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Watangi Crowns - post 'em if ya got 'em - Huge photos - Dailups beware

zeebobzeebob Posts: 2,825 ✭
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Blu62vette imaged this PCGS PF64 for me. Wow.

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  • 1960NYGiants1960NYGiants Posts: 3,532 ✭✭✭✭
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    Gene

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    Collector of:
    Canadian coins and pre-confederation tokens
    Darkside proof/mint sets dated 1960
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  • FilamCoinsFilamCoins Posts: 1,900 ✭✭✭

    Ooooh! I'm going to like this thread.

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  • ormandhormandh Posts: 3,111 ✭✭✭
    WOW!!image What is the grade on that one? I wonder what it looks like out of the slab? -Dan
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  • onejinxonejinx Posts: 299 ✭
    Amazing coin and I hope one day I will own one.
  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,850 ✭✭✭✭✭
    congrats

    Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.

  • JZraritiesJZrarities Posts: 2,583 ✭✭✭
    This is going to be a good thread....
  • ormandhormandh Posts: 3,111 ✭✭✭
    OOPS! I was amazed at the quality of the coin that I failed to actually read that it is a Proof 64. Forgive me for my ignorance.... Here is a wet noodle to lash me with.image
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  • zeebobzeebob Posts: 2,825 ✭
    NP. I saw your first post then edited the OP. hehe.
  • DoogyDoogy Posts: 4,508 ✭


    << <i>NP. I saw your first post then edited the OP. hehe. >>




    great coin Bob! these rarities are always fun to see!

  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,988 ✭✭✭
    Blu62vette imaged this PCGS PF64 for me. Wow.

    "Wow" doesn't even begin to describe that coin and photography...

    Very nice.
    Former owner, Cambridge Gate collection.
  • bidaskbidask Posts: 14,029 ✭✭✭✭✭
    wowee
    I manage money. I earn money. I save money .
    I give away money. I collect money.
    I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.




  • BCNumismaticsBCNumismatics Posts: 454
    The Waitangi Crown fetches a minimum price of NZ$6,000 over here in New Zealand,due to its rarity,& because of the strong interest in the pre-decimal coins.

    Aidan.
  • 7Jaguars7Jaguars Posts: 7,750 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Always wished I'd picked one up when the prices were lower. Aidan, how much is 6k NZD in USD?

    I think that these pieces are not rare, but they are beautiful as we see and that demand is fairly high - sort of like the Gothic Crowns...
    Love that Milled British (1830-1960)
    Well, just Love coins, period.
  • blu62vetteblu62vette Posts: 11,945 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I did the photograph of the coin. I am one of those lame Morgan collectors but this coin is very neat. The detail in the (skirt, dress, kilt, sorry I dont know the right name) on the reverse has some great detail and makes for a wonderful focus point. The obverse also has some great detail. I later shot this coin some more but these were the best lighting. For those wondering, 2 lights and I never diffuse the light.

    My girlfriend loved the roos!
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  • BCNumismaticsBCNumismatics Posts: 454


    << <i>Always wished I'd picked one up when the prices were lower. Aidan, how much is 6k NZD in USD?

    I think that these pieces are not rare, but they are beautiful as we see and that demand is fairly high - sort of like the Gothic Crowns... >>




    Eric,the Waitangi Crown IS a rare coin,as the total mintage is 1,128 coins - 660 'circulation' coins + 468 Proof coins.

    You can work out the exchange rate here.

    Aidan.
  • 7Jaguars7Jaguars Posts: 7,750 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ah, yes 3361 USD. I think what I mean to say Aidan is that I have seen auctions here where there have been five or more up for sale (and one some 3 years ago or so with NINE!).
    Love that Milled British (1830-1960)
    Well, just Love coins, period.
  • zeebobzeebob Posts: 2,825 ✭
    In 1967 my mom and dad borrowed $900 from my mom's dad to buy the crown in the OP. My folks split the sheets in 1969 and mom kept the crown. She gave it to me about ten years ago. Even then Alziemers had robbed her of the memory of where she had gotten the thing. But Dad remembered. Anyway, I had PCGS slab it. I think that was my first submission to PCGS.

    It's a fun piece.

    My research over the last couple of years (auction results mostly) shows these sell pretty regular between $3500 and $4500 USD. I've seen one on eBay, several on eBay live as part of Heritage auctions (both as individual coins and as sets), trademe has had one that I saw. As part of my early on research I brought the coin to a local Sacramento show. The son of the father and son team at Fragner & Fragner (world coin dealers), who have the waitangi crown as part of their logo, offered me $1500 for it.

    It was funny, the Fragner son didn't want to answer the question about what the coin might be worth or how I might go about learning more about the coin. He just wanted to buy it.
  • 7Jaguars7Jaguars Posts: 7,750 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Boy, glad you did not seel that one....I don't know, I mean dealers have to make a living but I think ethics are sometimes in short supply. Thanks for the story.
    Love that Milled British (1830-1960)
    Well, just Love coins, period.
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