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A nice haul at the local coin shop today (now with a coupla bad pics)
mirabela
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I stopped by a place near my parents' house this morning. The guy had recently bought four album sets of Jeffersons. One was just crappy low grade stuff. The second had every coin, but they had all been polished. The third was very incomplete, but it had some handsome album toned BU coins from the 70's to the 90's. I took about a dozen of them; he was just about giving these away.
But the fourth set -- oh, the fourth set! It was an old blue Whitman slide album, and the group of war nickels was just to die for. I took seven of the eleven. They all run MS64-66, no full steps but some close. They have matching lines of dark tone where one of the album slides was slightly misplaced and the top 10% of each obverse was exposed, and the remainder of the surface on both sides is wonderful concentric pastel colors over excellent luster. I had not hoped for anything so cool. There was also a pleasant XF 39-D with good pastel target toning. I took whole group for $65, and I think both the dealer and I went away thinking we'd ripped the other. There was also a very excellent 38-D with nice orangey color, MS65 or better and struck well although with the usual wavy steps. I have one as nice already so I passed, but it was tempting.
I also picked up a pair of nice album toned BU Ikes ($3), a BU 1948 Roosie with a gold and green tiger-striped toned reverse ($1) and a pair of worn but problem-free and dazzlingly crusty pastel album toned SLQ's ($6).
I'll see if I can't get some pics of a few of these up later on.
Sometimes the rocks are still worth turning over.
But the fourth set -- oh, the fourth set! It was an old blue Whitman slide album, and the group of war nickels was just to die for. I took seven of the eleven. They all run MS64-66, no full steps but some close. They have matching lines of dark tone where one of the album slides was slightly misplaced and the top 10% of each obverse was exposed, and the remainder of the surface on both sides is wonderful concentric pastel colors over excellent luster. I had not hoped for anything so cool. There was also a pleasant XF 39-D with good pastel target toning. I took whole group for $65, and I think both the dealer and I went away thinking we'd ripped the other. There was also a very excellent 38-D with nice orangey color, MS65 or better and struck well although with the usual wavy steps. I have one as nice already so I passed, but it was tempting.
I also picked up a pair of nice album toned BU Ikes ($3), a BU 1948 Roosie with a gold and green tiger-striped toned reverse ($1) and a pair of worn but problem-free and dazzlingly crusty pastel album toned SLQ's ($6).
I'll see if I can't get some pics of a few of these up later on.
Sometimes the rocks are still worth turning over.
mirabela
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you have a au-bu 39-d you wanna sell?
Go BIG or GO HOME. ©Bill
<< <i>you have a au-bu 39-d you wanna sell? >>
No such luck. I've had my eye out for a nice looking AU 39-D for some time. Today's XF is a lovely coin for that grade, but when I find the AU that I really want it will get replaced. If I see a choice BU that really lights my fire, I'll pay out for that instead. In the meantime this coin is worn, but uncommonly pretty for what it is.
PS - I'm home now & the coins are happy in their Dansco, but I can't take an image that shows what they are. You'll have to take my word that they look good.
Nice coins.
That and the philly mint coins from 1950 to 1964 were proofs, but I got them for the price of unc's (1950 and 1952).
Sometimes it pays to look.
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A nice circ SLQ:
The worst nickel in the bunch:
This one didn't go into my album. It doesn't have the toning band characteristic of the others, and with the die polish on the back and the big hit on Monticello it isn't as nice as the PCGS 66 crackout I've already got in this spot. As far as overall quality, though, it is reasonably representative of the coins in the group, especially the obverse. The pic, of course, fails to capture the look of the surfaces very well.