New purchases: 1791 Sierra Leone dollar and 1901 Irish pattern!

lordmarcovan

Well, OK, the 1791 Sierra Leone dollar is a "holey", for my vest, but you gotta admit it's got a high coolness-factor even with a hole, thanks to its rarity!

And... well... OK, the Irish "pattern" is actually a modern fantasy, but I liked it, so what the heck. Thought it would look nice in the growing 1901 Victorian collection. (For which I also just won a nice-lookin' slider UNC Indian rupee and a Ceylon piece!)

1jester

That Sierra Leone dollar is the one you told us not to touch! See how easy it is to get us to stay away from your auctions? All you have to do is ask...

lordmarcovan

Oh, yeah, I remember now.

I find that a bloody huge HOLE in something usually has the proper deterrent effect, too...

cosmicdebris

With the hole it still cost over $80.00

shirohniichan

The Sierra Leone dollar is WAY COOL! I want one for my trade dollar collection since it's the first trade coin with "dollar" written on it. Congrats!

lordmarcovan

Thanks, Shiroh-San!



<< <i>With the hole it still cost over $80.00 >>



Hey, I think the thing goes about $600.00 in Fine in Krause! While it's the more common variety (6 thousand-some minted instead of 800 for the scarcer type), it's still a rare bird anyway you look at it! I had to have it.

A lot of the stuff I am now adding to the vest (and particularly the Holey Gold Hat) is like that- worth some money, even WITH a hole in it! I started out limiting myself to about fifteen bucks a coin, but then I got into the large cent date set on the back of the vest and decided I'd like some holey gold and some colonials, and so on. Now I'm after a Bust dollar. Even holed, those start around $250.00.

DennisH

Did you see that a PCGS-53 1791 Sierra Leone dollar just sold on eBay last week for I think $1,100?

lordmarcovan

No- I didn't, but it sounds sweet!