And so begins The Clankeye Booker T reg set

Clankeye · April 28, 2004 2:27AM

1948 PDS set. Picked out at local show over the weekend.

I AM A GARDEN VARIETY COIN COLLECTOR -- AND I REVEL IN IT!

Clankeye

cosmicdebris · April 28, 2004 4:58AM

coinguy1 · April 28, 2004 5:38AM

<< And so begins The Clankeye Booker T reg set >>

I have three words on that subject: It's about time!

BNE · April 28, 2004 5:59AM

Is that sort of sepia toning? It looks good on BTW! Pretty coins!

CoinAddict · April 28, 2004 6:58AM

That is a very nice start, Carl. Good luck on your quest.

JrGMan2004 · April 28, 2004 7:16AM

Coolness to the Clankster!

mercurynut · April 28, 2004 7:37AM

Clankeye · April 28, 2004 8:15AM

<< Is that sort of sepia toning? >>

BNE--the coins (especially the third one, the 48-S) are more colorful than the pictures.

I have yet to take photography to the level of art that Cosmicdebris and Russ have.

I need to improve my lighting and the fact that I just snap hand-held pics.

My cheap camera doesn't capture colors like blues, greens and reds very well. Those coins are light gold around the rims, with the 48-S having beautiful blue/green and gold.

BTW. the mintage on each coin in that set is 8005.

Clankeye

Clankeye · April 28, 2004 8:23AM

Oh, and Cosmic.... you should be clapping--I had to sell you that wonderful 1914 Lire to help pay for them.

Clankeye

cosmicdebris · April 28, 2004 8:41AM

You must mean this one that was recently deslabbed

rainbowquarters · April 28, 2004 9:24AM

Nice coins Carl, good luck with registry set.

Mark · April 28, 2004 9:46AM

Clank:

I wish you luck in completing your set AS LONG AS YOU STAY BEHIND ME IN TERMS OF COMPLETION. It would be totally unfair for you to finish first because I've been working on my set for a good long while. And, I know you don't want to be unfair. So, slow down...take your time....smell the roses....in fact, water and feed the roses if that will delay you.

Mark

Oh, by the way: NICE coins!

RegistryCoin · April 28, 2004 10:07AM

Clankeye · April 29, 2004 1:37AM

<< So, slow down...take your time....smell the roses.... >>

Mark--

As one of the fellow appreciators of these coins, I know you know... that the truly outstanding examples don't come around every day, so going slow isn't going to be hard.

I'm going to take my time, and wait for really nice coins. Which does not necessarily translate to the highest graded--just standout for whatever grade they are.

Clankeye

Russ · April 29, 2004 2:10AM

Did somebody mention Booker T?

Russ, NCNE

quattrocoins · April 29, 2004 2:29AM

Nice set and great year!

Justhavingfun · April 29, 2004 3:11AM

Nice set, Clankeye. I collect the Booker T's myself and know they're hard to find nice. Usually a lot of chatter on the cheek/chin -- sometimes from the striking and sometimes bag markets. I see a little of that on the coin to the left, but still a lovely coin.

Enjoy,

Just Having Fun!

Clankeye · April 29, 2004 3:21AM

JHF--yes the 48 has some of the typical jaw/cheek "chewage" that you see on these coins. In truth, it's a little highlighted by that image, and in hand I believe the coin makes the 65 grade. The other two are very high end for the grade, IMO.

The dealer I bought them from went on at some length that he felt they were all undergraded (surprised?) but... I think they are correctly graded, and that's what I want.

Clankeye

pontiacinf · April 29, 2004 8:37AM

wowsier Clank, that is a killer set...congrats bigtime!

Bear · April 29, 2004 8:54AM

Not withstanding all of this hallabalube, I still wanna story.

By the way, I like the middle coin best. Give you double face for it.

Clankeye · April 29, 2004 9:03AM

Once there was a grizzled old bear who offered Clankeye a pitful sum for one of his fine Booker T commems. Feeling sorry for the bear, Clankeye accepted his offer, but when the bear reached out to take the coin from Clankeye, his paw was blown into a fine mist by the shotgun of a local hunter who happened to be in the woods nearby.

"Ouch!" winced the bear.
"Bummer!" exclaimed Clankeye.

From that day forth the bear was known as "One Paw Bear" and he found it much harder to try to open honey jars, or rumage through dumpsters for the remains of jelly donuts.

The End

JrGMan2004 · April 29, 2004 9:46AM

hiyosilver · April 29, 2004 11:57AM

What`s the secret to the toning? I`m jealous.....(cry)

I have 2 BTWn `s 54S & 46 Lite gold tone on reverse of 46

Manuel

dpoole · April 29, 2004 12:27PM

Very nice, Carl!

I'd been thinking about a Booker T. Washington set for awhile, just haven't pulled the trigger. This may be my inspiration!

Clankeye · April 29, 2004 1:38PM

Will this help push you, dpoole? 51 PDS set that I just got from Larry Whitlow. I want to thank Mike Printz for helping me out with these. He's one of the good guys:

And Mark--I know I said I'd go slow, but sometimes you just have to grab what's dangled in front of you.

The luster is to die for on these. Mintage on the D & S coins is 7004.

Clankeye

FinallyHere · April 30, 2004 4:09AM

Carl,

It was a pleasure helping you.....you too are one of the good guys! I wish you the best on your Booker T set!

Mike

ClausUrch · April 30, 2004 5:38AM

I cannot, for the life of me, understand or comprehend why in the world anyone would want to collect coins depicting the portrait of a wrestler from the WWC????

Either way, they do display adequate luster and nice toning!

Clankeye · April 30, 2004 5:52AM

<< I cannot, for the life of me, understand or comprehend why in the world anyone would want to collect coins depicting the portrait of a wrestler from the WWC???? >>

Oh, and I suppose you're one of those guys who thinks it's all faked too!

Clankhogan

cosmicdebris · April 30, 2004 5:54AM

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And so begins The Clankeye Booker T reg set

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