Sharing some results and TVs from recent World Submission
MEJ7070
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As usual I’ve been popping into my LCS to hang out and steadily add a wide array of coins that interest me or catch my fancy. Some of these are coins that I’ve become genuinely interested in collecting over the past year (rather than US coins only as I had done for my entire life). Others are just widgets that scratch my constant itch for toning/eye appeal.
Here were some of my favorites to share:
1926 Czechoslovakia 20 Haleru (MS 67)
I spent 2002 and 2003 playing baseball in the Czech Republic (yes you read that correctly). It was awesome. Picked this up because it’s Czech…..but the virtually flawless surfaces didn’t hurt either. These are not rare and not even silver, but it’s about as perfect a specimen as one could hope for. I thought it might 67+, but whatever. Only 67 PCGS has graded. 
1974 Turkey 10 Kurus (FAO) MS 65 RB
Pretty obvious why I chose to spend $3 on this “monster”. I’ll never be above widgetry such as this.
1899 Russia 1 Kopek MS 64 RB. Love the look of mint state copper with truly original surfaces such as this.
1936 Iran 1/2 Real MS 66. One of several new “top pops” from this submission……that was obviously full of coins not many people choose to submit 
1914 France 1 Franc (MS 64) Love this type as I know many here do as well. A hint of rim color on this one.
1915 Cuba 20 Centavos (Fine Reading) AU 55. Somewhat scarcer variety.
1881 Zanzibar Pysa XF 45. I don’t know much about Zanzibarian coinage, but I do know I love 19th century copper coins that look like this.
1917 India Rupee AU 58 Reverse toning is just fantastic here. The TV tells some of the story, but I can’t say enough about the “pop” that comes from this one.
1794 Mo FM Mexico 8R VF 35. My LCS is awesome but I don’t get too many chances to buy attractive Spanish colonial material like this out of there. Pounced all over this wholesome specimen when it came through their doors.
1970-72 Egypt Al Azhar 1 pound (MS 63)
1792 Warwickshire “Lady Godiva” 1/2 D. The TV didn’t come out as well as I’d hoped, but the grade did. Was happy to dig this one up from the nether regions of the shop where it was loitering for God knows how long.
Finally, here’s the first cob I’ve ever submitted in my life. I’m 0-1 on cobs now I guess.
1684 Peru L V Real VF Details (environmental damage)
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That 10 Kurus, wow! Plus the 1 Rupee!
Nice selection. Iran (and Zanzibar, I believe) are surprisingly popular.
Hand over the 67 20halier right now, thats so nice and would fit my collection so much, holy crap
Really like the Czech coin. Lots of great designs from the pre-WWII period of that country ...
My World Coin Type Set
Few more fun cheapies to share.
Id dropped off over 100 coins with PCGS last November in Baltimore.
All of these were pulled from various world albums my LCS has laying around. Many were submitted to be a part of a “coins from all over the world” project my kids and are doing together. We are slowly working towards a goal of having a “nice” coin from every country on earth. It definitely has them engaged in learning about and caring about geography, which is the point.
1909 A France Indo China 20c VG 10
1913 A France Indo China 20c VF 30
1966 Guernsey 10 shilling MS 65 (pop 4/0)
1962 New Zealand shilling MS 65 Its been noted here before, but gem graded specimens of this issue are not nearly as abundant as one might think
1959 Ireland 6D. MS 63 This coin may or may not have been pulled directly from an Irishman’s pocket change recently, but the color is nice and frankly pops a bit more than what you see here. Always a place in my stash for widgets from the homeland that look like this.
1964 Norway 50 Ore MS 67 (pop 1/0 because I’m clearly the only person silly enough to submit one of these). It is a really sharp coin though.
Grades from my “best” Baltimore submission should be posting this week. I’ll look forward to sharing a few more when they do.
As a side question, what benefit do you see in getting low priced non-US coins professionally graded? I can't see it adding much monetary value, so I'm curious. For my collection, I decided not to bother, only slabbing a few for conservation purposes.
After slabbing I have around $40 into each of these (max). So while certification likely doesn’t add much if any value for many of these, it does for some.
In another life I’ve sold around 10,000 coins on the Bay. Since my cost for these are all extremely low, I do know that if I decided to liquidate these i would get my money back with some patience and on many I would likely make a few bucks (certainly not worth the time or effort to do so for me now though). That is likely still true if I’d kept them raw but many would sit for years. If something ever happened to me, the instructions are clear and the people doing the liquidating will appreciate having a lot of the widgetry being slabbed.
Registry options
Easier (for me) to track and catalogue
I’m helping my kids build their own modest collections and they’re into grading. Highly doubt I’d be getting them graded either without them being into it with me.
Doing a “coin from every country” thing with my kids and wanted real pics of the set we’re putting together.
That about covers it I think. Good opportunity for PSA that I would absolutely NOT recommend grading coins like these for monetary gain.
Interesting, thanks. My penguin coin journey is with my youngest kid, going on 15 years so far, 300 coins
Love that.
I’m the kind of father who will absolutely not spend $ on what I deem to be crap that will rot their brains…….but I don’t mind paying PCGS here and there to get the >$10 coins we buy together graded as long as the girls are fired up about the grades coming in and we can enjoy the entire process together. It’s a very fun low stakes endeavor to have my 1st grader coming home from school all week asking if grades have posted.
So honestly I deft “girl dad sentimentality” off my previous list. Probably should have been #1.
OK enough drippiness. I hope you’re enjoying collecting with yours!
You cant even have any monetary gain these days, the dollar is going down fast so any gain is an illusion.
Wow these are so pretty! Thanks for sharing
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Last batch of grades and TVs posted yesterday. Here are a few of my favorites…..
1755 Saxony Pfennig MS 62
1541 KB Hungary Denar AU 55
1944 P (Acorn) Netherlands 10c MS 66
1888 GB 6D MS 64
1928 Ireland Proof 1D PR 64 RB
1887 GB Florin MS 63
1925 A Germany 3 Mk MS 63
1911 D Germany 3 Mk MS 61
1940 New Zealand 1/2 Crown MS 62
