question on Krause values listings

coachleonard

I just identified a coin i had as a 1611-22 gros of Verdun, France. In the 1600's Krause I was looking in, there are only dashes where the
values would be. Do you automatically assume rarity in these cases, or could it just be a case where they've never recorded a transaction for
this particular offbeat coin??

lordmarcovan

I would assume the latter, but with a possibility of it being rare. I think mostly the dashes are just lack of data, but you can bet that the coins they lack data on are less than common.

There seem to be a lot more dashes in the 17th century volumes. I too have a "dashes only" coin- a 1620 Polish ort. It's holed, on my Holey Coin Vest, so it probably isn't worth much more than the ten or twelve bucks I paid for it, but I guess you never know. It's kind of cool to have a "dash" coin.

Were I to venture a wild guess, "dash" coins from the later centuries, the 20th century in particular, are probably rarer, since they came from a more modern era with bigger mintages and therefore far more pieces known.

coachleonard

thanks lordmarcovan. that's the problem with some of these old offbeat world coins-- there may be only 20 in existence, but only 5 people actually collect them!

SYRACUSIAN

Good point coach. Doesn't make them any less desirable though, if you're into them to begin with.

IstilllikeZARcoins

I can't take Krause values for ZAR coins seriously.

The rare coins are priced so cheaply in Krause that I would sell the wife in order to raise cash to buy these rare coins at those prices ( she cooks well, using a washing machine like no other....just PM for details ).

A much better book to use for South African coinage is Hern's handbook. Not really related to the initial topic but I wanted to put forward my ZAR/Krause view.

lordmarcovan

<< <i>that's the problem with some of these old offbeat world coins-- there may be only 20 in existence, but only 5 people actually collect them! >>

Sad but true!