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Wow, this like the oldest slab ever!! Pre dates Capital Plastics!!

WaterSportWaterSport Posts: 6,913 ✭✭✭✭✭
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wooden coin board
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  • BryceMBryceM Posts: 11,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks like something that used to hang in the principal's office, only his had a handle on it. image
  • JustlookingJustlooking Posts: 2,895 ✭
    So THAT'S how they get woodgrain toning! image
    Let's try not to get upset.
  • ajmanajman Posts: 1,359 ✭✭✭
    I think I'll pass.
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  • stev32kstev32k Posts: 2,098 ✭✭✭
    My Grandfather had a wooden board that held his penny collection. He drove nails in the board to hold the coins in place.
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  • DoubleEagle59DoubleEagle59 Posts: 8,377 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Maybe it's me, but that just looks awful.
    "Gold is money, and nothing else" (JP Morgan, 1912)

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  • MockingjayMockingjay Posts: 121 ✭
    I think I would have switched to collecting stamps.
  • StaircoinsStaircoins Posts: 2,577 ✭✭✭

    Thanks, but I wooden be interested in this.


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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,815 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That's not a slab---it's a coin board. Neat item though.

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    PerryHall is right, but as a coin board, it might predate some of the folders.... interesting as a relic, but not practical. Cheers, RickO
  • goldengolden Posts: 9,991 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>So THAT'S how they get woodgrain toning! image >>

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  • pontiacinfpontiacinf Posts: 8,915 ✭✭


    << <i>So THAT'S how they get woodgrain toning! image >>



    thats funny!
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  • garrynotgarrynot Posts: 1,874 ✭✭✭


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    << <i>So THAT'S how they get woodgrain toning! image >>



    thats funny! >>




    Exactly, all I can say is WOW
  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,289 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There's someone ATS who would be quite interested in that, I would think. It was made with the knowledge that there were no 1910-D cents, and that there were 1909 with and without VDB, but there are slots for all three mints for 1921 and 1922, so it would seem it was made between 1913, when it seemed apparent that all 3 mints were going to continue making cents, and 1920.
    John
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  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,454 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Man, that is cool!

    Just imagine - back when the robber barons were amassing great personal fortunes and building unprecedented collections, some little guy wanted to have a coin collection. The only way it was going to happen was by doing it themselves. Hard to know when it was made - perhaps 1913 like suggested or maybe during the great depression?? It looks exactly like the sort of thing my grandpa or father-in-law would have made.

    If you've been to the Americana exhibit at the Smithsonian, this is as cool as any home made weathervane, whirly-gig or tramp art on display there!

    Can't wait until it arrives. image
    "My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose, Cardinal.
  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,289 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Can't wait until it arrives. image >>


    image
    John
    Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
  • rainbowroosierainbowroosie Posts: 4,875 ✭✭✭✭
    Neighbor two doors down had the same board (circa 1958)...seriously, it looks exactly the same!!image

    Brings back some very old memories...
    "You keep your 1804 dollar and 1822 half eagle -- give me rainbow roosies in MS68."
    rainbowroosie April 1, 2003
  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,180 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I think I would have switched to collecting stamps. >>

    perish the thought lol
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,804 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Funky... and cool. I like it.

    Don't think I'd have liked it to the tune of a hundred bucks, but to each his own.

    It's a nifty relic. I remember seeing a collection (date set) of holed Indian cents (or was it large cents?) nailed to an old barn board. Straight after me own heart, that was. image

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  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,454 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Don't think I'd have liked it to the tune of a hundred bucks, but to each his own.

    I love antiques and primitives in particular. Agree that's not everybodies cup of tea.

    I have a buddy with a beat up weathervane that he paid $65,000 for - now that's not for everyone either. image
    "My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose, Cardinal.
  • okracerokracer Posts: 436 ✭


    I like it.....didn't get it....but I do like it.


    ......I collect old stuff......
  • leothelyonleothelyon Posts: 8,487 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The trouble someone went through to make that board, not much can be said about the coins, if they are the original coins.

    The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!

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  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,454 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Board arrived and it looks cool in person. Has that old, antique oak look.

    I have it in the garage disassembled and clamped - needed regluing.

    Coins are common dates, nothing valuable. Alot of 1920-P's.

    Can't wait to hang it on the wall. image
    "My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose, Cardinal.
  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Lakesammman, Let me know if you want to buy any more as I'll drill press some aged shellacked oak with a with a forstner bit... Any denomination you desire! imageimage
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  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,454 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've seen Ambro's shop pictures - he's doing me a HTT board. image
    "My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose, Cardinal.
  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I've seen Ambro's shop pictures - he's doing me a HTT board. image >>



    Most likely a far better choice for getting that distressed look! imageimage
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  • CoinRaritiesOnlineCoinRaritiesOnline Posts: 3,681 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Don't think I'd have liked it to the tune of a hundred bucks, but to each his own.

    I love antiques and primitives in particular. Agree that's not everybodies cup of tea.

    I have a buddy with a beat up weathervane that he paid $65,000 for - now that's not for everyone either. image >>



    Hey -- don't rag on that weathervane. It took me all day (and 7 coat hangers) to bang that out!

    OK -- How about a "Primitive" coin then? This is actually a mixture of gold & siilver. I picture some prospector squashing his day's finds into a coin-shaped object and then scratching a design on it. But honestly I have no idea what this thing is about. It is about the size of a $5 gold coin.

    And no -- the image(s) are not reversed. This is the way it looks:

    image

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  • robkoolrobkool Posts: 5,934 ✭✭✭✭✭
    KOOL !!! I LIKE IT !!!
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