Yea. Its a funky collection. Reminds me of the Richmond collection....lots of great coins but lots of yucky coins. Hole filler versus numismatist? I am not making any type of judgements about the passions of these particular collectors. To each his own, all of our collections are special in a certain way.
But hey, I'm am thoroughly excited. Its pretty cool when you can jump in your car, drive 10 mins and look at a nearly complete collection of US Gold at you leisure. The auction is right here in San Fran, and I will be there on Sunday to examine the lots. I will post a report on Sunday with my thoughts on the coins.
Here's what gonna be fun to examine:
1854-S 2 1/2 , yep, its the worst of twelve, but its got tons of character. It's pure and honest. A genuinely rare coin, thats been recognized for 100+ years. Eliasberg to boot. 70-CC Ten and Twenty, 53, 55. Both practically finest knowns, how cool!!!! 73-CC WA Half 65 64-S Five and Ten, 45, 53 These coins define the word rare!!!! 64 2 1/2 27-D Twenty, plus the Murderer's row. Temp Reid 2 1/2 BU Slugs
I have to agree with BillJones and subsequent posters. I admit my own collecting tastes have evolved from a "fill the hole" mentality several decades ago to more discriminating today. If I had Bently's bank account in my twenties, I'd probably have a bunch of impaired early S-mint half eagles and eagles from the 1854-1877 period, too. Now, I just have holes or lower-grade coins I know I want to upgrade eventually.
I'll be headed down from Seattle to lot view on Tuesday. The relative closeness warrants a day off from work. Even if I don't end up buying anything in the auction, I definitely am not missing an opportunity to study some of the rarer items such as those that SethChandler just listed.
I would kill to have a collection this extensive, so what if some of the coins are not that nice. I like nice coins, but some coins I will never own due to cost. Ill take a 54-s any day any time as well as some of the other great rarities.
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But hey, I'm am thoroughly excited. Its pretty cool when you can jump in your car, drive 10 mins and look at a nearly complete collection of US Gold at you leisure. The auction is right here in San Fran, and I will be there on Sunday to examine the lots. I will post a report on Sunday with my thoughts on the coins.
Here's what gonna be fun to examine:
1854-S 2 1/2 , yep, its the worst of twelve, but its got tons of character. It's pure and honest. A genuinely rare coin, thats been recognized for 100+ years. Eliasberg to boot.
70-CC Ten and Twenty, 53, 55. Both practically finest knowns, how cool!!!!
73-CC WA Half 65
64-S Five and Ten, 45, 53 These coins define the word rare!!!!
64 2 1/2
27-D Twenty, plus the Murderer's row.
Temp Reid 2 1/2
BU Slugs
I am fired up!!!!
I'll be headed down from Seattle to lot view on Tuesday. The relative closeness warrants a day off from work. Even if I don't end up buying anything in the auction, I definitely am not missing an opportunity to study some of the rarer items such as those that SethChandler just listed.
I would kill to have a collection this extensive, so what if some of the coins are not that nice. I like nice coins, but some coins I will never own due to cost. Ill take a 54-s any day any time as well as some of the other great rarities.