Jester's Challenge #170

1jester

Welcome to Jester's Challenge, an interactive history lesson.

Inspired by many others here on the Darkside forum, I'd like to present what I hope will turn into a great learning experience for all of us. Many members on this World and Ancient Coin Forum have done a formidable job of sharing with us many fascinating and historically important coins. Since looking at coins is also one of my greatest pleasures, I'd like to try to follow in that time-honored tradition and submit for your pleasure and entertainment some world coins I've come across in my short lifetime.

I will pick out a coin on a regular basis, and post it along with the challenge to you to name the coin, its provenance, denomination, metallic content, mintage, any distinguishing characteristics or noteworthy features, and its value. The more information, the better. I'd like as many people as possible to participate, regardless of how little knowledge you might have on the subject. I appreciate comments on every aspect of the coin, including its history, or its role in human history, or info on similar coins in its series, etc. I myself don't presume to know 1/1000 of what you collectively know, hence my challenge to all of you to share your knowledge with the rest of us. Hopefully this exercise will encourage thought, discussion, and most importantly, more friendship.

Thanks for your participation!!!

Here is the one hundred seventieth selection:

JohnZ

Sweeeet! Is that yours Mike?

Hey, wait a minute, isn't that a liteside commem?

Get your garbage outta here!

One of my local dealers has one of the original Pan-Pac sets, but he won't let me look at it anymore. Says he has to keep wiping off the drool.

cosmicdebris

Hey for Jester ins't that darkside?

JohnZ

I think it could qualify as being AC/DC.

1jester

You're right, Cosmic!

By the way, this just came back from NGC as MS-63, and it's undergraded, in my most humble opinion. It looks like a 65 in person. And what lovely rose-colored toning. By the way, it went to ANAS first, but they had the audacity to grade it NET MS-60, bent. What a crock. The coin is perfect. I'll never use ANAS again.

SYRACUSIAN

Jester ,I was just looking at Teletrade's Sunday listings for a Pan-Pac $1 upto MS63 !

I love this coin

1jester

This one's going on ebay tomorrow, ending in 10 days.

SYRACUSIAN

Why would you wanna mess with eBay? This is the place to do business my friend

1jester

It's hard for me to determine the value of the coin, and putting it up for auction seems the best way to maximize the price realized. Personally, I want $1500 for the coin, because I think it's a 64 at least, and it has loads of eye appeal, perfect luster and nice original toning. I feel it's undergraded, and as such I don't want to accept some grey sheet for an average 63, but I'd prefer to see what the market values it at, especially since price guides are never up to date and don't allow people a chance to compete for a particular nice coin.

SYRACUSIAN

Well,you're about to face your worst nightmare; the liteside "money grades" - I'll have my eyes open

Bruce

It looks like a liteside, but I have never seen one before myself.