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Found a nice piece of circ CC gold in France
Boosibri
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Great find! I used to love going up to Germany and Switzerland to look for nice (and authentic) U.S. stuff when I was assigned to Italy back in my USAF days.
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Dope, better date too, I guessed a 91
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
They're still out there...........as we can see.
Pete
Did the seller know that the mintmark means anything?
Or are they, like we, unmindful of mintmarks of other countries?
What is the grade? PCGS?
bob
P40
Latin American Collection
Nice find.
Wow! Nice piece.
Nice!
Just curious if the Europeans know the value of what they have or are the gold buyers still buying quantity over in Europe at small premiums over melt price? At what point did the European seller realize there was numismatic value in what they had?
I think that you have many very smart buyers and sellers here who know exactly what they have. Heritage covers much of the continent so there are few deals that just fall in your lap. I paid about wholesale for this coin which when CAC'd will make me a few hundred bucks. Not enough opportunity for me to quite my day job but cool none the less.
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I was wondering that as well. Was it already slabbed when you bought it, @Boosibri? Whoever slabbed it obviously realized it wasn't just a melt-value XF. Do all the sellers over there use the same pricing mechanisms as the states, or are some of them using bullion value or red book or similar?
This one was slabbed as most of the shops in Paris sit basically next to PCGS, a lot of material from France is getting into holders.
Pricing is all over the place. Some people have never seen Coinfacts which is great for me! I recently bought a 1913-S $20 in P63 for basically melt. Seller treated it like bullion. Just got to walk the shops and see what is there.
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That's crazy with the coin really worth over $3K unless it has a problem: http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/Coin/Detail/9163
Cool. That's a great deal on the 13-S. At the local shops here, you can't get any S-mint for melt, not even the more common 1914-1916 issues. I found a 14-S once, probably a raw 62/63, and the dealer saw the S and immediately wanted to check his price guide.
I sold it for $3600. It was a very high end coin as well. That came from a gold dealer in England.
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Just a reminder that I was also wondering.
Sounds like a lot of fun!!!
Bouncing from coin shop to coin shop in Europe doesn’t sound like it would suck.
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
I can imagine Lil' Joe Cartright spending that thing at the local general store in Virginia City!
Nice find!
I still regret not coin shopping during my two years living in Portugal.... I did not do much in coins during that period... real missed opportunities... and gold was much lower then.... Cheers, RickO
If you're buying coins in Europe that you'll bring to the US, and spending enough money to make it worth the effort, be sure to know what the VAT rules are. Depending on the country, you may be able to save something on your purchase if you have the merchant ship home by registered mail or if you get export certification.
Edit: Oh, and that 80-CC $5 is sweet!
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A friend of mine who was stationed in the Azores said THAT was THE place.
Makes sense. Kinda out of the way and frequented by many ships of many nations.
I’ve done well shopping in Lisbon.
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Love that CC $5!
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I have been to the Azores as well... some interesting experiences there... not with coins....
Cheers, RickO
I was wondering about taxes too. If you dropped it off at a PCGS office in Europe wanting it TVd and Secure Plus I would think they could send it back to your place in the US, not sure how the paperwork happens. Billy Paul told me about his Euro coin buying trips. How lots of money gets made if you are lucky.
Nice! Let me know if you are looking to sell it.
Thank you so much for reminding me of the opportunity to shop overseas for coins. In my travels to Central and South America, it has never occured to me to seek out a coin shop. And much of the native gold there could be very compelling considering the demand from collectors might be low relative to US coins.
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Happy New Year Robert!
mark
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
Sweet, great find, congratulation !!!