New Bridgeport commem. Show me yours...
CommemKing
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Been looking for a nice lightly toned example for a while. Finally found this one recently. I like the looks and think it will fit the set nicely. It seems fairly complicated to find a Bridgeport with nice toning. Show me yours if you have one. Just thought I'd share. Thanks for looking.
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Nice one! I like the art deco eagle, but in general this is a hard design to get excited about!
Bob
My current "Box of 20"
I think the art deco eagle is underappreciated. Style-wise, it really is unique in U.S. Coinage. So much of our coinage is neoclassical.
The two coins above are very nice examples. I have never seen a legitimate monster-toned or multi-colored coin. Peripheral album toning or gold toning are typically the nicest pieces available. This is likely due to the box of issue imparting brown toning to most of these.
Commems and Early Type
I am also a fan of this eagle's style. My favorite commemorative is the Connecticut because of, in part, of the similarity between that eagle and this one.
Not as nice as your piece ... Graded MS-64.
I did not buy high commemoratives when I was collecting a type set. Thank goodness I didn't because if I had, I would have been even more in the financial hole.
Very nice example of this commemorative.
Why would Bridgeport CT put a charlatan on their commemorative? That's as ludicrous as ANA naming its top achievement award after Farran Zerbe.
Very nice
Classic Commems super buy right now.
Sorry Roger, but I disagree. While Barnum was the master of the "humbug" he was an honest business man who invented some unique methods of marketing. In the 19th century. He paid his chief attractions, like "Col, Tom Thumb" (Charles S, Statten) quite well; he didn't exploit them. He was noted for paying his debts even when the ecoonmy was not going well. He paid Swedish singer Jenny Lind $1,000 a week in the early 1850s which was an incredible salary for the time. I wrote an article about Barnum that I could post here if there is interest.
As for why he appears on the Bridgeport commemorative, he was once the mayor of the city, and he is probably their most famous former resident.
both are nice commems all, wtg
PBS had a good series on him and high attrition rate for exotic African animals imported for the circuses. A sharp businessman and I would agree with Roger though. We've had a number of these shady operators, like King Farouk. At least they had excellent taste for quality classical designs.
Excellent point. I had forgotten about Connecticut which also has a similarly styled tree.
So many interesting things in the unloved commems.
MS64 OGH
This was a coin that I was never attracted to.... the art deco eagle is - IMO - unappealing.... As to Mr. Barnum, well, he is a part of our history, but the image on the coin is bland. Just does not appeal to me.... Others, of course, like the coin... all part of human nature....
Cheers, RickO
Not sure how this happened... I’ve been selling my commems and only held back a few.
But then I saw this...Bridgeport... can you believe it!? It’s a design I usually don’t get excited about.
I feel like that scene in The Godfather III where Michael says “just when I thought I was out they pull me back in!”
My current "Box of 20"
Born and raised in Bridgeport. Kinda surprising they actually made a commem. Was a big industrial city back in the day. Other than PT, nothing exciting. I do like the commem though.
@Bob13 Kind of like the Hotel California ... You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave
For what it's worth, there is a Bridgeport out here in California. Those who know where it is and what is around know just how remote remote can be sometimes.
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Todd - BHNC #242
Nice purchase @Bob13 I saw it posted and was seriously thinking of getting it but you snagged it before me.
It's a beautiful coin in a nice holder.