Home› World & Ancient Coins Forum

POLL: Help decide my next Numismatic purchase (WARNING LARGE IMAGES)

historygeekhistorygeek Posts: 792
in World & Ancient Coins Forum
Due to a limited coin budget and two beauties that I cannot chose from, I have decided hold a plebiscite.


The two contestants are: The Mongolian Beauty and the Manchuko puppet Princess

The Mongolian Beauty:

image

Announcer: This is a bronze Three Cash, 34 mm in diameter, from the Chinese Yuan Dynasty. The Yuan were a Mongol dynasty founded by Kublai Khan, grandson of the Great Khan Chingiz (Genghis Khan). The coin is from the reign of the last Yuan Emperor, Shun Di (1333-1368 AD), and has the reign title Zhi Zheng (1341-1368). The obverse inscription reads Zhi Zheng Tong Bao. The reverse has the character “Chen” written in Mongol script. It is a decent near VF with attractive surfaces. Schjoth 1107, FD 1797

The Manchuko puppet Princess:

imageimage
Corrupting youth since 2004

Comments

  • LuvdawgsLuvdawgs Posts: 1,512 ✭
    I'd go for the Manchuko puppet Princess if I were buying it for myself. I love how it looks.
    image

    image
  • historygeekhistorygeek Posts: 792
    Ok, what if the Manchuko coin cost 167x the catalogue price?
    Corrupting youth since 2004
  • spinaker2000spinaker2000 Posts: 4,329 ✭
    offer them 1/2 price, because of the fingerprint. image
    Terry

    eBay Store

    DPOTD Jan 2005, Meet the Darksiders
  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,398 ✭✭✭✭✭
    go with the slab.

    DPOTD-3
    'Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery'

    CU #3245 B.N.A. #428


    Don
  • harashaharasha Posts: 3,096 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There will always be a market for the slabbed coin, if you ever need to sell. The beautiful Mongolian will only be attractive to a specialist.
    Honors flysis Income beezis Onches nobis Inob keesis

    DPOTD
  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
    OK, after much deliberation, I'd say.....































    Buy them both.














    OK, OK, OK. I like the Mongolian coin, but the sl*bbed coin might be a better buy in the long run because the coin's uncirculated, attractive, more liquid and there are probably more collectors for it if you decide to sell.

    imageimageimage
    .....GOD
    image

    "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." -Luke 11:9

    "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." -Deut. 6:4-5

    "For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; He will save us." -Isaiah 33:22
  • MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭


    << <i> Ok, what if the Manchuko coin cost 167x the catalogue price? >>

    What's catalog? $22.50? You mean it's asking price is $3700+? Hmmmmm! Beats me!

    For $3700+ this old Scotsman would be peeking at a Gothic Crown.... imageimage But, what do I know. image
  • historygeekhistorygeek Posts: 792
    Sorry, 167% more than the catalogue price, 1.67 times cat price.
    Corrupting youth since 2004
  • historygeekhistorygeek Posts: 792
    New stipulation: The Mongo coins costs 30 dollars and the Manchu coin cost 50 dollars.
    Corrupting youth since 2004
  • laurentyvanlaurentyvan Posts: 4,243 ✭✭✭
    There will always be a market for the slabbed coin, if you ever need to sell. The beautiful Mongolian will only be attractive to a specialist.

    This is the answer that makes sense unless you need the mongolian to fill a hole.
    One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics
    is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato
Sign In or Register to comment.