Coins I Like

crazyhounddog

Way nice coins in this thread. Keep ‘em coming😊👌

paesan

Thanks guys for keeping the thread going with your amazing coins! I'm going to downshift back to my raw Lincolns in my WR album tonight....

vulcanize

Was at the Baltimore show in the first week of April and had a nice interaction with the gentleman at the ICG kiosk.
Had already submitted everything to our hosts and did not have anything much except a few war time pennies from the Dansco.
He picked up this lone penny and asked to submit, telling me to not bother getting the others graded. Was extremely knowledgeable and had great fun chatting with him. Very happy with the grade it came back as well.

paesan

PCGSXF-40 & CAC.....

sedulous

Recently returned grade on this 1909-S / Horizontal S Lincoln Cent: MS66RD. What is there not to like about that!

• Tim

sedulous

Same as before, another one found in the rough out of a 6-coin set was this 1909-S VDB Lincoln. Grade returned was MS65RB. I like it!:

• Tim

sedulous

If you really want to round out the S-mint mintmark pennies, you got to have an Indian 1909-S. That grade came back MS64RB:

• Tim

Meltdown

asheland

I recently got this:
64RB

jfriedm56

A couple of flying eagles

originalisbest

Love the flying eagle with an OGH with an immaculate hologram back! Rare, rare, rare (relative to OGH's!)

jfriedm56

@originalisbest said:
Love the flying eagle with an OGH with an immaculate hologram back! Rare, rare, rare (relative to OGH's!)

Thanks @originalisbest, the photo of the 1858 small letters flying eagle cent in that OGH does not do the coin justice. In hand the luster is somewhat subdued, but has flashes of rainbow iridescence. It has a strong strike and really is a beautiful coin. I have shown it to many dealers and most have told me to crack it out for recertification believing it would regrade higher. Something I would never do.

originalisbest

@jfriedm56 said:

@originalisbest said:
Love the flying eagle with an OGH with an immaculate hologram back! Rare, rare, rare (relative to OGH's!)

Thanks @originalisbest, the photo of the 1858 small letters flying eagle cent in that OGH does not do the coin justice. In hand the luster is somewhat subdued, but has flashes of rainbow iridescence. It has a strong strike and really is a beautiful coin. I have shown it to many dealers and most have told me to crack it out for recertification believing it would regrade higher. Something I would never do.

Glad you feel that way! The coin speaks for itself, and the OGH, once gone could not be replaced -- kudos and thanks for sharing this great coin!

originalisbest

And of course, your no-line fatty flying eagle, complete with Rick's eagle-eye seal, is no slouch either! Only flaw is superficial (the hologram on the back) and those are so fragile, nothing to do about it. Great coin!

sedulous

@sedulous said:
Same as before, another one found in the rough out of a 6-coin set was this 1909-S VDB Lincoln. Grade returned was MS65RB. I like it!:

• Tim

Took my own images:

ZoidMeister

Sweeeeet!

I don't even DREAM that good . . . . .

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@sedulous said:

@sedulous said:
Same as before, another one found in the rough out of a 6-coin set was this 1909-S VDB Lincoln. Grade returned was MS65RB. I like it!:

• Tim

Took my own images:

sedulous

Another one out of the 6-coin set was this proof '09 Indian. I recently snapped my own macros for this one too. Remember, these were unearthed out of a safe as part of an estate. I hear the set was in the safe since the 1960's:

Time to Guess The Grade

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paesan

Here's a better variety 1857 small date large cent, NGC AU-50...

AkJackster

AkJackster

this is a Morgan Silver O Mint condition uncirculated

ZoidMeister

@sedulous said:
Another one out of the 6-coin set was this proof '09 Indian. I recently snapped my own macros for this one too. Remember, these were unearthed out of a safe as part of an estate. I hear the set was in the safe since the 1960's:

Time to Guess The Grade

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I would guess MS-67 RB, green CAC.

Z

asheland

@sedulous said:
Another one out of the 6-coin set was this proof '09 Indian. I recently snapped my own macros for this one too. Remember, these were unearthed out of a safe as part of an estate. I hear the set was in the safe since the 1960's:

Time to Guess The Grade

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PF65 Red

sedulous

@ZoidMeister @asheland Thank you for your lofty guesses but I am trying to decipher why I received this grade. I know in my possession it never had a "spot removed":

sedulous

@sedulous said:
Recently returned grade on this 1909-S / Horizontal S Lincoln Cent: MS66RD. What is there not to like about that!

• Tim

I re-imaged this coin:

sedulous

@sedulous said:
If you really want to round out the S-mint mintmark pennies, you got to have an Indian 1909-S. That grade came back MS64RB:

• Tim

Another picture taking:

ZoidMeister

@sedulous said:
@ZoidMeister @asheland Thank you for your lofty guesses but I am trying to decipher why I received this grade. I know in my possession it never had a "spot removed":

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I will wager that if you paid them for "conservation" it would straight grade . . . . . . .

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paesan

Tim - My guess is reverse right above the o in one is where the spot was.

paesan

A nice raw FE, pix courtesy Barberkeys....

asheland

@paesan said:
A nice raw FE, pix courtesy Barberkeys....

Nice! Crisp.

paesan

Thanks, Asheland!
A couple of PCGS AU-55 CAC Lincolns. I still love collecting wheaties!

paesan

How about a little fractional gold? PCGS AU-58....

paesan

Mixing it up with a 3CS, PC-58 CAC...

barberkeys

Haven't posted anything in a while. Another I like, PC55:

sedulous

@barberkeys said:
Haven't posted anything in a while. Another I like, PC55:

Nice nickel. The year before, this came out halfway around the world.

paesan

I recently upgraded and I just moved this beautiful spare. PCGS XF-40 CAC...

sedulous

Recently back from the grading room:

WilliamF

@sedulous said:
Recently back from the grading room:

Wow! Still on my bucket list

NeophyteNumismatist

Loving all these coins. Here is one of my more recent ones, and I really do love it.

124Spider

As I've mentioned a few times, I love die-error coins, particularly Lincoln cents.

And I like filling coin albums with pretty, raw coins.

But I don't like spending a lot of money on raw coins, and that can cause problems with "I like pretty raw coins."

I wanted to upgrade my 1909-S from the raw VF20 that I had; my dilemma was how to I keep it raw, make it really nice, and not spend a fortune.

Then I learned of the 1909-S-over-horizontal-S variety of the Lincoln cent, and I had my answer.

I bought an AU58 raw 1909-S from a dealer I trust, and a very, very nice 1909-S-over-horizontal-S, certified by PCGS. Bingo, the slot in the album was filled with a pretty coin, and I added a (to me, which is all that matters ) very cool coin. And they weren't duplicative.

Bruce7789

I love collecting Lincoln cents, something about the look of copper, both bright and toned fills some kind of need in me, but I have about run the course in the grades I was collecting. From 1928 - 1958 the set is complete in MS65RD, to include the errors, including a lot of the minor ones and all of the proofs. From 1909 to 1927, I either cannot find the coins in the grade (MS65RD) or if even found, would need to mortgage the house and my grandkids to acquire them. While I have some of them, I've had to make the decision to settle for both 65RB and 65BN coins to fill out the remainder of the set. My first acquisition in this vein is shown below as a MS65BN and I hope I am as lucky filling in the others as I was in this one.

Thanks to the seller (VDB Coins) who helped me acquire it.

Fraz

Moved to Small dollar thread.

sedulous

A couple of Morgans that came back from grading (previously from the wild):

1885-P MS65+ lustrous, nice cheek

1890-P MS63 with neat color

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paesan

PCGS AU-58 FH and CAC.....

WilliamF

One I used to own, kinda wish I'd kept it...

ZoidMeister

Saturday afternoon BBQ and coins . . . .

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JWP

I only own three 5 oz silver ATB quarters and the reason I like them is one represents my home state and the other two represent the Civil War and World War II.

Barberian

@sedulous said:
Recently back from the grading room:

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Going to the grading room . . . someday.

Fugio1787

My very first barber quarter.

paesan

Fugio, Congrats and welcome to the wonderful world of Barber Quarters!

Fot today though, here's an upgrade to my very first coin passion, the Washington Quarters. PC 66+ and CAC...

NeophyteNumismatist