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Auction madness

wybritwybrit Posts: 6,997 ✭✭✭
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Today's Noonans auction had strong prices, to say the least. One crazy example was the sale of an NGC MS65BN example of an 1851 halfpenny (no dots on shield), which hammered for £2,000 plus 24% BP. That's more than 7X the Spink book value for BU full lustre. Wow - and I thought my £600 max bid was way out there.

Former owner, Cambridge Gate collection.

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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 24,119 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Interesting... not sure what to add or write.

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

  • pruebaspruebas Posts: 5,019 ✭✭✭✭✭

    And if you’re overseas:

    Another 1% for shipping insurance.

    And a poor USD exchange rate (if you’re in the US).

  • worldcoinguyworldcoinguy Posts: 3,053 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The 1680 Saxe-Albertine death taler seemed to hammer at a reasonable 900 gbp. The design on this one is beautiful.

  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,997 ✭✭✭

    preubas, you're right. About $3,330 for a coin that isn't close to being the rarest in the series.

    Former owner, Cambridge Gate collection.
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