:help:
It is with great heartache and sadness I make this post.
A few weeks ago, Bellyflorin told me he is dieting.
I asked him, what was his last dieting wish, and he sent me a link. (posted below)
So I studied the coin, and wondered how it would make a healthy young man like Bellyflorin to want to diet.
MS66, from NGC.. well we all saw how good the 1923 1/2d was yesterday, so I thought perhaps this will cross over to PCGS...
But alas I was wrong, this was not the reason.
I look closer. The wreath, the hand, all those things we check when looking at one of these.
And I thought that was it. Finally a Gem florin to fill the hole in his collection, albeit with a small monetary sacrifice,
which would normally pay for food he so much desires.
Wrong again.
Then it hit me, this coin was struck on a cold cold Melbourne morning.
Come to think of it I should have tagged this post NSFW, for this nude rider, on his magnificent horse, was showing a LOT of nipple.
And there it was. This is no ordinary florin, but an X rated one. The holy grail for any florin collection.
I offered to help.
I said "Belly, I have about 3/7 lying around in average circulated, will this do ?"
We were a little short, which is why I post here this morning.
Here is the coin for all who might be able to help
http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=3021&lotNo=20031
If you would love to see a man get his dieting wish, we would probably need to know very soon as bidding ends this afternoon.
Belly already has his eye on a Woolies Roast Chicken, we can't let it end that way.
:yahoo:
Should be plenty of Leg Ham left from Xmas if things get really drastic. lol
:laughingneqw: Fr45h3R you crack me up , it's gone passed my budget so i have 2 chooks lined up for dinner lol
$14,100 with buyers premium,i think i need to send mine to PCGS.
Quote from: 'accumulator' pid='5821' dateline='1357434600'$14,100 with buyers premium,i think i need to send mine to PCGS.
This appears to be a specimen strike. 1/10 known (based on Bluesheet)
Quote from: 'Fr45h3R' pid='5822' dateline='1357435156'Quote from: 'accumulator' pid='5821' dateline='1357434600'$14,100 with buyers premium,i think i need to send mine to PCGS.
This appears to be a specimen strike. 1/10 known (based on Bluesheet)
Yes, it's a cracker. That nipple could put your eye out.
Yes i realise that,i have a couple of them.
Quote from: 'accumulator' pid='5825' dateline='1357437652'Yes i realise that,i have a couple of them.
What are we talking about here ?
Nipples or coins :laughingneqw:
Quote from: 'accumulator' pid='5825' dateline='1357437652'Yes i realise that,i have a couple of them.
my apologies :blush:
Quote from: 'trout' pid='5826' dateline='1357437912'Quote from: 'accumulator' pid='5825' dateline='1357437652'Yes i realise that,i have a couple of them.
What are we talking about here ?
Nipples or coins :laughingneqw:
The proof is supposed to have a 'nipple' on the chest of the rider, as I understand it , but it sounds like the specs did as well. Something along those lines. Me thinks
I'd never actually seen a prominent nipple centenary florin and I'm surprised at just how prominent it is.
I have done a compare pic with the Heritage NGC graded MS66 on the left and my PCGS MS65 on the right. I know which one I'd rather have....
Quote from: 'purplepennyhunter' pid='5851' dateline='1357456973'I have done a compare pic with the Heritage NGC graded MS66 on the left and my PCGS MS65 on the right. I know which one I'd rather have....
I don't like either of them.
I recon they should have put a sheila on that horse :good:
Quote from: 'trout' pid='5856' dateline='1357458337'Quote from: 'purplepennyhunter' pid='5851' dateline='1357456973'I have done a compare pic with the Heritage NGC graded MS66 on the left and my PCGS MS65 on the right. I know which one I'd rather have....
I don't like either of them.
I recon they should have put a sheila on that horse :good:
Ahhhhh I did mean the coin and not the guy.
Ahhhhh I did mean the coin and not the guy.
Sorry PP, I didn't mean a naked Shelia I meant a woman.
Without women in the 30's the blokes would have starved (depression and all) I would imagine then and as it is today that the women of this nation held steadfast and bore the brunt of the deprivation of the depression and pulled their men through.
THEY IMHO should have been immortalised on the 35 coin and not some naked bloke on a freaking horse.
What were they thinking with this design?
If someone had a horse that fat in the 30's they would have ate it:angel:
I have only one of these coins simply because they were minted and I have to have it to keep my florin collection complete, I have no regard for it whatsoever.
Unlike my Babies the Canberra florins and their siblings the 51 and 54 florins, I have a high regard for those.
I may be old fashioned but naked men on a horse with a handful of sparklers just doesn’t do it for me.
Simply because these are expensive doesn’t make them beautiful, It simply makes them rare because they melted so many down due to the fact that nobody wanted them.
Even in the 30’s they had taste :good:
The reverse isnt a favourite of mine but there no denying the obverse is stunning
I don't think Trout will be bidding on this then :yahoo: http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=3021&lotNo=20002
Quote from: 'purplepennyhunter' pid='5864' dateline='1357464186'Quote from: 'trout' pid='5856' dateline='1357458337'Quote from: 'purplepennyhunter' pid='5851' dateline='1357456973'I have done a compare pic with the Heritage NGC graded MS66 on the left and my PCGS MS65 on the right. I know which one I'd rather have....
I don't like either of them.
I recon they should have put a sheila on that horse :good:
Ahhhhh I did mean the coin and not the guy.
fibber!! ha ha