Heritage NYINC Catalog
JCMhouston
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I've been perusing the catalog with interest since it arrived and just have to comment on the narrative's written in the British Section. I don't know who cataloged this section but the prose is excellent.
Description of lot 21908, a simple 1849 Shilling. I broke it up into paragraphs so it's a little easier to read on the screen.
This coin is quite a rare date in this charming series, although the Spink reference does it no justice in terms of estimated value, but the book means nothing when it comes to a coin of this quality, which is just about the best there is, and seldom encountered. Struck so hard that there are tiny diebreaks on each side -- evidently the force of the dies coming together shattered them.
Historically, this coin comes right out of the era of the Crimean War, and also of Charles Dickens, author of the famous novel David Copperfield and a host of others which were avidly followed by English readers of the day. His stories often captured the fading charm of English life, mixed with such hard realities as child labor and of young men going off to faraway lands to fight for queen and country, and the contrasting idyllic life still enjoyed by many in the countryside.
The world was simpler then, if still hard for many people, and the English were feverishly devoted to their monarch. Her portrait on this coin, and the coin itself, seem to capture the feel of that long-gone era, so filled with prosperity, with yearning for daring adventure, with simple commerce, with an elegance of living which few today could understand, with a sheer zest for life as an Englishman, and with an inbred trust in one's nation and the culture into which each man or woman was born. Holding a pristine coin such as this, and letting the imagination wander to its past -- this is one of life's finest passions, made possible by pursuing this wonderful hobby of numismatics.
also check out 21836, the Halfcrowns description.
Description of lot 21908, a simple 1849 Shilling. I broke it up into paragraphs so it's a little easier to read on the screen.
This coin is quite a rare date in this charming series, although the Spink reference does it no justice in terms of estimated value, but the book means nothing when it comes to a coin of this quality, which is just about the best there is, and seldom encountered. Struck so hard that there are tiny diebreaks on each side -- evidently the force of the dies coming together shattered them.
Historically, this coin comes right out of the era of the Crimean War, and also of Charles Dickens, author of the famous novel David Copperfield and a host of others which were avidly followed by English readers of the day. His stories often captured the fading charm of English life, mixed with such hard realities as child labor and of young men going off to faraway lands to fight for queen and country, and the contrasting idyllic life still enjoyed by many in the countryside.
The world was simpler then, if still hard for many people, and the English were feverishly devoted to their monarch. Her portrait on this coin, and the coin itself, seem to capture the feel of that long-gone era, so filled with prosperity, with yearning for daring adventure, with simple commerce, with an elegance of living which few today could understand, with a sheer zest for life as an Englishman, and with an inbred trust in one's nation and the culture into which each man or woman was born. Holding a pristine coin such as this, and letting the imagination wander to its past -- this is one of life's finest passions, made possible by pursuing this wonderful hobby of numismatics.
also check out 21836, the Halfcrowns description.
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I have really enjoyed the descriptions in this catalog.
<< <i>I've been perusing the catalog with interest since it arrived and just have to comment on the narrative's written in the British Section. I don't know who cataloged this section but the prose is excellent.
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I suspect the cataloger and author of this well-written narrative would be Bruce Lorich.
The 1849 shilling is scarce to me, not rare. I too have a superior example (prob. at least 65) but the read is fun as Jeff says. Will have to look up the halfcrown.
Well, just Love coins, period.
Well, just Love coins, period.
Your suspicions are correct. It is.
Now if Heritage could get him to be the Auctioneer- then it would really be something.
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