Post your inexpensive but interesting items
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"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso
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Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
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Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
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@Aspie_Rocco said:
Great thread+1
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A beautiful basket weaved from baleen and carved from walrus ivory .... an ornamental bear by Alaska Native in Point Hope
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At a show three or four years ago my daughter found a 1979 PDS SBA Souvenir Set with the Wide Rim / Near Date 79-P. The set envelope was autographed by US Mint Chief Engraver Frank Gasparro, dated 12/31/95. I think she paid four bucks for this.
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Got this one for four bucks $4
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Hoard the keys.5 -
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I volunteer to sort them @Type2
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Some coins are just plain "Interesting"4 -
$2
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Really in expensive, a coin buddy gave it to me. It's about 15% larger than a silver dollar (should have taken the photo with it next to a quarter or something.
"Ain't None of Them play like him (Bix Beiderbecke) Yet."
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The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!
My Jefferson Nickel Collection
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Less than $50
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/publishedset/209923
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/album/2099232 -
Wind blown effects 😂
@cardinal said:
I got this one eBay for $2 and free shipping:
(I've got to get a better picture for it.)
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/publishedset/209923
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/album/2099231 -
I like threads like this, it expands my horizon and interest of any and all things coin related.
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Proud recipient of the coveted "You Suck Award" (9/3/10).5 -
Purchased this attractive 5 Ounce Silver Octagonal Proof Panama-Pacific Medal for a small premium over Bullion at this weekend’s Houston SW Money Show in Conroe, Texas.
It’s a beautiful design that commemorated the 100 year Anniversary of the original 1915 (MCMXV) Gold $50 Pan Pac Union.
Stuart
Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal
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@Aspie_Rocco said:
High relief under $10That looks really interesting. What is a seamless gold ingot?
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@Stuart said:
Purchased this attractive 5 Ounce Silver Octagonal Proof Panama-Pacific Medal for a small premium over Bullion at this weekend’s Houston SW Money Show in Conroe, Texas.It’s a beautiful design that commemorated the 100 year Anniversary of the original 1915 (MCMXV) Gold $50 Pan Pac Union.
That's a great buy! Congrats!!
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@Stuart said:
Purchased this attractive 5 Ounce Silver Octagonal Proof Panama-Pacific Medal for a small premium over Bullion at this weekend’s Houston SW Money Show in Conroe, Texas.It’s a beautiful design that commemorated the 100 year Anniversary of the original 1915 (MCMXV) Gold $50 Pan Pac Union.
I believe these are much older than 2015. I thought they were created in the 1960s or 1970s. I once saw some info on who created these on eBay but didn't write it down. It may be findable on WorthPoint.
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I bought these two at Lakeland yesterday.
The first one was issued in 1939 by the Lincoln Financial Group of Chicago. As it says on the reverse, the obverse was stuck with a die that was used to make Lincoln tokens during the 1864 presidential campaign. This same die was used to make a token for the 1939 Central States coin convention. Here is the 1939 token which is made of aluminum.
And here is an example of this Lincoln die, Fuld Patriotic die 129, when it was used during the Civil War era. This is a "fancy" gold plated token that was probably made for a collector. This is a rare token. The estimated populartion is about 10 pieces.
And here is token that is from 1968. It looks like a pro Gene McCarthy token until you flip it over. The dealer who sold it to me thought the "McCarthy" was the red baiter, Joe McCarthy, but no, it can only be Gene.
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 ... ?7 -
These were free; pulled them out of circulation back in the 1950's for my blue Lincoln album.
I never thought that growing old would happen so fast.
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@BillJones said:
I bought these two at Lakeland yesterday.The first one was issued in 1939 by the Lincoln Financial Group of Chicago. As it says on the reverse, the obverse was stuck with a die that was used to make Lincoln tokens during the 1864 presidential campaign. This same die was used to make a token for the 1939 Central States coin convention. Here is the 1939 token which is made of aluminum.
And here is an example of this Lincoln die, Fuld Patriotic die 129, when it was used during the Civil War era. This is a "fancy" gold plated token that was probably made for a collector. This is a rare token. The estimated populartion is about 10 pieces.
And here is token that is from 1968. It looks like a pro Gene McCarthy token until you flip it over. The dealer who sold it to me thought the "McCarthy" was the red baiter, Joe McCarthy, but no, it can only be Gene.
Love the restrikes and history on these @BillJones! Thanks for posting
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Impulse buy... $30... I don't know if it's too much or not, but I bought it for the date (a US 1799 LC in similar condition is prohibitively expensive to me) and that George III was likely still licking his wounds over the whole "America" thing...
Collecting: Dansco 7070; Middle Date Large Cents (VF-AU); Box of 20;
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@asheland said:
I got this one recently and found the history behind it to be very interesting. It was only $5
Lets hear the story...
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Bought this at the 2016 FUN Show
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Mr_Spud
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@Paradisefound said:
A beautiful basket weaved from baleen and carved from walrus ivory .... an ornamental bear by Alaska Native in Point HopeThanks to @Vorpaledged for reviving this thread. I missed it before.
Interestingly, in looking back at the prior contributions I note that I share an item similar to that which @Paradisefound posted
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This is my most recent "interesting item acquisition" picked up last year when revisiting the site of the Terra-cotta Warriors in Xi'an China.
(The lamp is of sentimental value as my father made it in his high school woodwork class in the years prior to his joining the Navy just after Pearl Harbor was bombed in World War II.):
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Just for fun:
Although I don't know why PCGS gave this one, "AG3 Detail" It is about as PO1 as you can get.
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Inexpensive? Yes. Interesting ? Also yes. I’ve been told it’s a “jail” or a “prison cent”, as the flat areas end up that way from being banged on the bars.
I paid $100 for it on eBay years ago. The Colonel (Ellsworth) offered me $50 for it when he told me what it was. 😝5 -
@1northcoin said:
@Paradisefound said:
A beautiful basket weaved from baleen and carved from walrus ivory .... an ornamental bear by Alaska Native in Point HopeThanks to @Vorpaledged for reviving this thread. I missed it before.
You're Welcome 1northcoin!
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If we were all the same, the world would be an incredibly boring place.
Tommy
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Pr67/R.38, purchased raw, $5 plus grading fees.
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety," --- Benjamin Franklin
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