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Stack's Bowers has this cool colonial item up for sale from the 3rd Sydney F. Martin sale... https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/l...ew/3-11DLEJ/A really neat Brazil 1754-B 6400 Reis that was regulated by Brasher, then reworked with a clip and new reeding added on after the fact. I'm not sure how much this will sell for ultimately but it should be well under a million dollars. With all the extra reworking on the coin I am surprised it isn't a details coin though. (I do really like the look of the custom provenance label for the Syd Martin Sales, I have a few already from previous sales). Bonus - the provenance on this coin includes the great collector Waldo Newcomer who acquired it from the B. Max Mehl sale of H.O. Granberg in 1913 for $165.00   "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1982, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC) #6202, Colonial Coin Collectors Club (C4), Conder Token Collector Club (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS), & Numismatic Bibliomania Society (NBS) Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440Edited by westcoin
03/06/2023 5:48 pm
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Not $millions, but starting at $33,000 it is not chump change.
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Not $millions, but starting at $33,000 it is not chump change. True - the last one of these sold for almost $130K https://coins.ha.com/itm/colonials/.../1326-3937.sThe last two actual Brasher coins sold for: $9,360,000.00 $2,100,000.00 Seems the average price that gold coins fro this era which he personally regulated sell for around $125,000.00+ now days. Heck even silverware and the like bring upwards of $2K to $3K per utensil. His actual coins however are way out of bounds for the mere mortal collectors, fetching multiple millions now. Even the nice Robinson copies bring over $1K now. Guess a spoon or fork is about all I can afford to actually have one of his creations. To read an older thread on this subject see this: http://goccf.com/t/388843
"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1982, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC) #6202, Colonial Coin Collectors Club (C4), Conder Token Collector Club (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS), & Numismatic Bibliomania Society (NBS) Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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Very interesting. I love these kinds of stories. Thanks for sharing. Quote:
... it should be well under a million dollars. I had to chuckle since my budget of less than $100 would qualify as being "well under a million".  Wow, ok. That Syd Martin. Very nice guy. I "stumbled" upon him when I had a St. Patrick's farthing I purchased that had been found "by a lady doing some gardening" in NJ. I hadn't a clue but after some research, I found him to be an authority and he graciously volunteered to look it over since he was doing research on them. Turns out it was only a cast lead copy from the mid-60s by Peter Rosa and the Becker Manufacturing company. He was disappointed of course but he was informative, very diplomatic, and detailed with his write-up. Words of encouragement are one of the major food groups.
We need to consume them regularly to thrive and grow.
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Great story on Syd Petespockets55! Love to read about collectors, and though I never met Syd he seemed like a fantastic guy, very generous with his time from everything I've read and heard on him. I got into colonial coinage mainly through reading about St. Patrick farthings, and of course finding out about Syd that way. My interests branched off to all things colonial very quickly and my book collection too. I can't really afford many of the early American coinage I'd like to collect today, though with the colonials it's a bit more affordable, and from that lead me down the path to pre American coinage to British Conder Tokens, which are quite affordable even today and in higher grades.
I have Syd's colonial book set, which includes the St. Patrick Farthing, a great reference book to have in any numismatic library. I'd love to someday own a real St. Patrick farthing!
"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1982, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC) #6202, Colonial Coin Collectors Club (C4), Conder Token Collector Club (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS), & Numismatic Bibliomania Society (NBS) Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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Here is the Syd F. Martin collection PCGS provenance label if you haven't seen one before...  Note the cert label ID is on the back, though on the Stack's Bowers site it is covered up by the S/B Logo they put on all their auction slabs on their website. My two Rosa Americana coins I purchased from a previous Syd F. Martin auction is exactly the same, but the reverse has the coin ID/Serial number and barcode in a very small font. "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1982, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC) #6202, Colonial Coin Collectors Club (C4), Conder Token Collector Club (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS), & Numismatic Bibliomania Society (NBS) Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440Edited by westcoin
03/07/2023 01:19 am
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Enjoyable read @Westcoin - thanks for sharing.  Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.artToo many hobbies .... too much work .... not enough time. |
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kbbpll: I'll guess somewhere around $200k this time. Not too far off it ended up selling for $168,000.00 Well under a million dollars too! 
"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1982, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC) #6202, Colonial Coin Collectors Club (C4), Conder Token Collector Club (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS), & Numismatic Bibliomania Society (NBS) Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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