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Valued Member
 Italy
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Thank you for your answer. You are right, the picture was taken from a catalog.
May I ask? I thought that a reasonable bid for this was about 80 euros. Do you think that it is a good offer?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Personally I wouldn't take 80 Euros for this coin with this much detail. If I were selling and EF-40 I'd expect 180-200 Euros. If you got one like this for 80 you did very well.
Provided the coin is problem free of course.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1733 Posts |
I think you need to add contrast to that picture to understand what I mean abut detail.
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Valued Member
Italy
91 Posts |
Thank you for your replies. I will make an offer. The auction ends on 1st July. I will let you know if I win this coin.
I have another question. I use as a reference book the Charlton's Canadian Coins. Is it good? Even for pricing tables?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Pricing not so good, in terms of reference it's the everyday standard. Most coins sell below what they list but not all.
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Valued Member
Italy
91 Posts |
I didn't win the auction. It was sold for 138 euros.
I brought home a 5 cents 1874. I need, if possible, some help with grading it. It is in a new topic. Thank you
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I'd say VF-30 tops, it just isn't sharp enough to be an EF.
The selling price is probably about right, assuming it isn't cleaned
or marked up with a bunch of little scratches. It's hard to get full
book value for 20 cent pieces these days, and the Euro has lost a lot
of strength against the CAD.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
650 Posts |
One of my favorite coins , there are only 116,000 not melted undervalued for sure.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1051 Posts |
MrC, there was a well researched article in the CN Journal sometime last year I believe,
which concluded the existing population may be quite a bit lower than that even.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
650 Posts |
I get CCN but don't remember seeing that article any one know the month?
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I wrote the article. It was in one of the Canadian Numismatic Journals from last fall. I just don't remember whether it was Sept, Oct., or Nov.
http://www.victoriancent.com2011 & 2025 Fred Bowman Literary Award Winner, 2020 J. Douglas Ferguson Award Winner, & 2022 Paul Fiocca Award Winner. Life Member of RCNA.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
618 Posts |
That coin has a very good strike on the reverse.
Good detail on obverse'
Charlton has a half page devoted to the grading of 1858 coins--Pagexviii-ed.63
I vote EF40-$240 us
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Rob turner's article proves the total survivor count is approx. 7300.
That equates to roughly 1 coin per 1,800 households in Canada.
This is 2009 information and all pricing should jump as the information spreads.
Never part with your treasure !!
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