortunately it has been dipped and the luster is not there. But the price was right so I bought it anyway&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.gdjmsp.cointalk.org/coin_pics/Netherlands/1791%20ducaton%20rev.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gdjmsp.cointalk.org/coin_pics/Netherlands/1791%20ducaton%20rev.jpg" rel="nofollow">obverse</a> </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.gdjmsp.cointalk.org/coin_pics/Netherlands/1791%20ducaton%20obv.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gdjmsp.cointalk.org/coin_pics/Netherlands/1791%20ducaton%20obv.jpg" rel="nofollow">reverse</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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