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  • rooksmith
    rooksmith Posts: 1,432 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    “When you don't know what you're talking about, it's hard to know when you're finished.” - Tommy Smothers
  • lkenefic
    lkenefic Posts: 9,518 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 2, 2026 10:13AM
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    Collecting: Dansco 7070; Middle Date Large Cents (VF-AU); Box of 20;

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  • PerryHall
    PerryHall Posts: 47,752 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 3, 2026 12:10AM
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    @Old_Collector said:
    The last of my gold coins for my 1916 mint set build, fortunately there were only three.

    I did the same set several years ago except I also added the 1916 McKinley gold dollar. These were the last circulation gold coins issued for a few years until after the end of WWI when the 1920 Saint G$20 and the 1920-S Indian G$10 was issued. Very cool set. B)

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  • Old_Collector
    Old_Collector Posts: 1,210 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @PerryHall said:

    @Old_Collector said:
    The last of my gold coins for my 1916 mint set build, fortunately there were only three.

    I did the same set several years ago except I also added the 1916 McKinley gold dollar. These were the last circulation gold coins issued for a few years until after the end of WWI when the 1920 Saint G$20 and the 1920-S Indian G$10 was issued. Very cool set. B)

    I hadn't thought of that, but will add it to my set list, so now 4 to go. :D

  • dcarr
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    @124Spider said:
    Standing Liberty quarters are really gorgeous, I think, when well struck and not very circulated.

    The trick, in addition to finding enough money to buy these very expensive (for modern US non-gold coins), is to get one with a head that doesn't resemble a shovel. Most of these things have horribly struck heads.

    As a reaction, I suppose, TPGs now attribute "full head" status when the head shows all the necessary attributes. Of course, that means that some somewhat imperfect heads are just good enough to get the coveted "FH" designation, while others, virtually indistinguishable from the just-barely-full head, are denied it.

    And "FH" results in a huge markup in price/value, all else being equal.

    So, for me, that means being patient, and finding the "not-quite-full head" examples; they cost a fraction of what "just-barely-full head" costs, and they look substantially identical.

    After a long search, I snagged this one. I'm pleased. It has remarkable luster, and what looks like a die crack on the eagle's left wing adds a bit of character.


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    Nice one.
    I think the artifact on the wing is a die clash.

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    Moonlight Mint
  • Catbert
    Catbert Posts: 8,258 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @renomedphys said:
    From the Fred Borcherdt's Hall of Fame Collection

    Ex Naftzger/Reynolds/Borcherdt

    Just WOW! <3

    Seated Half Society member #38

    "She comes out of the sun in a silk dress,
    running like a water color in the rain...."

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