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harashaharasha Posts: 3,097 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I have been toying with the idea of putting together a collection of Portuguese and/or Spanish crowns. Any thoughts on what sort of premium I can expect?
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  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,446 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Portuguese coins have been 'hot' recently. Many price increases. What grade are you looking at?

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  • harashaharasha Posts: 3,097 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Unless I need a coin for a "type," I stick with XF or higher. So what do you opine? The article in February's World Coin News caught my interest, regarding Escudos. And I realized that the Spanish was not too shabby either. I just need "projects" to keep me going, but I do not want to pay too much of a premium, just because something is "hot."
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  • newsmannewsman Posts: 2,658 ✭✭✭
    960 reis crowns from Portuguese Brazil are interesting, because they are struck over Spanish colonial 8 reales coins, and have lots of varieties. They're also fairly cheap in XF, and undervalued. image
  • harashaharasha Posts: 3,097 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes, I have noticed Brazilian crowns. They are interesting, except for those minted between 1868 and 1889. Yeah, that could be interesting. I will give it some thought. Such a project would neatly complement my collection of Latin American crowns.
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  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,446 ✭✭✭✭✭
    An 1814 Portuguese 400 Reis coin can be had for about $200 in Ch. BU. Although not exactly crown size, it is larger than a US half dollar.

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