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The_American_Frontier · December 24, 2024 12:07PM

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:

Coinlover101 · December 24, 2024 5:29PM

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.

SimonW · December 24, 2024 7:16PM

KSorbo · December 26, 2024 4:12PM

Just got this one in the mail today. It’s a scarce two year issue.

WillieBoyd2 · January 3, 2025 7:00AM

Kaiser Bill!

Germany Prussia 20 Marks 1901
Gold, 22.5 mm, 7.94 gm

wybrit · January 13, 2025 2:20PM

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.

coinkat · January 13, 2025 7:13PM

What a beautiful Farthing…excellent pick up Wybrit

ELuis · January 14, 2025 10:01AM

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:

wybrit · January 20, 2025 2:41PM

Here's another: a William and Mary halfpenny struck over a Charles II one. Check out the 3rd picture for the Charles II silhouette.

OnlyGoldIsMoney · January 22, 2025 4:03PM

My first Scottish coin for the "One Per Century" set. James VI of Scotland a year before becoming James I of England.

The_American_Frontier · January 22, 2025 4:19PM

@OnlyGoldIsMoney said:
My first Scottish coin for the "One Per Century" set. James VI of Scotland a year before becoming James I of England.

Wish I could afford to collect old gold can;t get much better than that!!!

wybrit · January 23, 2025 8:27AM

Magnificent piece directly above!

rainbowroosie · January 27, 2025 7:05PM

7Jaguars · January 28, 2025 9:19PM

Here is an underrated rarity, with no other specimens known and not just to NGC or PCGS:

coinkat · January 29, 2025 6:14AM

@7Jaguars

amazing coin

Zohar · January 29, 2025 10:41AM

ajaan · January 29, 2025 2:23PM

The_American_Frontier · January 29, 2025 2:43PM

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.

The_American_Frontier · January 29, 2025 2:45PM

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).

The_American_Frontier · January 29, 2025 2:46PM

Just received this rarity 3 per Yonaka variety 1759 1 real Peru with dot over ''L'':

OnlyGoldIsMoney · January 29, 2025 7:17PM

@TheGoonies1985 said:
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).

That coin saw some hard use in the service of Guatemalan commerce.

The_American_Frontier · January 29, 2025 7:48PM

@OnlyGoldIsMoney said:

@TheGoonies1985 said:
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).

That coin saw some hard use in the service of Guatemalan commerce.

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).

7Jaguars · January 31, 2025 8:12AM

@coinkat said:
@7Jaguars

amazing coin

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"....

coinkat · January 31, 2025 3:17PM

“specimeny”… need to remember that one.

ELuis · February 6, 2025 4:29PM

Got this 1R - Lima:

Bob13 · February 6, 2025 4:43PM

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.

worldcoinguy · February 7, 2025 8:31AM

Thats a beauty @Bob13! Nice eye appeal.

SimonW · February 7, 2025 8:33AM

@Bob13

Do you think he really had that big an underbite?! Quite sizable

Zohar · February 7, 2025 9:29AM

Well done @Bob13

Bob13 · February 7, 2025 11:06AM

@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!

WillieBoyd2 · February 9, 2025 9:57AM

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"

Cladiator · March 18, 2025 4:59PM

Added this little guy to the 1776 collection recently. It's PCGS AU58.

HoledandCreative · March 20, 2025 10:40PM

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.

The_American_Frontier · March 21, 2025 2:21PM

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.

JWP · April 4, 2025 5:44PM

Bob13 · April 5, 2025 1:34PM

Won, paid for, but not here yet... so guessing I have to pay a little more now?

harasha · April 6, 2025 11:27AM

Eddi · April 6, 2025 11:22PM

@The_American_Frontier said:
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.

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?

ELuis · April 7, 2025 9:30AM

Looks like on the 1762 have the same H too:

The_American_Frontier · April 7, 2025 11:39AM

@Eddi said:

@The_American_Frontier said:
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.

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?

Thanks for sharing I would send the image top Brad Yonaka so he can add it to his new edition book.

The_American_Frontier · April 7, 2025 11:41AM

@ELuis said:
Looks like on the 1762 have the same H too:

I own one like this as well I have 3 types of the 1762 Peru 1 real.

Coinlover101 · April 7, 2025 2:13PM

This is my 1762

The_American_Frontier · April 7, 2025 3:13PM

@Coinlover101 said:
This is my 1762

See it is a lot more common that I thought. Mine was the first I had seen. Thanks for sharing.

Samets · April 8, 2025 4:48AM

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.

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