Mundane Coin Monday . . . . . .

ZoidMeister

We seem to have threads for every other day of the week except Monday's. I thought I would start one for Mondays.

Mundane Coin Monday

Post up the coin, medal, or token that you bought, but for one reason or another, wished you really hadn't . . . . .

I'll start.

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Poor seller photos, thought it might be an interesting Gasparro piece, or at least silver . . . . .

It was neither, just an unmarked copy I believe.

1madman

Isn’t that an authentic sba pattern dollar? I’ve never seen that coin copied before. Maybe someone else could chime in on authenticity. Nice find if it’s real.

ZoidMeister

@1madman said:
Isn’t that an authentic sba pattern dollar? I’ve never seen that coin copied before. Maybe someone else could chime in on authenticity. Nice find if it’s real.

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I was hoping for something like that. It weighs in at 6.8g, measures 25.6mm, and for all intents and purposes, feels like aluminum.

The rims are thinner than I've seen. The scratches seen are actually die polish lines as they are raised. It would be nice to discover this piece is more than dreck . . . . .

Z

johnny9434

i like the reverse of that

lilolme

Wiki has a little bit of information on it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_B._Anthony_dollar#CITEREFGanz,_1976

Wiki Reference:
Ganz, David L. (October 1976). "Our New Small-Size Dollar Coins". COINage. Encino, California: Behn-Miller Publishers. 12 (10): 54–58, 114–115.

TomB

Your gut reaction appears correct. That looks like a modern copy.

ricko

Interesting... I much prefer that design design over the SBA. Cheers, RickO

Cladiator

Bought this abomination many years ago when I was cutting my teeth. It was an eBay purchase and I think I ended up selling it on eBay for basically melt value not too long after I got it.

ZoidMeister

Late start, but a typical Monday where "the man" has kept me off the interwebz all day.

Here is today's installment. I thought they were cool, but they've cooled off in my mind.

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Canadian Radio Station CFOS 50th Anniversary tokens . . . . . . .
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Smudge

Downtown1974

Love those radio station tokens Zoid!

BillJones

The 1873 with arrows dime is not mundane for most collectors, but it is for me. The 1873-4 type coins are among the least interesting coins in the type set in my opinion. They noted a tiny increase in the weight of the coins so that they would be at an even Metric System number. It had to do with the international compatibility of the coinage, which never happened. The coins are expensive and for me boring.

I like the quarter and half dollar I have for the types, but the dime, not so much. By this time I was filling the hole. It's a Proof-63, but its got hairlines, as would be expected for the grade.

ZoidMeister

@BillJones said:
The 1873 with arrows dime is not mundane for most collectors, but it is for me. The 1873-4 type coins are among the least interesting coins in the type set in my opinion. They noted a tiny increase in the weight of the coins so that they would be at an even Metric System number. It had to do with the international compatibility of the coinage, which never happened. The coins are expensive and for me boring.

I like the quarter and half dollar I have for the types, but the dime, not so much. By this time I was filling the hole. It's a Proof-63, but its got hairlines, as would be expected for the grade.

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If that were in my collection, it would probably rank "least mundane" . . . .

Nice disme . . . . .

Z