Some Two Cent Piece eye candy.:-)
Russ
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Was surfing around Pinnacle Rarities' web site drooling all over my keyboard looking at coins I can't afford, and decided to check for Two Cent Pieces. Came across this:
It's a PCGS PR66RB. At times like this, I wish I was rich.
Russ, NCNE
It's a PCGS PR66RB. At times like this, I wish I was rich.
Russ, NCNE
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William S. Burroughs, Cities of the Red Night
Never mind- I found it for myself.
Tempting. I think I could swing it, with a little scraping and scratching and scrimping, etc. It definitely IS eye candy. I wanna look at the 20c pieces, Trade dollars, and Seated halves and dollars first...
and it sets us apart from practitioners and consultants. Gregor
(NGC PR68)
I know, I know, this stuff might be off-topic, since your thread is about
that lovely 2c piece. But there is so much drop-dead gorgeous stuff there,
I can't contain myself...
For some life lasts a short while, but the memories it holds last forever.
-Laura Swenson
In memory of BL, SM, and KG. 16 and forever young, rest in peace.
<< <i>I have never seen a coin that glowed before have you? >>
Yes, I have. There was an NGC PR67 CAM (DCAM?) Seated quarter (1880-something) that I saw at the last FUN show. It had pale sea green target toning. To be honest, I don't know if the coin really glowed or not. But my eyes did! I was never so hopelessly infatuated since Angela Drake in homeroom in the ninth grade. That coin almost made me swoon.
(And I had about the same chance of getting that coin as I did of getting Angela Drake in my nerdy ninth grade year... which is to say, zip-o-la.)
<< <i> I have never seen a coin that glowed before have you? >>
Besides these:
Glowing Dime
CoinPeople.com || CoinWiki.com || NumisLinks.com
-Jarrett Roberts
I wondered when somebody was gonna post one of those.
I just sold my gold Registry set and my MS65 FH SLQ, and assuming the members who bought them are pleased, I will have a little over $5K burning a hole in my pocket, soon. Hmm...
What to choose, what to choose... Russ' 2c piece is mighty doggone tempting, for starters. Normally I woulda gone for a full-red coin, but I don't care if proof bronze is RB, if it has pretty colors like that...
If you buy one let us know how the real thing compares to the pictures.
<< <i>Was surfing around Pinnacle Rarities' web site drooling all over my keyboard looking at coins I can't afford, and decided to check for Two Cent Pieces. Came across this:
It's a PCGS PR66RB. At times like this, I wish I was rich.
Russ, NCNE >>
hey, wait a minute, do i see a mark on the tip of the the 2, or is that on my glasses?
Speaking of eyesight, Classics- I don't see the mark you refer to. I suppose even if there was a small mark it wouldn't be enough to kill the eye appeal of that coin.
Russ, Russ, Russ... what have you done to me? I just sold my gold Registry set and am now without anything registered. Just because of your one innocent little "eye candy" thread here, I am sorely tempted to buy that doggone thing and start a proof 2c Reg set. Like the 8-pc gold set I just sold, the 2c series is a nice "short-and-sweet" set. The coins have lots of nice history and are a decent size - not too teeny to see. Even a noncollector can appreciate an odd denomination like a 2c piece. And they are usually interested to hear about the first coin bearing the "In God We Trust" motto.
Since the deadly 1864 Small Motto is optional in the Proof 2c Registry set, the biggest obstacle seems to be the 1873 Closed 3. (See prices). Now, mind you, if I go for it, not every coin I had would be a PR66 like your "eye candy" monster, here. PR63 would be good enough for me. And if the coins had pretty colors like that, RB would be acceptable, too, though I would want untoned coins to be RD.
I might just take the plunge. I am seriously thinking about it. It's a nice small set, like the gold I just left behind. And like the gold, the individual coins will be challenging, but I can have a good start with the funds I got from the gold. I'd probably even have enough left over to find a decent 1873 Closed 3 after buying the coin you posted, thereby knocking out the key to the set up front.
What says the forum? Should I go for it? (The coin, and/or the Registry set). If I get it in my head to do it, nobody's opinion will stop me from charging forward, but if anyone has any advice before I take the plunge, I'm all ears. I've been a type guy for so long that it might be interesting to work on a date set again.
jom
Who owns that Seated half? I could, by the end of the month. But this 2c Registry set idea is percolating in my addled brain, too...
Rick II
But the dilemma is this... do I get the 2c piece and use it to start a Registry set (taking the rest of my gold money to get the key coin and maybe one or two others for the set), or do I go "freestyle" with no structured set goals and buy the 2c piece and the 1891 half (which would pretty much clean my clock, financially)?
It's fun to think about, anyway...
Somebody beat me to it.
I'm still high bidder on a PR64 RD on eBay, but if I get sniped on that, I might reconsider the whole idea of starting a 2c Registry set and go for something like that 1891 half, above.