Instant regrets…
MrEureka
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Today was one of those rare cases where I dropped out of the bidding, lost the lot, and almost immediately decided I should have kept going. It’s a 1695 French Louis d’or, struck over an older Spanish 2 Escudos. I’ve never seen one before. Sold for about $6500 all in. I’d have been much more aggressive if the undertype was more dramatic, but I still should have gone higher.
Andy Lustig
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Did you have a buyer in mind?
Agree
I know a couple of people who would definitely have been interested at some level. But mostly I just liked it, and like it more than $6500.
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I didn't know there were Louis XIV overstrikes on to Spanish escudos. Very nice piece.
Sorry to read about this one...
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Happens to me every time...
Sorry to hear that, hope you will not lose sleep on this. Yu might not see this coin for a long time.
What a cool piece!
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Mine doesn't compare to that but I made a royal screwup the other day. I was bidding on a coin online and for some strange reason I thought I was winning a lot and didn't realize the other bidders automatic bid took the lead. So I should have bid higher like you but I thought I was leading....I was sick and still am.
"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose."
Jim Elliot
I still wish I had put in one more bid on this. John Agre beat me out and promptly got the coin into a PCGS 63+ holder as it deserved. (I still often think about a fantastic 1803 $10 that Agre also beat me out of but since this is World, I'll just cry quietly into my cup.)
I have a nice, original XF45 that I like a lot but I still think about this coin every time I look at mine.
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Nice coin - I missed that one.
This has happened to me as well. All I can think of is “brain fart.”
Maybe not really the point of the thread, but definitely related/the inverse situation...
Described as "Struck over a piece of the Spanish Empire"... Spanish Netherlands? Southern Italy?? Milan??? I've never put much effort into figuring it out - but I've not seen another.
PS - I wouldn't be shocked if another piece semi-like that exists, @MrEureka... after all, much of France's silver coinage in the 1690s was struck over earlier pieces.
It's happened to me too.