2015 Numismatic year in review

Boosibri

My year in summary:



I - bought about as much as I sold but have significantly fewer coins now in the process



- bought some coins which will be part of the core of my collection for decades



- finished the initial version of my 1842 transitional varieties set



- started buying many more world coins with great eye appeal and cool designs



Few examples:

Yorkshireman

Nice specimens!
I think your story of finding the 1863 $5 at a foreign coin table in a show is very cool.
I will post mine when I get photos.

guitarwes

That 2 E. is crazy. Congrats on your acquisitions.



I haven't bought a numismatic coin in about a year or so. I'm in a lull but enjoy visiting the boards about everyday and seeing what everyone else has bought.

ricko

Beautiful coins....very, very nice collection... Cheers, RickO

Boosibri

anyone else care to summarize their year in review?

MFH

Barbers, Barbers and more Barbers.






Upgrading, buying coins with better eye appeal.







Biggest coup was locating ( what I consider ) the nicest {IMHO} 1909-O Quarter in PCGS 58.

Priller

The was a good year for adding some very nice Charlotte pieces.




The 1855-C G$1 is surprisingly original. Nice green gold with an amber-gold periphery on the obverse, very eye appealing.The reverse is more russet.




The 1842-C $2.5 is one of the rarest Charlotte quarter eagles, with only 100 to 125 examples believed extant in all grades.


An EF45, this date is rarely found higher. Uncommonly clean surfaces.




The 1840-C $2.5 is very popular, being the first Liberty Head quarter eagle from the Charlotte mint. This is the kind of D.O.G I want to see.


I call it the "just found" look. You could picture this coin living in an old desk drawer or cigar box for decades and finally coming out.


Just something to daydream about.

Boosibri

Your 42-C is ex. Boosibri

Priller

Originally posted by: Boosibri
Your 42-C is ex. Boosibri

Good pedigree. Thanks!

Baley

Neat idea for a thread and great coins Boosibri.



Highlights in my 2015 numismatic year



Two 1825 quarters for my lg size variety set





B1







and B-3 late die state







For the US type set this flowing hair dollar

Lakesammman

I would have to say the highlights were the opportunities to see friends at the FUN and Spring/Summer ANA shows.



Coin highlights include some nice Doilies, a nice Stella, PCGS MS67 Saint CAC and some cool PCGS samples.

TopographicOceans

I bought some coins
I sold some coins

Here are a couple I still have posted in another thread.

cecropiamoth

No disrespect meant to the others who have all done great, but I would state that Lakesammman has had one heckuva year. Mercy!!



jeff

CircOnly

Out of all the coins I added this year, this coin made my year. The rest is irrelevant as far as I am concerned. Anyone that collects the series would understand.

Justacommeman

2015 was a great year for me period. Dream wife married in June, dream job, living between my two favorite places NYC and California and I added a lot to my collection. Looking forward to adding to my gold type set, medals, libertas items and aesthetically pleasing historical coins in 2016.



I feel truly blessed. mark

BryceM

It has been a very good year. Here are a few favorites:

Lakesammman

Mark:



Congrats on your great year!

Justacommeman

Originally posted by: Lakesammman

Mark:



Congrats on your great year!

Truth be told sometimes when I'm making out with Tracy I'm thinking about your Stella.



Is that wrong?



mark

SmEagle1795

Originally posted by: BryceM
It has been a very good year. Here are a few favorites:

I used to own this coin It's of one of my favorite varieties, the "STATES" was repunched over "STATED". Congrats!

SmEagle1795

I've had a very successful numismatic year, acquiring several important pieces. I'm hoping to start off next year with a couple large acquisitions as well, but here are a few highlights:





An exceptionally toned denarius of Vindex from Rome's Civil Wars:




An aureus of Faustina Senior in a very high Mint State grade:




A sestertius of Trajan, with a page-long description of what the reverse depicts:




A heavy gold stater minted under King Croesus (the origin of the phrase, "As rich as Croesus"):




And my top purchase of the year, a unique drachm of Clazomenae with one of the most aesthetic facing portraits on an ancient Greek coin:

lordmarcovan

Looks like five of my Box of 20 were from this year.



Four Darkside, one Liteside.



The first three pieces are actually still raw as of this posting, but they're destined for the Box of 20 once they've been entombed in TPG plastic. In the meantime, they're in "do it yourself" Lighthouse "slabs".

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Ancient Roman Empire: silver "Capricorn" denarius of Vespasian, struck by Titus ca. 80-81 AD

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Ancient Roman Empire: orichalcum sestertius of Hadrian, struck ca. 134-138 AD

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Medieval Croatia (Ragusa): silver grosso portraying St. Blasius and Christ, ca. 1372-1438

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France: silver jeton of Louis XV, "Aurora in cloud chariot", undated (ca. 1740)

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United States: proof copper-nickel 3-cent piece, Liberty head type, 1888

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RYK

Originally posted by: Justacommeman

Originally posted by: Lakesammman

Mark:



Congrats on your great year!

Truth be told sometimes when I'm making out with Tracy I'm thinking about your Stella.



Is that wrong?



mark

Yes, very VERY wrong.



You had the best pickup of the year!

lunytune2

This year I started buying southern mint gold instead of just random gold pieces. Mostly New Orleans due to my budget. But I did manage a few better date trades . I got a Charlotte half eagle and a 1911-d (strong D) for my xf45 collection.

USMarine6

This year was more about figuring out what I wanted to accomplish with this hobby and having some sort of direction. This was my last purchase of the year for my core collection. Getting one of these on a budget can be tough.

bolivarshagnasty

Originally posted by: Justacommeman

Originally posted by: Lakesammman

Mark:



Congrats on your great year!

Truth be told sometimes when I'm making out with Tracy I'm thinking about your Stella.



Is that wrong?



mark

On a number of levels. LOL

Lakesammman

So, if I think of Tracy when with Stella.......



....oh, never mind.

msch1man

Great thread - I've really enjoyed the responses so far and hope more will share!



My numismatic year started off with an unexpected first purchase that I'm very grateful to have made because it sparked an interest in Colonial coins that has continued throughout the year (I know they're not for everyone, but to me, they are one of the most interesting areas in numismatics)...









Several other Colonial type purchases followed, but this was one of my favorites...









I also added to my US type set throughout the year as coins caught my eye, like this Barber did...









Not because I was trying to, but towards the end of the year I really ended up going on a gold streak. I picked up this great looking Gold Dollar from forum member liefgold...









And given who started this thread, I can't leave out this No Motto Half Eagle that's ex-Boosibri...









Overall, it's been a great year numismatically that I've really enjoyed. I was fortunate to have been able to add a lot of coins to my collection and hope to continue to do so in 2016.

lordmarcovan

This thread is fun, but it would have been even more fun if the posters' identities were masked, in a sort of "guess whose 2015 newps these were" game.



Smeagle1795's I'd have pegged right away. Some of the rest I'd have had a short list of suspects on, but I'm not sure I would've been able to match the members to their coins, and vice versa.