Gold coins

[scottishmoney]

Isn't it kind of cool with Louis XIV that you can get coins and watch him grow up, get fat, get old and near croak stage all on his coins.

And you wonder, how was it that this particular coin got socked away and never circulated?

[Paint Your Wagon]

Those that were not melted down under the first revolution seem to have survived in XF or better
Apart from a few where somebody thought it necessary to polish or clean or bezelmount the coin

I can only guess these coins were excess wealth and silver coins covered daily ,weekly and monthly expenses till the revolution when they had to go underground

[KurtS]

Very nice piece of history, and pretty fun to consider the journey it must have taken. 

[scottishmoney]

Gold is really one of the best values for numismatic collecting, yesterday I got a BU 1908 $20 for melt + 5%, today I got two Canadian $20's from 1967 for 75% of melt.

[Paint Your Wagon]

In the future price swings of 75$ a day are going to be seen more often

[scottishmoney]

Back to the favourite thread herein:



Liz X 2 joined the harem.  A good buy indeed for the parsimonious Scot he would offer, since he brought Liz X 2 into his personal harem for a mere 75% of melt.  Whence these coins were minted in 1967 they were approximately at par with melt value vs. face value.  Which explains why these coins have .5288 oz fine gold content.  They were particularly popular with collectors in the USA, kind of a forbidden fruit and the US Customs stepped up procedure during 1967-8 to thwart efforts for these coins trying to seek asylum with USA collectors whom were forbidden of course to own such pecuniary objects of the noble metal.

[Paint Your Wagon]

Hey Scottish you made me sweat for a minute cause I misunderstood and ran to Krause to see they are 0.900 pure
I misunderstood you saying they were 0.52 pure .
I had a rough day cause one of my banks is in trouble

[scottishmoney]

Yeah, I understand about troubled banks, I spent a better part of a morning depleting my account in an institution that is on the brink into one not quite so.   It was an exercise in near futility.  Believe me, banks don't like losing accounts these days.

[Paint Your Wagon]

Yeah, I understand about troubled banks, I spent a better part of a morning depleting my account in an institution that is on the brink into one not quite so.   It was an exercise in near futility.  Believe me, banks don't like losing accounts these days.

Well this/my bank has a long history of telling people to eff off
Only a few years ago when I complained my Echo Bay disappeared for three months before reappearing as Kinross ( and they were electronic deposits) they basically said to me to get lost and thank you for complaining and glad to be of survice . Now they are whining my pension fund has disappeared to other banks as fast as it got in . They lost 20% in share value today trading at 5.2 Euro down from 38 . On monday I have still to transfer the contents of my banksafe and adios amigos it is .
The prime minister of Belgium said on Crapvision he is guaranteeing all depositors  He is interim cause we cannot get a government cause the flemish are still paying 1000 euro plus a year for the walloons and we are fed up after 178 years of exploitation

[scottishmoney]

The prime minister of Belgium said on Crapvision he is guaranteeing all depositors 

I believe the FDIC can definitely insure all depositors without nary a penny being lost.  I also believe in little green men from Mars occupy Area 51, and that Elvis and Marilyn are alive and well in the mountains of Colorado.  I also believe there were WMD's in Iraq and that the trillions of dollars that will have been sunk down that infernal sinkhole were well worth it.

"Doubting me", I am afraid

[Paint Your Wagon]

In Gold I thrust 

The rest have to be screened and earn my confidence which is getting more difficult by the day

[scottishmoney]

In Ukrainian we say:

У Золоті Ми Довіряємо, Все Інші не Гідні !


Which is to say, In gold we give trust, all others not worth it.

[Paint Your Wagon]

Before the American stock market opens and crashes I just had the time to scan this lovely Isabella II in MS63
Would be a lot higher if the obverse was as good as the reverse

First time I saw this coin and I got it for 19% over melt 100 reales

[Paint Your Wagon]

100 Reales

[Paint Your Wagon]

A fantastic looking coin. You've found a winner in this one, I'm sure.

Thank you
The vendor was of the type that sells everything . He was flemish and did not know what he was selling .
Coins in XF go for 50% over melt in Spain I saw . They normally are not to be found on any of the ebays I frequent being germany, france, belgium, and austria
For reasons of problems I avoid spain and italy and UK