This is a novodel 2 Kopeck issued under the name of Ekaterina II Velikaya (Catherine the Great). Bitkin-151. Dated 1765. For those good at doing searches here, there is a prior thread wherein someone has additional information on Russian imperial novodel issues. (BRG5658 maybe?) IIRC, these were likely issued much later under questionable authority.
McFarlane arrived in Melbourne in 1841 and in addition to his business in the city sent goods to the goldfields during the rushes. Although just rated rarity-2 this token is tough to locate above VF condition. The example seen here condition wise betters all seen in private museum collections.
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Very rare- In looking at your example, the strike may be weak which could help explain the AU50 grade
The theory is that several working dies were prepared at the mint and trials struck. But the Bank of Mexico never ordered any 5c that year, so at some point the dies were destroyed and the trials thrown into circulation. Thus all known 1931 5c should rightly be considered die trials.
I've seen the one mint state coin (NGC MS63BN) that was auctioned by StacksBowers a few years ago. It was also weakly stuck and I didn't like it as a 63. But it sold for $10k plus the vig. Mine wasn't nearly so much.
Besides being weakly struck, they usually come with bad edge dings.
Thanks for providing some additional information which may support that your example may possibly be undergraded- it certainly does explain the look and my initial thoughts.
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Nice penny- what's the grade? I see NGC prongs.
OK, so maybe a teensy bit spotty, but that isn't too unusual.
Don't have any Darkside copper newps, so I'll go with a re-run. Gilt copper, in this case.
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This is a novodel 2 Kopeck issued under the name of Ekaterina II Velikaya (Catherine the Great). Bitkin-151. Dated 1765. For those good at doing searches here, there is a prior thread wherein someone has additional information on Russian imperial novodel issues. (BRG5658 maybe?) IIRC, these were likely issued much later under questionable authority.
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McFarlane arrived in Melbourne in 1841 and in addition to his business in the city sent goods to the goldfields during the rushes. Although just rated rarity-2 this token is tough to locate above VF condition. The example seen here condition wise betters all seen in private museum collections.
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Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
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LM: it's in an N65 holder
RD or RB?
Here's an ex ryarmch token I purchased a couple years ago.
Stunning. The gilt halfpenny I posted above also came from ryarmch. Quite the source for lovely stuff, eh?
LM: it's in an N65 holder
RD or RB?
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I realize it's not the weekend any longer, but I'll post in advance of next weekend.
To follow on to coinkat's 1930 5c, here is a Mexico 1931 5c in AU50, a very, very rare coin:
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Very rare- In looking at your example, the strike may be weak which could help explain the AU50 grade
The theory is that several working dies were prepared at the mint and trials struck. But the Bank of Mexico never ordered any 5c that year, so at some point the dies were destroyed and the trials thrown into circulation. Thus all known 1931 5c should rightly be considered die trials.
I've seen the one mint state coin (NGC MS63BN) that was auctioned by StacksBowers a few years ago. It was also weakly stuck and I didn't like it as a 63. But it sold for $10k plus the vig. Mine wasn't nearly so much.
Besides being weakly struck, they usually come with bad edge dings.
What a wonderful coin...
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.