**WEEKLY SWAP (BST) FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING 3/11**
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More nice Swiss no reserve this week, including this lovely 1912 franc (scarce in PCGS MS65), the virtually perfect 1920 franc PCGS MS68, and a few other MS67s and MS68s.
Swiss sale is soon coming to an end, one of the nicest coins left is this 1850 2 francs PCGS MS65.
Swiss sale is soon coming to an end, one of the nicest coins left is this 1850 2 francs PCGS MS65.
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Victoria 1887 Jubilee Crown PCGS MS-64. One of the most difficult coins to photograph that I've ever encountered (these are not my pics). Somewhat darkly toned but with some pretty golden-brown on the obverse and slightly more colorful hues on the reverse. Very lustrous and correctly graded. $260.
Sweden 2Kr 1932, 300th Anniversary - Death of Gustaf II Adolphus, very lustrous NGC MS-64 (couple of minor obverse spots) $25
Baden 1871 Kreuzer commemorating victory over France; Extremely scarce "Offenburg" piece. NGC MS-64 BN (small spot & tiny scratch between the R&I in KRIEG are noted for accuracy) Very attractive & lustrous; Seldom offered. $160
Bremen 1871 Victory (over France) Thaler. NGC MS-64. Certainly much nicer than my terrible pics indicate. It's lustrous, but it lacks the booming luster often seen on these pieces; it has the look of having been dipped. Still, quite attractive. $100
09/07/2006
ALL SOLD!!!!!!!!!
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DPOTD Jan 2005, Meet the Darksiders
1/2 Cents
U.S. Revenue Stamps
1890-H Ecuador 1/2 centavo, with one side planed smooth and painted with a painstaking scene showing a farmer (?) leading three llamas along a road in front of a mountain. Each llama is 2mm wide, yet there's no question about what is being depicted. I've encluded a huge enlargement, along with smaller images of the obverse and reverse that should appear more or less actual size (22mm), depending on your monitor settings. The painting is signed, and personally I can't make out the signature, but someone said that it's "obviously" the work of Emilio Moncayo (1898-1970). You can decide for yourself, if you think the attribution is important. There is one flake of paint loss in the sky to the right of the mountain. If you look at it quickly it sort of looks like the Sun, but really it's a missing flake of paint. The unpainted side is heavily corroded, which isn't entirely surprising given that this piece has been in contact with who knows what kind of paints for who knows how long. I still think this is an incredibly cool piece, but I can't find a home for it in my collection, so maybe someone else will want it...
$250
This pair of "somethings" display the obverse and reverse designs of the Pistrucci Waterloo medal (more info) (more info).
The entire design is incuse on these items. The outer half-inch is covered with a hard black wax, as is the entire reverse (except where missing or filled in with a lighter reddish wax). The design part is copper, and from the overall weight much be fairly thin. The "rim" (outer half-inch with black wax) is the highest part of the item, with the entire inner surface recessed relative to it.
Total diameter is about 6.5 inches (~165 mm). The design part is roughly 5.5 inches (~140 mm).
In another thread it was suggested that these are "mold galvanos". I'm not entirely convinced that 100% accurate, but I don't have anything better to suggest. I will accept returns (minus postage both ways) if you want to examine them in hand. The pictures should be fairly accurate, tho.
Pricing is tough, given that I admit that I don't know what these are. Stack's sold a "real" Pistrucci Waterloo medal (electrotype, of course) a couple of years ago for $1900. I found a couple of other sales in Europe also in the $1500+ range for a "real" electrotype. These things are probably rarer. That might mean they're more valuable. Or it might not. I'm going to be generous and assume not, but maybe in the same ballpark. So given that, I'll sell the pair for...
$1500
I have started listing LOTS of Exonumia on CoinZip auctions:
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Much more to come in the coming weeks...
Thanks for looking!
John
SFC, US Army (Ret.) 1974-1994
SPANISH & U.S. PHILIPPINES
1885 50c NGC MS63 Choice BU High Relief Spanish Half Peso $275
1903 1/2c NGC PF64 BN Electric Blue Red Toning $125
1916-S 1c PCGS MS64 RB Streaky Toning Superb Luster $350
1920 1c ANACS MS63 RB Deep Red/Purple Lustrous $110
1926-M 1c PCGS MS64 RB Lightly Toned Underlying Red $90
1929-M 1c NGC MS63 BN Deep Chocolate Brown $85
1904 5c PCGS MS64 Smooth Grey Gem $90
1921-M 5c PCGS MS62 Golden Toned $150
1930-M 5c PCGS MS62 Choice Lustrous Lightly Toned $100
1932-M 5c PCGS MS62 Lightly Toned $120
1937-M 5c PCGS MS65 Lustrous Bright Gem $190
1903 10c PCGS MS63 Brilliant White $90
1907 10c PCGS MS64 Superb Brilliant White $160
1908-S 10c ANACS MS63 Lightly Toned Choice Lustrous $350
1913-S 10c PCGS MS64 Blast White Gem $400
1917-S 10c NGC MS64 Brilliant White; A Few Black Specks $160
1929-M 10c NGC MS63 Speckled Toning over Brilliant White Skin $90
1935-M 10c PCGS MS64 Blast White Gem $90
1941-M 10c PCGS MS64 Blast White Gem $70
1913-S 20c PCGS MS64 Light Silver Grey Toning $350
1918-S 20c PCGS MS63 Choice Brilliant White $75
1921 20c PCGS MS64 Light Silver Grey Toning $120
1929-M 20c NGC MS64 Choice Dark Bullseye Toning $95
1938-M 20c NGC MS64 Blast White Gem $75
1944-D 20c NGC MS65 Smooth Lustrous Gem $55
1920 50c ANACS MS63 Brilliant White with Peripheral Toning $150
1920 50c NGC MS63 Very Light Toning Lustrous $150
PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC & ERRORS
1958 1c NGC MS65 RD Smooth Red Gem $45
1962 1c NGC MS65 RD Fiery Red Gem $45
1958 5c NGC MS65 Bright Orange Gem $45
1959 5c NGC MS65 Bright Orange Gem $45
1963 5c NGC MS63 Mint Error Struck 10% Off Center $70
1966 5c NGC MS66 Superb Yellow Gem $45
1974 5c NGC MS65 Mint Error Struck 45% Off Center $85
1964 10c NGC MS66 Superb Lustrous Gem Sharply Struck $50
1966 10c NGC MS62 Mint Error Struck 20% Off Center $70
1966 10c NGC MS67 Razor Sharp Strike $55
1972 10c NGC MS65 Mint Error Struck 20% Off Center $85
1966 25c NGC MS68 Eight Smoke Rings POP 1/0 $125
1972 25c NGC MS63 Mint Error Struck 25% Off Center $85
1947-S 50c NGC MS66 Douglas Macarthur Superb Gem Two Finer $85
1958 50c NGC MS67 Large Golden Super Gem POP 1/0 $75
1964 50c NGC MS66 Large Superb Gem Sharp Strike $55
1983 50c NGC MS64 Mint Error Misspelled $45
1974 1p NGC MS62 Mint Error 30% Curved Clip 11 GR $75
1992 5p NGC MS65 30th Chess Olympiad POP 1/0 $50
1987 200p NGC PF69 UCAM World Wildlife Fund POP 4/0 $90
1975 1000p NGC PF69 UCAM Marcos Gold Coin POP 3/0 $275
1981 1500p NGC PF69 UCAM Pope John Paul II Gold Coin POP 7/0 $550
1982 1500p NGC MS65 Bataan-Corregidor Gold Coin POP 1/0 $450
A SILVER LEGEND, The Story of the Maria Theresa Thaler
Author: Clara Semple
"Brand New" with damaged edge (during shipping)
$20 Shipped ( US only)
1701 Lima cob 8 Reales. Unknown wreck. There is a lot of coral incrusted on the coin. $65 Shipping included.
1734 Pillar Dollar. $90 shipping included
1739 Pillar Dollar. $85 Shipping included
Kavad 1
Khusro 1
Khusro II
Hormozd IV
Peroz I or Firoz I
World Collection
British Collection
German States Collection
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'Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery'
CU #3245 B.N.A. #428
Don
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I have some more silver I would like to sell. PM me if there is something you want and I will let you know if it is still available. First come first serve. Shipping/handling is $1.00+50 cents for each additional Item. I will consider offers. No Paypal.
2007 Australia Kangaroo 1oz-SOLD
1973 British Virgin Islands Dollar with Frigate Bird Proof(0.76oz)-SOLD
1962? Heraldic art Medal Louisiana. Has what looks like some toning? or fingerprint stuff-$6.00
2002 National Collectors Mint Giant Silver Buffalo Proof w/box and certificate(4oz)-$85.00
Thanks!
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It's a bit too much money for me, particularly for something outside my core areas of focus (your problem, too?), but it is really a neat thing- quite literally a "one of a kind"! Perhaps somebody who is more into the eclectic and curious will grab it. I wonder if you would have more success selling it as a miniature (i.e., as a painting), than as a coin. It might be worth more to a collector of miniature paintings than it would be to a coin collector.
Great "whatzits", too, with all the galloping horses and winged Victories flyin' around.
Eliasberg Gold Papal Medal BU NGC with sales cert.
35 grams, 39.80mm.
Pope John XXIII to left in papal regalia, legends around / papal seal in glory of rays, legends around, hallmarks below. Reflective fields and frosty motives.
Euro 679 ( approx US$ 1,050 but I prefer payment in Euro ) for PCGS thread members including registered postage worldwide.
Edit: This medal is not in a slab - it is in a flip and comes with the original sales cert. The medal was sold as BU in the original auction and is still in BU condition.
Zar's Ebay
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1987-C Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803
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1825 Lauraute head shilling, scarce. XF-45 i'd say. Krause value: VF $55 XF $185 UNC $400
$100
1893 Crown. A nice example, but has had it's obverse wiped gently at sometime in the past, and toned over. the reverse is nice. You can't tell the wipe, aside from hitting it with bright light.
$50
1887 Crown. lower MS grade. Prooflike fields, with die vertical die polishing in the fields. a nice looking coin and great strike
$85
thanks!
Doug
These are "junk" bags, so to speak, but that does NOT mean the coins are all junky! Basically, this is a way for me to get rid of about a 50-pound overstock, and sell off some of the cheaper coins I do not have time to sell individually. Most of this is my "under-one-dollar" inventory, but as you'll read below, it is sweetened a little with some interesting stuff.
Think of it as "junque", and not "junk". Junque is classier than plain-old junk.
EACH BAG CONTAINS:
* SIX (6) DIFFERENT USA WHEAT CENTS
Most if not all are common coins dating 1934 or later, but the culls and uglies were removed. You should get 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s coins in the bag, and probably an S-mint coin or two. Many bags also contain steel cents. The steel cents are circulated coins that might be a little crusty, but I culled out the really nasty "rust monsters" and awful ones.
* SIX OR MORE (6+) LOOSE WORLD AND/OR US COINS
Mostly world coins. No duplicates. Both old and new coins, freshly picked from my huge bulk bags BEFORE I sorted or attributed anything. You might find obsolete British large pennies, one or two older coins from the 1800s (which tend to be lower grade, naturally), and interesting stuff with a good mix of shapes, sizes, and designs. There is also the occasional US coin like modern cents or nickels cut from mint sets (still in the plastic), and a cull Indian cent or two. There are also some nifty tokens and big, often colorful, Mardi Gras doubloons.
* THREE OR MORE (3+) ATTRIBUTED COINS IN CARDBOARD 2x2 HOLDERS
No duplicates. Mostly world coins like I sell in my 3/$1 bins at the antique mall. The 3/$1 bin is my most popular material, because it is cheap and yet it's in holders, attributed by country, date, and denomination (though not graded). There will be both old and new coins in this mix. Occasionally some of the individual coins may have catalog values of more than $1 apiece- a few $3, $4, $5 coins are in the mix, too. (And one or two problem coins that would have been worth maybe $10-12 or so, without the problem).
PLUS:
EVERY TENTH BAG CONTAINS A SILVER COIN
...as one of its three pieces in the 2x2 holders. Usually these are smaller world silver coins, of course. These will be attributed by country, date, and denomination, and will also be marked with their fineness and silver bullion weight. Can I guarantee you'll get silver if you buy ten bags? No, of course not, though the odds favor it. If you bought ten bags, you might even beat the odds and get two or three with silver in them. Actually, in this first initial batch of 100 bags I made up, I believe there were 12 with silver, so a little more than one in ten have silver. Let's just say one in ten to be conservative.
ONE-TIME $2.00 SHIPPING & HANDLING FEE
I apologize that I can't offer free shipping on these. My standard $2.00 rate applies in this case. Obviously it is not per bag, but per order. I wish you could get them for two bucks and no additional cost, like my local customers will. But since I have to use bubble mailers or boxes to ship them, and they have a little weight to them, I can't do that. So... why would you want to buy a $2.00 "junk bag" and then pay $2.00 for shipping? Good question. BUT, if you order more than one, it averages out a little better.
If you buy some of these bags, I look forward to hearing what you've found. A couple of them stick out in my memory- they were fun to put together.
THINK OF THIS AS A "GAMBLER'S DELIGHT".
But at 13 cents a coin or less, there isn't much gambling involved!
If your $2.00 bag has 15 coins in it (which is the minimum), that works out to only about 13 cents per coin. If you got more than 15 coins in the bag, then your average price per coin is even less. When you see the mixture, I think you will be pleased, and who knows- you may want to come back for more!
These should be fun, particularly for kids or young numismatists, as well as adults.
If they sell well, I might make them a regular staple of my auction offerings.
Happy Hunting!
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Great for ancients, exonumia or what have you. Nice price.
Thanks for looking.
John
SFC, US Army (Ret.) 1974-1994
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SOLD!
09/07/2006
wanted: Edward VII sixpence in BU, any date, and a 1902 halfpenny in BU, both raw or slabbed
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09/07/2006
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'Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery'
CU #3245 B.N.A. #428
Don
Halfcrowns
World Collection
British Collection
German States Collection
Since when does the week begin on a Tuesday?
Maybe those crazy Greeks do it that way, for all I know.
Well, since it's the 17th and now a Monday, I guess that means I get to start the new swap thread.