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5000th post! Special thanks to seanq and savoyspecial and a giveaway! - Winner announced!
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Thank you to all who have made these 5000 posts possible. So many of you have made collecting fun and the real and virtual friendships that have developed over the years are a treasure.
I would like to give a special, public thanks go to two particular members; Sean (seanq) and Greg (savoyspecial). Both gentlemen have aided me greatly on finding counterstamped, engraved, and otherwise really cool double dimes. I owe you both so many beers that I should just buy you a bar and get it over with!
Seriously, I really do owe you both for your gracious, kind, and altruistic assistance.
Below is just the latest example ... the "assist" for this one goes to Sean. Before I saw this one, Sean PM'd me to make sure I didn't miss it.
Yeah ... that's a clip ... on an 1875-CC double dime! Considering Sean is the King of Clips, I was thrilled when he gave me the heads up and let me have first shot at it (knowing my infatuation with twenty-cent pieces). I just received this in the mail a few days ago and finally had time to image it. It's only the second one I have seen. And yes, Sean turned me on to the first one a couple of years ago, which I happily snapped up!
Thank you, Sean and Greg!
Now the giveaway ...
Before I picked up the above clipped double dime, I was waiting until I reached another collecting "milestone" to use for my 5000th post. The first person who can guess what that milestone is before Saturday morning will receive the "oddball" slab below. If nobody guesses correctly, then I'll randomly choose from the posts to this thread. So somebody will win!
It's a Numex slab of a 1939 Dime. For those who collect slabs, these are somewhat difficult to find. They use ACG shells but do not have remnants of the ACG logo on the lower right of the front of the slab. I think these are neat old slabs from the "Wild West" days of slabbing companies. For those so really don't care about the slab ... at least it's an uncirculated 1939 dime!
Lane
I would like to give a special, public thanks go to two particular members; Sean (seanq) and Greg (savoyspecial). Both gentlemen have aided me greatly on finding counterstamped, engraved, and otherwise really cool double dimes. I owe you both so many beers that I should just buy you a bar and get it over with!
Seriously, I really do owe you both for your gracious, kind, and altruistic assistance.Below is just the latest example ... the "assist" for this one goes to Sean. Before I saw this one, Sean PM'd me to make sure I didn't miss it.
Yeah ... that's a clip ... on an 1875-CC double dime! Considering Sean is the King of Clips, I was thrilled when he gave me the heads up and let me have first shot at it (knowing my infatuation with twenty-cent pieces). I just received this in the mail a few days ago and finally had time to image it. It's only the second one I have seen. And yes, Sean turned me on to the first one a couple of years ago, which I happily snapped up!
Thank you, Sean and Greg!
Now the giveaway ...
Before I picked up the above clipped double dime, I was waiting until I reached another collecting "milestone" to use for my 5000th post. The first person who can guess what that milestone is before Saturday morning will receive the "oddball" slab below. If nobody guesses correctly, then I'll randomly choose from the posts to this thread. So somebody will win!
It's a Numex slab of a 1939 Dime. For those who collect slabs, these are somewhat difficult to find. They use ACG shells but do not have remnants of the ACG logo on the lower right of the front of the slab. I think these are neat old slabs from the "Wild West" days of slabbing companies. For those so really don't care about the slab ... at least it's an uncirculated 1939 dime!
Lane
Numismatist Ordinaire
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
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Love the two little C's on the double dime!
bob
Glad to be able to help! I appreciate your friendship and all the PM's we've passed back and forth
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My guess is that you've completed a Seated Liberty type set of some sort.
Thanks for throwing the giveaway- that dime sure looks pretty!
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Im guessimg your milestone was that you finally hit 400 different cbh die marriages!
I'm going to guess you acquired counterstamped 20 centers of all the collectible dates and mm's.
My guess is you completed your seated dime set and mercury dime set.
You finally got a 75-CC 20¢ piece with an error for your type set.
Too many positive BST transactions with too many members to list.
Good guesses were ...
I was gonna say your milestone was 100th double dime but since its taken I'll go with 200th then.
I was lucky enough to make that milestone many years ago.
I'm going to guess you acquired counterstamped 20 centers of all the collectible dates and mm's.
I wish! Those guys are tough! No 75-P or 76-P ... yet.
The correct guess was by Winston (Stone) ...
Im guessimg your milestone was that you finally hit 400 different cbh die marriages!
Well done, young man! I'm just 3 shy at the moment, but hopefully will get there soon. That was the intended 5000th post milestone, but the double dime clip came up at just the right time to nudge out the 400th die marriage.
Thanks all for playing!
Lane
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces