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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 I think it was a good purchase, for sure!  Maybe post some of the best individual coins w/ closer pics in the proper forum for opinions.  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Welcome - you did very well. Congrats!
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
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I would have probably easily paid $40 for the top row alone, so you definitely did quite well! |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
2843 Posts |
As everyone else has already said, You did great there. and it will be fun going through each one and figuring out what each one is, and what its worth.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6130 Posts |
The holed coin in the first lot is British Ionia: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces16149.htmlThe Ionian islands were originally owned by the Venetian republic, but then transferred to France during the Napoleonic wars, then were granted to Britain as spoils in 1815. They were allowed to join the newly independent Greece in 1864. Assuming it's genuine, it might be the most valuable in the lot; without the hole it would probably be worth almost as much as the rest combined. Unfortunately, as is common with obscure rarities, catalogue value does not equate to what you could expect from ebay. Still, you did extremely well on this lot! Lots of very nice silver and some fun world coins too! |
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Moderator
 United States
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The Morgan is likely a $40 coin itself.
That's one I would like to see in greater detail, most especially the lower reverse.
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Moderator
United States
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Very nice! to the Community! |
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Rest in Peace
United States
2668 Posts |
Ya done good. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The first six coins on the right pretty much pay for the $40. The Marshall Islands 10 dollar coin is interesting. Are you sure the canadian piece is in relief and reversed?
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Rest in Peace
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Oh, you did quite well, values definitely $150-200 of coins. Some of those corroded ones may do well to soak for a few months in mineral oil and see if stuff loosen, no telling what's under some!
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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Great pickup!
The Greek coins were probably bought by someone as a holiday souvenir - back in the 1970s I remember seeing similar 'sets' of obsolete Greek coins on sale at souvenir shops in Athens.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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For the Canadian 1909 quarter can you please post larger pictures in the Canadian error forum? I was looking at that and thought the scan inverted the image. Could you also do a few simple tests and post the results:
weight of the coin, is it magnetic? This coin should be sterling silver, should be roughly 5.8g
If it is aluminum, then the weight would be way lighter, and unlikely a legit coin.
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 United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
898 Posts |
Yeah you did great. Definitely more than $40 of value there. I would find the Saddam bill cool as well. Neat stuff.
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New Member
United States
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For the Canadian 1909 quarter can you please post larger pictures in the Canadian error forum? Thanks for the advice. I opened a thread over there with better pictures: http://goccf.com/t/300196 |
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