This is dedicated to larrynj- thanks buddy!! I hope you can read this my friend
Disclaimer- If your are going to read this really read this and click the links it may change you like it chaged me!
I collect Jefferson varieties, but always wanted to build a BU roll set of Jeffersons from 38-current. I mainly shop at 1 or 2 shops on Dallas and every now and hten they would get a roll of 54-P's in BU, 47-P's in BU and so on. every once in a while I would score and hit a roll of war nickels in BU. I bought probally 1/2 of my rolls there, never really checked for FS coins nor do I care about them. The other rolls I bought mostly from larrynj who used to be in business in Mr. Eureka. Larry is a stand up guy and loves his varieties, minor or major along with full steps. He has one of the most complete varieties sets I know of, most RPM's, OMM's, DDO's, DDR's, ect. After many years I had 2 rolls left to purchase, the 1939-D ( not a cheap roll) and you really have to piece these together and the 1949-D roll. Larry didn't have the 49-D's so I had to source them else where. Now Larry is truly a great man (he hasn't been around alot due to a personal loss that still bothers me to this day), anyways he knew I was also building a die variety set. I was missing 2 coins the 1946-S DDO and 1949 D/S. After 7 years I finally was able to cherry pick a 1946-S DDO, raw (now PCGS XF-45) out of a bag of Jfeersons I bought from Ron Sweeney. I went through over 90k circulated 38-63 nickels to find this coin, so that left the elusive 49 D/S. I know you are thinking no biggie there are a ton. But there wasn't many BU coins then, 22 in 66 if I remeber correctly. Larry called me one night after I lost my job and siad he would sell me his only BU example a ANACS 65. He cut me a sweet deal as money was really tight, really tight, but he is such an amazing guy he wanted me to finish my 7 years Jefferson set. He sent me the coions and I was finially done, or was I?? I still needed the 49-D roll right. So as luck would have it the PCGS quarterly freebie was a jefferson, so I cracked it out and sent it in witht waht little extra cash I had.
Well it came back a 66, a big price jump. I felt awful and tried to send it back, but he had no part of it! So a little while goes by and I get my job back. Wanting to finish the roll set I saw a BU roll of 49-D's from a sweet lady who was selling all of her deceased fathers stuff. I put in a bid of $140 and won it. Got the roll and it sat and sat and sat so one saturday I decided to look through it to see the quality of coins. The firts coin I pulled out and flipped over, to my beleif, was a 49 D/S. I died. I called Larry and was going nuts, he said check the rest of the roll. I did and found 16 more EDS. 1949 D/S
I contacted Billy Crawford and sent them to him for grading, and
1 08948594 1949-D/S 5C USA MS64 1 08948603 1949-D/S 5C USA MS65 1 08948604 1949-D/S 5C USA MS65 1 08948605 1949-D/S 5C USA Damage(have no idea on this one??) 1 08948606 1949-D/S 5C USA MS65 1 08948607 1949-D/S 5C USA MS64 1 08948608 1949-D/S 5C USA MS64 1 08948595 1949-D/S 5C USA MS65 1 08948596 1949-D/S 5C USA MS64 1 08948597 1949-D/S 5C USA MS64 1 08948598 1949-D/S 5C USA MS65 1 08948599 1949-D/S 5C USA MS66 knew there was at least 1 1 08948600 1949-D/S 5C USA MS65 1 08948601 1949-D/S 5C USA MS66 nice 1 08948602 1949-D/S 5C USA MS64
Billy went above and beyond to get them graded so piblished the article for all collectors to identify the die markers Die Variety News- Page 8
But, the real story is friends, Larry didn't have to sell me his only coin and break his set so I could complete mine, it is almost like he was helping the keeping the next generation going, so......Thanks Larry, no matter where you are I hope this story about you finds you and your wife well, Love Jeff!
Since you are both in Dallas any thought of opening a shop in Schase or Wylie or anywhere in north Dallas. It would ne nice to be ablt to shoot the crap againa nd by stuff. Hosnestly I have a few dealers in Dallas I spend six figures with, atht htier shops, but very little over the web. I come in or one knot (yes I collect alot of paper too) but end up spending alot more than intended becasue I buy a ton of raw and slab, but don't really want it until I see it. Ask John and Joce, seeney and shivley. Heck even Mike and Tina. Bet you could do well, especially with gold, silver, platnium and palladium! NTR and Dillon right down the road?
We all have our stories about finding coins or getting a little help from the family, but when another collector unselfishly pulls from his own set to help another collector is what it's all about. The elder collector helping to keep the younger collector engaged, interested and gratefull.
Hey Adrian Many thanks and thanks to all my loyal voters. It was a true story, and it was good to tell it.
What Im going to do with these wonderful gifts, is to present them to my granddaughter for birthday gifts on june 14. she will be 14 then and has been collecting coins since 9. She has half my grandmothers from circulation set, and collects lincolns and ikes.
many thanks adrian all will be greatly appreciated by one and all! thanks for the interesting forum post and giving a lot of us an opportunity to write some things that may have never gone said. It is a good thing.
<< <i>Hey Adrian Many thanks and thanks to all my loyal voters. It was a true story, and it was good to tell it.
What Im going to do with these wonderful gifts, is to present them to my granddaughter for birthday gifts on june 14. she will be 14 then and has been collecting coins since 9. She has half my grandmothers from circulation set, and collects lincolns and ikes.
many thanks adrian all will be greatly appreciated by one and all! thanks for the interesting forum post and giving a lot of us an opportunity to write some things that may have never gone said. It is a good thing. >>
Ambro, please don't call me adrian. My name is Brandon.
<< <i>Hey Adrian Many thanks and thanks to all my loyal voters. It was a true story, and it was good to tell it.
What Im going to do with these wonderful gifts, is to present them to my granddaughter for birthday gifts on june 14. she will be 14 then and has been collecting coins since 9. She has half my grandmothers from circulation set, and collects lincolns and ikes.
many thanks adrian all will be greatly appreciated by one and all! thanks for the interesting forum post and giving a lot of us an opportunity to write some things that may have never gone said. It is a good thing. >>
Ambro, please don't call me adrian. My name is Brandon. >>
After reading this thread, I would like to throw my vote in, even though its over with.
2 stories here really stuck out to me and I felt I had to post about them.
First, the winner ambros story really hit home as a cent collector, and someone that really likes gold dollars.
And TexasNationals. I also like varieties and his story just made me really interested in Jeffersons for some reason. LarryNJ sounds like he has a great friend here.
All the stories were a great read, but those two really stand out for some reason.
I know the contest is over, but I still wanted to post that.
...and today the Buffalo arrived, what a sweet coin. Thanks Brandon, this was a nice thing to do and it is appreciated. (and Ill never mix up your name again, promise!)
<< <i>...and today the Buffalo arrived, what a sweet coin. Thanks Brandon, this was a nice thing to do and it is appreciated. (and Ill never mix up your name again, promise!)
>>
Wow!
Wanna trade?
I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.
Comments
Disclaimer- If your are going to read this really read this and click the links it may change you like it chaged me!
I collect Jefferson varieties, but always wanted to build a BU roll set of Jeffersons from 38-current. I mainly shop at 1 or 2 shops on Dallas and every now and hten they would get a roll of 54-P's in BU, 47-P's in BU and so on. every once in a while I would score and hit a roll of war nickels in BU. I bought probally 1/2 of my rolls there, never really checked for FS coins nor do I care about them. The other rolls I bought mostly from larrynj who used to be in business in Mr. Eureka. Larry is a stand up guy and loves his varieties, minor or major along with full steps. He has one of the most complete varieties sets I know of, most RPM's, OMM's, DDO's, DDR's, ect. After many years I had 2 rolls left to purchase, the 1939-D ( not a cheap roll) and you really have to piece these together and the 1949-D roll. Larry didn't have the 49-D's so I had to source them else where. Now Larry is truly a great man (he hasn't been around alot due to a personal loss that still bothers me to this day), anyways he knew I was also building a die variety set. I was missing 2 coins the 1946-S DDO and 1949 D/S. After 7 years I finally was able to cherry pick a 1946-S DDO, raw (now PCGS XF-45) out of a bag of Jfeersons I bought from Ron Sweeney. I went through over 90k circulated 38-63 nickels to find this coin, so that left the elusive 49 D/S. I know you are thinking no biggie there are a ton. But there wasn't many BU coins then, 22 in 66 if I remeber correctly. Larry called me one night after I lost my job and siad he would sell me his only BU example a ANACS 65. He cut me a sweet deal as money was really tight, really tight, but he is such an amazing guy he wanted me to finish my 7 years Jefferson set. He sent me the coions and I was finially done, or was I?? I still needed the 49-D roll right. So as luck would have it the PCGS quarterly freebie was a jefferson, so I cracked it out and sent it in witht waht little extra cash I had.
Well it came back a 66, a big price jump. I felt awful and tried to send it back, but he had no part of it! So a little while goes by and I get my job back. Wanting to finish the roll set I saw a BU roll of 49-D's from a sweet lady who was selling all of her deceased fathers stuff. I put in a bid of $140 and won it. Got the roll and it sat and sat and sat so one saturday I decided to look through it to see the quality of coins. The firts coin I pulled out and flipped over, to my beleif, was a 49 D/S. I died. I called Larry and was going nuts, he said check the rest of the roll. I did and found 16 more EDS. 1949 D/S
I contacted Billy Crawford and sent them to him for grading, and
1 08948594 1949-D/S 5C USA MS64
1 08948603 1949-D/S 5C USA MS65
1 08948604 1949-D/S 5C USA MS65
1 08948605 1949-D/S 5C USA Damage(have no idea on this one??)
1 08948606 1949-D/S 5C USA MS65
1 08948607 1949-D/S 5C USA MS64
1 08948608 1949-D/S 5C USA MS64
1 08948595 1949-D/S 5C USA MS65
1 08948596 1949-D/S 5C USA MS64
1 08948597 1949-D/S 5C USA MS64
1 08948598 1949-D/S 5C USA MS65
1 08948599 1949-D/S 5C USA MS66 knew there was at least 1
1 08948600 1949-D/S 5C USA MS65
1 08948601 1949-D/S 5C USA MS66 nice
1 08948602 1949-D/S 5C USA MS64
Billy went above and beyond to get them graded so piblished the article for all collectors to identify the die markers Die Variety News- Page 8
But, the real story is friends, Larry didn't have to sell me his only coin and break his set so I could complete mine, it is almost like he was helping the keeping the next generation going, so......Thanks Larry, no matter where you are I hope this story about you finds you and your wife well, Love Jeff!
Pay the unselfsihness forward
THIS CHANGED MY WHOL OUTLOOK ON COLLECTING! IT'S ABOU THE FRIENDS NOT THE MONEY!
bob
Since you are both in Dallas any thought of opening a shop in Schase or Wylie or anywhere in north Dallas. It would ne nice to be ablt to shoot the crap againa nd by stuff. Hosnestly I have a few dealers in Dallas I spend six figures with, atht htier shops, but very little over the web. I come in or one knot (yes I collect alot of paper too) but end up spending alot more than intended becasue I buy a ton of raw and slab, but don't really want it until I see it. Ask John and Joce, seeney and shivley. Heck even Mike and Tina. Bet you could do well, especially with gold, silver, platnium and palladium! NTR and Dillon right down the road?
We all have our stories about finding coins or getting a little help from the family, but when another collector unselfishly pulls from his own set to help another collector is what it's all about. The elder collector helping to keep the younger collector engaged, interested and gratefull.
You got it right, pass it forward!
What Im going to do with these wonderful gifts, is to present them to my granddaughter for birthday gifts on june 14. she will be 14 then and has been collecting coins since 9. She has half my grandmothers from circulation set, and collects lincolns and ikes.
many thanks adrian all will be greatly appreciated by one and all! thanks for the interesting forum post and giving a lot of us an opportunity to write some things that may have never gone said. It is a good thing.
<< <i>Hey Adrian Many thanks and thanks to all my loyal voters. It was a true story, and it was good to tell it.
What Im going to do with these wonderful gifts, is to present them to my granddaughter for birthday gifts on june 14. she will be 14 then and has been collecting coins since 9. She has half my grandmothers from circulation set, and collects lincolns and ikes.
many thanks adrian all will be greatly appreciated by one and all! thanks for the interesting forum post and giving a lot of us an opportunity to write some things that may have never gone said. It is a good thing. >>
Ambro, please don't call me adrian. My name is Brandon.
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<< <i>Hey Adrian Many thanks and thanks to all my loyal voters. It was a true story, and it was good to tell it.
What Im going to do with these wonderful gifts, is to present them to my granddaughter for birthday gifts on june 14. she will be 14 then and has been collecting coins since 9. She has half my grandmothers from circulation set, and collects lincolns and ikes.
many thanks adrian all will be greatly appreciated by one and all! thanks for the interesting forum post and giving a lot of us an opportunity to write some things that may have never gone said. It is a good thing. >>
Ambro, please don't call me adrian. My name is Brandon.
ouch!
just a mental slip, I get my kids mixed up too....
2 stories here really stuck out to me and I felt I had to post about them.
First, the winner ambros story really hit home as a cent collector, and someone that really likes gold dollars.
And TexasNationals. I also like varieties and his story just made me really interested in Jeffersons for some reason.
LarryNJ sounds like he has a great friend here.
All the stories were a great read, but those two really stand out for some reason.
I know the contest is over, but I still wanted to post that.
The name is LEE!
<< <i>...and today the Buffalo arrived, what a sweet coin. Thanks Brandon, this was a nice thing to do and it is appreciated. (and Ill never mix up your name again, promise!)
Wow!
Wanna trade?
The name is LEE!