Check out this cool Oregon territorial pattern...before it hits page 70. :D
Lakesammman
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I was excited to have the chance to photograph this "pattern" recently and compare it to the gold issue. Both coins are pretty cool and rare.








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thanks for sharing it. i always love your choice in coins lakes.
you have caviar taste!
-Paul
That beaver made a comeback on the 1959 Oregon beaver So-called dollar (HK-573)
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
<< <i>Dam Nice Beavers!
Oregon State is called the Beavers and when I first got to Oregon, I thought it was an all girls school
Hey, careful there. My wife is a OSU grad.
So am I.
<< <i>Oregon State is called the Beavers and when I first got to Oregon, I thought it was an all girls school
Hey, careful there. My wife is a OSU grad.
So am I.
Iam sorry you had to go there
Yep - they and many of the anarchists are from Eugene.
<< <i>Except for burning the flag, trashing our country and cheering for America's enemies...HIPPIES NEVER SOLVED ANYTHING!
Yep - they and many of the anarchists are from Eugene.
Yes and our neighborhood have put a large bounty on them
We will not do drive by's at the Uof O but if we catch them in our neighborhood, we rip off the Tie-dye and bath them to cut down on the pollution.
My brother live in Samammish and Mom in Bellevue..I am the dumb one
<< <i>I'm the only beaver in my household. My wife is a duck
There is a problem with that? It is convenional wisdom people went to OSU because hey could not get into UofO, or you like sheep. FYI - to those that may not know there is a sheep farm adjacent to the OSU campus, because of this girls find it harder to get dates.
<< <i>Oregon State is called the Beavers and when I first got to Oregon, I thought it was an all girls school
Hey, careful there. My wife is a OSU grad.
So am I.
Wouldn't that make her a Buckeye???????
U of Oregon has artificial turf to keep the cheerleaders from grazing.
<< <i>Ya, ya , ya -......
U of Oregon has artificial turf to keep the cheerleaders from grazing.
Now that WAS funny
Growing up in Oregon I have great respect for Beavers.
When were you playing??
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<< <i>Oregon State is called the Beavers and when I first got to Oregon, I thought it was an all girls school
Hey, careful there. My wife is a OSU grad.
So am I.
Wouldn't that make her a Buckeye???????
Bingo, the Real OSU!
And how do you get an OHIO State graduate off your front porch??
Pay him for the Pizza.
What do Ohio State students get on the SAT?....Drool
Lakes, how can you tell that the "pattern" isn't a counterfeit? With a little imagination, it kind of looks like there's some casting porosity in the fields, but maybe that's corrosion that one might expect from base metal (?) being buried in the ground. I can also imagine that it might have had some guilding at some point, which might also suggest that it's counterfeit. What do you see in hand, Lakes?
In all seriousness, the surfaces are very interesting in hand but they don't strike me as being counterfeit. The pattern is said to be R8 and if it's NOT actually unique, it would be great to be able to compare it with others. Do you know of others??
There was a gilt $5 in the same sale but I didn't get to see it. There is also a base metal $5 that has a different look altogether.
Do you have access to other Oregon patterns or know where thay can be found??
<< <i>Go Beavs!
Lakes, how can you tell that the "pattern" isn't a counterfeit? With a little imagination, it kind of looks like there's some casting porosity in the fields, but maybe that's corrosion that one might expect from base metal (?) being buried in the ground. I can also imagine that it might have had some guilding at some point, which might also suggest that it's counterfeit. What do you see in hand, Lakes? >>
Now that you mention the ground, I seem to remember that when they were creating the dies they were really scrounging for metal and may have used some dug metal. God I wish I rembered where i read all this. It was an Oregon historical quarterly from 1906 or 07. I was not looking into the territorial coins so I did not pay too much attention to it.
Since it was such a pain in the arse to carve the dies by hand (Oregon in the 1840') there were only one of each created, hence the non fixed misspelling of .T.O -> O.T. Oregon Territory.
<< <i>Ya, ya , ya -......
U of Oregon has artificial turf to keep the cheerleaders from grazing.
Oh, you mean these girls?
I take certain offense to cheerleaders grazing on artificial turf
This is not a good diet.
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