| Author |
 Replies: 20 / Views: 5,832 |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
4868 Posts |
I am considering doing Edward VII and George V Newfoundland 50 cent coins. Looks fairly easy to assemble price wise.
I have always wondered though, were Newfoundland coins legal tender in Canada and vice versa?
|
|
|
|
Pillar of the Community
Canada
3049 Posts |
Were you going to try to get them in the same condition as your other 50 cent set... b/c those are all UNC's it's very hard to get newfie coins in UNC.. the price point is pretty steep.
I have only done a limited amount of reading on the subject of Newf coins. but if I remember correctly the maritime coinage acted like an intermediary between the UK and US economies. So I believe that they were circulated but may have been circulated a bit more on the east coast of U.S.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
 United States
4868 Posts |
Nope, can't afford to do that. Just some nice circulated grades. Don't have a particular grade in mind but it has to at least look good to me for their age. Looking at my Charlton it seems like a lack of continuity for those.
Edited by TheForce
10/31/2017 05:18 am
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
I have a 20 or so Canadian provincial (including 50 Cents), coins and tokens, but they are a little scarce to come by in Australia.
So I just sit back and look at other members coins and posts.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
4868 Posts |
This AM I purchased 2 Newfoundland 50 cent pieces at $13.25 USD each... 1904H and 1907.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
Canada
3733 Posts |
yes a very doable series, I am sure you with be pleased with them..enjoy the hunt..
|
|
Pillar of the Community
Canada
5324 Posts |
I was told early in my stamp and coin collecting years, the only thing rarer than the mintage of many of the Newfoundland issues are Newfoundland collectors, but enjoy some are quite rare
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
4868 Posts |
Got my 2 Newfoundland coins today. I like them!
|
|
Pillar of the Community
 United States
1949 Posts |
Collecting Newfoundland pieces in circ grades is quite affordable, they are generally very scarce in nice UNC grades...
|
|
Valued Member
Canada
324 Posts |
One might think the NFLD coins would be worth more considering their low mintages but since the collector market is limited they seem to still be quite affordable (in circulated condition).
|
|
Pillar of the Community
 Canada
5394 Posts |
If there are 20 Collectors and 50 available Coins for a rare issue there is NO demand. Sort of describes the Newfy Coin Market. Being of Newfoundland Heritage I have a soft spot for the Coinage myself and have handled at least one of each of the entire Coinage series and most of the Bank notes in my dealer career . This includes two wonderful collections that had numerous finest graded pieces . All I can say the similar rarity if it were let's say USA or Australia the coins would have brought MOON MONEY! The fact they were coins of Newfoundland made them extremely difficult to sell for proper money . Indeed one of the Newfoundland collections we handled took four months for us to get paid.
Tread carefully when buying Newfy heavy hitters as they can be extremely difficult to resell down the road.
To finish there is a positive in the Newfoundland coin market right now ...... Newfoundland 2 Dollar Gold are Red hot right now. The demand is being spurred by investors NOT coin collectors.
|
|
Moderator
Canada
10458 Posts |
I collect NFLD 1c strikes (large and small cents)... it is relatively easy to build a date set in circulated grades, but trying to get some high grades, it is a different animal...
Sort of reminds me of golf - easy to learn, difficult to master...
"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
4868 Posts |
I am totally fine with circulated grades for these. The series would otherwise be unobtainable for me. I do love the crazy low mintages.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
4868 Posts |
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
Canada
10743 Posts |
Ahh...Newfoundland coins, I love em...  We have completed all the sets of Newfies-- sans about 4 coins, I go crazy when I see Newfoundland coins for sale we have lots of extras because we try to buy everything..  Forgot to mention, no gold though..  Edited by SHAFTA9a
11/08/2017 07:26 am
|
|
Moderator
Canada
10458 Posts |
The set I am working on... https://www.PCGS.com/setregistry/no...meset/117576I am not trying to be competitive with this set, and it is a lower priority than my errors and other coin sets. II just want completion with good coins, when I have the spare cash... "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
|
| |
Replies: 20 / Views: 5,832 |
Posted 10/30/2017 10:48 pm
