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New Member
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I have no idea what this coin is, where its from, what its worth, etc...can anyone help me out?   *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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 You would probably get some responses on the unidentified coin or token section of this site. More people will know about non U.S. coins. |
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Its most likely German and I believe from the 1700's.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This appears to be from 1542 and it is German as the previous post said. Where did you get this from? Just saw that one sold for $300, but it was in much better shape and slabbed problem-free by PCGS. http://kittredgecollection.org/display/d1e126717Edited by robbudo
06/22/2012 9:12 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Edited by robbudo
06/22/2012 9:16 pm
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New Member
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My dad has the coin in his coin collection, and this is easily the oldest coin in there. Just thought it was interesting and decided to try to find out more about it. So, the fact that the printing is messed up makes it less valuable? Obviously, errors in modern coins make them more valuable, but this doesn't hold true for older coins?
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Pillar of the Community
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It's "messed up" because its worn,wear is what makes it less valuable.
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New Member
United States
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I'm not talking about wear. Look at the bottom of the second picture. the 'C' and 'H' in Marchion do not line up like in the pictures in the listings robbudo has linked. And it almost seems like the coin was struck off center. I'm no coin collector or expert, but I did notice these errors, if you want to call them that.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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at first I thought it was a misaligned die, which would have been fairly common (neither adding or subtracting value). However, I see the shift between C and H in Marchion, which is odd. not sure how that could even happen.
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Pillar of the Community
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robbudo
I think that the cause of the misalignment may be that the working die was struck with punch pieces rather than a single fully prepared hub.
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nealeffendi: sounds reasonable to me.
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