But I was, always, and forever will be a coffee fanatic. Everyone in the platoon would hand me the Folgers packets from their MREs. My rucksack was full of 'em!
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"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
For those that are attending Eagles concerts (I love the band), do know that Don Henley plays recordings of his voice versus singing live. This has been proven with voice recordings. So, it's an act!
Seated Half Society member #38 "Got a flaming heart, can't get my fill"
Today’s a Starbucks Red Eye Saturday - visiting family in the Sunshine State. And, with an announcement: the Early Walker Set has been completed! Here’s the last one - the toughest of all 1921-S:
This was a long journey; it’s fitting the 21-S was the final piece. Lots to like: eye appeal, strike, detail are all pretty good. 63 grade is right on. What’s extra nice is the price point difference between a 63 & 64 is big - some $15-20k! Most of the 64’s I’ve seen are lesser coins than this one, especially from an eye appeal standpoint.
I’m going to retire the set now that it’s complete. All the some 26 coins grade 63-65. 14 are beaned & some were not submitted. So, it’s a quality set with completion being the goal. It will rank #5 all time, which is more than I hoped for. I could never compete with the top sets, but that’s OK. For me, the set was still major $$$$ & I had to part with other coins along the way to keep it going. In the end, it was well worth it!
I picked up one this week. Not my usual. I usually prefer nice for the grade pieces. I have owned quite a few of these as it is my favorite US coin design.
This is probably the least of them as far as technical grade but the toning spoke to me.
Not sure of it's fate yet.
This D Skidmore's token is almost full red in hand. Just blazing luster
The design is nearly as popular as the famous Good For A Scent token, but this token is many times rarer. Redeemable in the parlor of Skidmore's Hotel in Seneca Falls for "one." One what? Nobody knows for sure.
The eagle's beak gives us a clue. The oblong shape of the object resembles a cigar, though I've heard the suggestion that it is a pen.
A pen?! Good for one pen??? 😆
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"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
By far my favorite thread. @Copperindian big congrats on the very exceptional and lustrous 21-s. A monumental acquisition for any Walker collector, and that one just looks fantastic. @JWP I love cats, and I really love your 2024 Flowing Hair! Damn those are gorgeous!
Here's my Shireman 1908 in MS-67 CAC. Barber's don't come this nice typically, and the luster is just as thick as the day it was made.
@DCW said:
It's Saturday. I've got my daughter off to ballet, coffee in hand as I sit in the parking lot relaxing with thoughts on the hobby.
Post a coin, token, or medal and share something interesting... F.R.Behr. Detroit, MI. PCGS AU53
Checking in from Detroit with a cold Red Stripe Lager beer in hand ........ Love the token
Ok, I'm a little late to the party this morning. Up late, running around this morning, getting ready to go hang out with my Grandson, but wanted to show the one I received this week, that got stuck in purgatory over last weekend.
Not quite my normal fare, except it is a Half Dollar, and it does qualify as a Bust. She just didn't have her cap yet.
According to some of my friends this is the latest Dies State they have seen in a grade higher than EF (there is one later satte with another reverse crack, but I have only seen images of one, an abused VF coin).
Pretty jazzed I knew it was a VLDS, was rare as such, and read the coin right. She is fantastic in hand.
. 1807 O-105a (105.9) PCGS AU58
. imgaes from one of Phil's GreatPhoto shoots
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Good Saturday evening all -
When I was very young, my first series that I collected was Jefferson nickels. The last one I needed for my set was 1938-S and it took me over a year to find one. Well, a bunch of years much later, I acquired an original mint roll of 1938-S nickels. Oh what enjoyment getting this mint roll. I thought it was so cool to share. Not rare now but when I was 7 years old, it wasn't easy....
Portugal Brazil gold 12800 reis (8 escudos) "Dobra" 1732-M, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Gold, 38 mm, 28.58 gm
Obverse:
Bust of John V facing right
IOHANNES V D G PORT ET ALG REX, M/1732
(John V by the Grace of God, Portugal and Algarve, King)
Reverse:
Crowned shield of Portugal
@WillieBoyd2 Your coin was struck in 1732 which is the same year George Washington was born. I love associating historical events with coins. Neat coin
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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
Happy Red Eye Saturday everyone! Still in FL but will be home again in a couple days. Today I’m contemplating one of my favorite IHC’s:
While I’ve owned it for 10+ years, it’s never been posted on any thread in these pages. Why? I never had a decent photo until recently.
The rarity of a 1871 IHC in GEM RD is fairly unknown (this is also true for its “sister” 1872). Both are actually more rare than the vaunted 1877 in RD. A comparison of the three years shows this in the pops (all in 65RD):
1871 (Bold N like this one): 17/4;
1872 (also Bold N): 16/6;
1877: 26/12.
Currently, the coin is under review by CAC. If successful, I’ll update it in the “Never ending IHC thread”.
Happy Saturday everyone! Simply a beautiful Saturday here today so excited to get out and enjoy it. Some old Draped Bust Halfs this morning to enjoy the day.
Man that is some epic old gold, simply beautiful as well!!
@Inspired70 said:
Happy Saturday everyone! Simply a beautiful Saturday here today so excited to get out and enjoy it. Some old Draped Bust Halfs this morning to enjoy the day.
Here is an interesting merchant token that I recently picked up from the Sydney F Martin Collection: Currier & Greeley Not One Cent But Just As Good. MILLER MASS-30.5 Double Struck. PCGS VG08
Gilman Currier & Andrew Greeley were tea & coffee packers at 4 Liberty Square in Boston during the 1850s. They issued various merchant cards; some with their business name on them, and others like this one that did not. Identified by the reverse die they used on them all, "Not One Cent, But Just As Good." Possibly struck by the Scovill Manufacturing Company in Waterbury, Connecticut.
The obverse die, which is a facsimile of Miss Liberty on the large cent, is double struck. Pretty neat!
Stay caffeinated, all.
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
Well, today isn't really about coins for me ... already out working on putting in a battery backup system for the house ... but coffee ... coffee is SO important.
And since I needed to take a break, I came in to check on my favorite Saturday morning place and pour another cup.
Great 1871 @Copperindian As you said, that's a REALLY tough coin. Gorgeous.
Oh hell Darrell! @Inspired70 Just break out the big dog gold! WOW!
Drinking my 2nd cup of coffee as I draft this up -
This thread is quite impressive with everyone's knowledge and the quality of coins. It has the WOW! factor.
Here is Seated half that I bought some time ago - I always wondered if it could be a prooklike? I might try to get it into a PL holder?
Also - some matching color with @FlyingAl pictures. Below is a Calfrac BG-427
@EastonCollection said:
Drinking my 2nd cup of coffee as I draft this up -
This thread is quite impressive with everyone's knowledge and the quality of coins. It has the WOW! factor.
Here is Seated half that I bought some time ago - I always wondered if it could be a prooklike? I might try to get it into a PL holder?
Also - some matching color with @FlyingAl pictures. Below is a Calfrac BG-427
I want thank @kes200sc for the cell phone photo set up that I received yesterday.
I can't believe how easy it is to take a better photo. I'm still in a learning process with this set up, but the lights really help.
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Goodmorning lads,
Working on my latte art and pulling out a few medals.
This one is interesting. In 1869, the famous medalist, John A. Bolen, was working on some copies of Colonial Coins. When he was preparing the obverse die for the Carolina Elephant token of 1694, he was unsatisfied with the final product. He made a second die to his liking, and rather than discarding the first, he decided to mule them both and strike a few double elephant tokens. By his own account, he annealed the first die and impressed the words "Only Ten Struck" into it.
A real rarity! Offhand, I can't think of another medal in which the mintage was listed on the die itself.
I've studied both dies, and for the life of me, I cant find the mistake Bolen was unhappy with. Perhaps it was in the fields in which he added the mintage.
Happy Saturday, all. And stay caffeinated!
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
"I've studied both dies, and for the life of me, I cant find the mistake Bolen was unhappy with. Perhaps it was in the fields in which he added the mintage."
Ahh, to be the elephant in that room.
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Coffee is dark, black and bold, with a spot of half and half today. Weather here on the edge of the edge of the earth is calm and peaceful ... and I can feel Spring coming.
Not sure I've shown this one here much (probably never in this thread). But considering @DCW and the elephants, this is one should fit. One of the many "blundered dies" in the CBH series.
Presumably, the Reverse die had been impressed with the central figures when the lettering for UNITED began, and stopped at UNI (although I can imagine several other ways this occurred).
Alas, realizing the mistake in letter placement, the die steel was reworked as much as reasonable and the denomination 50 C. punched in its proper place, with the letters UNI still visible. Later (by the time this coin was struck) the reverse die had been lapped to remove most to the remanent lettering, which also degraded the tail feather detail.
I actually have two of these, with the one I am not showing a new Die State discovery I made when I first became a member in the BHNC. This one came from a BHNC Member about a year later.
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1813 O-101a "50C/UNI" PCGS AU55
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Late to the “party” this AM & no Red Eye! Visiting with the grandkids, though, so it’s even better!
Today I have an auction win from earlier this week:
Now that I’ve finished with the Early Walkers, I’m continuing my search for nice type gold. This one sure fits the bill:
1) love the Classic Head design;
2) extra nice for the grade!
3) exceptional eye appeal!
I hope everyone has a great Saturday & rest of the weekend!
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Thanks @pursuitofliberty !
I wasn't always a coin weenie!
But I was, always, and forever will be a coffee fanatic. Everyone in the platoon would hand me the Folgers packets from their MREs. My rucksack was full of 'em!
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
@DCW - can confirm, those packets of freeze dried coffee are still in the MREs.
Saturday mornings in the field aren't quite as nice as Saturday mornings with coins, but hey it could be worse!
Coin Photographer.
For those that are attending Eagles concerts (I love the band), do know that Don Henley plays recordings of his voice versus singing live. This has been proven with voice recordings. So, it's an act!
"Got a flaming heart, can't get my fill"
@DCW I wasn't always a coin weenie either!
Oh God. Folgers. And Maxwell House. With desalinated water. And the requisite "JP-5" film. Oh my, that just has me longing for days gone by!!
36 years ago, I was this guy
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Todd - BHNC #242
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Excellent!
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Today’s a Starbucks Red Eye Saturday - visiting family in the Sunshine State. And, with an announcement: the Early Walker Set has been completed! Here’s the last one - the toughest of all 1921-S:
This was a long journey; it’s fitting the 21-S was the final piece. Lots to like: eye appeal, strike, detail are all pretty good. 63 grade is right on. What’s extra nice is the price point difference between a 63 & 64 is big - some $15-20k! Most of the 64’s I’ve seen are lesser coins than this one, especially from an eye appeal standpoint.
I’m going to retire the set now that it’s complete. All the some 26 coins grade 63-65. 14 are beaned & some were not submitted. So, it’s a quality set with completion being the goal. It will rank #5 all time, which is more than I hoped for. I could never compete with the top sets, but that’s OK. For me, the set was still major $$$$ & I had to part with other coins along the way to keep it going. In the end, it was well worth it!
“The thrill of the hunt never gets old”
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Copperindian
Retired sets: Soaring Eagles
Copperindian
Nickelodeon
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Nice coins and a great piece from @Boosibri too.
I picked up one this week. Not my usual. I usually prefer nice for the grade pieces. I have owned quite a few of these as it is my favorite US coin design.
This is probably the least of them as far as technical grade but the toning spoke to me.
Not sure of it's fate yet.
@Flatwoods . The day is young but I doubt I am going to see a superior coin to the one you have posted. Congrats. James
This D Skidmore's token is almost full red in hand. Just blazing luster
The design is nearly as popular as the famous Good For A Scent token, but this token is many times rarer. Redeemable in the parlor of Skidmore's Hotel in Seneca Falls for "one." One what? Nobody knows for sure.
The eagle's beak gives us a clue. The oblong shape of the object resembles a cigar, though I've heard the suggestion that it is a pen.
A pen?! Good for one pen??? 😆
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
By far my favorite thread. @Copperindian big congrats on the very exceptional and lustrous 21-s. A monumental acquisition for any Walker collector, and that one just looks fantastic. @JWP I love cats, and I really love your 2024 Flowing Hair! Damn those are gorgeous!
Here's my Shireman 1908 in MS-67 CAC. Barber's don't come this nice typically, and the luster is just as thick as the day it was made.
Congrats, @Copperindian! I’ve been following your progress on the Walkers, and that’s quite a set you put together.
Checking in from Detroit with a cold Red Stripe Lager beer in hand ........ Love the token
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Playing around with a new camera set up, a huge leap from the iPhone 16
At a local show I picked up some raw frosty proof Franklins and SMS halves yesterday, plus two 1962 proof Franklins that are the DDO FS-101 variety.
i will take and post photos of them later today.
UPDATE. Photos attached.
Happy Saturday everyone!!
Massive pickup @Copperindian Congratulations!
That's a heck on an accomplishment!
Lovely display this morning @JWP
Hey Hey! @Boosibri Glad you could join us today ... and what a great medal, with a great message for our time.
Cool color @Flatwoods
Great token and write up @DCW I love it when you show something most of us probably haven't seen and give us a good history lesson with it!
Oh my! @Eldorado9 That thing just oozes luster!
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Ok, I'm a little late to the party this morning. Up late, running around this morning, getting ready to go hang out with my Grandson, but wanted to show the one I received this week, that got stuck in purgatory over last weekend.
Not quite my normal fare, except it is a Half Dollar, and it does qualify as a Bust. She just didn't have her cap yet.
According to some of my friends this is the latest Dies State they have seen in a grade higher than EF (there is one later satte with another reverse crack, but I have only seen images of one, an abused VF coin).
Pretty jazzed I knew it was a VLDS, was rare as such, and read the coin right. She is fantastic in hand.
.
1807 O-105a (105.9) PCGS AU58
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imgaes from one of Phil's GreatPhoto shoots
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Todd - BHNC #242
Just back from a hike. But this was the docket this morning:
Pick up this unlisted Peru 1 real variety unbarred/broken ''H'' in HISP (it is low grade but never the less a new variety I needed):
NFL: Buffalo Bills & Green Bay Packers
Wow, I actually have some respect for you, now……
Thanks big brother!
A: The year they spend more on their library than their coin collection.
A numismatist is judged more on the content of their library than the content of their cabinet.
Good Saturday evening all -
When I was very young, my first series that I collected was Jefferson nickels. The last one I needed for my set was 1938-S and it took me over a year to find one. Well, a bunch of years much later, I acquired an original mint roll of 1938-S nickels. Oh what enjoyment getting this mint roll. I thought it was so cool to share. Not rare now but when I was 7 years old, it wasn't easy....
A coin from Brazil where the coffee grows:
Portugal Brazil gold 12800 reis (8 escudos) "Dobra" 1732-M, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Gold, 38 mm, 28.58 gm
Obverse:
Bust of John V facing right
IOHANNES V D G PORT ET ALG REX, M/1732
(John V by the Grace of God, Portugal and Algarve, King)
Reverse:
Crowned shield of Portugal
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@WillieBoyd2 Your coin was struck in 1732 which is the same year George Washington was born. I love associating historical events with coins. Neat coin
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Happy Red Eye Saturday everyone! Still in FL but will be home again in a couple days. Today I’m contemplating one of my favorite IHC’s:
While I’ve owned it for 10+ years, it’s never been posted on any thread in these pages. Why? I never had a decent photo until recently.
The rarity of a 1871 IHC in GEM RD is fairly unknown (this is also true for its “sister” 1872). Both are actually more rare than the vaunted 1877 in RD. A comparison of the three years shows this in the pops (all in 65RD):
1871 (Bold N like this one): 17/4;
1872 (also Bold N): 16/6;
1877: 26/12.
Currently, the coin is under review by CAC. If successful, I’ll update it in the “Never ending IHC thread”.
“The thrill of the hunt never gets old”
PCGS Registry: Screaming Eagles
Copperindian
Retired sets: Soaring Eagles
Copperindian
Nickelodeon
Happy Saturday everyone! Simply a beautiful Saturday here today so excited to get out and enjoy it. Some old Draped Bust Halfs this morning to enjoy the day.
Man that is some epic old gold, simply beautiful as well!!
Good morning all.
Today’s Saturday morning coin to play with is a 1961 D EF to AU dime I found in a Coin Star reject bin at a grocery store yesterday.
My first silver strike in a long time.
Good morning everyone!
Here is an interesting merchant token that I recently picked up from the Sydney F Martin Collection:
Currier & Greeley Not One Cent But Just As Good. MILLER MASS-30.5 Double Struck. PCGS VG08
Gilman Currier & Andrew Greeley were tea & coffee packers at 4 Liberty Square in Boston during the 1850s. They issued various merchant cards; some with their business name on them, and others like this one that did not. Identified by the reverse die they used on them all, "Not One Cent, But Just As Good." Possibly struck by the Scovill Manufacturing Company in Waterbury, Connecticut.
The obverse die, which is a facsimile of Miss Liberty on the large cent, is double struck. Pretty neat!
Stay caffeinated, all.
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"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
Pics, sir...or it didn't happen!
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"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
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Best thread on the forum. Happy Sat Boys! (Best coins too)
Well, today isn't really about coins for me ... already out working on putting in a battery backup system for the house ... but coffee ... coffee is SO important.
And since I needed to take a break, I came in to check on my favorite Saturday morning place and pour another cup.
Great 1871 @Copperindian As you said, that's a REALLY tough coin. Gorgeous.
Oh hell Darrell! @Inspired70 Just break out the big dog gold! WOW!
@DCW I want some of that coffee! Cool token too!!
@DrDarryl Do I remember correctly from another thread I read ... are you the designer? That really is a fantastic design.
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Here's my contribution for today. Just a little crack for my addiction
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Todd - BHNC #242
Enjoying some wonderful spring break views from earlier this week, and a coin or two to go with it:
Coin Photographer.
Arches NP - one of the Mighty 5’s finest. Nice pics!
“The thrill of the hunt never gets old”
PCGS Registry: Screaming Eagles
Copperindian
Retired sets: Soaring Eagles
Copperindian
Nickelodeon
Drinking my 2nd cup of coffee as I draft this up -
This thread is quite impressive with everyone's knowledge and the quality of coins. It has the WOW! factor.
Here is Seated half that I bought some time ago - I always wondered if it could be a prooklike? I might try to get it into a PL holder?
Also - some matching color with @FlyingAl pictures. Below is a Calfrac BG-427
@EastonCollection the Cal is simply awesome!
DCW.
Per your request.
Good Saturday morning all! Lots of black coffee and some colorful coins this morning to celebrate Spring.
I want thank @kes200sc for the cell phone photo set up that I received yesterday.
I can't believe how easy it is to take a better photo. I'm still in a learning process with this set up, but the lights really help.
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Successful Transactions with more than 100 Members
Goodmorning lads,
Working on my latte art and pulling out a few medals.
This one is interesting. In 1869, the famous medalist, John A. Bolen, was working on some copies of Colonial Coins. When he was preparing the obverse die for the Carolina Elephant token of 1694, he was unsatisfied with the final product. He made a second die to his liking, and rather than discarding the first, he decided to mule them both and strike a few double elephant tokens. By his own account, he annealed the first die and impressed the words "Only Ten Struck" into it.
A real rarity! Offhand, I can't think of another medal in which the mintage was listed on the die itself.
I've studied both dies, and for the life of me, I cant find the mistake Bolen was unhappy with. Perhaps it was in the fields in which he added the mintage.
Happy Saturday, all. And stay caffeinated!
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
@Inspired70 Lovely choice!
@JWP Good morning! Hope you are fully caffeinated!!
@DCW Picasso-esque latte-art for sure!
"I've studied both dies, and for the life of me, I cant find the mistake Bolen was unhappy with. Perhaps it was in the fields in which he added the mintage."
Ahh, to be the elephant in that room.
.
Coffee is dark, black and bold, with a spot of half and half today. Weather here on the edge of the edge of the earth is calm and peaceful ... and I can feel Spring coming.
Not sure I've shown this one here much (probably never in this thread). But considering @DCW and the elephants, this is one should fit. One of the many "blundered dies" in the CBH series.
Presumably, the Reverse die had been impressed with the central figures when the lettering for UNITED began, and stopped at UNI (although I can imagine several other ways this occurred).
Alas, realizing the mistake in letter placement, the die steel was reworked as much as reasonable and the denomination 50 C. punched in its proper place, with the letters UNI still visible. Later (by the time this coin was struck) the reverse die had been lapped to remove most to the remanent lettering, which also degraded the tail feather detail.
I actually have two of these, with the one I am not showing a new Die State discovery I made when I first became a member in the BHNC. This one came from a BHNC Member about a year later.
.
1813 O-101a "50C/UNI" PCGS AU55
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Todd - BHNC #242
Late to the “party” this AM & no Red Eye! Visiting with the grandkids, though, so it’s even better!
Today I have an auction win from earlier this week:
Now that I’ve finished with the Early Walkers, I’m continuing my search for nice type gold. This one sure fits the bill:
1) love the Classic Head design;
2) extra nice for the grade!
3) exceptional eye appeal!
I hope everyone has a great Saturday & rest of the weekend!
“The thrill of the hunt never gets old”
PCGS Registry: Screaming Eagles
Copperindian
Retired sets: Soaring Eagles
Copperindian
Nickelodeon
My latest:
peacockcoins
Bringing out the good stuff for Sat coins and coffee.
Crossing the border doing coffee in Canada for the weekend ........... (not actually a coin but it's the only thing Canadian I had
)
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Some shots for a client - lovely color here.
Coin Photographer.