Made some elongated coins while in California.

And heres what happens when you don't line up the arrows good. Off center error.

Quarters

Nice elongates.

1855 Sweden 2/3 skilling

2006 San Francisco Mint

Are those silver? They look nice - I can't remember when I have seen quarter elongates - are there halves and dollars as well?

Nope, made them from clad quarters. I wish I had known they had those. I would have brought a few junk silvers along. First time I had seen this type also.

It surprised me the Yosemite store did not have the comm.'s coins there also. I did get another nail on aluminum medallion for my walking stick though. So far for that parks I've visited include Yosemite, Grand Canyon North rim, Grand Canyon bright angel trail, Zion, and Arches. I need to order a couple more for other places I missed getting while I was there.

2000 Isle of Man brass from original Prime Meridian at the Royal Greenwich Observatory.



And a westward journey nickel set

I don't know the words to describe it, but I love the effect on the Queen. The nickels are great too.

Do you mean that coin is made of brass? And what do you mean from the original meridian? Did they rip up the marker and melt it?

The Isle of Man coin is just too cool! The details in the Queen's hair are pretty outstanding.

What's going on with the proof buffalo nickel there? Is it the lighting, design, or is the back half of the buffalo just not fully cameoed?

Its a silver crown. Just the marker on the reverse center is brass. The brass part is from the original prime meridian which was marked by a brass line at the Greenwich Royal Observatory. On that page click on "Prime Meridian". There is also some info about the Observatory on the page and links from it.

Just the lighting. Trying to get a shot thru plastic is hard for me.

Oh! I see the brass now.

The observatory is my favorite place to visit in London. I'm a geography nut.

A few more commemoratives.

1990 Eisenhower Dollar hazy needs a bath


1993 Jefferson Dollar



1999 Yellowstone Park Dollar

Great coins.

Working a little on the mint sets
1960 mint set

Would a collection of those tokens the mint put in the set become another collection?

Why not they are minted by the mint. And they do sell just the envelopes for envelope collectors.

I've seen just the tokens for sale before. So I guess they are collectable!

The commems are great. The Jefferson one especially.

One 1996 silver proof set. (Not copying Art just luck of the draw on a bid.)

Nice 1996 set. I had to take mine out of the plastic to get a decent scan. That Kennedy looks like it's been polished. It's so reflective. WOW!.

One of the dealers I use is supposed to have some of mint sets I'm missing also a couple commemoratives. I'll be picking them up Friday. Like I said deja vu.

Well, the dealer did not have the mint sets yet. But I picked up a 1991 premiere proof set



And a 1991 Korean War commemorative proof dollar

Good purchases.

Man, I need some more commems.

Got my legacy proof set today. So
2006 Franklin



2006 San Francisco mint



Rest of the Legacy set

very nice stuff.

I picked up one of the 1976 three coins silver sets. Could have used more tender care especially the scratches on the plastic.





And a 1995 Olympic proof dollar

That 76 Ike looks outstanding. I'm assuming the scratch is in the plastic only. All very nice though.

Working on Modern Commemoratives
1992 Columbus Proof Dollar

I really enjoy the design on this one.

1878 S trade dollar



1888 S Morgan Dollar

Talk about me... look who's snapping up all the commems!

Okay a busy day

My first 2007 a silver eagle.



Now that prices dropped on these. Benjamin Franklin Scientist



1968 Aswan Dam Commemorative 1 pound from the bulk silver box



Next my favorite 1887 O VAM 2 Doubled 1 and tripled 7 date One of the largest shifts known. With part of the double on the 1 showing up as a dot on the left side also the tripling showing up as a dot on the left side of the 7

The Aswan Dam Commem is impressive.

Yep, it caught my eye. Most of the coins are the same from week to week. Just a few ones get tossed in. Same bin I picked up the one with the stella and two hawks. Thought about picking up one of the BU russian rouble fakes and tossing it over in the russian forum. (It is silver and sold for silver price+ mark up.) No copy marks on it but they do tell you its a copy.

Working on mint marks in my redbook.

1894 O Morgan Dollar



And one vam

1882 O over S mint mark VAM 4 recessed die. Just not sure whether early or late die state. It does appear to have a triangle shape on the bar.

Working on mint marks in my redbook.

1894 O Morgan Dollar



And one vam

1882 O over S mint mark VAM 4 recessed die. Just not sure whether early or late die state. It does appear to have a triangle shape on the bar.

Great Morgans. I need to get a few more of these for my Dansco.

First up a impulse coin. 1765 russian 5 Kopek This has been "oiled/greased". But I got it cheap.



Working on commemoratives 2004 uncirculated Edison with box



Working on Morgan mint marks 1880 s Vam 34 S mint mark set to left and entire date slightly doubled.




Also working on types 1878 8 tail feather vam 14.5 Spiked A with Open Nostril E is doubled to the right.

More great coins. You seem to be picking very carefully. They all have great eye appeal.

Working on year/mints on the morgans
I already have a 1882 O over S but this is just a standard 1882 O



And a 1883 S Slight doubling reverse at "America". Kind of a tough year.

Nice surfaces on that '82.

Dropping in the bulk silver bin another Egyptian pound. 1970 Al-Azhar Mosque 1000 year Anniversary



Doing a big upgrade from my ag 1878 cc A 1878-CC VAM-2 Die Chip on Nose, Doubled LIBERTY with a circle die crack.

More nice stuff That 78CC is a beauty.

Still marking date/types off the redbook A 1900 O over O over CC I'm not absolutely sure which one but I believe it to be a 1900-O VAM-8A O/O/CC Centered, Shifted Left with Rust Spots, Near Date

Are you able to cherry pick a cool VAM variety every time you scan a dealer's lesser-grade stock? In other words, if you searched through a dealer's more common morgans, how often do you see a noteable VAM just sitting there?

Lower grades are tough sometimes. Different id'ing points may not show up. I love looking thru a group of ms range coins. Even common dates. I don't bring a vam book just my redbook. But I always bring my loupe an look for common signs of vams. (Doubles, shifted mint marks, clashes, gouges, etc.) If there are two of the same year but one has an oddity. I'll get the odd one. Really vams are pretty common since there were several dies used each year and mint. One shop I go to has a pretty wide range of coins and if I really look I'll find at least one.

These have been dribbling in over the last week and a half. I waited till all made it. 5 mint sets.

1980 mint set


1981 mint set


1984 mint set