When coin shops misidentify...

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glorkar
Joined: 23 Mar 2013
Posts: 1028
Posted: 18 Oct 2013, 22:31 #
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Always makes me smile a little when I see coins identified wrong in a coin shop.  For instance, today I picked up:

1889 UK Victoria Maundy 3 pence (https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces5838.html) that was thrown in with the small size Canadian 5 cent pieces (https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces416.html).

And

1943D Australian sixpence (https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces5321.html) marked as a UK sixpence (https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1125.html)

I get how they can be confused, but it still makes me chuckle.
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bam777
Joined: 5 Aug 2011
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Posted: 19 Oct 2013, 08:50 #
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Agreed. Or Italian coins labelled as Swiss coins on eBaY! Hilarious.
Any unknown coins on eBaY, are funny too!
coinsnnotes2011
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Posted: 19 Oct 2013, 13:30 #
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Quote: bam777Agreed. Or Italian coins labelled as Swiss coins on eBaY! Hilarious.
Any unknown coins on eBaY, are funny too!
I managed to pick up on eBay a German shilling (Hamburg) someone mislabeled as a Zurich 1 shilling.
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nalaberong
Joined: 1 Oct 2013
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Posted: 19 Oct 2013, 18:26 #
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Yes, usually this is good news for me (8

I have found a silver Mexico N$20 coin that the gold-buying store owner outright said - That is not silver! You think I am not an expert?

It was the Hidalgo type... .2500oz of silver for $2 (8
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