THE NEW COIN CLUB
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| 4351 | Welcome to the Coin Club. We are an assortment of newbies and oldbies, amateurs and experts with questions and answers for oldbies and newbies, amateurs and experts in coin collecting, also known as numismatics. Whether you are just getting started, have been collecting for years or have simply found some old coins about the place that you’d like to sell, this is the place to ask your questions. No one has all the answers, and you may get five differing answers to the same question, yet each may be right in a manner of speaking, especially if opinions are involved. Opinions often vary. If you receive no answer to your query within 48 hours, please ask again. mudeki - 2014-08-13 08:44:00 |
| 4352 | Australia 1990 $10 Piedfort, 1.19oz Silver, RAM, C Closes: Wed 20 Aug, 6: Listing #: 766711583 alpha111 - 2014-08-13 08:53:00 |
| 4353 | Thats a bit on the slow side maybe because seller only posts once a week. Still $5 for standard post I would have thought that was a courier price mudeki - 2014-08-13 09:09:00 |
| 4354 | 765473385 what grade would you say this is ? Edited by dtpapa at 12:12 pm, Thu 14 Aug dtpapa - 2014-08-14 12:11:00 |
| 4355 | dtpapa wrote:
To my UK eye, Fine. American grading may be more generous - what does the Red Book say about grading Walkers? translateltd - 2014-08-14 12:25:00 |
| 4356 | I don't know how to formally grade, so just use intuition. The US of A grading does seem to be higher, at least at the lower grades. http://www.coinstudy.com/1921-half-dollar-value.html picts are are too small, but I'd say better then fine, for sure. As long as it hasn't been cleaned? How to tell if cleaning? dtpapa - 2014-08-14 12:40:00 |
| 4357 | this is what they go for on ebay dtpapa - 2014-08-14 19:13:00 |
| 4358 | Crikey for a key date there are a lot on there. lester36 - 2014-08-14 19:37:00 |
| 4359 | Tickled by a worn coin having lustre, but hey ... translateltd - 2014-08-14 20:09:00 |
| 4360 | yes indeed, bidding is going crazy! but akea is a bit of a reseller, so I suppose he must have a good idea of what it is worth! dtpapa - 2014-08-14 20:23:00 |
| 4361 | dtpapa wrote:
I'd have said VF30, though it's pretty well struck, i.e., more detail in the breast and head than some. Check out PCGS photograde: Still, pretty aggressive bidding. I have not followed these on Ebay, and certainly "rarities" have been coming out of the woodwork the last decade or so with the advent of online selling, antiques roadshow, etc., but with a mintage over 200,000, strictly speaking this is not terribly rare. On the other hand, Denver mint pieces from the early 20th Century do tend to be in fairly short supply in certain cases. I suppose something to do with economic conditions of the day, WWI, etc. There's not always a lot of sense in the market. Maybe the buyer already has a seller lined up? Even so, consider the value of the 1914-D Buffalo in Good condition, and that with a mintage of almost 4 million. Likewise the 1914-D Lincoln Cent with over one million made: in Good condition the Red Book value (2012) is $215. The 1916-D Liberty Head Dime (mintage = 264,000) starts at $1000 in Good condition! The 1921-D (mintage= 1,080,000) starts at $80. Another funny quirk of 1921 is that the mints seemed to all be gearing up for the rollout of the new Peace Dollar. Try finding a 1921 Lincoln Cent, Buffalo or Standing Liberty Quarter from Denver! In 1922 the Denver mint churned out over 15,000,000 Peace Dollars. Also, the 1922-D Lincoln Cent was plagued with problems. Seems to have been a turbulent time for US coinage. This is all speculation on my part based on the numbers. echoriath - 2014-08-14 22:20:00 |
| 4362 | Latest 21st C Krause (9th ed, "2015 edition") arrived this morning. Dismayed to see that a catalogue covering the first 14 years of the century - less, realistically - now takes as much shelf space up as the entire 20th century volume. translateltd - 2014-08-15 11:29:00 |
| 4363 | translateltd wrote:
That is crazy the 20 Century one was to big I opted for the CD copy last time I purchased. Guess that is what happens when every country produces a heap of commemorative coins. mudeki - 2014-08-15 15:12:00 |
| 4364 | Yup. I prefer my medals to be designed and marketed as such, not passed off as "coins" with fictitious denominations on them. translateltd - 2014-08-15 15:40:00 |
| 4365 | But...but... it's "An exhaustingly thorough and complete catalog..." at only 1200 pages. Good exercise material as you can throw away your weights. alpha111 - 2014-08-15 17:16:00 |
| 4366 | Exhausting is right. I looked through it last night and nearly cried - if I'd known 40 years ago that that was the future of modern "coins" I probably would never have started. translateltd - 2014-08-16 07:41:00 |
| 4367 | hello all, gracesruby - 2014-08-17 16:45:00 |
| 4368 | Hi grace, any chance of posting a picture of the older coins in here? Upload it to My Photos under My Trade Me. Click on the full-sized uploaded image, then cut and paste the link in here. With respect to the mint sets, a photo would also be a help. They are usually easier to establish values for based on your descriptions, but I don't have the resources at my fingertips. Well, I do if you count google, but that's an option you can do, too. What advice do you want, exactly? Do you want to sell these coins? If so, IMHO the best bet is to group them by country in quantities of five to ten. Take very good pix. Do you have a camera, and are you decent at taking photos? The easy way with a good camera is to put it on Auto. If you are more motivated, look for a flower icon that is a setting called Macro. This is specifically for the purpose of taking close-up photos. This process is easier with a tripod, though you can stabilise the camera yourself by holding the camera with both hands and placing your elbows on a flat surface above the coins. It's also better to turn off the flash and shoot with natural sunlight. Cameras that cost more than $100 or so (and maybe some that are less) have a remarkable number of options for taking good pix, but the main point is that good pix of both sides of your coins generally = better returns. Good pix reveal the quality of coins, whether that quality be good or bad. echoriath - 2014-08-18 01:50:00 |
| 4369 | The member deleted this message. gracesruby - 2014-08-18 19:35:00 |
| 4370 | im sorry i seem to have deleted my inquiry by accident,so please excuse the repeat. gracesruby - 2014-08-18 19:49:00 |
| 4371 | sorry everyone seem to have goofed again and repeated myself im truly sorry not meaning to get on anyones goat by doing this =thanks gracesruby - 2014-08-18 19:51:00 |
| 4372 | gracesruby wrote:
Hi gracesruby to answer your question on this they sell between $10.00-$15.00 Edited by chefman1 at 8:12 pm, Mon 18 Aug chefman1 - 2014-08-18 20:10:00 |
| 4373 | The member deleted this message. gracesruby - 2014-08-20 07:36:00 |
| 4374 | that is the one yes thank you does anyone know if any coins of king george the 5th and king george the 6th have any value at all gracesruby - 2014-08-20 07:41:00 |
| 4375 | Hi, lost by NZ post track and trace overnight courier a 1934 L Lefeaux 10 Shilling note 1Y 373329 any coin and banknote dealers please note. Has any one on here had a claim with NZ post couriers re lost banknote or coin, how was it for you? 35 - 2014-08-20 08:28:00 |
| 4376 | gracesruby wrote:
Indeed they do depending on King and country and condition but not necessarily in that order. Addit - Hi Chefman and all others, still try to make it in occasionally. ;-) chrisr5 - 2014-08-20 09:24:00 |
| 4377 | Finally got round to photographing this, so everyone will have forgotten my original post now (me included). A type 2 reverse 1960 Washington $1/4 distinguishable by the increased gap between the 'E' and the 'S' in 'STATES' and by the way the foliage lies over the arrow tips. Also but impossible to show in a photo is that the reverse is slightly rotated anti-clockwise relative to the obverse. http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/full/328330264.jpg It's in a PCGS slab graded at MS65. chrisr5 - 2014-08-20 09:30:00 |
| 4378 | it's grovelling apology time, to NZ Post, and especially their great hard working team at the Portland warehouse, I most humbly apologise for the things I said a while back, the coins that were missing must have turned up, and were rushed to me in extra quick time, by courier it seems. But I am still waiting for my Canadian coins to show up!! dtpapa - 2014-08-20 15:03:00 |
| 4379 | 35 wrote:
A long time ago, an entire courier van was stolen/hijacked by an escaped prisoner and my buyer either didn't get his item at all or it was delayed quite some time (I never got final confirmation). The courier company didn't want to know as soon as they knew currency/valuables were involved; the conditions are so tight that anything you'd actually want to send by courier is either technically illegal or not covered. Edited by translateltd at 7:46 pm, Wed 20 Aug translateltd - 2014-08-20 19:43:00 |
| 4380 | http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/full/329355846.jpg lester36 - 2014-08-20 21:21:00 |
| 4381 | lester36 wrote:
Thanks for the pics of this - nice item and hallmarked, would be good to track those down for interest. It's a sports award medal rather than a commemorative, though, so a different category. (I noticed a couple sneaked into the Morel listings when I was going through them recently, all the same, and ditto MacMaster - it can be a bit of a grey area.) translateltd - 2014-08-20 21:30:00 |
| 4382 | Yes I wasn't sure if I could call it a commemorative. lester36 - 2014-08-20 21:38:00 |
| 4383 | translateltd wrote:
Thanks for your help, is was sent to Whangarei. I have refunded the buyer so hoping that NZ post does the right thing. Colin T. 35 - 2014-08-20 21:53:00 |
| 4384 | lester36 wrote:
I don't believe there is - it's a project waiting for someone! translateltd - 2014-08-21 11:01:00 |
| 4385 | 5x Various Commemorative Medals (1911 - 1989) Closed: Tue 12 Aug 2014, 5:14 pm Listing #: 76344323 . I paid straight away and it's only 35 km distance between us. Advised had items from other parts of the country paid for since that date. Now he tells me not to be sarcastic as Trademe is not his full time job. He has since removed the following from his listings: alpha111 - 2014-08-22 14:28:00 |
| 4386 | alpha111 wrote:
Ten days? Time to suggest cancelling the transaction if they haven't arrived yet. translateltd - 2014-08-22 16:51:00 |
| 4387 | translateltd wrote:
If I can't send within 24 hours of receiving payment (after all, TM isn't my full-time job) I'll e-mail the buyer to say when it will be sent - at least no-one is left wondering that way. It isn't difficult, surely. translateltd - 2014-08-22 18:19:00 |
| 4388 | Are 1850's 20franc coins with Napoleon image (goatee) worth much, I have 8 between 1853 & 1856 nightboss - 2014-08-22 22:52:00 |
| 4389 | nightboss wrote:
Gold content is roughly 3/4 that of a sovereign, if that's any guide (0.1867 vs. 0.2354 oz troy). translateltd - 2014-08-23 08:27:00 |
| 4390 | Any ideas on this? Is it greek? Picked up a the local sally shop, they had a few other roman/greek in very tidy condition. Got a nice aUnc Double florin 1887 for $5 and a few other nice buys. Cheers. iamriff - 2014-08-23 19:17:00 |
| 4391 | oops got the thumbnails but not the big pic of the obverse... iamriff - 2014-08-24 00:23:00 |
| 4392 | nightboss wrote:
You also have my envy. Here's a good source of info for values: For certain mintmarks (particularly BB, which is Strasbourg), there are two lines of values because there are certain slight differences. These are significant because one of the varieties is more common than the other, which is why there's a difference in values. In the right-hand column (under Grade dans la Collection Idéale (grade in the ideal collection)), the clickable numbers are images of each year/mint. So for 1856-BB, you'll see that one of the marks on the obverse to the left of the designer's name (Barré) is a dog's head, and one is a star. On the right there's an anchor. Left and right, one is the engraver's mark, and the other is the mint master's mark. The change from the dog's head to the star signifies a change in the person in whichever role that mark represents. Sorry, I don't have my resources at my fingertips, but I hope that makes sense. echoriath - 2014-08-24 03:47:00 |
| 4393 | echoriath wrote:
Will you look at that? A coin with Echoriath on it! chrisr5 - 2014-08-24 10:11:00 |
| 4394 | Eh, you British K-niiiggit, I fart in your general di-rection! echoriath - 2014-08-24 12:56:00 |
| 4395 | iamriff wrote:
Roman, Severus Alexander, AD 222-235 (obv legend is IMP SEV ALE XAND AVG). translateltd - 2014-08-24 15:17:00 |
| 4396 | Thanks for that translated. Do you have a preferred site for checking roman coins? I did a google image search but can't find this particular reverse with the staff and is it a bow? Cheers iamriff - 2014-08-24 15:29:00 |
| 4397 | iamriff wrote:
I still prefer books :-) Looking at Sear (1981 edition) I think it is S2127 or a variant: Romulus advancing R carrying spear and trophy. The legend should be PM TR P VII COS II PP but I notice yours has VIII rather than VII. The catalogue number may not help much as I think they've been renumbered since. You may find the text of RIC (Roman Imperial Coins) available on-line, which may pin down the exact attribution of the type with VIII, assuming it's genuine and not a more recent Bulgarian concoction. translateltd - 2014-08-24 15:58:00 |
| 4398 | Maybe not the correct reverse type after all - scroll down to the aureus of Severus on this page: this has the trophy and spear reverse but the items are positioned differently to yours: http://www.coinproject.com/search_emperor.php?emp=Severus-Al translateltd - 2014-08-24 16:05:00 |
| 4399 | Here's your reverse type - Mars helmeted in military dress, holding shield and spear (search for Mars, helmeted on this page): http://www.coinproject.com/search_emperor.php?emp=Severus-Al translateltd - 2014-08-24 16:12:00 |
| 4400 | hundy chefman1 - 2014-08-24 16:15:00 |
