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Weiss
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in case you wanted to add a couple more to your stack:

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1932 NGC PF65 10 & 5 Zloty pieces. $16,500 and $9,750, respectively.

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  • secondrepublic
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    wow... that's an incredible coin.

    edited to add: and it's priced accordingly. image
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  • Weiss
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    That obverse is in my top 10, maybe top 5 most beautiful of all time. I've never seen a PF65 until tonight.
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  • renman95
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    The obverse is beautiful. Looks like something one of D.Carr's descendants could've coined. A pre-Amero, if you will.
  • Weiss
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    << <i>The obverse is beautiful. Looks like something one of D.Carr's descendants could've coined. A pre-Amero, if you will. >>



    You just made me throw up a little in my mouth.
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  • cladking
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    Wow!!
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  • secondrepublic
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    Slightly off-topic for this forum, but the original design for this coin was a 1925 pattern -- see below. Only a handful were struck. It differs in some obvious ways from the one that was struck in the 1930s that Weiss posted.

    I prefer the pattern. The softer design of the eagle and the curvier lettering, in my opinion, works better with the woman's head design. Here's the pattern version from 1925:

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  • Weiss
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    No doubt that's a beautiful pattern. But I can't think of any other coins from the ~1700s to WWII without a single character on the obverse. I think that's what makes the design so striking.
    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
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  • secondrepublic
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    << <i>But I can't think of any other coins from the ~1700s to WWII without a single character on the obverse. >>



    Actually, if you want to get technical, on Polish coins the obverse is always the side with the eagle. image

    I agree with you on having just the woman's head design and no words/numbers on that side. It's pretty striking. My only (minor) complaint is that, as struck in the early 1930s, it's a little mismatched with that particular eagle and lettering. Or at least that's how it feels to me.

    edited to add: my wife told me she prefers the woman's head on the top of the page (no writing) paired with the pattern version of the eagle. That resolves the issue for me. image
    "Men who had never shown any ability to make or increase fortunes for themselves abounded in brilliant plans for creating and increasing wealth for the country at large." Fiat Money Inflation in France, Andrew Dickson White (1912)
  • Weiss
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    Interesting. And I see on your site that it isn't a favorite design from this era. That's amazing.
    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
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  • Norseman88
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    That's a nice looking coin, I'm gonna have to try and find one of those even if it is circulated.
  • 1jester
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    Stunning coin, Weiss!! Thanks for posting. In uncirculated, and especially proof, they are beyond words!! I recently sold some slabbed BU examples at auction, which are very scarce, but I guess proofs are slightly more difficult.

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  • secondrepublic
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    << <i>Interesting. And I see on your site that it isn't a favorite design from this era. That's amazing. >>



    Not my personal favorite... but a lot of other people love it! I've never seen one in proof before. Thanks for posting.
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  • DorkGirl
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  • Geotovore
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    Very lovely coin, it is.
  • jmski52
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    Very Cool!image

    Wasn't that a popular look in the '20s?

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  • Weiss
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    ...so am I the only one who's opened this thread a dozen times today to see that coin? image
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  • fc
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    << <i>The obverse is beautiful. Looks like something one of D.Carr's descendants could've coined. A pre-Amero, if you will. >>



    You just made me throw up a little in my mouth. >>



    lol

  • cladking
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    << <i>No doubt that's a beautiful pattern. But I can't think of any other coins from the ~1700s to WWII without a single character on the obverse. I think that's what makes the design so striking. >>




    The ZAR (South African) coins of the late 19th century are like this... ...and also beautiful.
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  • 1jester
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    << <i>

    << <i>No doubt that's a beautiful pattern. But I can't think of any other coins from the ~1700s to WWII without a single character on the obverse. I think that's what makes the design so striking. >>




    The ZAR (South African) coins of the late 19th century are like this... ...and also beautiful. >>



    By golly, you're right; I'd forgotten about those. Although I dare say Jadwiga is a tad more presentable than Kruger.

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    "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." -Luke 11:9

    "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." -Deut. 6:4-5

    "For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; He will save us." -Isaiah 33:22
  • cladking
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    << <i>

    << <i>No doubt that's a beautiful pattern. But I can't think of any other coins from the ~1700s to WWII without a single character on the obverse. I think that's what makes the design so striking. >>




    The ZAR (South African) coins of the late 19th century are like this... ...and also beautiful. >>



    By golly, you're right; I'd forgotten about those. Although I dare say Jadwiga is a tad more presentable than Kruger.

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    I gotta grant you this.

    I still like the coin even if Kruger isn't the most photogenic.
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  • cladking
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    But what do I know. I like clad quarters too. image
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