Most amazing coin you ever held in your hand NOT in a TPG holder
tonedcoinlover
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For me it was when Russ Logan allowed me to hold the 1814 Platinum Bust Half Dollar. He placed in my hand back in the mid 1970's at the MSNS show in Dearborn Michigan. I was able to repeat this event when Dr. Chuck Link did the same thing but in a new PCGS holder.
What stories do you have?
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My old coin dealer was both a dealer and a collector. He had a few coins that I had never seen but I got to hold including a few quarters on Sacajawea planchets a 1944 steel cent and a proof early cent (1800’s) sadly all are encapsulated now but it was cool holding those raw coins.
My current registry sets:
20th Century Type Set
Virtual DANSCO 7070
Slabbed IHC set - Missing the Anacs Slabbed coins
Three 1804 Dollars (two naked, one in a Capital Plastic holder; five 1913 Liberty Head nickels (all in KoinTains, but all at the same time; two 1894-S Dimes (naked); one each 1870-S $3 and Half Dime (naked); several Pan-Pac $50s……..
Pan-Pac Set, complete in purple velvet / satin case. Probably sometime in late 1990/early 1991? I think it was shortly after the WFOM in Seattle that year (1990).
Was able to hold the $50's raw, as well as the half. That was mind numbing and heart stopping. I think I was too afraid to pull the $2.5 or the dollar out, but I really don't remember. I think I blacked out a little!
“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
I once held 10 or 11 circulated raw Double Eagles in a coin shop years ago. Just the sound, the feel and weight was impressive! I shuffled them in my hands like a deck of cards! 🤣 👍
Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )
An extremely fine New England shilling and a Willow Tree sixpence in VF.
A Birch Cent. Gem Unc!
Sunshine Rare Coins
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3 au/unc Chain cents.
A 1895 Morgan in gem proof. The owner said it was the last one he bought to complete his set of proof Morgan Dollars and said he overpaid at $8.10 just to get it over with. I also helped him put away his set of proof Seated Dollars and Pattern Dollars (edited to spell dollars correctly) he had on display at a coin show.
it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide
1921 Proof Peace dollar.
1799 AU Draped Bust Dollar (B-10, BB-163) - Blue Peripheral Target Toning
Stuart
Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal
"Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
A low grade Chain Cent.
Dave
The finest 1885 trade dollar. Still raw
Brasher Doubloon back in the 70s in New York, I forgot what auction
Mike
My Indians
Dansco Set
Claflin encased postage stamp, some time ago at Steve Tannenbaum's table at a Baltimore show.
Ed. S.
(EJS)
An 1796 quarter, vg 6. This one was the one with the 6 further away, 4+ r if I remember right
Sitting in a couple’s living room and flipping through her inherited dad’s collection of albums turned-up a mint 1916 SLQ. It certified as MS66 and it sold for them at a FUN auction for $30,000.