A Taste of a Crusty Mini-Hoard
These just walked in as a part of a REALLY original, nice group of coins taken out of circulation in Mexico in the 1800s. These are just a few highlights - I think the group is the best fresh thing I've seen since that group of gold from tin cans walked into my office five years ago...
What is now proved was once only imagined. - William Blake
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Very nice.
A darned good day at the shop/office.
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The owner was a friend's father-in-law - he was stunned.
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Wow!
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Amazing! And looks like someone cut a little sliver for gold checking?(sixth pic at 10 o’clock)
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Amazing!
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@Hemispherical said:
Amazing! And looks like someone cut a little sliver for gold checking?(sixth pic at 10 o’clock)In hand, it looks like a deep bag mark - there's a 44-D $2 1/2 with a small test cut in the deal...
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Nice!
And for those people who automatically question a rare coin because it is not in the plastic of the gods, THIS!!!
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Love that 57-S $5. Were there any on the Central America?
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There were a few high grade 5-S $5s, sadly. This would have been one of the finest, otherwise...
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Still gorgeous!
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very cool. You have to wonder how many more discoveries like this exist.
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The funny thing is that some of the Mexican might be better than the US in this deal.
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That IS a BIG mini hoard anybody would wish for
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The Mexican piece nails me to the wall. Thanks for posting
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love the look on the 57-s. they all look like beauties
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I guess life is like a box of chocolates - or freshly discovered gold. V. cool
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Wow, sounds like an eBay story, only true. Lovely coins. There really are some "grandpa's sdb's" out there, real ones.
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Holy Guacamole. What a nice hoard. I like them all a lot.
it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide
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Wow, what an awesome mini hord! All look super but I have always wanted to own the last one you posted.
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Love them all!
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@coinsarefun said:
Wow, what an awesome mini hord! All look super but I have always wanted to own the last one you posted.There were ten or more other 2 1/2, 5, and 10 Pesos of this type that were super high grade, as well as a bunch of D Mint and S Mint goodies I didn't have time to shoot. Not a shabby morning.
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Awesome coins!
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I consider that a supreme compliment! I would enjoy adding one of those to my collection.
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Holy Cow!
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@Regulated said:
@coinsarefun said:
Wow, what an awesome mini hord! All look super but I have always wanted to own the last one you posted.There were ten or more other 2 1/2, 5, and 10 Pesos of this type that were super high grade, as well as a bunch of D Mint and S Mint goodies I didn't have time to shoot. Not a shabby morning.
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@CaptHenway said:
Nice!And for those people who automatically question a rare coin because it is not in the plastic of the gods, THIS!!!
True, but they will likely soon be in the plastic of the gods.
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How many coins in total in the group?
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Hubba hubba! 100 gold coins = mini?
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The last hoard I handled was 1,427 pieces, so this is relatively mini...
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Better date sovereigns are always nice to discover and very nice to have.
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There's a lustrous 1845 4/inverted 4 which is pretty cool.
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Super cool, wish we could see the whole group!
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@Regulated said:
The owner was a friend's father-in-law - he was stunned.Did you at least keep a straight face when you put the coins on the scale and multiplied by spot?
Andy Lustig
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
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Now Andy.......
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@MrEureka said:
@Regulated said:
The owner was a friend's father-in-law - he was stunned.Did you at least keep a straight face when you put the coins on the scale and multiplied by spot?
I only double, triple and quadruple up when I buy from dealers or out of auction. I'm handling this on a 10% commission...
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Always makes you wonder how many more mini hoards are out there...I can't wait to see the coins for sale...will PCGS do a custom holder insert for a lot of 100 like was done for Saddle Ridge?
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Those are awesome gold coins... Must have been a real thrill to see them in hand.... Always wanted an opportunity to see an old collection with great coins come to light....So far, only old common coins... Of course, I do not work in a shop... just acquaintances with casual collections. You are very fortunate to see things like this... Cheers, RickO
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Wow! Some low mintage Gold there! Congrats.
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I like that 1853 D half eagle. That's my kinda gold..
Sounds like a sweet group
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How did a 1904 get pulled out of circulation in the 1800's ?
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@JimTyler said:
How did a 1904 get pulled out of circulation in the 1800's ?There was a rift in the Space-Time Continuum!
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Largest gold hoard I ever bought in was 4,400 Sovereigns in an estate in Chicago. Old man living in a trash-filled house with no working refrigerator or stove, who died all alone of old age. The law firm that held his will went in and started to throw out the trash and found something. They then went through everything. Typical find might be 50 sovereigns wrapped in tin foil and stuffed in a used juice box that was then wrapped in duct tape.
I did the appraisal at a bank vault and did not really have time to go through them by date. Did spot only one counterfeit, by eye while counting. Took my notes and we made an offer subject to spot at the moment we took possession. After the heirs approved it Bob and I went to the bank, wrote up a purchase order payable in 48 hours, took possession of the coins and Bob sold them by phone on the way back to the store. Once there he boxed them up and handed them to FEDEX. Never had a chance to check them for dates.
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Dang Capt - that's quite the story. Why the rush to sell so fast? All those dates and MMs...a collector's dream...
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Very nice... that's what crusty gold should look like.
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@JimTyler said:
How did a 1904 get pulled out of circulation in the 1800's ?The Mexican had some material into the early 20th Century, although my understanding was that the original owner started saving things in the 19th Century.
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Wow. Put me down as interested when those S-mint $5's are for sale.
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I noticed that the 1857-S $5 has re-punching at the base of the 7. So I did some quick research and I identified two different obverse dies for this issue:
A) The top of the "1" in the date is away from the neck truncation. It appears that most or all of the Central America salvage coins are from this die.
B1) The top of the "1" in the date is almost touching the neck truncation. Obvious re-punching on the bottom of the "7". This is the early die state.
B2) Same die as B1, but later die state after lapping of the die. The date is shallow and the remnants of the re-punching of the 7 are mostly gone.
I took a look at Heritage archives and, out of the first 40 or so 1857-S $5 coins that I looked at, only one was a "B1". The other 39 were a mixture of A and B2.
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I would put my white gloves on and fondle those coins while closely examining every nook and cranny. Peace Roy
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