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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1610 Posts |
I bought this for $12 on the Bay, was it a good buy?   |
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Valued Member
Canada
258 Posts |
Well it seems to be a good buy. Looks like silver.
What's written beside Helvetia?
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
1610 Posts |
A.ROVY (designer) and INC!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
539 Posts |
I think it is BOVY isn't it
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1610 Posts |
Oh, yeah it is thanks...(-:
The melt is around $7.50.
At VF it's around $45, but this looks F12-15, so I don't know if it's a good buy.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2875 Posts |
I think it's probably about it's money. I like Swiss coins and hang on to any nice examples I get. However, because their coins have had little variety over the past 150 odd years - condition is really the thing that gets the collectors excited. That said - any 19th century silver is worth considering.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10045 Posts |
It's first year for its type, which may account for the value given in Krause. Values tend to be higher than Krause for the domestic collector market too. No doubt, a coin shop in Swtizerland would charge more than $12.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
507 Posts |
I think it's an OK buy. Part of the decision is: Why did you buy it? If it's part of your world silver coin collection, or old silver coin collection, or swiss type set, or similar, then you did great. If your goal was to buy a cheap silver coin for melt and flip it to a silver accumulator that doesn't care about numismatics, you could've done better. I like it.  -wheatiefan |
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Valued Member
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Hey, in my opinion a very good price
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Pillar of the Community
United States
539 Posts |
I'm with wheatie on this one. For me it would be about the acquistion goal. if I needed it for my collection, than I would be very happy with that price.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1610 Posts |
I'm just interested in it that it's a great old piece, one of my only first year designs, and I've got about 10 Swiss coins and would look great with them. I didn't buy it cause it's silver, it's a really interesting piece. I'm OK with it being within it's buy price. Thanks a lot, guys!
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Pillar of the Community
Serbia (Srbija)
576 Posts |
Nice coin, in my opinion you got your self a great deal.
Even in Serbian market this coin can reach 10-15 Euro retail, I assume that in USA it can reach even more than that.
Its amazing how swiss use that same design for their coins today.
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