My best pick-up this year is probably a startling gem '81-P type "d" reverse quarter in the mint set. The reverse is a very dramatic PL MS-67+ and the obverse is a nice solid gem. It may be "worth" only a quarter or about $20 in the PCGS price guide but it's an improvement for the coin in my collection and the nicest of the type "d's I've ever seen.
Very little progress on my date set this year, which I guess is to be expected with so few coins left to find. Here are two that got crossed off the list:
Sean Reynolds
Incomplete planchets wanted, especially Lincoln Cents & type coins.
"Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
I dont have a picture of it but my best was a 1909 VDB that I bought for $2.50. It is about a VG-F. It went straight into my mothers whitman that Im trying to finish.
The best additions to my collection this year have been a raw 1940 proof set with an absolute monster of a dime; a 1966 DCAM SMS nickel found in an OGP set; a lovely 1835 AU/MS half cent; an EF 1858 Liberty Seated no motto half dollar and a number of MS early Lincolns with an assortment of colors ranging from Red to Red Brown to Brown (1909VDB, 1910, 1921, 1923, 1924 and 1933). My favorite of these coins changes depending on which one I am looking at.
There are others that could compete for several reasons but I'll pick this one. 1837 LM4 H10¢ "Small 5C". I personally grade the coin AU55, NGC graded it AU58 and now it's in PCGS plastic graded as AU55 (good job PCGS). The pics suck, they were taken while in the NGC plastic. Should have better images when it comes back from SoCal.
Fantastic choices to add to any collection. Beautiful specimens. I'm almost jealous, but more covetous forgive me. >>
Hi.. if you really like the $1.00 Panama Pacific, there's an identical one in PCGS MS65 on TeleTrade's auction tonight, Wednesday, 19 December, 2007.. no, it's not mine.. i didn't flip it back to them.. i'm hanging on to it.. it's an interesting coin not just for its beauty and rarity, but i've checked a bajillion price guides and dealer ads and the price of an MS65 is all over the place.. i'm at a loss to figure out why.. PCGS Price guide is $2100.00.. Coin World Trends is $3200.00 (!).. i've seen it in numerous dealer ads anywhere from $2000.00 to $3000.00.. i'm at a loss to explain the exact same coin in the same plastic in the same grade has nearly a thousand DollEr price spread depending on where you look.. but i'm open to opinions..
this whole thread is like drool city.. are all of you millionaires?.. this tiny coin is actually the single most expensive coin i've ever purchased (although it's not the single most expensive coin i've ever owned.. about five years ago i had four of the 2000-W Library of Congress BiMetallic Uncs.. Mintage 6683.. i took them to one of the Long Beach shows and had them all slabbed same-day service by NGC.. they had a $70.00 same-day walk-through special.. two came back MS69, the other two MS70.. unfortunately, they were given to me in lieu of pay by a fellow i was working for at the time whose busines went sour and he didn't have the cash to pay me, so he paid me with the coins, which i had to have slabbed and then sell on eBay.. i DID get top DollEr for them at the time.. if i dis-remember incorrectly, i sold them in 2002 or 2003 and got about $1400 each for the MS69s and $1900.00 each for the MS70s.. damn i wish i had held onto them, they'd be worth double that now (or more, for the MS70s.. which i've seen top $4000.00 on TeleTrade whether PCGS or NGC).. but i had no choice at the time..
back then i didn't really think they were all that attractive a design.. in fact, there's not that much to them.. a domed building on one side, and a hand holding a torch on the other.. and the $390.00 Mint price was apparently too steep for most collectors, resulting in the very low Mintage.. i'd love to own one again but there's no way i'm gonna pay the going price for one.. even a raw one..
when i got those four coins home from the show, i studied them VERY carefully, and with a loupe, i could see a tiny tiny hit on each of the MS69s.. and absolutely NO hits of any kind on either of the MS70s.. so i decided that NGC's grading was spot-on correct.. i'll always wonder what grades i would have gotten had i given them to PCGS instead at that show.. but i digress..
if anyone is lusting for a $1.00 1915-S Panama Pacific in PCGS MS65.. there's one on TeleTrade tonight.. i'll be interested to see if it goes for more or less than the one i pictured here which i won from them a few weeks ago..
Thanks Harv
"I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, I won't be laid a hand on.. I don't do these things to other people.. I require the same of them.." - John Wayne, "The Shootist" (1976.. his final film)..
I had some money problems this year so I bought few coins. I did buy this 1893 Columbian Worlds fair medal. It came in the original aluminum box. The box is harder to find than the medal.
From yesterday's thread, I think I'd have to say that this US Mint Medal (Julian SC-1, possibly the only specimen known) is probaby my best addition (i.e. keeper) for 2007.
It's not my best single purchase, though. That one is heading to auction, and I'm not going to post until after it sells and I know how good it really ends up being...
This arrived in yesterday's mail.. while its value isn't anywhere near the $1 Panama Pacific Gold i acquired a few weeks ago (and posted earlier in this thread).. price isn't everything.. i've wanted a Proof Mercury Dime for like.. forever.. this picture doesn't remotely do it justice.. the mirrors are gorgeous and there's not a hint of haze or toning on it.. it has a whole different visual effect when rotated and tilted in light than a high grade MS example has.. Mercury Dimes have always been a sentimental and artistic favorite of mine.. they still circulated when i was a kid in the 1950s.. and to me, like WLHs and SLQs in low grade i think they look awful, but in high grade they're like little jewels.. a classic early 20th century design that makes our modern, clad coins look like so much junk.. anyway..
(Edited to add..) .. my coin photography skills suck.. i need a proper light table set-up.. but i tried to capture the mirrors of this Proof Mercury Dime using my Olympus C-7000 zoom in macro auto-focus mode, hand-held, in cloudy sunlight with dubious results.. the picture above does not in any way impart its true beauty.. these are a little better, but far from optimum.. or is that optimal..
(in the picture above, there's no schmutz on Liberty's neck.. that's just a reflection.. the problem with macro photography of a coin with a surface like a mirror inside of a plastic slab is that when you get in so close to it, the camer's lens housing starts casting shadows on the coin's surface itself.. grr.. then the shutter speed slows down as the camera tries to compensate for less light so the results end up slightly out of focus.. hmm.. must get light table.. eventually..) ..
"I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, I won't be laid a hand on.. I don't do these things to other people.. I require the same of them.." - John Wayne, "The Shootist" (1976.. his final film)..
I can't answer that until christmas! My husband is going to buy me a gold coin and he mentioned it will either be something new or possibly a St Gaudens..... I think i want the latter. I can hardly wait!!!!
For me it was the few I didn't buy when I could have.
Everyone of them would have been a loser, even though the price seemed reasonable at the time.
"Lenin is certainly right. There is no subtler or more severe means of overturning the existing basis of society(destroy capitalism) than to debauch the currency. The process engages all the hidden forces of economic law on the side of destruction, and it does it in a manner which not one man in a million is able to diagnose." John Marnard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace, 1920, page 235ff
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Great thread and lots of spectacular coins!
My best pick-up this year is probably a startling gem '81-P type "d" reverse
quarter in the mint set. The reverse is a very dramatic PL MS-67+ and the
obverse is a nice solid gem. It may be "worth" only a quarter or about $20
in the PCGS price guide but it's an improvement for the coin in my collection
and the nicest of the type "d's I've ever seen.
Mine would have to be a few because I was able to start a nice collection.
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CoinsAreFun Toned Silver Eagle Proof Album
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Gallery Mint Museum, Ron Landis& Joe Rust, The beginnings of the Golden Dollar
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More CoinsAreFun Pictorials NGC
Thanks for sharing the Columbian Exposition set - it's gorgeous!! I was unaware of the other two. Wow!
zap
102 capped bust half dollars - 100 die marriages
BHNC #198
Check out the tail feathers. Boldly detailed tail feathers.( Cheerios Sacagawea)
For our seated dollar set:
For our type set:
O and we picked up a 1912-D in MS-66 for our liberty nickel set that isn't a slouch either...
I give away money. I collect money.
I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.
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Fantastic choices to add to any collection. Beautiful specimens.
I'm almost jealous, but more covetous
and
Sean Reynolds
"Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
NGC 1955DDO MS62BN, purchased from drddm. Thanks Dave!
NGC 1913 PF62 Barber, purchased from Harbor Coin Company. Thanks Brian!
PCGS 1916D G04 Mercury Dime, purchased from Heritage.
here be mine I guess, 'cause I don't have a pic of that F-15 21-D Walker I bought.......
This is not a bad 21-D Merc.
GREAT COINS EVERYBODY!!!!!
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Too many positive BST transactions with too many members to list.
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Fantastic choices to add to any collection. Beautiful specimens.
I'm almost jealous, but more covetous
Hi.. if you really like the $1.00 Panama Pacific, there's an identical one in PCGS MS65 on TeleTrade's auction tonight, Wednesday, 19 December, 2007.. no, it's not mine.. i didn't flip it back to them.. i'm hanging on to it.. it's an interesting coin not just for its beauty and rarity, but i've checked a bajillion price guides and dealer ads and the price of an MS65 is all over the place.. i'm at a loss to figure out why.. PCGS Price guide is $2100.00.. Coin World Trends is $3200.00 (!).. i've seen it in numerous dealer ads anywhere from $2000.00 to $3000.00.. i'm at a loss to explain the exact same coin in the same plastic in the same grade has nearly a thousand DollEr price spread depending on where you look.. but i'm open to opinions..
this whole thread is like drool city.. are all of you millionaires?.. this tiny coin is actually the single most expensive coin i've ever purchased (although it's not the single most expensive coin i've ever owned.. about five years ago i had four of the 2000-W Library of Congress BiMetallic Uncs.. Mintage 6683.. i took them to one of the Long Beach shows and had them all slabbed same-day service by NGC.. they had a $70.00 same-day walk-through special.. two came back MS69, the other two MS70.. unfortunately, they were given to me in lieu of pay by a fellow i was working for at the time whose busines went sour and he didn't have the cash to pay me, so he paid me with the coins, which i had to have slabbed and then sell on eBay.. i DID get top DollEr for them at the time.. if i dis-remember incorrectly, i sold them in 2002 or 2003 and got about $1400 each for the MS69s and $1900.00 each for the MS70s.. damn i wish i had held onto them, they'd be worth double that now (or more, for the MS70s.. which i've seen top $4000.00 on TeleTrade whether PCGS or NGC).. but i had no choice at the time..
back then i didn't really think they were all that attractive a design.. in fact, there's not that much to them.. a domed building on one side, and a hand holding a torch on the other.. and the $390.00 Mint price was apparently too steep for most collectors, resulting in the very low Mintage.. i'd love to own one again but there's no way i'm gonna pay the going price for one.. even a raw one..
when i got those four coins home from the show, i studied them VERY carefully, and with a loupe, i could see a tiny tiny hit on each of the MS69s.. and absolutely NO hits of any kind on either of the MS70s.. so i decided that NGC's grading was spot-on correct.. i'll always wonder what grades i would have gotten had i given them to PCGS instead at that show.. but i digress..
if anyone is lusting for a $1.00 1915-S Panama Pacific in PCGS MS65.. there's one on TeleTrade tonight.. i'll be interested to see if it goes for more or less than the one i pictured here which i won from them a few weeks ago..
Thanks
Harv
- John Wayne, "The Shootist" (1976.. his final film)..
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Now thats some amazing toning.
You wouldn't believe how long it took to get him to sit still for this.
I guess this:
This:
This:
And this:
FrederickCoinClub
It's not my best single purchase, though. That one is heading to auction, and I'm not going to post until after it sells and I know how good it really ends up being...
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etexmike
This arrived in yesterday's mail.. while its value isn't anywhere near the $1 Panama Pacific Gold i acquired a few weeks ago (and posted earlier in this thread).. price isn't everything.. i've wanted a Proof Mercury Dime for like.. forever.. this picture doesn't remotely do it justice.. the mirrors are gorgeous and there's not a hint of haze or toning on it.. it has a whole different visual effect when rotated and tilted in light than a high grade MS example has.. Mercury Dimes have always been a sentimental and artistic favorite of mine.. they still circulated when i was a kid in the 1950s.. and to me, like WLHs and SLQs in low grade i think they look awful, but in high grade they're like little jewels.. a classic early 20th century design that makes our modern, clad coins look like so much junk.. anyway..
(Edited to add..) .. my coin photography skills suck.. i need a proper light table set-up.. but i tried to capture the mirrors of this Proof Mercury Dime using my Olympus C-7000 zoom in macro auto-focus mode, hand-held, in cloudy sunlight with dubious results.. the picture above does not in any way impart its true beauty.. these are a little better, but far from optimum.. or is that optimal..
(in the picture above, there's no schmutz on Liberty's neck.. that's just a reflection.. the problem with macro photography of a coin with a surface like a mirror inside of a plastic slab is that when you get in so close to it, the camer's lens housing starts casting shadows on the coin's surface itself.. grr.. then the shutter speed slows down as the camera tries to compensate for less light so the results end up slightly out of focus.. hmm.. must get light table.. eventually..) ..
- John Wayne, "The Shootist" (1976.. his final film)..
Ed. S.
(EJS)
This has got to be my best addition of 2007:
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New Barber Purchases
Rob
"Those guys weren't Fathers they were...Mothers."
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I like this one. My first gold coin.
-Randy Newman
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OK Fletcher, where are all of you flowing hair additions?
For me it was the few I didn't buy when I could have.
Everyone of them would have been a loser, even though the price seemed reasonable at the time.
John Marnard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace, 1920, page 235ff
60 years into this hobby and I'm still working on my Lincoln set!
almost. tough coins both and they look like they been in a fight
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
And it's nice to see Fletcher is still around.