Maundy coins

trout · July 12, 2015, 09:21:40 PM

Quote from: 'oh my florin' pid='75534' dateline='1436700676'Nice trout. The Maundy coins seem to be very beautifully toned in general (due to the velvet bag or box they are kept in?) Otherwise keep an eye out at Heritage and you can find some really nicely toned coins in general.

Those velvet lined boxes can be Buggers to coins , remember what they did to the 1966 proof sets and everyone just had to dig them out every now and then with their fingernails and grotty fingers :dash1:
The Maundy sets seem to fare better , I think because they are so small and light that there seems to be less friction rub problems with them and being so delicate most people were afraid to handle them.
I have bought a couple of "blast white" sets that I now fear have been dipped in the past and they fade away into the shadows when put up against a naturally toned fully lustrous coin :yahoo:
In reality these are a purely NCLT/Grannybait coin But they were one of the first to be produced by the Brits (as far as I am aware) and they are exquisite with a real sense of history about them.
Yes I am "Smitten" by them But hay that's collecting for ya

trout · July 17, 2015, 09:36:49 AM

I just received another 1905 set, Nice coins but I'm a little concerned at the lack of toning on these.
I bought them mainly to get a 3d coin for my other 1905 set that didn't grade.

1d

2d

3d

4d

trout · October 10, 2015, 10:09:31 PM

I just picked this 1905 set from the Post office (Mrs Trout Picked it up for Me).
Really darkly toned but the lustre is glorious , I even got the ratty old box the coins had been stored in.

ausjack · October 10, 2015, 10:14:57 PM

:drooling: very very nice, your getting a few little maundy's now mate :good:

trout · October 10, 2015, 10:25:30 PM

I have a 1906 set on its way from Greece and should be here next week some time :good:
I also have two sets awaiting grades at PCGS, another 1905 set and a 1883 set.
These have been there since 25/8/15 and I should get the results shortly (I hope)

ausjack · October 11, 2015, 07:54:43 AM

Nice one mate, interesting to see what grades you get

trout · October 15, 2015, 06:29:40 PM

I just picked up a 1906 set from the post office and they are "On Par" with the 01, 02 sets I got earlier this year

I will post images when I get home :ok:

trout · October 15, 2015, 10:50:51 PM

Here are the images as promised.
I am having problems looking through my viewfinder with this blocked up head of mine that's why these are not up to my usual standard.
These have amazing lustre and on a bad day at PCGS they will grade at PL66 :ok:

Unicorn · October 16, 2015, 09:07:15 AM

Very nice Troutski!

The first pics are a bit fuzzy but the last ones are good photos. (Well to me at least).

Hope the head clears up soon.

Cougar · October 16, 2015, 09:49:40 AM

These are very interesting. I have to be honest that I didn't know anything about these really so I spent some of last night reading up on them and searching for some for sale. Amazing how reasonably priced some coins from the 1600's are. Its a nice collection you are growing.

trout · October 16, 2015, 10:46:00 AM

Quote from: 'Cougar' pid='80729' dateline='1444951180'These are very interesting. I have to be honest that I didn't know anything about these really so I spent some of last night reading up on them and searching for some for sale. Amazing how reasonably priced some coins from the 1600's are. Its a nice collection you are growing.

For what they are and the tiny mintages, they are surprisingly affordable :good:
But like any other coin the GOOD ones are pretty tough to find.
If you are thinking about going into these stay away from the AT offerings mainly from the US and most of the really darkly toned coins .
Also if the coins are Blast white , they have probably been dipped .
You CAN find nice coins in the darkly toned and blast white ones but to be on the safe side look for the coins with a "Pastel" tone without surface hits/marks :ok:

Cougar · October 16, 2015, 09:23:20 PM

I agree that they are an affordable collection and you have given us some wonderful examples of them but I don't see myself getting them.

Who knows what next year holds though..

trout · October 28, 2015, 07:56:47 PM

These graded ok.

1883 1d PL65, 2 graded higher at PL66

1883 2d PL65 equal highest graded

1883 3d PL62 equal highest graded

18834d PL64 3 graded higher at PL65

QuoteI just received another 1905 set, Nice coins but I'm a little concerned at the lack of toning on these.
I bought them mainly to get a 3d coin for my other 1905 set that didn't grade.

I bought these from a well known dealer graded Ch Unc , 3 went Unc Details (Cleaned) and one went AU Details (cleaned).
I must have had my beer glasses on when I sorted these to send to PCGS :dash1:
I put my faith in the dealers grades thinking they knew better than me and ignored what was in front of me.
I won't do that again :angel:

robbiegal · October 29, 2015, 05:35:22 PM

well looks like you have got yourself another nice set today as well.
hum wonder who the well known dealer is?

trout · October 30, 2015, 12:33:28 AM

Quote from: 'robbiegal' pid='81173' dateline='1446102322'well looks like you have got yourself another nice set today as well.
hum wonder who the well known dealer is?

Yes that set of Mark looks rather nice

I would rather Not say who i got the cleaned set from as I haven't had a problem before
with these people and I will give them the benefit of the doubt that they just made a mistake
with these.
I will see what happens when I send them back for a refund :ok: