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Dusting Off Some Copper from my Personal Collection
ThePennyLady
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It's been quite a while since I've posted coins from my personal collection, so I thought I'd dust off some of my old favorites and give them a little airing out. 
Each coin in my collection has something unique and interesting about it - at least to me. For a coin to "qualify" for my collection, it needs to have at least one of three things: beautiful toning, a neat/bold variety, and/or an interesting error. Any way, I hope you enjoy looking at my little babies as much as I do!
This 1942 is the last coin I kept from the original collection I inherited from my aunt that got me started in coins. It was raw and when I sent it to PCGS, I was very pleased to get this top pop "brown" grade.
FYI, in case you'd like to see the rest of my collection, including my Conder tokens and exonumia, they are all posted on my website HERE.
Each coin in my collection has something unique and interesting about it - at least to me. For a coin to "qualify" for my collection, it needs to have at least one of three things: beautiful toning, a neat/bold variety, and/or an interesting error. Any way, I hope you enjoy looking at my little babies as much as I do!
This 1942 is the last coin I kept from the original collection I inherited from my aunt that got me started in coins. It was raw and when I sent it to PCGS, I was very pleased to get this top pop "brown" grade.
FYI, in case you'd like to see the rest of my collection, including my Conder tokens and exonumia, they are all posted on my website HERE.
Charmy HarkerThe Penny Lady®
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Is that the 69/9 cent that you cherried, Charmy?
I enjoyed every one.
I like the 55 Doubled Die and the two off-center Indians.
Beautiful
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It just doesn't look like copper.
With that said, GORGEOUS specimens
Awesome
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Singling any coin out almost detracts from how good the collection is as a whole.
The 14-D and 1955/1955 Lincolns are as good as it gets for BN examples and better than most RDs.
The 1877 IH is gorgeous in color, problem free and even the feathertips are almost all there.
And I've never seen an 1894/1894 with color like that.
An incredible collection of rarity and errors mixed with beautiful condition and color.
My fav is the 09-S, with the rev strike through. (Also, that 1887 looks familiar).
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You have some lovely copper coins in your personal collection.
I am just glad that you have some very attractive "left overs" that you put into your inventory and sell to other copper collectors (including me).
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<< <i>Why is the 1942 1c not a silver or zinc planchet?
It just doesn't look like copper.
With that said, GORGEOUS specimens
Silver Toned Copper...very uncommon! There was a 1909 posted recently that was silver toned. Cool Stuff!
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Love the 1877, 1899, PCGS 1869 and the 1880 o/center.....
Walker, yes I did "cherry pick" that 1869/69 - it wasn't attributed and the dealer I bought it from didn't know it was the overdate.
I don't really have one favorite because, as I mentioned, each one has something unique that I like. My favorite type of toning is the lustrous iridescent brown, like the 1914-D and 1955/55, but I also like the unusual toning on the 1867/67 and the 1894/94.
I bought the 1886 clamshell raw not knowing it had a split planchet until I removed it from the 2x2. I also love the 1887 strike thru which I also bought raw - it's one of the most bold strike-thrus I've seen. My favorite variety is the 1880 off center die clash. And the 1864-L engrailed rim is probably one of the first coins I bought for my collection, and was definitely the first piece of "exonumia" I bought - and it now appears in my "Penny Potpourri" exhibit (which I will be setting up again at the Houston Money show next week). It was engrailed post-minting, probably for decorative use, perhaps as a love token. It was extremely well done, and I've never seen another one like it.
The 1864 Bronze MS66 BN is the S-11 variety. Rick Snow explains in his Attribution Guide that the lathe lines could have been created from "an old die which was re-engraved for some reason. It may have been expedient to re-engrave the design directly into this working die to bring out the design. Any lines cut into the die would be very difficult to smooth out, so they were left in."
The 1880 off center die clash is S-1. The Attribution Guide states that "the clash was made prior to the die being hubbed. This means that a hardened reverse die was hand struck into a softened blank die. Why would anyone do that? One could imagine a worker picking up a blank die and hitting it with a finished die that was known to be the proper hardness. Clang! He could make a clash mark in this way just us- ing hand strength. The impression of the denticles are visible well into the design on the E in ONE. The clash is partially obliterated on either side of the wreath. This shows that there was metal movement on the die after the clash was made." Keyman - this is probably the 1909 you were referring to - I picked it up from Broadstruck in Baltimore because he remembered that I had the 1942 and thought they would fit nicely together - which they do!:
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Those are some AMAZING and unique cents!!!!!
Colorful and unique each and every one is indeed!
Thank you for tonights eye candy and inspiration!
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