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After years of wanting a nice COB, I found a collection that had this!

For years I wanted a nice COB but thought 99% of them were/are ugly...and I wanted a date + mint mark visible...which can be hard to find. So a couple months ago, I purchase a collection of coins apparently put away and not touched since the 1970s. Included in that was something I had never seen before: a custom cut Capital Plastics holder with a complete 1/2R to 8R cob set from Potosi! Amazingly, the coins are in amazing shape and dates + mint marks visible on at least 4 of them. Have any of you seen custom made Capital Plastics holders like this?

Wish it was Mexico mint...but after so many years of wanting a single COB, I now have a full set of nice examples and it will live on my desk for years :smile:

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  • KliaoKliao Posts: 5,558 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wow very nice

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  • WCCWCC Posts: 2,571 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Calico had a Mexican royal with the typical hole maybe five years ago but it was a real nice one, AU with good color. I wish I had bought it.

  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭

    THAT is super cool.

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  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 8,970 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I can almost see the guy with the coping saw cutting along the trace lines. Very nice group and display. Peace Roy

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  • MattTheRileyMattTheRiley Posts: 806 ✭✭✭✭

    That is SUPER COOL!

  • bidaskbidask Posts: 14,017 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Weiss said:
    THAT is super cool.

    Yes it is !

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  • ClioClio Posts: 542 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What an awesome set man congrats! If you ever get bored of it let me know ;)

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  • BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,107 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Cool display too!

  • ChopmarkedTradesChopmarkedTrades Posts: 518 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice, clearly custom fitted to each coin as well.

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,189 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very cool! Congrats. :)

  • StorkStork Posts: 5,205 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That is beyond cool!


  • WCCWCC Posts: 2,571 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I didn't see the image yesterday. The set is nicely presented and the quality is definitely much better than normally seen.

  • PhilLynottPhilLynott Posts: 890 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Just awesome, great find!

  • Crazy8sCrazy8s Posts: 73 ✭✭✭

    Beautiful set. I have seen a few capital plastics cases like this over the years and always thought they were amazing because they had to be custom fitted to the coins. Nice score.

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