Your Favorite Coin Purchase of 2019

marcmoish · December 23, 2019 4:41PM

66+ beaned, I thought the obv EA was really cool for the date with the @ricko approved rev.

RockyMtnProspector · December 23, 2019 4:53PM

scubafuel · December 23, 2019 5:21PM

Hard to choose but maybe this one from Bolivia. Ex Jenks - Newcomer - Clapp - Eliasberg

braddick · December 23, 2019 5:55PM

Just thought it was neat:

ike126 · December 23, 2019 7:06PM

Wow some real nice stuff here everybody!! Wish i could find stuff like this at the local shows.

coinsarefun · December 23, 2019 10:56PM

c1869 Pa-Ph 50 Copper Dickeson's Coin & Medal Safe PCGS MS64RB
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CWT1863 · December 24, 2019 8:48PM

Tough decision. Probably one of these:

kiyote · December 24, 2019 10:06PM

A PCGS MS70 FDOI Legion half dollar. Current population 12. I picked it up for $69.

Zoins · December 24, 2019 10:41PM

@CWT1863 said:
Tough decision. Probably one of these:
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Love the William Henry Bridgens tokens! The eagle is especially sharp on that copper-nickel Amelia Gavron butcher token. I have an interest in Bridgens and was wondering if you include these among your favorites because of an interest in him as well? Have you considered listing the die sinker in your photo captions?

Rexford · December 24, 2019 11:04PM

Probably this

mbogoman · December 25, 2019 6:48AM

Ultra scarce Type 1/1 and gorgeous! With thanks to OriginalDan

CWT1863 · December 25, 2019 10:54AM

@Zoins said:

Love the William Henry Bridgens tokens! The eagle is especially sharp on that copper-nickel Amelia Gavron butcher token. I have an interest in Bridgens and was wondering if you include these among your favorites because of an interest in him as well? Have you considered listing the die sinker in your photo captions?

Thank you! No, I do not have a special interest in Bridgens. I usually do not collect by die sinker but that is a great approach. For the Ellwood token, there are two obverse dies known. Interestingly, the other one was by Chicago die sinker Shubael D. Childs while the one above was by Bridgens.

Zoins · December 25, 2019 11:01AM

@CWT1863 said:

@Zoins said:

Love the William Henry Bridgens tokens! The eagle is especially sharp on that copper-nickel Amelia Gavron butcher token. I have an interest in Bridgens and was wondering if you include these among your favorites because of an interest in him as well? Have you considered listing the die sinker in your photo captions?

Thank you! No, I do not have a special interest in Bridgens. I usually do not collect by die sinker but that is a great approach. For the Ellwood token, there are two obverse dies known. Interestingly, the other one was by Chicago die sinker Shubael D. Childs while the one above was by Bridgens.

Good info on Ellwood. I'm fascinated by people who move across states and get tokens from different places.

Do you have a specific approach to how you collect? For example, Rich Rossa primarily collected New York Civil War Tokens.

CWT1863 · December 25, 2019 11:16AM

@Zoins said:
Good info on Ellwood. I'm fascinated by people who move across states and get tokens from different places.

Do you have a specific approach to how you collect? For example, Rich Rossa primarily collected New York Civil War Tokens.

I am all over the place when it comes to collecting. I keep trying to focus on a specific state or two but I end up expanding to other states. My first CWT was from Cincinnati so I initially started with Ohio but I have since added Illinois and Indiana to the list. Currently, I am also starting to focus a little more on New York. My main approach is to acquire tokens that are in uncirculated condition and have great provenance. My long term goal is to collect as many of the CWT issuing merchants as possible. It is impossible to get all of the merchants but I would like to get as close as possible. What is your approach to collecting?

Zoins · December 25, 2019 12:22PM

@CWT1863 said:

@Zoins said:
Good info on Ellwood. I'm fascinated by people who move across states and get tokens from different places.

Do you have a specific approach to how you collect? For example, Rich Rossa primarily collected New York Civil War Tokens.

I am all over the place when it comes to collecting. I keep trying to focus on a specific state or two but I end up expanding to other states. My first CWT was from Cincinnati so I initially started with Ohio but I have since added Illinois and Indiana to the list. Currently, I am also starting to focus a little more on New York. My main approach is to acquire tokens that are in uncirculated condition and have great provenance. My long term goal is to collect as many of the CWT issuing merchants as possible. It is impossible to get all of the merchants but I would like to get as close as possible. What is your approach to collecting?

I have a few avenues of interest:

Specific die sinkers
Merchants of note - basically significant businesses that have pages on Wikipedia
Patriotics with good messages

Bridgens has done tokens for both Ellwood and Orr who had significant businesses so I like that combination.

TennesseeDave · December 25, 2019 12:23PM

MathandBikes · December 25, 2019 12:59PM

Couldn’t choose just one, but was able to narrow it down to 2. I’ve been working on my type set and I have to go with my first 18th century coin and my favorite dollar gold coin to date. The golden dollar may be my first ever submission to CAC.

mirabela · December 26, 2019 2:40PM

Seeing as I only bought two coins this year and I posted the other one in the "favorite widget" thread, I guess this one:

fastfreddie · December 27, 2019 6:15PM

Boosibri · December 27, 2019 6:30PM

@fastfreddie said:

Still have that 55-O 25c?

P0CKETCHANGE · December 27, 2019 6:33PM

Kyle · December 28, 2019 10:40AM

@P0CKETCHANGE said:

Very nice! What are they graded?

fiftysevener · December 28, 2019 12:31PM

They don't come much nicer!
Sorry this one purchased in 2019

ms70 · December 28, 2019 12:57PM

Half Dime MS63

ReadyFireAim · December 28, 2019 1:44PM

I did back flips for this one
1920 MS64+ 89/2

ElmerFusterpuck · December 28, 2019 2:12PM

That's a tough one, so I'm posting these 2, an 1898-O reverse tape toner and an 1880-S blue/green borderline obverse monster:

P0CKETCHANGE · December 28, 2019 3:20PM

@Kyle said:

@P0CKETCHANGE said:

Very nice! What are they graded?

Glad you like them! In order: MS67, AU58 and PR63.

U1chicago · December 28, 2019 3:29PM

This one is up there. I was also pleasantly surprised to learn that it used to be owned by Aurora Borealis

Cazkaboom · December 29, 2019 2:41AM

Two come to mind.

Ran across this at a coin show and couldn't get the money out of my pocket fast enough.

And I didn't purchase this one per se; but I bought $15 in raffle tickets and won it at the same show.

DCW · December 29, 2019 12:50PM

@coinsarefun said:

This looks almost brass, which to my knowledge exists only in the ANS Collection

1863 Matthews

Love this one, and it is a Merriam piece. (Jealous)

1861 Rosa Americana Robinson's copy Silver.
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Here is mine in Copper, ex. Newman

fishteeth · December 29, 2019 12:54PM

coinsarefun · December 29, 2019 1:33PM

@DCW said:

@coinsarefun said:

This looks almost brass, which to my knowledge exists only in the ANS Collection

1863 Matthews

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Yes, it is brass. In the auction pic it looked copper. I thought they only came in copper
but broadstruck said he thought they came in both.

DCW · December 29, 2019 4:07PM

@coinsarefun said:
Yes, it is brass. In the auction pic it looked copper. I thought they only came in copper
but broadstruck said he thought they came in both.

Very interesting. You might have something very special here!

DCW · December 29, 2019 5:55PM

Ive got to add this late purchase of 2019 to "one of my favorites." The True View doesnt even do it justice!
D. Skidmore Seneca Falls, NY Civil War token Full Obverse Brockage PCGS MS65