Whats the most expensive foreign coin you've bought?

GoldCoinLover

I hope these threads are interesting and not "bad" posts. I can't find anything really exciting to post about. But I was wondering what everyones most expensive coin was. Especially a gold coin if you've bought any.

The most expensive gold coin I bought was around $250, but I bought other coins with it and a few holders for a forum member here so it cost over 300 total

CoinAddict

I gave $180 for this one and it is also currently my most expensive coin.

cacheman

PR66 Gothic Crown...just sold it too.

GoldCoinLover

<< <i>I gave $180 for this one and it is also currently my most expensive coin.
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That's a beautiful coin. What makes it so rare?

GoldCoinLover

<< <i>PR66 Gothic Crown...just sold it too. >>



Are those gold?

XpipedreamR

I think it was this one, but I can't remember how much it was:

sumnom

This is not a picture of the actual coin I bought but it is very, very close. I paid $180, which is the most I have ever paid for a coin. Don't tell my wife

Silvereagle82

1768 Spanish 8 reales Mexico Mint

$375

lordmarcovan

It was $800 or $900- I forget how much.

lordmarcovan

<< <i><< PR66 Gothic Crown...just sold it too. >>



Are those gold? >>

Silver.

GoldCoinLover

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It was $800 or $900- I forget how much. >>



Wow thast it? Is it really from 1805? Thats old, and its in proof condition too! Wow. How big is it?

lordmarcovan

That was a gilt proof 1805 Irish penny. NGC PR64 CAM.

And it was a big coin. Not quite silver dollar sized, though.

Before you get excited, thinking it was a gold coin, it wasn't- it was a gilt proof, meaning it was made with gold plating over copper.

But it was still a 200-year-old cameo proof coin, and a rather rare one at that. An amazing piece.

I regret selling it and I was just kidding the buyer earlier tonight, asking him when he was gonna sell it back to me.

Makarovii

Most expensive for me is this 1996 Belarus 1 Gold Rouble NGC PR69 Ultra Cameo, $195.


Next would be my old sigline coin, 1995 Russia 50 Roubles NGC PR68 Ultra Cameo, $175.

JamminJ

$800

satootoko

In my signature line, the one on the left is the third most expensive coin I own, and the one on the right is the fifth.

I have out-of-town visitors, and not enough time to fool with trying to take pictures of the others with my poor photo skills.

1jester

Cacheman, how much did your PR66 Gothic go for?


GCL, here are a few gold coins that I paid around $1000 each for:

1831 ducat from Warsaw Poland:




1915-S $1 Panama Pacific commemorative, NGC MS-63




1735 half ducat, Poland

SYRACUSIAN

Jester, these are awesome coins, I've tried to get this Pan Pac as you might recall, but I was outbid.

1833 20 drachmai gold NGC MS63 mintage 17505



1876A 5 drachmai gold PCGS MS63 mintage ~9000



1876A 50 drachmai gold NGC AU58, mintage 182



That's it as far as gold is concerned. You don't want to know how much the last one cost me, or at least, I don't want to remember it.

theboz11

A 1907 high relief St. G.

harasha

A half crown of Elizabeth I.
My most expensive gold coin was a 2 Guineas piece of George II.

cosmicdebris

goossen

The Paraguayan "Patacon", also called crown. 1 Peso 1889.
I payed 120 USD for it.

goldrush00013

coinpictures

I'm a bottom feeder, so the vast majority of the coins I buy are $25 or less. But occasionally I spring for purty ones I like.

The most I've spent do date on a single coin is actually a recent acquisition:

Prussia 1910A 3 Marks, Cameo Proof. Paid $230.

Numismatics

A Canadian quarter for $75.

secretsquirrel

1879 M upset error sov A$400

Non gold and most expensive coin i've bought Australian 2000 $1/10c Mule aUnc A$2,175

Most expensive non Australian coin bought 1981 Bermuda 25c on 5c planchet Unc US$41

Can you tell i like varieties and errors

1jester

<< <i>Jester, these are awesome coins, I've tried to get this Pan Pac as you might recall, but I was outbid.

1833 20 drachmai gold NGC MS63 mintage 17505

1876A 5 drachmai gold PCGS MS63 mintage ~9000

1876A 50 drachmai gold NGC AU58, mintage 182

That's it as far as gold is concerned. You don't want to know how much the last one cost me, or at least, I don't want to remember it. >>




Dimitri, thanks for the compliments! Your coins are awesome as well, and mine don't hold a candle to them... Too bad you didn't raise your bid on the Pan-Pac; I thought it was every bit of a 64, and had wonderful rose/pink toning.

Sylvestius

<< <i>I think it was this one, but I can't remember how much it was:



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Dreamy!


My most expensive foreign coin was a Saint Gauden's $20.... that set me back a few hundred quid.

FilamCoins

1977 Philippines Gold Proof 2oz

worldcoinguy

The price I paid? Well...trying to explain this one to the wife was more painful that the hole it left in my wallet.

drjules

I went as far as $250 for a proof UK 1927 crown to finish my 20th century silver type set

Dr J

Preussen

Gold? Probably this one:

Prussia 1/4 Ducat of Friedrich Wilhelm, 1716 HFH (Magdeburg). PCGS MS66 - Preussen

MSD61

This is my most expensive piece. 1822 Penny

JZrarities

Probably this one from the American Numismatic Rarities auction (Bowers)
Darkside in an American auction!

AUCTION DESCRIPTION:

Great Britain. ca. 1625-42 unite of Charles I

138.6 grains. Bright yellow gold with rich violet-rose toning around the reverse legends. Some light hairlines and a trace of brightness from a long ago polishing, a minor consideration as this piece displays superb visual appeal. Bold strike with all legends complete, a lovely example of this Charles I issue worthy of a place in an advanced cabinet.

GoldCoinLover

<< <i>Probably this one from the American Numismatic Rarities auction (Bowers)
Darkside in an American auction!

AUCTION DESCRIPTION:

Great Britain. ca. 1625-42 unite of Charles I

138.6 grains. Bright yellow gold with rich violet-rose toning around the reverse legends. Some light hairlines and a trace of brightness from a long ago polishing, a minor consideration as this piece displays superb visual appeal. Bold strike with all legends complete, a lovely example of this Charles I issue worthy of a place in an advanced cabinet.

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138 grams??

1jester

<< <i>Gold? Probably this one:

Prussia 1/4 Ducat of Friedrich Wilhelm, 1716 HFH (Magdeburg). PCGS MS66 - Preussen

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gxseries

Soviet 1oz 1991 PROOF palladium 25 ruble 1991 coin... I'm sure that hurted quite a fair bit... and the next one was roughly about the same, which was the Alexsander Column PROOF ruble...



I think I got them at around 450 and 350USD and the rest of my collections aren't close that, although some might be worth that much now.

Prices for both of them are going insane nowadays

SYRACUSIAN

138 grams??


Grains not grams.In units of measurement, the grain is a unit of mass, originally based on the weight of one grain of barley. One gram of metric weight equals 15.4323584 grains. It was used in the past for older drugs such as aspirin, for bullets, and for precious metals.So, JZrarities' coin is about ~8.94 grams.

Jester, the Standing Knight coin, an ex icon of yours is a fascinating coin, I know that many countries issued it. I wonder what's the story behind the design.


edit: Preussen, what a coin!!! Could you please PM me its price , to avoid upsetting members with heart problems?

Sylvestius

<< <i>Probably this one from the American Numismatic Rarities auction (Bowers)
Darkside in an American auction!

AUCTION DESCRIPTION:

Great Britain. ca. 1625-42 unite of Charles I

138.6 grains. Bright yellow gold with rich violet-rose toning around the reverse legends. Some light hairlines and a trace of brightness from a long ago polishing, a minor consideration as this piece displays superb visual appeal. Bold strike with all legends complete, a lovely example of this Charles I issue worthy of a place in an advanced cabinet. >>





Must have been a British auction! (We Brits do like our cabinets!)

secondrepublic

The most expensive in my collection is probably this Poland 50 zlotych pattern, struck in copper, dated 1924. Mintage is 105 pieces. It was for a gold coin that was never struck - the single gold specimen is in a museum in Warsaw.

1jester

That's a nice design, SecondRepublic!!!

MacCrimmon

By a thin margin, I s'pose this would be the anchor.

SYRACUSIAN

How about the emergency second anchor Mac? All good boats have one.

STLNATS

Probably this guy.....



This doesn't fit any of my active collections. I just like multiple talers and this one was priced right. In my "core" darkside interests (papal, folles of RIC 6) I can only think of a handful over $500; most of my money goes to national banknotes (where $1k seems to be the starting price these days!)

worldcoinguy

STLNATS - very nice. I do not own one yet, but one day would love to bring one of those monster size multiple talers home with me. They are comical in size.

wybrit

The most expensive one I own is not the one I paid the most for. Last year I paid much more than that for her little sister:

JZrarities

I would love to see Syracusan' Greece 1 Lepton (Silver Phoenix) posted here...

Beautiful coin.

STLNATS

Gotta love them Vicky coppers!

GDJMSP

Let's see, this one cost me an arm - and a couple fingers -









This one was an arm - and a leg










And now ya know why I type with just 1 finger

correction - toe

rwhite

1868 Hong Kong Dollar - PCGS AU55.

Luvdawgs

It's either this one:





or this one:

SYRACUSIAN

<< <i>I would love to see Syracusan' Greece 1 Lepton (Silver Phoenix) posted here...

Beautiful coin. >>




Since you asked for it .




The phoenix is not 1 lepton, it was worth 100 copper lepta and was the highest denomination of its time as the plans to mint gold coins were never executed.