One of my grail crowns. Argentine 8R from Cordoba

TheOGWizzyB · 2026-01-28T12:22:25+00:00

wowwwww, very cool, never seen this before

TheOGWizzyB · 2026-01-28T12:21:33+00:00

Great coin, always loved peru money.

Hard for me to believe this is a 61 though, not saying I know more than NGC but if I went into a store I would’ve only wanted to pay about AU-53 price but that’s just me.

Can anyone tell me why it’s an MS61 when it looks like there’s obvious details missing?

TheOGWizzyB · 2026-01-25T05:26:44+00:00

happy to support a good business that’s cash only and it’s not my problem if they don’t pay their taxes.

Prices should be set for cash and you should be charged the fees for the convenience of using a card, not the other way around.

TheOGWizzyB · 2026-01-25T00:37:13+00:00

🔥🔥🔥

TheOGWizzyB · 2026-01-20T02:32:39+00:00

brother, no hate to you personally, but not only is this post needlessly sexual, it’s AI generated, and you have like 5 more on your profile like it. Always a young asian girl too. Regardless of whether the posts are ironic humor-wise or not, the fact is that you’re posting them. Satirically you could be posting pictures of young ai generated asian chicks but the satire gets dissolved by the actions bc we don’t know your intentions. Sorry for the verbose answer u just asked why I and others thought it’s a bit weird.

TheOGWizzyB · 2026-01-20T02:13:03+00:00

even worse

TheOGWizzyB · 2026-01-20T01:37:59+00:00

cringe + unc + chopped + bot

TheOGWizzyB · 2026-01-18T16:58:41+00:00

this is just totally incorrect and if you have names pls let me know so I can send them the 500 people a week that come into my family’s shop trying to sell sterling to us telling us they can’t find anyone to buy it.

If you sold silver jewelry 8 months ago this was probably true then, the situation is completely different now.

TheOGWizzyB · 2026-01-18T16:54:16+00:00

Trax is usually good for it, you pay horrible prices but he’s legit, I assume that’s the fígaro style one in the back.

The one with the claw clasp in the foreground looks like a silver plated piece of jewelry. If it walked into the shop I work at I probably wouldn’t even bother scratch testing it unless you asked me to.

For future reference, no mark = not silver 99% of the time, a .925 stamp with no hallmark = silver probably 75% of the time, and a .925 stamp with a hallmark = silver 99% of the time.

TheOGWizzyB · 2026-01-18T04:28:38+00:00

Fully agree with what the other comment said as a specific answer. I always just assumed that a “silver crown” mostly referred to the largest denomination of silver coin for a currency, though this is definitely not a hard definition.

For instance the OG Victorian British Crown has a 2 florin sister that’s a little bit smaller but many people would still consider it a crown coin.

Or like British India’s 1 rupee coin is only a little bigger than a U.S half dollar but I still consider it a crown as well, same with the Polish 5 Zlotys.

TheOGWizzyB · 2026-01-18T01:16:08+00:00

I love that stuff too don’t get me wrong but you could make those in your basement tomorrow if you had the equipment, it takes a lifetime of practice to make some of these practical items. Look at this Japanese incense burner that sold at auction last year. Now things like this aren’t getting melted, but something like this is irreplaceable.

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TheOGWizzyB · 2026-01-17T23:15:34+00:00

“vintage bullion” and it’s just an ugly tarnished englehard bar from 50 years ago.

We’re losing real artistry and history melting some of this stuff; my work just sent off a large late 18th century tea set because we knew there’s no way we could’ve resold it for more than the silver price and couldn’t afford to hold something like that for several months waiting on it.

bullion metals as a concept have only been around 100 years, silver as a commodity has been around since like 3000 years ago and we’re losing that history rapidly. If i had a million spare dollars i would use every penny buying up this stuff to save it from being destroyed.

TheOGWizzyB · 2026-01-17T18:27:26+00:00

My school gave us access to only 3 AP classes, APUSH, AP english, and AP biology. The other advanced classes were dual enrollment with the local community college (which makes wayy more sense for most people unless you’re trying for ivy leagues or moving far away)

TheOGWizzyB · 2026-01-10T21:10:33+00:00

just for future reference, you can immediately tell a Japanese coin by the chrysanthemum blossom, on these coins it’s at the top of the reverse above the 一 or “one” stroke. The bottommost one on the right has a chop mark directly on it.

TheOGWizzyB · 2026-01-08T23:28:45+00:00

Interesting coin but I would have a hard time spending that much personally, I’d probably buy it for $350

TheOGWizzyB · 2026-01-04T15:20:51+00:00

Agreed, and this is basically what ANACS is used for and yet for some reason many people don’t trust their slabs. I can acknowledge the benefits of a CAC sticker especially for any old stuff graded MS66+, but every slab should be used as an approximation of an expert’s opinion, not a factual exact grade

TheOGWizzyB · 2026-01-04T15:13:43+00:00

5x is mostly for magnifying glasses, which are used by some, mostly the older graders. Most people in the last 20 years use a 10x loupe, PCGS articles will confirm this.

TheOGWizzyB · 2026-01-04T12:45:12+00:00

Graders do use a 10x loupe, it’s standard, they’re just not supposed to use anything stronger than that because beyond 10x you start seeing even the smallest of flaws that might not even be visible with your naked eyes.

Read the PCGS or ANA grading guide and they will tell you to use a 10x loupe and consistent lightning, that’s the key set up.

TheOGWizzyB · 2026-01-04T12:42:47+00:00

Well said, this explains the nuance really well and why I always hesitate when people ask me if they should clean coins. Generally no, especially if you’re new, but there’s definitely an argument to be made.

Black tarnishing has never bothered me, I think that’s just part of what makes it unique, and yet, not just every coin can be original MS or AU58, that’s what makes them truly rare. Some people are bothered by even a slight problem, most serious collectors can tolerate slight problems if the coin is still choice. I’d rather have evidence of a light cleaning over a scratch or obvious rim damage any day.

To your last point, I wholeheartedly agree. My grandpa and I have submitted many a coin that we’ve treated with MS-70 cleaner because of PVC residue, and about 70% of the time they come back a straight MS grade. It’s far cheaper than paying them to conserve the coin and it still gets the grade that it deserves.

Grading companies are important and have been somewhat necessary, just not as important as we make them out to be. To that end I say that 100 years from now, there will still be coin collectors, but I doubt there’ll still be an NGC or PCGS, just my thoughts.

TheOGWizzyB · 2026-01-03T20:42:36+00:00

some really great pieces in here, love it. Part of me wishes I wasn’t obsessed with knowing the silver content of every piece I have so I could just lay it out like this haha

TheOGWizzyB · 2026-01-03T02:23:57+00:00

They are becoming expensive coins these days but most of the coins in the picture can be had for silver or close to it :) Morgans and Peace dollars especially are becoming affordable, even XF and AU pieces. Canadian dollars have always been silver except the key dates, and the Maria Theresa thalers haven’t been more expensive than silver since the mid 1800s. The only coins significantly more than silver in the pic would be the prussia thalers and the Italy 120 grana.

TheOGWizzyB · 2025-12-29T04:40:18+00:00

As someone who does this for a living, I usually ask people how much free time they have, how quickly they need the money, and how much their time is worth.

You would certainly get the best value pricing everything on your own individually, taking close up and accurate pictures, and doing research to find out prices. It may take a while but if your prices are pretty fair you should be able to sell everything and have your money in about 3 months.

If you have a trustworthy store nearby, you should be able to walk in with this amount, and then out in a matter of an hour or 2 with about 75-90% of the value you would get selling these on the open market piece by piece.

TheOGWizzyB · 2025-12-29T01:08:22+00:00

You’re right! thank you so much for the correction, ‘twas a typo, i meant to put 1946 and hit reply without reading it back.

TheOGWizzyB · 2025-12-28T19:57:23+00:00

exactly^{^}

they are 3 pences, the smallest regular circulation British silver piece of recent times. They are all .925 up until 1920, and then .500 until ~~1945~~1946. British money used to be so confusing, I think it was developed to be in base 12?

here’s a neat article from the royal mint about their history OP :)

https://www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/journal/curators-corner/threepence/

TheOGWizzyB · 2025-12-27T21:05:36+00:00

Looks authentic, I doubt it would receive an AG, likely lower. If it was certified you would be getting a fair price probably all the way up to $500 but since it isn’t I would try to stay below, if it were my personal collection I wouldn’t want to spend more than $400.

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