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Why is just about every Pilgrim dull and lifeless?
braddick
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I'd so love to locate a lustrous, blazing gem Pilgrim with pop patina but instead am stuck checking inventories of brownish gold/gray maxed out Pilgrim commemoratives.
Are all the good ones taken and off the market for eternity?
Really. What's a hard core collector seeking out one of these prizes to do?
Are all the good ones taken and off the market for eternity?
Really. What's a hard core collector seeking out one of these prizes to do?
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Well, it's been a LONG time since they landed.
<< <i>Well, it's been a LONG time since they landed. >>
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 BC
<< <i>Why is just about every Pilgrim dull and lifeless?
Well, it's been a LONG time since they landed.
Yeah, I think they are all dead by now.......
......I collect old stuff......
And if that doesn't convince you, ask MJ to show you his. It is spectacular!
And that means they would get around a lot and be dipped and traded and and and and
<< <i>Why is just about every Pilgrim dull and lifeless?
Well, it's been a LONG time since they landed.
Beat me to it!
The Pilgrim half dollars were sold before the commemorative coin craze of the 1930s got going. As a result a goodly number of these coins ended up in the hands of non-collectors who had no idea how to preserve them. Many also probably ended up in high sulfur paper, which would have toned them and encouraged dipping. They were also issued at a time when bright, lustrous coins were considered to be "garish." For these reasons there are few Pilgrim half dollars that are going to force their owners to wear sunglasses when they view them.
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The court jester does not play, but gently pulls the strings…
It is a little duller than some of the commems that I have, but I'd hardly call this one lifeless
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In my short time in the Commem series I've always enjoyed the pilgrims that have the somber toning like the second one of Skymans. A somber Pilgrim and a stormy sky and seas.
I wouldn't turn down a blazing w/ cool colors though by any means.
<< <i> It would be like having a laser show at a grand opening of an Amish furniture shop. >>
JH
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You should have bought mine. It was lot 6192 in the recent StacksBowers auction in Baltimore. 1920, PCGSMS65, great luster and color!
<< <i>Braddick;
You should have bought mine. It was lot 6192 in the recent StacksBowers auction in Baltimore. 1920, PCGSMS65, great luster and color! >>
Missed it! (Ain't that just it when you're looking?)
A couple (or three or four!) right here on this thread are outstanding.
None for sale!
The quest continues. I don't know what it is, something about the design fascinates me.
(And thanks for the laugh at the choice of my language in the title...)
Here's my lifeless Pilgrim.....
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
<< <i>This one has lots of lustre. I've actually gotten sea sick looking at the waves. They seem to come alive. MJ
That brings good things to light.
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