KoRnholio

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Some recent NEWPs: 1947ML Canadian halfdollar, PCGS MS64 Proof Merc dime (PCGS PR66) And a neat cheap modern Not a basketball fan, but the design was neat and well-executed on a coin.

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Haha thanks. I wish I found it.. It set me back quite a lot! The collector I bought it from did indeed find it in one of his many, many rolls of nickels he had saved over the years.

Looks quite crude, my guess (and I mean GUESS) would be a gaming token of some sort.

Very rare variety of this date. Large Beads, Detached rear jewel. Approximately 40 graded across all grades and TPGs. This one is MS-63 graded by ICCS. Trend values (according to CCN) are: $1750 in MS-60, $2500 in MS-62, $3500 in MS-63, $6000 in MS-64. PM me with an offer. Thank you. More pics: http://s588.photobuc...tached%20Jewel/

Not sure what the fuss is about. Lots of older (pre WWII) banknotes showed partial nudity and a bare breast, and not one you had to squint to see either:

Ah, I stand corrected. I don't suppose there is a way to tell if it left the mint that way or if it was stripped afterwards?

Still a neat error

Planchet looks too big to be a dime planchet. Maybe someone plated this cent? How much does it weigh?

Bump for this evening - adding a bunch of stuff tonight as well to end next sunday

Bump for tonight

Today's auctions are ending in about 3 hours.

Bump for this week

When the economy isn't doing well, it's mostly the lower and middle classes who end up with tighter budgets, eg less money to spend on entertainment expenses and things like coins. So prices on the lower and middle end coins stagnate. By contrast, the entertainment budgets of the rich aren't effected nearly as much, so higher/high/very high end coins will retain their value or increase still. There's also the matter of, if an individual/family in a crunch needs to part with some or all of their collection, it is very often the lower and middle end coins that they sell/put into the marketplace. Supply and demand means the prices for this more common stuff goes down. The rich with the top coins will only part with them if they absolutely must because they fear at auction they won't fetch as much as they could. This has been a recent theme in recent years, with both collectors and dealers claiming that there's no good "fresh" coins available to buy.

I'm definitely a 2/3 Speculator/Aesthete. I don't generally have lists, I just buy what is pleasing to me, especially at an attractive price

Sounds like an extremely ambitious project!

Post it! We've already had such coins in this thread. As long as the date can identify the coin as being from that specific year, that's all that matters. As far as I know there is no specific coin type that was used for over 100 years where they only show the last two digits of the date where it would be possible to not also know for sure the century of the coin. There is always some way to know, whether it's by the ruler's name, portrait, style, etc.

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Found while rolling some change this weekend. Looks kinda like the ones on here: http://www.coinsandc...gh-grease&id=33

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Ending Sunday Night, mostly Canadian coins, some miscellany. Highlights: Treasure of Ancient Greece 32 Medal Set (Franklin Mint), huge medals 3 oz, gold plated over bronze 1964 Canada PCGS PL67 Dollar 1894 Canada PCGS MS64RB Large Cent 1935 Canada dollar higher unc grade 1949 Canada dollar higher unc grade 1951 Canada dollar higher unc grade 1925 Canada 5 cent key date 1947 dot 5 cent key date/variety 1953 SF Shoulder Fold scarcer variety cent, medium unc grade lots of red lustre Edward VII and George V Half dollars and other denomination coins. Newfoundland coinage Many other key and semi key dates Vintage Engelhard and JM silver bars ...And more Thanks for looking! http://www.ebay.ca/s...sid=p4340.l2562

I like the coat of arms on this one a lot. The British commonwealth coins are in general quite interesting!

True... But they are sooo pretty