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1792 Design Set poster
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Wonderful photography from the famed Mr. Arnold at PCGS. I'm actually very familiar with these coins!
Really a terrific photography group at PCGS.
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Those old things? I've probably got a few dozen just like that laying around somewhere.
The 1792 25C appear to be the coin that was damaged by the NGC holder?
My 20th Century Gold Major Design Type Set ---started : 11/17/1997 ---- completed : 1/21/2004
That's an awesome poster!! Thanks for posting it!!
It's a shame what the NGC prongs did to the quarter...
I love this poster!
The 1792 right quarter in white metal is the only one in private hands. Really the key to the design set. The copper version sold for over 2.5 million. I never thought there would be an opportunity to own one.
WOW!!! I WANT ONE!
This was fun to shoot. Van Simmons from DHRC lent me most of the props, including the dueling pistols. The flag is still hanging in my office.
Radiant Collection: Numismatics and Exonumia of the Atomic Age.
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/showcase/3232
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The coins are very nice. Is the a reason you dont have them in the registry set?
My 20th Century Gold Major Design Type Set ---started : 11/17/1997 ---- completed : 1/21/2004
Pretty sure this earns a "You suck!".
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
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Great picture!
Surely there is another
with the reverses
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
Awesome!
Michael Kittle Rare Coins --- 1908-S Indian Head Cent Grading Set --- No. 1 1909 Mint Set --- Kittlecoins on Facebook --- Long Beach Table 448
I do have them registered in a 1792 pattern design set along with a 1792 Birch cent that wasn't in the picture.
The props were terrific Phil! Gives the whole vibe of the era of the new republic. Your layout and sense of esthetic really made the shot. I think it would be a great poster.
Currin I've mostly been work on early American silver, most recently with proofs, but early mint efforts and experimentation are the true origins of American coinage. I find it fascinating. There aren't really collections in this area mostly a few examples put together, not really enough coins for sets to be assembled. I did build a loose collection with a few other early mint items called Early US mint that includes a few other neat early mint experiments such as the 1797 Eagle in copper, 1814 half dollar in platinum, 1831 half cent in bronze, 1836 half dollar hexagonal splasher in white metal etc. Sort of an early american orphanage of experiments. below is one example of an early American trinket, the reverse of an 1820/19 half dollar in white metal.
And thanks for the "you suck!" Andy. I consider that high praise from a person who knows so much more than almost anyone about early patterns.
Wow, amazing !!!
Fabulous! How can I get that as a poster! very cool.
Wow - definitely worth 2 thumbs up!
Would love to own a J-1 some day but the wife doesn't like the idea of moving into a camper......
Exceptional coins but the pistols don't fit the time frame.
What type and age of pistols are they AlexinPA?
nice, I like
Very cool!!
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Thanks again for posting this!! Verrry cool
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Well, that's awesome. And here I thought you only did bust coinage!
Bravo
Latin American Collection
Agree with awesome and the you suck award!
My 1866 Philly Mint Set
They are caplock pistols. Personal protection guns from the 1820-1870 or so period.
The coins would have been current with flintlock pistols.
Dueling pistols would be much more elaborate even in flintlock.
Even caplock ...duelers.... would have been more elaborate.
Flintock
Caplock
Well the patterns might have been gambled away in 1820, and some have some minor wear. So maybe it could still work! Perhaps we should have a little competition to write the back story of how this little group of coins and antiquities came together. I've always wondered what twisting and turning paths through history led them to the present day.
The coins and guns are nice, but the stem wind Elgin pocket watch is wrong for this era.
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Ok, what era is the pocket watch? Love to hear more about it. My quick internet search suggests the were not maid until 1865 at the earliest. Can you date this once more precisely?
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Awesome! Remember that in 1792: Birth of a Nation's Coinage, the authors did not find conclusive evidence that the 1792 Eagle-on-Globe pattern was intended for the half eagle or quarter denomination.