Anyone care to lay out the most "historically relevant" silver commems for me?
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Of late, I've been working on a 7070. You know, the one with the four holes for silver half dollar commemoratives.
I found a nice raw 63-ish Pilgrim at a local B&M for about $90. It drew me in with its beautiful rendering of the Mayflower on the reverse, to which my ancestry can actually be traced via my maternal grandmother's side of the family. For that coin, while the obverse may be straining to reack the MS63 level, the reverse looks like a full 67, so I mounted it reverse side up in the album.
I also knew I wanted to include a nice reflective Columbian Expo half, and found a cute semi-PL 1892 in an ANACS holder labeled 64. Again, the reverse was the star of this coin, and mounting it "boat side up" mated well with my Pilgrim... and hey, that's a theme!
So for the next couple of years I dallied with buying four "boat reverse" commems, of which there are several to choose from. I even did eventually buy a Long Island half in AU/BU for easy money. The sails looked clean enough, and mounted in the 7070 it looked the part, but something was missing...
It has occurred to me that what I am searching for is not a boat. I don't think it ever really was. What I want is historical relevance.
For me, the Columbian fits the bill nicely.
So does the Pilgrim.
But not the Long Island, either personally or historically.
And now I find myself drawn to the Pan-Pac half.
Please help!
I found a nice raw 63-ish Pilgrim at a local B&M for about $90. It drew me in with its beautiful rendering of the Mayflower on the reverse, to which my ancestry can actually be traced via my maternal grandmother's side of the family. For that coin, while the obverse may be straining to reack the MS63 level, the reverse looks like a full 67, so I mounted it reverse side up in the album.
I also knew I wanted to include a nice reflective Columbian Expo half, and found a cute semi-PL 1892 in an ANACS holder labeled 64. Again, the reverse was the star of this coin, and mounting it "boat side up" mated well with my Pilgrim... and hey, that's a theme!
So for the next couple of years I dallied with buying four "boat reverse" commems, of which there are several to choose from. I even did eventually buy a Long Island half in AU/BU for easy money. The sails looked clean enough, and mounted in the 7070 it looked the part, but something was missing...
It has occurred to me that what I am searching for is not a boat. I don't think it ever really was. What I want is historical relevance.
For me, the Columbian fits the bill nicely.
So does the Pilgrim.
But not the Long Island, either personally or historically.
And now I find myself drawn to the Pan-Pac half.
Please help!
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The Bay Bridge is a nice one too. Great design, good cause.
<< <i>You can always throw in a Lincoln or a Lafayette. >>
Both great coins! But where to put that Lafayette
Love the eagle on the Lincoln reverse.
<< <i>The Antietam is currently the most historically relevant, since we are just days away from the sesquicentennial. >>
Something missing there as well. The obverse design is hard for me to appreciate. And the date. Another great reverse, though. And yes, it's relevant. Too bad it got lumped in there with all the rest of those "special interest" commems of the '30s. Oh, yeah. And the cost. Bit on the pricey side for my 7070.
See, I do need help
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Cincinatti ?? why? No Walla Walla?
etc.
Oregon Trail is my fave.
The Lincoln is actually an Illinois and it gets points for having Lincoln on it, however, it is truly Illinois and I ask -- do we have one for each state and territory? So, even though it is my #2 favorite, it moves down on the historically significant list. I'd put antietam over it.
<< <i>Of late, I've been working on a 7070. You know, the one with the four holes for silver half dollar commemoratives.
I found a nice raw 63-ish Pilgrim at a local B&M for about $90. It drew me in with its beautiful rendering of the Mayflower on the reverse, to which my ancestry can actually be traced via my maternal grandmother's side of the family. For that coin, while the obverse may be straining to reack the MS63 level, the reverse looks like a full 67, so I mounted it reverse side up in the album.
I also knew I wanted to include a nice reflective Columbian Expo half, and found a cute semi-PL 1892 in an ANACS holder labeled 64. Again, the reverse was the star of this coin, and mounting it "boat side up" mated well with my Pilgrim... and hey, that's a theme!
So for the next couple of years I dallied with buying four "boat reverse" commems, of which there are several to choose from. I even did eventually buy a Long Island half in AU/BU for easy money. The sails looked clean enough, and mounted in the 7070 it looked the part, but something was missing...
It has occurred to me that what I am searching for is not a boat. I don't think it ever really was. What I want is historical relevance.
For me, the Columbian fits the bill nicely.
So does the Pilgrim.
But not the Long Island, either personally or historically.
And now I find myself drawn to the Pan-Pac half.
Please help! >>
Weird. These are exactly the 2 commems, in the same grades, that I have in my 7070. I was just looking at Pan-Pacs today. Too expensive for my 7070 though. I'll keeping looking for the remaining two.
My icon IS my coin. It is a gem 1949 FBL Franklin.
1. Commemoration of a specific historic event - Pilgrim, Sesqui.
2. Commemoration of a specific historic person - Boone, BTW, Columbian.
3. Commemoration of a state - there are several, Delaware has a ship.
4. Commemorative with Dubious Theme - Cincinnati, Spanish Trail, etc. The Norfolk is a rather ridiculous one with a ship.
The "Commemorative with Dubious Theme" may not seem historically relevant, but consider that the 1936ish abuse of the commemorative coins was itself a historically relevant episode of U.S. numismatics, and when showing someone one of these, you could explain how Cincinnati wasn't a music center, and the Spanish Trail refers not to the old trade route, but how to take US90/Interstate 10 to get to the coin's designer's shop.
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It was a commemorative that was sold during the 75th anniversary, and there was a celebration held with it that attracted a number of Civil War veterians. The coin was issued for a legitimate historical reason, and it was fairly distributed to collectors. Unfortunately the sales were low and the coin is expensive today.
Here is a picture of Burnside's bridge I took some years ago.
<< <i>Columbian commem is common but highly significant as being the first commem issue. >>
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<< <i>Columbian commem is common but highly significant as being the first commem issue. >>
The trials and tribulations of getting the carving done on Stone Mountain makes for an interesting story, which stretches into the early 1970s, but as for the area itself, nothing important happened in the Stone Mountain area during the Civil War.
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<< <i>Columbian commem is common but highly significant as being the first commem issue. >>
The trials and tribulations of getting the carving done on Stone Mountain makes for an interesting story, which stretches into the early 1970s, but as for the area itself, nothing important happened in the Stone Mountain area during the Civil War. >>
Good point Bill , but i don't think the coin represents the area as much as the men who fought for what they believed in.One might ask what has South Dakota got to do with George Washington or Lincoln but there we are.
Here is a REALLY relevant gold commem!
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Oregon mounted wagon side up "the schooner of the plains"
- I also trace back to the Mayflower, also I had ancestors on the Oregon trail - so the Pilgrim and the Oregon would be historically relevant to me.
Norse American Medal - dont know if it would fit.
In the historical dept. I like the Lincoln, also the Connecticut Charter Oak.
Antietam, Hawaii, Pan-Pac are all attractive and historically significant examples.
We gained independence.
We settled major cultural differences. (This could be several diferent coins I used one I have)
We expanded our limits.
An optional on growth of the nation..