I only wish I had a decent Classic Head cent to play from, in my current holdings.
Alas, that is a rather gaping hole in my new 19th century type set. (One of many, since it's a new collection, but it's probably the toughest empty hole I have left in front of me, now that I've got the tougher dollar coins outta the way.)
Which makes my seller's remorse over this one I sold to Braddick several years ago (too cheaply!) all the more acute.
If the last coin posted was a regular-issue U.S. coin, you have to post a coin of the same date OR the same type (NOT just the same denomination). *
*-With the US commemorative series, as well as Hard Times Tokens and Civil War Tokens, they can all be considered one "type". So if the last person posted a 1920 Pilgrim half dollar, for example, you may play any US commemorative coin OR anything dated 1920.
*-With US pattern issues, any US pattern may be played after another US pattern, but you should try to keep the denominations the same. For example, if the last person played a 1792 Wright pattern quarter, the next player has to play another US pattern quarter, or anything dated 1792.
2.
If the last coin posted was a foreign coin, you have to post a coin of the same date OR from the same country (type or denomination do not matter in this case.)
If you post a non-US coin, though, be sure to type in the country, since the next player might not be familiar with it, and will need to know where to play from.
3.
Please, no undated pieces like tokens or ancient and medieval coins. (Much as I love 'em, they don't have a place here).
4.
Dual- or triple- (or other multiply-dated) coins like Bicentennial issues or some commemorative issues are sort of "wild card coins" for the next player. For example, if I post a "1776-1976" Bicentennial quarter, the next person has three options: he or she may post a Washington quarter OR a 1976-dated coin OR a 1776 dated coin.
(Speaking of multiply-dated coins, check out this crazy-cool Czech coin, with all the different dates on it, which was played by "Cyclonus11" in early 2008. That one has to be the closest thing to a perfect "wildcard" that ever got played on this thread!)
I collect Capped Bust series by variety in PCGS AU/MS grades.
As good an excuse as any to repost a detector find, which I recently posted in the "Capped Bust Half Dime" thread.
With plenty of blahblah- um, backstory, of course.
So far this coin is the only Capped Bust silver piece I have found while metal detecting. (I've also found only one Draped Bust- a large cent- but it's a no-date slug, basically.)
My buddies and I used to hunt an old church in Fletcher, NC. The church had some brochures that told of how it had been used as a Confederate hospital during the Civil War, and there was also a lurid ghost story. I think it had something to do with a soldier who was supposedly murdered... and beheaded, in some versions. (What's a good ghost story without a beheading, right?) I think his head was rolled or tossed down the well. Anyway, this phantom rider in Confederate grey is supposed to gallop back and forth between the church and the site of the nearby (and even older) meeting house, looking for his head.
That casual mention of the old meeting house piqued my interest. I found the site. It dated back to the first decade or two of the 1800s (which is really old for that part of the mountains). So I detected the site, and on one very shallow "pulltab" signal I found something in the plug which I thought at first was indeed the "tongue" part off an old pulltab.
Then I saw it was round, and dated 1829.
There weren't too pulltabs in 1829! It had been barely half an inch deep, in the grassroots. (In my experience so far, half dimes don't sink too deeply in the soil.)
And, hey- it's a "holey"... found six years before I ever collected "holey" coins. (So far every half dime I've dug- this one and three Seated Libs- have all been holed).
So you might say I followed a lead in a ghost story to find this coin. Funny how listening to fiction can sometimes reap factual data like that, huh?
So anyway, that's any 1829 or Bust half dime to the next player.
<< <i>Next play is any Bust Half Dime, or any 1830 US coin. >>
Well, I already played my Bust half dime above. And by the Coin Uno rules, a Darkside shift is perfectly legal, even though we happen to be on the Liteside forum.
It actually should be any 1830, or any Bust half dime.
So here's an 1830.
Netherlands gold ducat.
So next to play is any 1830, or anything from the Netherlands.
Hard for me to believe this thread has sat for so long, on next show any 1826, or any Capped Bust Half Dollar. Here we are, we are still asking for any 1826, or any Capped Bust Half Dollar.
I collect Capped Bust series by variety in PCGS AU/MS grades.
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so it's 1899 or British to the next player.
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1901 or any British coin to the next player.
Yeah... another chance to show off my favorite Barber Half !!
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Empty Nest Collection
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It's s'posed to have been 1910 or Barber quarter.
Here. I'll do another from my old VG-F Barber half Dansco (The '10-S to go with the '10-P I posted previously).
So now it's 1910 or Barber half.
Viva la Rooster
There you go.
Excellent Darkside Shift, there!
So ... 1910 or France, eh?
I can do that, if I go back to the Holey Coin Vest.
So now it's 1810 or France.
And hey, look, you can play that Classic Head cent now!
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it's tough to cheat in this game & it's still one of the best in town. (as coin threads go, it has been one of my favorites)
Alas, that is a rather gaping hole in my new 19th century type set. (One of many, since it's a new collection, but it's probably the toughest empty hole I have left in front of me, now that I've got the tougher dollar coins outta the way.)
Which makes my seller's remorse over this one I sold to Braddick several years ago (too cheaply!) all the more acute.
But I'm happy he is still enjoying it.
1812 or Classic Head cent to the next player.
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Matt’s Mattes
It's either a coin from 1837 or a capped bust coin, next ? And if it's darkside, it can only be 1837 ? (heh heh)
1.
If the last coin posted was a regular-issue U.S. coin, you have to post a coin of the same date OR the same type (NOT just the same denomination). *
*-With the US commemorative series, as well as Hard Times Tokens and Civil War Tokens, they can all be considered one "type". So if the last person posted a 1920 Pilgrim half dollar, for example, you may play any US commemorative coin OR anything dated 1920.
*-With US pattern issues, any US pattern may be played after another US pattern, but you should try to keep the denominations the same. For example, if the last person played a 1792 Wright pattern quarter, the next player has to play another US pattern quarter, or anything dated 1792.
2.
If the last coin posted was a foreign coin, you have to post a coin of the same date OR from the same country (type or denomination do not matter in this case.)
If you post a non-US coin, though, be sure to type in the country, since the next player might not be familiar with it, and will need to know where to play from.
3.
Please, no undated pieces like tokens or ancient and medieval coins. (Much as I love 'em, they don't have a place here).
4.
Dual- or triple- (or other multiply-dated) coins like Bicentennial issues or some commemorative issues are sort of "wild card coins" for the next player.
For example, if I post a "1776-1976" Bicentennial quarter, the next person has three options: he or she may post a Washington quarter OR a 1976-dated coin OR a 1776 dated coin.
(Speaking of multiply-dated coins, check out this crazy-cool Czech coin, with all the different dates on it, which was played by "Cyclonus11" in early 2008. That one has to be the closest thing to a perfect "wildcard" that ever got played on this thread!)
Next play is any Capped Bust Dime, or any 1836.
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We are still looking for 1835 of any denomination, or any Capped Bust Dime.
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With plenty of blahblah- um, backstory, of course.
So far this coin is the only Capped Bust silver piece I have found while metal detecting. (I've also found only one Draped Bust- a large cent- but it's a no-date slug, basically.)
My buddies and I used to hunt an old church in Fletcher, NC. The church had some brochures that told of how it had been used as a Confederate hospital during the Civil War, and there was also a lurid ghost story. I think it had something to do with a soldier who was supposedly murdered... and beheaded, in some versions. (What's a good ghost story without a beheading, right?) I think his head was rolled or tossed down the well. Anyway, this phantom rider in Confederate grey is supposed to gallop back and forth between the church and the site of the nearby (and even older) meeting house, looking for his head.
That casual mention of the old meeting house piqued my interest. I found the site. It dated back to the first decade or two of the 1800s (which is really old for that part of the mountains). So I detected the site, and on one very shallow "pulltab" signal I found something in the plug which I thought at first was indeed the "tongue" part off an old pulltab.
Then I saw it was round, and dated 1829.
There weren't too pulltabs in 1829! It had been barely half an inch deep, in the grassroots. (In my experience so far, half dimes don't sink too deeply in the soil.)
And, hey- it's a "holey"... found six years before I ever collected "holey" coins. (So far every half dime I've dug- this one and three Seated Libs- have all been holed).
So you might say I followed a lead in a ghost story to find this coin. Funny how listening to fiction can sometimes reap factual data like that, huh?
So anyway, that's any 1829 or Bust half dime to the next player.
Next play is any Bust Half Dime, or any 1830 US coin.
<< <i>Next play is any Bust Half Dime, or any 1830 US coin. >>
Well, I already played my Bust half dime above. And by the Coin Uno rules, a Darkside shift is perfectly legal, even though we happen to be on the Liteside forum.
It actually should be any 1830, or any Bust half dime.
So here's an 1830.
Netherlands gold ducat.
So next to play is any 1830, or anything from the Netherlands.
Next play is any 1830, or any Capped Bust Half Dollar.
Michael Kittle Rare Coins --- 1908-S Indian Head Cent Grading Set --- No. 1 1909 Mint Set --- Kittlecoins on Facebook --- Long Beach Table 448
Next play is any 1826, or any Capped Bust Half Dollar.