Pairing Coins and Stamps
oldabeintx
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I’m sure I’m not the first to do this, but thought I would nonetheless share. I’m pairing appropriate stamps with my type coins, for display. Since I haven’t collected stamps for 60+ years, it’s a fun research project.
Example: 1932 Washington quarter and 1932 2c Washington stamp Scott 707. Others: 1851 3c silver; 1964 Kennedy half; 1946 Roosevelt dime; 1909 Lincoln cent.
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It will make a nice themed set
Mr_Spud
Old stamps can be very attractive and luckily most from the 20th century are inexpensive and easy to find.
Nice combination for a display. Many stamps are very artistic. Some better than many coins. And contain historic events.
I also think paper money can work as well
Don't forget that there are at least two stamps that feature coins. These aren't my photos, but I have a framed sheet of two of these hanging in my office:
(Link to the auction where the picture came from... not mine, no financial tie to it, but I didn't want to just grab someone's image and not cite it: https://www.ebay.com/itm/333715841934)
Yes, I collected a 1918 Federal Reserve Bank Note to go with my “Pittman Act (1918) type set”. Which includes the 1921 Morgan and Peace dollars. (As an aside I collected the 21 Morgan as a separate type.) I included a 1923 Silver Certificate as well.
Nice.
I've also seen people expand topically using foreign currency: beaver note to go with Albany half, etc.
It kind of depends on how you store or display your collection. But I think stamps and paper money van really add color and artistry to orherwise monochromatic displays.
It's all just for fun, right?
The 1c might be better, as it is the same Houdon bust.
Or you could go for the full set 1/2c to 10c with all the different portraits.
https://www.stampworld.com/en/stamps/United-States/Postage stamps/1930-1939?year=1932
Others: 1851 3c silver;
3c George Washington imperf - nice stamp.
Sure.
Could maybe add the 1866 15c from when he died.
1948 Franklin
and the 1857 or 1851 1c blue?
Great suggestions. Thank you. I picked the 2c Washington because I believe that was first class postage at the time (?). I’m encapsulating the stamps to display with numerous slabs, which I keep in Lighthouse trays, so I’m trying to focus on one example. I may add the Houdon tho.
Fun
A lot less money too!
Don't forget the commemoratives. I think there is a stamp or a set of stamps connected to many of them.
There was a series of commemorative stamps issued for the Worlds Columbian Exhibition where one of the stamps shows a portrait of Columbus that is identical to his portrait on the Columbian half dollar.
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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
It's one of those cases where the stamp is less colorful than the coin!
The 1992 tribute version is a lot more affordable.
Actually, I put together a full set of Columbian stamp proofs for not a lot of money. They are much more affordable than the stamps themselves, especially if you don't mind hinge remnants or a slight paper pull on the reverse. We used to joke that stamp collectors value the gum side more than the obverse.
Thanks all. After noodling around, commemoratives are indeed a fertile area. I’m adding a few, but not all as my interest in commemorative coins is limited. Adding some Colombians as I have the half and quarter. Adding the sesquicentennial and some bicentennials. Not in the exact same category, but the 1918 End of WWI stamp seems like a candidate to pair with the 21 Peace.
Regards
The comment about valuing the gum side of stamps reminds me of many books, where the money is in the dust jackets.
It's about perfection. Look what high grade common coins sell for.
Here is a Delaware commemorative half dollar first day cover. This hangs in my coin library.
Bill's post reminded me of a similar postal cover. I wish I hadn't sold this 20 years ago to help fund a second home, but I have never seen another. From the 1970 dedication of Stone Mountain, so there is a medal, a commem, and two stamps. IIRC, there were only 200 issued.
“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." - Thomas Jefferson
My digital cameo album 1950-64 Cameos - take a look!
How much does the edge figure into coin grading? Does it count for more than the obverse and reverse?
I have one of those medals. I was wondering what the source of it was. Thanks for posting.
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1933 double eagle.
Paired with the 1918 Inverted Jenny Stamp.
Can't get any better.
Actually the guy who owned both those also owned the unique British Guiana 1c magenta.
And he actually had the unique plate block of the inverted Jenny, not the arrow block.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Weitzman
Can't beat the combination of a South Korean commemorative stamp cover and a US Mint medal gifted in-country by President Eisenhower. Medal made in advance and accompanied Ike.
Then again, Ike's 1959 11 Nation Tour ... is a philatelist and numismatist dream come true.
From Ike's White House handbook
More colorful map version (in red is the 11-nation route)
The route of Ike's 11 -nation tour is on the reverse (need a close-up image)
Many philately covers to collect. Check out each cover's location and date of the frank. All identifying "Ike was there".
I'm on the hunt for 1 more nation to complete the 11-nation tour.
https://c-span.org/program/vignette/eisenhowers-eleven-nation-tour/142432
Note: The Portugal cover is for my Eisenhower Class 2 Portugal medal.
link:
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1109757/clean-my-desk-walking-liberty-half-dollar-album-22-panels#latest
This illustrates the displays I have in mind. My 09 cents are in another location and I’m going to have to self-slab the stamps. This just gives one the idea.
I'm impressed! That's a neat Scott #368 1909 2¢ Imperforate Lincoln Memorial Issue cut out from a sheet with the remnants of the adjoining stamps to guarantee it is in fact an imperforate and not a stamp that had it's perforations trimmed off.
Oldabeintx, you may have singlehandedly re-ingratiated the hobby of stamp collecting in America!
Nicely done
You are the expert, how should I know? BU Lincoln's are light and rarely come with many edge problems. I sure would like read your opinion about edges please.
The edges are not significant relative to the obverse and reverse. Yet the reverse of the stamp which has nothing on it except gum, and sometimes not even that, counts for more than the image side. That was the point.
Think of a stamp where the gum has been affected in some way as like an AU coin. Except when it was issued without gum.
Lol. Except they are priced like an AG stamp. The market is what it is, but many of us find it funny. I had an acquaintance who was going to display at the APS with all the stamps mounted face down.
Yea, I basically collected never hinged stamps and did well with them. I even had the president of the APS suggest I display my stamps with stamps mounted face down.
I decided it was time to quit when an $1 Trans-Mississippi graded Superb could not be included my stamp set registry because it had no gum.
Unless, of course, the coin has a rim ding, is corroded, or has been filed. I got dinged for a coin on which the reeding had been tapped down flat.
VF details "damage"
Yes. Of course
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Now you can buy it back on ebay for $15000 , Pretty sure your second home appreciates much more after 20 years 😜😜😜
Ebay link:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/156867539024?_skw=stone+mountain+dedication&itmmeta=01JRP3RH816A5F58TRBHRZGWA1&hash=item248608b050:g:ZCMAAOSw-a5disbp&itmprp=enc:AQAKAAAA0FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1f6LgvJgXw/xFLFkf2YEB1610Sp2X2ZV3Zdb+tmSixVahUp3pncmGCw8dRFe2tiDtArzLFK8xzNgh/aqqhaYjjOjJDCW0y5yE3gP5hElKVoLHGZ8ILMPYJDo8/E8x8NkhJHYK8rR8j38dEMKAWcmQD3Kv7ElG9Xl9i2wl4r293e89Xyt7VV3SR6xm8hoXVwO79YQSuWvfiU47he7SkXGbg9dW7apjWFzMrE5sQjMepCvwoytsBYK/ZJ4Vcx43Y0Ing=|tkp:Bk9SR5qU4sPFZQ
I would like to pair this postage item with the coins that were shipped by it.
But an uncirculated bag of 1932-D quarters likely does not exist (and would cost at least a couple million dollars if it did).
The stamp from 1973 but 83 was my closest PCGS😊
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Thanks for making me think. While I know the obverse of a coin is the important side it never occurred to me that the reverse of a stamp was the important side. Freshness and centering of the obverse raise the price, but more often original gum, no gum, or hinged probably affect the price more.
Think in terms of No Gum (or regummed) (NG), Original Gum (OG), & Never Hinged (NH) as being the same as Brown, RedBrown, & Red
Just read an amazing book on the British Guiana. Amazing that Stuart owned the trio.
What a fun project! Stamps and Coins will always look good together!!
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My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):
https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/
Yes, absolutely. A well-centered, sharply printed stamp with jumbo margins that is hinged will almost always sell for less, often much less, than an average stamp that is mint never hinged.
It is what it is.
That is a fair comparison. The only thing that makes it a bit odd is that most collections are mounted so that the all important reverse isn't even visible. And, of course, attractive RB can be worth more than Red.
That is a beautiful image of the stamp. What detail! It is rare to see such detail in a coin image unless with some of the magnified coin images by Heritage on Coin Explorer. Paper must photograph better than metal due to the lack of reflections.
Lack of reflectors and flat surface. It makes illumination easier.