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(Update with an upgrade) A newly arrived addition to my set -- Sweden 1869 10 Francs (1 Carolin)

mercurydimeguymercurydimeguy Posts: 4,634 ✭✭✭✭
edited March 3, 2017 8:45PM in World & Ancient Coins Forum
Won this in a recent Sincona auction out of Zurich, it arrived today...thought I'd share.


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    SwampboySwampboy Posts: 13,276 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great looking piece of gold.



    I wondered about the 10 francs but I see in my Krause it was minted as trade coinage.



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    STLNATSSTLNATS Posts: 1,608 ✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: Swampboy

    Great looking piece of gold.



    I wondered about the 10 francs but I see in my Krause it was minted as trade coinage.



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    +1. Nice example of an interesting coin. Congrats!



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    bronzematbronzemat Posts: 2,707 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very nice gold!
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    lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 45,436 ✭✭✭✭✭
    An interesting type I hadn't seen before. Nice!

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    mercurydimeguymercurydimeguy Posts: 4,634 ✭✭✭✭
    This coin has a mintage of around 30,000 pieces and while I've seen other dates, this is the first 1869 I've ran across that was for sale/at auction. Unfortunately, as with many coins I've acquired for my set, I wasn't the only interstated bidder and wound up paying nearly $590 USD all in. Not terrible but not a bargain.



    Of course it's raw...I think it's AU'ish, like a 53 as a guesstimate.
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    brg5658brg5658 Posts: 2,408 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks to have a nice original skin. Hard to tell if it may have a history of a light cleaning. I'd grade it XF45.
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    mercurydimeguymercurydimeguy Posts: 4,634 ✭✭✭✭

    I found a near gem piece, sent it in for grading to PCGS and the grade just posted. MS64. Tough to beat...not sure how many nicer examples can possibly be out there with a mintage of only 31,000.

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    BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,755 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice!

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    lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 45,436 ✭✭✭✭✭

    (Very belated reply- I stumbled across the image of that last coin in an unrelated Google image search.)

    Wow!

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    lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 45,436 ✭✭✭✭✭

    (Very belated reply- I stumbled across the image of that last coin in an unrelated Google image search.)

    Wow!

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    PatARPatAR Posts: 347 ✭✭✭

    Amazing! Congrats!

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