A dads friend called me to see some coins that he had, i looked thru them and he asked for 50 Lei (10€), i offered him 30 Lei (7€) and accepted.
I found there 2€ and a 20 Swiss Francs gold 6.45g.
Quote: "SpuDy"A dads friend called me to see some coins that he had, i looked thru them and he asked for 50 Lei (10€), i offered him 30 Lei (7€) and accepted.
I found there 2€ and a 20 Swiss Francs gold 6.45g.
Cool. This is probably the best way to go around finding valuable pieces - from people unaware of their value. I know this raises moral issues, but I suppose you found out afterwards it was gold.
Quote: "SpuDy"A dads friend called me to see some coins that he had, i looked thru them and he asked for 50 Lei (10€), i offered him 30 Lei (7€) and accepted.
I found there 2€ and a 20 Swiss Francs gold 6.45g.
I was at a small coin fair many years ago, and one of the sellers who I had known for a long time, said to me when I approached his table, 'I have something a bit special for you today". Obviously, my interest went high straight away.
He handed me the coin, and asked what I thought.
It was a 50 pence piece from the Isle of Man dated 1980. He asked me if I found anything strange about it, and after a little while, realized that the coin did not have ISLE OF MAN on it.
it turned out to be a MULE, KM#57.
He let me buy it, for £1.68, which included my usual discount, although, I did spend over £60.00
coin
I have no idea how much this .925 silver coin is worth, as I know of no one else who has one.
But I still consider it a great purchase.
Quote: "COINMAN1"I was at a small coin fair many years ago, and one of the sellers who I had known for a long time, said to me when I approached his table, 'I have something a bit special for you today". Obviously, my interest went high straight away.
He handed me the coin, and asked what I thought.
It was a 50 pence piece from the Isle of Man dated 1980. He asked me if I found anything strange about it, and after a little while, realized that the coin did not have ISLE OF MAN on it.
it turned out to be a MULE, KM#57.
He let me buy it, for £1.68, which included my usual discount, although, I did spend over £60.00
coin
I have no idea how much this .925 silver coin is worth, as I know of no one else who has one.
But I still consider it a great purchase.
Not sure if super valuable, but still super rare. Saw an interesting-looking 17th century coin in a bargain bin (about $7, IIRC), looked at the legends - "Carl Gustav of Prussia? hey, wait, that can't possibly be right..."
So I got it as an interesting puzzle to figure out. Turned out to be Elbing KM#65, a type so rare that Krause doesn't give a price for it.
Kopicki has it as R7, which meant something like 6 surviving examples, though I found about as many in auction records, so there's probably more. I wonder how mine ended up in that bin.
For a few years I was the only Numista member to claim to own one of those, though I see that another must have joined recently.
Quote: "January First-of-May"Not sure if super valuable, but still super rare. Saw an interesting-looking 17th century coin in a bargain bin (about $7, IIRC), looked at the legends - "Carl Gustav of Prussia? hey, wait, that can't possibly be right..."
So I got it as an interesting puzzle to figure out. Turned out to be Elbing KM#65, a type so rare that Krause doesn't give a price for it.
Kopicki has it as R7, which meant something like 6 surviving examples, though I found about as many in auction records, so there's probably more. I wonder how mine ended up in that bin.
For a few years I was the only Numista member to claim to own one of those, though I see that another must have joined recently.
That is like just desserts for the excellent knowledge you possess.
Buying a collection of old English farthings at a stamp auction for $120. No one really showed much interest as it was in some old Whitman folders. Inside was a complete set from 1860 to 1956, over half were EF or better.
In it was an 1863 Farthing in AU condition, that one coin alone is catalogued around £200. Overall probably $2 or $3 grands worth there. I mean all of the 1860s and 1870s except 2 coins was at least EF and every coin from 1927 onwards was AU or BU.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
