Another addition to the certified type set
LanLord
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Years ago I started a "Library of coins" 2 volume type set. I loved the LOC idea of including pretty much every type coin possible (maybe they missed the 1808 $2.5) but I can forgive that.
At any rate, I hated the fact that coins just spin in the coin ports in those albums so I exited that idea and put the nicest coins into a Dansco 7070 + gold page and felt satisfied with what I had. Then I wasn't so satisfied any more and decided to take the nicest coins out of that and do a "Box of 20" collection.
Then it turned into 2 boxes of twenty, eventually 3, 4 and now 5 boxes of twenty and about to increase to 6. At any rate, the type set includes many coins where I have both a business strike and a PROOF example for a series/design/type.
Lately I had been looking around for just the right Barber dime in PROOF.
I think I found it:
The dime is a PR67 CAC
It really has some awesome surfaces to it, really happy to add it to the set. Matches well with the Business strike Barber dime too, but I don't have a pic of that so unfortunately, I can't do a stare and compare here.
I was taking a close look at this last night and I'm a little surprised it didn't "CAM", probably the toning got in the way, but it has equally as much CAM to it as my PROOF Barber quarter that is CAM
The quarter is PR66CAM CAC
The PROOF Barber quarter matches well with the Business strike Barber quarter:
Still a long way to go, but it's getting there.
Enjoy if you like, throw stones if you wanna!
Comments
Throw stones, heaven forbid. A boulder is coming your way....
Nice coins!
RMR: 'Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?'
CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
Nice one that compliments the others.
Really nice coin and it obviously compliments your set-an element of collecting which I admire.
Thanks for sharing!
You have some excellent coins...If you have 5 boxes of 20 with all coins like those, then you have a real collectors treasure trove. Cheers, RickO
Oh yeah.. real nice coins!!
Thank you all for the complements.
I would have to admit that not all the coins in the 5 boxes have this look, but there are more than a few that do.
I just don't have images of them (I may need to take a bunch to a show where someone is taking coin photos - but that's another thread).
At any rate, there are many early coins in the set, these are in the best circulated grade that I could obtain. I doubt I'm ever going to aim for a toned and unc coin from the 18th century or even early 19th century, but one never knows.
I've been fortunate enough to add some nice mint state and PROOF coins from as early as the mid-19th century to this set.
Very impressive, thanks for sharing !!!
Love them all! I would enjoy having a bourbon on the rocks with you and cracking open each box. Fun to imagine examining your collection cause I think your appreciation of toned beauties would match mine.
"She comes out of the sun in a silk dress,
running like a water color in the rain...."
Am I going to be jeered at if not every coin in the set has the strong toning?
Here is a 1811 half eagle that recently crossed from ATS to our hosts plastic
A 1869 PROOF dime
A 1942 PROOF half dollar
1836 RE half Dol