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<p>[QUOTE="princeofwaldo, post: 7834776, member: 24091"]From Stack's Bowers online world coin auction back in June. Picked it up in Chicago at the ANA convention, saved a few dollars on shipping. </p><p><br /></p><p>Far and away the lowest mintage of the 8 year series, with only 4,727 coins struck. One of the finest surviving examples. As a type, these 100 Schilling coins were treated as bullion coins for many years (not unlike the Peruvian seated liberty gold coinage which also include many low mintage issues) and so now days finding one without handling marks or other impairment is a genuine challenge. </p><p><br /></p><p>I consider this coin to be a real find. NGC has only seen (16) of the date , and in PL64 it's a pop 3/2 finer coin. Contrast that with the 1908 Austria 100 Corona "Lady In The Clouds" with (289) graded by NGC and you begin to realize how rare this coin really is.</p><p><br /></p><p> [ATTACH=full]1346842[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1346843[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="princeofwaldo, post: 7834776, member: 24091"]From Stack's Bowers online world coin auction back in June. Picked it up in Chicago at the ANA convention, saved a few dollars on shipping. Far and away the lowest mintage of the 8 year series, with only 4,727 coins struck. One of the finest surviving examples. As a type, these 100 Schilling coins were treated as bullion coins for many years (not unlike the Peruvian seated liberty gold coinage which also include many low mintage issues) and so now days finding one without handling marks or other impairment is a genuine challenge. I consider this coin to be a real find. NGC has only seen (16) of the date , and in PL64 it's a pop 3/2 finer coin. Contrast that with the 1908 Austria 100 Corona "Lady In The Clouds" with (289) graded by NGC and you begin to realize how rare this coin really is. [ATTACH=full]1346842[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1346843[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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