Do you love Seated Coins?

seateddime · February 17, 2012 11:08AM

Just interested in who really loves the series.

JF

RYK · February 17, 2012 11:11AM

<< Just interested in who really loves the series.

JF >>

I like them, as friends. I only LOVE gold.

DIMEMAN · February 17, 2012 11:11AM

One of my favorite series!!

originalisbest · February 17, 2012 11:18AM

Love the design of all, except the halves! Despite that, I do have some nice circ examples of them.

shish · February 17, 2012 11:28AM

Yes, especially Dollars.

coinkat · February 17, 2012 11:33AM

Mostly Dollars- rarely find ones I like to buy

bronzemat · February 17, 2012 11:33AM

They're one of my favorites when it comes to U.S. coins.

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MilkmanDan · February 17, 2012 11:52AM

When I first started collecting, I really didn't like the designs at all. For some reason, Liberty just looked funny to me. As time has passed, I've become more and more interested in the series to the point where I joined the Liberty Seated Collectors Club this year. This was a great decision, I have been loving the articles published by some really, really knowledgable folks in the Gobrecht Journal. Part of what makes the series interesting to me is all of the research that has gone on and the education one can have basically for free if you look around.

Crusoe · February 17, 2012 12:04PM

One of my favorite U.S. designs, especially the half dollars

MonteCarlo · February 17, 2012 12:10PM

I love... some.

EVillageProwler · February 17, 2012 1:21PM

<< Yes, especially Dollars.

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+1

MFH · February 17, 2012 1:29PM

My favorite - my Dad found it in a desk in a German castle during WWII -

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TomB · February 17, 2012 1:35PM

Seated coinage is great!

Barberian · February 17, 2012 1:38PM

Seated coins feel like the last frontier, a vast and diverse landscape to me. Yeah, I love them.

MidLifeCrisis · February 17, 2012 2:17PM

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<< My favorite - my Dad found it in a desk in a German castle during WWII -

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Wow now that is one cool provenance! >>

TomB · February 17, 2012 2:20PM

<< My favorite - my Dad found it in a desk in a German castle during WWII -

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Pretty dang cool is right! I own nothing remotely that cool.

jayPem · February 17, 2012 3:48PM

Yes, yes I do !

CoinJunkie · February 17, 2012 3:54PM

I love the halves and dollars, but find the smaller denominations too claustrophobic.

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ebaybuyer · February 17, 2012 4:00PM

even the ones that were "home made"

jayPem · February 17, 2012 4:09PM

<< even the ones that were "home made"

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Are these all CC ? Very cool if so ! Very cool anyway...

rec78 · February 17, 2012 4:52PM

Yes-Best designed U.S. coins.

lasvegasteddy · February 17, 2012 5:34PM

can't say as i do
i miss my 79' trade and 70-cc dollar but to me it was too universal...used on all denominations
something about ihc-buff-merc-slq-walkers and peace took all the true love away

bosco5041 · February 17, 2012 8:57PM

Yes I love seated coins. I also love early coins and Barber and 20th century coins.

crypto79 · February 17, 2012 10:01PM

I love the red headed step child of the series

CharlotteDude · February 17, 2012 11:09PM

I like 'em... especially the southern versions with no stars...

'dude

astrorat · February 17, 2012 11:10PM

Yes, I have been known to covet a piece or two.

SaorAlba · February 17, 2012 11:57PM

Nothing to love about seateds:

One of my personal favourite SL halves.

johnny9434 · February 18, 2012 3:16AM

I like the half dollars

tydye · February 18, 2012 3:29AM

I do. My one complaint about it is that 95% of what is available is comprised of about 5 dates. Bust coinage is easier to find

RB1026 · February 18, 2012 3:35AM

I wouldn't say that I "love" them, but I have developed a deeper appreciation for them over the years.

BryceM · February 18, 2012 3:47AM

Personally, I tend to like the renaissance designs from the 1910/1920s era best, US classic / bust period second, Barber perior third, and Seated era last. It's growing on me, but not as quickly as the Bust series.

Well, OK, moderns are actually last but they're so far down on the list they don't really reigister on my radar.

I did think it was pretty cool when I happened upon a nice VF 1843 seated quarter in a 90% scrap box.

dizzyfoxx · February 18, 2012 4:31AM

Count me in.

ebaybuyer · February 18, 2012 4:46AM

"Are these all CC ?" .... yes they are. took a while to assemble this nice little group

st0cky · February 18, 2012 7:03AM

Newbie collector here. I started collecting in 2005, beginning with modern coins. This past year, however, I gained enough confidence to branch into classic coins. Being picky about size, I chose to collect halves and focused my attention on the Seated Liberty and Barber design. In the end, the Seated Liberty design won out because of my preference for allegorical Liberty designs. I love taking the halves out to view, and haven't looked back since.

Walkerguy21D · February 18, 2012 7:21AM

I better start, since I just paid moon money for two better date seated quarters at the Lakeland show

CoinJunkie · February 18, 2012 7:31AM

<< Newbie collector here. I started collecting in 2005, beginning with modern coins. This past year, however, I gained enough confidence to branch into classic coins. Being picky about size, I chose to collect halves and focused my attention on the Seated Liberty and Barber design. In the end, the Seated Liberty design won out because of my preference for allegorical Liberty designs. I love taking the halves out to view, and haven't looked back since. >>

Point taken, although the Barber design is also an allegory of Liberty.

BillJones · February 18, 2012 7:36AM

Seated coins are okay, but they are not at the top of my list. As type collector I get "type coin fatigue" when I hit the 1873-4 "with arrows" coins.

As for Seated coins in general, the series hit a high at the beginning with this piece and never got any better.

st0cky · February 18, 2012 8:13AM

<< Point taken, although the Barber design is also an allegory of Liberty. >>

Thanks for the correction. I guess what I meant to say is that I prefer the female version of Liberty.

steelielee · February 18, 2012 8:50AM

<< My favorite - my Dad found it in a desk in a German castle during WWII -

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Love to hear that story if you please.....

MFH · February 20, 2012 2:23PM

<< 

<< My favorite - my Dad found it in a desk in a German castle during WWII -

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Love to hear that story if you please..... >>

I'm sorry to say, but my Dad passed away in 2008 having just turning 91 yrs of age.
He was sharp as a tack almost right up to the end - and I know he'd embellish what
I can vaguely remember of the story.

My Dad was in the 84th Infantry, 19th AAA Group / Anti Aircraft / Field Artillery;
he was in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge, and was part of the mop-up group
that pushed the Germans back across the border.

The Germans retreated to a point that the Group my Dad was with decided it was
safe enough to get in out of the Winter snow and locate a Head Quarters inside
Germany - not far from the Belgian Ardennes Forest.

The biggest structure for miles around was this enormous Schloss hidden in the forest.
My Dad was a Master Sgt - [ 3 up & 3 down as he used to say ] and he and his fellow
soldiers took over the castle - and my Dad decided which room would be the best one
for his use. This room was already set up as an office - so it was outfitted with this Gothic
style desk.

The desk was all hand carved - with spires and make shift gargoiles - he said it had to be
ten foot tall and eight foot wide. The upper part of the desk had doors - all hiding compartments.
All the drawers and doors were locked. [ so that the Americans wouldn't use the desk...LOL ]

No problem, he used his bayonette and popped all the locks - and in the highest part of the
desk - there was a door - which he pried open. It was filled with all sorts of Nazi medals
[ Having the Most Sons in Service of the Fuhrer / Having the Most blah, blah, blah . ]
He ended throwing away most of the medals that had a Swatsicka - and among all of these
old German medals - there was this tiny coin that said UNITED STATES of AMERICA. & HALF DIME.
He was very intrigued about it - thinking that "why, that's worth a Nickel - and I could get an
ice cream cone at Kelly's Landing in Southie with that when I get back home". He tucked it into his
wallet and forgot about it, I guess, for a long time.

After the war, he was in charge of repatrioting US servicemen back to the States. The embarqation
spot for the European Theatre was Antwerp, Belgium. As fate would have it, he was in need of a
secretary who spoke English, German, French and the local language, Flemish [ ancient Dutch ].
The gal he hired turned out to be my Mom. They were married in February, 1946 in Antwerp and
were together until my Mom passed in November, 2005. He was devoted to her and she, him.

When I was a boy of 13, my Dad gave me the Half Dime - and I kept in in a 2x2 - and after he passed,
I decided to have it holdered. Its a great rememberance of one of the nicest guys anyone would like
to have known. He was my best friend - and I his. He was more enthusiastic about my newps than I was.
He'd spend hours pouring over auction catalogs and highlighting things he thought I would like.

I use to have to keep him in check, because his tastes were getting very expensive. I wish he had lived
to be the same age as his Grandfather, who passed a month before his 100th birthday !

Thanks for asking about the background of my favorite Seated Coin !

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oakcoin · February 20, 2012 2:55PM

I love seated coin! except the seated dime after 1859 the cereal wreath is totally uninspired

lordmarcovan · February 20, 2012 9:40PM

I do indeed love Seated coins, in all their variations.

Dimes that were creatively "vandalized" happen to be some of my favorites at the moment.

But I like 'em all.

Edit to add: wow. It's kinda hard to top the "German Castle" half dime story. Cool.

st0cky · February 21, 2012 1:25AM

<< Thanks for asking about the background of my favorite Seated Coin ! >>

Very neat story, Mike. Thanks for sharing the origin of your half dime. Nothing beats a beautiful coin with sentimental value!

yellowkid · February 21, 2012 1:29AM

This is my favorite "seated" piece

jmski52 · February 21, 2012 1:34AM

Nice coin, Jerry!

rhedden · February 21, 2012 2:16AM

Seated coins are my main area of collecting activity, and they have been since about 2005. I have finished my sets of half dimes and quarters, and I am 50%+ finished with half dollars. I only own a couple of dollars and dimes for Type purposes.

DUIGUY · February 21, 2012 4:00AM

Not sure, I think I do.

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