Happy Thanksgiving - Post a coin you are thankful that you own
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This is my favorite coin and I'm thankful I own it.
It's a rare variety as a BD-8 which has a surviving population of only 45 to 55 pieces in all grades, making it one of the scarcer Small Stars die pairings.
The strike is sharp and evenly executed and some luster remains in the protected regions of the fields with a rich orange-gold patina.
It's AU58 so it was lightly circulated before being stashed away by a collector.
Who worked to earn this coin and what did they do, and how was it spent?
AU58 coins have their own hidden story.
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Given to me by my grandmother long ago.
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I just received this one yesterday in the mail after trying to buy it over a month. Seller thought he had lost/sold it previously but messaged me a month or so later that he found it doing some cleaning so then I bought it.
The one I'm most thankful for. While I have others which I think are even more appealing to the eye, this one means the most.
I am thankful for this rare civil war token, "Excelsior Club" by Joseph H. Merriam of Boston, Massachusetts. It is the only example known, so I am grateful to have had the opportunity to purchase and add it to my collection of his tokens and medals.
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I'm on a limited budget, so I could only afford a low-end grade on a 1915 Barber Half. I found seemingly countless examples of this coin in lower grades on various websites, and for almost all of them, the photos displayed them with some sort of scratches, gunk, or other issue that I couldn't quite accept. I finally found this 1915 with relatively few problems, graded PCGS VF-25.
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101 years old.
That's a great 1915 coin.
Just my opinion.
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Happy Thanksgiving to you too! The coin that I am thankful owning has got to be a coin that has NO price tag or even because of the appearance of the coin. It has to be a priceless one and that one is my "Dad's Dollar"! I told the story numerous times.
Sorry for the blurry pics, new at this.
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"Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!
--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.I'm grateful to still have this bustie, one of my 3 remaining in the series, so it's pretty rare.
Here's a coin that I'm thankful for today, my most recent purchase which arrived last week. This is a variety that I've been looking for about 14 years, finally found one unattributed and won the auction at a very fair price for the net grade.
This is an 1806 B-6, in late die state, and quite a rare coin as such.
I'm even thankful for the plugged hole, which not only helped to preserve the other detail and relevant features of the variety of the coin from further wear or loss or melting, but makes me wonder, who made the hole and when? Why did they make the hole, and how did the hole allow them to use the coin the way they wanted, whether suspended as a pendent, or sown into a soldier's uniform before going into battle, or perhaps nailed to a beam of a house or boat for good luck? When was the hole filled, and by whom? What did they use? It looks like common solder but is interestingly "speckled" in appearance.
I bought this from a coin dealer, but who did he buy it from, I wonder? Then I think back to all the owners of this piece, in a chain going back 210 years, and think that while I'm the current custodian, who intends to own it for another 30 years or however long I live, and then after that, this coin will continue on into the future, and last longer than my children and their children, and will have many more owners and appreciators of its uniqueness and history, long after we're all gone..
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Hopefully,
** this coin will continue on into the future, and last longer than my children and their children, and will have many more owners and appreciators of its uniqueness and history, long after we're all gone..
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For the history and the principle.
Don't like em? Mint a coin calling for their DEATH !!!!
Revolution Muera Huerta Peso 1914, KM621, struck in Durango at the city of Cuencame.
Death to the feared General Huerta of the Federal army is what this coin states.
Minted in the turbulent year of 1914 the coin orders the death of Victoriano Huerta who had,
through a military coup, usurped the Mexican Presidency from Francisco Madero and
had him summarily executed the previous year.
This act brought the revolutionary armies of Villa, Obregon, Carranza and Zapata against Huerta
under the Plan of Guadalupe.
Villa’s hatred of Huerta had actually begun much earlier when he had been placed in
Huerta’s army by Francisco Madero as an honorary colonel during the suppression of
Pascual Orozco’s revolt of 1912.
Seen as an overly ambitious competitor and loose cannon, Huerta had Villa jailed and
scheduled for the firing squad for insubordination and horse thievery.
Only the intervention of Madero saved Villa, but the hatred between the two men had
been made plain. Further exacerbating this personal hatred was the murder of Villa’s
political mentor Abraham Gonzalez by Huerta’s forces in March of 1913.
Thus for the coinage distributed to the areas under his control Villa chose a direct
and plain call to arms: “Death to Huerta”.
Appalled by such a personal affront Huerta made it punishable by death to possess
one of these Pesos.
After a string of military losses culminating in the Battle of Zacatecas,
General Huerta was forced to resign the presidency and went into exile,
dying in U.S. custody in 1916.
Oops, forgot the reverse that has the "MUERA HUERTA" on it.
I'd be REALLY thankful for an "edit" feature in this forum.
click the little "gear" next to the time stamp on your post.
You're welcome!
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
Anyway, that peso is topstuf
I see a LOT of beauties here. Keep em coming
Happy Thanksgiving to all ,
Some really nice coins.... and stories... Cheers, RickO
I'd be REALLY thankful for an "edit" feature in this forum.
> @Baley said:
Guess I should post THIS ...uh.... coin then.
and since I made it myself and can verify the honest lead content, who can complain?
and thanks for the gear pointing.
I am thankful to have this as the centerpiece of my Trade $ collection. Also some super nice coins in this thread so far. Happy Thanksgiving to all.
I'm thankful for many of my coins but this year, I'm thankful for this Kimon dekadrachm. It's a hefty coin - similar in size to a Morgan dollar - and given to soldiers for their service in a war under King Dionysis around 400 BC. It's one of the finest known examples and I've been after this exact coin for several years, and a perfect storm of opportunity allowed me to acquire it a few months ago:
@SmEagle1795 That's awesome, congrats!
Really cool stuff in here.
I am very thankful for most of the very few coins that I own but I have very fond memories from when I acquired this 1951 PR67 10c since it was at Winter FUN and I had such a great time, primarily because of all the really cool people that I met over the few days. Those few days will always be remembered.
Looking for Top Pop Mercury Dime Varieties & High Grade Mercury Dime Toners.
Beautiful coins and tokens!
I'm thankful that this coin wasn't messed with and for the beautiful toning!
Lakes, you always amaze me.
The toning on that stella is beautiful.
Thanks to you for sharing.
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I remember holding that Stella in my hand. So nice. So unexpected!
I believe it was when you first saw 'Bag Burn'. We'll reunite the two on a golf course somewhere. The driver is losing a bit of length but I can get up and down out of a sewer grate.
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I am very thankful I was able to add this key to my bust half collection. Very few attractive, unspoiled ones exist today.
Lance.
In 1993, when I was avidly collecting British coins, I acquired this very rare off-center 1825-29 shilling of George IV. It was one of the best coins in my modest collection at the time.
A year later, fallen on hard times and facing the dissolution of my first marriage and foreclosure on my house, I had to sell my collection. I sold this piece to my best friend. He in turn sold it sometime after the millennium, and out it went out in the wide world, presumably never to be seen again.
This summer, I was browsing the Atlas Numismatics website when I stumbled across it by pure serendipity and coincidence.
Coins like this are unique and instantly recognizable. There was no doubt- it was the same coin I had sold in 1994.
Now, 22 years after I last saw it, it is mine again (albeit at 4.5x the price).
If that isn't reason for thanksgiving, I don't know what is, right?
My Box of 20 has long needed to include an error coin. When I next update it, it will have one.
Great story LordM and what a find after 22 years. I have a similar story, but not about a coin. Cheers, RickO
I started my collection with not alot of money. But one thing I really enjoy is Kennedy half dollars. I've been fortunate to increase my collection but I think the coin that really sparked things for me is this one here. It's an earlier PCGS label (which I like) and it's an Accented Hair variety (which I like) that is NOT DEPICTED on the label (which I REALLY like.) Also, I've never seen such beautiful sea-green and blue colors on a coin as this one. So this coin really started things for me. My next one would have to be my PCGS PR62CAM Accent Hair, because it's a beautiful coin and only 2 are in that grade. But I didn't post that one.
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@MorganMan94 that is a BEAUTIFUL Lincoln
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Beautiful Kennedy! nice coin.
"Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!
--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.Thanks! It is just as pretty in hand, which is hard to believe!
This isn't special to mist but a coin I have been after for 4 or 5 years.finally found it a few weeks ago and couldn't be happier.
Hoard the keys
Very desirable 1907-S 25C
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Comparatively meager holdings, but bought them right and really enjoy them.
Thankful for this Peace Dollar. This is the one that started me on doing a whole collection of the series
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This is the one that started me collecting. I found it raw in a change drawer at work in 2001. I have looked hard to find another with this much missing.
I see many very beautiful and cool coins here on this discussion.
Was very happy to get this one, did not have the gold bean when I got it.
Best, SH