Who's Nuts Here ???

Weg

These two coins with a hardcopy Whitman book are being sold for $3,900.


So is anybody nuts here, the dealer, the customer, or ahhh me?

CIVITAS

But they're slabbed. That's worth a $1400 premium, isn't it?

Smittys

Home Shopping Network or Coin Vault?

newbiecollector

<< <i>But they're slabbed. That's worth a $1400 premium, isn't it? >>



Nahh Civ.....no cacy sticky

Weg

Now don't forget, there are two. That should be a $2,800 premium.
Oh, I forgot the book. Lets say,,, $500. OoooK, 8 + 5, carry 1, wala $3,300.
Sounds reasonable, doesn't it?

ajaan

What do you feel is a fair market value for each of the coins? I kinda like the Persian gold coin.

Weg

Without any research I'll take a SWAG; the silver Shekel- $75, the gold Daric- $250

CIVITAS

Well, it's hard to say what each should sell for without better pictures, as well as pictures of the reverses. But the gold Daric should bring between $2000 and $2500 in today's market. The Shekel of Tyre could be anywhere from $400-$750 depending on the reverse strike and centering. The book is probably $10.95.

Weg

Here are pics of the Revs. It would be easy to post better pictures, if it would help.
If you'r right, I was way off. Bill

percyb

Wow. What a deal!

CIVITAS

Neither coin has a fantastic obverse strike. The reverse of the Shekel is rather nice though. I'd say closer to $2000 for the Daric and about $600.00 for the Shekel.

zeebob

About 20 years ago, I bought 5 "shekels" from a guy in Pullman Washington. Found out later the coins I paid $200 for were rupies and were worthless. The guy I bought the coins from just said, "buyer beware - all sales final - I was told these coins were authentic and sold them as such - you bought them they're yours."

Confirmed several time the coins were rupies with differenet dealers. Finally tossed the things in a park. $200 is a lot to me. Grrrr... But I just look at it as an expensive lesson (by the book then the coin?).

I like the NGC slabs the coins in the first post are in. I have no idea of the fair market value, but at least we can be assured the coins are more or less authentic. Interesting post. I'll be watching to see what the final consensus on the value of these two pieces is.

I've never seen ancients in NGC plastic before. NGC is a brand I trust.

Weg

Does anyone else have pricing knowledge of these coins?????

Aethelred

With the crappy obverse, I wouldn't want that Shekel.

Sapyx

<< <i>Does anyone else have pricing knowledge of these coins????? >>


Only what the Sear catalogue (1998 edition) says, and what can be found on an auction database like CoinArchives.

For the gold daric, Sear #4679, £900. Some darics on CoinArchives.

For the shekel of Tyre, Sear #5920, £110. A coin datable to Year 1 AD or thereabouts, like this one is (the date PKZ = Year 127 of the Tyrian calendar = Year 1/2 AD), might be more valuable than a "random date". Coins actually datable to around the time of Christ's death (30-33 AD) will be more valuable still, as authentic "thirty pieces" coins. The "KP" is assumed to be short for "Caesar" and indicates an Imperial-period issue. Some Imperial-era Tyre shekels on CoinArchives.