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I can't believe this was destined for the crucible...

candy2012mustangcandy2012mustang Posts: 479 ✭
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This was a NEWP from a few weeks ago..

Russian Imperial pectoral cross (87% silver) awarded to every new preist of the russian empire by Czar Nicholas II.

The makers mark and fineness mark checks out. The piece was x-rayed and is the right fineness.

I was told a Ex-priest sold it for a fellow Ex-priest that was too old to bring it in himself. how cool is that...

I took these pictures with my iphone after I bought it... sorry if they are a little fuzzy. Nice pickup for melt i'd say(:

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  • BrolBrol Posts: 266 ✭✭
    Nice! For melt I would grab 10 like these! image
  • YQQYQQ Posts: 3,340 ✭✭✭✭✭
    lucky you....
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  • coinpicturescoinpictures Posts: 5,345 ✭✭✭
    That was going to be melted??? What a travesty!

    I shudder to think of all the wonderful antiquities that have been melted down over the years...
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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,856 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Good job in saving it-

    unfortunately, nothing surprises me anymore when it comes to people melting silver and even gold

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  • candy2012mustangcandy2012mustang Posts: 479 ✭
    You never know what will turn up in scrap.
  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,419 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's always fun when you can pick off a priest!

    (What? What? Of course I didn't say that!)
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  • worldcoinguyworldcoinguy Posts: 3,030 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Uber cool pickup! Wow. image
  • HussuloHussulo Posts: 2,953 ✭✭✭
    That was going to be melted??? What a travesty! I shudder to think of all the wonderful antiquities that have been melted down over the years...

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  • DoubleEagle59DoubleEagle59 Posts: 8,379 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Makes you wonder what has been lost over the years and also what was lost back in 1980.
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  • coinsarefuncoinsarefun Posts: 21,760 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That is sooooo very cool!!!



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  • nicholasz219nicholasz219 Posts: 1,386 ✭✭✭
    That is the worst thought to have: so many dealers (especially these fly by night "GOLD BUYERS!") have no clue and as long as it tests out, they just melt melt melt. Terrible thought.
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  • mojomanmojoman Posts: 2,665
    vERY NICE,
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  • tydyetydye Posts: 3,894 ✭✭✭
    Cool save

    Something that annoys me about these newbie gold and silver buyers is that they file everything. Essentially turing nice coins, jewelry and artifacts into just something to be melted. My one dealer recently showed me some seated dollars that he just purchased from one of these guys. Nice original xf-au seated dollars all with file marks on them - what a shame.
  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Makes you wonder what has been lost over the years and also what was lost back in 1980. >>



    We spent hours smashing art deco, art nouveau and baroque beauties into shippable hunks.

  • MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Makes you wonder what has been lost over the years and also what was lost back in 1980. >>



    We spent hours smashing art deco, art nouveau and baroque beauties into shippable hunks. >>




    Reminds me when Heritage was Steve Ivy back sometime in 1980/81 they mailed me a fancy-schmancy 4-color catalog of "antiques".

    The one item I'll always remember was a Charles I sterling tankard someone had brought in for "melt". They, of course, rescued said tankard and were offering it for something like $10,000. Somehow I doubt if it weighed more than 10 troy, but hey, it was an antique that was saved from the indignity of becoming ......................... a bunch of toe rings. image
  • nicholasz219nicholasz219 Posts: 1,386 ✭✭✭
    It is heartening to see that at least one of these awesome crucifixes were saved. Even in my younger days when I found a coin or note in a junk box that was obviously not destined for a home before I found it, I was always thrilled to add it to my collection (more like 'accumulation'). Now I am happy I did. My nine year old really appreciates everything I've saved from the melting pot and now it forms the foundation of her collection. Hopefully she will do the same thing and pass on the coins I have her to her children and so forth. A $.25 coins may not mean much to a twenty year collector anymore, but it means a ton to a kid whose budget is $10.00.
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