> @BillJones said: > I spotted this dealer's card in one of my drawers yesterday. I find the diework a bit scary when you compare it to the real thing.
That looks like a Patrick Mint piece. Anyone know who does the diework for Patrick Mint?
I just picked up this dealer / numismatist token. Beyond having a cool middle name, Nelson Thor Thorson was ANA Life Member #12, ANA President #19, and founder of the Omaha Coin Club.
Is he known these days, by his research, pedigree or anything else?
I like that one @Zoins very much....
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I guess I'll receive the thread with this one from Hershey .999 silver #73 on edge but don't know the mintage.
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I just had to pick up this Silver 1963Harrisburg Coin Club medal. It has insanely blue toning and the mirror proof field looks like infinitely deep pools.
I have quite a few that need to be photographed as I've been slacking on shooting new purchases over the last couple years.
I did recently pick up this as it was the finest I've ever seen. Most are spotted, stained, or suffer from environmental damage. This was the first American Numismatic Association struck token it's brass and about 30mm in diameter. It's got who's - who's of early of early numismatics listed on it. Wright was one of the early publishers on exonumia. Gibbs on it is cool as he was a Canadian collector/dealer. This is example quality wise far exceeds any which Virgil Brand tucked away.
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I also managed to get a couple broken die / CUD strikes from those 2021 Madison County Coin Club strikes by Dan Carr . . .
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That's a great piece @ZoidMeister! Congrats for picking it up!
It would be interesting to hear from Dan @dcarr on these cuds. I don't think I've ever seen another cud on Dan's pieces and wouldn't expect them given how few strikes are done with modern die making techniques.
@coinsarefun Very impressive gold! Love the pieces and the photos. Also nice to have one from Dan and one from Ron
@ZoidMeister I also love the Omaha Coin Club piece. I wonder if @CoinHusker or @notlogical were involved in making those or can provide more information on minter and mintages? Here's some contact info for the Omaha Coin Club from CoinZip in the interests of getting further info:
Omaha Coin Club Meeting
St. Wenceslaus Church Community Room
15353 Pacific Street
Omaha, NE 68154
Contact:Tom Bauwens
Phone:402-661-0817
Founded on May 6, 1934, the Omaha Coin Club is Nebraska's oldest Numismatic Club. A copy of our newsletter can be found on our website; in the newsletter will be the most up to date actifities of the club.
@Zoins said: @coinsarefun Very impressive gold! Love the pieces and the photos. Also nice to have one from Dan and one from Ron
@ZoidMeister I also love the Omaha Coin Club piece. I wonder if @CoinHusker or @notlogical were involved in making those or can provide more information on minter and mintages?
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That was one of the first coin club pieces I was inspired to pick up when I joined CU.
I think I ran across a silver version of it as well but haven't gotten around to imaging it yet.
I'm just resurrecting a few worthy old threads on a Covid recovery Tuesday.
I think there are a ton of packages to open and photograph when I get a negative result and get back to work. Maybe next week.
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<< <i>1963 Syracuse Numismatic Association Anniversary Medal, 32mm Diameter, Sterling Silver, Plain Edge, Dies by Alphonse Kolb
That's very cool. It reminds me of George Bauer's store card, also created by Alphonse Kolb of Rochester.
> I spotted this dealer's card in one of my drawers yesterday. I find the diework a bit scary when you compare it to the real thing.
That looks like a Patrick Mint piece. Anyone know who does the diework for Patrick Mint?
Old Thread Update
I just picked up this dealer / numismatist token. Beyond having a cool middle name, Nelson Thor Thorson was ANA Life Member #12, ANA President #19, and founder of the Omaha Coin Club.
Is he known these days, by his research, pedigree or anything else?
Here's a biography: https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/PersonDetail/1918
Just ran across this medal he wore in 1926:
And an encased stamp in the Yale University Art Gallery:
https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/107965
I like that one @Zoins very much....
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I guess I'll receive the thread with this one from Hershey .999 silver #73 on edge but don't know the mintage.
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CoinsAreFun Toned Silver Eagle Proof Album
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Gallery Mint Museum, Ron Landis& Joe Rust, The beginnings of the Golden Dollar
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More CoinsAreFun Pictorials NGC
I just had to pick up this Silver 1963 Harrisburg Coin Club medal. It has insanely blue toning and the mirror proof field looks like infinitely deep pools.
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Busy chasing Carr's . . . . . woof!
Successful BST transactions with: Bullsitter, Downtown1974, P0CKETCHANGE, Twobitcollector, AKbeez, DCW, Illini420, ProofCollection, DCarr, Cazkaboom, RichieURich, LukeMarshall, carew4me, BustDMs, coinsarefun, PreTurb, felinfoal, jwitten, GoldenEgg, pruebas, lazybones, COCollector, CuKevin, MWallace, USMC_6115, NamVet69, zippcity, . . . . who'd I forget?
Don't have a clue of where or how I got these.
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Busy chasing Carr's . . . . . woof!
Successful BST transactions with: Bullsitter, Downtown1974, P0CKETCHANGE, Twobitcollector, AKbeez, DCW, Illini420, ProofCollection, DCarr, Cazkaboom, RichieURich, LukeMarshall, carew4me, BustDMs, coinsarefun, PreTurb, felinfoal, jwitten, GoldenEgg, pruebas, lazybones, COCollector, CuKevin, MWallace, USMC_6115, NamVet69, zippcity, . . . . who'd I forget?
Shame all my old pics are lost in this thread
I have quite a few that need to be photographed as I've been slacking on shooting new purchases over the last couple years.
I did recently pick up this as it was the finest I've ever seen. Most are spotted, stained, or suffer from environmental damage. This was the first American Numismatic Association struck token it's brass and about 30mm in diameter. It's got who's - who's of early of early numismatics listed on it. Wright was one of the early publishers on exonumia. Gibbs on it is cool as he was a Canadian collector/dealer. This is example quality wise far exceeds any which Virgil Brand tucked away.
I picked this up at All About Coins in the Salt Lake City area a few years ago.
Had a few more Boeing Employee Coin Club medals arrive.
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Busy chasing Carr's . . . . . woof!
Successful BST transactions with: Bullsitter, Downtown1974, P0CKETCHANGE, Twobitcollector, AKbeez, DCW, Illini420, ProofCollection, DCarr, Cazkaboom, RichieURich, LukeMarshall, carew4me, BustDMs, coinsarefun, PreTurb, felinfoal, jwitten, GoldenEgg, pruebas, lazybones, COCollector, CuKevin, MWallace, USMC_6115, NamVet69, zippcity, . . . . who'd I forget?
Wish I had taken a picture at the Augusta coin show. They must have had 50+ from their history.
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And a whole lot smaller gold but still pretty nifty.
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CoinsAreFun Toned Silver Eagle Proof Album
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Gallery Mint Museum, Ron Landis& Joe Rust, The beginnings of the Golden Dollar
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More CoinsAreFun Pictorials NGC
I also managed to get a couple broken die / CUD strikes from those 2021 Madison County Coin Club strikes by Dan Carr . . . .
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Busy chasing Carr's . . . . . woof!
Successful BST transactions with: Bullsitter, Downtown1974, P0CKETCHANGE, Twobitcollector, AKbeez, DCW, Illini420, ProofCollection, DCarr, Cazkaboom, RichieURich, LukeMarshall, carew4me, BustDMs, coinsarefun, PreTurb, felinfoal, jwitten, GoldenEgg, pruebas, lazybones, COCollector, CuKevin, MWallace, USMC_6115, NamVet69, zippcity, . . . . who'd I forget?
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I love what the Omaha Coin Club did channeling these great So-Called $ designs into this medal.
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Busy chasing Carr's . . . . . woof!
Successful BST transactions with: Bullsitter, Downtown1974, P0CKETCHANGE, Twobitcollector, AKbeez, DCW, Illini420, ProofCollection, DCarr, Cazkaboom, RichieURich, LukeMarshall, carew4me, BustDMs, coinsarefun, PreTurb, felinfoal, jwitten, GoldenEgg, pruebas, lazybones, COCollector, CuKevin, MWallace, USMC_6115, NamVet69, zippcity, . . . . who'd I forget?
I have a growing appreciation for engraver / designer Paul Vincze . . . . .
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Busy chasing Carr's . . . . . woof!
Successful BST transactions with: Bullsitter, Downtown1974, P0CKETCHANGE, Twobitcollector, AKbeez, DCW, Illini420, ProofCollection, DCarr, Cazkaboom, RichieURich, LukeMarshall, carew4me, BustDMs, coinsarefun, PreTurb, felinfoal, jwitten, GoldenEgg, pruebas, lazybones, COCollector, CuKevin, MWallace, USMC_6115, NamVet69, zippcity, . . . . who'd I forget?
Busy chasing Carr's . . . . . woof!
Successful BST transactions with: Bullsitter, Downtown1974, P0CKETCHANGE, Twobitcollector, AKbeez, DCW, Illini420, ProofCollection, DCarr, Cazkaboom, RichieURich, LukeMarshall, carew4me, BustDMs, coinsarefun, PreTurb, felinfoal, jwitten, GoldenEgg, pruebas, lazybones, COCollector, CuKevin, MWallace, USMC_6115, NamVet69, zippcity, . . . . who'd I forget?
Awakening a sleeping thread day.
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Busy chasing Carr's . . . . . woof!
Successful BST transactions with: Bullsitter, Downtown1974, P0CKETCHANGE, Twobitcollector, AKbeez, DCW, Illini420, ProofCollection, DCarr, Cazkaboom, RichieURich, LukeMarshall, carew4me, BustDMs, coinsarefun, PreTurb, felinfoal, jwitten, GoldenEgg, pruebas, lazybones, COCollector, CuKevin, MWallace, USMC_6115, NamVet69, zippcity, . . . . who'd I forget?
That's a great piece @ZoidMeister! Congrats for picking it up!
It would be interesting to hear from Dan @dcarr on these cuds. I don't think I've ever seen another cud on Dan's pieces and wouldn't expect them given how few strikes are done with modern die making techniques.
@coinsarefun Very impressive gold! Love the pieces and the photos. Also nice to have one from Dan and one from Ron
@ZoidMeister I also love the Omaha Coin Club piece. I wonder if @CoinHusker or @notlogical were involved in making those or can provide more information on minter and mintages? Here's some contact info for the Omaha Coin Club from CoinZip in the interests of getting further info:
Unfortunately, the club's website seems to be down:
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That was one of the first coin club pieces I was inspired to pick up when I joined CU.
I think I ran across a silver version of it as well but haven't gotten around to imaging it yet.
I'm just resurrecting a few worthy old threads on a Covid recovery Tuesday.
I think there are a ton of packages to open and photograph when I get a negative result and get back to work. Maybe next week.
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Busy chasing Carr's . . . . . woof!
Successful BST transactions with: Bullsitter, Downtown1974, P0CKETCHANGE, Twobitcollector, AKbeez, DCW, Illini420, ProofCollection, DCarr, Cazkaboom, RichieURich, LukeMarshall, carew4me, BustDMs, coinsarefun, PreTurb, felinfoal, jwitten, GoldenEgg, pruebas, lazybones, COCollector, CuKevin, MWallace, USMC_6115, NamVet69, zippcity, . . . . who'd I forget?
Very cool token!
It gets me thinking about the biceps of those old time minters! It looks like a very physical activity!
Any idea who the initials "KFR" stand for?
I've been missing the fun online meetings @illini420 hosts since I've been out making music on Friday nights lately
"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso
FUN show "token" with obverse and reverse dies
Wow! Those are celebrating their 20th anniversary soon!
Great token from @FredWeinberg and struck by Jesse Patrick!
Here's the entry in the Patrick Mint Catalog, which shows a slightly different reverse die.
http://www.patrickmint.com/website.pdf
Very soon
Fingers crossed!
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