Well, I'm officially in love with patterns...

coinlieutenant · October 17, 2003 10:15AM

Just got my first pattern in the mail today from Mr. Rick Kay. I must say that my bank account is very sad that I was happy....

kieferscoins · October 17, 2003 10:16AM

Awesome coin! Rick is a great dealer with an eye for quality pieces. You can't go wrong.

Cameron Kiefer

WWW · October 17, 2003 10:21AM

Hey John, that's a terrific looking coin. I love that obverse design.

fcloud · October 17, 2003 10:24AM

Cool. When I first saw the obverse, I thought it was going to be a Silver Dollar size coin. But it is just the right size one dime. I can see why you love patterns!

Bustman · October 17, 2003 10:34AM

Gorgeous! Enjoy John. I wish you many more!

uofa1285 · October 17, 2003 10:37AM

Monstrous! Congrats John! (Can't wait to get my Bust Half!)

Doug

RKKay · October 17, 2003 10:48AM

John - I'm very happy that I have helped persuade someone that patterns are worthwhile. Enjoy it.

RGL · October 17, 2003 10:53AM

Expensive, but beautiful habit ...

airplanenut · October 17, 2003 10:58AM

I photographed that (and many others) at Rick's table in Baltimore... I remember that one being a real stunner out of the bunch

Jeremy

ARCO · October 17, 2003 11:14AM

Sweet coin John! Toned patterns have no equal. Will have to see if I can find a nice one.

Tyler

mdwoods · October 17, 2003 11:20AM

Patterns are very cool. I'd love to have a copper half dollar. Your copper dime is gorgeous. Rick is a great guy.

coinlieutenant · October 17, 2003 11:51AM

I highly recommend the Judd book (again Thanks Rick)...

For those searching for patterns, get the book, keep an eye out and I am sure people like Rick will be willing to help out.

In talking with Rick, I decided to buy from him because I could tell he has a real passion for numismatics (and great coins!!). I usually buy from auction or from finding stuff myself, not from dealers. UNLESS, they are a numismatist first, dealer second. Rick fits that description perfectly...

V.r,
John

RiffRaff1967 · October 17, 2003 12:00PM

Way cool - the colors are outrageous!

nucklehead · October 17, 2003 12:07PM

Great coin! and you dealt with one if not the best of the best guys in the coin hobby.

oreville · October 17, 2003 1:28PM

How can anyone not like that pattern? Looks like a wonderful transaction but I do have one beef!!

How can you be OFFICIALLY in love with patterns? That is an oxymoron!!! You can only be UNOFFICIALLY in love with patterns!!!

Yes, I met RKKay too and I must say I took an immediate liking to him.

Pattern dimes are among my favorite and one of them in my collection is of the Liberty seated design on the obverse without the date (it was minted in 1870) and it is the J-714 in NGC PR65.

I call it my poor man's version of the 1837 seated dime without the stars and in fact sits in my collection of seated dimes in the 1837 slot. Others find it strange nowadays to hear of patterns being poor mans coins. But truthfully, that is how I bought them.

NGC slabbed it back in 1996 (or 1997, I forget) and now think it is undergraded. NGC was nearly as tough as PCGS in 1996.

Dave99B · October 17, 2003 1:34PM

What a knock-out!!! How cool is that?

Nice work....

Dave

Merc · October 17, 2003 2:07PM

Interesting pattern coin. I've only seen that one in pictures.

I saw a pattern in a dealer's case at my last coin show. Another dealer I knew asked him to get them out for me. This was a small time dealer with 1 case, but he had 5 PCGS graded patterns. I was surprised to see so many at once. That dealer told me he likes to show them and doesn't care if they sell or not.

Casey · October 17, 2003 2:27PM

Very nice John! That is a knockout.

coinlieutenant · October 17, 2003 2:43PM

Thanks all for the compliments. I recommend getting one for your collection.

Oreville,
Do you have any pics?

John

Loki · October 17, 2003 4:59PM

Great coin! Congrats

1jester · October 17, 2003 11:05PM

STUNNING coin!!!

RKK is indeed first-rate!

MadMonk · October 17, 2003 11:12PM

Man! Now that is a gorgeous piece! Good for you LT.

Gemini · October 17, 2003 11:43PM

Very nice interesting piece....at least they adopted the reverse.

razorface1027 · October 17, 2003 11:46PM

I don't know the guy......THE COIN is ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!...wtg CL...

XpipedreamR · October 18, 2003 3:33AM

This coin is smokin' hot!!!!!!!! I'd love to see it in person

Myriads · October 18, 2003 6:28AM

That's a wonderful coin and a great design. My congratulations on adding it to your collection. As a Liberty Nickel collector I sort of long for the 1882 pattern that looks like a regular issue of the series :-)

Question about the Judd book, of which I have heard much, but never have seen a copy of. How illustraited is it? Images for everything? Drawings? or description?

Myriads

shylock · October 18, 2003 6:33AM

Great looking pattern, congrats!

RKKay · October 18, 2003 2:13PM

Myriads - Every die pair, for the most part, has a picture. There is also a nice section about patterns at the beginning of the book.

SeattleSlammer · October 18, 2003 2:59PM

Beautiful mirrors and classy color........winner!!!

ms70 · October 18, 2003 3:29PM

coinlieutenant- Now that's enough to make anyone fall in love with patterns! Enjoy it!!!

Myriads · October 18, 2003 4:48PM

Rick,

Thanks for the info about the Judd book, and for sharing the pictures of the Nickel pattern! I always enjoy seeing it. :-)

Myriads

RKKay · October 18, 2003 6:36PM

Myriads - Glad you liked it. Here is the reverse of an 1883 J-1717.

Lakesammman · October 19, 2003 1:20AM

Beautiful pattern. Love those copper ones.....congrats!

MacCoin · October 19, 2003 1:24AM

coinrookie · October 19, 2003 1:30AM

Beautiful coin. For me, the toning just makes that design stand out more than a white example. I really love it. Unfortuneately, I have champagne taste on a beer pocketbook

LanLord · October 19, 2003 1:46AM

Dasm, that is really a cool looking coin, as are the other patterns on this thread.

MrEureka · October 19, 2003 3:52AM

Shameless plug for the Society of US Pattern Collectors web site!

Myriads · October 19, 2003 4:09AM

And I get to thank Rick again.

I had time to enjoy his wonderful site this morning, and have to say that it's a great bit of work to have created and shared with the collecting community. I've always enjoyed patterns in that 'Ah it might have been way' and being able to look at them all in one place is the sort of thing that I always hoped for back in the 80's.

So many nice designs that were passed over in favor of the ones we got. I know that it was often due to technical issues, but such a shame that coins like the one that started this thread could not have been made. I guess not much has changed, given the possible choices we had for the new Sac dollar, and what we got... Politics and coins never mix well. Bah!

Myriads

Well, I'm officially in love with patterns...

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