You guys really hit it out of the park this Saturday. @Copperindian I have to admit….that 1909-O stopped me dead in my tracks. Great history tied to that coin. Absolutely splendid!
@EastonCollection said:
Wow! - page 72 for this thread! is this a record?
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Sometimes I marvel not just at the "next page" and the number of posts, but the number of views this thread gets. I know some folks look a few times a week and they all count, but the math is pretty impressive.
When you consider @DCW started this thread just over 4 years ago ... 215 Saturdays ago! ... the fact that it will soon have over 83,000 views is kind of amazing. Yeah, that averages out to 386 views a week!!
Heck, we have averaged more than 16 posts a week!
Ok, yeah, I'm kind of a math nerd. Aren't most of us?
Anyway, as I remember, this thread gained traction right off the bat, so it somehow struck a cord. It's certainly the thread I most look forward to visiting now, week after week (and year after year!).
Thanks for all the coffee and laughs and oooo's and awww's from the all gorgeous displays of coins ...
For me, it’s the best thread of all! The quality & variety of the coins posted, along with the expertise of the contributing members is unmatched anywhere on these boards!
@EastonCollection said:
Wow! - page 72 for this thread! is this a record?
.
Sometimes I marvel not just at the "next page" and the number of posts, but the number of views this thread gets. I know some folks look a few times a week and they all count, but the math is pretty impressive.
When you consider @DCW started this thread just over 4 years ago ... 215 Saturdays ago! ... the fact that it will soon have over 83,000 views is kind of amazing. Yeah, that averages out to 386 views a week!!
Heck, we have averaged more than 16 posts a week!
Ok, yeah, I'm kind of a math nerd. Aren't most of us?
Anyway, as I remember, this thread gained traction right off the bat, so it somehow struck a cord. It's certainly the thread I most look forward to visiting now, week after week (and year after year!).
Thanks for all the coffee and laughs and oooo's and awww's from the all gorgeous displays of coins ...
does that make this the greatest parking lot find ever?
Sitting in a parking lot... waiting for his daughter at the ballet studio... that last part resonated with me because, not only was my daughter in ballet, I'd also need to have a coin diversion or a firearms diversion or whatever, when I dropped her off to dance!
Also, this thread was the mainstay of my week a couple of years ago when I was just starting a new job and limited posting to just one "check in" a week...
Collecting: Dansco 7070; Middle Date Large Cents (VF-AU); Box of 20;
Not enough sleep that's attributable to drinking too much coffee and a recent coin problem. My recent purchase is a 1830 Medium 10 JR-7 that upgraded a coin that I like. Right now, I am keeping both! below is a recent purchase-
@Eldorado9, @Inspired70 & @pursuitofliberty - Love the early stuff coins- all your examples are gorgeous! Thanks for sharing them with us coffee lovers.
This Saturday a coffee experiment - Starbuck’s brand red eye combo using Nespresso capsules.
Good enough to buy again & going well with this NO $5 QE:
Last week I posted a NO gold NEWP with some interesting factoids. This one also has what I’m learning is a fascinating history behind the “O” mint gold. Double thanks to Doug Winter for not only the coin but the story behind it!
“DW” estimates there are only 4 1845-O examples graded MS60 or higher, which makes it the rarest of the 14 NO minted QE’s. Further, there are only 6 CAC approved pieces in AU58 with only one higher!
This coin has excellent luster over clean, vibrant surfaces & is strong for the 58 grade. There is limited wear on the obv high spots, with the overall strike rated as excellent! Finally, there is no evidence this coin has ever been “messed” with as it appears to be wholly natural.
Lots of action here this AM - could I be the last one up?
Good morning, lads. Here is a token from the Elgin Watch Co. It enjoys a place on the cover of Russ Rulau's monumental work on American tokens, so it is very popular.
That is not the devil, by the way! It is father time choosing to hold an Elgin pocket watch for accuracy.
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
A new 1935 S in AU58 in a CACG holder showed up yesterday, which replaces a sub par example in my slider set, and later this afternoon a CACG 1935 in AU58+ is due to arrive replacing a very sub par example.
As of now it’s one of two graded by CACG.
The coffee is from Caffe Vita here in Seattle. It’s their Caffe Del Sol blend. Brewed on a prototype La Marzocco Linea Mini. 🇮🇹☕️
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.
Happy Saturday, not a. lot to show as I have a bunch out for grading at hosts....Well, here is a coin I have not yet taken delivery of and the colors are NOT as they appear thanks to pictures of pictures.I will post when they are in hand. These are pictures of a video at the auction site.....Raw, yes.
Cheers!
Love that Milled British (1830-1960) Well, just Love coins, period.
@pcgscacgold said:
Very cool @JWP I have seen a 49, 51 and 53, just like your 52, on a dealers site and was very tempted.
I bought it at a coin show in Corinth, MS. The dealer said this is the ony one that he has seen. He really did not want to sell it, but the sale was his priority Friday. I didn't know about double min sets let alone a set with all 3 mints included. I really like how each coin grade is shown on the reverse label. Still had believe that there 30 coins in this set. Then they put the envelopes in a holder too.
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Successful Transactions with more than 100 Members
@DCW said:
Good morning, lads. Here is a token from the Elgin Watch Co. It enjoys a place on the cover of Russ Rulau's monumental work on American tokens, so it is very popular.
That is not the devil, by the way! It is father time choosing to hold an Elgin pocket watch for accuracy.
The about uncirculated Elgin example that was one of five tokens used on the 2nd Edition cover was dumped (as expected) for a new & improved group of six tokens on the front of the 3rd Edition. The 4th (last - 2004) Edition continued the string of new covers with another six different tokens & medals.
This Elgin Father Time die was used on at least 15 different Elgin watch or exposition medals. Most of the medals were given with each watch purchased and included the name or serial number of the movement used in that individual watch. Uncirculated examples are uncommon (but not rare) due to the soft white metal used for the medals.
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You guys really hit it out of the park this Saturday.
@Copperindian I have to admit….that 1909-O stopped me dead in my tracks. Great history tied to that coin. Absolutely splendid!
Wow! - page 72 for this thread! is this a record?
.
Sometimes I marvel not just at the "next page" and the number of posts, but the number of views this thread gets. I know some folks look a few times a week and they all count, but the math is pretty impressive.
When you consider @DCW started this thread just over 4 years ago ... 215 Saturdays ago! ... the fact that it will soon have over 83,000 views is kind of amazing. Yeah, that averages out to 386 views a week!!
Heck, we have averaged more than 16 posts a week!
Ok, yeah, I'm kind of a math nerd.
Aren't most of us?
Anyway, as I remember, this thread gained traction right off the bat, so it somehow struck a cord. It's certainly the thread I most look forward to visiting now, week after week (and year after year!).
Thanks for all the coffee and laughs and oooo's and awww's from the all gorgeous displays of coins ...
... and to think, it was all started by @DCW
while he was, apparently
of all places
"sitting in a parking lot"
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does that make this the greatest parking lot find ever?
“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
For me, it’s the best thread of all! The quality & variety of the coins posted, along with the expertise of the contributing members is unmatched anywhere on these boards!
“The thrill of the hunt never gets old”
PCGS Registry: Screaming Eagles
Copperindian
Copperindian II
Indy Eagles
Gold Rush
Retired sets: Soaring Eagles
Copperindian
Nickelodeon
Early Walkers
Successful transactions: redraider, winesteven, renomedphys, splitaces, oreville, ajaan, Cent1225, onlyroosies, justindan, blitzdude, DesertMoon, johnnyb, Heubschgold, SunshineRareCoins, ParadimeCoins, ndeagles, Southern_Knights, pcgsregistrycollector
Ummm, a day late...Beautiful coin and a somewhat scarer date as well:
Well, just Love coins, period.
Sitting in a parking lot... waiting for his daughter at the ballet studio... that last part resonated with me because, not only was my daughter in ballet, I'd also need to have a coin diversion or a firearms diversion or whatever, when I dropped her off to dance!
Also, this thread was the mainstay of my week a couple of years ago when I was just starting a new job and limited posting to just one "check in" a week...
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.
Well this coin arrived in my mail box today. In hand it is stunning. My thanks to Winesteven for selling it to me.
Up early, drinking coffee. Inspecting one of the coins.
Happy Saturday friends!
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“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
go back to sleep - its too early @pursuitofliberty
Not enough sleep that's attributable to drinking too much coffee and a recent coin problem. My recent purchase is a 1830 Medium 10 JR-7 that upgraded a coin that I like. Right now, I am keeping both! below is a recent purchase-
I'm up too early too! But I got my Kona coffee, and was enjoying watching the cats playing....They have early morning energy.
This little ultra gem keeps catching my eye. PF-67+
Morning all you good coffee drinking numismatic souls!!
An early 1808 MS66+ CAC Bust Half ex Newman/Green to add to this spectacular thread.
@Eldorado9, @Inspired70 & @pursuitofliberty - Love the early stuff coins- all your examples are gorgeous! Thanks for sharing them with us coffee lovers.
@pursuitofliberty todd were you up at 4am looking at a coin? You’ve got a PROBLEM
BHNC #248 … 140 and counting.
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5 am Brother! Okay, maybe a little before
“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
So, in the mean time, enjoy a couple newps. Looks like I started a small Early Quarters collection.
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Successful BST with drddm, BustDMs, Pnies20, lkeigwin, pursuitofliberty, Bullsitter, felinfoel, SPalladino
$5 Type Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/type-sets/half-eagle-type-set-circulation-strikes-1795-1929/album/344192
CBH Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/everyman-collections/everyman-half-dollars/everyman-capped-bust-half-dollars-1807-1839/album/345572
Looking at my 28-118a PCGS AU55 gold CAC and doing whatever this one wants while mom sleeps in
BHNC #248 … 140 and counting.
How about a little premade latte and a newly acquired Barber proof?
Nothing is as expensive as free money.
Good Morning Everyone! ...shakin' the cobwebs out and getting the coffee brewed... in the meantime:
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.
This Saturday a coffee experiment - Starbuck’s brand red eye combo using Nespresso capsules.
Good enough to buy again & going well with this NO $5 QE:
Last week I posted a NO gold NEWP with some interesting factoids. This one also has what I’m learning is a fascinating history behind the “O” mint gold. Double thanks to Doug Winter for not only the coin but the story behind it!
“DW” estimates there are only 4 1845-O examples graded MS60 or higher, which makes it the rarest of the 14 NO minted QE’s. Further, there are only 6 CAC approved pieces in AU58 with only one higher!
This coin has excellent luster over clean, vibrant surfaces & is strong for the 58 grade. There is limited wear on the obv high spots, with the overall strike rated as excellent! Finally, there is no evidence this coin has ever been “messed” with as it appears to be wholly natural.
Lots of action here this AM - could I be the last one up?
“The thrill of the hunt never gets old”
PCGS Registry: Screaming Eagles
Copperindian
Copperindian II
Indy Eagles
Gold Rush
Retired sets: Soaring Eagles
Copperindian
Nickelodeon
Early Walkers
Successful transactions: redraider, winesteven, renomedphys, splitaces, oreville, ajaan, Cent1225, onlyroosies, justindan, blitzdude, DesertMoon, johnnyb, Heubschgold, SunshineRareCoins, ParadimeCoins, ndeagles, Southern_Knights, pcgsregistrycollector
Good morning, lads. Here is a token from the Elgin Watch Co. It enjoys a place on the cover of Russ Rulau's monumental work on American tokens, so it is very popular.
That is not the devil, by the way! It is father time choosing to hold an Elgin pocket watch for accuracy.
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
Looking for PCGS AU58 Washington's, 32-63.
I spent a fair amount of time last week working with our hosts to develop this new registry set -> https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/composite/9671
Spending my early morning enjoying looking at the coins in there, thinking about who needs exhorting to start their set, and plotting potential newps.
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I found this 1952 P D S Double Mint Set at a coin show yesterday.
I have never seen one like this in a sealed case.
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
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@lermish: congrats on a job well done!
“The thrill of the hunt never gets old”
PCGS Registry: Screaming Eagles
Copperindian
Copperindian II
Indy Eagles
Gold Rush
Retired sets: Soaring Eagles
Copperindian
Nickelodeon
Early Walkers
Successful transactions: redraider, winesteven, renomedphys, splitaces, oreville, ajaan, Cent1225, onlyroosies, justindan, blitzdude, DesertMoon, johnnyb, Heubschgold, SunshineRareCoins, ParadimeCoins, ndeagles, Southern_Knights, pcgsregistrycollector
Happy Saturday gents! Spring break is finally upon me, and I am reveling in the freedom it presents.
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It’s peace dollar Saturday for me today…
A new 1935 S in AU58 in a CACG holder showed up yesterday, which replaces a sub par example in my slider set, and later this afternoon a CACG 1935 in AU58+ is due to arrive replacing a very sub par example.
As of now it’s one of two graded by CACG.
The coffee is from Caffe Vita here in Seattle. It’s their Caffe Del Sol blend. Brewed on a prototype La Marzocco Linea Mini. 🇮🇹☕️
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.
Happy Saturday, not a. lot to show as I have a bunch out for grading at hosts....Well, here is a coin I have not yet taken delivery of and the colors are NOT as they appear thanks to pictures of pictures.I will post when they are in hand. These are pictures of a video at the auction site.....Raw, yes.
Cheers!
Well, just Love coins, period.
Very cool @JWP I have seen a 49, 51 and 53, just like your 52, on a dealers site and was very tempted.
Successful BST with drddm, BustDMs, Pnies20, lkeigwin, pursuitofliberty, Bullsitter, felinfoel, SPalladino
$5 Type Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/type-sets/half-eagle-type-set-circulation-strikes-1795-1929/album/344192
CBH Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/everyman-collections/everyman-half-dollars/everyman-capped-bust-half-dollars-1807-1839/album/345572
I bought it at a coin show in Corinth, MS. The dealer said this is the ony one that he has seen. He really did not want to sell it, but the sale was his priority Friday. I didn't know about double min sets let alone a set with all 3 mints included. I really like how each coin grade is shown on the reverse label. Still had believe that there 30 coins in this set. Then they put the envelopes in a holder too.
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
Successful Transactions with more than 100 Members
PM me @JWP if you want to see the three that go with it. Look exactly the same.
Successful BST with drddm, BustDMs, Pnies20, lkeigwin, pursuitofliberty, Bullsitter, felinfoel, SPalladino
$5 Type Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/type-sets/half-eagle-type-set-circulation-strikes-1795-1929/album/344192
CBH Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/everyman-collections/everyman-half-dollars/everyman-capped-bust-half-dollars-1807-1839/album/345572
These arrived back from CACG.
CACG XF40
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CACG AU58 crossed from ANACS AU55
The about uncirculated Elgin example that was one of five tokens used on the 2nd Edition cover was dumped (as expected) for a new & improved group of six tokens on the front of the 3rd Edition. The 4th (last - 2004) Edition continued the string of new covers with another six different tokens & medals.
This Elgin Father Time die was used on at least 15 different Elgin watch or exposition medals. Most of the medals were given with each watch purchased and included the name or serial number of the movement used in that individual watch. Uncirculated examples are uncommon (but not rare) due to the soft white metal used for the medals.