Cheap Roman purchase with British hoard pedigree
lordmarcovan
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I regularly donate coins as promotional giveaway prizes to David Crowther's History of England podcast. We just gave away a hammered silver Edward I penny and a medieval book mount.
So it was time to buy the next giveaway, and it had to be something that said "British history". What better than a coin with archaeological provenance, pedigreed to a known hoard from Roman Britain?
Say what you like about the seller ("centsles") and NNC, but for the money (maybe about the same as the coin would've cost without the plastic and the historical pedigree), I thought this was a neat pickup, and it will make some giveaway winner happy later on. Though the "MS62" (sic) grade seems ridiculously optimistic, and the font on the reverse label looks really cheesy, I give 'em full marks for having someone attribute this and put the hoard details on the label, including the date and place it was found. That makes it pretty cool in my book. And nobody but diehard numismatic geeks would object to the plastic, anyway. The original expert's handwritten coin envelope (maybe from 1967?) also comes with the purchase.
This is one time I'm actually happy for a piece of NNC plastic, and I won't be instantly cracking it out like I did the NNC Trade dollar I once had.
It should make some noncollector's day when he or she wins the drawing.
So it was time to buy the next giveaway, and it had to be something that said "British history". What better than a coin with archaeological provenance, pedigreed to a known hoard from Roman Britain?
Say what you like about the seller ("centsles") and NNC, but for the money (maybe about the same as the coin would've cost without the plastic and the historical pedigree), I thought this was a neat pickup, and it will make some giveaway winner happy later on. Though the "MS62" (sic) grade seems ridiculously optimistic, and the font on the reverse label looks really cheesy, I give 'em full marks for having someone attribute this and put the hoard details on the label, including the date and place it was found. That makes it pretty cool in my book. And nobody but diehard numismatic geeks would object to the plastic, anyway. The original expert's handwritten coin envelope (maybe from 1967?) also comes with the purchase.
This is one time I'm actually happy for a piece of NNC plastic, and I won't be instantly cracking it out like I did the NNC Trade dollar I once had.
It should make some noncollector's day when he or she wins the drawing.
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In your case, I think you probably got a relative bargain on what is realistically a solid VF coin. I saw a bunch of these Rockbourne Hoard coins recently for sale and even threw in a bid or two myself. The plastic will be a good way for a non collector to display it hopefully and have something really cool to chat about. I almost want to say a fair warning like "this is not the coin that will make you rich" should be sent the winner's way, but why ruin the excitement? Hopefully someone listening to that sort of podcast is a pretty intellectually inclined person anyway and would realize that he is not getting a $1,000 coin as a prize.
Nice of you to contribute to the program and random excitement of strangers. Good job, buddy.
If it were me, I would remove the coin from the slab. JMHO.
-Dan
Llandonna Hoard Longshank's penny you'll have admirably accomplished your mission.
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And I'm sure that ancient coin will make someone's day!
Well done Rob.
<< <i>Lord - looked at your box of 20 - very nice stuff! Well done. >>
Thanks, Z.
While I'm happy with the compliment, I'm also a bit embarrassed, because the Box of 20 is WAY overdue for updating and a bit of a mess right now. Much overdue housekeeping to be done.