I believe the 1935 with L 1935 B either side of the date are re-strikes. Can someone with greater knowledge confirm this for me please. Beautiful bunch of coins. vangbac.
] Just received this today. 1980 proof 1/2 Sov. 157.00. was this a good buy or to much thoughts please.
I think I can help here regarding those swiss coins ... They are called "Vreneli", named after the girl / woman on one side of the coin. Vreneli is more or less a nice way to say Verena, a female name. The coin is 900/1000, quite popular and well known around central europe. You can get 'em in every well sorted PM - Shop. They are als also still legal tender in Switzerland and "worth" the 20 Franken face value. The " 1935 L " - Version was minted from 1945 - 1947. The story here was that although the swiss mint stopped issuing the Vreneli in 1935 ( the gold price exceded the face value in Franken at that time ) the Swiss gouvernment aquired a lot of Gold from Nazi - Germany before and during the war in exchange for other goods Germany couldn't get through trade with the allies and other neutral countries anymore. After the war ended Switzerland was "criticized" and pressured a lot from other countries for acquiring that Nazi - Gold and therefore started to kind of get rid of it through issuing the Vrenelis again and selling it to the public. In the end they minted a total of about 20 million of those " 1935 L " - versions.
Not a new purchase, but a friend was over trying out her new camera (Olympus E-PL1 I think), so we threw it on the tripod and popped this under the lightbox. Normally they're in the vault but I had a new catalog book so I brought a few coins home to play with. Just standard settings I think.
Any additions guys? I love this thread I picked up something interesting... Will post pics when it arrives!
My lack of photo skills doesn't do this coin justice. The muscle tone on the animal is amazing. Pending trade, so snapping this before it goes away... [imgz=http://forums.silverstackers.com/uploads/1194_ox2.jpg][/imgz]
null now you are going to make me covet one of those coins. Does anyone know the market value of that S1 gold coin vs. the other S1 gold coins (excluding the dragon)?
Details of the 10 Marks from Prussia from the Krause catalog Basically there are 5 varieties of the 10 Marks Prussia gold coins KM# 502 10 MARK 3.9820 g., 0.9000 Gold .1152 oz. AGW Ruler: Wilhelm KM# 504 10 MARK 3.9820 g., 0.9000 Gold .1152 oz. AGW Ruler: Wilhelm I Rev: Type II KM# 514 10 MARK **** RARE TYPE 3.9820 g., 0.9000 Gold .1152 oz. AGW Ruler: Friedrich III March - June KM# 517 10 MARK **** RAREST TYPE 3.9820 g., 0.9000 Gold .1152 oz. AGW Ruler: Wilhelm II Rev: Type II KM# 520 10 MARK 3.9820 g., 0.9000 Gold .1152 oz. AGW Ruler: Wilhelm II Rev: Type III and now the mintage figures for the type above Date Mintage F VF XF Unc BU 1874A 833,000 BV 95.00 120 250 300 1874A Proof Value: 1,100 1874B 1,028,000 BV 95.00 120 250 300 1874C 321,000 BV 95.00 120 250 300 1874C Proof Value: 1,300 1875A 2,430,000 BV 95.00 120 250 300 1875B 456,000 BV 95.00 120 300 350 1875C 1,532,000 BV 95.00 120 250 300 1876B 2,800 1,000 1,600 2,200 3,000 3,500 1876B Proof Value: 10,000 1876C 27,000 500 1,200 1,600 2,500 3,000 1877A 851,000 BV 95.00 120 250 350 1877B 247,000 BV 105 120 350 450 1877C 328,000 BV 85.00 120 300 350 1878A 1,126,000 BV 85.00 110 250 300 1878B 15,000 45,000 60,000 85,000 100,000 120,000 1878C 516,000 BV 100 130 300 350 1879A 1,012,000 BV 95.00 120 225 275 1879A Proof Value: 800 1879C 282,000 BV 125 150 300 400 1880A 1,762,000 BV 85.00 120 250 325 1882A 8,382 1,500 3,200 4,500 6,500 8,500 1883A 13,000 1,200 1,800 2,400 3,000 4,500 1883A Proof Value: 10,000 1886A 14,000 1,500 2,000 3,200 5,000 6,000 1888A 189,000 BV 95.00 130 275 325 1888A Proof Value: 1,300
and I thought you said you were staying on topic? "And I don't 'always' make comments that are off topic...my apologies"
Do all gold coin purchases have to be for SHTF scenarios? Not to say they aren't, but the question still remains.
