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Nice Newfoundland  , even better if it survived the greenies with no heavy corrosion Edited by Canacoins
07/21/2017 6:35 pm
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Once more such have turned up in the "bargain" bin - here's the latest batch, which on this occasion set me back 20¢ (US) apiece. The 1865 Newfoundland is somewhat more worn than the specimen I found last week, but still worth my time. The 1896 is quite nice, I'd say XF/AU (leaning toward the higher range) with even a few traces of original luster intact. The 1898's not bad, either, and while not quite up to the standard of the '96, still a solid XF. And I'm thrilled to have found an 1858 in any condition.   Just a note - the 1865 Newfoundland had a mintage of just 240K, versus 421K of the 1858's having been struck - yet the latter has a "book" value that's a many times that of the former. Colligo ergo sum
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07/26/2017 10:45 am
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Your "well-known" local dealers don't know squat about Canadian coins .. keep milking that cow until they get some smarts. The 1858 alone is worth $75 US in F-12.
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If you add clear large pics of the 58 and 59, I'll even ID the dies for you here..a wonderful pick up on all of them..
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Your "well-known" local dealers don't know squat about Canadian coins. I think it's that they just really don't care about such. I see the same attitude almost everywhere I go, and at shows, too. American coinage is the bread & butter for almost every dealer. With a few exceptions (like 18th & 19th century Mexican 8 reales issues, which have recently taken off), modern (as in post-1800) world coins are utterly secondary in their business model, if not regarded (to use a nautical analogy) as more or less ballast. And this certainly includes British & Canadian issues. Colligo ergo sum
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Lucky Cuss ... I don't mind the nautical terminology. I spent essentially 31 years at sea or shipyards .. something that you don't get much of down in Tuscon. Keep up the hunt and be sure to check out all the bargain bins.
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  ( Educational purpose**) Edited by Dorado
07/25/2017 9:54 pm
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If you add clear large pics of the 58 and 59, I'll even ID the dies for you here. The 1858 is..Turner OA3/RC3 with ~2.67% of the 58's coming from those dies. The 59 still has too much grunge on it for me to ID right now.. I'd just be guessing.. |
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The 1858 is..Turner OA3/RC3 with ~2.67% of the 58's coming from those dies. Thank you, I'll admit to knowing zilch on the subvarieties for these. That percentage works out to about 12K coins. Is that typical for any particular die pair? Quote:
The 59 still has too much grunge on it for me to ID right now. So...should I return it and get a refund? Colligo ergo sum
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If you want to try and figure out the die pair of the 1859 yourself, you can go to Dr. Haxby's 1859 website and try to match it up. www.vickycents.comYou might have to degrunge it enough to see if there are any die cracks or repunched letters. Matching up the stem to leaf 9 (bottom leaf) on the reverse is another good prospect to ID the reverse. The gap in the Loop above leaf 7 on the reverse is helpful to identify which reverse group your coin is in. Hope you enjoy the search! You've found some great deals. I always enjoy seeing what you find. |
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Just browsing through these coins I find myself, not for the first time, amazed at the craftsmanship of the die making in those days (almost 160 years ago).
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lucky cuss, may I ask about your camera setup? Those are great photos! I would love to get that deal of 20 cents each for those!!
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lucky cuss, may I ask about your camera setup? It's embarrassingly simple, really not a "setup" at all. I take the photos on my desk with the adjacent window as my source of natural sidelighting. The camera itself is nothing more than a Nikon Coolpix. Colligo ergo sum
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