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  • @WAYNEAS said:
    Nothing spectacular but a nice gift to my great nephew as a birth year coin.

    Wayne

    very wise of you doing this for your nephew......

  • DNADaveDNADave Posts: 7,271 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Lazybones said:
    Another one of these... :D

    And another one of these :# ...

    Sweet 70s Series. What kind of sights?

  • LazybonesLazybones Posts: 1,459 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 13, 2023 1:12AM

    @DNADave said:

    @Lazybones said:

    And another one of these :# ...

    Sweet 70s Series. What kind of sights?

    Bo-Mar. Took it to the range yesterday and shot a 6" group from 50' right out of the case. The previous owner had the sights, the comp trigger, and flat mainspring housing put on. The original parts came with it in case I'd like to switch it back.

    USAF (Ret) 1974 - 1994 - The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. Remembering RickO, a brother in arms.

  • lermishlermish Posts: 2,894 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Floridafacelifter said:
    Picked up this nice Bustie at Summer FUN
    PR65 pop 2/1
    Provenance: Lorin G. Parmelee Collection- Thomas Cleneay Collection- T. James Clarke Collection- Charles Link Collection.

    Maybe you're getting bored of hearing this but WOW!!!!!

  • FloridafacelifterFloridafacelifter Posts: 1,267 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @lermish said:

    @Floridafacelifter said:
    Picked up this nice Bustie at Summer FUN
    PR65 pop 2/1
    Provenance: Lorin G. Parmelee Collection- Thomas Cleneay Collection- T. James Clarke Collection- Charles Link Collection.

    Maybe you're getting bored of hearing this but WOW!!!!!

    Haha never! Love me some proof coins!

  • CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,041 ✭✭✭✭✭

    When I come to the CU forum and see @Floridafacelifter 's name next to "most recent" in this Newp thread I get goose bumps.

    Tell me, in hand how are the fields? Is it like looking into water?

  • FloridafacelifterFloridafacelifter Posts: 1,267 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Cladiator said:
    When I come to the CU forum and see @Floridafacelifter 's name next to "most recent" in this Newp thread I get goose bumps.

    Tell me, in hand how are the fields? Is it like looking into water?

    It’s absolutely amazing- the blue toning is what really got me. It’s the only Bust quarter I own.

  • johnny010johnny010 Posts: 1,535 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 13, 2023 6:54PM

    @Floridafacelifter said:

    Picked up this nice Bustie at Summer FUN
    PR65 pop 2/1
    Provenance: Lorin G. Parmelee Collection- Thomas Cleneay Collection- T. James Clarke Collection- Charles Link Collection.

    I like that this coin came from the Parmalee collection a long, long time ago. Great provenance!

  • FloridafacelifterFloridafacelifter Posts: 1,267 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @johnny010 said:

    @Floridafacelifter said:

    Picked up this nice Bustie at Summer FUN
    PR65 pop 2/1
    Provenance: Lorin G. Parmelee Collection- Thomas Cleneay Collection- T. James Clarke Collection- Charles Link Collection.

    I like that this coin can from the Parmalee collection a long, long time ago. Great provenance!

    I’m big into provenance- it’s a big part of my enjoyment of the hobby to know or figure out where a coin has been!

  • SanctionIISanctionII Posts: 12,103 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Two proof Franklin halves purchased last Friday.

  • johnny010johnny010 Posts: 1,535 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @alefzero said:
    1800 BB-181 NGC AU55 - only one finer is NGC AU58 (central strike is always weak, but this is nicer than most)

    Excellent score. High on my list.

  • bramn8rbramn8r Posts: 839 ✭✭✭✭✭

    2005-D Bison rolls, none speared.

  • johnny010johnny010 Posts: 1,535 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @lermish said:

    @johnny010 said:

    After leaving ANA, looked at pictures I took while there and decided to buy this over the phone.

    Possibly going to send it back for reconsideration since it looks like a 65 to me.

    Love the color, nice pickup! I sort of did a similar thing except I had to take my picture in the lot viewing room under less than ideal lighting and I had to bid yesterday instead of call the dealer. And it's sort of US because it's 1776 and we didn't have our own national currency yet!

    Nice
    We’re these allowed as legal currency? I know some that went to the West Indies with clipped planchets were allowed.

  • lermishlermish Posts: 2,894 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @johnny010 said:

    @lermish said:

    @johnny010 said:

    After leaving ANA, looked at pictures I took while there and decided to buy this over the phone.

    Possibly going to send it back for reconsideration since it looks like a 65 to me.

    Love the color, nice pickup! I sort of did a similar thing except I had to take my picture in the lot viewing room under less than ideal lighting and I had to bid yesterday instead of call the dealer. And it's sort of US because it's 1776 and we didn't have our own national currency yet!

    Nice
    We’re these allowed as legal currency? I know some that went to the West Indies with clipped planchets were allowed.

    I don't know how the English felt about it but a huge swath of the US was still owned by Spain so certainly legal tender there. And 8R's were commonly used throughout much of America much later than this but I'm not sure how much the 8Es were. Mostly I wanted a 1776 "Spanish" coin and all things being equal prefer gold to silver :)

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