@EastonCollection said:
Coffee, Coffee & coffee - Today, I didn't get enough coffee and its a tough day....Ugh
here is a copper one to hopefully wake me up. I do love this thread and all the fabulous coins...

The presentation of that coin makes it look like an animated cartoon, pretty amazing.

Always loved this little coin, and Barber dimes are not my thing. CACG 63 but in hand really nice eye appeal:

Classic Wyon George and the Dragon, British of course:

This went 64FB but I am trying to find ANY wear on contacts, so bias of ownership, LOL

My coins and coffee buddies:

Rainy day cup of coffee in hand going to read most of the day and watch the NHL Stanley Cup game this evening. Added this semi-key date recently (a little higher grade than I am use to buying):

Happy Saturday Everyone!
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This is really the best thread on the forum (IMHO)!
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@Copperindian that 1858 Pattern Proof is truly amazing!
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A recent pick up of mine...
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Happy Sat guys...Here are some favorite eagles!

GM everyone!
First time, I didn't have a cup of coffee yet. Why - I am so wired for the NY Knicks. Hopefully going to MSG (or maybe Radio Center Music Hall) for a watch party later on today
Can't wait and super excited!
Go Knicks - cheers to the Knicks here is another half cent - Go Knicks! Knicks in 5!

Coffee in hand and going to sit outside and enjoy the nice weather.

Recent addition:

Still home for my Saturday Red Eye! AAAHHHHH:

Today I have one of my “focus” coins:

“Focus” for me means one of my two specialty types - IHC’s (the other is FE’s). A little more to the focus part, though, & that’s building another Registry set that concentrates on RD’s. Today’s coin is a recent acquisition that replaces a RB I had in the set. I acquired it from another Registry collector who replaced this coin with a 67RD.
IMO, both coins are absolutely fabulous & essentially flawless. We’re both extremely happy with the transaction(s).

Good morning Coffee and with Coins friends!

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Well, as I said last week, I was off an away in North Carolina, visiting with coin friends (9 other BHNC Nuts attended) ... and we had a great time. I think I looked at about 500 or so CBH's in hand, and probably near half of the entire CBH P58+cac population was in the same room at one time. Mind boggling stuff.

One of the members, who I absolutley love hanging out and looking at coins with, sat next to me while we looked at about 250 or so coins together over several sessions. We played games like ... "natural or enhanced toning?", "graded right or wrong?" "should it have/get a sticker, or not?" and sometimes when presented with duplicates, "which one would YOU pick?"

He's pretty candid ... well, so am I ... and so sometimes we needed to keep our voices down!

Anyway, it was great to see some of the people there, as most of them are folks I really, really enjoy.

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As expected I had two boxes coming in this week, and as happens sometimes, they both came in yesterday. The image is yesterday's coffee because I can tell you ... for sure ... I did NOT wait until this morning to open those boxes!

Rest assured I have coffee this morning too ... you think I could write all this without at least a cup or two!!

Now I just need to figure out how to reload the war chest before Pittsburg this summer!

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The coins, clockwise from the top right, at 2:00

The 34-110 is a gorgeous grey dirt beauty that I was fortunate enough to get from the new GFRC. Thanks Darrel and Matt! You guys are awesome to work with and this is really a great example of this elusive late date die marriage.

Next is the 36-122, which is a fantastic and stunning coin. Originally I felt I probably paid a little too much for this one ... but great coins aren't cheap, and she's a screamer in hand. After receiving her, I decided it was "too much money well spent." This coin is also featured on the http://maibockaddict.com/ website as the featured coin for this DM if you want to get a different look.

The 27-131 is a solid example with nice color, luster and surfaces, and the 36-113a has a really cool (and entirely unusual) obverse series of die cracks (it is the latest DS at 113.6). Both of these and the 34-110 will have better images soon.

Finally, the other star of the show is the 27-121 (ex-Davignon) in the center, a superfluous coin once described by Sheridan Downey as "Superb album toning with virtually pristine surfaces" and "This enchanting coin exudes originality". Yep, that's about right!

For reference, the four coins other than the one from GFRC are from an anonymous source. I am very thankful that a very good friend in the Club, who I would absolutley "go into the fire with", made me aware these were being sold ... and glad I was able to secure them.

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Last images this morning.

The first coin is the obverse and reverse shots of the 27-121 (ex-Davignon) in the center. These were taken by Mellissa Kahn sometime in the past, and she did a fantastic job capturing the coin.

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The next is the obverse and reverse shots of the 36-122. I believe these were taken by Phil Arnold, which is a nice touch to have as he always seems to capture the look color and textures well.

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Anyway ... Happy Saturday!!

Not really a Morgan guy but here I am with two new Morgans which lived very different lives.

Morning Everyone: Enjoying some color this morning on a 1879-S CAC Morgan. Coffee tastes particularly well this morning.

GoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooDMornin' Coin Collectors! Happy Saturday!!

Happy Sat Gents. @pursuitofliberty Man those are nice....The 1836 in particular is just fabulous...The Reverse looks MS-66+!

A couple pop 1/0 for your sat viewing!

It’s Saturday, time for a Red Eye with my favorite thread:

There’s a QE thread that saw a lot of action this past week; I have this NEWP to post there but it’s a good fit here too:

In prior posts, I’ve stated how much I like the Classic Head design. I’ve also noticed there’s a good deal of interest in the “C” & “D” mint pieces. But what about the “O” mint? I’ll defer to Doug Winter here. Paraphrasing:
“This is a historic & numismatically significant issue. It was the very first gold coin produced @ the NO mint. It is the only Classic Head design in any denomination produced in NO & highlighted by the mm placed above the date on the obverse. It is therefore a one year type, making it popular with & saved by collectors. It is less rare in high grades than many of the 1840’s dates & is available up to & including the AU55 level”.
This example is fairly well struck & minimally abraided. Surfaces appear original, with the green gold color consistent with this date. Frosty luster is evident & typical for the AU50 grade.

Just a little ways in today, trying to get the right caffeine balance. Nice coins this morning!

This is the 1834 O-110 that was part of the haul I showed last weekend. I should probably shoot this coin myself since I have four sets of images, and none of them really do the coin justice (100%) ... so let me take you through how the buy went, in my mind.

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First I see the coin on the GFRC 2.0 Website.

I verify the Overton. It's a top 3 Die Marriage for the Date, and one I need. Nice grade, right plastic, looks like nice original surfaces.

Their description (including spelling errors ): Ex Link. Near Gem, Medallic in Appearance. From the Evergreen collection. This near gem AU 58CAC bust half has a hammered strike giving liberty a high relief appearance. The coin is silver grey with nice luster. Liberty's portrait is immuculate.

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Now at this point I like the coin, but am not 100% sold, because I just don't feel that this is quite the color I'll see, in hand (spoiler alert, it wasn't!). But I'm close. The coin looks solid and I am compelled to pick up the phone. I THINK I know, but ...

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Then I see a TrueView, and an earlier (?) PCGS image.

Okay. Now honestly, I'm not sure these helped or hurt my thought process! You can decide, but I'm sure you understand the dilemma.

Although my brain had more images to consider, trying to find the look I thought I'd see was still a little uncertain ... meh!

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And then finally I found a set of images I understood from an old Legend auction and I felt like I knew what the coin would look like in hand. Eureka!

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And so I called Matt, and he was tied up, but got back to me immediately. Then I called Daryl and we made sure this one was going to come here for a visit. In the end, glad I saw it, and glad I reacted as it probably wouldn't have lasted long. Especially these days.

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FWIW, the last images (from Legend) look fairly close to the coin in hand to my eye, just for those trying to understand.

And the GFRC's images are accurate in there own way too, and I really appreciated Matt and Daryl helping me with this one, especially as it was my first purchase from them (since they took over the old GRFC operation).

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Happy Saturday!

Good morning... now afternoon... I'm up at the York property for Father's Day... away from coins and living vicariously through all of you this fine Saturday...

Saturday mornings, Coins ... and critters from @JWP Some things are hard to beat!

That first squirrel today is classic!!

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Today I'll share a coin that I grew attached to the moment I knew it was coming here. I had already seen it in hand, knew it's provenance, and frankly, was a bit jealous.

It is not a grade I normally collect, nor is it a rare or unusual Die Marriage. In fact it is an r.1 rarity, and a duplicate for me (I have a lovely P58cac as well) ... but alas, that is not everything to the story.

Some coins have a look that is hard to overstate, especially for the grade. And some coins almost personify a collectors set, with a grade and look and feel that seems to almost scream that a coin belonged to them.

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Anyone who knew my friend Lane Brunner will recognize this as one of those pieces.

It should also be noted that the collector I bought this from has a fantastic eye, and while he is not a Nut (yet), I remember when I first saw it in his collection, I thought, "that fits". Thank you for sending it to me John.

Although Lane was a fairly prolific member of the BHNC, a true Nut as we like to say, that's not how I knew him. Back in the early and middle 00's, Lane posted here as @astrorat , and was a steady, welcoming and friendly voice, a good wealth of information and an all around good guy. I have many, many PM's and even some old emails saved from Lane back during that time.

Much later, when I became interested in becoming a member of the BHNC, Lane encouraged my participation. He was one of the Nuts I could look to (there were a good half dozen) and say to myself, yes, these guys are all really good guys. He was also one of the first to welcome me the day it became official.

Anyway, this was one of the coins in Lane's collection. Of the 450 Die Marriages, Lane got to 443, a pretty impressive accomplishment from those who understand what that takes. Most of his collection was in this range, VF30 to EF45, and a good number had this lovely look.

I have one from his collection already, but this one will supplant that one.

More than any I have seen in a long time, one almost seems to say proudly, I was a Lane coin.

I'll cherish her for that.

For those that don't know, Lane also left us far too young. RIP my friend.

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p.s. Sorry if this post was a little more somber than I first intended.

I hope you all have a fantastic Saturday!

Good Morning Everyone!! It's been a minute... enjoying my second cup of coffee and these little ladies this AM...

Good morning all!
Here's a recent pick up for a type set of sorts that I've been working on...
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