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Re: Rarity assessment of coins with mint errors.
A coin is valued as a whole, entire coin, rather than the sum of it's parts. The value of a coin - as with the value of anything else, really - is a result of supply and demand. "Supply&quo… (View Post)3 -
Re: Rarity assessment of coins with mint errors.
Sorry, but that 1 euro coin absolutely, definitely does not have any mint errors on it at all., It is all merely post-mint damage. Your coin might still be worth 1 euro, it might be considered too ba… (View Post)1 -
Re: Do any U.S. collectors include the "New York Penny" as part of their collections? Photo included.
I thought it was well known that you can go to Britain, buy up some common, cheap 1700s British coins, bring them to America, and double your money by selling those exact same coins as "Colonial… (View Post)2 -
Re: Do any U.S. collectors include the "New York Penny" as part of their collections? Photo included.
Prior to the Napoleonic Wars of the late 1790s, the Netherlands was a confederation of provinces; each province was nominally autonomous and issued its own coinage. "Holland" is historicall… (View Post)3 -
Re: Do any U.S. collectors include the "New York Penny" as part of their collections? Photo included.
There are issues with calling your coin a "New York penny". For starters, the VOC (or any other Dutch colonial administration) did not make coins specifically for use in New Amsterdam; coin… (View Post)3