Nice DDO…..ear doubling is strong on this one. I bought the 83 DDR and 84 DDO from one of the original discoverers of those two error coins… (at least he was a dealer and claimed he was one of the finders. 😉)
USAF (Ret) 1974 - 1994 - The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. Remembering RickO, a brother in arms.
I already posted in this thread, but the coin I posted (the toned Canadian dollar) wasn't mine when I posted it. I found it and had to buy it. Now it's mine. A satisfying feeling.
Phil Arnold Director of Photography, GreatCollections
greatcollections.com
@Ronsanderson said:
I posted some cents earlier, but how about nickels?
What's the grade of that 50-D on the bottom?
PCGS gave it an MS66+. It is not an FS because of the post-strike impact at the left side of the steps. I don’t get the rationale - if this is a strike designation it should only be about the strike, not about some random impact that happened later.
PCGS gave it an MS66+. It is not an FS because of the post-strike impact at the left side of the steps. I don’t get the rationale - if this is a strike designation it should only be about the strike, not about some random impact that happened later.
Thanks @Ronsanderson It's a great looking coin. I was comparing it to a 67 FS I recently had graded.
Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )
I paid way too much for this many years ago. Franklin Half Dollars were has hot as firecrackers in the early 1980s.
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 ... ?
A little OT for a second. Talking about age and our hobby.. Made me think of doing an AI search. 🤣 🤣 For some reason, I'm thinking the vast majority of us are all in the same boat. 🤣
AI Overview:
While specific hobbies vary widely by individual, some activities often stereo-typically associated with older white men include golf, coin collecting, fishing, gardening, woodworking, and classic car restoration. It is important to note that these are broad generalizations and do not reflect the diverse interests of all older white men.
Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )
1958 Proof Set, damaged packaging, all coins have some sort of toning. This is the first time I have brought this out of storage in many years, didn't realize the packaging was damaged.
@OAKSTAR said:
A little OT for a second. Talking about age and our hobby.. Made me think of doing an AI search. 🤣 🤣 For some reason, I'm thinking the vast majority of us are all in the same boat. 🤣
AI Overview:
While specific hobbies vary widely by individual, some activities often stereo-typically associated with older white men include golf, coin collecting, fishing, gardening, woodworking, and classic car restoration. It is important to note that these are broad generalizations and do not reflect the diverse interests of all older white men.
Here’s something else from my birth year, 1961 🌞
The pages are out of order, would have taken too much effort to post them one at a time. Not every page loaded right either, but you get the idea.
@Mr_Spud . Talk about a flash from the past. I was born in 1961. My brother Don bought the Teasure huntbook and the Lincoln folder. He lost interest and gave it to me in the later 60's. I found the coins would fall out way too easy so I threw it away and stuck with my Whitman blue folders. James
No, the coins aren't damaged, just the cellophane packaging. The Franklin 50 cent piece, which had the most damaged part of the packaging, is like a deep purple color
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I'm still young! Lol
USAF (Ret.) 1985 - 2005. E-4B Aircraft Maintenance Crew Chief and Contracting Officer.
My current Registry sets:
✓ Everyman Mint State Carson City Morgan Dollars (1878 – 1893)
✓ Everyman Mint State Lincoln Cents (1909 – 1958)
✓ Morgan Dollar GSA Hoard (1878 – 1891)
Based on my calculations, you're the oldest posting member of the boards.
1956 for me.
Here are toned and untoned 1956 Proof Sets with Major Varieties that I have assembled from raw cherrypicks.
PF67CAM
PF67CAM
PF68CAM
PF68CAM
TYPE 1 PF66CAM
TYPE 2 PF68+CAM
PF67
PF67 (terrible Trueview, looks better in hand)
PF67
PF67
TYPE 1 PF67
TYPE 2 PF67+
1954 Proof Set - all DCam
Better photos posted below....
“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!
MS67RD from a great year
It's the "correct" year for me and I was born very near San Francisco so I doubly like this coin. PCGS has graded it MS67+
Nice DDO…..ear doubling is strong on this one. I bought the 83 DDR and 84 DDO from one of the original discoverers of those two error coins… (at least he was a dealer and claimed he was one of the finders. 😉)
I posted some cents earlier, but how about nickels?
USAF (Ret) 1974 - 1994 - The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. Remembering RickO, a brother in arms.
I see this thread is back up. I posted a P mint Franklin to start it. How about a D mint Franklin?
U.S. Type Set
1946
Not my coin but I've always loved the design...
1967 50C PCGS SMS68 CAM
BST transactions: dbldie55, jayPem, 78saen, UltraHighRelief, nibanny, liefgold, FallGuy, lkeigwin, mbogoman, Sandman70gt, keets, joeykoins, ianrussell (@GC), EagleEye, ThePennyLady, GRANDAM, Ilikecolor, Gluggo, okiedude, Voyageur, LJenkins11, fastfreddie, ms70, pursuitofliberty, ZoidMeister,Coin Finder, GotTheBug, edwardjulio, Coinnmore, Nickpatton, Namvet69,...
"Got a flaming heart, can't get my fill"
I posted back when the thread started but here’s another:
I already posted in this thread, but the coin I posted (the toned Canadian dollar) wasn't mine when I posted it. I found it and had to buy it. Now it's mine. A satisfying feeling.
Phil Arnold
Director of Photography, GreatCollections
greatcollections.com
What's the grade of that 50-D on the bottom?
Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )
hmmm... can't seem to post a picture to this thread... upload fails.
Successful BST transactions with: SilverEagles92; Ahrensdad; Smitty; GregHansen; Lablade; Mercury10c; copperflopper; whatsup; KISHU1; scrapman1077, crispy, canadanz, smallchange, robkool, Mission16, ranshdow, ibzman350, Fallguy, Collectorcoins, SurfinxHI, jwitten, Walkerguy21D, dsessom.
The 1948 Ben Franklin Half Dollar reverse design was taken from the 1926 Sesquicentennial Half Dollar.
Jim
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.....Mark Twain
PCGS gave it an MS66+. It is not an FS because of the post-strike impact at the left side of the steps. I don’t get the rationale - if this is a strike designation it should only be about the strike, not about some random impact that happened later.
Thanks @Ronsanderson It's a great looking coin. I was comparing it to a 67 FS I recently had graded.
Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )
With 1.3 oz of bullion, this just became my most valuable coin.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
...UNCLE! reverse pic won't upload...
Successful BST transactions with: SilverEagles92; Ahrensdad; Smitty; GregHansen; Lablade; Mercury10c; copperflopper; whatsup; KISHU1; scrapman1077, crispy, canadanz, smallchange, robkool, Mission16, ranshdow, ibzman350, Fallguy, Collectorcoins, SurfinxHI, jwitten, Walkerguy21D, dsessom.
Man, your Mom must have been in labor for a really long time!!! 1941-1945?
U.S. Type Set
LOL, It's a WWII commemorative so it has the dates of the war but the coin was minted in my birth year, 1975.
I paid way too much for this many years ago. Franklin Half Dollars were has hot as firecrackers in the early 1980s.
A little OT for a second. Talking about age and our hobby.. Made me think of doing an AI search. 🤣 🤣 For some reason, I'm thinking the vast majority of us are all in the same boat. 🤣
AI Overview:
While specific hobbies vary widely by individual, some activities often stereo-typically associated with older white men include golf, coin collecting, fishing, gardening, woodworking, and classic car restoration. It is important to note that these are broad generalizations and do not reflect the diverse interests of all older white men.
Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )
Good thing we don't see any "mustard" there...
U.S. Type Set
1958 Proof Set, damaged packaging, all coins have some sort of toning. This is the first time I have brought this out of storage in many years, didn't realize the packaging was damaged.
@Iceberg77 - Was the coin damaged?
Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )
Crack still kills 🤢
Here’s something else from my birth year, 1961 🌞
The pages are out of order, would have taken too much effort to post them one at a time. Not every page loaded right either, but you get the idea.
Mr_Spud
I picked up this 1961 Christmas Tree Dime holder recently from eBay too as another example of a numismatic related item from my birth year 🌝
Mr_Spud
I've been working in my birthyear proof set in dcam for a very long time. The nickel and dime are particularly tough in dcam.
PR67 Dcam
PR68 Dcam
PR66 Dcam (cert 30611928
PR67 Dcam
PR67 Dcam
“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!
Smoothed and cleaned …. bad previous collectors.
Ah, but a great year.
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@Mr_Spud . Talk about a flash from the past. I was born in 1961. My brother Don bought the Teasure huntbook and the Lincoln folder. He lost interest and gave it to me in the later 60's. I found the coins would fall out way too easy so I threw it away and stuck with my Whitman blue folders. James
Not quite…..
Thanks for looking..
Vlad (The Impaler)
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.
No, the coins aren't damaged, just the cellophane packaging. The Franklin 50 cent piece, which had the most damaged part of the packaging, is like a deep purple color