Ones that got away
MidLifeCrisis
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Just playing around in Photobucket and put this little montage together of the ones that got away. Gotta know where you've been to know how to get to where you want to go.
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<< <i>Gotta know where you've been to know how to get to where you want to go. >>
So true.
<< <i>Gone, but not forgotten >>
And I still pine!
Part of the closure process for me was to delete all the images I had of that collection, but I still think about some of the coins.
<< <i>Early this morning I saw an unattributed 1875-S/CC Trade $ on e-bay for $225 BIN. I was unsure if it was what I thought it was. After a couple hours I got confirmation from a forum expert and went back on e-bay to get it. Nope it was G-O-N-E >>
Yes, I hate it when that happens.
I used to own all the coins I posted in the OP. I'd like to have some of them back. But looking at that montage tells me that my collecting has been generally focused on colonial era coins, but I've wandered a bit with Conder Tokens, Hard Times Tokens, mid-19th century medals and restrikes, etc.
It took a while to learn just how valuable focus and patience really are.
<< <i>I find the "end of pain" interesting, what is it MLC? Appears in excellent shape and to be higher relief--------BigE >>
It is an interesting piece. It's a Conder Token, D&H 834 variety. Plain Edge. Produced by Peter Kimpson. Here's the description it had when I bought it:
A classic issue in the Conder series, with its striking design bearing direct relevance to early America. The 'End of Pain' legend is a pun on the surname of Thomas Paine, while 'The Wrongs of Man' title on the reverse book is a defacto review of his controversial 'The Rights of Man' published in 1791. The Jan. 21st, 1793 date shown marks the execution of Louis XVI of France. Paine was reviled in England during this period for his anti-Monarchial views, as all-too-clearly indicated by the gallows motif.
It was graded MS 65 Brown by NGC.
And here's a little more about Conder Tokens, found on the Internet: Royal copper coinage was issued sporadically and grudgingly from 1672 to 1775, when it stopped altogether. Copper prices were rising and the monarchs thought copper an unworthy metal to bear their image. Various counterfeit coins and tokens circulated freely but did not meet the increasing need for copper coins to pay wages and make change as the Industrial Revolution accelerated.
The Parys Mine Company in Anglesey Wales found their own solution. In 1787 the company began to use their own abundant copper supply to issue handsome full weight "Druid" tokens to pay their workers that were eagerly accepted by the local population and merchants. This idea was quickly adopted by other industrialists like John Wilkinson and Charles Roe and a new series of British tokens was thriving. Soon towns, merchants, political organizations, and wealthy individuals were issuing tokens -usually copper halfpennies, pennies, or farthings -to meet an ever increasing demand that would last until the Regal coinages of 1797 and 1799.
The tokens are named for James Conder, an eighteenth century cataloger who also issued tokens to advertise his drapery business in Ipswich. The tokens were made in thousands of varieties and designs are often intricate and beautiful. The standard reference is The Provincial Token Coinage of the Eighteenth Century by Dalton and Hamer. An excellent quality 1996 reprint retails for $150 and is readily available.
<< <i>Love them all but I have since clicked three times on this thread to take another look at that 1826 mexican piece. Any chance you have a larger image handy? >>
Sure!
<< <i>MidLifeCrisis, I kinda like the collection of coins you sold better then the ones you kept!
Ouch! That's not good.
<< <i>Was the New Haven Fugio Re-Strike silver
Yes.
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<< <i>Was the New Haven Fugio Re-Strike silver
Yes.
Sweet!
What does a keeper look like?
<< <i>So... those aren't ones that got away, those are the ones you threw back!!!???
What does a keeper look like?
Umm...heh.
Click on the link in my sig line to see my keepers.
A beautifully toned 1840s liberty seated dime, offered by Gold Rarities Gallery about three years ago, when I was still deciding on my focus; it could have taken my collecting a different direction.
An 1889-CC Morgan, F-20. Getting it would have kept me from getting my 1856 $3.
My 1929 quarter eagle, MS61: I bought it at AU pricing but thought it was under-graded. Sure enough, it graded MS61 with PCGS. I sold it two months ago to help pay for an otherwise unobtainable 1911-D quarter eagle. Two weeks ago, the guy who bought it still had it in his inventory, and I could have bought it back with probably minimal loss, but there were other, better coins I wanted instead. Still, if it continues to follow me, I may end up buying it again.