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When I first started collecting coins as a teenager, I particularly liked my USA proof set. Out of sentiments, I have just brought a 1992 silver proof set on eBay. I am a little surprised that the older proof sets are so unloved and my cost me £14.50 + postage. Is the excessively high mintage (well over a million) the only reason for the lack of desirability? The designs are generally rather nice.
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Hope this isn't too close to the bone...
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You simply made a statement concerning the reality of things. As Diogenes said, “Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?” 😉
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Most guesses of surviving numbers are underestimated, relying to a large extent on personal experience, which is a bit hit and miss as you can't pick up everything. There is no central database of coins, so you will almost always revise numbers upwards. The only exception to this is likely to be for cases of mis-identification where one type will reduce and another increase. Patterns and proofs are a bit more quantifiable.
Additional examples from known dies can appear at any time, just as new die pairs appear on a regular basis. We only have a fraction of the story.
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@Rob I wonder if the 4-10 hypotheses is correct, because I’ve just spotted another surviving REGNA coin for sale (not listed as such) from the same obverse die?
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Never the Twain shall meet, thank goodness! We should celebrate and enjoy our differences because, unfortunately/fortunately, they can never have that party!
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Yes, but they tend to get upset when you tell them. When I pointed out to someone on CoinTalk that 'I collect coins, while you collect opinions', he got a bit miffed. Diplomacy has never been my strong point, so if someone could enlighten me on how to call a spade a spade without offending, I would like to know.
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Nothing. Coin collectors like the circular bits of metal. These other people like a square piece of plastic with an arbitrary number printed on it. Two completely different sets of people. Perhaps some enterprising individual could separate the two camps fully by just issuing bits of plastic without anything in them!! 😉
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And just before that, a 1965 MS66, and a 1966 MS66 hammered for £4,100 and £4,000 respectively...
Same bidder I think, paddle numbers looked similar.
What am I missing here?
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Picked up this rather nice one last week. The 15 leaf variety.
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Not sure if anyone is watching the coin cabinet auction, but some lunatic has just won an MS67 1967 sovereign for a hammer of £13,000...
😯
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Bargain of the year had to be this Edward III 3rd coinage penny of Reading which I bought at DNW for the same price it sold for in the Circular 40 years ago! Obviously it crept under the radar, as instead of the usual legend ending in HYB (S1555), it has the much rarer ANG (S1555A), which speaking to a person who specialises in these things, increased his recorded corpus to three examples. The legend variety wasn't noted in the 1982 listing, resulting in North announcing a new type 10 years later, so I guess others might come to light. I was quite pleased to get a full mint reading as most Reading pennies seen have a weakness somewhere and although not a thing of great beauty, it might be the best available. The North coin went to Stewartby and sold for more than twice what I paid, but is missing a section of legend on the reverse, whilst the other one is lower grade. Another mint off the list. Happy days.
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Time's flying, as nearly another year has passed since the last post.
There's been thin pickings of late with prices going silly at auction to the extent that only just over two dozen coins were added in the past 12 months including modern ****. Still, I managed to add a few decent things worthy of note including this Edward the Confessor Trefoil Quadrilateral penny of Winchcombe, which ticked a missing rare mint box with a type I didn't have. It is believed to be unique. Ex Jon Mann collection.
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Yes its definitely the same coin ,i bought it after the Auction.
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Not in the best of condition, and not cheap at $500 BIN (just over £400) but I am still pleased with this F27. The obverse scratches do not show so intrusively in natural light.
Jerry
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Thanks, and will def. give a try at the auction houses if I can still afford anything. I will post the RM Museum findings on this thread when they come back.
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I can also highly recommend Wise. I've been using it for a couple of years now and it's saved me a small fortune in conversion fees.
It effectively gives you a local bank account for whichever currency you're looking to spend. In your case rather than transferring USD from your US bank account to a UK bank (incurring a wire fee), you'd instead convert your USD to GBP, then send that GBP locally to the UK bank.
Their conversion fees are also very competitive. Makes PayPal look like a bit of a joke. Right now if you were to convert $1k USD to GBP Wise would give you £800.38 whilst PayPal would only give you £769.15.
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As far as the recipient is concerned it’s just a normal bank transfer, no extra costs to them. I’ve paid individuals and auctioneers all over the world with no issues. Accepts all the usual bank codes etc and confirms the recipient is correct before money is transferred and the low cost always surprises me. I would be expect RM to accept a bank transfer. I have never had an issue with Wise (or TransferWise, as they were originally named. The Virgin group amongst the original investors, if I remember correctly).
Jerry
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I think that a good idea, but would the RM Museum accept that payment form? I have a few others that are interesting and would like an opinion from the Museum but not worth such a high price - admittedly less per coin if sending out more coins with the traditional form.
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“sent off the coin (all figures in USD) which cost $25 to send wire which was only for $25.”
Do look into Wise.com for money transfers, a fraction of the price of bank wire transfers.
https://wise.com
And good luck!
Jerry
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At long last the RM acknowledged receipt of this coin at the museum. Dave there has been rather a champion in this.
Not to bore, but quite the saga and no wonder not many see a coin through the process of submitting coins to. the RM:
I sent off the coin (all figures in USD) which cost $25 to send wire which was only for $25. Postal fees for minor value but tracked and signed for another $42; coin got stuck in customs for nearly two weeks. Customs wanted another $25 so sent another bank wire to RM for that and the requisite $25 bank fee.
Total to send the coin in? $142 USD! The next element will be time - Dave said probably 6-8 weeks but not sure when the counting began. In the olde dayes of Graham Dyer, coins would at times be held for one or even two YEARS!!!!
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Nice story! Sentiments become stronger as one gets a bit older. I have just brought a USA silver proof set because I had enjoyed owing one as a teenager.
I can imagine Spink being very strict with grading in those days and relegate any coin with a trace of wear to EF. Nowadays it would be AU or better. Just out of interest, I have noticed that the mane of the Scottish lion is often a bit flat even on high grade examples double florins. Could it be due to strike?
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Very harsh indeed 😂
Nice acquisition 👍
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