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braddickbraddick Posts: 22,498 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I've got a few coins I know are not really pretty, yet strike me as being kind of cool in their own right. I hope you may have a coin or two that fits that bill.
Here is an example of one I own. A common coin. Not pretty. Just kind of different (for what it normally is):



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  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 8,384 ✭✭✭✭✭

    So that surface effect, is it a pale greenish powdery condition? Has this coin been exposed to extreme temperatures like in an attic? Interesting. Peace Roy

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  • P0CKETCHANGEP0CKETCHANGE Posts: 2,039 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Perhaps a fitting moniker would be "ugly ducklings"

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  • HydrantHydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 3, 2021 10:02AM

    @bearcave said:
    One of my ugly ducklings!

    That coin seems way over graded. Looks around VG8 at best. Is it just me?

  • daltexdaltex Posts: 3,459 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Hydrant said:

    @bearcave said:
    One of my ugly ducklings!

    That coin seems way over graded. Looks around VG8 at best. Is it just me?

    No, it's not just you. We must be missing something.

  • bearcavebearcave Posts: 3,993 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Here's the back. Don't know but your host graded it.

    Ken
  • winestevenwinesteven Posts: 3,723 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 4, 2021 11:08PM

    This is my “Ash Wednesday” Half Cent. I bought it as MS64RD with a CAC. Despite the distraction, I saw some strong beauty in this “Ugly Duckling”, so I sent it back to PCGS with its CAC for Reconsideration. Sure enough, despite PCGS having VERY recently graded it as only a MS64RD, PCGS agreed, and added on a “+”. I then sent it back to CAC to have them AUTOMATICALLY reapply their sticker on the MS64+RD new holder for only $3, as the cert number remains unchanged with Reconsideration (and CAC ignores “+” grades).

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  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 7,210 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @braddick said:
    I've got a few coins I know are not really pretty, yet strike me as being kind of cool in their own right. I hope you may have a coin or two that fits that bill.
    Here is an example of one I own. A common coin. Not pretty. Just kind of different (for what it normally is):



    The obverse image reminds me of those old time photo negatives.

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  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 21,756 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Never a bad time to show this one off



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  • lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,878 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I always thought this was interesting. A well worn 1893-S, don't you think?

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  • braddickbraddick Posts: 22,498 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Love the contributions so far.
    Here are two more, deeply stashed from the bottom of my safe:




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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 26,997 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice fugly coin all 😝

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 44,827 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @lkeigwin said:
    I always thought this was interesting. A well worn 1893-S, don't you think?

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    I can offer melt. You pay shipping. ;)

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  • WingedLiberty1957WingedLiberty1957 Posts: 2,935 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 5, 2021 4:35AM

    PCGS AG3. I bought this for around $20 on ebay a few years ago.

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  • MeltdownMeltdown Posts: 8,526 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Boy have i got a few that fall into that category...


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  • ambro51ambro51 Posts: 13,529 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 5, 2021 6:50AM

    A Tin Farthing from 1684, Struck by King James II from probably the worst coin material ever, crudely refined pure tin. It rots in cold air and is as soft as lead solder! These tin farthings has a copper plug, a bimetallic, which furthered the decay. The only way these coins survive like this one, is long immersion in the anerobic gunk that iis the mud of the Themes River. . There is a record of a leather bag recovered with 14 tin farthings, it’s suspected it belonged to a ferryman. England went back to copper in five years. They Hated to do it since the Tin was mined in Cornwall but copper had to be Bought from the King of Sweden! During the late 18th century England grew to dominate World copper production from the great Lode on Parys Mountain. There was copper aplenty, enabling the sheathing of the Royal Navy Ships to combat the dreaded shipworm, aiding Great Britain’s rise to a Dominating World Power, Building an Empire.

  • JeffersonFrogJeffersonFrog Posts: 799 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I think this meets the "not necessarily attractive" criteria. It does makes a good GTG coin tho ...

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  • PillarDollarCollectorPillarDollarCollector Posts: 4,198 ✭✭✭✭✭

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  • thisnamztakenthisnamztaken Posts: 4,101 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 5, 2021 3:20PM

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    Not mine but I always thought these were interesting.

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  • TennesseeDaveTennesseeDave Posts: 4,671 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Trade $'s
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  • braddickbraddick Posts: 22,498 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My favorite Trade dollar:


    peacockcoins

  • jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 8,698 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 7, 2021 1:26PM

    Here is the effect on an 1880 O of 50 years in a paper envelope stored in a leather coin purse. Thus, not a pretty coin. lol
    Jim
    Edited to add: BTW, this is the coin that started my coin collecting life in 1958 at 10 years old. But as a shiny silver coin.


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  • WAYNEASWAYNEAS Posts: 6,117 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ambro51 said:
    A Tin Farthing from 1684, Struck by King James II from probably the worst coin material ever, crudely refined pure tin. It rots in cold air and is as soft as lead solder! These tin farthings has a copper plug, a bimetallic, which furthered the decay. The only way these coins survive like this one, is long immersion in the anerobic gunk that iis the mud of the Themes River. . There is a record of a leather bag recovered with 14 tin farthings, it’s suspected it belonged to a ferryman. England went back to copper in five years. They Hated to do it since the Tin was mined in Cornwall but copper had to be Bought from the King of Sweden! During the late 18th century England grew to dominate World copper production from the great Lode on Parys Mountain. There was copper aplenty, enabling the sheathing of the Royal Navy Ships to combat the dreaded shipworm, aiding Great Britain’s rise to a Dominating World Power, Building an Empire.

    now that is one ugly coin

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  • ambro51ambro51 Posts: 13,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yes, but I’d estimate it in the top 25% of extant soecimens!!

  • FlatwoodsFlatwoods Posts: 4,122 ✭✭✭✭✭

    braddick you have always had some really cool and interesting stuff.
    I'd love to see all the stuff you have stashed way back in that safe!

  • braddickbraddick Posts: 22,498 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ^
    Thanks!
    I will definitely be adding to this thread later tonight with a couple more interesting examples.

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  • braddickbraddick Posts: 22,498 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Some neat entries within this thread!
    Here is a Morgan dollar someone back in the day spent a lot of time stretching. Now, to do so without distorting (too much) the coin was a difficult task.

    Thought it was kind of neat and fit within this thread well:


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  • braddickbraddick Posts: 22,498 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A neat CAMEO OBV 1970-D Kennedy (it's MS63 at best, and the reverse is weak, yet wow- love the mirrors and frosting on the obverse!):


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  • emeraldATVemeraldATV Posts: 3,667 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Found this a few weeks ago. Comes with a w. Ok...?

  • emeraldATVemeraldATV Posts: 3,667 ✭✭✭✭✭


    Sorry, a little tired.

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