Ahhh, my favorite showman,PT Barnum, still in his original box...

vam44

Picked up a Bridgeport half, in the original box,
Condition: NICE!Both coin and box!
Suprisingly, the toning is ok, nothing great, the eagle/shark rev. a little splotchy.
There`s a sucker born every minute... and I`m the sucker when it comes to neat coins, and the neat packaging they came in.

ClausUrch

Show us...Show us!!!

vam44

Sorry, scanner no work,

LucyBop

if I can ask, what did you pay for this super find? And where did you find this?

vam44

Lets just say I legally STOLE it!

ANACONDA

You don't need a scanner. You just look at the coin, create the code in binary and then transfer it manually and then post it here, like this:








(it's time consuming but hey, that's life.)

adrian

(p.s. - in Maine they call coins like this "wicked"; I possessed this coin for about...hmmm......a day. Messin' with coins like this beats the practice of law 7 days a week. I enjoy the challenge of the photography the most. "Photographs....photographs....wink, wink, nod, nod, say na more, say na more, squire, he said knowingly...")

[(it has that tab toning and "from a purists point of view, that is most desireable." (sic) (...an 'inside' joke....... for lovers of..... a Roanoke)]

anaconda

zenny

wouldn't mind the manual binaries on that one's reverse....

LucyBop

Hmmmmmmm, thats not the answer I was looking for but cool, I respect your keeping this info private, a member of my party found one at the Tacoma coin show from a delightful older ?(late 70s or early 80s) gentleman. I kept calling him young man and I think he enjoyed this. Anyway, the coin had some original attractive toning and was 99% nik free, my friend paid $150. The nice young dealer showed us a book that claimed very few of these have survived in this state.

ClausUrch

MY GOD, ADRIAN...Someone vandalized your coin!

PTVETTER

I have seen the coin and box very nice and original

ANACONDA

"My God, Adrian......"

(Sorry, dudes, I am only tyring to live up to your expectations....who would i be if i were not me?)

zenny

i was afraid of that....

ANACONDA

vam44 -- Bridegports don't usually come with color, let alone an original box. Congrats!

adrian

vam44

Holy Mackerel, Anaconda, my binary code aint making those colors! That one looks like an original tab toned monster!
This one looks drab after seeing yours!

Lakesammman

Shoot - just missed it...sounded like something a (former) major league reliever would say before he was rehabilitated....

vam44

<< <i>I have seen the coin and box very nice and original >>


You have? I don`t think so...

vam44

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<< <i>I have seen the coin and box very nice and original >>


You have? I don`t think so... >>



Pat, I think you`re thinking of the Columbian half in the Wells Fargo holder...

Spudmasher

Like I said Anaconda (Adrian) when I met you at the Baltimore Show, just keep posting and don't let anyone run you off..The Bridgeport is phenominal. Ron

shirohniichan

Good job on finding one with the original holder. I don't know what it adds to the resale value, but it sure adds a lot to the coolness factor.

ANACONDA

Spudmasher - your kind words echo pleasantly in my mind.......thank you.

prooflike

I think it is a violation of the CU boards TOS to tell of a coin and not post an image!

Good find, original packaging is hard to come by.

vam44

My staff(wife) and I will try to get the scanner up and runnin` tonite and maybe a pic is forthcoming, however this one is only a off-white so-so compared to Anaconda`s colorized Bridgeport.