Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
Thanks as usual to @winesteven for keeping the ball rolling while I was away.
First, to catch up, my $2.50 Liberty.
Next, my $2.50 Indian. I had them shoot the TrueView pics after the fact. Through the slab plastic, because I was too cheap to pay the reholder fee. That’s why the slab prongs are visible there. In the future, when I send something in for retroactive TrueView service, I’ll cough up the additional reholder fee so they can shoot the coin raw.
This might be one of those VERY rare times that my own cellphone shots are a bit better than the TrueView?
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
Custom album maker and numismatic photographer.
Need a personalized album made? Design it on the website below and I'll build it for you. https://www.donahuenumismatics.com/.
The luster shown in the slab photo is like the coin in hand, compared to the larger photos showing greater detail:
EDIT: Note to @lkenefic - My sense is the Dansco people decided to leave out the $3 Princess Gold coin for the very same reason they chose to leave out the Gold Dollar Type 2 - these are tougher (more expensive) designs, and they wanted to keep the Dansco 7070 a bit more affordable, regardless of the grade levels collectors choose.
Steve
A day without fine wine and working on your coin collection is like a day without sunshine!!!
@lkenefic said:
...never understood why the makers of the Dansco 7070 album didn't include the $3 Princess Gold...
Probably for the same reason they skipped the Type 2 gold dollar and the Draped Bust silver coins. It's a tougher coin outside the means of many average collectors.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
Our type for today is the Indian Head Half Eagle (1908-29).
Here's mine. I bought it not for the pedigree (which I'd never heard of prior to purchasing it), nor for the mint error (though that was an interesting feature), but rather I bid on it just because I needed a $5 Indian type coin, and it was a 1911- my paternal grandmother's birthyear.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
Our type today is the Indian Head Eagle (1908-33).
Here is my $10 Indian. I picked it partly because 1911 was my paternal grandmother's birthyear, and she was an early supporter of my hobby when I was a young collector. I think it's pretty nice for its relatively modest MS grade, and may submit it to CAC one day.
My previous "best of type" was an MS63.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
I only have a 1907 in my 7070 type set, not sure why PCGS 7070 registry only includes 1908-1933. Across the street in NGC’s Circulated 7070 Type Set, they include 1907.
I either also have or used to have this one too, I’ll have to check my records if I get a chance to. I forget if I sold it off or not, I don’t keep track good for any lowly MS coins in my collection. I’ve been funding my Circulated Type sets by selling off bullion and MS coins which I don’t really have a passion for.
This one is undergraded as an MS-62. Some graders don't seem to know that the No Motto, No Periods type was often softly struck.
This one is graded PCGS MS-64, CAC.
This is my type coin which is graded NGC MS-66.
I bought this at the Hacketstown coin show, in New Jersery, many years ago from a coin dealer and newspaper columist, Harold Flraty. If you lived in the Morristown, NJ area in the 1970s, you might have known him. I bought it raw and had it graded later. It's an MS-63.
The 1932 eagle is the only gold coin from the 1930s which most collectors can afford. This one is graded MS-63. Many of them are overgraded perhaps because they were to marketed for sales to non collectors.
Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
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Mr_Spud
If we were all the same, the world would be an incredibly boring place.
Tommy
This one is NGC graded MS-67
This one is graded PCGS MS-65, CAC
Raw purchased on the BST
My Collection of Old Holders
Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
Great liking gold guys! None for me to share but enjoying seeing these.
Today is Monday, March 23rd. This is the day for the Indian Quarter Eagle $2.50 1908 - 1929.
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
MS64+ from NEN. Photos courtesy of @robec
Top 10 Cal Fractional Type Set
successful BST with Ankurj, BigAl, Bullsitter, CommemKing, DCW(7), DesertMoon, Downtown1974, Elmerfusterpuck, Joelewis, Mach1ne, Minuteman810430, Modcrewman, Nankraut, Nederveit2, Philographer(5), Proofcollection, Realgator, Silverpop, SurfinxHI, TomB and Yorkshireman(3)
AU-58 from PCGS
Casual collector slowly building a collection....
Mr_Spud
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.
Thanks as usual to @winesteven for keeping the ball rolling while I was away.
First, to catch up, my $2.50 Liberty.
Next, my $2.50 Indian. I had them shoot the TrueView pics after the fact. Through the slab plastic, because I was too cheap to pay the reholder fee. That’s why the slab prongs are visible there. In the future, when I send something in for retroactive TrueView service, I’ll cough up the additional reholder fee so they can shoot the coin raw.
This might be one of those VERY rare times that my own cellphone shots are a bit better than the TrueView?
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
One of the few certified coins in my collection.
Custom album maker and numismatic photographer.
Need a personalized album made? Design it on the website below and I'll build it for you.
https://www.donahuenumismatics.com/.
- Bob -
MPL's - Lincolns of Color
Central Valley Roosevelts
Good morning. It is Tuesday, March 24th.
Today our type is the Liberty Head Half Eagle (1839-1908).
Here's mine. I don't really love this TrueView image, but it's better than my own photos of the coin.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
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The luster shown in the slab photo is like the coin in hand, compared to the larger photos showing greater detail:
EDIT: Note to @lkenefic - My sense is the Dansco people decided to leave out the $3 Princess Gold coin for the very same reason they chose to leave out the Gold Dollar Type 2 - these are tougher (more expensive) designs, and they wanted to keep the Dansco 7070 a bit more affordable, regardless of the grade levels collectors choose.
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
MS66 from PAN
Top 10 Cal Fractional Type Set
successful BST with Ankurj, BigAl, Bullsitter, CommemKing, DCW(7), DesertMoon, Downtown1974, Elmerfusterpuck, Joelewis, Mach1ne, Minuteman810430, Modcrewman, Nankraut, Nederveit2, Philographer(5), Proofcollection, Realgator, Silverpop, SurfinxHI, TomB and Yorkshireman(3)
Casual collector slowly building a collection....
Mr_Spud
...never understood why the makers of the Dansco 7070 album didn't include the $3 Princess Gold... Here's my $5 Liberty...
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.
End Systemic Elitism - It Takes All of Us
ANA LM, LSCC, EAC, FUN
My Collection of Old Holders
Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
Probably for the same reason they skipped the Type 2 gold dollar and the Draped Bust silver coins. It's a tougher coin outside the means of many average collectors.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
Good morning. It is Wednesday, March 25th.
Our type for today is the Indian Head Half Eagle (1908-29).
Here's mine. I bought it not for the pedigree (which I'd never heard of prior to purchasing it), nor for the mint error (though that was an interesting feature), but rather I bid on it just because I needed a $5 Indian type coin, and it was a 1911- my paternal grandmother's birthyear.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
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
MS63 OGH from NEN
Top 10 Cal Fractional Type Set
successful BST with Ankurj, BigAl, Bullsitter, CommemKing, DCW(7), DesertMoon, Downtown1974, Elmerfusterpuck, Joelewis, Mach1ne, Minuteman810430, Modcrewman, Nankraut, Nederveit2, Philographer(5), Proofcollection, Realgator, Silverpop, SurfinxHI, TomB and Yorkshireman(3)
Mr_Spud
My Collection of Old Holders
Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
End Systemic Elitism - It Takes All of Us
ANA LM, LSCC, EAC, FUN
Today is Thursday March 26th, time for the $10 Liberty Head Eagle (1838 - 1907).
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
MS64 from PAN
Top 10 Cal Fractional Type Set
successful BST with Ankurj, BigAl, Bullsitter, CommemKing, DCW(7), DesertMoon, Downtown1974, Elmerfusterpuck, Joelewis, Mach1ne, Minuteman810430, Modcrewman, Nankraut, Nederveit2, Philographer(5), Proofcollection, Realgator, Silverpop, SurfinxHI, TomB and Yorkshireman(3)
Mr_Spud
End Systemic Elitism - It Takes All of Us
ANA LM, LSCC, EAC, FUN
very nice tens !!! @edwardjulio @winesteven @Mr_Spud
Top 10 Cal Fractional Type Set
successful BST with Ankurj, BigAl, Bullsitter, CommemKing, DCW(7), DesertMoon, Downtown1974, Elmerfusterpuck, Joelewis, Mach1ne, Minuteman810430, Modcrewman, Nankraut, Nederveit2, Philographer(5), Proofcollection, Realgator, Silverpop, SurfinxHI, TomB and Yorkshireman(3)
My Collection of Old Holders
Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
MS66 CAC, really nice rose gold highlights that come through a bit in the TrueView.
Here's my $10 Lib.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
Good morning. It is Friday, March 27th.
Our type today is the Indian Head Eagle (1908-33).
Here is my $10 Indian. I picked it partly because 1911 was my paternal grandmother's birthyear, and she was an early supporter of my hobby when I was a young collector. I think it's pretty nice for its relatively modest MS grade, and may submit it to CAC one day.
My previous "best of type" was an MS63.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
Like most of my Type coins, my “one and only”:
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
I love this series ❤️
MS65 from NEN
Top 10 Cal Fractional Type Set
successful BST with Ankurj, BigAl, Bullsitter, CommemKing, DCW(7), DesertMoon, Downtown1974, Elmerfusterpuck, Joelewis, Mach1ne, Minuteman810430, Modcrewman, Nankraut, Nederveit2, Philographer(5), Proofcollection, Realgator, Silverpop, SurfinxHI, TomB and Yorkshireman(3)
NEWP !!!
MS65 from BST and @Desert Moon
Top 10 Cal Fractional Type Set
successful BST with Ankurj, BigAl, Bullsitter, CommemKing, DCW(7), DesertMoon, Downtown1974, Elmerfusterpuck, Joelewis, Mach1ne, Minuteman810430, Modcrewman, Nankraut, Nederveit2, Philographer(5), Proofcollection, Realgator, Silverpop, SurfinxHI, TomB and Yorkshireman(3)
I only have a 1907 in my 7070 type set, not sure why PCGS 7070 registry only includes 1908-1933. Across the street in NGC’s Circulated 7070 Type Set, they include 1907.
I either also have or used to have this one too, I’ll have to check my records if I get a chance to. I forget if I sold it off or not, I don’t keep track good for any lowly MS coins in my collection. I’ve been funding my Circulated Type sets by selling off bullion and MS coins which I don’t really have a passion for.
Mr_Spud
Casual collector slowly building a collection....
woohoot! I can play again... :-)
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.
I have a few.
This one is undergraded as an MS-62. Some graders don't seem to know that the No Motto, No Periods type was often softly struck.
This one is graded PCGS MS-64, CAC.
This is my type coin which is graded NGC MS-66.
I bought this at the Hacketstown coin show, in New Jersery, many years ago from a coin dealer and newspaper columist, Harold Flraty. If you lived in the Morristown, NJ area in the 1970s, you might have known him. I bought it raw and had it graded later. It's an MS-63.
The 1932 eagle is the only gold coin from the 1930s which most collectors can afford. This one is graded MS-63. Many of them are overgraded perhaps because they were to marketed for sales to non collectors.
MS65+ CAC pedigreed to the Simpson collection.
Good morning. It is Saturday, March 28th.
Today our type is the Liberty Head Double Eagle (1850-1907).
Here's mine.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
MS64
Top 10 Cal Fractional Type Set
successful BST with Ankurj, BigAl, Bullsitter, CommemKing, DCW(7), DesertMoon, Downtown1974, Elmerfusterpuck, Joelewis, Mach1ne, Minuteman810430, Modcrewman, Nankraut, Nederveit2, Philographer(5), Proofcollection, Realgator, Silverpop, SurfinxHI, TomB and Yorkshireman(3)
Mr_Spud