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My latest purchase for my World gold coin and medal collection: Mint Year: 1928 Condition: Proof Engraver: J. Bernhart. Material: Gold (.750) ASW 0.171 Oz Diameter: 23mm Weight: 6.48gm I was wondering if anyone had a mintage figure for these? Chris your in Germany do you know of any reference material for these? The seller mentioned Reference: Bruce: X6.???

I am with Rob as well, even though its not a good picture it appears to be TB, TB both sides.

Thanks azda. I think its mentioned in Krause but there is no mintage given.

My only concern would be is it genuine? It looks good but the toning doesn't look quite right to me, although this could be the picture. With the recent amount of better copies coming out of China I would be cautious. Do you have a set of digital scales? have you weighed it? If it is genuine the unnamed dealers offer was a joke.

Thanks for the link azda. I don't collect German coins or medals specifically, I collect world gold coins and medals. I just really liked the look of the Von Hindenburg medal. Could you post a picture of it for me on that forum asking if anyone knows the mintage for these? As for the Krause DVD's and CD's I think there will be a few pirate copies out there but I was also told that you can download the originals to your hard drive and then you don't need to use the discs. If this is true I can see why some might sell them. The only problem I can think of is if your computer gets knackered and you need to format the hard drive you will loose the information.

Thanks Chris. I think its mentioned in Krause but no mintage figures given.

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My thoughts as well. If it was intentional it certainly seems to have worked as most of the public are checking their change and I'm sure it has laid the paving stones for new collectors. As for errors I guess I like them because they are interesting. Each one tells a story and even though they aren't perfect that's the whole point. You can easily pick up say a standard bun head penny's but to find say a brockage one is a little harder as they shouldn't have made it out of the mint. Why do people collect varieties? It's might be to complete a type set granted but its also the thrill of the hunt and to own something most other collectors don't have. They are also a great talking point when showed to others. With the likes of brockages if you like the design of a certain side of a coin you get two for your money

I used to but sold of most of my errors to fund my world gold collection. Below is the part of my website I wrote in regards to error coins which some might find of interest: http://www.coinsgb.com/Error_Coins/Error_coins.html

I can honestly put my hand on heart and say I've made more money selling coins then I've lost and I truly believe if I sold my collection I would make a profit, but I always try and buy coins with nice eye appeal and tend to stay away from problem coins. I am quite picky when it comes to buying in both quality and price (although there is the odd occasion when I really want a coin and my heart wins over my head). If you have been collecting for a while and you've seen the good the bad and the ugly and you choose coins that look nice to you the chances are when you come to sell them they will also appeal to others and thus will be easier to sell and perhaps will obtain a better price. I agree with with Chingford in that the easiest way to make money in coins is to find a rare variety but that is hard to do on internet as someone else has probably spotted it and if its on an auction site it will most likely be bided up. Although I've had a couple of nice finds they are few and far in between so if you are in it for purely the "investment" you could be out of luck. I think its safe to say that most of us (or our nearest and dearest) would like to make some money when the time comes to pass our coins onto new collectors, after all the coins will still be here when were gone. It all depends how long a time frame you want to make the money in. If you buy a coin and sell it after a long time ie 20 years chances are you will sell it for more then you purchased it but will it have made a good return on your money? Typically higher grade coins or rarer varieties (as long as more aren't discovered, you don't pay over the odds in the first place, or they fall out of favour) tend to do better as a form of investment. If you want to make money over a short period of time then you have your work cut out for you. To do this you obviously need to buy low and sell higher, which is harder then it sound (have you ever watched Bargain Hunt ). Dealers know their market, know how much they can pay for a coin and have an idea of how quick they can sell it and for how much but that is also why they usually have to pay below book price when buying, so the successful ones tend to do well over shorter term "investments". The "investors" that will make the big money or that stand the biggest chance of making money are the ones that spend big and buy the best. The "Millennia Collection" auction comes to mind. Like most things since there is money to be made in coins you will get people that don't know much about them wanting to invest and like anything else some will make money and some will loose. I remember a while back noticing an advert for Noble Investments (UK) in Coin News offering to help guide new collectors with their purchases and assist investors which I believe they still do. I guess there are three types of collectors. The investors. The people that collect for fun. The higher end collectors or combination of the above two. I think most of us will start of as the fun collector. Over time you will spend more and more money and try to buy better and better coins for your sets or collection type and sooner or latter whether you like it or not you will have one foot over the investor line. I also think its safe to say once you have a fair bit of money tied into coins then they do become an investment whether its directly planned or indirect. At the end of the day if you collect coins as a hobby and you enjoy collecting for whatever various reason/s then the investment part will only really an after consideration if at all. Most of us build sets or collect certain types of coins because we want to (as a challenge, because we appreciate the designs, because they mean something to us..) and not because we think they are going to be a good investment.

I've managed to take a better picture of one of my coins. I am a lot happier with the new images as they capture the colour of the coin a lot better. for comparison the older picture:

Hard to tell. They are rare but it is most likely not unique as once a coin has stuck onto the die the subsequent coins will be brockages. This will continue until the coin stuck on the die (capped die error or die cap error) 2005 Penny Die Cap Error coin falls off or is pulled of by the mint employee. Most cases these capped dies are pulled off and are even rarer as the only way they make it into circulation is if they are kept by the mint employee. Back to the brockages they are also rare as they need to pass through the system and make it into circulation. I personally would much rather have your error then one of these dateless 20p, but its all about supply and demand and if you can find two or more bidders that wont it at that time. Errors are often hard to value as they aren't often seen and they can vary quite a bit from error to error even for the same types. I used to collect British errors but I sold most of them off to focus on world gold coin but I do find errors interesting. If you want to read more about error visit the error section of my site: http://www.coinsgb.com/Error_Coins/Error_coins.html

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I recently won this 1/3 farthing which will be an upgrade for my set:

It is a narrow or small date variety. The two can be seen here: http://www.aboutfarthings.co.uk/Fractional...ing%201878.html I paid quite a bit over the guide prices but I really wanted it. Although on Collectors Coins GB 2009 no price is given it is just listed as scarcer. The dates I've struggled the most to find in high grades are: 1835, 1866, 1868, 1876, 1878 and 1884. When I saw that one I new I couldn't pass it up. It has to be one of the nicest if not the nicest example of an 1878 1/3 farthing in existence. I've also noticed what could be a new variety. Opinions? If you compare the two types on Colin's website and this: I would say this one (my old example for 1878) has a large 7, the bottom of the 7 extends below the 8's. Perhaps we could call it the large 7 variety? Come to think of it the bottom of the seven on my new coin appears to be rounded where as the others have a flat bottom. Another new variety, the rounded 7 perhaps?

Also the when the planchet is splitting or split as Gary has described above is called a lamination error. The only 3d error I have is a an off centre partial brockage:

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