It was pointed out to me that the original thread was starting to get pretty long and taking a while to load, and he was good enough to give me the honour of starting a new thread. So here it is, the new and improved edition of the "post your bargain finds" thread. Don't forget WE WANT PICTURES we don't just want links to coins.
Here's my first couple of offerings:
Venezuela 1935 2 bolivars - I know it's in pretty worn condition but I managed to pick it up for half of the melt value
And a nice iron 5 ore coin from Norway, I'm not sure what the catalogue value is but it's certainly a whole lot more than the NZ$3.00 I paid for it
I don't get it.... how do you guys get these bargains? Is it from the coin lots (which is highly unlikely because no one puts these type of silver coins in them) or is because your coin dealers are nice/ don't know much about coins? I've stopped buying the coin bags because they're good the first few times but after a while they coins get pretty common. Or maybe you get to know your local dealer enough to get some nice bargains........
I thought the same like you Tom. And that's why I haven't bought bulk lots. I don't know which ones to buy to be in for any chance of finding anything really cool. But one time I did find a silver coin and a GOLD coin (my only gold coin in my collection even til now) from a bunch of common-looking coins I got on charity sale in charity shop. Now I believe you can just sometimes get lucky. Hope it happens again one day and I can post here for 2014
I still don't buy coin bulk lots though, cos I just don't know where to get cheap and nice ones.
P.S. I loathe eBay with all my being.
Quote: Tom WolfI don't get it.... how do you guys get these bargains? Is it from the coin lots (which is highly unlikely because no one puts these type of silver coins in them) or is because your coin dealers are nice/ don't know much about coins? I've stopped buying the coin bags because they're good the first few times but after a while they coins get pretty common. Or maybe you get to know your local dealer enough to get some nice bargains........
Personally I'm just lucky that most people over here seem to collect the same things, British coins, New Zealand coins, Australian coins and American coins. So unless someone has put "silver" in the title or if you get something a bit unusual like the iron and zinc coins that I love, they usually go pretty cheaply. I've been buying up late 1800s and early 1900s Danish coins for a dollar or 2 apiece.
Also my dealer is really a stamp dealer and doesn't know too much about coins but if he gets a bulk lot he picks out the NZ, Aus, US and UK silver and sells the rest to me. One lot he sold to me "unsearched" and I thought "yeah right, unsearched my butt" Imagine my surprise when the first handful of coins I pulled out contained a William III silver sixpence and an 1867 seated liberty silver half dollar. And the gems just kept coming for the whole bag.
These 4 coins I got for free.
I want to buy them with some other coins, but when I was paying for them, the seller did not have the change from my money.
I have other money, but it was smaller sum then all coins costs.
And seller proposed to refused from part of my choice.
But I told him, that I do not agree and I want to have all of them or nothing.
He told me, that I beggar him, but give all coins for me =)
Look at these two beauties I bought today for 10 Euros: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces4350.html (1907 no mintmark) https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces11280.html (1909 A)
I bought the 50 centavos for 5 euros, just above its melt value, which is still a bargain due to it selling for 10 euros in the condition it is in.
However, the best bargain (of my life) was the 10 cent French inochina coin, which I got for only 5 Euros!. Considering the coin is worth 90 Euros in VF, my coin is about half of the price.... so 40 Euros (still a 35 Euro bargain!).
I got this lot for $10 ($8 USD) - shipping included.
The lighting doesn't do them justice - most of them are quite nice coins. The auction didn't have a photo so I just bid for the silver value. The seller obviously had no idea what they were doing because they sellotaped them to card. A bit of sticky residue but oh well, still happy enough. My first coin from Southern Rhodesia - I think I need more ASAP!!
I should add that the Australian coins weren't sellotaped to card - instead they were in a little bag that once must have had candy in it because the coins came out covered in sugar - haha, it must have dispersed everywhere because if you look hard enough you can see a grain on the Rhodesian florin...
I got these in the same bulk lot as mentioned before, I didn't even know they were worth so much until I looked them up after another member was talking about Canada cents.
not to mention these also
10 cent 1909, 1918, 1920 poor, 1943
25 cent 1909, 1935, 1951, 1957, 1959, 1964
Taking a break from swapping for a while, but still interested in pre 1799 Spanish coins, I will make time for that!
Quote: neilithicNice, but I think XF is a bi of a stretch for the Edward VII coin
Yea, I didn't write any of that on there, in fact if you go look at all the coins I have posted in the last month or so, they are all valued high. I bought them in cards and just leave them alone. but even in the conditions they are in, they are worth a lot more than I thought and I pretty much already paid for this lot so they are pure extra!
Bam, Nice, not bad at all. Loverly coins.
Taking a break from swapping for a while, but still interested in pre 1799 Spanish coins, I will make time for that!
Hi everyone! Have done another bulk buy. And waiting for another one in the mail. I'm out of control now!
This one was $70NZ ($59 USD). I've photographed the most interesting stuff, but there's also another kilogram or so of random world coins. And two milk tokens from NZ to the left of the Indian rupee. Quite interesting. I'm not sure if I would call it a bargain but nevertheless not a waste of money.
Quote: lbillowsHi everyone! Have done another bulk buy. And waiting for another one in the mail. I'm out of control now!
This one was $70NZ ($59 USD). I've photographed the most interesting stuff, but there's also another kilogram or so of random world coins. And two milk tokens from NZ to the left of the Indian rupee. Quite interesting. I'm not sure if I would call it a bargain but nevertheless not a waste of money.
Its not bad at all, you ave more than $60 worth just right here, Beautiful coins. I always loved the Scottish thistle one pound.
Taking a break from swapping for a while, but still interested in pre 1799 Spanish coins, I will make time for that!
Quote: lbillowsHi everyone! Have done another bulk buy. And waiting for another one in the mail. I'm out of control now!
This one was $70NZ ($59 USD). I've photographed the most interesting stuff, but there's also another kilogram or so of random world coins. And two milk tokens from NZ to the left of the Indian rupee. Quite interesting. I'm not sure if I would call it a bargain but nevertheless not a waste of money.
Its not bad at all, you ave more than $60 worth just right here, Beautiful coins. I always loved the Scottish thistle one pound.
Too bad the Panama coin is holed. It looks to be in otherwise UNC condition. The South African 1/2d and 1d are beautiful, and I have my first Walking Liberty Halves. The Victorian Rupee is in XF condition and very nice. The Barber Dime is 1906-S and also in VF+/XF condition. The 1936 Fiji 6pence has a mintage of just 40,000 and is VF. Yes, the more I look at them the happier I am.
Bought this FDC mintset from someone in my town for 2 euros. Unfortunately it is a damaged one (I dropped it ), but the coins are at least still in their FDC condition.
A well, it's a nice start for my upcoming Dutch FDC mintset collection!
(Maybe I'll get a better one in the future, they aren't really expensive here)
Regards, Lotus07
"For by telling them of many things without teaching them you will make them seem to know much, while for the most part they know nothing"
-Plato
I went to the flea market. Yes... okay... booth full of rusty machetes... booth full of multicoloured bongs... booth full of smelly fat men selling anime... booth full of crazy old ladies and dangerous-looking crafts... obligatory dope asking if he can buy a gun without a license... a booth with a little jar full of world coins...!
I picked out about 12 for $3... and what was in it but a coin from Biafra
Bonus: this pretty Polish coin was included, it does not have a very high value but it looks very nice and is less common than other PRL issues.
Quote: lbillowsHi everyone! Have done another bulk buy. And waiting for another one in the mail. I'm out of control now!
This one was $70NZ ($59 USD). I've photographed the most interesting stuff, but there's also another kilogram or so of random world coins. And two milk tokens from NZ to the left of the Indian rupee. Quite interesting. I'm not sure if I would call it a bargain but nevertheless not a waste of money.
Darn, missed out on that one, The Rupee alone would get you $30 or so if you wanted to re-sell. What is the Panama coin? If you don't want it maybe we can do a deal.
Quote: lbillowsHi everyone! Have done another bulk buy. And waiting for another one in the mail. I'm out of control now!
This one was $70NZ ($59 USD). I've photographed the most interesting stuff, but there's also another kilogram or so of random world coins. And two milk tokens from NZ to the left of the Indian rupee. Quite interesting. I'm not sure if I would call it a bargain but nevertheless not a waste of money.
Darn, missed out on that one, The Rupee alone would get you $30 or so if you wanted to re-sell. What is the Panama coin? If you don't want it maybe we can do a deal.
Aaaah old Canadian money!!
A six year Numista absence makes the heart grow fonder... ?
OK, I've been pretty slack recently so I'll post a few of my finds
I picked up this southern Rhodesia threepence in brilliant condition for a couple of dollars
I got a lot of 1920s-1930s Belgium coins for $7 or $8 and it had one of these ones which apparently has a decent catalogue value
Then finally the mother lode. I found a auction with a vague description and fuzzy photos, it just said "box of Australian coins" The photo looked promising so I bid up to NZ$60 which is about US$50 or about £30 sterling. I was extremely pleased with the result
Here is the silver
18 florins, one sterling, the rest 50%, 5 shillings, 9 sixpences including one of the rare 1910 coins and another sterling silver coin then 8 threepences, 4 sterling and 4 50%. As well as that there was a Netherlands silver gulden and this little ripper
it's pretty dirty but at least VF grade which catalogues at $30. In total there was around 5 ounces of silver!!
on top of that there was also a large collection of pennies, including an 1884 Victorian penny
All in all, a really good couple of weeks for me.
(p.s. If you want some of the Aussie silver I'm trading it, but only for more world silver)
Looking at lbillows lots and mine, you guys might want to start emigrating to New Zealand. Looks like there's plenty of bulk lots going cheap at the moment.
From the bucket of world coins costing 20 cents...
Face value is equal to $5.40!
Six silver coins... awesome I do not normally find this many silver coins for so cheap...
Quote: Lotus07I have won this nice coin at an auction for just 4 euros:
Netherlands 1 Gulden 2001 "Last Gulden" in Proof-quality.
Regards, Lotus07
Pardon my boldness, but to me, that coin is really ugly It is valuable and you got it at a bargain price and that is really cool. But in a sale if I saw it I would pass it not knowing how much it is worth, because I would find it really unattractive. But I guess that goes with everyone, the designs they like and those they don't.
Numista referee for the "Viceroyalty of the New Spain" (most of it).
History through coins.
Eli V
Quote: Lotus07I do agree with you a bit, but I particulary bought it because it's a Dutch coin and that's exactly the type of coins I collect!
And it is funny, but sometimes the "ugly" coins after 50+ years become more valuable, because they get destroyed or abandoned. So having them in excellent condition turns them into occult treasures. I know this because during the time there where 20 cent silver coins here in Mexico there also existed bigger copper 20 cents, and no one liked those, so they where discontinued and most people exchanged them for the silver ones at banks, and now the scarce year for the 20 copper cent is worth 12 times the scarce year for the silver ones
Numista referee for the "Viceroyalty of the New Spain" (most of it).
History through coins.
Eli V
Netherlands 1 Gulden 2001 "Last Gulden" in Proof-quality.
Regards, Lotus07
Pardon my boldness, but to me, that coin is really ugly It is valuable and you got it at a bargain price and that is really cool. But in a sale if I saw it I would pass it not knowing how much it is worth, because I would find it really unattractive. But I guess that goes with everyone, the designs they like and those they don't.
I have to say that I completely disagree with you about this coin. I REALLY like the stylization of the design, and I like the design overall. I love coins that show "typical" images in cool styles.
I also have to say that I don't think it's particularly nice to diss a coin someone else is proud of.
A six year Numista absence makes the heart grow fonder... ?
Netherlands 1 Gulden 2001 "Last Gulden" in Proof-quality.
Regards, Lotus07
Pardon my boldness, but to me, that coin is really ugly It is valuable and you got it at a bargain price and that is really cool. But in a sale if I saw it I would pass it not knowing how much it is worth, because I would find it really unattractive. But I guess that goes with everyone, the designs they like and those they don't.
I have to say that I completely disagree with you about this coin. I REALLY like the stylization of the design, and I like the design overall. I love coins that show "typical" images in cool styles.
I also have to say that I don't think it's particularly nice to diss a coin someone else is proud of.
Lotus even agreed that he finds it "ugly", read the comments following mine. I also commented from a personal opinion. Everyone collects what he likes or finds attractive.
Numista referee for the "Viceroyalty of the New Spain" (most of it).
History through coins.
Eli V
Netherlands 1 Gulden 2001 "Last Gulden" in Proof-quality.
Regards, Lotus07
Pardon my boldness, but to me, that coin is really ugly It is valuable and you got it at a bargain price and that is really cool. But in a sale if I saw it I would pass it not knowing how much it is worth, because I would find it really unattractive. But I guess that goes with everyone, the designs they like and those they don't.
I have to say that I completely disagree with you about this coin. I REALLY like the stylization of the design, and I like the design overall. I love coins that show "typical" images in cool styles.
I also have to say that I don't think it's particularly nice to diss a coin someone else is proud of.
Lotus even agreed that he finds it "ugly", read the comments following mine. I also commented from a personal opinion. Everyone collects what he likes or finds attractive.
I know. And my comment was also from a personal opinion.
A six year Numista absence makes the heart grow fonder... ?
Just got what I was waiting for. I took the pictures from the sale, because I don't want to have the 8 blisters laying around exposed and my dogs getting any ideas.
Sealed acrylic, nitrogen filled capsules (can't be opened unless you break the plastic and tear the COA and expose the coins to oxygen and bye bye BU condition). Complete 32 coins Phase 1 Collection, a promise made to my late mom, finally fulfilled now that I had enough to buy them.
It wasn't cheap, but it was bellow catalog price (40 dollars per each BU coin of these per catalog). Total price with ensured delivery 650 dollars, I guess a PS4 will have to wait until Christmas.
And that in turn left my previous owned coins from this collection up for swap.
Only around a quarter million made for each of these coins, and only 10,000 BU Complete sets where made.
Forgot to tell which coins are these. It is a complete collection from the 100$ Commemorative silver core coins from the 180th Anniversary of the Mexican Federation (1st phase). Each one with a Coat of Arms for each State (31) and the Federal District. Will try to save up for the 2nd phase which is a bit more expensive because people likes monuments, natural beauties or cultural representations rather than Coat of arms.
Numista referee for the "Viceroyalty of the New Spain" (most of it).
History through coins.
Eli V
Quote: erdvillaJust got what I was waiting for. I took the pictures from the sale, because I don't want to have the 8 blisters laying around exposed and my dogs getting any ideas.
Sealed acrylic, nitrogen filled capsules (can't be opened unless you break the plastic and tear the COA and expose the coins to oxygen and bye bye BU condition). Complete 32 coins Phase 1 Collection, a promise made to my late mom, finally fulfilled now that I had enough to buy them.
It wasn't cheap, but it was bellow catalog price (40 dollars per each BU coin of these per catalog). Total price with ensured delivery 650 dollars, I guess a PS4 will have to wait until Christmas.
And that in turn left my previous owned coins from this collection up for swap.
Only around a quarter million made for each of these coins, and only 10,000 BU Complete sets where made.
Ohhhh those are lovely!!
A six year Numista absence makes the heart grow fonder... ?
Netherlands 1 Gulden 2001 "Last Gulden" in Proof-quality.
Regards, Lotus07
Pardon my boldness, but to me, that coin is really ugly It is valuable and you got it at a bargain price and that is really cool. But in a sale if I saw it I would pass it not knowing how much it is worth, because I would find it really unattractive. But I guess that goes with everyone, the designs they like and those they don't.
I have to say that I completely disagree with you about this coin. I REALLY like the stylization of the design, and I like the design overall. I love coins that show "typical" images in cool styles.
I also have to say that I don't think it's particularly nice to diss a coin someone else is proud of.
Lotus even agreed that he finds it "ugly", read the comments following mine. I also commented from a personal opinion. Everyone collects what he likes or finds attractive.
Well I only think it's a bit ugly, but not really that much!
"For by telling them of many things without teaching them you will make them seem to know much, while for the most part they know nothing"
-Plato
Quote: erdvillaJust got what I was waiting for. I took the pictures from the sale, because I don't want to have the 8 blisters laying around exposed and my dogs getting any ideas.
Sealed acrylic, nitrogen filled capsules (can't be opened unless you break the plastic and tear the COA and expose the coins to oxygen and bye bye BU condition). Complete 32 coins Phase 1 Collection, a promise made to my late mom, finally fulfilled now that I had enough to buy them.
It wasn't cheap, but it was bellow catalog price (40 dollars per each BU coin of these per catalog). Total price with ensured delivery 650 dollars, I guess a PS4 will have to wait until Christmas.
And that in turn left my previous owned coins from this collection up for swap.
Only around a quarter million made for each of these coins, and only 10,000 BU Complete sets where made.
Forgot to tell which coins are these. It is a complete collection from the 100$ Commemorative silver core coins from the 180th Anniversary of the Mexican Federation (1st phase). Each one with a Coat of Arms for each State (31) and the Federal District. Will try to save up for the 2nd phase which is a bit more expensive because people likes monuments, natural beauties or cultural representations rather than Coat of arms.
Disculpa, ¿dónde adquiriste el set completo? Veo que dice Harapos y más, pero ¿es tienda en línea? ¿por MercadoLibre?. Agradezco mucho tu atención y respuesta.
Quote: ramonmexDisculpa, ¿dónde adquiriste el set completo? Veo que dice Harapos y más, pero ¿es tienda en línea? ¿por MercadoLibre?. Agradezco mucho tu atención y respuesta.
Sí, en Mercado Libre.
Numista referee for the "Viceroyalty of the New Spain" (most of it).
History through coins.
Eli V
erdvilla they are really nice
My bargain well I think it was a bargain is on Canadian nickels. Let me know what you guys think.
Got ten nickels for 20 US dollars.The dates are 1919, 1923, 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1934, and 1935.
The 1919 Canada 5 cents
The rest of the nickels look like this
That's 2 dollars a coin. Is that good - I have not even look them up in catalog.
What do you think thank yours daryl
Edit: It looks like I won't break even on this but I still need them for my collection.
Something about the Netherlands 2001 "Last Gulden":
Quote: erdvillaPardon my boldness, but to me, that coin is really ugly
I hope I can get your appetite back by unveiling the reason for this: the design came from a kid from elementary school. For the last guilder to be minted, a design contest was held among elementary schools all over the country. Knowing this, you might find the design 'playful', rather than 'ugly'.
Here's the designer, Tim van Melis, posing with his winning design (the Dutch lion waving a flag) and the minister of Finance at the time, Wouter Bos:
Quote: ArnoVSomething about the Netherlands 2001 "Last Gulden":
Quote: erdvillaPardon my boldness, but to me, that coin is really ugly
I hope I can get your appetite back by unveiling the reason for this: the design came from a kid from elementary school. For the last guilder to be minted, a design contest was held among elementary schools all over the country. Knowing this, you might find the design 'playful', rather than 'ugly'.
Here's the designer, Tim van Melis, posing with his winning design (the Dutch lion waving a flag) and the minister of Finance at the time, Wouter Bos:
so... my suspicions were correct, after seeing it I couldn't get out of my head "looks like a toddler drawing". But on the other hand it is nice to see that a country awards such a high honor to a kid, his creativity was rewarded. There are some amateur drawing in some Mexican coins, specially the first ones from Maximilian Empire, the eagle on the Reverse... looks like a crowned duck... seriously.
Numista referee for the "Viceroyalty of the New Spain" (most of it).
History through coins.
Eli V
We have many special-issue coins designed by children in circulation here in Canada. I always find the simplicity of the engravings quite interesting. Of course, I seem to have a thing for stylized coins, and naturally the children's designs are quite stylized.
A six year Numista absence makes the heart grow fonder... ?
Quote: ALLRED1950My bargain well I think it was a bargain is on Canadian nickels. Let me know what you guys think.
Got ten nickels for 20 US dollars. The dates are 1919, 1923, 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1934, and 1935.
Edit: It looks like I won't break even on this but I still need them for my collection.
Well maybe not a bargain if you were looking to re-sell, but getting a whole lot of coins you need for your collection at a price you were happy to pay, then it's a bargain in my books.
Depends a lot on condition. The fish scales, if they are undamaged and above F, are probably good at $2... the nickel nickels are 25-cent items in VG but the values start creeping up, especially around VF. I am optimistic that you found some nice ones in that lot.
That 1919 nickel is NICE! I definitely think $2 is a bargain for that. Also I'm pretty sure I just paid somewhere around $2 for a nickel from the early 30s, so that's the kind of price you'll pay for old Canadian coinage. It's either a bargain or just a good purchase, imho.
A six year Numista absence makes the heart grow fonder... ?
I saw them and know I needed them, and got buck wild, so to speak. Lost my head and just wanted. I don't think I did bad. It goes to show you think and rethink. But very happy. Now I have 2 silver nickels, 1904 and 1919. My Canada is a big mess. I need a lot. But I will get there. Thank you all for the help yours daryl
Quote: ALLRED1950I saw them and know I needed them, and got buck wild, so to speak. Lost my head and just wanted. I don't think I did bad. It goes to show you think and rethink. But very happy. Now I have 2 silver nickels, 1904 and 1919. My Canada is a big mess. I need a lot. But I will get there. Thank you all for the help yours daryl
PM me and I will help you get whatever you are missing.
Well, there are very few persons I talk about my coins here in my town, just a matter of safety. And one of them is my Grandma.
So I told her and showed her those coins, and she loved them, and was very happy for me because I got the complete set. So we spent a beautiful evening chatting and in family, and then I came back to my house.
Today, just a few hours ago I got a big and heavy Express delivery package that I didn't ordered but had my name on it, so I received. Opened it and the first thing I saw was a printed letter in colors with the legend "For my dear grandchild (me), from your Grandmother that loves you a lot (her name)."
So I was: "Seriously!?" And after removing the letter I saw a HUGE Mexico's Mint emblem, and I was like "Holy $%&/(!". Carefully opened it and found:
From left to right:
A complete delux set for the 2nd Edition of the coins I just got the 1st edition the previous week. All in sealed capsules with nitrogen just like the other BU set, but all in a book-style sturdy holder, so that it is easier to look at the beautiful coins.
Five coins from "El Quijote de la Mancha" all in XF or higher grades. She know I swap some coins so she saw the lot at really low cost and got it as well (that is what she told me, don't know how much by "cheap" she was talking about).
And a sealed BU blister for the Mexico Mint 470th anniversary, Monetary reform 100th anniversary, and Banco de Mexico 80th anniversary.
I was talking over the phone to my grandma after seeing all that (that is why it took a bit for me to return here).
Numista referee for the "Viceroyalty of the New Spain" (most of it).
History through coins.
Eli V
Jezus Christ, that's really one of the nicest things I've heard in a long time! You really have an awesome grandmother! Could you please upload a better image? These are a bit vague...
Btw, today my 1986 Proofset from the Netherlands got in. It's a present for my brother. Hopefully he'll be happy with some shiny coins from his year of birth!
"For by telling them of many things without teaching them you will make them seem to know much, while for the most part they know nothing"
-Plato
Quote: Lotus07Jezus Christ, that's really one of the nicest things I've heard in a long time! You really have an awesome grandmother! Could you please upload a better image? These are a bit vague...
Btw, today my 1986 Proofset from the Netherlands got in. It's a present for my brother. Hopefully he'll be happy with some shiny coins from his year of birth!
My cellphone doesn't have a good camera, so it won't make good res pictures of big things, sorry. Also, I already stored them. I'll look at them again tonight
Numista referee for the "Viceroyalty of the New Spain" (most of it).
History through coins.
Eli V
$11.25 into $18.50... not bad for me!! I'll probably have to swap these off, let me know if you'd consider trading 4 commemorative 2 pound coins (circulated condition, doesn't matter to me) for these 5.
I would swap you some if we could structure in that 1/4 Anna I can even give you a 2012 Olympic Games handover to Rio, Charles Dickens, and from memory of what I have St. Pauls cathedral under spotlights of the WW's
Quote: nalaberongToday I went into the idiot store! I am starting to think this is actually just a flea market stall that lost its way and is trying to act like a real store.
Silver Libertad price: $40.
$20 silver coin price: $30 (including the one that is still in stock at the Mint and can be ordered by anyone for $20).
Cost of $0.25 coins that were only released last year and can be found anywhere in circulation: $1.25.
Keep on rolling! But, they still haven't bothered to learn about world coins. A coin they think is "large" and therefore valuable runs for $2.25. This includes British 2-pound coins, current value $3.70. So, can you guess...?
$11.25 into $18.50... not bad for me!! I'll probably have to swap these off, let me know if you'd consider trading 4 commemorative 2 pound coins (circulated condition, doesn't matter to me) for these 5.
Your coin store sound like the one here... outrageous prices on everything (WAY over catalogue value)... ugh. I'm glad they're not good at world coins, though!! (I think the guy here is, unfortunately :/ )
A six year Numista absence makes the heart grow fonder... ?
Quote: nosouvenirsYour coin store sound like the one here... outrageous prices on everything (WAY over catalogue value)... ugh. I'm glad they're not good at world coins, though!! (I think the guy here is, unfortunately :/ )
Same here with the only sort-of-coin-store in town. To all non Mexican or American coins 2 dollar price tag Considering most of the coins are 1 cents from their respective countries there is no surprise I searched the web for another option and ended here in Numista.
Numista referee for the "Viceroyalty of the New Spain" (most of it).
History through coins.
Eli V
Not silver, but I found this in a 10 lb lot of coins I bought. As best I can determine it was distributed by the Austrian Nazi party to people that gave 100 schillings to their Winterhilfswerk program. I guess that would date it pre-1938. It appears to be tin.
Quote: nosouvenirsYour coin store sound like the one here... outrageous prices on everything (WAY over catalogue value)... ugh. I'm glad they're not good at world coins, though!! (I think the guy here is, unfortunately :/ )
Same here with the only sort-of-coin-store in town. To all non Mexican or American coins 2 dollar price tag Considering most of the coins are 1 cents from their respective countries there is no surprise I searched the web for another option and ended here in Numista.
I find it's fairly easy to get coins like that on eBay for $1.00-$1.50. Often I've gotten them for around a dollar. Of course this may or may not include shipping. I paid probably around $2 each for a set of North Korean collectibles (many 1/2 - 2 Chons with animals and transportation), but they were also free shipping, and I wanted those coins BAD.
A six year Numista absence makes the heart grow fonder... ?
Today was the day of my city's twice-annual coin show!
13 Newfoundland fish-scales for $10, many are in great condition! I made sure to get a pile of them so I can swap them off.
Awesome unlisted Honduras 2-reales coin for $4
Austrian florin from 1860 purchased at $8 - slightly below silver melt value
Two uncirculated coins that were both undergraded by the owner, they cost only $7.
Quote: nalaberongToday was the day of my city's twice-annual coin show!
13 Newfoundland fish-scales for $10, many are in great condition! I made sure to get a pile of them so I can swap them off.
Awesome unlisted Honduras 2-reales coin for $4
Austrian florin from 1860 purchased at $8 - slightly below silver melt value
Two uncirculated coins that were both undergraded by the owner, they cost only $7.
And there is more later... a lot more
Lol... why do you call the Newfoundland coins "fish-scales"? (PS: I totally want to swap with you for a few of those...)
A six year Numista absence makes the heart grow fonder... ?
In Alberta most dealers call them "fishscales", I assume it's because they are very small (like fish scales). This term seems to apply to any small silver 5-cent coin, no matter where it's from (Canada, Newfoundland, Hong Kong, Straits Settlements, Mexico, you get the idea).
Quote: nalaberongIn Alberta most dealers call them "fishscales", I assume it's because they are very small (like fish scales). This term seems to apply to any small silver 5-cent coin, no matter where it's from (Canada, Newfoundland, Hong Kong, Straits Settlements, Mexico, you get the idea).
That's so weird... never heard that terminology before! But interesting nonetheless. Heh.
A six year Numista absence makes the heart grow fonder... ?
Jealous of this one, we don't get nearly enough Panama coins for sale over here.....actually that's probably a good thing, or I'd be spending more money than I'd like to.
Jealous of this one, we don't get nearly enough Panama coins for sale over here.....actually that's probably a good thing, or I'd be spending more money than I'd like to.
I picked this up for $35 ($30 USD). Apparently the whole thing weighs 2kgs, and I try to budget about $20 per kg for "random world coins" so it's slightly under budget. Let's see if there is any silver or other goodies when it arrives.
My latest purchases, silver 1937 2 and 1939 5 piasters coins from Egypt. Paid something like NZ$15 for the two. Unfortunately I don't have a decent camera and you don't really get an idea of the lustrous quality of the two with a scanner. XF-AU, beautiful
), but the coins are at least still in their FDC condition.
I love Indian coins.
It is valuable and you got it at a bargain price and that is really cool. But in a sale if I saw it I would pass it not knowing how much it is worth, because I would find it really unattractive. But I guess that goes with everyone, the designs they like and those they don't. 
so... my suspicions were correct, after seeing it I couldn't get out of my head "looks like a toddler drawing". But on the other hand it is nice to see that a country awards such a high honor to a kid, his creativity was rewarded. There are some amateur drawing in some Mexican coins, specially the first ones from Maximilian Empire, the eagle on the Reverse... looks like a crowned duck... seriously. 
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I'll probably have to swap these off, let me know if you'd consider trading 4 commemorative 2 pound coins (circulated condition, doesn't matter to me) for these 5. 
I can even give you a 2012 Olympic Games handover to Rio, Charles Dickens, and from memory of what I have St. Pauls cathedral under spotlights of the WW's 
