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[brg5658]

A couple new world coin pick-ups...

 

[Odie_Frazier]

I bought a Mexican 5 Pesos 1888 Ho G Extremely rare:

I am going to have to flip this one! On ebay

 

Edited March 20, 2013 by Odie_Frazier

[WinstonWare]

For my daughter for her 2nd BD...

 

[brg5658]

Winston, what a great 2nd Birthday present! (thumbs u

 

 

Here are a couple that arrived today. They are both 0.999 Silver, 1oz matte finish coins.

 

[coinman_23885]

Winston, what a great 2nd Birthday present! (thumbs u

 

 

Here are a couple that arrived today. They are both 0.999 Silver, 1oz matte finish coins.

 

 

I like the matte finish on these; they are more reminiscent of medals than circulating coinage with the finish. I like them very much.

[mycoincollection-migration]

[WinstonWare]

Winston, what a great 2nd Birthday present! (thumbs u

 

Thanks Brandon. I've been quietly enjoying seeing your new coins, which I admittedly know nothing about, but I do like all the designs. Very cool

[mumu]

 

 

[mycoincollection-migration]

I can't help but love the Uruguay coin!

[mumu]

I can't help but love the Uruguay coin!

 

The Uruguay coins welcome the love.

[Mohawk]

This is my most recent graded acqusition......it's a rare one! It UNC detailed, but this is one you can't be too picky on!

[Mohawk]

Very nice! Dutch coins are very very cool!

[brg5658]

Newest coin arrived yesterday.

 

[HiHoAudio]

Fine looking horse there.

[brg5658]

Got these four coins last week.

 

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[WinstonWare]

Great coins Brandon. I love that lion design on the Albanian coin. Very cool (thumbs u

[brg5658]

A couple more:

 

[Mohawk]

Very nice!! Polish coins are some of my favorites.

[ChrisHagen-migration]

Hello,

 

I have only taken a "serious" interest in coin collecting since about 8 months ago, and my grading skills are not yet what I want them to be.

 

Out of pure curiosity, can you help me out here - on the '65 Gulden, why does it look like the Queen's hair and ear has wear from circulation? Was it really struck like that, or is there actual wear? If it's the latter, how did it receive the mint state grade?

 

Thanks a lot for helping out an old collector who only recently got serious!

 

(By the way: amazing friggin' coin. I am a sucker for beautiful toning like that!)

Edited April 6, 2013 by ChrisHagen

[mycoincollection-migration]

 

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Edited April 8, 2013 by Dan Pta

[mycoincollection-migration]

Good point. Look at the wear:

 

[brg5658]

Hello,

 

I have only taken a "serious" interest in coin collecting since about 8 months ago, and my grading skills are not yet what I want them to be.

 

Out of pure curiosity, can you help me out here - on the '65 Gulden, why does it look like the Queen's hair and ear has wear from circulation? Was it really struck like that, or is there actual wear? If it's the latter, how did it receive the mint state grade?

 

Thanks a lot for helping out an old collector who only recently got serious!

 

(By the way: amazing friggin' coin. I am a sucker for beautiful toning like that!)

 

There is no wear on the coin. There are two other factors that may make it look like wear, but the coin in hand is fully lustrous and clearly uncirculated.

 

First, the way the toning lays on the coin makes it appear as if some of the high spots have wear because they are untoned. This type of toning pattern is not all that uncommon, and has to do with the way that gases in the air circulate around the coin surfaces. The particular coin spent almost 50 years in a Meghrig World Coin album with a high sulfur content.

 

Second, what looks like rub on the highest points of the coin is actually an incomplete strike. When a coin is not completely struck, the metal is not fully squeezed into the deepest parts of the die (the highest parts of the design). These areas will appear with the pre-struck planchet hits and dings, and they don't exhibit the metal flow lines and frosty luster of the metal that was struck at high pressure into the die.

 

Close-up of obverse:

 

[mycoincollection-migration]

Ah, so there is no wear!

[brg5658]

Three new world coins with horses (yes, that last one is oval shaped!):

 

[ChrisHagen-migration]

Thanks for the explanation brg5658! I appreciate it a great deal!

[brg5658]

I can't afford the real 1486 Guldiner, so I will have to settle for this nice restrike example from 1953. I found the yellow toning with some hints of other colors to be quite attractive.

 

 

 

 

[HiHoAudio]

Beautiful!

 

Here's another Austrian restrike from 1963 of a 1642 double ducat...

 

 

 

 

I sold this when gold was at $800 an ounce. Wish I hadn't...

[brg5658]

Beautiful!

 

Here's another Austrian restrike from 1963 of a 1642 double ducat...

 

I sold this when gold was at $800 an ounce. Wish I hadn't...

 

I have that restrike design in silver (NGC MS68). It's a great design! Love the gold one Kim; with current prices I simply can't justify the purchase though. Pity you sold yours.

 

-Brandon

[pianoman]

On the topic of gold......

Here is my latest gold from the Heritage CICF World and Ancient Coins Auction I love these 20 gold Francs!

[Yarm]

1805 Christchurch medal, by T. Webb, 42mm.