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My big little newp which deserves a better write up, but I'm under the weather and just wanted to post it...
1893 Samuel Franklin Cody, Wild West Show, Grand Match, Copper, 13mm Diameter.
Wild West Showman Samuel Franklin Cody ventured to Europe at the end of 1892 to take advantage of the new popularity of bicycle racing. In 1893 he offered $10,000.00 to $20,0000.00 to any racers on a single or tandem bicycle who could beat him riding his horse. Although original posters advertising these events have survived the tokens just didn't. This is the finest of 3 survivors I've tracked research wise by a huge margin struck for children who attended the Grand Match Horse-vs-Bicycle competition in France. The size of this token may very well be the reason for the lack of survivors.
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1860 J.N.T. Levick Miller NY-458 PCGS MS64R
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CoinsAreFun Toned Silver Eagle Proof Album
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Gallery Mint Museum, Ron Landis& Joe Rust, The beginnings of the Golden Dollar
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More CoinsAreFun Pictorials NGC
"Time is Money" 1863 Hussey's Special Message Post
George Hussey ran a delivery service in NY during the civil war, which filled the need for financial institutions to receive their documents without delay. There are two varieties. This one has "Expediency" under a horse and rider on the obverse and a beautiful locomotive pictorial on the reverse.
The other has "Exigency" with the same horse and rider, but the reverse is just text. This is a great example I recently sold to a member here:
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
ANA-LM, CWTS-LM, NBS, TAMS, ANS
I like taking pictures of Satin cents, this is SP 69 RED.
It’s hard not to pick this one up as it’s in really nice grade, color and
depiction of the Arc of the Covenant.
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CoinsAreFun Toned Silver Eagle Proof Album
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Gallery Mint Museum, Ron Landis& Joe Rust, The beginnings of the Golden Dollar
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More CoinsAreFun Pictorials NGC
I received a new coin today but no pics yet so for now.
My Collection of Old Holders
Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
1870’s H. Gagnon & Company, Saint Roch, Quebec, Canada, Merchant Token, Breton-571
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CoinsAreFun Toned Silver Eagle Proof Album
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Gallery Mint Museum, Ron Landis& Joe Rust, The beginnings of the Golden Dollar
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More CoinsAreFun Pictorials NGC
2017 Dan Carr Eclipse medal - satin copper finish.
MY GOLD TYPE SET https://pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/complete-type-sets/gold-type-set-12-piece-circulation-strikes-1839-1933/publishedset/321940
I bought this one 5 years ago in a Heritage auction. It's ex-Denali. J-846, PR 64RB
Here's my new Money Makes the Mare Go store card from Gerdts. This is an upgrade from the one below. I'd love to get one that's more red and some off metal ones, the latter not for this thread
Any one know what Gerdt's full first and middle name were?
My Collection of Old Holders
Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
Not mine, but here is an interesting Lincoln doubleheader from the Zabriskie Collection:
I believe it to be unique. This married two Lincoln obverse dies by Lovett, both of which failed prematurely. You can see the die cracks most prominently above Lincoln's head on die 1.
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
Some really unique copper this week... Thanks to all... Cheers, RickO
@Zoins I sold this one a couple years ago and it was the reddest I've ever seen.
1863 H. D. Gerdts - Coin Dealer, New York, "Money Makes The Mare Go" Fuld-NY630AD-2a, Rarity-3+
Just another fun Coin Dealer pictorial CWSC with coins falling out of the hole in the sack of money.