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1949 high grade 5 shillings South Africa

bidaskbidask Posts: 14,017 ✭✭✭✭✭
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2000 minted..... pop 2/0

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  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,283 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Why do you still own stuff like this?

    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
  • bidaskbidask Posts: 14,017 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MrEureka said:
    Why do you still own stuff like this?

    I want to sell it but there have been no coin shows

    I manage money. I earn money. I save money .
    I give away money. I collect money.
    I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.




  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,288 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Mintage is not as significant as surviving population. Nonetheless, it is a terrific looking example.

    Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.

  • FilamCoinsFilamCoins Posts: 1,899 ✭✭✭

    @coinkat said:
    Mintage is not as significant as surviving population. Nonetheless, it is a terrific looking example.

    Totally agree, but not easy to ascertain this unless one really studies the market over a long period of time. One would have to be a serious numismatist (like you) to have a good take on surviving populations across different years, denominations, countries, etc. I have a hard time studying this for one period of one country!

  • TurboSnailTurboSnail Posts: 1,668 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MrEureka said:
    Why do you still own stuff like this?

    What is wrong of owning coin like this? just wondering...

  • Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like it !!! :)

    Timbuk3
  • SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,562 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What's not to like with that one? It is probably the nicest example of an already scarce issue.

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  • 7Jaguars7Jaguars Posts: 7,509 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like it too! Have a couple of other dates myself....

    Love that Milled British (1830-1960)
    Well, just Love coins, period.
  • TurboSnailTurboSnail Posts: 1,668 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 26, 2020 10:42AM

    Btw, there is a 1951 with even less mintage on stack now for a couple hundreds.

  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,283 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @TurboSnail said:

    @MrEureka said:
    Why do you still own stuff like this?

    What is wrong of owning coin like this? just wondering...

    There's nothing wrong with the coin. It's beautiful, and no doubt one of the best that exists. I just know Dan and his collection well enough to know that it doesn't belong in his collection.

    Look at it this way: A collection is defined just as much by the coins we choose NOT to include as by the coins we DO choose to include.

    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
  • bidaskbidask Posts: 14,017 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 26, 2020 3:32PM

    @MrEureka said:

    @TurboSnail said:

    @MrEureka said:
    Why do you still own stuff like this?

    What is wrong of owning coin like this? just wondering...

    There's nothing wrong with the coin. It's beautiful, and no doubt one of the best that exists. I just know Dan and his collection well enough to know that it doesn't belong in his collection.

    Look at it this way: A collection is defined just as much by the coins we choose NOT to include as by the coins we DO choose to include.

    Mr Eureka knows my collecting habits well.

    I manage money. I earn money. I save money .
    I give away money. I collect money.
    I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.




  • pruebaspruebas Posts: 4,582 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MrEureka said:

    @TurboSnail said:

    @MrEureka said:
    Why do you still own stuff like this?

    What is wrong of owning coin like this? just wondering...

    There's nothing wrong with the coin. It's beautiful, and no doubt one of the best that exists. I just know Dan and his collection well enough to know that it doesn't belong in his collection.

    Look at it this way: A collection is defined just as much by the coins we choose NOT to include as by the coins we DO choose to include.

    Oops. :#

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