27-09-2022, 12:46 PM
(This post was last modified: 27-09-2022, 01:00 PM by translateltd.)
(26-09-2022, 01:38 PM)Dean Wrote: How does one formally qualify as a numismatist? Any exams?Saw that. Like the 1969/3 Cook medal, it's also possible some "maker's reserves" have come to light, which would increase the tally of known examples, if only by a small number.
(25-09-2022, 02:20 PM)translateltd Wrote: He's been rude in the comments on a couple of my auctions and has been blacklisted.According to NZ Commemorative medals 1941-2014 (2nd edition) by MacMaster and Purdy, organisers of the NZ National Stamp Exhibition 1967 sold unissued medals to collectors. It doesn't say anything about 1969 but I'm guessing the same might have happened.
I clearly missed that one - wonder why the estimate was so low. The full gold ones are extremely rare (2-3 of each), and I assume the "silver-gold" (plated?) would be identifiable. They weren't described as such in the listing ...
Formal qualifications? There aren't any. Would be nice to say you have to be a collector and student of the stuff you collect, without just aiming to turn a quick buck, but even that's possibly ambitious!
(27-09-2022, 06:39 AM)Dean Wrote: a record?
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/...f=hVvDXW1i
Blimey. Wonder why he had it under *decimal* proof sets.