Art Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Both are very nice coins. I could see you getting hooked on the Libras. It's a great looker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stilson Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Love the trime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobh Posted July 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 Picked this one up recently on eBay for less than $170 including shipping: USA Morgan Dollar, 1883-CC in original GSA holder I thought it was so nice that it arrived yesterday, on July 4th! Living in a foreign country makes one a bit sentimental about such things, I suppose... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stilson Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 Nice, just wondering have you checked for VAM type yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 Nice piece, really nice when you consider the nice clean fields on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobh Posted July 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 Nice, just wondering have you checked for VAM type yet? Thanks, Mark -- I haven't checked yet, but I do have the VAM book. Don't know if I will have time before leaving on vacation, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobh Posted July 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 Nice piece, really nice when you consider the nice clean fields on it. Thanks, Scottishmoney! It has a fair share of marks on the cheek, so it probably wouldn't grade higher than MS-63 (IMHO). However, the fields are very nice, and it has a lot of luster (the pictures don't do it justice!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobh Posted July 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 Nice, just wondering have you checked for VAM type yet? Both this coin and the 1884-CC I recently bought are the normal VAM 1 variety, AFAICT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobh Posted April 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 This type has eluded me for a long time. Never saw one that I really liked until now. It's far from being perfect, but it has lots of mint luster and a fairly good strike (good strike is not very common for this type, you know): 1921 Peace dollar (one-year type) Picked up on eBay for €91 (€101 including shipping). I would estimate the grade of this coin to be at least MS-63, perhaps MS-64 ... any other opinions on grade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobh Posted April 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 Here's another silver dollar which arrived last week ... discussed in the "Do you see what I see" thread: Morgan dollar, 1900-O (VAM 35) Would have been nice if it had turned out to be VAM 29A, especially in this condition! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobh Posted April 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 Picked this one up at a local dealer's shop for a little over melt value: Russia, gold 1979 Chervonets (10 roubles) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 Picked this one up at a local dealer's shop for a little over melt value: Russia, gold 1979 Chervonets (10 roubles) Something if you can find in coin dealers inventory, say my local dealer, they will sell for roughly spot price. Otherwise if you goto someone that deals in Russian coins more will sell for far more now. Several months ago I bought a Lev Tolstoy gold medal that was minted ca. 1976 or so and sold through Mezhnumizmatika for spot. I would imagine what it would go for to collectors of such things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sisu Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 Picked this one up at a local dealer's shop for a little over melt value: Russia, gold 1979 Chervonets (10 roubles) Nice! That is one that I have wanted to get for quite some time. I was tempted when I came across them at some of the banks in Stein am Rhein. That was 2 years ago. Now I wish I had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobh Posted April 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 This type has eluded me for a long time. Never saw one that I really liked until now. It's far from being perfect, but it has lots of mint luster and a fairly good strike (good strike is not very common for this type, you know): 1921 Peace dollar (one-year type) Picked up on eBay for €91 (€101 including shipping). I would estimate the grade of this coin to be at least MS-63, perhaps MS-64 ... any other opinions on grade? Bumping this one to the top ... I looked around the Heritage archives for some slabbed Peace 1921's just for comparison's sake; there's mostly MS-64 and above over there, but a few in lower grades as well. I'd really like to know what others think of this one. It has very nice (to me) even toning, never been cleaned, and only a few marks here and there. Do I hear MS at all on this one? 63? 64? ... ??? As always, thanks for looking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobh Posted May 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 Picked up all of these during the past week or so: Peru, 1 Libra: Barber dime, 1911-D, in AU (getting harder and harder to find these nowadays in XF or better, IMHO): Next, there is a Swiss eBay seller I have dealt with a lot in the past. Although pricing of his coins is sometimes over the top, once in a while there will be a bargain, and I have never been disappointed in the coins once having received them. He had both of these Indian cents (both 1873, close and open 3 varieties) for sale at EF-40 money each -- and they turned out to be very pleasing, problem-free XF-40's (IMHO) Here they are: 1873, close 3: 1873, open 3: When I received the coins, the label on the holder for the open 3 said "double die, outside legend". Naturally, he didn't try to pass it off as the doubled liberty (which it isn't), but I looked for machine doubling on the legend and could only make out a tiny bit of doubling on the "M" in AMERICA. Does anyone see any doubling there, or anywhere else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 Nice doubling on the year, in particular the number 7 for the Peruvian gold coin, as well as a minor die crack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobh Posted May 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 Nice doubling on the year, in particular the number 7 for the Peruvian gold coin, as well as a minor die crack. Good catch, I hadn't noticed the die crack; I did see the doubling on the top of the "7" right after posting these. Forgot to mention that there seems to be some die clashes on the dime, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobh Posted May 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 Almost forgot about this one: Russia, 1790-EM, five kopeks (пятак): Lots of detail. But surfaces look like they might have been treated with lacquer, or some such thing, long ago in the past (maybe it wasn't such a bad idea?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobh Posted May 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2008 And this one -- only VF grade (IMHO), but I didn't have one yet and got it for less than VG money: Indian Cent, 1908-S: Some people might call this XF-40, but I don't think it would grade quite that high. It's pretty tough building an unslabbed set of these in XF or better (... especially when you live in Switzerland)! I'm still lacking most of the key dates, and there are some coins that don't make the grade. Slowly but surely, I'm getting there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted May 10, 2008 Report Share Posted May 10, 2008 I think I bought a fairly decent '08 S cent several years ago, where it is, I have no idea. That is the lousy thing about having coins in the bank, you never see them. It is why I have a private website so I can visit my lovelies online now. I am hearing rumblings all through that cents are going to be on the march up in price because of the interests created next year with the commemoratives for Lincoln. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobh Posted May 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 This isn't a series that I actively collect, although I do have a few lower-grade Buffalo nickels. But I liked the looks of this one: There is some very noticeable die polish around "FIVE CENTS" on the reverse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobh Posted October 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 Some of these coins, such as the Russian gold 10 roubles, had been purchased earlier this year and sent to my Mom's address in Texas. I was able to pick them up only last week. Starting with RUSSIA: Gold 10 roubles 1909-ЭБ (ex World-Wide Coins of California, Jim Elmen -- mail-bid auction 15 May 2008, lot #312): Copper: 2 Para 3 Kopeiki, 1773 (coinage for Moldovia and Wallachia)... This one was cleaned at some time, but has nice detail for the type: Copper: 5 Kopeek 1788-СПМ ... this was lying around in a coin shop here in Zurich misrepresented as "1788-EM": (continued with Peru and USA in next post...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobh Posted October 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 PERU: Gold 1 Libra 1912: USA: Starting with Morgans, here's a nice 1878-S I picked up from a local Swiss dealer on eBay: This 1902-O I bought at a coin shop in Bryan, TX: Next, a couple of nice Walkers also bought in Texas (different shops): Walker 50 c. 1943 Walker 50 c. 1945 (continued in next post ... Mercury dime, and some IHC...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobh Posted October 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 A nice Mercury dime (for $2, who could resist a coin like this? ... not sure if it would grade "FB" or not, but it certainly comes close IMHO): Finally, some semi-keys for my Indian Head cent collection ... trying to build a set in XF or better: 1859: 1864-L: 1878: 1887 - relatively common, but a nice coin here: Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobh Posted October 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 One last afterthought: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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