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MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,521 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    DentuckDentuck Posts: 3,812 ✭✭✭
    The C4 group (Colonial Coin Collectors Club) is one of the best in the hobby.

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    SpaceMonkeySpaceMonkey Posts: 3,311 ✭
    because of there somewhat crude nature... and age... there can be quite a difference in look from one coin to another within a series. This gives a certain uniqueness to each coin and makes each one that much more special... that's how i see it anyways.

    oh... and of course historically speaking... just rich with surprising and entertaining subjects.

    but the short answer would be...

    they are just... "cool" image





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    BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,305 ✭✭✭✭✭
    wondering which of our founding fathers may have held that particular one.....
    (this is one coin that I wouldn't mind with a fingerprint showing)

    I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment

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    MikeInFLMikeInFL Posts: 10,188 ✭✭✭✭
    They were the coins of our country before our country was a country.
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    MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,521 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>wondering which of our founding fathers may have held that particular one.....
    (this is one coin that I wouldn't mind with a fingerprint showing) >>


    That is a good point!
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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,486 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The often crude die work, and the interesting stories about some of the colorful characters who made them.
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    ocon4008ocon4008 Posts: 1,703
    ,,, are the neat shoes, knee high stockings and britches they wore. You can keep the wig; too hot.image
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    northcoinnorthcoin Posts: 4,987 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ... is that I snagged one (a Pine Tree shilling) in an auction once and if I recall correctly it was the first lot in the catalog. I admire those who have the patience to collect these, but it is a little bit like ancients, you have to rely on a lot of intrinsic things that go beyond the grade on a slab.
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    ColonialCoinUnionColonialCoinUnion Posts: 10,087 ✭✭✭
    The fact that many of them are really, really rare.
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    SilverEagles92SilverEagles92 Posts: 6,787 ✭


    << <i>They were the coins of our country before our country was a country. >>



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    RYKRYK Posts: 35,789 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The wide variety of designs, sizes, dates, origins, and metal compositions.
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    RaufusRaufus Posts: 6,784 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Some, such as the Cont. Dollar, were made just as our nation was founded and designed by those who founded it. Fantastic coins!
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    SwampboySwampboy Posts: 12,886 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ...is that they did their jobs well. We're still free to collect them.
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    Billet7Billet7 Posts: 4,923 ✭✭✭
    If you strive for eye appeal...any set you put together will easily fit in a box of 20 (or in just a couple of slots for that matter.)








    That one's for you MidLifeCrisis. image

    Seriously, I think colonials are some of the coolest coins out there, especially if you go for the cream-of-the-crop. I used to collect washingtons, I even had a rarer one, the draped bust with button. I think there are only like 50 certified...problem is, there are less than 50 collectors, so few people care how rare they are. I don't actively collect coloninals anymore because my budget can't support it. So I live vicariosly through those that do. Love that myddelton by the way (I think I have said that a few times before!)
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    CoinJunkieCoinJunkie Posts: 8,772 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No 13 Colonies quarter program!

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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 45,446 ✭✭✭✭✭
    They have a wide variety of designs which make the more interesting than a series of moderns where every coin esentially have the same design. The one disadvantage is they are difficult to value. It's not like they can be looked up in the grey sheets.

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    ksteelheaderksteelheader Posts: 11,777 ✭


    << <i>wondering which of our founding fathers may have held that particular one.....
    (this is one coin that I wouldn't mind with a fingerprint showing) >>



    Very interesting.
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    wikyvawikyva Posts: 478
    That you can touch a piece of history and learn about the coins and history at the same time. The other thing that is cool is that you can have some really crappy colonial coins and other colonial collectors will "ooohh and ahhh" over them. That doesn't happen in a lot of series.
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    291fifth291fifth Posts: 23,947 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ... is that they have managed to retain the "colonial" designation even though most were struck during the early statehood period.image
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    lcoopielcoopie Posts: 8,796 ✭✭✭✭✭
    you could buy something with a halfpenny in those days,
    what, I don't know.
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    pocketpiececommemspocketpiececommems Posts: 5,748 ✭✭✭✭✭
    They show so much history. The things that were important to the people of the time. My favorite is the New Jersey with the Horse head and the plow.image
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    MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,521 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My other thread listing what's bad about colonials has more answers than this one. That just aint right.

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    SpaceMonkeySpaceMonkey Posts: 3,311 ✭
    i think you just need an image is all image




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    MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,521 ✭✭✭✭✭
    SpaceMonkey - Nice! image

    Is that new?
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    bidaskbidask Posts: 13,865 ✭✭✭✭✭
    They come in all sizes.

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    MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,521 ✭✭✭✭✭
    bidask - Sweet!

    Yup...these pics are just what this thread needed.
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    SpaceMonkeySpaceMonkey Posts: 3,311 ✭


    << <i>SpaceMonkey - Nice! image

    Is that new? >>





    "recent" image






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    SpaceMonkeySpaceMonkey Posts: 3,311 ✭


    << <i>They come in all sizes. >>






    yes they do.... and in all colors image


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    MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,521 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>They come in all sizes. >>






    yes they do.... and in all colors image >>


    They even come in chocolate!

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    coinsarefuncoinsarefun Posts: 21,666 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The coolest thing about colonials............................everythingimageimage
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    leothelyonleothelyon Posts: 8,366 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Once had one of those 1652 Pine tree shillings but lost it as a lad, 10-12 years old. Thought my mom had threw it out. But years later after we sold the farm house, the new owners asked if we had misplaced any coins. They had the insulation replaced in the attic and found a coin. As a lad, I used to climb up in that cubby hole and store stuff and I believe that's where that coin ended up. Slid it in between some insulation and a 2x6 to hide it from whoever. To this day, I have yet to claim that coin, if they still have it. The people do still live there. But I was told the coin was a duplicate when I traded a lunch token for it from another kid. He was robbing from his dad's coin collection. It may have been 6th or 7th grade. I believe it was made of copper and the real ones are made of silver but I could be wrong. These people said it was worth $35,000. I don't know who told them that. At least that's what my mother told me but I have never went back out there to see what all the fuss was about. I've always figured it was their good luck and my bad, if it was ever worth anything to begin with.

    But I like the old coins but no Colonials yet.


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    MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,521 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Once had one of those 1652 Pine tree shillings but lost it as a lad, 10-12 years old. Thought my mom had threw it out. But years later after we sold the farm house, the new owners asked if we had misplaced any coins. They had the insulation replaced in the attic and found a coin. As a lad, I used to climb up in that cubby hole and store stuff and I believe that's where that coin ended up. Slid it in between some insulation and a 2x6 to hide it from whoever. To this day, I have yet to claim that coin, if they still have it. The people do still live there. But I was told the coin was a duplicate when I traded a lunch token for it from another kid. He was robbing from his dad's coin collection. It may have been 6th or 7th grade. I believe it was made of copper and the real ones are made of silver but I could be wrong. These people said it was worth $35,000. I don't know who told them that. At least that's what my mother told me but I have never went back out there to see what all the fuss was about. I've always figured it was their good luck and my bad, if it was ever worth anything to begin with. >>


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    This is an amazing story. If you never recover it, then I hope it was just a replica. If you do eventually get it back, I hope it's the real thing!
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    ColonialCoinUnionColonialCoinUnion Posts: 10,087 ✭✭✭


    << <i>These people said it was worth $35,000. >>



    I guess that's not impossible, but it is not the way to bet.
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    ChangeInHistoryChangeInHistory Posts: 3,008 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>No 13 Colonies quarter program!

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    Nicely played.
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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 45,446 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Oldest Pre U.S. coint that is from America, who could ask for more. >>



    The NE shilling was the earliest pre U.S. coin.

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