World Coins - Latest Acquisitions

[ausjack]

Nice lookin coin Steve :good:

[Mister T]

Added a few more coins to my Tickey (3d) collection today.
1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1942 & 1945.
Only 5 more to find now.
1955 from Rhodesia & Nyasaland and
1939, 1941, 1944 & 1946 from Southern Rhodesia.
The 1939 is a low mintage of 160,000.

Nice - I like the silver coins of Southern Rhodesia but I don't see them often.

[Triggersmob]

Nice - I like the silver coins of Southern Rhodesia but I don't see them often.

No, me neither. I have an Ebay contact in South Africa now
who is looking out for coins for me. let me know if you want
his details.

[Mister T]

No, me neither. I have an Ebay contact in South Africa now
who is looking out for coins for me. let me know if you want
his details.

Yes - please send them along.

[Triggersmob]

No, me neither. I have an Ebay contact in South Africa now
who is looking out for coins for me. let me know if you want
his details.

Yes - please send them along.

PM sent.

[spraggdean23]

Has anyone ever come across a 1965 New Zealand pre-decimal set in a case like this before? I was wondering if anyone knows if this is a ballot set or someone has just taken the coins out of a plastic blue card set and placed them in this case.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Boxed-New-Zealand-1965-Proof-Set-/272566698753?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=poFPXg7P8UyYj6qmBV7u2FgdyTI%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

[purplepennyhunter]

The box looks just like this one. I haven't seen those before but I can't say I've been taking notice either. Were they export sets -that seller is UK?
So check out the NZ coin catalogue (I have 2013) and 1965 polished proofs have a "ballot" issue of 500 sets and 1967 500 sets of "ballot" issue. My guess is that's what we see in those 2 links.

[spraggdean23]

Yes the box is very similar to the one you put a link to except it only has New Zealand printed on top rather than 1967 New Zealand Decimal Set and the velvet lining is more of a dark blue/purple colour rather than black. I thought the 500 1965 polished proof ballot set came in a red box although I am far from 100% sure. The seller was in the UK however I have no idea if it was an export set or not. The threepence also has what looks to be a planchet error. There is a chunk of missing metal on the left handside of the coin in the fields.

[spraggdean23]

Purchased this coin a little while ago. Does anyone have an opinion as to whether Pcgs will grade it?
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1964-Proof-New-Zealand-Florin-RARE-KM28-2-/162418396862?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=Md7p7bIGi9vwnUqT8jsCrzOBVW4%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

[ausjack]

Gee Dean that's a hard one as they could say it's impaired or it would probably grade low PR due to some of the marks on the obverse on here cheek and the rusty looking marks on both side but just see what other have to say :winkextra:

[markn]

Purchased this coin a little while ago. Does anyone have an opinion as to whether Pcgs will grade it?
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1964-Proof-New-Zealand-Florin-RARE-KM28-2-/162418396862?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=Md7p7bIGi9vwnUqT8jsCrzOBVW4%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

Nice.  No reason why they wouldn't.

[ausjack]

What sort of grade do you think it would get Mark, I was thinking PR62 or maybe 63..might even go 64 on a good day :winkextra:

[markn]

What sort of grade do you think it would get Mark, I was thinking PR62 or maybe 63..might even go 64 on a good day :winkextra:

PR66 (maybe 65 if the graders are miserable).  I think you'd be hard done by to not get the DC designation.  Proofs less than that are usually pretty ugly and that coin isn't ugly.  There's a couple of light handling marks on the portrait as you noted and a bit of grime but the mirrors and frosting looks beautiful.  Compare that florin with the ugly PVC affected proof crown below that was a PR64.  

[ausjack]

Thanks mate, and yes Dean's coin is far better than that one and the field are far superior :good: It's so hard to try and work PCGS and their grading out but yes that coin isn't that attractive but if it was aussie it might not make PR62.
Some of my aussie silver proofs only made PR65 and look like they should have got a better grade and same with some of my coppers but them's the breaks.

I've actually been thinking about resubmitting some of my MS silvers as they'd probably grade higher now as they're in old slabs and PCGS doesn't seem to be as hard as what they were a few years ago..still thinking on that one though.

[Triggersmob]

Just added this coin and a few more of his mates,
to complete my KM#108 (10 Pfennig) set, that's all the mints,
from 1950 to 1996. Now to work on the 5Pf.