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Interesting coins (not necessarily attractive) photo thread
braddick
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I've got a few coins I know are not really pretty, yet strike me as being kind of cool in their own right. I hope you may have a coin or two that fits that bill.
Here is an example of one I own. A common coin. Not pretty. Just kind of different (for what it normally is):
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So that surface effect, is it a pale greenish powdery condition? Has this coin been exposed to extreme temperatures like in an attic? Interesting. Peace Roy
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I have a lot of coins that are not 'necessarily attractive'... I call them 'my collection'....
Cheers, RickO
Perhaps a fitting moniker would be "ugly ducklings"
Nothing is as expensive as free money.
One of my ugly ducklings!
I think this one fits into this thread. I think it looks cool, lots of character, but if it wasn’t a Bechtler piece and was a regular coin instead the damage would make it just worth melt.
Mr_Spud
That coin seems way over graded. Looks around VG8 at best. Is it just me?
No, it's not just you. We must be missing something.
Here's the back. Don't know but your host graded it.
This is my “Ash Wednesday” Half Cent. I bought it as MS64RD with a CAC. Despite the distraction, I saw some strong beauty in this “Ugly Duckling”, so I sent it back to PCGS with its CAC for Reconsideration. Sure enough, despite PCGS having VERY recently graded it as only a MS64RD, PCGS agreed, and added on a “+”. I then sent it back to CAC to have them AUTOMATICALLY reapply their sticker on the MS64+RD new holder for only $3, as the cert number remains unchanged with Reconsideration (and CAC ignores “+” grades).
https://images.pcgs.com/TrueView/38257504_Medium.jpg
My collecting “Pride & Joy” is my PCGS Registry Dansco 7070 Set:
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/design-type-sets/complete-dansco-7070-modified-type-set-1796-date/publishedset/213996
The obverse image reminds me of those old time photo negatives.
Never a bad time to show this one off
I always thought this was interesting. A well worn 1893-S, don't you think?
Entertaining offers.
Lance.
Love the contributions so far.
Here are two more, deeply stashed from the bottom of my safe:
Nice fugly coin all 😝
I can offer melt. You pay shipping.
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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
PCGS AG3. I bought this for around $20 on ebay a few years ago.
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My Toned Lincoln Registry Set
Boy have i got a few that fall into that category...
A Tin Farthing from 1684, Struck by King James II from probably the worst coin material ever, crudely refined pure tin. It rots in cold air and is as soft as lead solder! These tin farthings has a copper plug, a bimetallic, which furthered the decay. The only way these coins survive like this one, is long immersion in the anerobic gunk that iis the mud of the Themes River. . There is a record of a leather bag recovered with 14 tin farthings, it’s suspected it belonged to a ferryman. England went back to copper in five years. They Hated to do it since the Tin was mined in Cornwall but copper had to be Bought from the King of Sweden! During the late 18th century England grew to dominate World copper production from the great Lode on Parys Mountain. There was copper aplenty, enabling the sheathing of the Royal Navy Ships to combat the dreaded shipworm, aiding Great Britain’s rise to a Dominating World Power, Building an Empire.
I think this meets the "not necessarily attractive" criteria. It does makes a good GTG coin tho ...
If we were all the same, the world would be an incredibly boring place.
Tommy
Rare early 1/2 Reales from Mexico
Liberty Seated Half Dollars (lower circulated grades)
Manul Pallas Cat Wildlife Protection Commem. 2014
Not mine but I always thought these were interesting.
- Jim
My favorite Trade dollar:
Here is the effect on an 1880 O of 50 years in a paper envelope stored in a leather coin purse. Thus, not a pretty coin. lol
Jim
Edited to add: BTW, this is the coin that started my coin collecting life in 1958 at 10 years old. But as a shiny silver coin.
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now that is one ugly coin
Kennedys are my quest...
Yes, but I’d estimate it in the top 25% of extant soecimens!!
braddick you have always had some really cool and interesting stuff.
I'd love to see all the stuff you have stashed way back in that safe!
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Thanks!
I will definitely be adding to this thread later tonight with a couple more interesting examples.
Some neat entries within this thread!
Here is a Morgan dollar someone back in the day spent a lot of time stretching. Now, to do so without distorting (too much) the coin was a difficult task.
Thought it was kind of neat and fit within this thread well:
A neat CAMEO OBV 1970-D Kennedy (it's MS63 at best, and the reverse is weak, yet wow- love the mirrors and frosting on the obverse!):
Found this a few weeks ago. Comes with a w. Ok...?
Sorry, a little tired.