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Ok, fess up....which one of you won this 1943 E.A. Shilling on the 'Bay?

savoyspecialsavoyspecial Posts: 7,311 ✭✭✭✭
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i watched it go from $199 to $888 as the end drew near........one of the rarest regular issue coins of the 20th cent



i tend to think NCS could help those spots as well.......congrats to the winner!

www.brunkauctions.com

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  • FilthyBrokeFilthyBroke Posts: 3,518 ✭
    Is that all that a pop 25-50 coin would get at auction? Neat coin, but I'd think the rarity of it would demand a higher price.

    Maybe just an issue of a lack of popularity of general collector interest? What am I missing?
  • IloiloKanoIloiloKano Posts: 1,051


    << <i>Neat coin, but I'd think the rarity of it would demand a higher price. >>

    I think the owner used the wrong venue to auction that coin. Ebay is a good place for low to middle value coins, but sellers can come up short with high dollar coins sometimes, due to the right collectors just not looking at the right time. For something that rare, considering that it surely has more collector interest than my own category, I believe I would have been okay with paying Heritage their huge commission in order to get it seen by as many collectors as possible, but that's just me. In my opinion, the buyer got a fantastic deal.
    My US-PI One Centavo Circulation Strikes (1903-1944)
  • ASUtoddASUtodd Posts: 1,312 ✭✭
    Krause list the coin as $700 for VF and 1,200 for XF.... I think it sold for what it was worth, especially with the damage to the surface.
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  • ASUtoddASUtodd Posts: 1,312 ✭✭
    On a side note, I like the obverse because they look like Newfies image
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  • BCNumismaticsBCNumismatics Posts: 454
    That's an amazing coin,but I reckon that FleaBay was really the wrong place to sell it.

    I think the mintmark on that East African 1943 1/- is the letter 'I'.If it is,then it was struck in India at the Bombay Mint.

    I have got an example of the 1944SA 1/-,which never turns up.The 1941I 1/- is very common.

    A few years ago,I picked up an East African 1920H 1 Florin off a dealer for NZ$20.That is a very scarce coin,as so few of them turn up at all.

    Aidan.
  • 7Jaguars7Jaguars Posts: 7,744 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes, exciting colonial bits. I do think this example is demonstrative of what happens with better coins at ebay auction. BTW, I think catalogue on some of these is quite a bit off and only demonstrate that a coin is much more rare than its "datemates" of other years/mints. I agree that another venue might have brought quite a bit more money. Wish I could have seen the surfaces a bit better.

    Another factor is that demand is not very high so that even if supply is low, the prices are not always what one might expect.
    Love that Milled British (1830-1960)
    Well, just Love coins, period.
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