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Here is one to get the ball rolling: the first Morgan dollar issued at the Carson City Mint. This piece is from the Amon G. Carter Collection, the famous Texan from Ft. Worth. BTW, this particular coin is one of the "Top 100" VAMs (Lines in the Eagle's Wing). The photography is courtesy of BluCC.

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  • BryceMBryceM Posts: 11,722 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I like this one. I think it's pretty well struck for a 1921:

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  • LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • etexmikeetexmike Posts: 6,794 ✭✭✭
    I bet this particular coin and date gets posted a few times. image

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    Mike
  • AnkurJAnkurJ Posts: 11,366 ✭✭✭✭
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  • smokincoinsmokincoin Posts: 2,631 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I bet this particular coin and date gets posted a few times. image

    Mike >>



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  • kazkaz Posts: 9,052 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,427 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
  • cardinalcardinal Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My favorite first year pieces:

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    -- Cardinal
    Portraits of Liberty Large Cents
  • DennisHDennisH Posts: 13,963 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A humble thing, but a coin I had wanted ever since I was a kid:

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    When in doubt, don't.
  • TennesseeDaveTennesseeDave Posts: 4,737 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I am almost embarrassed to post my coin after all those unbelieveable coins posted by Cardinal.image


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  • CocoinutCocoinut Posts: 2,505 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's too difficult to choose just one.

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  • kazkaz Posts: 9,052 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Pass me a paper bag, please, I'm hyperventilating after seeing some of the coins in this thread!
  • MoldnutMoldnut Posts: 3,082 ✭✭✭✭
    While dont have any pictures of coins from this year and I dont actively collect them, 1916 is a great year for coins.
    Derek

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  • etexmikeetexmike Posts: 6,794 ✭✭✭
    Another first year issue.

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    Mike
  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,282 ✭✭✭✭✭
    First and last year of issue. image

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  • ObiwancanoliObiwancanoli Posts: 1,065 ✭✭✭
    I started my Type Set, initially, with the idea I'd populate it with frst-year of issue coins...

    Y'all could help me a bunch if you'd just send these my way, and I'll be forever... giddy image
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  • TWQGTWQG Posts: 3,145 ✭✭
    Photos courtesy of BlueCC.
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  • ldhairldhair Posts: 7,111 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Larry

  • DieClashDieClash Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭
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  • deltadimemandeltadimeman Posts: 1,036 ✭✭✭
    ahh! the big hitters are coming out on this one !! great coins guys!
  • HighReliefHighRelief Posts: 3,654 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,885 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cardinal, you're killing me! Those are mighty impressive.
    Lance.
  • keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,452 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I will refrain from posting my garbage in this thread. Geez.
    "If it's not fun, it's not worth it." - KeyMan64
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  • DennisHDennisH Posts: 13,963 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Realone: What's the grade of your 1921-S Morgan? It's as nice as any example I've ever seen – and I'm rarely impressed with that date. image
    When in doubt, don't.
  • DennisHDennisH Posts: 13,963 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This series started in 1565 and only ran until 1571. This may be my favorite single coin out of everything I own:

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    When in doubt, don't.
  • cardinalcardinal Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks Lance! Here are a few more for you.

    1793, the first year of the Liberty Cap cent, with beaded border:

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    1794, the first year of the Liberty Cap cent with denticulated border:

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    1808, the first year of the Classic Head cent:

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    1816, the first year of the Matron Head cent:

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    1835, the first year of the Gobrecht Head cent:
    (These are often classified with the Matron Head "Middle Date" cents, but copper gurus say the middle dates end with the 1835 Matron Heads, and the "Late Date" cents don't start until the 1843 "Mature Head" Braided Hair cents. Those inbetween are Gobrecht's transitional cents.)

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    1839, the first year of the Petite Head Braided Hair cents:

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    1843, the first year of the Mature Head Braided Hair cents:

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    --Cardinal
    Portraits of Liberty large cents
  • cardinalcardinal Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I absolutely love viewing Cardinal's coins, just knowing that they will be left alone and not ever messed with, cared for like no other, and shown to the appreciating public is so worthwhile and extremely gratifying! image >>



    Thanks Realone! Have you had the opportunity to attend a show when the set was on display? It would be my pleasure to give you a guided tour at the next display.

    --Cardinal
  • lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,885 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Thanks Lance! Here are a few more for you.

    1793, the first year of the Liberty Cap cent, with beaded border:

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    --Cardinal >>

    Crap. I probably won't sleep tonight. Too much adrenaline.
    Lance.
  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,427 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Here's another first year of issue I should have mentioned the first time around.

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    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
  • keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,452 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cardinal, thank you for sharing your collection with us. Because of your posts I just had to break out your book, Portraits of Liberty, for the 100th time last night. image

    Greg
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  • renomedphysrenomedphys Posts: 3,489 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nobody posts a Lincoln???

    Here, I'll fix that:

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  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,470 ✭✭✭✭
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  • AuroraBorealisAuroraBorealis Posts: 3,591 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Some amazing coins in this thread! What a pleasure...
    A couple of mine to add...

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  • FilamCoinsFilamCoins Posts: 1,899 ✭✭✭

    Need more gold.

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  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 13,776 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • boiler78boiler78 Posts: 3,045 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 27,411 ✭✭✭✭✭
    theres some wicked nice coin there all. thanks for posting
  • GeorgeKelloggGeorgeKellogg Posts: 1,251 ✭✭
    Thanks for posting some really interesting (and attractive) first-year-of-issue coins! Here's another of mine--this time, it's a gold piece, the first gold dollar struck at Dahlonega. It is from the collection of Louis Eliasberg, the only person to assemble a complete set of regular-issue U.S. Coins. This piece, like all of Eliasberg's coins, spent a few months at the Smithsonian Institution, on exhibit in the summer of 1960.

    1849 was an interesting year in the small, Georgia town of Dahlonega, as many miners had packed up and headed west, to the more lucrative California gold fields. Dahlonega Mint Assayer, Matthew Stephenson, tried to discourage this practice, pointing to the local outcroppings and saying, "There's millions in it." Mark Twain later embellished Stephenson's remark: "Thar's gold in them thar hills."

    The photography is courtesy of BluCC.

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  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,759 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Photos courtesy of BlueCC.
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    I'm not a fan of Liberty Nickels, but I love the color on this one. image



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