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1754 Farthing NEWP - How'd I do?

StubbyMcNumbthumbsStubbyMcNumbthumbs Posts: 1,259 ✭
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Just picked this up for $12 as a BIN on ebay. I think I might have done ok. What think you?

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    coinkatcoinkat Posts: 24,485 ✭✭✭✭✭
    unable to provide an accurate opinion

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    JCMhoustonJCMhouston Posts: 5,306 ✭✭✭
    That could be a pretty nice buy, but we need to see some better pics when it gets in.
    JCM-Houston
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    coinpicturescoinpictures Posts: 5,345 ✭✭✭
    Lightening it up in Photoshop, it looks like a solid F-VF (by U.S. standards) piece; obverse VF, reverse F.
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    U.S. Revenue Stamps

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    IstilllikeZARcoinsIstilllikeZARcoins Posts: 812 ✭
    Pity the 4 of the date 1754 isn't struck over an '0' then the coin would be worth twice as much.

    You possibly paid market price for the coin perhaps more if postage fees are added in.

    Edit to add: Nice coin though so you did well. image
    The meaning of life ? I don't know but I am sure that coins have something to do with it.

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    StubbyMcNumbthumbsStubbyMcNumbthumbs Posts: 1,259 ✭
    Well, I'll have to wait and see it in hand, but it looked pretty good to me in the sellers pics. Seller gave no description other than date and pics. Appears to be a nice problem-free gF/aVF example. But, again, I'll wait to see.
    For $12, I didn't think I could too wrong. Seems like there are quite a few of this date available out there, but any that are in this condition are priced 2-3 times what I paid.

    I was just looking for a good Geo II without having to pay too much. I think I succeeded. Unless I find some problem that isn't evident in the pics, I'm Happy!

    I'll post better pics when it arrives.
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    norwegianguynorwegianguy Posts: 184 ✭
    I think you did well.

    You got a nice quality, 355 years old copper coin at only $12. Regardless of catalog value, I think it's a pretty good buy. You will certainly enjoy that coin more than you would have enjoyed those 12 dollars image

    I also believe that the European coin market has a great potential. Look what TPG's have done for the US coin market the last 20 years. I believe that - as slabbing of european coins get more common - there will be a repricing of European coins. Remember that Europe has the world's largest economy (Bigger than the US economy), and you won't find a US copper from 1754 in that grade at only $12.

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