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09/06/2008 12:48 pm
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I am going to run to the book store to see what I can find. I am also trying to figure out how to make a gallery so hopefully I will be able to load up all the pictures onto there. Would some of these coins be worth getting graded from a TPG? |
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The Germans publish a 1871+ listing with prices in some magazine too. But still, you have older coins as well.. If I had the opportunity, I would have the German silvers graded (what would also mean authenticating them). These aren't common German coins so copies might exist. I would want to be sure. .. unless of course they were bought from a 100% sure, known, widely respected dealer/auction house etc. then it's not absolutely necessary, but still you could get them graded  They don't seem to have problems and the details look sharp. Edited by DL20K
09/06/2008 1:05 pm
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I tend to think the chief value of sending coins to a TPG is for resale of US coins where the market pays a substantial premium for them slabbed. Otherwise, there's no real added value there, especially since US TPGs do not grade non-US coins well--I've seen them make mistakes even for Canadian coins. I would only guess that experienced collectors of world coins know enough about particular coins as to make TPG grading a non-issue for the most part. (Unless D20K knows better here) While I cannot say with any real certainty, the coins you have here look genuine with original patina...the surfaces are as much a confirmation as the details.  |
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Well - here, graded coins do receive a premium when they're slabbed and therefore deemed to be genuine. (Unless they're "graded" by EEC/GCN ) In the US, it might be different, and about that I can say nothing. |
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Great set of coins ya got there. Know of any more for the rest of us  |
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I just got back from the book store where I found a huge book of world coins I looked at it but didn't buy because it was 60$! It listed the Hesse Darmstadt being struck in a regular version and a proof version where the proof version has a matte finish on the obverse and a reflective shiny proof finish on the back, with a mintage of about 2,250. Could the two coins I have be the proof versions? The reverses sure do scream at me and the obverse looks real mattey!
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The other large copper coin big nearly the size of a half dollar. I think it may be French. Yes you are right. It is a 1792-A 2 sol piece of Louis XVI, the King of France who was beheaded in the French Revolution. |
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I just found out that Lousiville Kentucky is named after him! Thanks for the info
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Here is another one that I cant seem to locate info on. It is the size of a quarter but very very thin like a worn down AG-3 Barber dime. It is obviously holed but if you look at the top of the reverse it has a round hole that does not protrude through to the other side there is dirt in it as well.   |
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Hi, I guess nobody has given an ID?
I don't know the exact coin, but it's from Austro-Hungary.
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Austria/Hungary - Maria Theresa - 1780 silver 10 kreuzer.
There is a C-A by the eagle, can anyone check what it means? Usually there is only one letter for a mintmark on Austrian coins.
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The more I study this coin it looks to be an over stamp of some sort, is that possible? Also is that a counter stamp up near the top crown on the reverse? As you can see it does not fully protrude through to the obverse, but it looks to be full of dirt so I can't quite tell if there is a mark in their.
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There is a C-A by the eagle, can anyone check what it means? Usually there is only one letter for a mintmark on Austrian coins.
There are a few (very few) Austrian-Hungarian mint marks with more than one letter, e.g. Kremnica had KB for a while. In this case, however, the "CA" could be the initials of the mintmaster and the Wardein (guardian?) in Vienna, Johann von Cronberg and Franz Aicherau. On some coins (Maria Theresia Thaler) you see IC-FA, on some others it's C-A methinks ... Christian |
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 with KurtS. No reason to get them slabbed unless you plan to sell. If you think any are extremely rare, I might do them. I'll have to check but there is a man in Germany who would authenticate them. Got his e-mail address around somewhere. |
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