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Edited by orgoglioso
12/29/2019 6:38 pm
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"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Thank you for the information Spence!,I was told that the signature was something of a rarity on this thaler. Sorry for my bad english. It weighs 29,8 gram.
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Spence, do you know what grade my Thaler is?
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@orgoglioso, don't worry about your English--it's way better than my Italian.
You coin is a little heavy, but maybe still ok. I'm always a little concerned about fakes. Did you pick this piece up from a reputable numismatic dealer?
According to the numista page, there were approximately 1000 of these made with the engraver's signature and another 3000 made without it. I agree with you that this would be a rarity.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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The weight is ok, I think. The edge should have the text GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO, can you please confirm that it does? From the pictures it looks genuine. If it is, then it is a real gem you have here. It would be nice to see the other side. I don't want try to grade it, other than say that it looks to be in very good condition. A coin like this was sold at an auction two years ago: https://www.biddr.ch/auctions/theco...215&l=200616 |
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thank you for the information Erafjel!. The edge of the coin has letters written in latin with something along the lines GLORIA IN EXCELSIS Deo, I also updated the post with more pictures of the coin above.
Edited by orgoglioso
12/29/2019 6:47 pm
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Thank you for the information Spence. I bought this awhile back from a private collector, who is allways buying from reputable dealer, So I do not really know much about how we aquaired the coin. But I had a contract insuring if I could prove that the coin was not correct or genuine in anyway I would get my money back. But I am quite certain that the coin is genuine, I also have a old peice of paper from the 70s that mentions this exact coin because it was sold there at an numismatic shop, Which the collector got when he puchased the coin. So now I am in posetion of this document because I bought the coin. While I'm in Sweden during the newyear I will aquire more thalers at various numismatic shops
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12/29/2019 6:59 pm
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Would be nice to see the edge and reverse. I have the unsigned version of this coin.
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Just saw the new pictures. Looks authentic to me. Beautiful coin, congrats.
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 On the grade... the NGC census says that they have only graded one coin with the signature (at AU58), and 10 without. I could not find examples in a web search with an NGC or PCGS grade. But @erafjel provided a link for a coin like yours graded by the (British) seller as EF, and here is a link to a recent auction sale in Sweden for a coin without signature, which in my opinion is in comparable grade to yours (there were three of these in the same auction, which may help) https://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotv...45d089347e5f |
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OP please send this to NGC to get graded/authenticated please!
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