Gary1000 Posted November 27, 2014 Posted November 27, 2014 My dream coin would be the rocking horse crown in gold. It's the one in my 20th centry run of crowns that is just not going to happen. Quote
jaggy Posted November 27, 2014 Posted November 27, 2014 From the same sale. WOW ... for this and the other one. Quote
Peckris Posted November 27, 2014 Posted November 27, 2014 How much was that rob ?>If you can ask that, you can't afford it Quote
Rob Posted November 27, 2014 Posted November 27, 2014 The Gothic was Y44m and the 1935 crown Y3m. You will have to work it out in £. The date was 22/11/2008 at the 20th Ginza sale in Tokyo. Quote
Nick Posted November 27, 2014 Posted November 27, 2014 The numbers work out at approximately £305,000 and £20,700 respectively. Quote
Rob Posted November 27, 2014 Posted November 27, 2014 (edited) Plus premium, but I don't know what percentage it was. The figure of £336K all in rings a bell though - so presumably 10%. Edited November 27, 2014 by Rob Quote
Paulus Posted November 27, 2014 Posted November 27, 2014 That's a bit more like what I would have expected! What is the record price paid for a British coin, anyone know? Quote
damian1986 Posted November 28, 2014 Posted November 28, 2014 That's a bit more like what I would have expected! What is the record price paid for a British coin, anyone know?The Edward VIII sovereign from earlier this year? £516,000 all in. For silver there was the reddite crown that sold at Spink earlier this year for £396,000 total. There's my pick for the dream coin.In terms of dream coins that aren't wholly inconceivable purchases the Oxford crowns and pounds of Charles I and then you could just close your eyes and point to anything in the Emery May Norweb collection of Anglo-Saxon coins (SCBI 16) and that'd do. 1 Quote
Rob Posted November 28, 2014 Posted November 28, 2014 That's a bit more like what I would have expected! What is the record price paid for a British coin, anyone know?The Edward VIII sovereign from earlier this year? £516,000 all in. The Edward VIII was lot 949 in Tokyo. That made Y29m hammer. Quote
Gary1000 Posted November 28, 2014 Posted November 28, 2014 From the same sale. Yes I think I'll order myself one from China as a gap filler. Quote
Coinery Posted November 28, 2014 Posted November 28, 2014 An E1 groat (not ex mount) nice VFI can't recall ever seeing an ex-mount groat?That seems a lowly dream coin for your usual quality taste in coins? Quote
Nicholas Posted November 28, 2014 Posted November 28, 2014 (edited) Perhaps let's say I have eclectic taste. Alright alrightAn E3 double leopard ... found by me with a metal detector Edited November 28, 2014 by Nicholas Quote
Coinery Posted November 28, 2014 Posted November 28, 2014 Perhaps let's say I have eclectic taste. Alright alrightAn E3 double leopard ... found by me with a metal detector Quote
Rob Posted November 28, 2014 Posted November 28, 2014 An E1 groat (not ex mount) nice VFI can't recall ever seeing an ex-mount groat?That seems a lowly dream coin for your usual quality taste in coins?Most of them have been gilded or mounted in the past. VF is a high enough aspiration. Quote
Coinery Posted November 28, 2014 Posted November 28, 2014 An E1 groat (not ex mount) nice VFI can't recall ever seeing an ex-mount groat?That seems a lowly dream coin for your usual quality taste in coins? Most of them have been gilded or mounted in the past. VF is a high enough aspiration.Why would most of them be guilded or mounted? It's certainly not what I'm seeing.I could understand it if it were 6ds, as these have clearly been holed and presumeably worn by later generations. And pennies, of course, for guilding! Quote
Coinery Posted November 28, 2014 Posted November 28, 2014 VF isn't a really difficult grade for an E1 groat, either! Certainly not in the context of the sort of coins Nicholas generally buys. Quote
Rob Posted November 28, 2014 Posted November 28, 2014 VF isn't a really difficult grade for an E1 groat, either! Certainly not in the context of the sort of coins Nicholas generally buys.Now the groat has dropped. Nicholas and I are talking about Edward 1, not Elizabeth 1. When he said E1, I automatically knew what he was talking about and didn't even stop to consider E1 as they are quite common and not so desirable. You're too Tudor-centric Stuart. Quote
Coinery Posted November 28, 2014 Posted November 28, 2014 Doh! Makes sense, now! I thought an Elizabeth I groat was a low stab at the numismatic bag! Quote
Nicholas Posted November 28, 2014 Posted November 28, 2014 Yes Rob! Edward I Groat. Very rare on the auction scene. And almost never VF or better... Quote
Bronze & Copper Collector Posted November 28, 2014 Posted November 28, 2014 1952 Penny My birth year... Yay!""""" Quote
Peckris Posted November 29, 2014 Posted November 29, 2014 1952 Penny My birth year... Yay!"""""Me too!! Fight you for it... Quote
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