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I have an aluminum coin (?) about the size of a Half Dollar. On one side it says: 1 STEPHANS GROSCHEN and on the other side it has a picture of a large cathedral with a date of 1950 with a text around it: SANKT STEPHANS DOM IN WIEN. Can anyone identify it? Value? Thanks. I believe that Wien = Vienna. Sounds like a commemmorative token or medal. Could be a coin also. |
Sankt Stephans Groschen - Coin?
I have an aluminum coin (?) about the size of a Half Dollar. On one side it
says: 1 STEPHANS GROSCHEN and on the other side it has a picture of a large cathedral with a date of 1950 with a text around it: SANKT STEPHANS DOM IN WIEN. Can anyone identify it? Value? Thanks. |
zevim102 wrote:
I have an aluminum coin (?) about the size of a Half Dollar. On one side it says: 1 STEPHANS GROSCHEN and on the other side it has a picture of a large cathedral with a date of 1950 with a text around it: SANKT STEPHANS DOM IN WIEN. Can anyone identify it? Value? Not a coin but a token. See Dale Hallmark's page about the Stephansgroschen at http://www.austriancoins.com/TokensS...nsGroschen.htm Christian |
GREAT STORY
As a infrequent visitor to Vienna, I was impressed with the story of these tokens. Vienna is a great city for walking and the subways are very easy to navigate. And the colleagues I have met there are first rate. Jeff http://www.klippes.com Christian Feldhaus wrote: zevim102 wrote: I have an aluminum coin (?) about the size of a Half Dollar. On one side it says: 1 STEPHANS GROSCHEN and on the other side it has a picture of a large cathedral with a date of 1950 with a text around it: SANKT STEPHANS DOM IN WIEN. Can anyone identify it? Value? Not a coin but a token. See Dale Hallmark's page about the Stephansgroschen at http://www.austriancoins.com/TokensS...nsGroschen.htm Christian |
Vienna is a great city for walking and the subways are very
easy to navigate. And the colleagues I have met there are first rate. I don't like walking around Vienna. There are far too many pastry shops with absolutely irresistible, fantastic, extracali- fragilisticexpialidocious CHOCOLATE! Regards, Tom |
Thanks for the info.
Zevim "Christian Feldhaus" wrote in message ... zevim102 wrote: I have an aluminum coin (?) about the size of a Half Dollar. On one side it says: 1 STEPHANS GROSCHEN and on the other side it has a picture of a large cathedral with a date of 1950 with a text around it: SANKT STEPHANS DOM IN WIEN. Can anyone identify it? Value? Not a coin but a token. See Dale Hallmark's page about the Stephansgroschen at http://www.austriancoins.com/TokensS...nsGroschen.htm Christian |
As for value
The Aluminum examples of the St Stephans Groschen in uncirculated condition are worth about $2-$3 USD each. HOWEVER, on eBay circulated examples occasionally sell for $4-$8 USD plus shipping and occasionally a little more. EBay result always show the true price of an item but that doesn't always represent the true Worth of that item :-) Dale Hallmark "zevim102" wrote in message ... Thanks for the info. Zevim "Christian Feldhaus" wrote in message ... zevim102 wrote: I have an aluminum coin (?) about the size of a Half Dollar. On one side it says: 1 STEPHANS GROSCHEN and on the other side it has a picture of a large cathedral with a date of 1950 with a text around it: SANKT STEPHANS DOM IN WIEN. Can anyone identify it? Value? Not a coin but a token. See Dale Hallmark's page about the Stephansgroschen at http://www.austriancoins.com/TokensS...nsGroschen.htm Christian |
"Bob Peterson" wrote in message ... "Dale Hallmark" dalehall Not this wrote in message ... As for value The Aluminum examples of the St Stephans Groschen in uncirculated condition are worth about $2-$3 USD each. HOWEVER, on eBay circulated examples occasionally sell for $4-$8 USD plus shipping and occasionally a little more. EBay result always show the true price of an item but that doesn't always represent the true Worth of that item :-) Dale Hallmark I am always amazed at how people will cling to their beliefs regardless of facts. The only real worth of any item is what someone will pay for it. Just because so called experts have pegged a value on something does not mean someone somewhere will not pay more for it. It happens all the time. Go to any auction and you will see people paying what appear to be insane prices for things, but at that place in time thats what the item is worth to that buyer. Ebay has shown that the open marketplace is very efficient at setting prices, as anyone who ever took a first semester econ course would know. Yes eBay sets a price but then so does the person selling a common item to the gullible for vastly inflated prices. Which with eBay in many cases is the same thing. Those prices are exactly what the person buying it thought it was worth to him or her but not what it is actually worth. If I give $125 for a vf 1944 Lincoln on eBay; that in no way defines the Worth of that coin, just a foolish sale price. To me those (sale price and worth) are totally separate concepts. Price is what something sold for and Worth is what it can be commonly sold for and not what it can be occasionally be sold for. So worth to me is the lowest value that it can be commonly acquired for from reputable knowledgeable sources selling to knowledgeable buyers. Not what the uninformed will pay nor is it what the shady salesman can get for it nor is it what the uninformed salesman sells it for. Regardless of what it sold for on eBay. In the case of this particular item, if you want several thousand of them in uncirculated condition to sell for whatever price you can get then I can tell you where you can get them for about 2 euros each. Same price if you only want a single set. That to me defines what they are worth. Dale |
On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 10:23:02 -0600, "Dale Hallmark" dalehall Not this
wrote: "Bob Peterson" wrote in message ... "Dale Hallmark" dalehall Not this wrote in message ... As for value The Aluminum examples of the St Stephans Groschen in uncirculated condition are worth about $2-$3 USD each. HOWEVER, on eBay circulated examples occasionally sell for $4-$8 USD plus shipping and occasionally a little more. EBay result always show the true price of an item but that doesn't always represent the true Worth of that item :-) Dale Hallmark I am always amazed at how people will cling to their beliefs regardless of facts. The only real worth of any item is what someone will pay for it. Just because so called experts have pegged a value on something does not mean someone somewhere will not pay more for it. It happens all the time. Go to any auction and you will see people paying what appear to be insane prices for things, but at that place in time thats what the item is worth to that buyer. Ebay has shown that the open marketplace is very efficient at setting prices, as anyone who ever took a first semester econ course would know. Yes eBay sets a price but then so does the person selling a common item to the gullible for vastly inflated prices. Which with eBay in many cases is the same thing. Those prices are exactly what the person buying it thought it was worth to him or her but not what it is actually worth. If I give $125 for a vf 1944 Lincoln on eBay; that in no way defines the Worth of that coin, just a foolish sale price. To me those (sale price and worth) are totally separate concepts. Price is what something sold for and Worth is what it can be commonly sold for and not what it can be occasionally be sold for. So worth to me is the lowest value that it can be commonly acquired for from reputable knowledgeable sources selling to knowledgeable buyers. Not what the uninformed will pay nor is it what the shady salesman can get for it nor is it what the uninformed salesman sells it for. Regardless of what it sold for on eBay. In the case of this particular item, if you want several thousand of them in uncirculated condition to sell for whatever price you can get then I can tell you where you can get them for about 2 euros each. Same price if you only want a single set. That to me defines what they are worth. Dale ===================== "Sarah? Should you be able to bend a solid gold watch?" and later: "like buying a solid gold watch for a buck?" "This is a real chump." from Guys and Dolls. Aram. |
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