Heritage Auction Tomorrow 8/5/24-Update-Thanks Roman!

Tunis

Got my eye on several needs/wants. Good luck to everyone else, unless you are bidding on my coins!!!
Edited to change from cards to coins, lol. Autocorrect just absolutely kills me sometimes.

TwoKopeiki

Hope you got what you were after, Paul. I picked-up the 2 I wanted, but not after a bit of back and forth on the second piece.

Tunis

I missed 1 that I wanted , got 1 that I really wanted, and got a 2nd one, that I kind of liked for the price. All in all, happy I got 1 of 2. The 3rd will plug a hole in my date set for a while.

TwoKopeiki

I saw a few pieces that I thought had your name written all over them. Which ones did you end up with?

pruebas

@TwoKopeiki said:

I saw a few pieces that I thought had your name written all over them. Which ones did you end up with?

@TwoKopeiki did you see any pieces that had my name on them?

TwoKopeiki

@pruebas said:

@TwoKopeiki said:

I saw a few pieces that I thought had your name written all over them. Which ones did you end up with?

@TwoKopeiki did you see any pieces that had my name on them?

Not in THAT sale Although I wonder if the Maximilian medal caught your eye.

pruebas

Did Heritage have another sale on 05 Aug?

I picked up this one for my PL type set. Only a 63, but it completes my decimal gold.

TheGoonies1985

@TwoKopeiki said:

@pruebas said:

@TwoKopeiki said:

I saw a few pieces that I thought had your name written all over them. Which ones did you end up with?

@TwoKopeiki did you see any pieces that had my name on them?

Not in THAT sale Although I wonder if the Maximilian medal caught your eye.

Very cool piece of history sure caught my eye (no did not bid). Sold for 720$ all-in:

pruebas

@PillarDollarCollector said:

@TwoKopeiki said:

@pruebas said:

@TwoKopeiki said:

I saw a few pieces that I thought had your name written all over them. Which ones did you end up with?

@TwoKopeiki did you see any pieces that had my name on them?

Not in THAT sale Although I wonder if the Maximilian medal caught your eye.

Very cool piece of history sure caught my eye (no did not bid). Sold for 720$ all-in:

That’s not a Maximilian medal. It’s a Napoleon III medal.

Here is the Maximilian medal (which looks to have been certified in Paris due to the full slab TrueView).

TheGoonies1985

Pruebas:

You are correct my mistake.

TwoKopeiki

@pruebas said:

@PillarDollarCollector said:

@TwoKopeiki said:

@pruebas said:

@TwoKopeiki said:

I saw a few pieces that I thought had your name written all over them. Which ones did you end up with?

@TwoKopeiki did you see any pieces that had my name on them?

Not in THAT sale Although I wonder if the Maximilian medal caught your eye.

Very cool piece of history sure caught my eye (no did not bid). Sold for 720$ all-in:

That’s not a Maximilian medal. It’s a Napoleon III medal.

Here is the Maximilian medal (which looks to have been certified in Paris due to the full slab TrueView).

That's the one. I thought it was a neat connection to the Maximillian coinage as the engraver was Cayetano Ocampo. Something I thought you might appreciate, as well

Tunis

I was looking at the 1792 AU58. Went for higher than I expected. Picked up the 1800 AU58. Really wanted this one. Also picked up the 1811 AU55, the one with the crappy Tru View. Pretty sure it will look much better in hand.

TwoKopeiki

@Tunis said:
I was looking at the 1792 AU58. Went for higher than I expected. Picked up the 1800 AU58. Really wanted this one. Also picked up the 1811 AU55, the one with the crappy Tru View. Pretty sure it will look much better in hand.

I'm glad you picked up the "1800" and I'll tell you why. If you take a closer look, you'll notice that the assayer initials are TH, which rules out the date being before 1803. To my eyes, that last digit looks more like a 6, making it an 1806-TH.

Now, the really neat part about that coin is that it's an unpublished variety. If you look closely at the denomination, you'll notice a notch at the bottom of the 8. The die sinker appears to have punched the digit upside-down the first time and had to fill it back with metal and re-punch it the correct way. So, when you send it in to fix the label, you should pay for the variety attribution and see if PCGS gives you the "8 over inverted 8 in 8R".

Tunis

Roman, you are amazing!!!!! I liked it the toning and the die cracks on the obverse. I must learn the nuances of the Portrait series. And to completely miss the assayer initials, just shows how much I need to learn.
I was looking at the 1792 because I like that the “F” was repunched in the assayer initials.
Thank you very much for your knowledge.

TwoKopeiki

Anytime! Always lots to learn in this series.

ELuis

What extra value or premium adds this variety?
Is it common?
Is only found on the Carolus IIII.
And this is only on the 8R with the T.H. engraver's.

Here is one on a 1804 8R:

Thanks.

TwoKopeiki

Nice example. Can you post full images of the obverse and reverse? I'll save it for my records. This seemed to happen with some frequency, as I have documented it across a few Spanish Colonial mints and for Mexico City, specifically, with all 3 rulers. Apparently as a die sinker your punches could get turned around. I've seen this with a few digits, as well. Most common being digits 1 and 8, although i do have a 1795 where the 5 looks like it was first punched-in upside-down.

All except for one Potosi die I've documented had the error fixed before the dies went into production.

bidask

@Tunis said:
Roman, you are amazing!!!!! I liked it the toning and the die cracks on the obverse. I must learn the nuances of the Portrait series. And to completely miss the assayer initials, just shows how much I need to learn.
I was looking at the 1792 because I like that the “F” was repunched in the assayer initials.
Thank you very much for your knowledge.

He has amazing knowledge !

TwoKopeiki

@bidask said:

He has amazing knowledge !

Thanks Dan. Just a few things i picked-up along the way.