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Edited by Zohar444
06/26/2008 10:52 pm
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Zohar444- nice one! Well, that is a good question since Krause doesn't give a price for that coin in a condition above "unc," which is $15. I would imagine that while many of those coins exist in better grades due to high mintages and hoarding during and after WWI due to hyper inflation, there are probably very few in that nice of a grade. So it is probably worth a nice amount.
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Thank you sir. I paid $40 (incl shipping) without having the KM in front of me. Intuitively seemed like a reasonable deal.
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Zohar444- not a bad deal at all! DO you have any pics of the reverse that you can share with us?
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Figured it out, uploaded images.
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Zohar444- ah very nice one! Thanks for sharing. I have always felt that these are very underrated and valued coins. Are you a collector of this series or are you just starting to be one?
Edited by Archraz
06/26/2008 10:57 pm
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I am a collector of German/Austrian Talers primarily, yet could not resist this one... may start the series colletion - what do you focus on?
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Zohar444- I love coins of the world in general, though I must admit that I do tend to focus on European and Japanese coins. But my true favorite are colonial Spanish 8 Reales. Talers are very nice too. I just got into german coins a couple of years ago. There is just so much to collect from that neck of the woods!
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Spanish Reales are as nice as any Taler. The challenge is quality. I have refocused the collection selling off lower grade coins for fewer higher end. Its always tempting to start a new angle to the collection.
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Zohar444- I totally agree that 8s and Talers are in the same class of coin. I can really understand wanted to go for quality over quantity. But it can be hard to find 8s and Talers that are of higher grade and if you can, you need to take out a loan to get one. I feel that I am young enough so that I can keep collecting anything that really allures me now and worry about upgrading later.
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Yeah, the 2005 Jaeger says its worth (in this condition) 12,00EUR, so whats that, just under US$19? The Franquinet 2008 Katalog is asking 13,00EUR for a Prfr 1915D (about US$20.50); only the PP (Polished plate - ie Proofs) values any higher than that. So I guess it depends on how much you value the slabbing at.
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Zaggy- really, it is only worth that much? That is odd that the difference between "unc" (which could be any form of uncirculated) and MS65 is only a couple of bucks. I still think that Zohar444 didn't do that badly.
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Guys - no offense :) I enjoy the hunt, and as mentioned did not use the catalog as a value mechanism. The coin looks GEM and I respect this grading service. Indeed I may have overpaid, which means I will skip my next good lunch :) Cheers.
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Archaz - Seems that way from the Katalogs here, BUT that is in Germany. One would expect to pay higher when you consider the coin has been exported and slabbed and to be blunt, is a real nice example. That said, Franquinet (who tends to target the higher end of the market)is putting EUR13,00 on a Prfr (I beleive that grade directly translates to, 'Mint-Fresh' - sounds like a lolly!) example... That said, the other alternative is to contact a European Coin service/reseller... again, https://www.Franquinet.de would be a good place to start! |
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Nice one! I've always enjoyed the wide variety and rich heritage of German coins. I use MA-Shops to comparison shop since they have several German dealers competing against each other: http://www.ma-shops.us/ |
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Snowman: youre right about the variety and heritage! German coins as a subject is really quite facinating as well as incredibly diverse! And thats just post 1871! When you throw in the ab 1871 German States issues, suddenly the scope expands again about 1000% and goes right back to the Holy Roman Empire!
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