I picked up a couple of 1876 Centennial Lingg tokens with the Libertas Americana obverse. I'm going to submit them this week so I'll post grades at a later date, though obviously one will be holed.
Collector of randomness. Photographer at PCGS. Lover of Harry Potter.
2013 Open House Overstruck 2003 Illinois State Quarter - Double Denomination
This is Dan's buffalo nickel centennial open house dies over an Illinois state quarter. I really like it for how. clear words "QUARTER DOLLAR" and "ILLINOIS" remain. It looks like a double denomination because it has both the QUARTER DOLLAR from the host coin and FIVE CENTS from Dan's die. I have a bunch of Dan's buffalo nickel pieces so this is one more for the herd!
2018-D Open House Overstruck 1974-S Dollar - Off-Center Double Struck Error
This one is a 1974-S dollar over struck by Dan's 2018-D Open House dies. The obverse is Dan's US Mint invited submission for the WWI Centennial coin paired with his store card die. I like this a lot because I collect private patterns / numismatic store cards and the off-center double strike looks dramatic.
@SiriusBlack said:
I picked up a couple of 1876 Centennial Lingg tokens with the Libertas Americana obverse. I'm going to submit them this week so I'll post grades at a later date, though obviously one will be holed.
Great Libertas Americana pieces! I'm a big fan of store cards muled with a Libertas Americana die. I'm amazed by how many different ones there are!
I've been on a bit of a "religious medal" appreciation kick as of late. The designers of the Papal medals between the mid 1800's and mid 1900's really seem to have raised the bar on their art.
There are a variety of artisans who produced some stellar designs engraved into dies, then stamped into bronze. Bianchi, Weiner, Giampaoli are but a few.
Yesterday I received this one. it is a 1964 Pope Paul VI 2nd year annual medal commemorating the 400th anniversary of Michelangelo's death.
However last week I received a purchase that blows that one out of the water. The photos to follow were taken by my cheap cellphone. No post processing done on the images. I will let the photos speak for themselves.
What's amazing is that this piece was made in 1868. What's even more amazing is the size of this piece. I know a few of you may have seen this design before, but there are probably many who haven't.
Enjoy.
Click the images to enlarge to get a better appreciation of the details . . .
What's truly jaw dropping is the size of this particular piece. It wouldn't be a big deal to get this level of detail in a struck planchet that was 16" in diameter or larger, although the effort would be admirable.
What makes this piece astounding is that the dies were created around the time of our civil war without modern production techniques like laser or CNC engraving. Presumably, all this detail was created by hand into a die this size . . . .
The subject piece is on the top.
And folks fuss about full steps, full hair detail, full bell lines, or fully split bands . . . .
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
@PerryHall said: @Zoins Very neat medal. Is it a small gold medal about the size of a gold dollar?
It's 25.5mm which is quite a bit bigger than the small versions which were done by Soley with US Mint 13mm gold dollar dies. An easy way to guess is that the letters on the 13mm dies tend to be sans-serif and much simpler.
Here's a full set of photos with slab photos as one image. I have a program to assemble the side by side view but I want to automatically add the slab photos as well as they show off size well. I like combining these into 1 image so they are kept together.
At NGC MS65PL, this is a POP 1/0 for Brass but they have an "AE" composition which is one grade higher at MS66PL, but I don't like that one as much. I'm also not sure how they choose between Brass and AE since I've read that the definition of AE can encompass Brass.
For gold dollar sized medals, I did also pick this one up recently which has the great Tom Hoffman / @tmot99 provenance.
This a recent purchase and an example of what I love about these forums.
2017 Knights of the Coin Table - Brass with Copper Ring - Toned
I picked up this recently because I liked the way it looked, but didn't realize the origins of this piece until a series of posts by @ZoidMeister, @COCollector, and @Akbeez. These were not offered for sale, but were given to Knights who had paid early. Additionally, these come with a variety looks. @COCollector has a brilliant uncirculated one while @ZoidMeister has a very colorful one. Mine's in the middle, being toned but not with rainbow colors. Looking up this in the Moonlight Mint records showed that these have their color due to being annealed between strikes. Thanks to Dan @dcarr for maintaining detailed mintage records to make researching these interesting!
It was a very good week at Tim's house - my Germania Fafnir Dragon shipment and 15 - 2019 American Liberty 2.5 oz silver medals arrived safe and sound....
@Zoins said:
This a recent purchase and an example of what I love about these forums.
2017 Knights of the Coin Table - Brass with Copper Ring - Toned
I picked up this recently because I liked the way it looked, but didn't realize the origins of this piece until a series of posts by @ZoidMeister, @COCollector, and @Akbeez. These were not offered for sale, but were given to Knights who had paid early. Additionally, these come with a variety looks. @COCollector has a brilliant uncirculated one while @ZoidMeister has a very colorful one. Mine's in the middle, being toned but not with rainbow colors. Looking up this in the Moonlight Mint records showed that these have their color due to being annealed between strikes. Thanks to Dan @dcarr for maintaining detailed mintage records to make researching these interesting!
Here is the colorful one for your enjoyment followed by another version of the bi-metallics, a silver center version.
Though this token is not what I typically collect, I liked its appearance and its pedigree (ex-Fudd among others), so I was lucky enough to win it in the most recent SB auction. The grade is MS 64.
Here's my new Hugh Mulligan civil war token in silver. Rulau writes "In 1860 he claimed to have the largest wholesale and retail stock of watches in the country." I love his beard on this one.
This has the longest provenance chain I've seen for a Civil War token: Michael Parkoff, Q. David Bowers. Walter Korzick, Paul Koppenhaver, Sol Kaplan, Virgil Michael Brand.
I'm still looking for any catalogs or advertisements of his but haven't found any.
Purchased a 1865 3 cent CN for $5 at a local auction as a decent first year type coin. Later discovered that what I thought were "scratches" on the reverse were actually an impression of a double die. Per Coinfacts, it appears to be a DDO FS-101
@Night Hawk said:
Purchased a 1865 3 cent CN for $5 at a local auction as a decent first year type coin. Later discovered that what I thought were "scratches" on the reverse were actually an impression of a double die. Per Coinfacts, it appears to be a DDO FS-101
Needs to go off for grading...
You're seeing clash marks on the reverse of your coin. The rarity would be finding ones without clash marks. Although, some of the clashes are dramatic. You don't have the DDO. The coin is not really worth grading, unless of course, sentimental value is in play. Still a nice example for an album.
1889 Oliver C Bosbyshell medal - 25mm - George Morgan & George Soley
This medal is a George Soley 25mm reduction of a 76mm George Morgan medal.
Oliver Christian Bosbyshell was Superintendent of the Philadelphia Mint from 1889 to 1894, After 5 years as Superintendent, he lost his job when a Mint employee stole gold bars on his watch. Prior to that he was a Major in the Union Army during the Civil War and later a member of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR).
I was at an auction Sunday where a 1911 Indian 2 1/2 just like yours raw (probably MS 63 at best) sold for $775. Farmers have money burning a hole in their pockets.
If you do what you always did, you get what you always got.
Found this Statehood Quarter while searching through rolls of quarters. Unbelievable! Someone either must of got desperate for cash, stolen coins or someone finally found out that the Statehood series was a flop? Check this out, like brand new, in the wild for 16 years? Wow. Still in fantastic condition.
"Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!
--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.
My grandson was the operator of the press and made me this medal. Not bad for his first time striking up a medal. A little bit of a misaligned die, but, the rest is great. My daughter made a video of him operating the press. Quite the elaborate process. He had fun and I got a shiny silver medal. Priceless.
Well I posted a nice write up on why I got these coins, but when going to edit a spelling error, the post was eaten and disappeared.
Anyways the cliff notes version is:
1) $10 gold was part of a 120 coin collection/ accumulation that the LCS just got. Most coins were worn and dirty, but very cool to look through a lot of old gold. Picked this one as a decent looking bullion play.
2) $1 is an upgrade to my gold type set. Wanted to upgrade an Au55, and this coin had the look, holder and price,,,was very happy when it arrived in the mail.
3) CWT, I buy tokens rare, and slab the ones I want to keep. Usually only bat 50/50 if one will be kept, but this one will be. Finding something like this for $50, is what keeps me in the cwt niche.
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Picked up from Heritage and its the S/S Variety Unattributed and will tie 3 others in MS 67 with one coin Higher. CAC Sticker......
I used to be famous now I just collect coins.
Link to My Registry Set.
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Picked this up for $10. Raw AU58ish...
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It was a good weekend for me.
I picked up a couple of 1876 Centennial Lingg tokens with the Libertas Americana obverse. I'm going to submit them this week so I'll post grades at a later date, though obviously one will be holed.
Collector of randomness. Photographer at PCGS. Lover of Harry Potter.
Here are two recent Dan Carr pick ups:
2013 Open House Overstruck 2003 Illinois State Quarter - Double Denomination
This is Dan's buffalo nickel centennial open house dies over an Illinois state quarter. I really like it for how. clear words "QUARTER DOLLAR" and "ILLINOIS" remain. It looks like a double denomination because it has both the QUARTER DOLLAR from the host coin and FIVE CENTS from Dan's die. I have a bunch of Dan's buffalo nickel pieces so this is one more for the herd!
2018-D Open House Overstruck 1974-S Dollar - Off-Center Double Struck Error
This one is a 1974-S dollar over struck by Dan's 2018-D Open House dies. The obverse is Dan's US Mint invited submission for the WWI Centennial coin paired with his store card die. I like this a lot because I collect private patterns / numismatic store cards and the off-center double strike looks dramatic.
Great Libertas Americana pieces! I'm a big fan of store cards muled with a Libertas Americana die. I'm amazed by how many different ones there are!
I've been on a bit of a "religious medal" appreciation kick as of late. The designers of the Papal medals between the mid 1800's and mid 1900's really seem to have raised the bar on their art.
There are a variety of artisans who produced some stellar designs engraved into dies, then stamped into bronze. Bianchi, Weiner, Giampaoli are but a few.
Yesterday I received this one. it is a 1964 Pope Paul VI 2nd year annual medal commemorating the 400th anniversary of Michelangelo's death.
I find this medal visually stunning . . . .
Z
Busy chasing Carr's . . . . . woof!
Successful BST transactions with: Bullsitter, Downtown1974, P0CKETCHANGE, Twobitcollector, AKbeez, DCW, Illini420, ProofCollection, DCarr, Cazkaboom, RichieURich, LukeMarshall, carew4me, BustDMs, coinsarefun, PreTurb, felinfoal, jwitten, GoldenEgg, pruebas, lazybones, COCollector, CuKevin, MWallace, USMC_6115, NamVet69, zippcity, . . . . who'd I forget?
However last week I received a purchase that blows that one out of the water. The photos to follow were taken by my cheap cellphone. No post processing done on the images. I will let the photos speak for themselves.
What's amazing is that this piece was made in 1868. What's even more amazing is the size of this piece. I know a few of you may have seen this design before, but there are probably many who haven't.
Enjoy.
Click the images to enlarge to get a better appreciation of the details . . .
Z
Busy chasing Carr's . . . . . woof!
Successful BST transactions with: Bullsitter, Downtown1974, P0CKETCHANGE, Twobitcollector, AKbeez, DCW, Illini420, ProofCollection, DCarr, Cazkaboom, RichieURich, LukeMarshall, carew4me, BustDMs, coinsarefun, PreTurb, felinfoal, jwitten, GoldenEgg, pruebas, lazybones, COCollector, CuKevin, MWallace, USMC_6115, NamVet69, zippcity, . . . . who'd I forget?
What's truly jaw dropping is the size of this particular piece. It wouldn't be a big deal to get this level of detail in a struck planchet that was 16" in diameter or larger, although the effort would be admirable.
What makes this piece astounding is that the dies were created around the time of our civil war without modern production techniques like laser or CNC engraving. Presumably, all this detail was created by hand into a die this size . . . .
The subject piece is on the top.
And folks fuss about full steps, full hair detail, full bell lines, or fully split bands . . . .
Z
Busy chasing Carr's . . . . . woof!
Successful BST transactions with: Bullsitter, Downtown1974, P0CKETCHANGE, Twobitcollector, AKbeez, DCW, Illini420, ProofCollection, DCarr, Cazkaboom, RichieURich, LukeMarshall, carew4me, BustDMs, coinsarefun, PreTurb, felinfoal, jwitten, GoldenEgg, pruebas, lazybones, COCollector, CuKevin, MWallace, USMC_6115, NamVet69, zippcity, . . . . who'd I forget?
I finally got a monster toned Morgan for my 20th century type set!
@Zoins Thank you! They’re really fun, but I’m discovering quickly that finding nice quality ones is the challenge.
Collector of randomness. Photographer at PCGS. Lover of Harry Potter.
@david3142 ❤️ that monster toner!
MY GOLD TYPE SET https://pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/complete-type-sets/gold-type-set-12-piece-circulation-strikes-1839-1933/publishedset/321940
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$18 for this NTC 1943 Merc graded 66 - In hand it's even more vibrant, almost orange in color with dynamite luster.
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Click on this link to see my ebay listings.
it is clean
still looking for upgrades to my multiple Kennedy registry sets
I need some 2020 Kennedy business strikes in MS67 or higher
Kennedys are my quest...
I purchased these two recently:
Just picked up this piece for Columbus Day!
It's a medal for my George Soley collection.
@Zoins Very neat medal. The artistry is superb.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
It's 25.5mm which is quite a bit bigger than the small versions which were done by Soley with US Mint 13mm gold dollar dies. An easy way to guess is that the letters on the 13mm dies tend to be sans-serif and much simpler.
Here's a full set of photos with slab photos as one image. I have a program to assemble the side by side view but I want to automatically add the slab photos as well as they show off size well. I like combining these into 1 image so they are kept together.
At NGC MS65PL, this is a POP 1/0 for Brass but they have an "AE" composition which is one grade higher at MS66PL, but I don't like that one as much. I'm also not sure how they choose between Brass and AE since I've read that the definition of AE can encompass Brass.
For gold dollar sized medals, I did also pick this one up recently which has the great Tom Hoffman / @tmot99 provenance.
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This a recent purchase and an example of what I love about these forums.
2017 Knights of the Coin Table - Brass with Copper Ring - Toned
I picked up this recently because I liked the way it looked, but didn't realize the origins of this piece until a series of posts by @ZoidMeister, @COCollector, and @Akbeez. These were not offered for sale, but were given to Knights who had paid early. Additionally, these come with a variety looks. @COCollector has a brilliant uncirculated one while @ZoidMeister has a very colorful one. Mine's in the middle, being toned but not with rainbow colors. Looking up this in the Moonlight Mint records showed that these have their color due to being annealed between strikes. Thanks to Dan @dcarr for maintaining detailed mintage records to make researching these interesting!
It was a very good week at Tim's house - my Germania Fafnir Dragon shipment and 15 - 2019 American Liberty 2.5 oz silver medals arrived safe and sound....
Here is the colorful one for your enjoyment followed by another version of the bi-metallics, a silver center version.
Z
Busy chasing Carr's . . . . . woof!
Successful BST transactions with: Bullsitter, Downtown1974, P0CKETCHANGE, Twobitcollector, AKbeez, DCW, Illini420, ProofCollection, DCarr, Cazkaboom, RichieURich, LukeMarshall, carew4me, BustDMs, coinsarefun, PreTurb, felinfoal, jwitten, GoldenEgg, pruebas, lazybones, COCollector, CuKevin, MWallace, USMC_6115, NamVet69, zippcity, . . . . who'd I forget?
From a local show today.
Though this token is not what I typically collect, I liked its appearance and its pedigree (ex-Fudd among others), so I was lucky enough to win it in the most recent SB auction. The grade is MS 64.
I bought a bunch of elongated coins today!
Collector of randomness. Photographer at PCGS. Lover of Harry Potter.
Here's my new Hugh Mulligan civil war token in silver. Rulau writes "In 1860 he claimed to have the largest wholesale and retail stock of watches in the country." I love his beard on this one.
This has the longest provenance chain I've seen for a Civil War token: Michael Parkoff, Q. David Bowers. Walter Korzick, Paul Koppenhaver, Sol Kaplan, Virgil Michael Brand.
I'm still looking for any catalogs or advertisements of his but haven't found any.
MY GOLD TYPE SET https://pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/complete-type-sets/gold-type-set-12-piece-circulation-strikes-1839-1933/publishedset/321940
A little something from The Dark Side (actually, it was a product of the Philly Mint.).
1915 Cuba Star Peso MS63.
Wow! Very nice coin by Charles Barber. Amazing to think Cuba was part of the United States less than 20 years earlier.
Purchased a 1865 3 cent CN for $5 at a local auction as a decent first year type coin. Later discovered that what I thought were "scratches" on the reverse were actually an impression of a double die. Per Coinfacts, it appears to be a DDO FS-101
Needs to go off for grading...
Just bough yesterday. Up on the bay.
You're seeing clash marks on the reverse of your coin. The rarity would be finding ones without clash marks. Although, some of the clashes are dramatic. You don't have the DDO. The coin is not really worth grading, unless of course, sentimental value is in play. Still a nice example for an album.
1889 Oliver C Bosbyshell medal - 25mm - George Morgan & George Soley
This medal is a George Soley 25mm reduction of a 76mm George Morgan medal.
Oliver Christian Bosbyshell was Superintendent of the Philadelphia Mint from 1889 to 1894, After 5 years as Superintendent, he lost his job when a Mint employee stole gold bars on his watch. Prior to that he was a Major in the Union Army during the Civil War and later a member of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR).
Picked this up on the BST. Didn’t need it for my set, but I’m a sucker for these.
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 was at an auction Sunday where a 1911 Indian 2 1/2 just like yours raw (probably MS 63 at best) sold for $775. Farmers have money burning a hole in their pockets.
Picked up last week. From the Furnace Run Collection according to the insert.
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MPL's - Lincolns of Color
Central Valley Roosevelts
Super coin robec!
Transmission repairs . . . . . . . my car is in the shop . . . . . . . . .
Busy chasing Carr's . . . . . woof!
Successful BST transactions with: Bullsitter, Downtown1974, P0CKETCHANGE, Twobitcollector, AKbeez, DCW, Illini420, ProofCollection, DCarr, Cazkaboom, RichieURich, LukeMarshall, carew4me, BustDMs, coinsarefun, PreTurb, felinfoal, jwitten, GoldenEgg, pruebas, lazybones, COCollector, CuKevin, MWallace, USMC_6115, NamVet69, zippcity, . . . . who'd I forget?
Picked this up from a forum member. Luv them Walkers!
Beautiful dude! Just want to show what living on the dark side means. Lol
I tried to find the "spitting eagle" variety on mine.
"Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!
--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.Bought this Morgan on the 9th
Found this Statehood Quarter while searching through rolls of quarters. Unbelievable! Someone either must of got desperate for cash, stolen coins or someone finally found out that the Statehood series was a flop? Check this out, like brand new, in the wild for 16 years? Wow. Still in fantastic condition.
"Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!
--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.Here's 1 I crossed from ANACS, the same grade.
Here is one I just had re-graded and a new TV
Cert# lookup https://pcgs.com/cert/40241786
Ken
My Washington Type B/C Set
My grandson was the operator of the press and made me this medal. Not bad for his first time striking up a medal. A little bit of a misaligned die, but, the rest is great. My daughter made a video of him operating the press. Quite the elaborate process. He had fun and I got a shiny silver medal. Priceless.
Two new Wartime Jefferson's
1942s Reverse Die crack, from top rim to bottom
1943p Beautiful conditioned, FS too.
"Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!
--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.Well I posted a nice write up on why I got these coins, but when going to edit a spelling error, the post was eaten and disappeared.
Anyways the cliff notes version is:
1) $10 gold was part of a 120 coin collection/ accumulation that the LCS just got. Most coins were worn and dirty, but very cool to look through a lot of old gold. Picked this one as a decent looking bullion play.
2) $1 is an upgrade to my gold type set. Wanted to upgrade an Au55, and this coin had the look, holder and price,,,was very happy when it arrived in the mail.
3) CWT, I buy tokens rare, and slab the ones I want to keep. Usually only bat 50/50 if one will be kept, but this one will be. Finding something like this for $50, is what keeps me in the cwt niche.
Here’s my latest: