Post an excessively rare MODERN coin, AND which resides in your personel collection
Leonidas
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Hey, the Classic guys have thier fun. Why shoudnt we. Here is mine..
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<< <i>I'm pretty sure King Leonidas is a 'Classic' >>
Just like I am pretty sure that the coin above is the 10th rarest coin in US History
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<< <i>I'm pretty sure King Leonidas is a 'Classic' >>
Just like I am pretty sure that the coin above is the 10th rarest coin in US History >>
<< <i>Hehehe Barndog, play nice now.
I guess I'm one of the "Classics Guys"
I'd like to see one posted that is in AU58 or lower.
It's probably easier to find an MS65 1837 half dime
Still looking for an AU 58. PM me please if you have one you'd like to sell.
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<< <i>Hehehe Barndog, play nice now.
I guess I'm one of the "Classics Guys"
This is yours isnt it ?
This is just one example why I collect Moderns.......
Here is the real thing. It has it all. Bullion value, pedigree, and true rarity.
Graded NGC MS-66 with the Eliasberg provenance tied with 3 others and only 8 graded in ALL grades.
Incredible but true, snuck deep in his coin collection was this Peruvian GOLD coin dated 1965. I was stunned. I could NOT pass it up. I did not think Eliasberg would have ever thought of buying a post 1964 modern gold coin! He was certainly NOT known for ever doing so. I do not recall any post 1964 modern gold coin that was sold in his coin collection unless I missed it.
So the next time you modern coin collectors get bashed just tell the purists that "if a modern coin was good enough for Louis Eliasberg, Sr. it is good enough for me!!!"
I paid more than full price at $690 including the juice in competitive bidding.
Lot #3612
Description: Peru
1965 50 soles. Fr-79. MS-66 (NGC).
23.41 grams, 29.80 mm. Types as above. Frosty orange gold. ($250-400)
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<< <i>You modern coin collectors:
Here is the real thing. It has it all. Bullion value, pedigree, and true rarity.
Graded NGC MS-66 with the Eliasberg provenance tied with 3 others and only 8 graded in ALL grades.
Incredible but true, snuck deep in his coin collection was this Peruvian GOLD coin dated 1965. I was stunned. I could NOT pass it up. I did not think Eliasberg would have ever thought of buying a post 1964 modern gold coin! He was certainly NOT known for ever doing so. I do not recall any post 1964 modern gold coin that was sold in his coin collection unless I missed it.
So the next time you modern coin collectors get bashed just tell the purists that "if a modern coin was good enough for Louis Eliasberg, Sr. it is good enough for me!!!"
I paid more than full price at $690 including the juice in competitive bidding.
Lot #3612
Description: Peru
1965 50 soles. Fr-79. MS-66 (NGC).
23.41 grams, 29.80 mm. Types as above. Frosty orange gold. ($250-400)
Nice, Is this one (belongs to another forum member) rarer than your piece?
A stunner of a design! Napoleon, is he now revered once again in France?
What does the reverse look like?
You asked:
<<<Nice, Is this one (belongs to another forum member) rarer than your piece?>>>
Absolutely! The 1952 100 soles (gold) at MS-64 is the highest graded of only two graded in all grades. With a mintage of only 126, that is an awesomely rare coin.
But is it still "modern?" LOL.
Where is the modern cutoff anyway? 1964/1965?
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You asked:
<<<Nice, Is this one (belongs to another forum member) rarer than your piece?>>>
Absolutely! The 1952 100 soles (gold) at MS-64 is the highest graded of only two graded in all grades. With a mintage of only 126, that is an awesomely rare coin.
But is it still "modern?" LOL.
Where is the modern cutoff anyway? 1964/1965? >>
Good to know, what mintage does your coin have?
Just like I am pretty sure that the coin above is the 10th rarest coin in US History
Many gold coins, including 16 different $3, have mintages below 2,600.
My Adolph A. Weinman signature
<< <i>Just like I am pretty sure that the coin above is the 10th rarest coin in US History >>
If you're going to consider UM-NCLT as coins, you should also include 19th century NCLT proofs, in which case that coin is nowhere near the top 10.
I have nothing against UM-NCLT, just making sure the comparison is fair.
A 1967 DDO-002
According to CPG between 9-16 known and I think it will grade well.
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CoinsAreFun Toned Silver Eagle Proof Album
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Gallery Mint Museum, Ron Landis& Joe Rust, The beginnings of the Golden Dollar
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More CoinsAreFun Pictorials NGC
San Diego, CA
Here's mine (I think 1960 is reasonably modern). PCGS has graded only 8 percent as many as the 1955 doubled die!
My Adolph A. Weinman signature
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Super
The nicest of five minted in gold:
Only one proof struck in 9995 Niobium:
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"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
I did not even know there was a gold form of such medal.
Wow!
<< <i>dcarr---What's Niobium? I assume it's some kind of alloy or a rare element. >>
When I was working summers at Fermilab while studying physics at the University of Chicago, niobium was the superconductor of choice because it went superconducting at a relatively high temperature (about 9 degrees IIRC). We were building a new subperconducting magnet accelerator for high eneregy particle physics research. Now I understand there are higher temperature superconductors and the magnets at Fermilab have been upgraded at least once and I don't know if they are Nb now or not. I assume that is why DCarr chose Nb as the for the Tesla commerative. Tesla's work in magnatism was recognized when his name was chosen as a unit of magnitism. Very cool for us geeks. I guess DCarr is one of those cool geeks who hides it well. --jerry
I knew it would happen.
Chance favors the prepared mind.
and it sets us apart from practitioners and consultants. Gregor
What is truly unique about this coin is that the reverse is equally amazing with intricate marking that could have only come from some divine intervention. I think this is the MOST
awe inspiring coin I have ever seen.
Only about 100 of each in PCGS MS66 holders and only 5 total higher for BOTH coins. Probably no more than 10000 of each minted.
Morgan, modern sets, circulated Kennedys, and Wisconsin error leaf quarter Collector
First (and only - so far) Official "You Suck" Award from Russ 2/9/07
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<< <i>dcarr---What's Niobium? I assume it's some kind of alloy or a rare element. >>
When I was working summers at Fermilab while studying physics at the University of Chicago, niobium was the superconductor of choice because it went superconducting at a relatively high temperature (about 9 degrees IIRC). We were building a new subperconducting magnet accelerator for high eneregy particle physics research. Now I understand there are higher temperature superconductors and the magnets at Fermilab have been upgraded at least once and I don't know if they are Nb now or not. I assume that is why DCarr chose Nb as the for the Tesla commerative. Tesla's work in magnatism was recognized when his name was chosen as a unit of magnitism. Very cool for us geeks. I guess DCarr is one of those cool geeks who hides it well. --jerry >>
People who I've correspobnded with on the internet say they envision me working in a "mad scientist's laboratory".
A "mad scientist's machine shop" is more accurate
But yes, I'm a coin/science/computer/car/engineer geek.
PS:
I made 19 Niobium Teslas (18 satin and the one proof). I did so mainly because I had a nice strip of niobium metal available.
The properties of niobium also seemed to be a good fit for the subject matter.
<< <i>dcarr---What's Niobium? I assume it's some kind of alloy or a rare element. >>
Hi.. if i disremember incorrectly.. Niobium used to be called Columbium.. the Austrian Mint has been issuing a BiMetallic, ringed Silver and Niobium coin every year for the past five years or so.. Niobium is an interesting metal which changes color depending on what temperature it's heated to.. so each year's coin (it's about Silver DollER sized.. or a bit smaller.. i think it's a 25 Euro denomination.. i forget.. i have the last couple in a box with some other stuff stacked atop it on this table a foot from my hands, but i don't want to unstack the stuff for a picture, but they're not hard to find on eBay and from Euro dealers.. yearly Mintage is 50,000 or 30,000 or something like that.. around $55.00 each year for the coin in a fancy little case..) .. different design each year.. and each year's Austrian BiMetallic Commemorative has a different colored Niobium central disc surrounded by the Silver ring.. i could be wrong but as far as i know, Austria is the only country who issues a demonitized legal tender (part) Niobium coin each year..
Thanks
Harv
- John Wayne, "The Shootist" (1976.. his final film)..
<< <i>dcarr's Denver Mint 2006-D Centennial has the nicest design I have ever seen for a building on a coin. It is awesome and I am still kicking myself for not buying a bunch of them let alone a single one of them.
I did not even know there was a gold form of such medal.
Wow! >>
Thanks. I haven't seen a single one of these come up for resale. All the ones I sold were widely distributed. No single person bought more than 3 or 4. I did keep several for myself
<< <i>Hey, the Classic guys have thier fun. Why shoudnt we. Here is mine..
I'm admittedly ignorant when it comes to modern coins and bullion. How long does it take to find a rare piece like that?
<< <i>excessively rare MODERN coin >>
Isn't that an oxymoron?
<< <i>Nothing I collect is rare, but I'll post a few coins I like from my collection that are modern.
I always love to see these two. The '83 is nicer but the '82 is probably tougher.