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Closing 2024 with a ''ugly coin'' but still a date I needed and at 40$ and non holed the price was right. This coin is a beater but only the 2nd 1756 I have seen in over a year of searching. The last one was much nicer but I only saw it after the auction had closed (it was in a lot with 5 other coins and commanded a price way above what the 1756 was worth anyways). Will upgrade over time. Considered as an uncommon date per Yonaka:
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Yesterday I picked up this 1936 M 5 Centavos UNC for an ok price.
I might pull the trigger on another coin tomorrow. Let's wait and see.
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Just got this one in the mail today. It’s a scarce two year issue.
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This is not a date of any note, but it's hard to find an example like this. Note the double tail on the "R" in "FARTHING" - this is found on farthings struck in 1875, 1877, and 1878, but not on Heaton farthings dated 1874H, 1875H and 1876H.
What a beautiful Farthing…excellent pick up Wybrit
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Have added these two coins:
2R:
And this one:
1R:
That can go with this 1/2R that I have for quite some time of the same year:
Here's another: a William and Mary halfpenny struck over a Charles II one. Check out the 3rd picture for the Charles II silhouette.
My first Scottish coin for the "One Per Century" set. James VI of Scotland a year before becoming James I of England.
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/gold/liberty-head-2-1-gold-major-sets/liberty-head-2-1-gold-basic-set-circulation-strikes-1840-1907-cac/alltimeset/268163
Wish I could afford to collect old gold can;t get much better than that!!!
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Magnificent piece directly above!
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Here is an underrated rarity, with no other specimens known and not just to NGC or PCGS:
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amazing coin
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Picked up this holed 1769 Bolivia 1 real to complete my date sate for that series 1767-1770. My 3 others are nicer and non holed. But at 30$ I figured what the heck I will complete my set and but a nicer 1769 once one comes up for sale with no hole. Have yet to see one in 2 years without a hole and it is considered a common date per Yonaka.
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Got this 1764 Guatemala 1 real cheap at auction for a non holed Guatemala 1 real. Paid 41$ they normally sell in the 150$-200$ range for this grade with no hole. This is the first 1764 I have seen since I started this series 2 years ago (considered Scarce per Yonaka).
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Just received this rarity 3 per Yonaka variety 1759 1 real Peru with dot over ''L'':
I prefer collecting coins in lower circulated condition G04 to F12
That coin saw some hard use in the service of Guatemalan commerce.
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/gold/liberty-head-2-1-gold-major-sets/liberty-head-2-1-gold-basic-set-circulation-strikes-1840-1907-cac/alltimeset/268163
Indeed but all early Guatemala reales (not 8 reales) are very tough since so few were minted. In the 1 reales 1754-1771 series mintage goes from 1700 to max 19 000 per year (Peru is about 20-25 times more (exceptions 1751 and 1752 those are unique and extremely rare) and Mexico a lot more than Peru minus the 1732 that date is extremely rare like most milled 1732's minus the 8 reales).
The rarest date is 1769 (1 reales) with the mintage of 1700 only 2 are known to exist (per Yonaka). A collector told me that after 45 years of collecting the series he has yet to see a single 1769 come up for sale. He owns most dates but not that date.
I see any given date once every 1-2 months come up for sale mostly the same dates. And mostly holed (over 80% in my experience).
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Thanks CK. You can only imagine the search for 1963-67 proof half crowns - nothing there either although I do have a 1963 OMS in copper that looks a little "specimeny"....
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“specimeny”… need to remember that one.
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Got this 1R - Lima:
Posted on the US forum - I try to tempt people to the dark side. But this coin arrived yesterday. Haven't had a hogmouth Taler for a while.
My current "Box of 20"
Thats a beauty @Bob13! Nice eye appeal.
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Do you think he really had that big an underbite?! Quite sizable
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Well done @Bob13
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@SimonW - doubt his jaw was so big. From Wikipedia:
"Perhaps due to inbreeding among his progenitors, the hereditary Habsburg jaw was most prominent in Leopold. Because his jaw was depicted unusually large on a 1670 silver coin, Leopold was nicknamed "the Hogmouth"; however, most collectors do not believe the coin was an accurate depiction"
The reference is in German so I can't dig deeper.
His portrait shows a prominent jaw as well, but not as big as on the coin.
Thanks for the feedback. NGC graded the coin 61*. Weird grade, but nice in hand!
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This coin was minted the year that the Disney film "Mary Poppins" was set in England.
Britain Sovereign 1910 - Edward VII
One of the film's songs has the lyrics:
"It's grand to be an Englishman in 1910, King Edward's on the throne"
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Added this little guy to the 1776 collection recently. It's PCGS AU58.
Sorry about large pictures. I just point my phone and take pictures, some are big, some are not. I don't know why. My recent purchase. It is Turkey 1946 50 Kurush with mintage of 565.
Unlisted variety. I should not be spending money till late April (just spent a larger part of my 2025 coin budget for some coins I needed not long ago) but hate seen a new variety I do not own come up for sale and not buying it. This one was cheap enough and has a unbarred (maybe considered broken since you can see some of the line on each side) ''H'' in HISP. Hopefully nothing I need shows up for a few months so I can get my finances back on track for 2025.
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Won, paid for, but not here yet... so guessing I have to pay a little more now?
My current "Box of 20"
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After seeing your post, I went back and checked my Lima 1762 real.
It shows the same "H" in HISP with a broken cross-bar.
A further peculiarity is the date, which shows an undertype under "6" and "1". Do you know if Yonaka list this as a variety?
Looks like on the 1762 have the same H too:
Thanks for sharing I would send the image top Brad Yonaka so he can add it to his new edition book.
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I own one like this as well I have 3 types of the 1762 Peru 1 real.
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This is my 1762
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See it is a lot more common that I thought. Mine was the first I had seen. Thanks for sharing.
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Not a lot of these matte proofs floating around. Only 5 of the 6 coins in the set are known in matte proof finish. Sadly I can't find any information as to how these were marketed or sold. I'm happy to get one coin closer to finishing my matte set.
Very rare date 1752 Peru 2 reales Yonaka states mintage of only 208 (could be more based on other theories):
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Very rare 1768 Peru 2 reales:
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