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RE: TM Coin Club Thread - translateltd - 15-07-2022
(15-07-2022, 12:21 PM)Dean Wrote: it used to be that you could get a bargain in online auctions. Who'd have thought a bunch of obscure NZ tokens and medals in an overseas auction would fetch such a high price?
https://www.noonans.co.uk/auctions/archive/past-catalogues/645/catalogue/427338/
The silver award medal looks like M1882/25, which Tony prices at $850 awarded.  The lot would be worth the hammer price for that item alone.
RE: TM Coin Club Thread - Dean - 16-07-2022
yes it is the 1882 exhibition medal in silver. I did recognise it, but they usually don't sell for anywhere near that (you can usually divide Tony's prices by 2 to get market value!). Also a couple of nice Milner Thompson tokens, the second one not so common. I just thought I might get a bargain, it being an auction and that the only NZ lot that I noticed. But obviously there were at least 2 wealthy morons who also noticed it (yes I think I might be a bit bitter!). I'll probably get outbid on the Una too!
RE: TM Coin Club Thread - Dean - 17-07-2022
always seems to be the same pair of tossers bidding these up!
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/antiques-collectables/coins/new-zealand-decimal/collections/listing/3676982181?bof=IUf7YlFi
wonder what they intend to do with them all?
RE: TM Coin Club Thread - Dean - 17-07-2022
proof?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/225075499760?hash=item34678b92f0:g:tI4AAOSwN35i0SRT
bargain?
RE: TM Coin Club Thread - translateltd - 17-07-2022
(17-07-2022, 08:25 PM)Dean Wrote: proof?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/225075499760?hash=item34678b92f0:g:tI4AAOSwN35i0SRT
bargain?
How many 1963 proof NZ pennies were made, and how many are in private hands?  Difficult call from a photo.
RE: TM Coin Club Thread - Dean - 18-07-2022
it does look quite nice so could be a proof. Although the sellers other coins look a bit dodgy (think there might be some artificial toning going on!). Bargain price if it is a proof (maybe worth the risk?). But then maybe too good to be true?
Then there's this!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/225045382414?hash=item3465c0050e:g:nnAAAOSw-6lirbLM
just received an offer from the seller, they'll let me have it for 165USD.
RE: TM Coin Club Thread - translateltd - 18-07-2022
(18-07-2022, 08:45 AM)Dean Wrote: it does look quite nice so could be a proof. Although the sellers other coins look a bit dodgy (think there might be some artificial toning going on!). Bargain price if it is a proof (maybe worth the risk?). But then maybe too good to be true?
Then there's this!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/225045382414?hash=item3465c0050e:g:nnAAAOSw-6lirbLM
just received an offer from the seller, they'll let me have it for 165USD.
I think the frying-pan-and-chemicals combination got a bit out of hand with that one. I knew a collector in the US who reckoned he had the chemical mixtures to generate any kind of toning you'd like.  Probably long gone now, and I never thought at the time to ask him for the recipes :-)
RE: TM Coin Club Thread - Dean - 27-07-2022
don't forget to tune in for the Una auction!
RE: TM Coin Club Thread - Dean - 22-08-2022
proof??
https://auctions.mowbraycollectables.com/lots/view/1-6AZE0G/nz-predecimal-coins-florin-1935-proof-km4-light-tone-well-struck-au
RE: TM Coin Club Thread - translateltd - 25-08-2022
It's got that matte look to it, though I don't like what looks like a bag mark behind the king's eye, and some weakness/wear to the rim+rim beads just in front of the king's robe and at round 6:00 on the ref.