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historygeekhistorygeek Posts: 792
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How much does a UNC 1873 50 centimes coin catalogue for? XF price too.


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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,383 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I am assuming we are dealing with France... What is the mintmark? A or K? Both are better dates, but the K is much scarer than the A

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,648 ✭✭✭✭✭
    France? Belgium?

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  • historygeekhistorygeek Posts: 792
    Sorry, France A mint.
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,648 ✭✭✭✭✭
    France, 50 centimes, 1873-A.

    KM#834.1, .835 fine silver, .0671 oz bullion weight.

    926,000 were struck at Paris, making the 1873-A a semi-key date, with the third lowest mintage for the type.

    2nd edition Krause lists it at $10 F, $25 VF, $60 XF, and $125 UNC.

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  • spoonspoon Posts: 2,798 ✭✭✭
    While we're at it, can I ask what the value and KM# is for an 1862-K gem red BU 2 centimes??

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,648 ✭✭✭✭✭
    KM# for the 1862-K 2-centime piece is 796.6.

    2nd edition UNC value is only five bucks, but a full red gem should fetch more, maybe significantly more. I wouldn't mind seeing that one.

    Another vastly undervalued coin, perhaps. Sure, they struck 13 million and some, but five bucks for an UNC, (let alone a full red BU) 142-year-old copper coin with Napoleon III and a cool eagle on it? C'mon. Funny, I seldom see the 2-centime pieces but get lots of 5-centimes. Yet if your 1862-K had been a 5c, it would've listed for fifty bucks in regular UNC.

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  • spoonspoon Posts: 2,798 ✭✭✭
    Thanks Lord M! image
    Hmm.. I paid $8.50 on ebay about two weeks ago. I like the old French designs image

    Here's the pic, there's a wee bit of brown trying to get in there, but it's nice and fully lustrous:
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  • spoonspoon Posts: 2,798 ✭✭✭
    [Rambling]
    This was my first 2c also.. it's amazing how thin they are! About 1mm short of a US nickel but much thinner.
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,648 ✭✭✭✭✭
    SWEEET!

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    Nice score!

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  • MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭
    Day-um Spoon!! Nice deux cent. image

    Spot free too! image
  • syraqsyraq Posts: 633
    I like these coins in red BU. They're the same size as the Greek 2 lepta but much easier and cheaper to locate in high grades. Spoon has an incredible taste in copper. image
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,648 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I once had an 1854 10-centime in a PCGS MS63 RD holder, with a Bass pedigree, I think it was. Got it for something like eighteen bucks.

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  • spoonspoon Posts: 2,798 ✭✭✭
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    (sorry for hijacking the thread, HG! image )

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