Great coin show today and guess the grade on this Hibernia!
Russ
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Usually the shows in my area are the same dealers with the same tired old material time after time. Today's show was a pleasant surprise. I've been to several at the same location, but it was a different sponsor for this one.
There seemed to be several dealers I hadn't seen before, inventories were brimming and there was lots of fresh stuff! I picked up 15 unopened 1964 proof sets. Very rare to find them at shows, but nice when it happens because they don't want stupid money like they sell for on eBay.
Picked up a couple more Hard Times Tokens for my small, but growing stash. Picked up a blazing 1965 business strike Kennedy that I think is a solid MS66 for all of $8.50. Picked up an ANACS PR66 1962 Washington with pretty blue target toning on both sides. That was a $10 expenditure.
Grabbed a few other "happy meal" priced coins also.
And, I lost my Colonial Copper virginity!
There was one dealer that had a sizable grouping of early copper, some raw but most PCGS graded. So, I spent quite a bit of time studying the coins trying to get an idea of the good, the bad and the ugly. And, there seems to be PLENTY of ugly.
Many of the planchets looked like crap, even on the graded coins. Light porosity on many; many others with kind of a bumpy took, quite a few that flat looked damaged. But, it was still very cool to get a chance to look at all these coins that are well over 200 years old.
He had a Nova Constellatio that I REALLY liked. Pretty and smooth and eye catching. But, I'm poor, so I turned my attention to a batch of Hibernias. For some reason that coin sticks out in my mind.
I went through all the Hibernias that were in a price range I could live with for a first time purchase and picked the one that I thought had the nicest planchet and the most eye appeal for the grade. So, here it is:
Large images here:
Click for large obverse image.
Click for large reverse image.
Okay, guess the grade and all comments welcome!
Russ, NCNE
There seemed to be several dealers I hadn't seen before, inventories were brimming and there was lots of fresh stuff! I picked up 15 unopened 1964 proof sets. Very rare to find them at shows, but nice when it happens because they don't want stupid money like they sell for on eBay.
Picked up a couple more Hard Times Tokens for my small, but growing stash. Picked up a blazing 1965 business strike Kennedy that I think is a solid MS66 for all of $8.50. Picked up an ANACS PR66 1962 Washington with pretty blue target toning on both sides. That was a $10 expenditure.
Grabbed a few other "happy meal" priced coins also.And, I lost my Colonial Copper virginity!
There was one dealer that had a sizable grouping of early copper, some raw but most PCGS graded. So, I spent quite a bit of time studying the coins trying to get an idea of the good, the bad and the ugly. And, there seems to be PLENTY of ugly.
Many of the planchets looked like crap, even on the graded coins. Light porosity on many; many others with kind of a bumpy took, quite a few that flat looked damaged. But, it was still very cool to get a chance to look at all these coins that are well over 200 years old.
He had a Nova Constellatio that I REALLY liked. Pretty and smooth and eye catching. But, I'm poor, so I turned my attention to a batch of Hibernias. For some reason that coin sticks out in my mind.
I went through all the Hibernias that were in a price range I could live with for a first time purchase and picked the one that I thought had the nicest planchet and the most eye appeal for the grade. So, here it is:
Large images here:
Click for large obverse image.
Click for large reverse image.
Okay, guess the grade and all comments welcome!
Russ, NCNE
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I guess EF40 on the Hibernia
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OK....where was this show ?
Ken
It was at the University Place Community Hall in Tacoma. This one was held by the Tacoma-Lakewood Coin Club. They do one there twice a year. Much better than the regular shows at that location.
Russ, NCNE
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Looks nice Russ. Grading on that stuff is all over the place. I'm not into this stuff, so I'll save myself the embarassment of a guess on the grade.
Good show report.
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Russ, NCNE