Commemorative half
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Been a while since I added to my Texas commemorative halves. Took care of that with this new arrival. Post your commemoratives!
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Here’s my Long Island, PCGS MS65 CAC. I have a Bay Bridge as well, but do not have any photos of it.
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Pretty one! I always liked that design. I've had a couple of them -- the Texas that is, never had a Long Island -- but am without one at present. Here's one of the raw commems in my type set, purchased in 2006 on the BST from forum member jonathanb.
The Lexington Concord commem is cool. They still do an annual reenactment of that battle in the town square every April. Regrettably I never made it during my years living in Boston, but I always heard it was a wild experience.
https://www.lexingtonma.gov/patriotsday
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Always liked the Texas half commemorative.... Lived there for a few years, loved Houston - and the rest of the State. Cheers, RickO
Love Texas Halves. Here is my favorite:
Couple commemoratives from the vault and a photo of Union Terminal in Cincinnati, Ohio. An Art Deco masterpiece.
A: The year they spend more on their library than their coin collection.
A numismatist is judged more on the content of their library than the content of their cabinet.
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Here's my Texas. What a jam packed design!
My current "Box of 20"
I will research some of these for a future buy.
They do stimulate the mind with the details.
Wayne
Kennedys are my quest...
Still kicking myself for passing on a Lafayette dollar commemorative years ago that was basically a gift - now I’m looking for one and they are not cheap!
Here is one of my favorites
Overland Trail Collection Showcase
Dahlonega Type Set-2008 PCGS Best Exhibited Set
Cleanest cheek I've ever seen on a Sesqui.
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Wow! That Texas obverse is cool anyway, but. this is amazing!
Steve
My collecting “Pride & Joy” is my PCGS Registry Dansco 7070 Set:
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/design-type-sets/complete-dansco-7070-modified-type-set-1796-date/publishedset/213996
Commems and Early Type
It’s funny…I’ve been collecting US coins for 20+ years and thought I had a pretty good handle on all of them, yet I feel like I’m discovering some of the coins in this thread for the first time!
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Here an example of Hudson commemorative half dollar. The New York State congressional delegation was huge and had a lot of clout in those days, especially with FDR in office. They got some commemorative coins passed, that should have been no more than town medals. This was one of them.
To top things off, this coin was sold under a scandal. Collectors could not buy them because they were sold "out the back door" to dealers who jacked up the prices artificially. This one has a low mintage, for the commemorative half dollar series, of 10,008.
The design for the Maryland Tercentenary commemorative was inspired by the colonial Lord Baltimore coinage. I like it for that reason.
A Lord Baltimore 6 pence from the 1600s.