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1890 GEA Rupie

cosmicdebriscosmicdebris Posts: 12,333 ✭
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Has arrived!

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Bill

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09/07/2006

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    laurentyvanlaurentyvan Posts: 4,243 ✭✭✭
    Beautiful coin! What amazes me is that from the pictures they look like two different coinsimage
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    SYRACUSIANSYRACUSIAN Posts: 6,449 ✭✭✭✭
    Glad to see that it's indeed a gem BU image

    The initial link had scared me ,in spite of its buyprice image
    Dimitri



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    1jester1jester Posts: 8,638 ✭✭✭
    It's beautiful, with full luster. But is that hairlining I see, or die polishing?

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    coinrookiecoinrookie Posts: 794
    Great color and a big cat too. Tough choice though. Does this go in the Rupie collection or in your pride of lionsimage

    Steve
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    spinaker2000spinaker2000 Posts: 4,329 ✭
    great colors!! image
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    AskariAskari Posts: 3,713 ✭
    Very nice!! Does it really have that violet-brown toning? The ones from presentation sets often do.
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    lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,256 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice, indeed. The seller's image probably cheated him of quite a bit of money (i.e., potential bids). I mean, it looks OK in his pics, but sweet in yours.

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    farthingfarthing Posts: 3,294 ✭✭✭
    I agree, the seller left alot on the table due to the poor picture.
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    cosmicdebriscosmicdebris Posts: 12,333 ✭
    Yes there are hairlines and yes a few small dings but nothing I can't live with. There is even a die crack that goes from the left lapel to just under the shoulder pad thingy.

    If I were to grade this one via US standards I would give it a MS61-62. This coins are hard to find even this nice.

    And yes the colors are there too.image
    Bill

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    09/07/2006
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    1jester1jester Posts: 8,638 ✭✭✭
    No doubt it's very scarce in that condition, and I can live with hairlines, all things considered. The coin looks really nice.

    Did you see the link with the history of that territory, attached to Jester's Challenge #112 (British East African coin)? I think that was really a wild time in history.

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    "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
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    cosmicdebriscosmicdebris Posts: 12,333 ✭
    Never checked out your links. I'll have to go back and check them out.

    I did read the little blurbs in the Krause about this territory. Man was it tough to find German East Africa in the 19th century Krause. I thought they left it out until I read the blurb about it in the 20th century edition about Tanganyika. Sure enough it was in where Tanganyika would be but still under German East Africa. image
    Bill

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    09/07/2006
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    1jester1jester Posts: 8,638 ✭✭✭
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    "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
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    mongoosemongoose Posts: 589 ✭✭
    Bill, congrats on a very sharp looking coin. I like the lion.image
    Joe
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