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KollectorKingKollectorKing Posts: 4,820 ✭✭✭✭✭
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here is mine


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  • SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,824 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Probably all of them. I generally buy coins and do not sell them. I used to buy and sell, but now I just hang on to them.

  • RayboRaybo Posts: 5,341 ✭✭✭✭✭

    1872 PCGS CAC MS65 BRN 2 Cent Piece that I have posted several times before. should I post it again?
    NOT! I'll give the haters a break just for today. :)

  • RayboRaybo Posts: 5,341 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wait, can I flag myself?

  • BryceMBryceM Posts: 11,863 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I dunno. I'm no good at guessing what my future self might do.

  • oldstandardoldstandard Posts: 387 ✭✭✭

    @Raybo said:
    Wait, can I flag myself?

    do it do it do it the ultimate flag you would out do EOC fly that flag proud

  • RayboRaybo Posts: 5,341 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I sold a coin that I thought that I would keep forever, now it's up for bids on Heritage.
    I sold the coin to a dealer (can't remember his name) and in turn I requested the dealer to make his check out to Rick Snow because Rick had a coin that I wanted and I didn't have the funds to complete the transaction.
    The coin I purchased from Rick was an 1864 proof 66 2 Cent piece, I actually ended up leaving CSNS with coin in hand after doing some horse trading.
    Here is my Ex coin.......

    https://coins.ha.com/itm/two-cent-pieces/1872-2c-doubled-die-obverse-fs-101-ms63-red-and-brown-pcgs-cac/a/1279-3394.s?ic2=mytracked-lotspage-lotlinks-12202013&tab=MyTrackedLots-101116

  • RayboRaybo Posts: 5,341 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @brianc1959 said:
    Maybe we think alike?

    18th century U.S. coins are so cool!

  • KollectorKingKollectorKing Posts: 4,820 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 25, 2018 5:19PM

    @brianc1959 said:
    Maybe we think alike?

    yes, great minds think alike.

    I like yours better than mine, wanna trade ;)

  • RayboRaybo Posts: 5,341 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @SmEagle1795 said:
    This is a recent purchase and the white whale of all white whales for me. I never thought I'd own the type and there's a very good chance I won't see another one for several decades.

    One of two in private hands; the other four are in museums. Keeping it US related, this is from the John Whitney Walter ("Mr. 1796") collection.

    It's a coin minted from melted down statues of the goddess of Victory that were placed in the Parthenon in ancient Athens.

    When Sparta cut off Athens' access to its silver mines during the Peloponnesian War, they had to resort to melting whatever they could find, including seven of eight cherished gold sculptures, in order to raise funds to rebuild their navy. It ultimately was a futile effort but it was such an emotional event, it was documented by playwrights and meticulously recorded in the treasury records.

    They never minted gold coinage (just a profuse quantity of silver), making this one of the rarest types in all of ancient Greek coins.

    Please fill a knucklehead like me in about your ancient Greek coin, the cool factor just keeps getting better and better. :p

  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm keeping everything in my core collection-about 225 coins. They will go to my heirs.

  • Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice selections, thank you everyone for sharing your prize possessions !!! :)

    Timbuk3
  • GRANDAMGRANDAM Posts: 8,771 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I haven't purchased it yet,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, everything is for sale,,,,,,,,,,,,,at the right price. :#

    GrandAm :)
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    None of my coins are for sale...... That being said, should life deal me a major blow of some type, of course they would be sold... though I would hold on to my $5 gold Indian to the very last. Cheers, RickO

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,784 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm really fond of most of my collection, but my $5 Indian is probably last to go:

    My YouTube Channel

  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I just sold my avatar which has been in my collection for 18 years.

    The best double struck coin that I have ever seen and I have seen thousands.

  • rln_14rln_14 Posts: 686 ✭✭✭✭

    pardon me for not knowing, what is the denomination of the op coin? thanks for your help

  • KollectorKingKollectorKing Posts: 4,820 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 27, 2018 3:01PM

    @KollectorKing said:
    here is mine


    @rln_14 said:
    pardon me for not knowing, what is the denomination of the op coin? thanks for your help

    it’s a half dime or nickel :)

  • rln_14rln_14 Posts: 686 ✭✭✭✭

    thanks kk

  • CCGGGCCGGG Posts: 1,267 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 28, 2018 5:52AM

    Hard to pick just one but I suspect I'll sell them all before I depart to the big mint in the sky and hopefully not to the big coin melting pot below.
    .

  • DCWDCW Posts: 7,633 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @SmEagle1795
    "It's a coin minted from melted down statues of the goddess of Victory that were placed in the Parthenon in ancient Athens."

    That is just about the coolest thing I can think of this morning. You have quite a collection, and this is at the top!

    Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
    "Coin collecting for outcasts..."

  • SmEagle1795SmEagle1795 Posts: 2,199 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @DCW said:
    @SmEagle1795
    "It's a coin minted from melted down statues of the goddess of Victory that were placed in the Parthenon in ancient Athens."

    That is just about the coolest thing I can think of this morning. You have quite a collection, and this is at the top!

    Thanks! I appreciate the compliments!

    Learn about our world's shared history told through the first millennium of coinage: Colosseo Collection
  • DCWDCW Posts: 7,633 ✭✭✭✭✭

    (1863) Good for a Scent/ Excelsior Club
    A unique civil war token, pairing the popular "Good for a Scent" obverse with the "Excelsior Club 22 Elm St" reverse that was only used in this striking. After 150 years, this lone example remains.
    This address is listed in the Boston Directories during the War of the Rebellion to a James W. Haley, who most likely issued this token for his liquor store. While this token remains shrouded in mystery, the address was in the neighborhood of Joseph Merriam's shop at the corner of Elm and Brattle sq. Given this fact along with it being paired with Merriam's most famous die, I think it is safe to attribute it to Boston, Massachusetts.
    It's a keeper.

    Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
    "Coin collecting for outcasts..."

  • Dave99BDave99B Posts: 8,703 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great coins. Many stunning and interesting examples!

    P.S. We all know that for the right price, ALL COINS are available. Money talks!

    Have fun everyone,
    Dave

    Always looking for original, better date VF20-VF35 Barber quarters and halves, and a quality beer.
  • SanctionIISanctionII Posts: 12,626 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My Avatar.

    A 1950 Proof Franklin that IMO is a lock Cameo that would likely grade at least a 65.

  • KollectorKingKollectorKing Posts: 4,820 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @SanctionII said:
    My Avatar.

    A 1950 Proof Franklin that IMO is a lock Cameo that would likely grade at least a 65.

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