r/LatinMonetaryUnion

Using the German Leuchtturm Quadrum system to reorganise my coins. The plan is to have the different LMU-nominations from each country together. This is all of my ungraded 20 francs from France. 🇫🇷 (Still room for two more!)

I have to admit I really like this part of coin collecting. Organising the collection by nomination, year and country. ❤️ Next up is Italy and Italian states.

Others enjoy this and how do you organise your collection?

Picked up some more 5 Lati coins since I am in Latvia atm. Turns out they minted a 5 Lati coin again in 2012 so I grabbed one of those as well.

I bought this 1868 2 Lire Anno XXIII (R2) PCGS MS64 last year at an auction. I immediately sent it to NGC to crossover as an MS64, and NGC rejected it. I waited for the FUN Show this January to resubmit with a minimum grade of MS60, and again NGC rejected it, which means they believe it’s either a details grade, or not mint state.

This then lead me to research PCGS vs NGC standards, and I have come to realize that PCGS is best for US Coins and NGC is best for world coins as they have the top world experts on their team.

I also decided to learn how to conserve coins properly, shortly after the FUN Show, not just to conserve this coin and resubmit it, but to offer it as a service of my coin shop that I opened.

Well after lots of practice, and about 30 coins that I’ve conserved and submitted to multiple TPG companies with a 100% success rate of my conserved coins getting straight graded, I decided to use my conservation skills on several of my PCGS to NGC crossover rejects, including the coin in this post.

Well you can see the results for yourself. I cracked out the MS64 2 Lire, conserved it, sent it to NGC, and it came back as the #1 coin “Top Pop” in the world for this year and denomination.

I just wanted to share my success and surprise with this group!

Here is the link to the coin from NGC: https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/559164/coins/3954981/

The only quesito in I have now is how to we value the coin since there are no comparisons?

Only three (3) Proof Like 2 Lire’s have been graded, and based on my search the most expensive 2 Lire to have ever sold was my coin when it was sold raw out of Spain, before it was graded by PCGS, for $1,386 back in 2014.

So if it sold for $1,386 (€1,200) not including shipping and buyer’s fee, what does it go for now that it’s an MS67PL Top Pop?

Hello, i have this rare 1905 R Vittorio Emanuele III 20 Lire gold coin with mintage of 8 715 . But it is pretty damaged. There are some marks on the obverse side and some rim damage on reverse side.

So question is how much will this damage affect numismatic value of coin because it is a rare coin and in good condition it has some premium? And if it get graded it will probably get "damaged" and not grade? When coin is looked with bare eye this damage is not looking that bad, so don't want to sell it because i like this coin but I want to learn how much damage like this affect rare coin like this.