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Long Beach Purchases (and Giveaway -- WINNER)
Darkhorse
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I was finally able to make some purchases after all the excitement that's happened to me this year.
Big variety in my selections! I originally set out to get very specific things but was unable to find them unfortunately (including the silver Mauritius half Rupee from 1934 I wanted to commemorate the half-Mauritian girl I made out with in London), maybe next time. But I did find some great stuff nonetheless.
This is a silver medal, slightly smaller than a quarter, by our old pal Karl Goetz. It depicts General Mackensen on the obverse and Weihnacht Im Feld (Christmas in the Field) on the reverse. There a couple of hairlines on the image but these aren't really apparent in person.
Link to Supersized Image.
One of my longtime goals has been to have an item depicting Napoleon. Luckily enough I found a nice Napoleonic coronation medal of 1804. The obverse has a die chip and a couple of cracks, while Napoleon's face on the reverse seems to have met with some sort of accident unfortunately.
Link to Supersized Image.
I also purchased a satiny George V coronation medal still in its original box.
Link to Supersized Image.
All three of the above medals were purchased from Karl Stephens. I was considering one of the shooting Thalers he had but it wasn't the EXACT thaler I wanted.
I felt the urge to get a US coin seeing as how I live her now and all. I wanted a 1920 Pilgrim half dollar but a nice one was hard to track down and I settled on a common buffalo. But buffs are nice, easy to get and affordable.
Link to Supersized Image.
Finally we come to our GIVEAWAY coin. Admittedly it's not an extravagant coin but I love its design. The winner can use the images to sell it on eBay. Just post in this thread saying you'd like to be included in the giveaway. Enter by Monday, winner will be chosen at random.
Link to Supersized Image.
And the winner is ColinCMR. Email me your addy and I'll get it out to you as soon as possible.
Big variety in my selections! I originally set out to get very specific things but was unable to find them unfortunately (including the silver Mauritius half Rupee from 1934 I wanted to commemorate the half-Mauritian girl I made out with in London), maybe next time. But I did find some great stuff nonetheless.
This is a silver medal, slightly smaller than a quarter, by our old pal Karl Goetz. It depicts General Mackensen on the obverse and Weihnacht Im Feld (Christmas in the Field) on the reverse. There a couple of hairlines on the image but these aren't really apparent in person.
Link to Supersized Image.
One of my longtime goals has been to have an item depicting Napoleon. Luckily enough I found a nice Napoleonic coronation medal of 1804. The obverse has a die chip and a couple of cracks, while Napoleon's face on the reverse seems to have met with some sort of accident unfortunately.
Link to Supersized Image.
I also purchased a satiny George V coronation medal still in its original box.
Link to Supersized Image.
All three of the above medals were purchased from Karl Stephens. I was considering one of the shooting Thalers he had but it wasn't the EXACT thaler I wanted.
I felt the urge to get a US coin seeing as how I live her now and all. I wanted a 1920 Pilgrim half dollar but a nice one was hard to track down and I settled on a common buffalo. But buffs are nice, easy to get and affordable.
Link to Supersized Image.
Finally we come to our GIVEAWAY coin. Admittedly it's not an extravagant coin but I love its design. The winner can use the images to sell it on eBay. Just post in this thread saying you'd like to be included in the giveaway. Enter by Monday, winner will be chosen at random.
Link to Supersized Image.
And the winner is ColinCMR. Email me your addy and I'll get it out to you as soon as possible.
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re: the 'Buffalo' nickel. Since you are a living in the US Canadian, what is the nickel, darkside, liteside, nearside?
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Gene
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I need to visit Karl Stephens shop someday
Please enter me in your giveaway....
for the 1895 Bismarck Bday coin right
Thanks for the generous giveaway!
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Let me dry the drool off my keyboard...beautiful pictures as always, Phil!
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The winner can use the images to sell it on eBay. Just post in this thread saying you'd like to be included in the giveaway.
Oops. I forgot to say, please include me (and there's no way I'd sell it on eBay!)
Thanks............................Great selections (fiinds).
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Collecting:
Conder tokens
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<< <i>(including the silver Mauritius half Rupee from 1934 I wanted to commemorate the half-Mauritian girl I made out with in London) >>
Damn dude.. you didn't spend enough time in Europe.. a little longer and you'd be a One-From-Every-Country collector by now
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Please enter me for a chance at the giveaway coin, thanks!
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09/07/2006
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Please enter my name in the giveway - it's a beauty that I would never let see the light of e-bay
Shep
I love the George, and the Napolean.
Please do not enter me in the giveaway ... I just wanted to say
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Tom, formerly in Albuquerque, NM.
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Rob
Please enter me in your giveaway.
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Byron
My first YOU SUCK on May 6 2005
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Here's the case for the coronation medal:
I love you.
PANIC
hi, i'm tom.
i do not doctor coins like some who post in here.
Bramsen 326, d'Essling 1021, Laskey XXXVIII and Edwards 31. In the Tresor Numismatique as T. N. 3, 1.
Of this series of medals Edwards had this to say:
"Medals of four different sizes were struck on this occasion: the largest were given in gold or silver to those who assisted at the ceremony, and the smallest were thrown among the people by the heralds-at-arms. The latter were struck in such numbers as to require the employment of several dies."
My experience is that the copper/bronze pieces of the largest size are the scarcest, even more than the silver despite what Edwards says about their first owners. So basically, since you got to Karl's table first; you suck!
You want how much?!!
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He had lots of nice medals including that Russian one I mentioned - I must find that one in better condition. MUST.
Please enter me
Dr J
My omnicoin collection (or how my coin photography has progressed)
Please count me into the giveaway!
Please add me to the drawing, and thanks for the chance.
Cathy
All pieces were struck on 22.5mm planchets of Silver, copper, bronze, and iron as well as silver plated (versilbert). They were quite popular as evidenced by the availability of the pieces in todays market. Obviously, silver is the rarest and most sought after. Two obverse designs were issued for each year in the following order:
1914 Hindenburg (Portrait muled for several other medals in 1914 and 1915)
1914 Soldier's head wearing pickelhaube
1915 Mackensen (Portrait muled from earlier medal)
1915 Two Soldiers (Design muled for larger medal too)
1916 Franz Joseph (Portrait used two years previous for Austrian 1 Krona Pattern)
1916 Leopold, Prince of Bavaria (Portrait muled from earlier large medals)
1917 Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria (The most rare and not pictured in either Goetz reference volume)
1917 Soldier wearing steel helmet
1918 Peace Angel on top of helmet
1918 Wilhelm, Crown Prince of Prussia (Just before he was run out of town on a rail)
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<< <i>Yes, the Bayernwerk, K-318, is available in 40mm struck bronze. I think it might be available in 36mm silver too. >>
i have to find that one
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Fr. Polynesia!! Count me in, thanks for the chance!
Millertime
Complete Dime Set
Please enter me, thanks
Udo
ColinCMR
<< <i>I really like the look of the George V coronation medal.
Gene >>
Yea, verily.
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