Gone to eBay: 172-pc. world coin collection in binder (incl. silver, 1800's, maybe gold bonus)

lordmarcovan

172 coins, including some silver and some from the 1800's. No duplicate dates, 34 countries represented.
Individual coin values will range from 75 cents up to four or five dollars each.
(Mostly 75 cents to a dollar, as I am clearing out my 75-cent and 1-dollar bulk bins in my coin booth.)
Some coins may have minor problems, but these are usually noted and are figured into the value;
in other words, these should be worth at least 75 cents as is- often the ones with problems are older coins that
would be worth a lot more without the problem. On the other hand, there are a number of high grade and Uncirculated pieces, too.

Nice assortment overall, definitely not a junk lot. All coins are in 2 X 2's and attributed.
The 20-pocket pages are brand new, whereas the binder is old but serviceable.
(Just your basic used 3-ring binder- if you don't want it, I can just ship the pages.)

Figuring this at a bare minimum of 75 cents per coin, you've got $129.00 worth of coins, here.
And as I mentioned, many are worth more than that. Do I hear $125.00, anyone?
(Will ship Priority Mail for free if you are in the USA. Will pay half the shipping cost if you are outside the USA.)

PayPal is OK.

No offers by midnight on Saturday night or so, and it's off to eBay I go.

If I don't get any nibbles, I might consider trades of better singles in either US or world coins (pre-1900).

Edit: I see I forgot to write the date on the 2 X 2 for the French Indo-China 1-cent piece. (Duh.) It's a 1941.
Catalogs $15.00 EF and $48.00 in UNC (2002 edition). This one is choice AU- pretty close to UNC, but sadly, it has a narrow stripe
across the reverse, as though from an old piece of tape (though only about half as wide as standard adhesive tape).
Pity. If it weren't a stupid zinc coin made by the stinkin' Nazi puppet government, it would be a beauty.
Spattering Occupied Europe and its colonies with zinc coinage was a another heinous German war crime.

Lots of coins with luster look rather flat in these pics- I had to go with fairly low-res group scans for obvious reasons.

Oh- the unknown Canadian token from 1841 merely says "HALF PENNY" on the reverse.
No design. Some of you Greysiders might recognize it straight off, but it's an unfamiliar type to me.

pontiacinf

wowsier...instant darkside collection..

wish I had a little one to start off, thats a killer deal indeed!!



NOTE: how come the darkside does so much better in the design area?

RNCHSN

Hey Rob,

How come some of these aren't on your "holey vest & Hat?"

SYRACUSIAN

A great introduction to the Darkside.

lordmarcovan

<< <i>NOTE: how come the darkside does so much better in the design area? >>


A popular question, Bill. But there are ugly Darkside designs, too (just ask Mad Marty- heheh).
One reason, I suppose, is that the Darkside has so many chances to get it better. After all, there are
hundreds of countries comprising what we call "the Darkside", and only one on the Liteside.




<< <i>Hey Rob,

How come some of these aren't on your "holey vest & Hat?" >>



Only one of them qualifies (the unknown 1841 Canadian halfpenny token), and it's a duplicate from my vest, I think. Or one I decided not to use. You see, I only use pre-1900 coins with aftermarket holes (i.e., damage). If I used mint-manufactured holeys, the vest would weigh 2.5 tons. Chinese cash coins are mintmade holeys that are tempting, sometimes, but I stick within my parameters as an adoptive home for abused old lovelies. And the stuff on my hat is only pre-1900 gold (except in one case, a 1789 sixpence somebody gilded and tried to pass off as a half-guinea.)

1960NYGiants

How come some of these aren't on your "holey vest & Hat?" >>



Only one of them qualifies (the unknown 1841 Canadian halfpenny token), and it's a duplicate from my vest, I think. Or one I decided not to use. You see, I only use pre-1900 coins with aftermarket holes (i.e., damage). If I used mint-manufactured holeys, the vest would weigh 2.5 tons. Chinese cash coins are mintmade holeys that are tempting, sometimes, but I stick within my parameters as an adoptive home for abused old lovelies. And the stuff on my hat is only pre-1900 gold (except in one case, a 1789 sixpence somebody gilded and tried to pass off as a half-guinea.) >>



Rob,

The 1841 Canadian token is catalogued by Charlton as #LC13B, issued by Duncan & Co. in Montreal. The hole is not mint made, as such value is much less than C$7 per catalogue.

Gene

lordmarcovan

Thanks.

And yes, I knew that wasn't a mintmade hole, which is why it is the only coin in the batch that would qualify for my vest. I only do "aftermarket" holes.

The reason I thought it might be PEI was because I had a small lot of them, and the others were PEI tokens.

lordmarcovan

Okeydokey, then. No nibbles.

To The Bay of E I shall go.

Think I'll sweeten it with a little gold.

lordmarcovan

Gone to eBay, with a $39.65 start.

The auction is scheduled to begin at 11:30 AM on Sunday, eBay (Pacific) time. If you click the link before then, you'll probably get an "Invalid Item" page.

I made the gold Gibraltar coin an incentive for BIN- if BIN is used or if the bidding reaches the original BIN price of $165, the gold coin will be added to the lot, making a total of 173 coins from 35 countries.