Some of my new pickups from the NH Coin Expo today

mercurydimeguy

I spent a total of about 3hrs at the show today, and it was really towards the end when I finally found some fresh/raw coins that caught my eye. They are very pretty in hand, I tried to capture their in-hand look as best I possibly could.



Then spent some time with our very own Dave W and picked up a very cool looking token. Images below for your viewing pleasure...



P.S. I also picked up a very cool medal, but don't laugh, I can't fit it into my Macro lens window (it's like 1/16th of an inch too big). Need to change lenses and will image later.

SeattleSlammer

Nice pickups.

I definitely had to do a double take on that token.

kaz

Interesting token, looks like the eagle fell for the ol' exploding cigar trick.

MedalCollector

Man! You take some good pics. Very nice coins. I'm looking forward to the medal too!

TopographicOceans

Very nice pickups

Zoins

Beautiful coins and gaming token! It's cool that PCGS certifies these.



Here's the SecurePlus photo:

BryceM

Nice peace 22-S!

david3142

I love the 1881 dollars. Great two-sided color on a better date. The second one looks high grade. I would definitely send that one in!

blu62vette

Hope the medal is the photo one he had, pretty cool.

Boosibri

Nice coins and great pics as always

Twobitcollector

Very nice

lordmarcovan

Originally posted by: SeattleSlammer

Nice pickups.

I definitely had to do a double take on that token.

Me too!

Originally posted by: kaz

Interesting token, looks like the eagle fell for the ol' exploding cigar trick.

Broadstruck

Originally posted by: kaz

Interesting token, looks like the eagle fell for the ol' exploding cigar trick.

Nice kettle token



I had a beautiful fully struck NGC MS64 on consignment once I wish I would have personally purchased. I was more focused then and couldn't figure out how it would fit my collection? Being loose and buying whatever floats your boat sure has it's perks at times.

MFH

Originally posted by: david3142
I love the 1881 dollars. Great two-sided color on a better date. The second one looks high grade. I would definitely send that one in!

Great pictures !! Love the two 1881 Philadelphia Dollars and agree with david3142 !!

winky

Glad you had your check book with you !!! Wonderful, especially the gold one.

mercurydimeguy

Thank you all for looking at this thread, and your feedback.



The dollars are probably fraternal twins. The dealer I bought them from had 4 total (the ones I bought plus two 1882's that were also pretty but both had fingerprints on the obverse, which just didn't do it for me). He said he got them from the same person/lot he bought.



The token was a "must have" purchase from Dave Wnuck -- as soon as I saw it, I knew it had a home in my Numismatic Curiosities set, a set I've been working on quietly for the past several years with my son.



On my way out I shared my new purchases with a few people (dealers that I know, mainly, a few of which post here); they also said to send in the 1881 dollars; they might be a decent little score -- especially on one of them, which has a cleaner cheek (you can surmise which one from the photos).



I have to figure out what to do about the medal I bought -- it might be time for me to buy a 100mm macro lens because I cannot get my camera with a Sigma 180mm macro lens high enough on my copy stand to fit the whole medal. It's about 1/16" off/doesn't totally fit into the frame. I know it's a "first world problem" to have, but it is really annoying and I don't want to use a generic 50mm lens to image the beautiful medal as it won't do it justice.



Decisions....

kaz

If you don't mind working with a manual lens the old 105mm Micro Nikkors are great and real cheap now.



I don't usually get too excited over toned Morgans but I really, really like those. Nice finds.

etexmike

I'm a fan of the Morgan dollars. Very nice.





Mike

Mark

I'm typically not a huge fan of Morgan or Peace dollars, but I will make an exception in this case--they all look nice. But the token is uber cool! I like your picture of it more than the PCGS picture. But in either case, the headless bird is remarkable!

johnny9434

nice coin all the way around

ricko

Nice token.... any guess as to 'minted condition' or wear?? Cheers, RickO

mercurydimeguy

Rick, it's minted condition for sure. This one is also gilded while I saw another one from a different set of dies that was more fully struck and at the same grade, but it was less interesting as it wasn't gilded and much darker.

mercurydimeguy

To update this thread, the coins graded MS63, MS64 (stingy on this one), and AU58 respectively (WTF??? on the Peace Dollar). Sent all to CAC and all stickered.



I will crack out and resubmit the Peace...it's easily a 63, with booming cartwheel luster.



I had these graded el cheapo economy, maybe by sending in the Peace $1 via regular grading services on my next submission will change the results? I suspect it might. Or I might just crack it and put it into my book ...



Anyhow, just wanted to close the loop on these/update the thread....

Boosibri

The grades seem to be conservative or your pictures are just too good.

TopographicOceans

Cool token. Maybe it's copied from a US coin with the mumps.

mercurydimeguy

Originally posted by: Boosibri

The grades seem to be conservative or your pictures are just too good.

Brian, all I can tell you is that people who buy my duplicates / extras are real happy with their coins

johnny9434

i like the look of that 2nd morgan dollar

coinkat

Ya done good. Very attractive coins. I think the 1881 Morgans look quite nice