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I have been looking for a nice 8 reales from Mexico for a long time with good eye appeal. I've been watching this one for 9 days and probably overpaid at $170 but the eye appeal looks fantastic and these are hard to find with a strong strike. I think it's an au58 because of the back on part of the eagle and snake, but the dull color also might be from a mushy center strike. See: https://coins.ha.com/itm/mexico/wor...1817-37355.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515.
I think mine may be an over date just like the heritage coin.

Thoughts on the price and grade are welcomed/appreciated.

 

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Liberia 2 cent piece

 

That's cool. I like coins with palm tree and ship designs.

 

I have wanted an Edward IV Groat for some time, but prices tend to be all over the place.

I finally got one last year but it turned out to be a really good fake from the photo, even fooling another collector of medieval here, but in hand, a seam on edge and bad metal and actually more weight.

It got sent back and a few months later I was surprised to see this listed as a BIN in my price range.

For now, it's staying in the slab.


Edward IV, (1461-1470 A.D.)
AR Groat
Light Coinage
O: ЄDWΛRD’ DI · GRΛ’ RЄX · ΛnGL’ · Z FRΛnC (saltire stops), crowned facing bust, with trefoil on breast and quatrefoil to left and right of neck; all within tressure of arches, with lis in spandrels.
R: POSVI DЄVm · Λ DIVTOR Є’ · mЄVm/ CIVI TΛS LOn DOn (saltire stops), long cross pattée, with three pellets in each quarter.
im: Crown
London mint, Struck 1466-1467.
3.03g
25mm
North 1568; SCBC 2000

 

Here are a few new pieces that came in recently. Most are a bit/quite rare for their type.
1892 (62) Spain 50 cent

 

My first real purchase of 2019. I had made a few small purchases. This is a type I have been wanting for quite a while and consider this one to be better than most for the type. It is well centered and the undertype is prominent.

Description and photo from seller. This came from CNG: Triton XXII


RUSSIA, Empire. Petr III Fyodorovitch. 1762. CU 10 Kopeks (43mm, 51.49 g, 12h). Dated 1762. Crowned double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb, coat-of-arms of Moskva framed by Order of St. Andrei Первозванного (the First Called) on breast; crown above; border of ten stars / Drum set on ground with sticks to left behind; trumpet behind drum, facing up; cannon, halberds, and banners on either side; J0/ДЕ/СЯТЬ/КОПѢЕКЪ/· 1762 · in four lines above. Edge: cross hatched . Diakov 30 (example showing traces of undertype); Bitkin 19; Uzdenikov 2622; Brekke 16. VF, brown surfaces. Overstruck on a 5 kopeks of Yelizaveta Petrovna (Elizabeth).

 

@Chris B - nice purchase! That is a scarce piece indeed. The overstrike is fascinating.

 

German States - Munster - 1648 - PCGS AU-50.
Medallic taler commemorating the Peace of Westphalia. E Ketteler; classified as Pax-124; 41 mm.

 

Picked these up in the most recent Spink auction. In the ancients I missed a couple corinth staters at the beginning that went really cheaply, and was bummer by that. In the group of ancients I bought I liked the simple rendition of the horse on the danube celts tetradrachm.

 

I love the Swiss shooting medal.

 

I saw it and had to bid because I loved the design. Should fit nicely in my world crowns set

 

Came today, 1791 Aachen XII heller, type 91.13. Reference: https://www.aachen-muenzen.com/städtische-prägungen/12-heller/1791/

 

I've seen a few of them and they all have an amazing design. Too bad the get pricey.

 

My only pick up from NYINC:

1861 Hungarian National Assembly medal with original presentation case
AR 50mm




This medal commemorates the reconvening of the Diet of Hungary on April 6,1861 by Franz Josef, after it had been disbanded following the failed War of Independence of 1848-49. The Assembly would not be called to convene again until 1865, at which point it laid the groundwork for the Austro-Hungarian Compromise that gave Hungary back its sovereignty.

From what I've seen, this medal was struck in copper, white metal, and silver. For whatever reason, the silver version employed its own distinct obverse die, making it easy to identify. This is the only example I've seen with an original presentation case, which is what piqued my interest in this piece, as I already had a white metal example.

 

Not my usual pickup, but I've had my sights on getting a Gothic Florin from time to time, but I never pulled the trigger until this weekend. Finally, I came across one in an honest-to-goodness, natural state, graded by PCGS with a TrueView. I love that the year is in Roman numerals. SO cool. This one was minted 100 years before I was born.

 

Here's an interesting trio that came yesterday. I've been on an elephant kick lately and I really like the design of the Benin coin. I thought the Tunisian dinar was unusual, and the 1814 Angola macuta has been on my wish list for awhile.

 

Those Macuta's are one of my favorite coins.

 

A cheapie but another step forward in my doubtless lifelong quest to collect 20th-century, silver, dollar-value coins from around the world.