@lkeigwin said:
It's not my rarest, or most valuable, or the highest grade. But it's a pretty coin, I think, with nice surfaces and appealing color. It's evenly and well struck. And has a CAC endorsement.
It's also one of the very scarce PCGS AU58+ grades. And a R5 rarity to boot.
Lance.
Lance - tremendous and I see why you're enthused! I'd be too!
Seated Half Society member #38 "Got a flaming heart, can't get my fill"
I have one that makes me really happy or as the Portuguese say it gives me "saudade".
I'm originally from Portugal. My parents moved to the US when I was 7 and while I have a few coins that helped me start my journey into coin collecting, there was a coin my grandmother had that she gave to me.
It was a 40 reis or a "Patuca", she saved a bunch of coins and while most were in poor shape, for a long time it was the oldest coin I owned.
The coin is very heavy and wide.
This is one I wanted to upgrade for a while and while they are available most are worn down to almost no details. These actively were used in commerce, coupled with how large they were resulted in almost all having a very weak strike. And the alloy mixture was pretty poor resulting in corrosion. This was just not a coin that is readily available in anything higher than XF. On PCGS only 3 have ever been graded with an AU 58 being the highest grade. The price of these also jumps high with an XF being $300 and AU in 4 figures.
I have a search on eBay and when this one came up, I started watching it. I didn't see much action, but I wasn't expecting it to sell cheap, so I put in a fairly low bid just seeing what it would sell for. Luckily for me it just didn't have good traction, I got it for less 50% of my max bid. I feel I got a bargain.
The coin was issued during the reign of Queen regnant Dona Maria II of Portugal. Here is a picture of the Queen when she was 10 years old in 1829.
In the cliff notes version of her life. She was born on on April 4 1819
She got married at 15, was the queen from May 26, 1834 - November 15 1853. Had 11 children and died at 34 years old on November 15, 1853, only 6 children made it to adulthood.
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Lance - tremendous and I see why you're enthused! I'd be too!
"Got a flaming heart, can't get my fill"
I have one that makes me really happy or as the Portuguese say it gives me "saudade".
I'm originally from Portugal. My parents moved to the US when I was 7 and while I have a few coins that helped me start my journey into coin collecting, there was a coin my grandmother had that she gave to me.
It was a 40 reis or a "Patuca", she saved a bunch of coins and while most were in poor shape, for a long time it was the oldest coin I owned.
The coin is very heavy and wide.
This is one I wanted to upgrade for a while and while they are available most are worn down to almost no details. These actively were used in commerce, coupled with how large they were resulted in almost all having a very weak strike. And the alloy mixture was pretty poor resulting in corrosion. This was just not a coin that is readily available in anything higher than XF. On PCGS only 3 have ever been graded with an AU 58 being the highest grade. The price of these also jumps high with an XF being $300 and AU in 4 figures.
I have a search on eBay and when this one came up, I started watching it. I didn't see much action, but I wasn't expecting it to sell cheap, so I put in a fairly low bid just seeing what it would sell for. Luckily for me it just didn't have good traction, I got it for less 50% of my max bid. I feel I got a bargain.
The coin was issued during the reign of Queen regnant Dona Maria II of Portugal. Here is a picture of the Queen when she was 10 years old in 1829.
In the cliff notes version of her life. She was born on on April 4 1819
She got married at 15, was the queen from May 26, 1834 - November 15 1853. Had 11 children and died at 34 years old on November 15, 1853, only 6 children made it to adulthood.
My current registry sets:
20th Century Type Set
Virtual DANSCO 7070
Slabbed IHC set - Missing the Anacs Slabbed coins