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Thanks ZoidMeister. It is a very nice and unique coin. I love your signature coin.

 

My latest and probably last one for a while. Received yesterday.

 

1934 panama un balboa. 225,000 minted. Payed $38 on usacoinbook.com. says AU-50. Thoughts, comments, general feedback welcome.

 

Far from AU, maybe VF35, nice coin though.

 

I agree, and a few dollar premium isn't going to break me. As far as a low mintage coin goes, I like it.

 

Panama - 1/2 Balboa, 1930

 

Just picked these up. New acquisitions have been kinda slow.

 

Picked up this 1968 Mexico 25 Pesos for 47 cents above melt; with the nice case. 0.5208 oz. ASW. Level rings and straight snake's tongue.

 

I haven’t posted anything in the World coins section in months (years?)… but I thought I should share this one with you:



@Rheingold

 

That‘s a lovely example of this mentionable first piece from this long time 5 Mark Series.
@micbraun

 

I picked this up recently at a bullion shop that has a bit of numismatic stuff at times. I might have paid a bit much above melt considering the condition, but I don't often treat myself to something like this. Fortunately my wife also likes gold coins!

I love how imperfect it is -- re-punched letters, cracks closing the serifs of the C's with little chips inside, all the little stray marks on the dies. The design seems crude even for 1834, it has a human touch.

It's also fun to think about how a coin of such significant value picked up so much circulation wear. Lots of interesting transactions I'm sure!

 

1994 Tuvalu 20 dollars. I got this because it has a moray eel.

 

It finally arrived! Also, for it being a details coin, I'm quite happy with its look

 

Picked this Y#58.2 Russia 50 Kopecks up for a bit over melt. It was listed by my LCS as 1913 with a catalog value of $20 in Fine. I liked it and after winning it I looked it up and to my surprise this issue with the moneyer's initials of BC is $20, but the same date with backward E and lowercase b initials is $100 in Fine (according to Krause Manual). Has a pretty decent rim ding around 530 on the reverse, but otherwise pretty nice for $10 US.

Edit: Numista has some good info on the edge lettering that helped a lot.

 

That's a cool coin!

I just got this. I really liked the toning.

 

My recent denar.


I'm hoping it's pretty much unc. and all good. But all opinions welcome.

 

Picked up a couple nice bullion pieces today. Took these pics outdoors but in the shade to show detail.

 

Was happy to find this pair of Botswana pula for very cheap on eBay. I was most excited for the 2016 5 pula, as those aren't yet regularly seen (none are currently available for swap on Numista, for example), but I needed the 2 pula as well.