Bruce's amazing coins
Zoins
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This is a thread to celebrate all of Bruce's amazing coins. He's had so many of them over the years and I've enjoyed them in many different threads.
Thanks for sharing your coins and thoughts. You've made the boards a wonderful place to be
Post any of Bruce's coins here
Here are a few that I've enjoyed.
1794 $1 - PCGS SP66 POP 1/0
- https://www.pcgs.com/cert/36065467
- https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1042034/10m-flowing-hair-1794-us-dollar-set-for-auction-in-vegas
1795 $1 - PCGS MS65 POP 2/1
1838 $1 J-84 Restrike PCGS PR65 POP 5/0
- https://www.pcgs.com/cert/30774104
- https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/994716/best-seated-dollar-collection-ever
1876 $1 Trade Dollar - PCGS MS67 POP 1/0
- https://www.pcgs.com/cert/50079042
- https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/990221/great-looking-trade-dollar-for-a-great-year
It's amazing that this coin is still registered with an old cert number and TrueView. It doesn't hurt that it's still a 1/0.
1913 Liberty Nickel - PCGS PR65 - POP 1/0
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No doubt they are amazing coins....Thanks for the TruViews, might make a copy for a wall poster.... Cheers, RickO
We must include two of Bruce's hallmark coins. He sold this pair of Eliasberg Trade Dollars a few years back. He always spoke fondly of these coins. I think his registry set is the only time they have been paired together in the registry.
My 20th Century Gold Major Design Type Set ---started : 11/17/1997 ---- completed : 1/21/2004
I'm in coincurrence.
In my collecting career, I have been privileged to own at one time or another:
Gem chain cent & specimen ameri
2 1913 liberty head nickels
Gem 1894-s dime
Gem 1876-cc twenty cent piece
Several 1796 quarters
1827 original, restrike and copper pattern quarters
Gem 1796 half
Norweb 1838-O half
3 different 1794 dollars - two on the condition census
A restrike and an original 1804 dollar
The finest Gobrecht dollar
The gem 1851&52 dollars
2 1870-s dollars
4 1884 and 3 1885 trade dollars
It’s truly been a fun ride
I like the second one best, jmo
I could look at that 1876 Trade dollar all day!
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Now is the time for you to have someone to make a Digital Album akin to the one used by PCGS in their Registry Sets. I would gladly buy a copy that would contain some of the most unobtainable coins(for most of us) in numismatic history. Please do so.
Jim
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln
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Definitely. I would love to see a digital and print album of all of Bruce's coins over time. He has an amazing and discerning eye for beautiful and important coins.
Come on Bruce. Give us this chance to view all of your past and current coins. I will wear a bib so as not to drool on the Album.
Jim
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.....Mark Twain
Absolutely stunning coins!
You use past tense---do you plan to continue to collect?
"has been" and "have been" are present perfect, not past tense, which would be "I was privileged".
Present perfect progressive tense describes an action that began in the past, continues in the present, and may continue into the future.
Oh geez, im just curious if he plans on continuing collecting
So am I. I was just pointing out that the way he phrased it did not indicate (by default) that he was done collecting.
Now it's time for rare whiskies.
Any one of those coins could be the prized piece in a collection.
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Complete Set of Chopmarked Trade Dollars
Carson City Silver Dollars Complete 1870-1893http://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/showcase.aspx?sc=2722"
Ah, but never a gem Ike dollar.
Interesting. . .
I have a few in the junk drawer
Great to see that one! TDN had an entire collection of chopmarked Trades. Would be great to see more of them!
Here's TDN's Trade Dollar set:
https://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistry/alltimeset/87428
This set is insane:
Looks like all the coins are CAC too!
Love the die cracks on this one!
Complying with the OP's request, here is one that I understand Bruce owned, at least briefly, and would be included as one of the "2 1913 Liberty Head Nickels" on his above posted list.
My photo of it was taken at the Portland Money Show back when it was still in the NGC holder as a PF 64 and identified as "The Hawaii Five-O Coin."
Otherwise known as the Olsen specimen it was notable at the time it was the subject of a Hawaii Five-O show as the U.S. coin which had sold for the largest sum. Ironically Bruce was able to make his own history by giving that distinction to another coin in more recent years that still holds the record.
And here is a link to a prior thread with more details about the show and the coin's auction history after I photographed it.
An excerpt from one my posts on the thread:
"In the 1973 episode of Hawaii Five-0 titled, "The $100,000 Dollar Nickel" (which was based on the theft of the Olsen Specimen of the 1913 Liberty Head Nickel that had just set the record for the price paid for a single coin the year prior in 1972), there was an interesting parallel to the real life theft subject of this thread. In both cases the coin(s) were stolen at a coin show by a thief who used a distraction. In the fictional TV episode the con artist's attractive wife provides the distraction as character Arnie Price examines a dealer's coins at the coin show being held in Waikiki's Ilikai Hotel.
For any not familiar with the celebrity history of this coin, as above noted it was the first coin to sell for $100,000. In 2010 it was sold to an undisclosed party for the sum of $3,737,500."
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/comment/11851545#Comment_11851545
Great coin! If Bruce ever gets the chance to own the Walton 1913 Liberty nickel, I think he should go for it. Then he would have owned all 3 of the publicly available specimens.
OK, Zoins, here you go, a couple of chop marked Trade Dollars previously owned by TDN:
Complete Set of Chopmarked Trade Dollars
Carson City Silver Dollars Complete 1870-1893http://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/showcase.aspx?sc=2722"
Woooooffff!
Thanks for the link.
Auction week is here.
Wishing for the best and over $10M
Some stocks have been on a tear recently, including CLCT, so I hope we see some good action.
Isn't the Walton one the one that is mediocre? I mix them up.
It's PCGS PR63 which you might consider it mediocre given the company, but it's still nice to get them all. It sold for $3.1M in 2013.
It has nothing to do with the plastic. The coin looks lightly cleaned to me.
That doesn't really affect the goal of getting them all.
One can come up reasons to not get it, but it's still nice to get all possible.
Lots of coins lacking bids so far. Hopefully the action pics up on 10/8!
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One of my Favs was the 38o half he had in the old no line fatty. His dollars speak for them self
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
Heres a few I own that are ex-Bruce (I think?) coins:
If im wrong, TDN can fact check me
Minor Variety Trade dollar's with chop marks set:
More Than It's Chopped Up To Be
Love that one
Minor Variety Trade dollar's with chop marks set:
More Than It's Chopped Up To Be
David- that 74-P is marvelous!
Minor Variety Trade dollar's with chop marks set:
More Than It's Chopped Up To Be
It’s truly been a fun ride
It's the same sensation that most of us coin collectors have when we acquire our own prized coins. Each coin has a story to tell, and your willingness to share your collection on this forum has been a major contribution. Stick around, will you?
I knew it would happen.
Less than 24 hours to go* and the Dexter 1804 PCGS PF65 Dollar and the 1794 PCGS SP66 CAC dollar both have zero bids. Several other early federal coins have no bidding activity.
*Current as of 9:25 PM EST, with the auction scheduled for 10/8/2010 at 7:30 PM EST.
I remember watching that episode, and while the 100 grand seemed like an incredible amount for a nickel, I was shocked even then, of the nickel being ran through-if I recollect right-a pay phone. I guess I must qualify as being old!
Not his style to own less than the best. The "nice to get" is likely in your own mind, not his.
"Got a flaming heart, can't get my fill"
I'll always remember his response to my thread here. Very classy.
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/876724/hk-685-r8-santa-monica-breakwater-so-called-dollar-rarity-or-condition#latest
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I remember someone getting a very large tax deduction to donate a substantial collection.
What are the tax benefits to donating coins?
Very good if you have a very large tax bill!
It's a 100% tax deduction based on an appraisal from a third party. Not too bad!
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Member of the American Numismatic Association (ANA), British Numismatic Society (BNS), New York Numismatic Club (NYNC), Early American Copper (EAC), the Colonial Coin Collectors Club (C4), U.S. Mexican Numismatic Association (USMNA), Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC), Token and Medal Society (TAMS), and life member of the Atlantic County Numismatic Society (ACNS).
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Deduction as in receiving a full deduction from income vs. a credit as a reduction in the calculated tax expense. So in effect, 20-30% of the value of the collection unless you are the President in which case it doesn't help to adjust the tax liability below zero.
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Jesse C. Kraft, Ph.D.
Resolute Americana Curator of American Numismatics
American Numismatic Society
New York City
Member of the American Numismatic Association (ANA), British Numismatic Society (BNS), New York Numismatic Club (NYNC), Early American Copper (EAC), the Colonial Coin Collectors Club (C4), U.S. Mexican Numismatic Association (USMNA), Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC), Token and Medal Society (TAMS), and life member of the Atlantic County Numismatic Society (ACNS).
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