First @lordmarcovan , I absolutely LOVE your Love Tokens. What an absolutely great collection. Talk about art!!! Gorgeous!
Second, perhaps keep in the back of your mind maximizing value of some of your high three-figure or higher coins by the time of sale, if that’s of any importance to you or your heirs. Chances are many of your coins will net more if the CAC stickers many of your coins merit are actually on the holders at the time of sale. Many heirs won’t know how to do it. Finally, even JA implied that when he retires when his current contract is up in a few years that the CAC stickering operation may cease, other than for re-stickering previously stickered coins that got/get reholdered. That would probably drive more business to their grading operation (CACG). IF that should happen, then chances are, due to the fixed supply, the current pricing differential between stickered coins and their non-stickered counterparts will likely increase. Your current posting of your 1886 PR64CAM Dime is a prime example.
Back to business. Here’s my coin for today:
Steve
A day without fine wine and working on your coin collection is like a day without sunshine!!!
No Carson City dimes yet? Mine will be lousy examples, though I'm personally nostalgic for the 1876-CC below. It was the first CC coin I bought as a young collector years ago.
Custom album maker and numismatic photographer.
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My grandmother was born in 1883. She was always looking for 1883 dated coins. This piece was in her collection.
Two Barber Dimes.
This 1898 is graded PR-64, CAM.
This 1913 is part of an assembled Proof set. It is a darkly toned, original piece which is graded PR-66.
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 ... ?
Newbie collector of type and circulated Peace dollars, photographer of places and animals, player of instruments and builder of amplifiers, espresso industry professional, and a person distracted by shiny objects. https://mycollect.com/Rule556/sets
Today we move on to the Winged Liberty Dime, better known as the Mercury Dime (1916-45).
It was a Mercury dime which started my numismatic journey. This year I will celebrate my 50th anniversary as a numismatist. On November 25, 1976, I was not quite eleven years old. That day was Thanksgiving Day, and we were visiting my step-grandmother's big old house in Atlanta. The grownups wanted me out of the kitchen, so they asked me to set the table for the upcoming feast. In the silverware drawer of the sideboard in the dining room, I found a 1936 dime. That coin, forty years old then, seemed incredibly ancient to me at the time.
I still have it somewhere. Here it is- the very first coin in my collection.
This is my current Mercury dime type coin. I chose a 1944 since that was my mother's birthyear.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
Newbie collector of type and circulated Peace dollars, photographer of places and animals, player of instruments and builder of amplifiers, espresso industry professional, and a person distracted by shiny objects. https://mycollect.com/Rule556/sets
Today we move on into the Roosevelt dimes; specifically the Roosevelt Dime Silver (1946-64).
Do not post any CLAD Roosevelt dimes today- that's tomorrow's type!
I do not presently have an example of this type in my collection. My only silver Roosies are in my metal detector finds album, and those are not imaged.
Newbie collector of type and circulated Peace dollars, photographer of places and animals, player of instruments and builder of amplifiers, espresso industry professional, and a person distracted by shiny objects. https://mycollect.com/Rule556/sets
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First @lordmarcovan , I absolutely LOVE your Love Tokens. What an absolutely great collection. Talk about art!!! Gorgeous!
Second, perhaps keep in the back of your mind maximizing value of some of your high three-figure or higher coins by the time of sale, if that’s of any importance to you or your heirs. Chances are many of your coins will net more if the CAC stickers many of your coins merit are actually on the holders at the time of sale. Many heirs won’t know how to do it. Finally, even JA implied that when he retires when his current contract is up in a few years that the CAC stickering operation may cease, other than for re-stickering previously stickered coins that got/get reholdered. That would probably drive more business to their grading operation (CACG). IF that should happen, then chances are, due to the fixed supply, the current pricing differential between stickered coins and their non-stickered counterparts will likely increase. Your current posting of your 1886 PR64CAM Dime is a prime example.
Back to business. Here’s my coin for today:
Steve
My collecting “Pride & Joy” is my PCGS Registry Dansco 7070 Set:
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/design-type-sets/complete-dansco-7070-modified-type-set-1796-date/publishedset/213996
Casual collector slowly building a collection....
@lordmarcovan outstanding love token collection. thanks for sharing !!
Top 10 Cal Fractional Type Set
successful BST with Ankurj, BigAl, Bullsitter, CommemKing, DCW(7), DesertMoon, Downtown1974, Elmerfusterpuck, Joelewis, Mach1ne, Minuteman810430, Modcrewman, Nankraut, Nederveit2, Philographer(5), Proofcollection, Realgator, Silverpop, SurfinxHI, TomB and Yorkshireman(3)
55/CAC, CAC POP 4/8, F-101, R-4
End Systemic Elitism - It Takes All of Us
ANA LM, LSCC, EAC, FUN
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.
WOW
Top 10 Cal Fractional Type Set
successful BST with Ankurj, BigAl, Bullsitter, CommemKing, DCW(7), DesertMoon, Downtown1974, Elmerfusterpuck, Joelewis, Mach1ne, Minuteman810430, Modcrewman, Nankraut, Nederveit2, Philographer(5), Proofcollection, Realgator, Silverpop, SurfinxHI, TomB and Yorkshireman(3)
W😍W, indeed!
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
Mr_Spud
- Bob -
MPL's - Lincolns of Color
Central Valley Roosevelts
another WOW !!
Top 10 Cal Fractional Type Set
successful BST with Ankurj, BigAl, Bullsitter, CommemKing, DCW(7), DesertMoon, Downtown1974, Elmerfusterpuck, Joelewis, Mach1ne, Minuteman810430, Modcrewman, Nankraut, Nederveit2, Philographer(5), Proofcollection, Realgator, Silverpop, SurfinxHI, TomB and Yorkshireman(3)
^ Yep. Ditto.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
My Collection of Old Holders
Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
No Carson City dimes yet? Mine will be lousy examples, though I'm personally nostalgic for the 1876-CC below. It was the first CC coin I bought as a young collector years ago.
Custom album maker and numismatic photographer.
Need a personalized album made? Design it on the website below and I'll build it for you.
https://www.donahuenumismatics.com/.
Good morning. It is February 17th.
Today our type is the Liberty Head Dime (1892-1916), better known as the Barber Dime.
While I do not have one in my current primary collection, this was my former "best of type": a PCGS MS64 CAC.
(I also had a white MS64 at one time, though the images of that are so bad I won't bother posting them.)
Here is a Barber dime pictorial love token I used to have. I called it "The Greene Swan".
I also of course have a Barber dime in my "holey" 19th century type set.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
I’m lovin’ these Love Tokens of yours, @lordmarcovan !
Here’s a dime from my “Work in Progress” Proof Barber Dime set:
Steve
My collecting “Pride & Joy” is my PCGS Registry Dansco 7070 Set:
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/design-type-sets/complete-dansco-7070-modified-type-set-1796-date/publishedset/213996
I don't have any of these in great condition--I really should work on that!
Casual collector slowly building a collection....
AU 58 (CAC)
MS66 CAC from my first year Barber set.
Top 10 Cal Fractional Type Set
successful BST with Ankurj, BigAl, Bullsitter, CommemKing, DCW(7), DesertMoon, Downtown1974, Elmerfusterpuck, Joelewis, Mach1ne, Minuteman810430, Modcrewman, Nankraut, Nederveit2, Philographer(5), Proofcollection, Realgator, Silverpop, SurfinxHI, TomB and Yorkshireman(3)
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.
Mr_Spud
End Systemic Elitism - It Takes All of Us
ANA LM, LSCC, EAC, FUN
Love it!
Too far behind, so I will catch up.
Legend Obverse Dime. Graded MS-66, CAM.
My grandmother was born in 1883. She was always looking for 1883 dated coins. This piece was in her collection.
Two Barber Dimes.
This 1898 is graded PR-64, CAM.
This 1913 is part of an assembled Proof set. It is a darkly toned, original piece which is graded PR-66.
My Collection of Old Holders
Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
Love the toners 👍
Newbie collector of type and circulated Peace dollars, photographer of places and animals, player of instruments and builder of amplifiers, espresso industry professional, and a person distracted by shiny objects. https://mycollect.com/Rule556/sets
Good morning, and welcome to February 18th.
Today we move on to the Winged Liberty Dime, better known as the Mercury Dime (1916-45).
It was a Mercury dime which started my numismatic journey. This year I will celebrate my 50th anniversary as a numismatist. On November 25, 1976, I was not quite eleven years old. That day was Thanksgiving Day, and we were visiting my step-grandmother's big old house in Atlanta. The grownups wanted me out of the kitchen, so they asked me to set the table for the upcoming feast. In the silverware drawer of the sideboard in the dining room, I found a 1936 dime. That coin, forty years old then, seemed incredibly ancient to me at the time.
I still have it somewhere. Here it is- the very first coin in my collection.
This is my current Mercury dime type coin. I chose a 1944 since that was my mother's birthyear.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
Token Catalog #TC-613862.
Some of y'all have these. I no longer have any myself, so they're technically "obsolete".
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
Here are two, one is a Business Strike, the other a Proof. Unlike most of my silver coins that don’t have much color, these have color!
Steve
My collecting “Pride & Joy” is my PCGS Registry Dansco 7070 Set:
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/design-type-sets/complete-dansco-7070-modified-type-set-1796-date/publishedset/213996
I have the one from Oak Ridge, can’t locate it—
The mercury dime slot in my set has been an odyssey, tbh. Though this is currently keeping the seat warm, my eyes remain peeled.
Near terminal toning + 67/68 luster = this thing. The TV is not our hosts best work.
MS 67+ FB (CAC)
42/41-D
Casual collector slowly building a collection....
I like this look.
MS67+
Top 10 Cal Fractional Type Set
successful BST with Ankurj, BigAl, Bullsitter, CommemKing, DCW(7), DesertMoon, Downtown1974, Elmerfusterpuck, Joelewis, Mach1ne, Minuteman810430, Modcrewman, Nankraut, Nederveit2, Philographer(5), Proofcollection, Realgator, Silverpop, SurfinxHI, TomB and Yorkshireman(3)
Mr_Spud
Newbie collector of type and circulated Peace dollars, photographer of places and animals, player of instruments and builder of amplifiers, espresso industry professional, and a person distracted by shiny objects. https://mycollect.com/Rule556/sets
Album coin...
...probably should reimage this coin... and I just realized this coin has a mintmark!!... and I have the wrong date!! lol!!
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.
Beautiful!
Casual collector slowly building a collection....
If we were all the same, the world would be an incredibly boring place.
Tommy
- Bob -
MPL's - Lincolns of Color
Central Valley Roosevelts
Picked this up at a coin shop after wasting 2 hours driving to a coin show a week too early
My Collection of Old Holders
Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
Good morning. It is Thursday the 19th.
Today we move on into the Roosevelt dimes; specifically the Roosevelt Dime Silver (1946-64).
Do not post any CLAD Roosevelt dimes today- that's tomorrow's type!
I do not presently have an example of this type in my collection. My only silver Roosies are in my metal detector finds album, and those are not imaged.
So I will reach way, way back to my circa 2001-2002-ish ancient PCGS Registry type set to find one.
I did all my images on a flatbed scanner back then, so these small, wretched pics are all I have.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
MS 66+ FB
Just coming in under the buzzer with this one...
Casual collector slowly building a collection....
MS66 from BST ... no photo. upgrade candidate !!!
Top 10 Cal Fractional Type Set
successful BST with Ankurj, BigAl, Bullsitter, CommemKing, DCW(7), DesertMoon, Downtown1974, Elmerfusterpuck, Joelewis, Mach1ne, Minuteman810430, Modcrewman, Nankraut, Nederveit2, Philographer(5), Proofcollection, Realgator, Silverpop, SurfinxHI, TomB and Yorkshireman(3)
Newbie collector of type and circulated Peace dollars, photographer of places and animals, player of instruments and builder of amplifiers, espresso industry professional, and a person distracted by shiny objects. https://mycollect.com/Rule556/sets