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Edited by oh my florin
12/18/2012 01:28 am
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Formerly nancyc
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life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Anyone want to take a guess at how much this all cost? I'll have a go and say you paid $500 for the 3 coins |
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Couldn't get the photos to work so here is a picture from the seller of the coin but the photo doesn't do it justice because it looks amazing in person.  |
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stevo I wish I did higher
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I would have wildly guessed like $2000 but that's without consulting any catalogues.
No idea where to get decent early florins either - it seems like every time I look for early florins in a dealer's stock-book there's nothing better than F (if that).
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Hey Mr T the chances of you finding them better than F is very rare at a dealer because they are more expensive and therefore end up at coin auctions much more often in the hope of getting two people to bid it out. If your looking for them you can try Downies Auctions and Status international which are two of the bigger auction houses in terms of coins. Although you just have to be careful to include buyers premium and to try and resist the urge to bid in the heat of the moment because you will end up paying heaps more than it may be worth:) By the way it is less than $2000
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12/17/2012 04:20 am
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ohh Enworb very very close but a bit to high  |
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I was going to ho $750 originally but changed to $850
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Come on so so close higher than 750 but less than 850  if you dont want to keep guessing I can just tell you if you want? Edited by oh my florin
12/17/2012 04:52 am
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Yes please! And we want pics!! Lol especially the 1910
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Hey Mr T the chances of you finding them better than F is very rare at a dealer because they are more expensive and therefore end up at coin auctions much more often in the hope of getting two people to bid it out. If your looking for them you can try Downies Auctions and Status international which are two of the bigger auction houses in terms of coins. Although you just have to be careful to include buyers premium and to try and resist the urge to bid in the heat of the moment because you will end up paying heaps more than it may be worth:) Yeah that seems to be the case unfortunately. I'd rather avoid auctions though as it all seems a little fast-paced for something like buying a coin. Still, I haven't given up hope on a dealer's expensive cabinet. Last time I was in a coin shop I saw two or three 1910 florins and a 1932 florins, all at or around VF. |
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Okay for the three I paid $790 dollars including postage and insurance. I feel like I did pretty well:)Mr T I know they can be fast paced but maybe you should try using the absentee bid sheets which allow you to put your max bid in without having to go to the auction. Photos will be up sometime tomorrow hopefully if my camera decides to work  Edited by oh my florin
12/17/2012 05:30 am
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Congrats, looking forward to the pics.!
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finally got photos although the 1925 penny didnt come out properly because it has quite dark toning but has the same amount of wear as the other coins. 1910 Florin very fine   1914H Florin very fine   1925 Penny very fine   Whats everyones oppinion? Did I do well? and gee it was like a marathon to get these pictures up didnt know how hard it was to post photos  Edited by oh my florin
12/18/2012 01:15 am
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