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Found at the local coin show (British)

JCMhoustonJCMhouston Posts: 5,306 ✭✭✭
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Well I wandard down to the local Bellaire Coin Club summer show today, and found some quite nice things. Actually I was most excited about finding a copy of Pecks reference on Copper/Bronze/Tin coins in the British Museum collection. But for coins I found a very nice 1887 Florin in NGC PF65, how this did not get a Cameo I'll never know, it's as strong a cameo as I have seen on proofs from this era. A little light hazy white toning on the obverse, not nearly as bad as my image shows, and a brilliant white reverse. Lots of nicks and scratches on the slab which I'll try to polish out later.

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JCM-Houston
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  • theboz11theboz11 Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭
    Oh MYimageimage
    My Medals collection

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  • DoogyDoogy Posts: 4,508 ✭
    wow......I am floored..........congrats Jeff, a real doozy!

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    Congrats!

    Doug
  • SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,585 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yeppers, I am definitely seeing some cameo going on there, should have gotten the designation. That is a very loverly piece!
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  • BSBS Posts: 1,318 ✭✭✭
    Congrats.image
  • trozautrozau Posts: 3,455 ✭✭✭
    Nice! There was a time (not sure how far back) when NGC did not use CAM and UCAM in their grading designations. The 1995 Jamaica $100 Bob Marley gold coin I have (which came from Steinberg's) is NGC slabbed and graded PF 70 (no UCAM designation).
    trozau (troy ounce gold)
  • Silvereagle82Silvereagle82 Posts: 1,219 ✭✭✭
    That's a beauty for sure.... Nice buy !!
  • DaltonistaDaltonista Posts: 354 ✭✭
    Man, that is one pristine queen!
    Nice find, and congratulations!
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  • ColinCMRColinCMR Posts: 1,482 ✭✭✭
    great find!
  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,460 ✭✭✭✭✭
    congrats in connection with the florin..

    Finding Peck's is even more impressive

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  • bidaskbidask Posts: 14,017 ✭✭✭✭✭
    nice pickup
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,662 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Vickie always did look good against some proof mirrors. image

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  • eCoinquesteCoinquest Posts: 1,485 ✭✭✭
    Vickie always did look good against some proof mirrors

    I agree!!
  • TootawlTootawl Posts: 5,877 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Vickie always did look good against some proof mirrors

    I agree!! >>


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  • britintexasbritintexas Posts: 41
    I was there today too, didn't see that beauty though. You must have been too quick for me...
  • HussuloHussulo Posts: 2,953 ✭✭✭
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  • JCMhoustonJCMhouston Posts: 5,306 ✭✭✭
    britintexas, it was from a dealer named Alex Siegel that I have never met before, he is based in Houston though so I'm going to keep in touch with him.

    Do you happen to work in the oil industry?
    JCM-Houston
    World Collection
    British Collection
    German States Collection
  • dizzleccdizzlecc Posts: 1,113 ✭✭✭
    Hi JCM,

    You must of been right behind Stuart and I. We looked at the coin and it is a blazer. It should have no problems picking up a cameo designation. Nice pick up.

    I have dealt with Alex for a long time and he is a good guy with high quality foreign coins.

  • britintexasbritintexas Posts: 41


    << <i>
    Do you happen to work in the oil industry? >>



    Nope, I'm a student. I wish I had an oil worker's budget...
  • JCMhoustonJCMhouston Posts: 5,306 ✭✭✭
    I was wondering britintexas, most of the Brits I know here are in the business. I have a few working in the engineering company I take care of.

    Dizzlecc, thanks for leaving this one for me. image

    He came off the price pretty decent so he must have been tired of people just looking. He seems like a decent sort, we exchanged emails last night so I hope to do some more buying from him in the future.
    JCM-Houston
    World Collection
    British Collection
    German States Collection
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