It's presently 13 degrees and snowing....Nice day for coins and books and music. The joys of life indeed.
I love interesting displays, so here is one from 1914. My Barber half in PF-67+ CAC, which was in Eugene Gardner's collection and a quite rare red seal $20.00 Federal Reserve Note. @pursuitofliberty is responsible for this new addiction, and I must say, these large size notes are just soooo cool. Help me, I'm falling!
Hello everyone... it's been a while since I've posted (new job) but today is exceptional. My brother sent me his coin collection and from the looks of the books and holders, they appear to be stuff he collected when we were kids... he's 10 years older than me and would have started his collection in the early 1960s. I just started unpacking but here's what I've run across so far...
Collecting: Dansco 7070; Middle Date Large Cents (VF-AU); Box of 20;
I've never seen the wrappers for Silver Dollars... the paper military money was likely from when my father was stationed at (what was then) Frankfurt, West Germany. The rolls look to have been opened on one end... I'll go through each later. There is a "roll" of uncirculated Roosie dimes in a plastic tube... look to all be 1960.
I have no ideas about the Chinese shovel money... obviously looks corroded but I suppose I'd expect that from a 2500 year old shovel...
Collecting: Dansco 7070; Middle Date Large Cents (VF-AU); Box of 20;
Here is my lone MB59 win. Was supposed to be delivered this morning (a surprise to me) but came shortly after noon. No more coffee but am enjoying a coffee stout
In hand it is everything I like in a CBH. Great luster and dirty.
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Wow! I'm beginning to like Buffalo nickels much more after seeing @FlyingAl's nickels! Beautiful!
Here's a coin I forgot I bid on until Stacks Bowers sent me an email. It took me a minute to realize I actually won the auction. SB does not reveal the bidding after the auction is over, just the winning bid. I like the dark circulated cameo look so long as they don't show corrosion other than dark toning. This one is well struck, shows AU50 wear, and seems OK to me.
1876-S PCGS XF45 - Stacks Bowers photo
Trueview - reveals the surfaces with axial lighting reflecting off the fields back at the camera. The obverse looks nice, the reverse has some possible slight roughness around the eagle and what I believe are some planchet lines through the denomination.
@Copperindian said:
Happy “Red Eye” Saturday everyone! A week ago I was still roaming the bourse @ FUN. I picked up the coin below as my final buy of what for me was a great show. Certainly my best FUN ever!
I’ve always wanted one of these; call it a dream come true:
Most all collectors know the 1796 Draped Bust 25C is a one year type. Quarters weren’t minted again until 1804 (& with a different design). It’s a die state 1 with perfect dies. Also a B2 type; R3 rarity. It’s moderately worn (with very even wear). Denticles are complete & central devices are well defined. The coin has deep iridescent gunmetal hues in the recesses, with lighter shades of gray over the relief elements. There are no adjustment marks. With its “circulated cameo” appearance, this piece has exceptional eye appeal. So yes, buying this one is a dream come true!
What an awesome pick up! That is a coin that I hope to own someday and yours is perfect! It would match my 1806 beautifully…
This will be my contribution to this thread…
I was very fortunate to be offered this coin from my Classic Head $5 mentors collection. It brings me to 4 of the 9 known 1834 DM's. As usual, the coin looks nicer in hand. The luster is outstanding with green-gold and orange colors throughout. She is a P55CAC (but once lived in an N58 holder). Enjoy the weekend everyone. The search continues......
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Continuing my Early Walker quest on this “Red Eye” Saturday:
Note: tv not posted as it’s not a good depiction of this coin.
My opinion of this piece: it’s a little above average for the date (but that’s saying a lot). It meets, but doesn’t exceed my criteria for early Walkers in these areas: head, center obv, eagle’s breast feathers & mint mark. It’s a bit below average for the eagle’s trailing leg. But, it’s slightly above average for the skirt lines & sun detail. Along with these attributes is nice eye appeal.
This 1928-S was the next to last of this long hunt. 25 of 26! Fittingly, the final one is the tough, tough 1921-S. I have a feeling that one may take awhile.
Between the FUN Show and the Heritage Auctions it was another wallet sliming affair for me.
I'll probably have newps to show through April!
As if scouring the floor and participating in Sheridan Downey's auction wasn't bad enough, I have decided that Heritage lot viewing can absolutely be detrimental to my wallet!
And then, to make matters more interesting, I only looked at this coin during lot viewing because I couldn't figure out the on-line or TrueView images and I just needed to know what she really looked like. Of course then, after I viewed her in person, I decided if things didn't go crazy I'd try to win her.
Thankfully I think people slept on her (very poor images to what she looks like in hand IMO) and I walked away the winner at less than I might have bid otherwise.
What I see is much closer to this, although she changes dramatically when rotated in the light and the colors might be a little more vivid than my images. Probably a good coin to try and get a video of too.
Anyway, a Draped Bust Half, just to mix it up a little with my normal Capped Bust addiction ...
1806 O-119 . Pointed 6, with Stem . PCGS AU55 (no bean)
Striking weakness behind hair on Obverse and on left wing on reverse is typical for the Die Mariage
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Here is a large, silver Franklin medal issued by the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania. A first prize reward of skill and ingenuity.
Given in 1848 to the New England Worsted Co for blanket coatings.
The dies were prepared by Christian Gobrecht in 1824, who signed below the bust of Franklin.
Happy Saturday, all.
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"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
Well, I did a dumb thing recently and sent a coin in for grading that it seems will almost certainly come back detailed with AT. So to balance things out, I went and bought myself an already straight graded (MS 66) toner that I quite like.
2002 Proof Gold Britannia 1/10 oz mule. The obverse is of a type from 1998 and not "right" for 2002. Evidently 10 known. Below is my coin and then below that is the "normal" obverse type for 2002:
See next post for ordinary obverse.
Love that Milled British (1830-1960) Well, just Love coins, period.
GM Everyone - Been away for awhile work, traveling, tennis and coins - At the NY Int' show I found a very cool 1799 Bust dollar.
The 1799 Dollar is the BB-168 die variety and its known for its really cool die crack across the entire middle of the reverse. Based on my limited research, I am not aware of any BB-168 without this die crack. When I picked it up, I immediately thought it was so cool and got to have it. Also I believe that there no BB-168 known in uncirculated condition.
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Okay, I am inspired by Easton (see what I did there? )
Mine has a lot going on for the Reverse Die, with the reverse crack on mine goes the other way, kindof. A vertical crack and a circular crack join in this latest die state for the marriage, with several other smaller cracks, a nice chip inside the 0 of 50 C and a die lump between the E and S of STATES. This was a win from Sheridan's MB59 at FUN, and probably paid a little much, but I really dig her.
Lance sent me his images, so these are the large size if you want to zoom in. @lkeigwin
Having a stormy Red Eye Saturday here in the SF Bay Area. Today’s coin is special as it’s the last of the 3 collectible 1854-S mint gold coin denominations that complete my set from the first year of operation of the original SF Mint. I previously bought a $1 in PCGS 63 & a $10 in PCGS AU55 CAC. This sweet $20 PCGS AU50 CAC is also my first buy from Doug Winter:
Per Doug, this piece is an original & not from a shipwreck (the S.S. Yankee Blade). These are tough to find in this condition (in fact, all 3 of the 1854-S coins were heavily used in commerce). None of the 3 are an easy buy - estimates are the $10 is most “available”, followed equally by the $1 & $20.
What about the $2.5 & $5? The former is prohibitively rare with about 12 examples accounted for out of a minuscule mintage of 246(!) coins. A NGC AU50 example sold in auction about 6 months ago for $408,000!!!!!!!
The $5, though, is impossible. I believe there are only 3(!) examples accounted for from the original mintage of merely 264 pieces. The highest graded is a AU58+. Unfortunately, one of the 3 examples (XF45) was stolen in a home invasion robbery over 50 years ago. Its whereabouts today are still unknown.
There’s no definitive answer as to why so few of the $2.5 & $5 issues were minted. Acid involved in the refining process was in short supply back then, but that’s only a partial answer as numbers for the $1, $10 & $20 were greater. Speculation is those denominations had more practical use in commerce.
Got my 75 mins on the Peloton done so now it's time to drink and look at newps.
After several nervous days with a FedEx delivery I finally received these two ladies earlier this week. A big thank you to @pursuitofliberty for doing some lot viewing for me as I was not able to attend FUN
I really enjoy the clashing on this one, and an early date:
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This was a date I needed and the luster and colors are perfect for my set.
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Good morning all,
Enjoying an espresso with a relatively new purchase.
This is a sterling silver coin jar from Baldwin & Miller circa 1920. I keep my 90 silver finds in it. (Not pictured 😆)
And here is a George Washington medal by Joseph Merriam featuring the rarer 2nd obverse die. It is muled with Merriam's July 4th Oration die, normally paired with the Edward Everett obverse. And logically so, since Everett gave the oration.
Have a happy Saturday all, and enjoy your coffee!
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@DCW Is the reverse of the Morgan dollar visible from the other side of the lid?
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"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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Bought this one at a local coin show this morning. Had a cup of coffee at the concession stand.
Nice one! @DNADave
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Todd - BHNC #242
Frosty, low cost widgets I picked up at a local show yesterday.
Enjoying my new coin cabinet.
It's presently 13 degrees and snowing....Nice day for coins and books and music. The joys of life indeed.
I love interesting displays, so here is one from 1914. My Barber half in PF-67+ CAC, which was in Eugene Gardner's collection and a quite rare red seal $20.00 Federal Reserve Note. @pursuitofliberty is responsible for this new addiction, and I must say, these large size notes are just soooo cool. Help me, I'm falling!
Hello everyone... it's been a while since I've posted (new job) but today is exceptional. My brother sent me his coin collection and from the looks of the books and holders, they appear to be stuff he collected when we were kids... he's 10 years older than me and would have started his collection in the early 1960s. I just started unpacking but here's what I've run across so far...
Successful BST transactions with: SilverEagles92; Ahrensdad; Smitty; GregHansen; Lablade; Mercury10c; copperflopper; whatsup; KISHU1; scrapman1077, crispy, canadanz, smallchange, robkool, Mission16, ranshdow, ibzman350, Fallguy, Collectorcoins, SurfinxHI, jwitten, Walkerguy21D, dsessom.
Successful BST transactions with: SilverEagles92; Ahrensdad; Smitty; GregHansen; Lablade; Mercury10c; copperflopper; whatsup; KISHU1; scrapman1077, crispy, canadanz, smallchange, robkool, Mission16, ranshdow, ibzman350, Fallguy, Collectorcoins, SurfinxHI, jwitten, Walkerguy21D, dsessom.
Successful BST transactions with: SilverEagles92; Ahrensdad; Smitty; GregHansen; Lablade; Mercury10c; copperflopper; whatsup; KISHU1; scrapman1077, crispy, canadanz, smallchange, robkool, Mission16, ranshdow, ibzman350, Fallguy, Collectorcoins, SurfinxHI, jwitten, Walkerguy21D, dsessom.
Nice coins everyone. Great coin cabinet @Wahoo554
Stuck at work all day, so no coins for me today. An abundance of coffee though.
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've never seen the wrappers for Silver Dollars... the paper military money was likely from when my father was stationed at (what was then) Frankfurt, West Germany. The rolls look to have been opened on one end... I'll go through each later. There is a "roll" of uncirculated Roosie dimes in a plastic tube... look to all be 1960.
I have no ideas about the Chinese shovel money... obviously looks corroded but I suppose I'd expect that from a 2500 year old shovel...
Successful BST transactions with: SilverEagles92; Ahrensdad; Smitty; GregHansen; Lablade; Mercury10c; copperflopper; whatsup; KISHU1; scrapman1077, crispy, canadanz, smallchange, robkool, Mission16, ranshdow, ibzman350, Fallguy, Collectorcoins, SurfinxHI, jwitten, Walkerguy21D, dsessom.
Here is my lone MB59 win. Was supposed to be delivered this morning (a surprise to me) but came shortly after noon. No more coffee but am enjoying a coffee stout
In hand it is everything I like in a CBH. Great luster and dirty.
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Successful BST with drddm, BustDMs, Pnies20, lkeigwin, pursuitofliberty, Bullsitter, felinfoel, SPalladino
$5 Type Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/type-sets/half-eagle-type-set-circulation-strikes-1795-1929/album/344192
CBH Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/everyman-collections/everyman-half-dollars/everyman-capped-bust-half-dollars-1807-1839/album/345572
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Wow! I'm beginning to like Buffalo nickels much more after seeing @FlyingAl's nickels! Beautiful!
Here's a coin I forgot I bid on until Stacks Bowers sent me an email. It took me a minute to realize I actually won the auction. SB does not reveal the bidding after the auction is over, just the winning bid. I like the dark circulated cameo look so long as they don't show corrosion other than dark toning. This one is well struck, shows AU50 wear, and seems OK to me.
1876-S PCGS XF45 - Stacks Bowers photo
Trueview - reveals the surfaces with axial lighting reflecting off the fields back at the camera. The obverse looks nice, the reverse has some possible slight roughness around the eagle and what I believe are some planchet lines through the denomination.
Recent purchase. Newman/Green coin that is spectacular in IMHO. A real national treasure.
It’s still Saturday! Wishing I could this one in hand ASAP!!!
BHNC #248 … 130 and counting.
What an awesome pick up! That is a coin that I hope to own someday and yours is perfect! It would match my 1806 beautifully…
This will be my contribution to this thread…
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Good morning to all.
I was very fortunate to be offered this coin from my Classic Head $5 mentors collection. It brings me to 4 of the 9 known 1834 DM's. As usual, the coin looks nicer in hand. The luster is outstanding with green-gold and orange colors throughout. She is a P55CAC (but once lived in an N58 holder). Enjoy the weekend everyone. The search continues......
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Successful BST with drddm, BustDMs, Pnies20, lkeigwin, pursuitofliberty, Bullsitter, felinfoel, SPalladino
$5 Type Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/type-sets/half-eagle-type-set-circulation-strikes-1795-1929/album/344192
CBH Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/everyman-collections/everyman-half-dollars/everyman-capped-bust-half-dollars-1807-1839/album/345572
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
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Happy Saturday everyone! Hot black coffee and an old time seated dollar in a tough date to find nice.
Continuing my Early Walker quest on this “Red Eye” Saturday:
Note: tv not posted as it’s not a good depiction of this coin.
My opinion of this piece: it’s a little above average for the date (but that’s saying a lot). It meets, but doesn’t exceed my criteria for early Walkers in these areas: head, center obv, eagle’s breast feathers & mint mark. It’s a bit below average for the eagle’s trailing leg. But, it’s slightly above average for the skirt lines & sun detail. Along with these attributes is nice eye appeal.
This 1928-S was the next to last of this long hunt. 25 of 26! Fittingly, the final one is the tough, tough 1921-S. I have a feeling that one may take awhile.
“The thrill of the hunt never gets old”
PCGS Registry: Screaming Eagles
Copperindian
Retired sets: Soaring Eagles
Copperindian
Nickelodeon
Mid Winter blues? No problem at all...Let's bust some coins out! Happy Sat Gents!
Between the FUN Show and the Heritage Auctions it was another wallet sliming affair for me.
I'll probably have newps to show through April!
As if scouring the floor and participating in Sheridan Downey's auction wasn't bad enough, I have decided that Heritage lot viewing can absolutely be detrimental to my wallet!
And then, to make matters more interesting, I only looked at this coin during lot viewing because I couldn't figure out the on-line or TrueView images and I just needed to know what she really looked like. Of course then, after I viewed her in person, I decided if things didn't go crazy I'd try to win her.
Thankfully I think people slept on her (very poor images to what she looks like in hand IMO) and I walked away the winner at less than I might have bid otherwise.
This was the auction (if you want to compare images or read HA's description) : https://coins.ha.com/itm/early-half-dollars/1806-50c-pointed-6-stem-o-119-t-27-r3-au55-pcgs/a/1380-3012.s
What I see is much closer to this, although she changes dramatically when rotated in the light and the colors might be a little more vivid than my images. Probably a good coin to try and get a video of too.
Anyway, a Draped Bust Half, just to mix it up a little with my normal Capped Bust addiction ...
1806 O-119 . Pointed 6, with Stem . PCGS AU55 (no bean)
Striking weakness behind hair on Obverse and on left wing on reverse is typical for the Die Mariage
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Todd - BHNC #242
@pursuitofliberty Love that coin on so many levels. Astute purchase with the head, even better with the heart. That one is a winner.
Joining the party!
@pursuitofliberty: beautiful! That one’s a “tiltabout” special!
“The thrill of the hunt never gets old”
PCGS Registry: Screaming Eagles
Copperindian
Retired sets: Soaring Eagles
Copperindian
Nickelodeon
... hey everyone... getting a little deeper into what my bro sent.
Successful BST transactions with: SilverEagles92; Ahrensdad; Smitty; GregHansen; Lablade; Mercury10c; copperflopper; whatsup; KISHU1; scrapman1077, crispy, canadanz, smallchange, robkool, Mission16, ranshdow, ibzman350, Fallguy, Collectorcoins, SurfinxHI, jwitten, Walkerguy21D, dsessom.
@pcgscacgold: nice one - love those Classic Heads!
“The thrill of the hunt never gets old”
PCGS Registry: Screaming Eagles
Copperindian
Retired sets: Soaring Eagles
Copperindian
Nickelodeon
A RUN of Cherrypicks in OGP I bought last Saturday at a local shop.
Was hoping they were FS varieties. But no luck. They are frosty though.
Here is a large, silver Franklin medal issued by the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania. A first prize reward of skill and ingenuity.
Given in 1848 to the New England Worsted Co for blanket coatings.
The dies were prepared by Christian Gobrecht in 1824, who signed below the bust of Franklin.
Happy Saturday, all.
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
Happy Saturday all!
Coin Photographer.
Well, I did a dumb thing recently and sent a coin in for grading that it seems will almost certainly come back detailed with AT. So to balance things out, I went and bought myself an already straight graded (MS 66) toner that I quite like.
1976 Barbados Ten Dollars Coin, Matte Uncirculated. Attractive coin, never released in any sets with mintage of 250:
And a couple of raw coins liberated from a mint set, sorry about the poor pictures, the 69D very PL and much nicer in hand:
Well, just Love coins, period.
Here is another:
2002 Proof Gold Britannia 1/10 oz mule. The obverse is of a type from 1998 and not "right" for 2002. Evidently 10 known. Below is my coin and then below that is the "normal" obverse type for 2002:
See next post for ordinary obverse.
Well, just Love coins, period.
Well, just Love coins, period.
GM Everyone - Been away for awhile work, traveling, tennis and coins - At the NY Int' show I found a very cool 1799 Bust dollar.
The 1799 Dollar is the BB-168 die variety and its known for its really cool die crack across the entire middle of the reverse. Based on my limited research, I am not aware of any BB-168 without this die crack. When I picked it up, I immediately thought it was so cool and got to have it. Also I believe that there no BB-168 known in uncirculated condition.
Good morning.
Three boxes of nickels yielded one 2009 P—
@EastonCollection That is a beautiful early dollar! Always loved this variety, and this one is beautifully original. Thanks for sharing!
Good Saturday morning everyone. Coffee and a seated dollar this morning.
Love the crack! @EastonCollection
Great looking piece!
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Oh my! @Inspired70
Breaking out he big guns early today!!
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Okay, I am inspired by Easton (see what I did there?
Mine has a lot going on for the Reverse Die, with the reverse crack on mine goes the other way, kindof. A vertical crack and a circular crack join in this latest die state for the marriage, with several other smaller cracks, a nice chip inside the 0 of 50 C and a die lump between the E and S of STATES. This was a win from Sheridan's MB59 at FUN, and probably paid a little much, but I really dig her.
Lance sent me his images, so these are the large size if you want to zoom in. @lkeigwin
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1810 O-108a (108.3) r.4 ....... PCGS AU58cac (ogh)
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Todd - BHNC #242
Some days you just want to pull out a few Oregons from the Oregon box and look them over....
Commems and Early Type
Having a stormy Red Eye Saturday here in the SF Bay Area. Today’s coin is special as it’s the last of the 3 collectible 1854-S mint gold coin denominations that complete my set from the first year of operation of the original SF Mint. I previously bought a $1 in PCGS 63 & a $10 in PCGS AU55 CAC. This sweet $20 PCGS AU50 CAC is also my first buy from Doug Winter:
Per Doug, this piece is an original & not from a shipwreck (the S.S. Yankee Blade). These are tough to find in this condition (in fact, all 3 of the 1854-S coins were heavily used in commerce). None of the 3 are an easy buy - estimates are the $10 is most “available”, followed equally by the $1 & $20.
What about the $2.5 & $5? The former is prohibitively rare with about 12 examples accounted for out of a minuscule mintage of 246(!) coins. A NGC AU50 example sold in auction about 6 months ago for $408,000!!!!!!!
The $5, though, is impossible. I believe there are only 3(!) examples accounted for from the original mintage of merely 264 pieces. The highest graded is a AU58+. Unfortunately, one of the 3 examples (XF45) was stolen in a home invasion robbery over 50 years ago. Its whereabouts today are still unknown.
There’s no definitive answer as to why so few of the $2.5 & $5 issues were minted. Acid involved in the refining process was in short supply back then, but that’s only a partial answer as numbers for the $1, $10 & $20 were greater. Speculation is those denominations had more practical use in commerce.
“The thrill of the hunt never gets old”
PCGS Registry: Screaming Eagles
Copperindian
Retired sets: Soaring Eagles
Copperindian
Nickelodeon
Got my 75 mins on the Peloton done so now it's time to drink and look at newps.
After several nervous days with a FedEx delivery I finally received these two ladies earlier this week. A big thank you to @pursuitofliberty for doing some lot viewing for me as I was not able to attend FUN
I really enjoy the clashing on this one, and an early date:
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This was a date I needed and the luster and colors are perfect for my set.
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.
Successful BST with drddm, BustDMs, Pnies20, lkeigwin, pursuitofliberty, Bullsitter, felinfoel, SPalladino
$5 Type Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/type-sets/half-eagle-type-set-circulation-strikes-1795-1929/album/344192
CBH Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/everyman-collections/everyman-half-dollars/everyman-capped-bust-half-dollars-1807-1839/album/345572
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
Successful Transactions with more than 100 Members
this thread is spoiling me. I click on the like button - but it should be a "love" button!
Seize the day! Have a good one Gents.
Good morning all,
Enjoying an espresso with a relatively new purchase.
This is a sterling silver coin jar from Baldwin & Miller circa 1920. I keep my 90 silver finds in it. (Not pictured 😆)
And here is a George Washington medal by Joseph Merriam featuring the rarer 2nd obverse die. It is muled with Merriam's July 4th Oration die, normally paired with the Edward Everett obverse. And logically so, since Everett gave the oration.
Have a happy Saturday all, and enjoy your coffee!
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
@DCW Is the reverse of the Morgan dollar visible from the other side of the lid?
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
Yes: New Orleans Mint
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
Just reviewing some 2024 purchases and enjoying Saturday…