@HoledandCreative said:
Cambios in Naples and a jewelry shop in Beirut. Found gold in Beirut, they only had 1 $3 for $8, but had several $1 pieces for $6 each. I thought a little high on the ones but they wouldn't budge on price. I bought 7 ones and the 3 for $50. Very happy with them, made great gifts. Gave 1 to my girl friend, married her, so still have it. Others all gone. Naples had lots of cambios(exchanges). Lots of coins but only bought one, a gold Guatemala 2 Reales for $6.
The chances of those gold dollars and the $3 gold coin being genuine are slim to none.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
I work for a Germen company and visit there quite often, the town where I stay is called Aalen and I plan to visit a coin shop there soon. I will report back after.
When I was in the navy in 1979, our aircraftcarrier pulled into Japan to go into drydock after we hit an oil tanker around Singapore. That was the first time that I'd ever gone into a coin shop overseas. I didn't speak japanese and I didn't have any japanese currency with me. I just looked over the shop and pointed at what I wanted. I then put the dollars on the counter. He handed me the coins that I had pointed to and gave me my change. We both just smiled after the purchase and I walked out the door. It was kind of an easy exchange, Just point and shoot. 🤠😄
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
Successful Transactions with more than 100 Members
Spent 3 years in Europe 1969 thru 1972. Never saw a specific coin only shop but shops that had coins. Bought a couple of 1970 Dutch Gulden(Guilders) in a shop in Utrecht, Holland(still have).
Sad to say that I bought many Nazi coins throughout Germany and Luxemburg. I was young and didn't appreciate the destruction and horror created by this madman. Bought several Nazi knives and swords and a handful of coins, luckily I grew up and threw most of them in the Mosel(Moselle) River and gave away the rest. I have no problem with any historical items in museums, but I will not have such memories in my possession. JMO
Some stores kept what coins they had in small dressers and some in actual wood and glass display shelves, but not many. Only large coin shop I remember was in Berlin near the Club Resi but in and out quickly.
Jim
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.....Mark Twain
@PerryHall Right on. The ones, all 1853-P, were around double melt and the 1878 3 was slightly over melt. When I got them home, very few dealers were fooled by the ones. The 3, a very different story. I could have sold it several times for very good money. I finally did sell it to a friend that promised he wouldn't sell it. He died several years ago and I never heard what happened to it.
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The chances of those gold dollars and the $3 gold coin being genuine are slim to none.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
I work for a Germen company and visit there quite often, the town where I stay is called Aalen and I plan to visit a coin shop there soon. I will report back after.
When I was in the navy in 1979, our aircraftcarrier pulled into Japan to go into drydock after we hit an oil tanker around Singapore. That was the first time that I'd ever gone into a coin shop overseas. I didn't speak japanese and I didn't have any japanese currency with me. I just looked over the shop and pointed at what I wanted. I then put the dollars on the counter. He handed me the coins that I had pointed to and gave me my change. We both just smiled after the purchase and I walked out the door. It was kind of an easy exchange, Just point and shoot. 🤠😄
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
Successful Transactions with more than 100 Members
Spent 3 years in Europe 1969 thru 1972. Never saw a specific coin only shop but shops that had coins. Bought a couple of 1970 Dutch Gulden(Guilders) in a shop in Utrecht, Holland(still have).
Sad to say that I bought many Nazi coins throughout Germany and Luxemburg. I was young and didn't appreciate the destruction and horror created by this madman. Bought several Nazi knives and swords and a handful of coins, luckily I grew up and threw most of them in the Mosel(Moselle) River and gave away the rest. I have no problem with any historical items in museums, but I will not have such memories in my possession. JMO
Some stores kept what coins they had in small dressers and some in actual wood and glass display shelves, but not many. Only large coin shop I remember was in Berlin near the Club Resi but in and out quickly.
Jim
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.....Mark Twain
@PerryHall Right on. The ones, all 1853-P, were around double melt and the 1878 3 was slightly over melt. When I got them home, very few dealers were fooled by the ones. The 3, a very different story. I could have sold it several times for very good money. I finally did sell it to a friend that promised he wouldn't sell it. He died several years ago and I never heard what happened to it.