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Looks very familiar.

FYI, it was probably off the market since the 1960's. It came from a collector who sold me a large batch of put together Ireland mint sets dated 1928-1968 as well as about a dozen 1928 proof sets. The mint state coins were really high quality - generally MS64-MS66.

 

Received 7 Royal Mint Doctor Who Medals Today!

Yes I realize if you have never watched Doctor Who, or are not a fan that you probably don’t care. But I do, and I like them. These are all official medals from the Royal Mint. Unfortunately the Royal Mint decided that it would not sell these to America, so I had to spend more to buy them from a middle-man. :rollling:

 

These 3 are .925 sterling silver medals. The “Silurian Malokeh” came carded instead of in the collector box. I guess this character was not special enough to get its own box. I’m still waiting on a Dalek silver medal which will hopefully arrive soon. Royal Mail is a royal pain.

 

It's not a pain compared to the bloody Canadian Mint... hows 5 month order to door? (I've heard of worse!)

 

These medals are all cupro-nickel, and came carded. I will leave them sealed.

 

I got this 1764 2/3taler a few days ago.

 

coin bought in mall over Xmas vacation in Panama

This guy wanted to befriend me in Linkedin back when I was in the US before Xmas vacation. He was a precious metals broker in Panama so I thought “okay” and sent him a query as to whether he had any old coins he wanted to sell. He replied by sending me a picture of the most beautiful Costa Rican gold escudo I’d ever seen (one side only: the other side with the date remained yet to be photographed), and said the coin was dated 1853 with a requested price of $750. I replied & agreed to his price when we got to Panama. However he would only accept cash and wanted to meet at a gas station along side of a main road into Panama City. After a small altercation with my wife about spending the $750, I agreed to meet him at one of Panama’s biggest malls.

He had a small paper jewlry box from which he produced a worn 1853 Costa Rican gold escudo. My grade was exf-45 but maybe the coin could make a 50, maybe not. I was so disappointed that the coin pictured was not the coin in hand that I negotiated almost too aggressively. Finally he consented to my offer of $280. In retrospect I am thinking that tho the coin is not a gem, it’s a tougher date of these and probably didn’t travel too far from the place of it’s making, to my collection in it’s past 150 years. http://www.coinsandhistory.com/countries/CostaRica.html The edge irregularity is, I think, as made and not a rim bruise.

In restrospect the photo he sent me is from Heritage's website. It's the nicest Costan Rican Escudo they've ever sold but is of a common date: I think 1850. Below is my 1853 escudo. I do feel bad about being very aggressive in negotiating but usually when one sells an old coin, the photo sent is in similar grade to the actual coin being sold.

 

This one is my favorite. Actually it would be neat to make a die of the obverse and overstrike some of our absymal state quarters with this design and release them back into circulation. I think in a few years they'd be more popular than the originals. Personally I love Dialects.

 

Yeah, the 2010's were much cooler than the 2012's. I'm not sure on those mintages, but of course the Royal Mint is sold out and everyone's hoarding them.

 

You have a real knack for nice surfaces and color.

 

Being a musician I particularly like the Mozart but wonder why it is not from Austria! Beautiful Czech coin design nonetheless.

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George

 

Me too, thank you so much from the OCD club, the club where everybody counts.

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George

 

What This Thread Needs: More Foreign Gold-Newfoundland 1880 Gold Two Dollar MS61 PCGS

So here's a nice Canadian coin to complement that pretty escudo above. This is a Newfoundland 1880 two dollar gold, (under)graded MS61 by PCGS. I am seriously thinking about sending this one in for an MS62. This is the key to the cool Newfoundland two dollar coins, all portraying Queen Victoria and running from 1865 to 1888 eight issues (more if you count varieties). The mintage of the 1880 was only 2,500 pieces. The highest mintage of any of them was the 1882-H at 25,000 coins! Note that the first I in VICTORIA on the obverse is boldly repunched at the bottom, for extra coolness factor (if you need it). Canadian collectors drool over this issue. The Canadian Coin News Trends in MS61 is $8,250. Most examples seen are AU at best. PCGS Population: 10 in 61, 11 finer (2/2013).

1880 G$2 Newfoundland MS61 PCGS, Mintage 2,500 Coins



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Enjoy!

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George

 

Very nice it looks a lot better than a 61 from the photo but of course there is a limited amount one can tell from a photo. Also unlike USA coins, TPG of non-USA is a very small business for NGC/PCGS so I was told once that they just outsource that work to contractors. I've a PCGS? 61 Venezuelan 1875 small gold coin that looks absolutely bagmarked to pieces (but is still unc). Also I collect Latin American & know nothing about Canadian. That not withstanding the piece could be much nicer than a 61, particularly if you are a specialist in those. Manipulative dealers here are making a big stink about rare date/mint $20 gold Liberties & Saints; actually one was the most expensive coin ever sold for a while. However it's still possible to get some minor, rare date gold inexpensively.

BTW I've been wondering about getting a nice Canadian coin to show to friends. Any recommendations on something nice but not abysmally common? What should I avoid in the $5 or $10 pieces?

I'll put up another uncommon minor gold in a bit.

 

Partly because the map of Europe at the time when Mozart lived was different from the map at the time when that coin was issued. Coins featuring Mozart have been issued by several European countries. By the way, that Czech (or rather Czech-Slovak) coin commemorates both the 200th anniversary of Mozart's death and the re-opening of the Estates Theater in Prague.

Christian

 

Thanks Chrisild, point taken. I suppose both were part of the Hapsburg Empire back then.

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George

 

The Royal Canadian Mint is selling some of their cache of $5 and $10 coins, last I looked there were some still apparently available. Some dealers have sent theirs off to PCGS and come back in the 62-63 grade mostly, although those are probably the nicer pieces that were sent in. I think this may temporarily depress the market but the ones in MS63 are awfully nice having been unmessed-with for the last 100 years.

As far as a nice Canadian coin, you might try for one of the key date silver dollars 1945-48. Or the first-year George V silver dollar of 1935, technically a one-year type. A nice MS66 can be had for a few hundred dollars. There is a nice one on eBay but the guy just wants too darn much for it, been there for months. Another idea is some of the low-mintage Newfie silver half dimes or dimes. Or a nice Victorian half, those are tough and I have a particularly nice 1870 No LCW in AU55. As with anything else it pays to do a bit of homework first and decide what you like. The 1859 large cent varieties are really popular among collectors as well.

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George

 

Wow good pick Go/11:kewl:!!!!!
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I am just glad I am semi-retired sell on +@ Coin market!!!

 

Thanks a lot Jello, we all get to play in the sandbox :=)

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George