Was This A Good Deal?

Hmm...

Melt on this is nearly $30 US..

I should have bid on this auction!

I managed to win the following set of silver coins for about £10 (approx $14). I got my 1st 90% JFK half dollar, 1966 100 Spain ptas, 2 Egypt piastres coins and 1933 New Zealand 3 pence.

I brought the following lot of coins on ebay for £11 (about $15). I was interested in the large silver coin in the 3rd row from bottom.

I took a gamble that it might be something special.







I got the coin today and I wasn't disappointed





That coins turns out to be a :

Pahlavi, Muhammad Reza Shah, 1350 SH (1971 AD), Silver 0.999 (AD1941-1979/ SH 1320-1357)
2500 years of Persian Empire
Weight 11.72 gm
Diameter 31 mm
Metal Silver 0.999

Really happy with this purchase

I won the following auction for £13 (approx $18). I think this is the best score for me and it's unlikely that I will get another deal like this, I got the following coins:

Denmark, 10 kroner, Frederik IX 1968 with Prinsesse Benediktes Bryllup on the reverse

France, 1 franc 1917 (heavily worn)

Switzerland, 5 francs, 1967

½ franc, 1951

½ franc, 1946

2 francs, 1936

2 francs, 1943

20 centimes (rappen) 1919

Spain, 5 centimes, Isabel II, 1868

1 peseta, Alfonso XIII, 1900 (drilled as a token)

Vatican City, 500 lire, Paul VI 1977

Italy, 5 lire, Victor Emmanuel III 1927

50 centesimi, Victor Emmanuel III 1940

5 centesimi, 1826 (heavily worn)

1 lira, 1922

Germany, 10 pfennig, 1900

10 pfennig, 1912

2 reichsmark, 1926

Sweden, 10 öre 1957

1 krona, Gustaf V 1947

Netherlands, 1 guilder, Queen Wilhelmina 1923

Austria, 25 schilling, commemorative coin 1956 for the bicentennial of the birth of W. A. Mozart

Portugal, 200 reis, Emanuel II 1909

2.50 escudos, with a Republic coat of arms on the obverse, 1945

Papal States, 1 lira, Pius IX, 1867

Hi,

I won a few auctions last month but due to work commitments, I was unable to go through the lots until today.

The following lot cost about £10 (approx $14), I wanted to bid on this lot as I thought I could see some Iraqi silver coins.





I got 3 Iraqi silver coins and as a bonus I got 5 other silver coins. I really like the 1920 Mercury dime, it has such nice dark toning. The Nickle is a 1906 coin in fair condition.

I won the following lot for £11 ($16) for that I got 1992 Columbus $1 silver d mint coin and a 1958 dime. I really like the design on the silver dollar.

Due to work commitments I haven't been bidding on many items, but I won the following auction for about £5 (about $7).

I wanted this lot because of the 2 silver coins, a 1951 3 pence Australia and 1892 3 pence South Africa in fantastic condition.

A good deal on anything would be subjective and some might suggest that to ask in the first place might be a telltale sign that, personally, for the buyer, it wasn't.

What you are asking us is... would you be pleased with the buy if it was yours? Confirmation that you didn't waste your disposable income... only you can determine that.

Do you have an attraction to these coins that you bought, eye appeal, or are you just buying to spend non collectable money?

A good deal would be... paying $300 for a single Lincoln and being able to take it to the supermarket and get $300 worth of groceries, that would be amazing!

While it is true we are collecting legal and demonetized tender, they are just trinkets in reality.

Have I rambled incoherently enough yet this morning?