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New Member
United States
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Is anybody familiar with this coin, I bought it as Persian but thought it was Egyptian? Also what resources are best for pricing these coins? I have several gold coins, from several countries but it really feels like gold coins are a worse investment than silver, possibly because people don't destroy enough off them?   |
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Valued Member
United States
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Egyptian 5 Qirsh 1293 yr 18. NGC has a world coin price guide I use a lot. They say their values are based on Krause. Sure beats spending $60 on a catalog. https://www.NGCcoin.com/price-guide...duid-1241514That must be tiny. .875 fine gold and only $18 in melt. Cool coin though. I love Egyptian coins. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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it really feels like gold coins are a worse investment than silver, I don't invest in coins. I collect them. That ensures I'm never disappointed by whether they appreciate or not. Stocks are a much surer bet over the long run. |
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New Member
 United States
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@Lancek Thanks! You are right it is a very small coin, in the midwest though it is possible to get very, sometimes better than melt, prices for coins because of *** Political Commentary Removed by the Staff *** @tdziemia you are probably right, however, people in monastic orders sworn to poverty are rarely interested in finding, and selling coins to coin collectors at a loss for the good that it does their soul. Oddly neither am I.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Die crack or scratch on obverse (toughra) side of coin.
Can't quite make my mind which, due to the lighting angle.
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New Member
United States
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Keep in mind that this is a very highly magnified image that was originally a 25 meg pic reduced to a 170KB. That having been said I am not entirely sure either. However, either end of the marking does not seem to get shallower. I am inclined to think that this one is a die break.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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In hand examination with very high magnification should help to decide if die break or scratch on the coin.
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New Member
United States
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Under 8x it appears to be a die break.
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Moderator
 United States
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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."
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Valued Member
United States
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I totally realize it has value way over melt. As indicated by the price guide I linked. I'd pay $100+ for one in that grade. I was just commenting on the melt value to make a comparison in size. I think of the British 1/2 Sov as a small gold coin. And that has a current melt of $187. So yours has to be around a tenth the size/weight of that.
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Posted 01/30/2020 9:12 pm
