Been a good beaver month, continues

jabba

Since thanksgiving I’ve found some beavers to add to the collection forgive my bad photos they are the same color of brass was trying to sharpen the image I thought I was getting a spair in the second one but In hand they are different one has a T at the bottom and the other has copy




Here are a couple that just arrived

bolivarshagnasty

My first impression of your post was that you were collecting Albany's. (classic commems) So any coin depicting a beaver?

jabba

I’ve been collecting coins with the Oregon exchange gold beaver on it or copy’s of the $5 and $10

BlindedByEgo

Only thing better than one beaver is two. I look forward to better photos

Wabbit2313

LOL on the title. Nice images!!

jabba

Any tips for taking photos with an IPhone 8?

bugbit

@jabba said:
Any tips for taking photos with an IPhone 8?

The hardest part is getting the beavers to hold still

coinsarefun

I like them!
As far as images on an iPhone go.......some people take killer images on the phone, personally I have no idea as to how they do it. When I take pics the only way I have luck is to place the phone on something sturdy so it doesn't shake or move when you take the pic. Hang the phone over the edge of whatever you use and place the coin, token under the
lens area and tap the center of the pic a few times to get a clear image.

jwitten

I was a little nervous opening this thread in front of the wife..

mannie gray

@jwitten said:
I was a little nervous opening this thread in front of the wife..

Oh come on, wives don't need to know everything !

Justacommeman

In seven or so years I have been warned twice from world headquarters regarding my posting. Oddly both times were in beaver threads. The 12 year old boy in me. Nice.........

coins

m

ms70

Nobody said it yet?

BlindedByEgo

@ms70 said:
Nobody said it yet?

Nope. Best left unsaid. You'd be leaving yourself wide open to bammage.

ricko

I do not collect beaver coins... however, I did see a beaver walking right down my street, passing in front of my house, in a very residential area.... no water super close... and it was heading straight for the heart of the village. No idea what happened to it...Cheers, RickO

Soldi

@jabba said:
Any tips for taking photos with an IPhone 8?

Yeah, like me, pretty much don't

Soldi

What's with the "wives and the beavers" talk?
I used to watch "Leave it to Beaver" I like the time the Beav got into the Tea Cup on the billboard episode. Haha ! Right?

PipestonePete

That was a classic Eddie Haskell episode. He starts to describe the situation to a bystander and then realizes it is Ward Cleaver....."Ha ha...yeah...some stupid kid is stuck in the.....OH...hello Mr. Cleaver....some poor unfortunate child is trapped in that tea cup"....or something like that. Great series.

1940coupe

Have not had a good beaver month in years ! used to collect the Canadian

Regulated

I'm working on a deal with Virgil Brand's old beaver in it at the moment:

jabba

And the good beaver month continues

ShadyDave

@jabba Back up your phone from the coin. Give it about 6" or else your phones camera wont be able to focus properly. I think that is your issue with the blurry photos.

bolivarshagnasty

@ricko said:
I do not collect beaver coins... however, I did see a beaver walking right down my street, passing in front of my house, in a very residential area.... no water super close... and it was heading straight for the heart of the village. No idea what happened to it...Cheers, RickO

You are baiting us...... right?

Lakesammman

Oh great - one more coin to beg Regulated for......:D

Nice haul on the Beavers - I enjoy seeing what you come up with!

Broadstruck

Cool

Zoins

Great progress @jabba! It's been fun watching you build out this collection.

Here's a modern that I like but wasn't able to pick up before it was sold out:

csanotes

Those are some cool looking coins. I fully and truly had no idea what to expect when opening this thread. Having attended college in Fairbanks, Alaska—once a year there was a fur auction in a parking lot. Trappers would bring their processed hides and furs they caught and they would go to the high bidder. Beaver pelts were particularly expensive-$350-450 at the time. Almost as expensive as winning a wolf fur. Whereas an orange fox fur could be had for less than $40. Just like coins-all about supply and demand.

coinsarefun

Dang @Regulated ...........I really like that one and Virgil Brand provenance is
nothing to complain about!

Hydrant

October? 1975?

jonruns

The original $5 and $10 were called "Beaver Money" at the time....

COCollector

@1940coupe said:
Have not had a good beaver month in years ! used to collect the Canadian

Me too.

With a special fondness for the new Lady on the '53...

jabba

Some day some day!

@Regulated said:
I'm working on a deal with Virgil Brand's old beaver in it at the moment:

pocketpiececommems

Tail from a 53 pound Beaver

Paradisefound

What's wrong with the word BEAVER? Take a look at "Not Safe For Work" thread with the non-spelled XXX picture
It is in your head how far a beaver would go

Akbeez

I think it's a leftover from CB radio days. PF -- try the Urban Dictionary if you need clarity...
There's a street in Anchorage called Beaver Street. It has some unsavory residents that makes for some very comical news reports on the local radio stations. Anyone here listen to the Woody and Wilcox show out of SC?

ms70

@pocketpiececommems said:

Tail from a 53 pound Beaver

What do you do with that?

ifthevamzarockin

@pocketpiececommems "What do you do with that?"

I'm not sure we want to know.....TMI

Akbeez

Beaver tail soup of course! Alaskan delicacy.

But Red King Crab trumps ALL!!

Lakesammman

My favorite beaver story.....

Was fishing in interior Alaska years ago - was waiting for my buddy in his floatplane to pick me up.

Was walking up and down the stream fishing - got tired of packing stuff so set down my .357 Ruger on my tackle box.

3 weeks later, realized I didn't have the gun anymore.

Next time we went to the cabin, started looking around. Found it in a nearby beaver pond, the leather holster gone, the wood on the handle completely chewed off.

It was a little wood delicacy for the local beaver!

Broadstruck

@Regulated said:
I'm working on a deal with Virgil Brand's old beaver in it at the moment:

Did Virgil buy it from this dealer?

Zoins

@Broadstruck said:

@Regulated said:
I'm working on a deal with Virgil Brand's old beaver in it at the moment:

Did Virgil buy it from this dealer?

Great to have the postmark on that!

St. Louis Stamp & Coin Company was owned by Frank E. Ellis before 1907. I wonder if there's any relationship with Mike Ellis?

jabba

https://oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/beaver_gold_coins/#.XCp95BaIaEc
The original Oregon exchange company dies are at the Oregon Historical society

Lakesammman

Got one of those from a dealer friend in 2014 - they are pretty cool!