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WTB: 1893 Columbian Exposition elongated coins

jjbondjjbond Posts: 6 ✭
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Not quite sure where to post this, as technically elongated coins turn into "tokens" once they are no longer acceptable as currency (I think that's right?). And there were non-US coins that were pressed as well....


Anyway, I am not a coin-collector (I come from the world of baseball cards...), but I've started a collection of pressed coins from the 1893 World's Fair / Columbian Exposition in Chicago. It seems these were much more plentiful than they are now. I'm currently eyeing ebay....but I'm not sure if there's other good places I should be hunting for these. Anyway, I'd love to find more raw, affordable examples for my collection, if anyone can point me in a good location. Thanks!

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    MWallaceMWallace Posts: 4,641 ✭✭✭✭✭

    They are fun to collect. I have several in my collection. Here is a good reference of the different types.
    https://ngccoin.com/news/article/12103/

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    jjbondjjbond Posts: 6 ✭

    Oh thanks. Yeah, that's a site I've got bookmarked. I'm also halfway through reading "Devil in the White City", after being on my to-do list for a decade....

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    jonathanbjonathanb Posts: 4,065 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jjbond said:
    Not quite sure where to post this, as technically elongated coins turn into "tokens" once they are no longer acceptable as currency (I think that's right?). And there were non-US coins that were pressed as well....


    Anyway, I am not a coin-collector (I come from the world of baseball cards...), but I've started a collection of pressed coins from the 1893 World's Fair / Columbian Exposition in Chicago. It seems these were much more plentiful than they are now. I'm currently eyeing ebay....but I'm not sure if there's other good places I should be hunting for these. Anyway, I'd love to find more raw, affordable examples for my collection, if anyone can point me in a good location. Thanks!

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    eBay is probably the way to go for these, although the prices have gone up a lot. A bunch of years ago these were regularly selling raw in the $20 range, and I bought about 20 at similar prices before I got tired of hoarding. Slabbed examples at Heritage have sold at a wide range of prices over the last few years, from $70 to $300+.

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    jjbondjjbond Posts: 6 ✭

    @jonathanb said:

    @jjbond said:
    Not quite sure where to post this, as technically elongated coins turn into "tokens" once they are no longer acceptable as currency (I think that's right?). And there were non-US coins that were pressed as well....


    Anyway, I am not a coin-collector (I come from the world of baseball cards...), but I've started a collection of pressed coins from the 1893 World's Fair / Columbian Exposition in Chicago. It seems these were much more plentiful than they are now. I'm currently eyeing ebay....but I'm not sure if there's other good places I should be hunting for these. Anyway, I'd love to find more raw, affordable examples for my collection, if anyone can point me in a good location. Thanks!

    >

    eBay is probably the way to go for these, although the prices have gone up a lot. A bunch of years ago these were regularly selling raw in the $20 range, and I bought about 20 at similar prices before I got tired of hoarding. Slabbed examples at Heritage have sold at a wide range of prices over the last few years, from $70 to $300+.

    Ok thanks. And let me know if you get tired of hoarding your hoard. :)

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