The Reiver large cents arrived. Here they are....

1797 S-128, Reverse of 1797, Stems.

1798 S-186, 2nd Hair Style

1800/798 S-191

1801 S-222

1802 S-232

Nice buys. You've got a nice collection started. Enjoy them.

After years and years of looking, I finally got a Panama-Pacific Half Dollar.

And also filled a hole in my US Type Set.

It is a lovely piece, proof positive that the USA could once produce lovely coinage

That is an absolutely wonderful half eagle!!!

Oh! Wonderful!

Lovely half dollar!! I love how the shield below the eagle also looks like the top of a column.

What is Kennedy still doing on the half? Someone needs to bombard the Congress and Mint with pictures of these coins! They obviously have no idea how inspirational everyday coins could look like. Oh nevermind, I just noticed the naked butt -won't happen.

btw gpnyc : When you say you have been looking for years and years; have you just not seen any or not seen any as good as this one?

These coins are low-mintage but they are not rare. They can always be had for a price but they tend to come either butt-ugly-toned or outrageous-premium-$$-toned but nothing in between. I've actually been looking for a nice AU-58 but those always seem to go for a premium too.

This one is actually uncirculated and has just the right patina (for me) which gives it a certain medallic quality. Its this patina that I was searching for for so long.

Beautiful coins. You have good tastes.

Wow!!! The Pan-Pac half and the 1808 Bust Half are awesome!!!

As beautiful as that panpac is a Reich gold piece is serious - if I were younger, I would just say 'DUDE!'

Great coins!! I have always appreciated the design and rarity of draped bust coins. I will eventually have to buy some for my type set.

A good day for Exonumia today. I received two Civil War Tokens and one So-called dollar....

Great coins and tokens. You have a great talent for picking coins that make most of us drool.

Got this Columbian Exposition SC$1 yesterday:

Very, very, VERY nice!

What is the diameter on that? Is it large or small?

Ah, we really know the reason you bought this is it's PCI-6 potential!

Very nice, thank you for sharing.

Its about the diameter of a US Silver Dollar (38mm) but thicker (4mm).

PCI-6? What's that? Heh heh heh.

Got this a few months ago but haven't been able to take decent pics until now. So hard to capture the true look of this coin with a camera but I finally did it.

Swaaaaaaeeeet I really want to get a really nice SL Dollar sometime, I only have a couple of them, and nothing BU yet.

Surely that has never been in doubt.

Time has however moved on and for various reasons coinage is no longer the medium for art that it used to be (at least IMHO). As we all know, there are the occasional jaw dropping exceptions (worldwide) that make a rare appearance from time to time.

Great detail and toning on the 1866 $1. Nice coin!

Fantastic!

Not really a new purchase. I already owned these coins but I had them put together in a multi-coin slab. They are a nice matching set.

What are the rules for creating cutome slabs?

There are very few limitations or rules as to what you can do with these custom holders.

See this link for more detailed info:

NGC Multi-coin holders

That is a real nice way to display a set.

Just arrived after hibernating on Lay-away for 90 days. My first (and quite likely last) early gold proof.

1897 Proof Liberty Quarter Eagle. NGC PR-63 Ultra Cameo



The 1897 is a scarce, later-date issue in the proof Liberty Quarter Eagle series. A mere 136 proofs were minted and survival estimates are fewer than half (45-50) in all grades. The glassy fields are well contrasted by heavily frosted devices that display exacting sharpness , hence the Ultra Cameo designation. A few field abrasions limit the grade on this rarity.

Um, tasty!

It's a beauty.

Wonderful.

Latest auction win:

1892 Christopher Columbus Exposition Medal, Struck in Silver,designed by Lea Ahlborn. Eglit-112. Outstanding original mint luster with superb prooflike surfaces. An extremely scarce type. NGC MS-64.

Lovely piece, well designed, minted and what an incredible and colourful tone.

Beautiful!

I agree!

Definitely PCI material. Yummy!

Both the design and toning combined make that a wonderful piece to have.

Congrats on obtaining that!

Arrived today. I guess you can still find good stuff on eBay. I took a chance on a new seller with zero feedback...

1869 US Mint Pacific Railway Completion Medal. Bronze. High Relief. HK#12. 45mm dia., 4mm thick.

Man, these medals you have are really nice.

I love the clay coloring.

Scratch this one off the "must own one some day" list.

1652 Massachusetts Pine Tree Shilling

Noe-17, R.3. Though all Pine Tree Shillings are dated 1652, they were actually minted from 1667-1682. This example is of the Small Planchet variety, which were struck on thicker, smaller diameter planchets than their predecessors. Natural dark-gray fields combine with lighter silver-gray legends to produce a classic, original appearance. Nicely centered on a full planchet with just modest weakness at the base of the obverse & reverse. Full legends and strong detail throughout. Circulated but never damaged or sratched in any way. A small egde defect at 5:30 (as made) does not detract. This variety is easily identifiable by what has been termed a "bird's nest break" within the tree's branches as well as the extraneous denticles above the AS in MASATHVSETS.

Make it your new avatar!

congrats!

It's quite a feat for it to make it this far in any condition.