I recently added this escudo to my collection and filled a hole in my mint+denomination set. The entire gold series is pretty much aspirational for me so when I found this coin for sale at a price I could afford, I went for it. Researching the coin, I could not find very many past sales that were straight graded and not counterstamped. I did find one on Heritage that I have to assume is an extreme outlier. If not, then I got a very good deal on my coin.
I will post this separately but liked it. It is so prooflike that one wonders if it has been cleaned.
Chile 1844 8 Escudos, strike through at neck of liberty:
Love that Milled British (1830-1960) Well, just Love coins, period.
1748 Mo MF 1R I picked up for a song long ago, showing an interesting unattributed variety: the obverse (shield side) crown is a "large crown over small crown," perhaps to cover over a mistaken application of the 1/2 real crown punch to the die. The inner rim of the smaller crown is most visible on the underside of the larger crown, and too the pearls on the upper right are crowded and jumbled.
Also on the:
Obverse: R representing REX recut, cinquefoil under R representing Real recut, and the N in IND looks to be recut over an inverted N(?)
Reverse: Left pillar, Mo, and Q all recut.
After a quick look at Yonaka and auction results, this looks to be the more common variety.
There was a recent local estate auction that had some interesting coins. Unfortunately, there was no in-person viewing before the auction, and all the bidding was internet only. So the only thing that was really local about it was the pickup of the auction wins after the auction (the auctioneer also had provisions to ship items, so that opened up the bidding to just about anyone in the world).
It seems that the estate was from somebody who had ties to Guatemala. Many of the coins were from there, as well as South America. There were some lots that had multiple cobs in them. They were pretty worn, but a few were identifiable as being from Guatemala (which makes them scarce, of course). Unfortunately, I did not win any of those. I could only bid what I felt comfortable with based on the listed photos. And I had to compete with bidders from around the world. I bid on 30 coin lots but only won three. I did, however, win the one lot that had two coins that were probably the best two in the sale (1835 and 1847 Central American Republic 8 Reales). I had to bid up for those, but got a pretty good deal. I won another lot that had two Peru coins: a 1880 5 Pesetas that I was interested in; plus an 1869 Un Sol that I didn't really care about, but came along for the ride. The price was right for these. The last coin lot I won was a 1911 El Salvador Un Peso in pretty nice grade. This particular issue was struck at the US Philadelphia and San Francisco mints. As far as I know, there is no way to distinguish which mint a particular coin came from. And lastly, I won two LED floor lamps that I can use at my coin show table. They were a deal at $3 each.
When I went to pick up the lots, I discovered that the coins were not in holders. I mean, not even 2x2s or flips. All five of my coins were handed to me loose in a sandwich bag. Fortunately, no damage or scraping of the patina occurred. It could have been ugly. Obviously, the seller was not experienced with coins. But these are the types of sales that I like.
@JohnnyCache said:
It's been a month (LAST ACTIVE Jan 17, 2025) since @pruebas was last on this site.
Hope all is well.
He was blocked by the moderators (for a little while not long ago) and likely very upset about it. But hey you get what you deserve when bullying and harassing. People that do this type of behaviour hate been held accountable and become angry when they are. That is likely the reason he is not here just angry at the forum for punishing his bad behaviours.
If he could simply stop been like that he would be OK on the forum but I do not know if it is in him to stop. I say this after been on the receiving end of years and years of his bad behaviour. It is to bad he is a veteran with lots of knowledge.
Even if he comes back how long will he last before going back to his pattern of bullying/harassment towards those he hates.
I tried many times to make peace with him it never ever lasts. He just cannot let go. I truly wish it was not like this but it is unfortunately.
I thank the moderators for stepping in when they did.
@JohnnyCache said:
It's been a month (LAST ACTIVE Jan 17, 2025) since @pruebas was last on this site.
Hope all is well.
He was blocked by the moderators (for a little while not long ago) and likely very upset about it. But hey you get what you deserve when bullying and harassing. People that do this type of behaviour hate been held accountable and become angry when they are. That is likely the reason he is not here just angry at the forum for punishing his bad behaviours.
If he could simply stop been like that he would be OK on the forum but I do not know if it is in him to stop. I say this after been on the receiving end of years and years of his bad behaviour. It is to bad he is a veteran with lots of knowledge.
Even if he comes back how long will he last before going back to his pattern of bullying/harassment towards those he hates.
I tried many times to make peace with him it never ever lasts. He just cannot let go. I truly wish it was not like this but it is unfortunately.
I thank the moderators for stepping when they did.
And if something did happen to him (health or whatever) I wish no ill on anyone.
Here's something I picked up recently....
It's a 1778/7 Mexico 2 Reales, Yonaka M2-78a - R3
This coin is the actual coin depicted in the book on page 61 for this specific variety.
@JohnnyCache said:
It's been a month (LAST ACTIVE Jan 17, 2025) since @pruebas was last on this site.
Hope all is well.
He was blocked by the moderators (for a little while not long ago) and likely very upset about it. But hey you get what you deserve when bullying and harassing. People that do this type of behaviour hate been held accountable and become angry when they are. That is likely the reason he is not here just angry at the forum for punishing his bad behaviours.
If he could simply stop been like that he would be OK on the forum but I do not know if it is in him to stop. I say this after been on the receiving end of years and years of his bad behaviour. It is to bad he is a veteran with lots of knowledge.
Even if he comes back how long will he last before going back to his pattern of bullying/harassment towards those he hates.
I tried many times to make peace with him it never ever lasts. He just cannot let go. I truly wish it was not like this but it is unfortunately.
I thank the moderators for stepping in when they did.
I hope he will be back, he was very helpfull to me.
@JohnnyCache said:
It's been a month (LAST ACTIVE Jan 17, 2025) since @pruebas was last on this site.
Hope all is well.
He was blocked by the moderators (for a little while not long ago) and likely very upset about it. But hey you get what you deserve when bullying and harassing. People that do this type of behaviour hate been held accountable and become angry when they are. That is likely the reason he is not here just angry at the forum for punishing his bad behaviours.
If he could simply stop been like that he would be OK on the forum but I do not know if it is in him to stop. I say this after been on the receiving end of years and years of his bad behaviour. It is to bad he is a veteran with lots of knowledge.
Even if he comes back how long will he last before going back to his pattern of bullying/harassment towards those he hates.
I tried many times to make peace with him it never ever lasts. He just cannot let go. I truly wish it was not like this but it is unfortunately.
I thank the moderators for stepping in when they did.
I hope he will be back, he was very helpfull to me.
I understand. I hope he comes back as well he has lots of knowledge that he can share and help members with. I just do not want to be bullied or harassed anymore by him if he can stop doing that then great. But I will not allow him to continue acting the way he was towards me anymore. I will notify the mods each time he does (if he does act like that towards me).
Will see what happens. If he does not come back I wish him the best. Lets get back to coins.
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Never disappoints.
A couple new P's
1872 Ch M 25 centavos NGC VF 25
note the crude date
1879 Mo M 25 Centavos NGC MS 61
I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it - Clint Eastwood
I recently added this escudo to my collection and filled a hole in my mint+denomination set. The entire gold series is pretty much aspirational for me so when I found this coin for sale at a price I could afford, I went for it. Researching the coin, I could not find very many past sales that were straight graded and not counterstamped. I did find one on Heritage that I have to assume is an extreme outlier. If not, then I got a very good deal on my coin.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/costa-rica/costa-rica-central-american-republic-gold-escudo-1848-cr-jb-xf40-ngc-/a/61230-98018.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515
If anyone could explain that price, I would appreciate it. Anyways here is my coin and its new place in my set.
Got this one not too long ago from a local. Exceptionally nice in hand.
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Glad it went to a good home!!! As you know they are extremely rare in mint state grades.
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Just added this 2R:
Do you have any better photos of the Ecuador 8R?
Latin American Collection
8 r, Southern Peru
Peace.
many of these were melted-
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
I will post this separately but liked it. It is so prooflike that one wonders if it has been cleaned.
Chile 1844 8 Escudos, strike through at neck of liberty:
Well, just Love coins, period.
Added this 1R:
Happy Thursday! Here it goes, a rather uncommon coin. Like all from this series, few minted and even fewer survivors.
The best? As it is in an ANACS holder I paid nearly only for shipping...
Another one, very rare too and Top Pop out of 2 coins certified by NGS and none by PCGS...
Few new coins:
Happy Thursday!
I'm BACK!!! Used to be Billet7 on the old forum.
Happy Thursday.
I do not think these have been published here...
Nicest 1756 I have ever seen congrats!!! I have seen only one for sale in 18 months I purchased but is much lower grade.
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Got this 1R:
Yes, I know it is not Thursday... Just felt like doing this as few days ago visited my coins at the vault ...
Maybe in 2 or 3 lives will be able to get to 50%.
You can see the video too:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFPChGPNY9e/?igsh=bjVuMXpraTc3djBh
1748 Mo MF 1R I picked up for a song long ago, showing an interesting unattributed variety: the obverse (shield side) crown is a "large crown over small crown," perhaps to cover over a mistaken application of the 1/2 real crown punch to the die. The inner rim of the smaller crown is most visible on the underside of the larger crown, and too the pearls on the upper right are crowded and jumbled.
Also on the:
Obverse: R representing REX recut, cinquefoil under R representing Real recut, and the N in IND looks to be recut over an inverted N(?)
Reverse: Left pillar, Mo, and Q all recut.
After a quick look at Yonaka and auction results, this looks to be the more common variety.
That’s a cool variety @Plus00Vltra
I'm BACK!!! Used to be Billet7 on the old forum.
Missed Thursday, here's the Friday edition...
Charles III Album
Charles III Portrait Set
Charles IV Album
Charles IV Portrait Set
Spanish Colonial Pillar Set
There was a recent local estate auction that had some interesting coins. Unfortunately, there was no in-person viewing before the auction, and all the bidding was internet only. So the only thing that was really local about it was the pickup of the auction wins after the auction (the auctioneer also had provisions to ship items, so that opened up the bidding to just about anyone in the world).
It seems that the estate was from somebody who had ties to Guatemala. Many of the coins were from there, as well as South America. There were some lots that had multiple cobs in them. They were pretty worn, but a few were identifiable as being from Guatemala (which makes them scarce, of course). Unfortunately, I did not win any of those. I could only bid what I felt comfortable with based on the listed photos. And I had to compete with bidders from around the world. I bid on 30 coin lots but only won three. I did, however, win the one lot that had two coins that were probably the best two in the sale (1835 and 1847 Central American Republic 8 Reales). I had to bid up for those, but got a pretty good deal. I won another lot that had two Peru coins: a 1880 5 Pesetas that I was interested in; plus an 1869 Un Sol that I didn't really care about, but came along for the ride. The price was right for these. The last coin lot I won was a 1911 El Salvador Un Peso in pretty nice grade. This particular issue was struck at the US Philadelphia and San Francisco mints. As far as I know, there is no way to distinguish which mint a particular coin came from. And lastly, I won two LED floor lamps that I can use at my coin show table. They were a deal at $3 each.
When I went to pick up the lots, I discovered that the coins were not in holders. I mean, not even 2x2s or flips. All five of my coins were handed to me loose in a sandwich bag. Fortunately, no damage or scraping of the patina occurred. It could have been ugly. Obviously, the seller was not experienced with coins. But these are the types of sales that I like.
What a great story! Congratulations for the beautiful coins.
Coinsof1984@martinb6830 on twitter
It's been a month (LAST ACTIVE Jan 17, 2025) since @pruebas was last on this site.
Hope all is well.
Charles III Album
Charles III Portrait Set
Charles IV Album
Charles IV Portrait Set
Spanish Colonial Pillar Set
He was blocked by the moderators (for a little while not long ago) and likely very upset about it. But hey you get what you deserve when bullying and harassing. People that do this type of behaviour hate been held accountable and become angry when they are. That is likely the reason he is not here just angry at the forum for punishing his bad behaviours.
If he could simply stop been like that he would be OK on the forum but I do not know if it is in him to stop. I say this after been on the receiving end of years and years of his bad behaviour. It is to bad he is a veteran with lots of knowledge.
Even if he comes back how long will he last before going back to his pattern of bullying/harassment towards those he hates.
I tried many times to make peace with him it never ever lasts. He just cannot let go. I truly wish it was not like this but it is unfortunately.
I thank the moderators for stepping in when they did.
NFL: Buffalo Bills & Green Bay Packers
Back to new coin purchases.... (even though its only Tuesday)
Charles III Album
Charles III Portrait Set
Charles IV Album
Charles IV Portrait Set
Spanish Colonial Pillar Set
And if something did happen to him (health or whatever) I wish no ill on anyone.
NFL: Buffalo Bills & Green Bay Packers
Here's something I picked up recently....
It's a 1778/7 Mexico 2 Reales, Yonaka M2-78a - R3
This coin is the actual coin depicted in the book on page 61 for this specific variety.
Charles III Album
Charles III Portrait Set
Charles IV Album
Charles IV Portrait Set
Spanish Colonial Pillar Set
I hope he will be back, he was very helpfull to me.
Coinsof1984@martinb6830 on twitter
I understand. I hope he comes back as well he has lots of knowledge that he can share and help members with. I just do not want to be bullied or harassed anymore by him if he can stop doing that then great. But I will not allow him to continue acting the way he was towards me anymore. I will notify the mods each time he does (if he does act like that towards me).
Will see what happens. If he does not come back I wish him the best. Lets get back to coins.
NFL: Buffalo Bills & Green Bay Packers
Bidask last log in was also January 17th 2025 same as Pruebas. I know Bidask said he was taking a break from collecting.
NFL: Buffalo Bills & Green Bay Packers
I'm BACK!!! Used to be Billet7 on the old forum.
I'm BACK!!! Used to be Billet7 on the old forum.
Argentina 5 Pesos - Un Argentino 1888
Gold, 22.0 mm, 8.07 gm
The Mysterious Egyptian Magic Coin
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