Home› U.S. Coin Forum

Let's brainstorm Halloween costumes inspired by US Coins...

SparkleSparkle Posts: 185
in U.S. Coin Forum
These could be suitable for answering the door on Halloween night or representing one's coin club at a Halloween parade.

Numismatic heritage:
Gold miner
Wells Fargo driver
Pony Express rider (must include canvas mint bags)
New-mizmatist (take inspiration from the tv commercial)
Mint Police officer
World's Oldest Pioneer

Numismatic inspiration from coin designs:
Statue of Liberty
Peace Liberty
Double Eagle Liberty
An eagle
A buffalo
Sacagawea

Anything else come to mind?

Comments

  • DUIGUYDUIGUY Posts: 7,252 ✭✭✭
    Rackateer (sp?) Nickel image
    “A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly."



    - Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 BC
  • DockwalliperDockwalliper Posts: 1,171 ✭✭✭
    My Grandson will be Trick-or-treating as a ChuckEcheese token this year.
  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    There are a few forum members I would love to see dress up as the reverse of a Palau $1!!!!image
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • DNADaveDNADave Posts: 7,309 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I made this one for my son a few years ago. He was born in 99

    image
    image
  • SparkleSparkle Posts: 185
    DNADave:

    Nice! That's what I'm talkin 'bout!
  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,424 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hobo nickel.

    image
    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
  • RedTigerRedTiger Posts: 5,608 ✭
    Lincoln and Sacagewea remain popular costumes.

    Coins can also make a nice accessory to other costumes, such as pirates wearing a necklace holey coin, preferrably a piece of eight, but anything can add to the effect. Some costumes require too much explaination and would only be appreciated at a coin party.

    Investment blog: gold, stocks and more
  • StrikeOutXXXStrikeOutXXX Posts: 3,352 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>There are a few forum members I would love to see dress up as the reverse of a Palau $1!!!!image >>



    Yup... that reminds me - where did that last Blue Moon thread go? image


    Pine Tree Coinge?
    image
    image

    Currency?
    image

    Not sure what she was going for:

    image

    You could go as a Kennedy Half - You could even make it a dothead variety
    image

    Or, I'm sure you could modify about any witch mask to be the Shriver Olympic Dollar image

    I don't suggest you go as Tangaroa though
    ------------------------------------------------------------

    "You Suck Award" - February, 2015

    Discoverer of 1919 Mercury Dime DDO - FS-101
  • CoxeCoxe Posts: 11,139 ✭
    I have two girls. If we did Halloween, I'd dress one as a hotlips and the other as a scarface.
    Select Rarities -- DMPLs and VAMs
    NSDR - Life Member
    SSDC - Life Member
    ANA - Pay As I Go Member
  • SparkleSparkle Posts: 185
    Hobo, yes, and pirate - perhaps the character most commonly associated with coins.

    Over the next few years all of the first ladies and presidents can join the list.

    If it was a club meeting, one could go as a coin doctor.
  • lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 8,598 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You could really scare the he11 out of people and as a Susan B Anthony image

    L
    Collecting: Dansco 7070; Middle Date Large Cents (VF-AU); Box of 20;

    Successful BST transactions with: SilverEagles92; Ahrensdad; Smitty; GregHansen; Lablade; Mercury10c; copperflopper; whatsup; KISHU1; scrapman1077, crispy, canadanz, smallchange, robkool, Mission16, ranshdow, ibzman350, Fallguy, Collectorcoins, SurfinxHI, jwitten, Walkerguy21D, dsessom.
  • BBQnBLUESBBQnBLUES Posts: 1,803 ✭
    Hmmm Standing Liberty Quarter Type 1 <eg>
  • HyperionHyperion Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭
    I dont know what kind of a reaction I'd have gotten from my friends if I dressed up as a Penny image

    oops, excuse me. a cent image
    My Ebay (None)
  • BobaFett72BobaFett72 Posts: 7,304
    if you want scary go for Eunice Shriver!
    image
  • IGWTIGWT Posts: 4,975 ✭
    image
  • librtyheadlibrtyhead Posts: 1,116 ✭✭✭


    << <i>image >>

    ..............image
  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    I thought I might dress up as MadMarty or Russ but I'd get tired of hearing people ask me "Who you sposed to be?"
    Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.
  • CoxeCoxe Posts: 11,139 ✭
    Go as MadMarty's avatar coin. "Is that a roll of Saints in your hat or are just happy to be trick-or-treat'ing?"
    image
    Select Rarities -- DMPLs and VAMs
    NSDR - Life Member
    SSDC - Life Member
    ANA - Pay As I Go Member
  • GoldenEyeNumismaticsGoldenEyeNumismatics Posts: 13,187 ✭✭✭
    are there any coins with ghosts on them?
  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,424 ✭✭✭✭✭
    are there any coins with ghosts on them?

    There are many coins with a "ghosting effect", but none that I know of that portray ghosts themselves.

    I really wanted to show a picture of some Bust coin with a ghosting effect, for obvious reasons. Unfortunately, I couldn't think of any.


    image
    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
  • dizzyfoxxdizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭
    How about a costume of a colorful rainbow... naturally colored of course.image
    image...There's always time for coin collecting. image

Leave a Comment

BoldItalicStrikethroughOrdered listUnordered list
Format
SpoilerCodeQuote
Heading 2Heading 1
Emoji
:):D:(;):/:o:s:p:'(:|B):#:*<3o:)>:)
Url
Image
Align leftAlign centerAlign rightToggle HTML viewToggle full pageToggle lights
Drop image/file
Home • U.S. Coin ForumComment As ...