thedeadpoint Posted June 17, 2010 Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 Fascinating. I don't think i've ever seen that error before! THanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hussulo Posted June 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 I don't normally go for modern coins and this one is more a bullion coin but my latest purchase combines two of my collecting interests gold and errors. Its a US 2003 $5 with a rather large struck through error. Sellers pictures: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 Interesting for 2 reasons: 1) I thought the MS bullion coins were for big time investors who didn't care about proofs and 2) I wonder if those are actually more lax in standards than circulating coins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hussulo Posted June 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 Interesting for 2 reasons: 1) I thought the MS bullion coins were for big time investors who didn't care about proofs and 2) I wonder if those are actually more lax in standards than circulating coins. This one's a business strike although it does look prooflike. I'm sure but I think they will strike proofs of these as well though. As for the lax standards again I'm not sure but these are minted at the US mint and they have apparently tightened up their standards a lot in the past decade but the occasional one will still happen and slip by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 Great coins. Very interesting errors you've gotten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hussulo Posted June 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Great coins. Very interesting errors you've gotten. Thanks Art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Not sure about US Mint, but in Canada, all gold bullion coins are individually fed and struck by someone, so they'd have to be really sleeply to let something like that to get past them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hussulo Posted June 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2010 A coin I picked up at a local tabletop antiques show. Charles I, Shilling, mm ® 1644-1645, Spink 2800 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 Definately not something I'd expect to see at an antique show - Churchill crowns with $10-20 stickers I see a lot of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hussulo Posted June 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 Definately not something I'd expect to see at an antique show - Churchill crowns with $10-20 stickers I see a lot of Thats what I usually come across too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hussulo Posted June 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2010 Charles I The Oxford mint was only set up for a handful of years during the Civil War, when Charles I made Oxford his headquarters, as London and the Mint there were held by Parliament. Coincraft 1998 says: "These issues are easily identifiable by the reverse design which has the Deceleration with the date below and plumes above. All these issues are very rare, but specimens for collectors do exist outside museums. The issues are extremely crude in style and often have weakness in the legends due to the poor strike. Specimens exist from VG to VF condition." The deceleration on the reverse: RELIG : PROT : LEG : ANG : LIBER : PAR “To uphold the Protestant Religion, the Laws of England and the Liberty of Parliament” 1644 Oxford mint, Charles I Unite. Spink 2735, same dies as Schneider 325, Brooker 853. I'm not the best photographer around and found this coin hard to image properly. It has lots of lustre and die polisshing lines (which are raised and run below the devices) on both the reverse and obverse which can be seen next to the plumes on the reverse. A good little write up on Unites: http://www.24carat.co.uk/frame.php?url=unitehistoryof.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted June 30, 2010 Report Share Posted June 30, 2010 Fantastic coin, Hus. I can't imagine how hard it was to find that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 Great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hussulo Posted August 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 One of my recent purchases British Museum 130 photographic slides of coins and medals. I contacted Mr Attwood of the British Museums coins and medal department to enquire about them and he said: "Dear Mr.. Thank you for your enquiry. It is almost certain that the slides were taken by Museum photographers for official purchases. The range of subjects visible on the website suggests they were for various publications and/or exhibitions." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 Neat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikaros Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 What a neat find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 That would make a great addition to a well-studied series/collection. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hussulo Posted October 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2010 New Jersey Copper Maris 52-i W-5280. URS-10, R-3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hussulo Posted October 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2010 I should add: I would grade it around VF35. It has been cleaned, although it isn't harsh, I can't see any hairlines. I'm just going to leave it in an envelope and let it tone over again. I won it for just under $350 and thought it was neat as I've never had a New Jersey copper yet. The "Encyclopaedia of Colonial and Early American Coins, Bowers, Whitman 2009 prices them at: G4: $60, VG-8: $150, F-12: $220, VF-20: $650, EF-40: $1400, AU-50: $3000" My max bid was $365 and even though it has been cleaned, I don't feel what I won it for was a too crazy a price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted October 14, 2010 Report Share Posted October 14, 2010 You should throw that onto the Pre-Federal issues thread! http://www.coinpeople.com/index.php?/topic/28818-post-your-pre-federal-american-issues/page__pid__507801#entry507801 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hussulo Posted November 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2010 1895 Mo B Mexico Gold 1 peso I'm not sure what the B is (minters initial?) but most dates have an M. This one is a B other letters include F, G, R H, FZ and Z Relatively low mintage of 8,994 , this is for both B and M coins of this date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobh Posted November 9, 2010 Report Share Posted November 9, 2010 Nice looking peso! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 Neat! I'm never seen that reverse type in gold! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 Great purchases. You've got quite a nice collection. Thanks for sharing it with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hussulo Posted November 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2010 I recently purchased this little gold coin. Krause doesn't rate it as anything special however my Hans Schlumberger, European Gold Coins Guide Book calls the plain edge ones patterns and says many were rumoured to have been melted down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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