What is the coolest coin...
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that you have admired the longest and can afford but have not bought?
I have admired the Athenian tetradrachm with owl reverse ever since I started collecting coins as a 7 year old, but I have never bought one. My lame excuse is that it doesn't "fit" into my collection and that I've never taken the time to learn about ancients.
I have admired the Athenian tetradrachm with owl reverse ever since I started collecting coins as a 7 year old, but I have never bought one. My lame excuse is that it doesn't "fit" into my collection and that I've never taken the time to learn about ancients.
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<< <i>I have admired the Athenian tetradrachm with owl reverse ever since I started collecting coins as a 7 year old, but I have never bought one. My lame excuse is that it doesn't "fit" into my collection and that I've never taken the time to learn about ancients.
Funny, I'd have to say the same thing. I started as a ten-year old and have liked owls since I got over my early childhood terror of them. My grandmorther collected owls and I have not only her collection, but have added a few myself. Now you're talking about a cool ancient silver coin with an owl on it, and one I have always liked, and... well... there you have it. Just what you said. I have told myself that when I finally do get an Athenian owl, it'll be a nice one. EF to AU or better, well-centered, with a well-executed Athena on it. I prefer the archaic "old style" owls but like the newer portrait of Athena on the "new style" tetradrachms better than the goggle-eyed one on the archaic design. I have seen some pieces that might have been from the transitional period that I liked. It might be some time yet before I ever get one.
UNLESS I find an otherwise-decent one with a small, well-placed hole in it, so I can attach it to the Holey Coin Vest.
<< <i>Sounds silly, but high grade US two cent pieces. I collect mint state Canadian coppers, so the two cent fits and I like the design and the sense of history. My problem lies in that I think most US coins are overpriced. Two cent coins are more reasonable than other series, but only because demand kinda sucks. A catch 22. >>
And the proofs are even more overlooked than the MS pieces!
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I sold that baby back in February and miss it some. It was a borderline cameo coin. There were about 600 of them struck.
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In this condition it's at least $2,000...
You want how much?!!
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I guess Krause is accurate as anything else on that sort of stuff, since to my knowledge, no specialist publications for coins of British Honduras exist. In areas where there is wide collector interest and specialization, like Canadian or British coins, or thalers, or whatever, then the specialist publications will usually supercede Krause. But for a general guide, Krause can't be beaten, in my opinion. The disparity between catalog price and real-world price will always vary, as in anything else.
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