So-Called Dollar Eye Candy - Great Photos Thread!
This is a thread for So-Called Dollars with Great Photos!
Post any so-called dollars here!
Here's a nice looking Wilson Dollar by George Thomas Morgan. Wonderful photos courtesy of @PhilArnold!
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USAF (Ret) The purpose of Bourbon is to make you feel like you should feel WITHOUT Bourbon. Remembering RickO, a brother in arms.
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I am looking forward to Maywood's examples.
Here are two I don't own yet believe to be lovely:
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‘’Here's a nice looking Wilson Dollar by George Thomas Morgan.’’
A JHF coin actually that closes in about 4 hours today in the grade of 63. Phil did do a nice job with that pic.
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Coins are Neato!
"If it's a penny for your thoughts and you put in your two cents worth, then someone...somewhere...is making a penny." - Steven Wright2 -
One of my favorites.
(Not really a "dollar" yet kind of close enough?)
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@wondercoin said:
‘’Here's a nice looking Wilson Dollar by George Thomas Morgan.’’A JHF coin actually that closes in about 4 hours today in the grade of 63. Phil did do a nice job with that pic.
Wondercoin
Nice to know this is a JHF coin! It's really a very attractive looking piece.
Were you involved with this coin, buying, selling, or enjoying?
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@Kurisu said:
The HK-155 George T. Morgan piece is one of my favorites! and part of what got me into collecting So-Called Dollars!
Great to see @SoCalledGuy in action with his great numismatic contributions to the hobby!
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@johnny010 said:
Amazing!!! Any additional thoughts on this @CaptHenway?
Here's the TrueView!
Ref: https://www.pcgs.com/cert/47079312
It's interesting it has a Kenney number! Is that a reference to Richard David Dombroff Kenney's So-Called Dollar guide mentioned here?
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/comment/12683064/#Comment_12683064
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@Zoins believe you are correct from my research.
Here is the casting housed at the ANS in NYC. Scott Miller located it for me after much research. Unfortunately the cast was not documented properly. For more information I would need to fly there and look through the records.
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@johnny010 said:
@Zoins believe you are correct from my research.
Here is the casting housed at the ANS in NYC. Scott Miller located it for me after much research. Unfortunately the cast was not documented properly. For more information I would need to fly there and look through the records.
Amazing! The ANS is a treasure. Kudos to Scott Miller for helping out!
Callout to @JesseKraft, our resident ANS member!
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Here's a nice excerpt from Tom's article on Kenney-13:
@CaptHenway said:
The piece apparently remained unknown to the numismatic world until February 2016, when a man walked into a coin shop in the Atlanta area with seven examples of what later turned out to be Kenney-13, struck in gold.The store owner showed one to former ANA Governor Bill Fivaz, who sent pictures of it to authors and U.S. coinage experts Q. David Bowers, Kenneth E. Bressett and myself. None of us were familiar with the piece, so I shared the photos with noted numismatist David T. Alexander. He suggested looking in Kenney’s works, where I found it thanks to the new digital archives of The Numismatist.
A longer excerpt is available on E-Sylum here:
https://www.coinbooks.org/v20/club_nbs_esylum_v20n10.html#article28
Also found your original thread on this here:
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1093365/unofficial-coins-of-the-world-kenney-13
Of course, at $100 face value, it's really a So-Called Union, not a So-Called Dollar
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Have shared these here on the forums before, but love any excuse to share again!
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To go with ^ , my NGC PF66 Ultra Cameo
Mr_Spud
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@Zoins said:
@wondercoin said:
‘’Here's a nice looking Wilson Dollar by George Thomas Morgan.’’A JHF coin actually that closes in about 4 hours today in the grade of 63. Phil did do a nice job with that pic.
Wondercoin
Nice to know this is a JHF coin! It's really a very attractive looking piece.
Were you involved with this coin, buying, selling, or enjoying?
Here's the GC link now that it's closed. Nice price at $1,575.00.
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Great pieces everyone! It's great to see all these marvelous designs and pieces of history!
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@Zoins said:
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Nice to know this is a JHF coin! It's really a very attractive looking piece.Were you involved with this coin, buying, selling, or enjoying?
Here's the GC link now that it's closed. Nice price at $1,575.00.Zoins: I didn’t want to say too much about the coin while it was in the last day of the GC auction. But, it really was a lovely coin and congratulations to the buyer who competed with 14 total bidders for the coin and won it!
At his passing, I believe JHF had at least (4) very special 1920 Wilson Silver (So called) Dollars, consisting of 2- 65’s, a 64 and the 63 that appeared on G.C last night. It might have easily been a 63+ or higher quality coin as a large % of JHF coins are being sold in their original holders without being submitted for upgrade. Not every single coin obviously, but a decent % of them. And, collectors are appreciating this reality - ex. Last night at GC a beautiful original 1947-S MacArthur (JHF) in 65 sold for more money than the most recent 66+ auction specimen!
Side note- Too bad CAC doesn’t sticker USPI coins. Makes no sense at all actually.
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Thanks for the kind words. I've actually sold most of my SC$'s and don't tend to keep pictures of them to remind me,
I do still have a few that I kept because I really like the designs, here are two.
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety," --- Benjamin Franklin
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Beautiful So-Called Dollars!
For some more beautiful pieces, see the Keets Collection of So-Called Dollars here:
https://privatemintnews.com/articles/so-called-dollars_the-keets-collection/
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@Zoins said:
Beautiful So-Called Dollars!For some more beautiful pieces, see the Keets Collection of So-Called Dollars here:
https://privatemintnews.com/articles/so-called-dollars_the-keets-collection/
Informative article on privatemintnews!
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Here's my WWII Victory Medal from the Keets Collection, along with a US Mint reissue from CoinFacts. I have reissue as well but haven't sent it in for grading yet.
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@Goldminers said:
Great piece @Goldminers! I love the toning and look on that one!
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Here's my PIlgrim Jubilee Memorial (one of several).
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Here’s a cool SCD I picked up at the last Long Beach Expo I was at last June.
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Here is one I had the privilege to work with, image, and animate within the last couple of years.
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@johnny010 said:
I missed this update. Could you please email me copies of the pictures of the castings, any information as to size, composition, etc., and how the ANS had them listed?
THanks,
TD
Professional Numismatist, Retired. 55 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner of the PNG's 2026 Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.1 -
@Zoins said:
@johnny010 said:
@Zoins believe you are correct from my research.
Here is the casting housed at the ANS in NYC. Scott Miller located it for me after much research. Unfortunately the cast was not documented properly. For more information I would need to fly there and look through the records.
Amazing! The ANS is a treasure. Kudos to Scott Miller for helping out!
Callout to @JesseKraft, our resident ANS member!
I missed this update. Could you please email me copies of the pictures of the castings, any information as to size, composition, etc., and how the ANS had them listed?
THanks,
TD
Professional Numismatist, Retired. 55 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner of the PNG's 2026 Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.0 -
Another one of JHF’s pieces closing Sunday, June 16th over at GC. This one is in the lofty grade of PCGS-MS64 (only 7 of these graded higher). GC Item ID: 1593225
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New Find, Gold plated Alaska Yukon pacific Expo, HK-365. Purchased on eBay.2 -
@wondercoin said:
Another one of JHF’s pieces closing Sunday, June 16th over at GC. This one is in the lofty grade of PCGS-MS64 (only 7 of these graded higher). GC Item ID: 1593225
Wondercoin
Great specimen!. Nice to see that JHF collected medals in addition to coins!
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@1patwick said:
New Find, Gold plated Alaska Yukon pacific Expo, HK-365. Purchased on eBay.Very nice find! I took the liberty of resizing your photos below.
HK only has this in Bronze and Silver-Plated Bronze!
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Yes. JHF LOVED THE MEDALS. He even owned the UNIQUE PROOF 1920 Wilson$ Manila Mint Opening Matte Presentation Piece (Proof) currently graded PCGS-PR65.
Wondercoin.
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Thanks for cleaning the photo!!
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Another new discovery, Die Trial for HK-363.!
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@braddick said:
One of my favorites.
(Not really a "dollar" yet kind of close enough?)Close enough to be cataloged as one! This is HK-289!
Awesome, rare holder for these!
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I purchased this die test from a national auction house. I was the sole bidder..
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A So-Called Dollar and Slug Collector... Previously "Pioneer" on this site...
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@1patwick said:
Another new discovery, Die Trial for HK-363.!
Wow! What a great piece of history! It's great to just know it exists!
Congrats on picking it up and sharing it!
Are you going to get it slabbed?
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@rajesinger said:
Gorgeous and rare! That has to look amazing in hand!
I bid a very healthy amount on this but ended up missing out and wondering where this ended up!
Congrats and thanks for sharing!
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@Pioneer1 said:
Another very nice rare piece! That's a very nice specimen!
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