Category: Foreign Coins
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What’s the deal with this coin?!
Good morning! Long time! I was flipping through a friend’s trade binder last week and this 1896 South African 2 1/2 Shillings stood out to me. Yes, because I’m a sucker for toned silver and the guy is rocking a pretty impressive beard to boot!, but also because of it’s odd toning. If you look…
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1700s Mystery Coin?!
A new client of mine shot me a pic of this coin she inherited from her great grandfather (who once worked at a grist mill!), and I immediately had to stop what I was doing to research it ;) I didn’t get a pic of the obverse, but wanna take a guess of what it…
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The “Z” Collection
As promised, here’s that collection I was working on! I call it the “Z” Collection here, but in my documentation I actually have the client’s name swapped in the quotations which I like cuz it makes it feel more *personal*. And, of course, that’s how all the professionals in the space do it ;) You’ll…
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What’s This Coin Worth?
“What’s this coin worth?” The most popular question in collecting :) And one which I’m asked almost weekly by friends, family and countrymen! Rather than continuing to keep the juicy answers buried in emails and chat exchanges though, I thought we’d create a new series here where we post up the coins (or currency) in…
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New Trade: 1835 Half Cent for 18th Century Gold Fanam & Cash
Did a trade the other day I thought you’d find interesting :) I had picked up this 1835 “Classic Head” half cent years ago when I first started collecting and didn’t know what the heck I was doing (“buy the book before the coin,” right?) and finally after multiple attempts I was able to find…
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The Coin Necklace Heirloom!
This is a post about two very surprising things that happened recently: one awesome one, and one not so awesome one ;) Let’s start with the awesome, shall we? My mother found a coin necklace passed down through my family! She found it while cleaning out some old drawers, and the second she handed it…
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Still Alive and Collecting! You?
It’s been about 5 months since our last posting here (sorry!), but to my collection’s delight I’m still very much collecting and immersing myself into this wide wonderful world of coins and currency :) In fact, just the other month I started two new focuses that’s since reignited my collecting passion! I don’t know about…
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Colonials, Spiel Markes, and Notgeld
What’s up, coin lovers! Picked up a few coins at our latest coin club auction and thought you’d enjoy checking them out. In pursuit of finding older – different – coins for my collection, I came back with the following: 1777 1 Reale Mexican Colonial (Carlos III) 1850’s German Spiel Marke (gaming token) 1918 10…
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Two Rare (Gold) Coins To Drool Over…
Okay, so if you thought that 1955 Doubled Die Penny from last month was rare, check out these bad boys! Going for $299,000 and $95,000, respectfully! (It’s always fun to dream, right?) 1966 limited edition (and signed!) Salvador Dali gold medal set Two extremely rare 22 Karat gold coins weighing about 17 oz each and…
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Ooh La La! French Francs!
The safe pillaging moves on! This time around I find three long lost Francs in the back of my safe dating from the late 1800’s and early 1900’s… I’m not sure why I separated them out from the package they came in, but they sure are pretty to look at! Something about “vintage” and “France”…
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