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1939 Cuba One Peso

sellsatansellsatan Posts: 663
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It's worn, cleaned, likely dipped, shows a spot of PVC damage to the left of the star and is butt ugly. I bought this last summer and can't remember why. I was looking through my big ol' binder of 2x2s and came across it. Is it as bad as I think? At least I can say it was cheap.

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    So what if it ain't the nicest example.

    It's a nice design, and a popular one, and it's a big ol' hunk o' silver. What's not to like?

    Add "cheap" into the equation, and I see nothing to dislike.

    I wouldn't call it "butt ugly". Shoot, you could shine that sucker up and put it in a jewelry bezel or something.

    What's the diameter of those? If it's US dollar sized, I have cheap bezels that will fit it. Then once it's all nice and bling-bling shiny, you could put it on eBay as jewelry and maybe get a pleasant surprise.

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  • sellsatansellsatan Posts: 663
    LordM, that's actually a decent idea (the coin is silver dollar sized), but I don't think I could bring myself to polish a coin. Even if it is already ugly.
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Bah. Shine that sucker up. image

    I just got me a new rock tumbler- gonna tumble some detector finds in crushed pecan shells to clean 'em up. That might be a way of shining that coin up without overdoing it.

    Seriously, though, lemme know if you want a bezel- if you're fairly sure that will fit into a US silver dollar bezel, I'll send you one. (Silvertone screw-stem bezel with the reeded edge on it- you may know the type).

    How cheap was it? I would take it off your hands as a "project" coin, if you wanted to be rid of it...

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  • sellsatansellsatan Posts: 663
    Exactly the size of a US Morgan Dollar, so...

    PM sent.
  • whohahwhohah Posts: 75
    As sellsatan said, it is US silver dollar sized. It is exactly the same as a pre-1935 US silver dollar as to size, weight and fineness. The only difference being the design. It was struck at US Mint in Phillie. The Cuban ABC Peso [as it is sometimes called] is one of my favorite designs. There's a lotta history in that hunk of silver...
    Jay formerly of Garrison, TX
  • sellsatansellsatan Posts: 663
    I looked around a bit on ebay last night and very few ABC pesos were listed. The ones that were available didn't look very good. Exactly how tough are these to find in Gem condition?
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