Tiffibunny
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I would probably have paid that... and I am tight with money...
I really want to have, one day, a silver proof coin...
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face value of a 100 ecu coin would be about 80 GB pound.
Take the fact it's a gold coin, and not quite common, the numismatic value is a lot higher.
Would I pay $1000 for one?
No way Jose
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I was really pleased with the price I got on these. I've seen gold ECU's as well, never seen one go that high. I got these from Ebay complete with the certification cards. I had the only bids on each except the Austrian. They were in GBP and I paid about $9 a piece for them. Not bad for large .925 silver pieces.
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I found a 100 Ecu Spanish gold "coin" from 1992, but it was selling for over $1000! :bshock:
It seems to me that in Spain coin prices are much higher than in the US...
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first of all, those are NOT coins, but tokens......
The ECU never became real money....
OK, the dutch one says (tough thing to translate, btw):
"Bevrijding betekent herleven van alle vrijheden"
"Liberation means living again all liberties/freedoms"
The portrait is Wilhelmina, reigning queen during WW2
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I ended up with a few nifty ones in the mail today...
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As with Finland as well. Most Finnish commems did not start using a raised rim until after 1990. Those are my more favorite Finn commems.
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Right, except that I am used to that from many GDR (East German) commems. But the fact that there is no "protective edge" does make finding well preserved pieces hard :-)
Christian
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How about a missing rim / edge?
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The raven represents Morrigane, by the way, a goddess who was after him. But apparently he was not terribly interested, and even injured her. Which is why his life (was) ended somewhat abruptly.
Nice coin indeed. But the empty space also makes it hard to find that coin in excellent condition. I have it, but with quite a few scratches. May replace it one day if I find a better piece at a good price ...
Christian
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...And a very large, plain field.
(Thanks for the details!)
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That is a legendary hero called Cúchulainn, with a raven on his shoulder. The reverse design follows an Oliver Sheppard sculpture of the dying Cúchulainn:
http://keltic.johnny.free.fr/mythes/C/Imag...cuchulainn3.jpg
Seems they expect everybody to know who that statue represents, and who is shown on the other side (Pádraic/Patrick Pearse). What makes it look like a medal is the relatively high relief, I think ... and maybe the absence of a digit indicating the value ;-)
Christian
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Looks like a medal. I do like the reverse.
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1966 Irish commemorative 10 schilling. It commemorates the 1916 Easter Rising against Britian.
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Ohhhhhhh, I love the ... hmm, is it obverse or reverse? The side that says "Sneznaja Karaleva". The other side is soo different, I would think it's from a different coin.
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The latest from Belarus. .925 Silver Antiqued with embedded gem Snow Queen Mintage 1,500
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Yes I know... that is a real pity...
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You aren't gonna find much silver in circulation anymore.
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Those coins are sooooo beautifull!
A pity they are just commems done in porpouse to take money of collectors... if they would be made for circulation they would be soo much cheaper...
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drooooooooooool
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This goes hand in hand with the US Leif Ericson I posted...
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I do not collect commems but I will buy them now and again when I see one I like. I should not have opened this thread because those two coins Tiff posted are way cool!
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The commemoratives I just bought do not really belong in here since they are US coins, but yes, I did spend more than face for each of them ... A Mt Rushmore half, and today at the Denver Mint (well, the store) I got two silver $1 commems. I consider these pieces to be coins as well as souvenirs, so they were well worth the money :-)
Christian
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I forgot to show off this Polish Beauty too:
Do you collect commemoratives?
in World Coin Forum
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