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Welcome to the forum! That's a fantastic find!

I hope YeOldeCollector will chime in. He's knowledgable about these sort of coins.

Hmm... How do you know it is gold? Looks suspicious to me.

That's incredible! Any idea why?

I'm conflicted. I have several series I've been working on for a decade (or two???) now because 1) I don't get to go to shops or shows more than once a year and 2) I like the hunt. I know I could find all of the coins I want online, but I like searching the tables and the shops for that perfect one. Not "perfect" as in MS-70, but... "the one".

Anywho, it's frustrating at times because I won't make any progress towards completing them. But I don't want to buy overpriced slabs from Heritage.

Is that lead?

On 9/22/2018 at 6:06 PM, Steve D'Ippolito said:

I showed a friend of mine the 1909 cent and he launched off on a tirade about how he never finds stuff like that.

The very next day he found a very, very worn 1924 dime on the sidewalk.

I tell people this now at club meetings and tell them if the want to rant and rave at me about how they never find cool stuff, I am here to serve.

😆

On 9/20/2018 at 10:02 PM, SMS said:

Don't ask....and Ikaros...shame on you!!  That opens up way too many cans of different possible worms....let's just leave the reference to hockey.

And speaking of Canadians...I got a nice 1979 Canadian cent today in change.

What about Pierre McGuire? 😛

Who is pierre??!

Very cool! It'd be nice if the organization got out of politics and kept with old traditions like these!

Very nice, Steve. Did you buy it online?

Fantastic toning. I can only imagine how she looks in hand.

Wow! Do they still have these competitions?

WOW! Fantastic!!! 

September 8, 2018 - the Vermont Sesquicentennial half dollar

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont_Sesquicentennial_half_dollar

What a gorgeous coin. Look at that high relief! I even love the fields - reminds me of the fields of a buffalo nickel.

I doubt anyone here has this coin, but I sure want one after seeing it! Not sure I've ever seen it before.

As I understand it, back in the day when coins were valued for their precious metal content AND goods could be bought with coins, snipping off fractions of coins was a way to make change!

That's incredible, Steve. You're a very lucky man.

Beautiful. Look at the delicate work in the field.

I haven't! Can you get a clearer picture?

Where's YeOldeCollector when we need him!

I don't believe it!

Oh my my my my... This forum hasn't seen a post like this in ages. Thank you so much for the pics and the story. Please keep sharing!!

I haven't been to a real coin show in forever. My favorite one (the only real one I've ever been to) is the Whitman Coin Show in Baltimore. Three times a year and I've been busy each of those weekends for the last few years. It truly brings a tear to my eye. I wish I could find another show that could stand in for that show...

Fantastic shot!! Show us more!!

A little fuzzy but nice!

August 11, 2018 - James B. Longacre - Designer of many, many iconic U.S. coinage designs

• Flying Eagle cent (1856–1858)
• Indian Head cent (1859–1909)
• Two-cent piece (1864–1873)
• Three-cent piece in silver (1851–1873) and nickel (1865–1889)
• Shield nickel (1866–1883)
• Liberty Seated half dime reverse (1860–1873)
• Liberty Seated dime reverse (1860–1891), reused with slight modification as reverse of Barber dime (1892–1916)
• Liberty Head gold dollar (1849–1889)
• Three-dollar piece (1854–1889)
• Liberty Head double eagle (1849–1907)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_B._Longacre

Man, this makes me really excited to get my collection cleaned up a bit.

Happy birthday!! Anyone checked in on her on Facebook?