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A public thank you to a private (forum member) gift giver - updated with identity revealed....

coinguy1coinguy1 Posts: 13,484 ✭✭✭
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As some of you already know, numismatic pioneer B. Max Mehl was my great uncle. (Edited to add: More appropriately, I am HIS great nephew - the emphasis should be on him, not me).

I just received a gift from a good forum buddy of mine who was aware of that - a June, 1908 Mehl's Numismatic Monthly. It's WAY cool and I am truly touched by such a thoughtful and generous gesture.

I have seen several B. Max Mehl Rare Coin Encyclopedia's over the years but was unaware of these earlier Numismatic Monthly's. This one lists a choice Fine 1793 Wreath cent for sale at $15 and an AU 1793 Half Cent for the same price - we recently paid more than 600 times that for a similar Half Cent.image There are also some fine articles, as well as a number of other rare coin bargains.image

So, a public thanks to my pal, for a gift I will always treasure.image

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  • razorface1027razorface1027 Posts: 4,242 ✭✭
    A most excellent gesture by your friend, and a image to him/her...image
    What is money, in reality, but dirty pieces of paper and metal upon which privilege is stamped?
  • merz2merz2 Posts: 2,474 ✭
    Mark
    That is truely outstanding.image
    Don
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  • orevilleoreville Posts: 11,950 ✭✭✭✭✭
    coinguy: That is a great gift! Wow, I did not know that about your great uncle. Wow, now THAT is a legacy.

    So was this connection how you got into the hobby, or some other means?

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  • razorface1027razorface1027 Posts: 4,242 ✭✭
    So was this connection how you got into the hobby, or some other means?

    Wow, do you think coin collecting is congenital?...image
    What is money, in reality, but dirty pieces of paper and metal upon which privilege is stamped?
  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
    image

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    .....GOD
    image

    "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." -Luke 11:9

    "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." -Deut. 6:4-5

    "For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; He will save us." -Isaiah 33:22
  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
    Yes, coin collecting can be quite a serious birth defect....image

    imageimageimage
    .....GOD
    image

    "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." -Luke 11:9

    "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." -Deut. 6:4-5

    "For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; He will save us." -Isaiah 33:22
  • coinguy1coinguy1 Posts: 13,484 ✭✭✭
    After having received permission to do so, I'm going to spill the beans - the generous gift giver was none other than image, otherwise known as Michael.

    My "great" uncle, B. Max Mehl was not responsible for my interest in the hobby. Sadly, he died when I was about 2 years old. However, the known family connection has certainly given me considerable added interest, enjoyment and pride in what I do.
  • pythonpython Posts: 1,158
    That's very cool. Michael seems like one of the nicest people around here.
  • kamehameha00kamehameha00 Posts: 2,077
    Yeah, michael is real nice.Once he sent me a sample slab and an NGC brochure image
  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,142 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very cool image
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  • barberloverbarberlover Posts: 2,228 ✭✭
    Back when that was printed most of the coins we collect today were pocket change.
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  • michaelmichael Posts: 9,524 ✭✭
    wow wild

    i luv this thread and the historical connections between great numismatists of the past with present and up and coming future numismatists!




    michael
  • MonstavetMonstavet Posts: 1,235 ✭✭
    Three cheers for Michael!
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  • orevilleoreville Posts: 11,950 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Three more cheers for Michael!!

    Gosh, I have to start laying off that stuff!image
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  • LucyBopLucyBop Posts: 14,001 ✭✭✭
    MORE MICHAEL for me!
    imageBe Bop A Lula!!
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