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COIN COLLECTING CONUNDRUMS
David Pickup shared this set of "coin collecting conundrums" from the Oxford Numismatic Society. He adds, "There are no
right answers!" Feel free to translate the examples into coins of your own collecting specialty. -Editor
You are an experienced collector of modest means. You have far too many coins. You want to sell some and concentrate on your main interests. What would do in the following situations? 1. When you started out collecting your uncle gave you a George V crown he had when he was a boy. Before you got married, your future mother in law gave you a George III gold guinea and she said she wanted it to stay in the family. Neither fit in with your collection (the coins, not your mother in law). 2. One day you see some coins in a charity shop window. It is specimen set 1937, crown to Maundy penny for £18.00. You are later offered £200.00. 3. You go to your coin dealer and see a Charles I Crown. He says it is a fake but you think it is real. He wants £10.00 for it. 4. You look in his junk box and see a rare USA token from colonial times. The dealer says all are £1 each but when you show him this coin he wants to charge you £10.00. Discuss
There are probably no wrong answers, either. I have my own responses to some, but I'm curious to hear what some E-Sylum
readers think. -Editor
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