Another Registry Set that defies comprehension
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There are those Great Collections that are assembled by numismatists that seem to transcend reality.
Collections assembled with patiences, care, and a heck of a lot of dough!
Such collections include:
TDN's "Legend" collection of Seated and Trade Dollars
Sunnywood's Barber Quarters and Somewhere Over the Rainbow Morgan Dollars
Stewart Blays Small Cent Coppers
The Law Collection of Bust and Seated Half Dimes, Three Cent Silver and Nickel, as well as Barber Dimes
Dale Friend's Early Half Dollars and Barber Halves
and many, MANY more.....
But now, as I have scowered the PCGS Registry, I have come across another such collection that leaves me more than speechless.
The "AWA Collection" of Liberty $20 Gold coins
What makes this collection so wonderful, besides the fact that the coins are in ultra high grades (many Pop Tops), is that the collection is essentially complete (minus three coins).
This collection is also wonderful because it allows the public to analyze and view this collection from the comfort of ones own computer.
The history and preservation of these coins is without a doubt the most spectacular collection Liberty $20 Gold coins ever assembled.
I couldn't help but be left in awe after viewing these coins for almost an hour.
My favorite coins are the 1867(P) which looks like a proof, the 1868(P) with the most hammered reverse strike I've ever seen for the type, and the 1869(P) with spectacularly lustrous fields.
I also noticed how many of the early mintmarked coins from different years and mints had similar attributable diagnotics in the color of the coins surface. (This to me suggests distinctly different alloy mixtures and preparations). The San Francisco and Carson City coins have a coppery surface, while the Philadelphia coins have a more lustrous yellow surface, while the New Orleans coins exhibit a slightly darker gold sheen than that of Philadelphia.
Ok, now it's your turn to view this collection. Please provide feedback on what you thought and what your favorite examples are.
BTW- Check it other sets too, they are just as spectacular
Collections assembled with patiences, care, and a heck of a lot of dough!
Such collections include:
TDN's "Legend" collection of Seated and Trade Dollars
Sunnywood's Barber Quarters and Somewhere Over the Rainbow Morgan Dollars
Stewart Blays Small Cent Coppers
The Law Collection of Bust and Seated Half Dimes, Three Cent Silver and Nickel, as well as Barber Dimes
Dale Friend's Early Half Dollars and Barber Halves
and many, MANY more.....
But now, as I have scowered the PCGS Registry, I have come across another such collection that leaves me more than speechless.
The "AWA Collection" of Liberty $20 Gold coins
What makes this collection so wonderful, besides the fact that the coins are in ultra high grades (many Pop Tops), is that the collection is essentially complete (minus three coins).
This collection is also wonderful because it allows the public to analyze and view this collection from the comfort of ones own computer.
The history and preservation of these coins is without a doubt the most spectacular collection Liberty $20 Gold coins ever assembled.
I couldn't help but be left in awe after viewing these coins for almost an hour.
My favorite coins are the 1867(P) which looks like a proof, the 1868(P) with the most hammered reverse strike I've ever seen for the type, and the 1869(P) with spectacularly lustrous fields.
I also noticed how many of the early mintmarked coins from different years and mints had similar attributable diagnotics in the color of the coins surface. (This to me suggests distinctly different alloy mixtures and preparations). The San Francisco and Carson City coins have a coppery surface, while the Philadelphia coins have a more lustrous yellow surface, while the New Orleans coins exhibit a slightly darker gold sheen than that of Philadelphia.
Ok, now it's your turn to view this collection. Please provide feedback on what you thought and what your favorite examples are.
BTW- Check it other sets too, they are just as spectacular
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<< <i>Such collections include:
TDN's "Legend" collection of Seated and Trade Dollars
Sunnywood's Barber Quarters and Somewhere Over the Rainbow Morgan Dollars
Stewart Blays Small Cent Coppers
The Law Collection of Bust and Seated Half Dimes, Three Cent Silver and Nickel, as well as Barber Dimes
Dale Friend's Early Half Dollars and Barber Halves
and many, MANY more..... >>
All the sets you listed are fantastic sets.
But, the "AWA Collection" is a
Mike
Sugar magnolia blossoms blooming, heads all empty and I don't care ...
keoj
Wowser!
Collector of Early 20th Century U.S. Coinage.
ANA Member R-3147111
to know how soft gold is and how clean most of them are...just jaw dropping that set is