What's it worth - from August - pics added.

Mesquite

My brother-in-law has three gold coins and has asked me their value. I don't know the condition (I assume AU or, at best CU). Each contains 0.2411 oz of gold ($400 melt each). Do any of you know of the rarity of:

Mexico
10 Pesos 1906
10 Pesos 1917-M

German
20 Marks 1875

Thanks for your response.

I'm guessing that these are worth close to melt value. Do you see anything to make you think differently?

SaorAlba

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German
20 Marks 1875

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They were minted in several German states, with different monarchs. Most likely Prussia, but could be Bavaria, Saxony, Wurttemburg etc. Some of the lesser known kingdoms or duchies have some fairly decently rare coins. Others like Prussia and Saxony etc are pretty common.

olmanjon

The Pesos are common. The German mark is from one of the states and we need to know which one.
Olmanjon

Mesquite

His e-mail listed the 20 Mark as Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel. 20 Mark, 1875.

HoledandCreative

The 20 Mark is a good coin but need to see pictures for condition.

Mesquite

I won't have any pics unless he sends it to me.

theboz11

The price range is in the HUNDREDS of Dollars, You should ask him to get you pictures, or send them to you to see in hand.

Mesquite

OK, I've asked for either pictures of the German 20 Mark or the coin itself so that I can take pictures of it. It may take a few weeks/months before any of that happens. So, thank you and I will likely resurrect this thread once I have something half way decent to show you. You have been a big help in simply identifying the 20 Mark as a coin that most likely is valued at > melt.

YQQ

HELLO,

I do not believe there is a 20 mark Braunschweig wolfenbuettel 1875 gold coin.
there is a Braunschweig -Lueneburg of that year. this coin goes from $1000 in Vf and up.
However, there are a lot of top notch forgeries of that coin. They were made by a dentist in 1970ties and easily fooled experts and dealers alike.
they are so good that to this day it is difficult to be sure. Volker Weege at Moneytrend.at would be the person to chat with.
here is an image of the Braunschweig Lueneburg coin.
perhaps your friend can compare his and this and let us know.
otherwise my suggestion is to send it to PCGS for authentication and grading.
If it comes back as authentic,break it out of the slab and send it to Europe to a high end auction.
for all that matters, I might know someone who would buy it, slabbed or not......if it is authentic.
H

Mesquite

YQQ,

I e-mailed your response to my brother-in-law. Here is his reply.

"The coin is not a Braunschweig coin. This page very closely describes the coin I have: http://www.coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coins?main_coin=3148&main_ct_id=91. I could not take a good photo of it. Do you still want to see it, given the info on the link? According to this next link it was a 4.2M mintage. http://www.pandaamerica.com/subcategory.asp?subcat=40&categ=3&grp=1. I doubt the coin is a forgery because I think my dad had it since he left Germany in the early 30’s."

Appears the coin is one of the more common Prussian varieties. Oh well.


Thanks to you all.

lordmarcovan

Here's Link #1 from the previous post.

... and Link #2

Mesquite

Pictures added to the first post.

HoledandCreative

Melt is all they are worth. Still a tidy sum these days.