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Broadstruck
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I've wanted one for over a decade but couldn't figure out how it would fit my collection?
So last year I decided to just have fun and forget all the self implied set rules.
I had never seen this full size cupid design before and liked this far better than any other white metal examples I'd seen which of course over the years had jumped 5-6 times in price while I sat warming the bench.
German struck by Friedrich August I. (1694-1733) in silver 22mm diameter and translates to Obverse "If you are not faithful to me" Reverse "Be free"
Pictorial wise Obverse "cupid (love) pooping on a heart with a very polite "screw you" Reverse.
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That's pretty neat
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Now that is funny..... and with my warped sense of humor, one I would buy immediately if I saw it....Cheers, RickO
Latin American Collection
boiler78, So what did your wife say when you brought home some rusty balls?
Is the bullet (musket ball) to the right still attached?
I don't usually collect classic commems, but this one caught my eye at the 2010 ANA National Money Show:
Here's a warning parable for coin collectors...
I collect Capped Bust Halves by die marriage but I bought this 1878 CC PCGS MS64 many years ago just because I've always wanted a Morgan dollar and I thought the toning was attractive.
Dave
drddm, That fits as it even has CBH type toning.
Thanks Broadstruck!
I don't know the Morgan series at all, but how common is mainly blue toned examples?
I was in a rather run-down B&M and saw this. The dealer was asking only 90% of melt, and I used to live in France, so I thought, "Why not?"
1910 silver mint set put away years ago and purchased from an estate in Westchester NY
Commems and Early Type
That's more of an envelope toned example.
I've seen blues like this at times, sea foam green ones too which is a shade of color I'm always drawn too.
Had no reason to buy this. Just liked it.
I just had to have it..
Hoard the keys.
...Cool thread!
I don't really collect these but I love the design
Proof Buffalo Registry Set
Capped Bust Quarters Registry Set
Proof Walking Liberty Halves Registry Set
This is the only medal I own.
My only ASE's.....with the RARE Plain Labels.
The is the only Standing Liberty in my collection and it has a full head and nipple.
Never had a shilling before, never had a british token from the 19th century........
Very cool!
I just read more about El Cazador here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Cazador_(ship)
The discovery story is a nice read. Who ended up claiming this treasure? The article says the ship is administered by the Franklin Mint now.
Too cool to pass up.
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I collect US coins, but this one just has such a fascinating and multilayered story - Mary Queen of Scots, her unhappy marriage, political turmoil, and currency revaluation. A complete impulse buy at a PAN show a couple of years ago, and I don't regret it at all!
Traded some Gold Bullion Coins for this 2.5 Ounce Gold 2009 Humbert Commemorative Restrike several years ago, because of the Beautifully Executed design, unusual Octagonal shape and Gorgeous Cameo Proof striking.
Stuart
Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal
"Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
1688 American Plantations token are the first coinage authorized for the British Colonies in North America.
These pure tin tokens were struck at the Tower Mint in London for circulation in the New England and New York plantation colonies of England. It is believed that six obverse and seven reverse dies were employed. Struck at 50 to the pound, they had a stated value of 1/24 of a Spanish Real.
At some later date they were called "Proclamation Money" and deemed worth 1½ Farthings. In spite of this they traded at double face value in the Colonies.
All examples are rare, and always have rough surfaces. Most specimens have a common "tin pesting" appearance as the tin changes from its shiny metallic form to a brittle gray one.
The following history is courtesy of Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.:
"The Plantation Token came about because of the tin price collapse in England during the period of 1679-80 (Breen).
Although tin had been discovered and used since antiquity, being useful in making bronze, the idea of using tin for coinage had not been employed. This is because of the fact that tin turns into dust when exposed to extreme cold almost instantly, more slowly at normal temperatures, with evidence of tin pesting a by product of time and exposure to the elements.
Nevertheless, the tin mine owners of Cornwall and Devonshire had a crisis, their tin mines were virtually worthless, and something had to be done with all that tin. What better solution than convincing the royal authorities under James II to coin the tin into money? Now the tin miners would have a steady source to sell their tin production to at higher prices than ever.
Thus the Tower Mint began producing tin farthings and half pence for British domestic circulation from 1684-92.
King James II's secretary Henry Guy then hatched the idea of making tin coins for the American Plantations, as the Colonies were known at that time, unless the Tower Mint had any objections. Apparently no objections were voiced, and soon the Tower Mint was coining these 1/24th Real coins for export.
Literally within a few weeks of these being struck., James II was ousted during the "Glorious Revolution" which interrupted coinage.
Analysis shows these coins to be 97.5% pure tin, which accounts for the always rough surfaces seen today. A London coin dealer named Matthew Young obtained two pairs of dies from these and restruck several in tin around 1828, these restrikes display a die crack in the right obverse field, and are nearly as rare as the originals."
Nice Ron Landis / Monaco piece!
I haven't done "dark side" coins since very early in my collecting. But while wandering the local coin shop, I saw this and had to buy it.
My niece was working for the Peace Corps in Peru at the time, and that tenuous connection was enough to make me buy it. (She seemed less interested in it than I was...which is par for the course).
It's half-dime sized, silver, and kept by someone over the years in incredible condition. An interesting piece, for my $25 investment....
@Zoins - You are correct that the 2.5 Ounce Gold 2009 Humbert Octagonal Commemorative Restrike is a Ron Landis creation. (Ref: Image Below)
Stuart
Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal
"Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
That's a great image! Here's a thread on a pewter die trial that sold for $1,136.00 recently:
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/987177/ron-landis-2008-humbert-ss-central-america-slug-pewter-die-trial-sells-for-1-136-00
Very nice. Love it.
My 1866 Philly Mint Set
I saw this at Baltimore and just had to buy it. And it looks exactly like the TrueView photo.
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I just liked the tarnish on this ugly lady!
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Interesting "must have" coins
Successful transactions with : MICHAELDIXON, Manorcourtman, Bochiman, bolivarshagnasty, AUandAG, onlyroosies, chumley, Weiss, jdimmick, BAJJERFAN, gene1978, TJM965, Smittys, GRANDAM, JTHawaii, mainejoe, softparade, derryb, Ricko
Bad transactions with : nobody to date
I've always liked the reverse.
Some historical background information on the original Augustus Humbert Moffat & Company Octagonal $50 Gold Slug, and the 2008 Ron Landis Commemorative Restrike.
Stuart
Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal
"Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
I'll have to get back on here and post my 1910 "Pop Out" Barber Dime.
Here we go. Happened to have pictures on my phone. Not necessarily a coin in my collection, but rather a coin that I've bought and have had a surprisingly hard time selling!
Well bought this jade egg as i liked the colors and just the overall look
https://www.omnicoin.com/collection/colind?page=1&sort=sort&sale=1&country=0