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Mr_Colombo
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Original Washington Before Boston reverse die. Baker-47. 68.9 mm. Previously unrecorded cast graphite medal—likely produced as a study piece.


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  • Twobitcollector
    Twobitcollector Posts: 4,749 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    This arrived Saturday.

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  • braddick
    braddick Posts: 25,183 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I purchased this morning. The combination of coin/slab/CAC made it an easy decision.


  • Mr_Colombo
    Mr_Colombo Posts: 78 ✭✭✭
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    @BillJones That beer mug attached to the button is too cool, love it.

  • Ebeneezer
    Ebeneezer Posts: 401 ✭✭✭
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    Two National Park Foundation commemoratives, the first honoring Augustus Saint-Gaudens original design for the 20 dollar gold and Theodore Roosevelt. I think they compliment each other flawlessly considering the history which brought about what is quite possibly the greatest U.S. coin design.

  • Dave99B
    Dave99B Posts: 8,947 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I have a fair number of MS Mercs, but this was my first Proof. Plan on building a toned set in 66.

    Dave

    Always looking for original, better date VF20-VF35 Barber quarters and halves, and a quality beer.
  • Silvano
    Silvano Posts: 48 ✭✭
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    @Ebeneezer said:

    Two National Park Foundation commemoratives, the first honoring Augustus Saint-Gaudens original design for the 20 dollar gold and Theodore Roosevelt. I think they compliment each other flawlessly considering the history which brought about what is quite possibly the greatest U.S. coin design.

    I really like the St. Gaudens coin. It's too late now but I wish they would have put purity stamps on the commemoratives.

  • Barberian
    Barberian Posts: 4,643 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    My lone Weiner medal.

  • BillJones
    BillJones Posts: 35,933 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Mr_Colombo said:
    @BillJones That beer mug attached to the button is too cool, love it.

    Thank you!

    It's made celluoid which is unusual for a politcal piece of this era. Celluoid was most often used as the thin covering for paper labels that were on political and other buttons, like this Bryan "16 to 1" clock face piece from the 1896 campaign. These can be brittle and are subject cracking an chipping. In this case the beer mug is intact.

    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
  • GuzziSport
    GuzziSport Posts: 604 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @BillJones said:

    @Mr_Colombo said:
    @BillJones That beer mug attached to the button is too cool, love it.

    Thank you!

    It's made celluoid which is unusual for a politcal piece of this era. Celluoid was most often used as the thin covering for paper labels that were on political and other buttons, like this Bryan "16 to 1" clock face piece from the 1896 campaign. These can be brittle and are subject cracking an chipping. In this case the beer mug is intact.

    That’s very cool.

    Other passions include golf, Moto Guzzi motorcycles, and Euro motorcycles in general.
    Chris

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