<< <i>Yes, that's the type. I would have said an Eid Mar denarius as well but I'm fortunate enough to have acquired one earlier this year, making it the centerpiece of my ancients collection:
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Awesome!
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Coin? I'd buy the remnants of the Rupert Vermont Mint building and it's original site and have it totally restored and refitted to working condition. Then I'd have my coin struck!
<< <i>Coin? I'd buy the remnants of the Rupert Vermont Mint building and it's original site and have it totally restored and refitted to working condition. Then I'd have my coin struck! >>
Make sure you put "COPY" on your coin or certain forum members will get on your case for violating the Hobby Protection Act.
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"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
<< <i>Coin? I'd buy the remnants of the Rupert Vermont Mint building and it's original site and have it totally restored and refitted to working condition. Then I'd have my coin struck! >>
Are there any remains of it left? From what I can piece together it was a rinky-dink operation even for that day and time.
Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
Of course the item I most like to have would be a set of coins ... The King of Siam Proof Set.
Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
I would buy ALL the crappy coins that show up on Home Shopping Network, in SCREAMING ads in Parade Magazine, in KICHY little fake series hyped by shysters, the UNSEARCHED rolls/bags of wheat pennys, the junk boxes of Morgans and Peace dollars, 90%, the piles of junk foreign coins and WAY overpriced junk box at every show, basically, all the garbage that sucks in newbies, takes their money, and poisons them from every going to the next level, and MELT IT ALL DOWN, sell the bars as bullion, and donate the proceeds to Make a Wish and other charities.
Yes Bill the Rupert Mint (or at least part of it) still survives close to its original home. Initial construction was on Millbrook, a tributary stream of the Pawlet River,,in Dorset Vt. Though we are unsure of the reason ( poor water flow, freeze ups?) we do know the building was relocated a short distance to the Pawlet River itself. Remember now, this whole area was still in a kind of Middle Ages mindset. Poverty, hardscrabble life...and some of the harshest winters in memory dominated the late 1780's. Reuben Harmon took on a great task, and succeeded marvelously, though the whole operation was essentially a failure mostly due to the unexpected devaluations of the Coppers and the Federal mandate in 1789 putting an end to all state coinages. But, Anyway.....the Mint building was 16x18 feet, clapboard probably over post and beam. After coinage ceased, most likely at freeze up in 1786, coinage operations took place at Machins Mill. We know the mint building remained on the Pawlet River. In 1858 it was noted that it "blew down". Now it is generally accepted that the remnants (post and beam frame?) was refashioned into a farm outbuilding, ar some unknown date and now with a cement floor it is used by Robert Graf to keep his tractor in. Some years back C4 members tracked the structure down and done chemical analysis on recovered wood to chech for byproducts of the smelting operations. As I understand results were inconclusive. More on this can be found via Google. The flooding that hit Vermont some years ago no doubt had an effect on the area, I would speculate. Alas, it is neat to realize these fragments of History still survive.
Hands down the SP-66 1794 Dollar that sold last year. I love that coin. I probably would take any 1794 dollar but that's one coin I'm likely never to own.
A 1894-S dime,the only true rarity in the Barber coinage.Which one? No. 5aggett-Parker-Johnson Specimen,"toned superb gem proof." Image of this coin can be seen on p.34 of The Complete Guide to Barber Dimes by David Lawrence.
I would be a buyer at up to $3M.If I could buy for less,say $2.5M,then,in addition,I would seek out a 1916 Doubled Die Obverse Buffalo Nickel (the only true rarity in Buffalo Nickels?) in MS 65 or better for around $500k.
Don't need a gazillion just a few million to blow on 15 cents of rare change.
“Never let yesterday use up too much of today.”
Will Rogers
I am with you. Would insist on inclusion of the presentation holder/frame that came with it. Although I have a few individual pieces to include the Pan Pac Octagonal, having the matched set in highest available grade would be ideal - though I am not sure how the coins could be kept in their presentation frame and become
certified.
If the challenge requires limiting to a single coin I guess I would settle for the finest 1794 Dollar though I would actually be happy with an attractive specimen in a lower grade. I still regret having only been the underbidder on one that was then affordable years ago. A 1794 would complete my Registry Set of Early Dollars
which includes one from each year of issue after the first year's 1794.
Well I can't post it because I haven't tracked it down yet. 1793 Strawberry Leaf Large Cent in mint state. There HAS to be one tucked away somewhere that the owner is unaware of it's importance.
I would start a media blitz to shale it free. Like they did for the last 1913 Liberty nickel.
A friend of mine stopped in the shop a week or so ago. Won $85,000+ at the casino. I thought that was great, until… He bought a silver bar instead of "coin" from me. Personally, I wish he would have spent that on a "PCGS" graded coin that will definitely hold or increase in value much more than that silver ever will…. but NOBODY trusts a coin dealer's thoughts on "investing".
Okay, I'm done whining. ( and it wasn't a graded Susan B. Anthony I was trying to talk him into )
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<< <i>The nicest 1848 CAL quarter eagle I could find, followed by the 54-S QE and HE, and then the 5 and 10 Oregon Beaver gold. Okay that is 5...... The latter two I would then turn around and donate them to Oregon State or University of Oregon for permanent display somewhere. >>
Oregon Beaver gold would definitely have to go to Oregon State. Go Beavs!!!
<< <i>I'm surprised it hasn't been mentioned or maybe I just missed it. I realize it's not THAT rare but I would find the most eye-appealing super high grade High Relief Saint Gauden. >>
You guys are thinking way too small. Why not the finest known Ultra High Relief Saint? A gazillion dollars is an awful lot of money after all. Enough day dreaming. Time to rejoin the real world.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
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<< <i>Yes, that's the type. I would have said an Eid Mar denarius as well but I'm fortunate enough to have acquired one earlier this year, making it the centerpiece of my ancients collection:
Awesome!
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
<< <i>This one. Not a gazillion dollar coin, but an awesome and beautiful example of what it is.
That coin is a beast!
<< <i>Coin? I'd buy the remnants of the Rupert Vermont Mint building and it's original site and have it totally restored and refitted to working condition. Then I'd have my coin struck! >>
Make sure you put "COPY" on your coin or certain forum members will get on your case for violating the Hobby Protection Act.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
<< <i>Coin? I'd buy the remnants of the Rupert Vermont Mint building and it's original site and have it totally restored and refitted to working condition. Then I'd have my coin struck! >>
Are there any remains of it left? From what I can piece together it was a rinky-dink operation even for that day and time.
The finest 1885 Trade dollar. It's always been a fantasy of mine.
A proof 64 CAM sold at Heritage in 2011 fro $184,000. I heard there is a PR67CAM out there as well.
bob
I would find a nice XF Fugio (FUCIO) Cent, Club Rays, Concave Ends.
I would be a buyer at up to $3M.If I could buy for less,say $2.5M,then,in addition,I would seek out a 1916 Doubled Die Obverse Buffalo Nickel (the only true rarity in Buffalo Nickels?) in MS 65 or better for around $500k.
Don't need a gazillion just a few million to blow on 15 cents of rare change.
“Never let yesterday use up too much of today.”
Will Rogers
1873-cc NA 25c in MS65 ex James Stack
1871-cc 25c in MS65/66 ex James Stack
1855-s 50c MS66 ex-Pryor
1872-s 25c MS66 ex-Norweb
1870-s 25c IF or WHEN it finally shows up....and only if it's MS62 or better.
1894-s $5 MS68/MS69
<< <i>The Pan Pacific Gold matched set. >>
I am with you. Would insist on inclusion of the presentation holder/frame that came with it. Although I have a few individual pieces to include the Pan Pac Octagonal, having the matched set in highest available grade would be ideal - though I am not sure how the coins could be kept in their presentation frame and become
certified.
If the challenge requires limiting to a single coin I guess I would settle for the finest 1794 Dollar though I would actually be happy with an attractive specimen in a lower grade. I still regret having only been the underbidder on one that was then affordable years ago. A 1794 would complete my Registry Set of Early Dollars
which includes one from each year of issue after the first year's 1794.
- Jim
I would start a media blitz to shale it free. Like they did for the last 1913 Liberty nickel.
Okay, I'm done whining. ( and it wasn't a graded Susan B. Anthony I was trying to talk him into
Practice makes perfect & nobody is perfect. So, practice being nobody and be perfect !
<< <i>A roll of 1894-S dimes.
Maybe DCarr could help you out if you could guarantee his defense.
<< <i>The nicest 1848 CAL quarter eagle I could find, followed by the 54-S QE and HE, and then the 5 and 10 Oregon Beaver gold. Okay that is 5...... The latter two I would then turn around and donate them to Oregon State or University of Oregon for permanent display somewhere. >>
Oregon Beaver gold would definitely have to go to Oregon State. Go Beavs!!!
Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍
My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):
https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/
Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍
My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):
https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/
Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍
My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):
https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/
<< <i>I'm surprised it hasn't been mentioned or maybe I just missed it. I realize it's not THAT rare but I would find the most eye-appealing super high grade High Relief Saint Gauden. >>
You guys are thinking way too small. Why not the finest known Ultra High Relief Saint? A gazillion dollars is an awful lot of money after all. Enough day dreaming. Time to rejoin the real world.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
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