okrecer03

...I have a 1709...but my wife has our camera until next tuesday....Will post pic if no other shows up by then....sorry...

Okay..... ...not the best pic, but hope it will do!!!...an old British half penny

....see.....good work, folks!!!

Folks, hang in there!...a 1766 will show up in time...be patient.....keep the streak alive for real!!!!

. ....1783 Spanish 8 Reales....from the shipwreck El Cazador in 1784....legend has it this shipment of bullion was to go to help fund the spanish territory of "Louisiana", but when the ship sank, the Spanish lost its stronghold, and later had to sell the land to France, who in turn sold it to us (USA) in 1803.....otherwise I might be speaking "Frenchy french" right now! (here in Oklahoma!!!) . . .

1856 Flying Eagle cent 1916 SLQ 1955/55 DDO Lincoln cent 1794-95 Dollar ......................for starters!!!!!...................

Good history! ....That is why I like the old Colonial coinage so much..each coin represents so much history.

Circulated, for the most part: Partly for my love of history & the old circs, they seem to tell much more to the "story". Unc's are pretty , valuable & all, but when you think about it, all they did was get minted , put in a bag, then into a collector's collection. other than being made, they were never apart of history in a real sense. they were never used in commerce, never used to buy land, used in interactions between people, used to help foster the growth of our Nation. Also, because I focus on Large Cents , circs are more affordable!

Started 1966, at age 6....my dad bought me my first IHC 1902, at a coin show...shortly after, at age 6-7, I figured there was something big gonna happen with the change to 'clad' coins, so I started hoarding all the silver coins I could get ( not much for a 7 year-old, but a great idea )..still have all those. Collected into jr & high school... Lost interest in college & Medical school, But got back into it with a vengance 3-4 years ago....looked back in some old coin mags & recalled wishing I had a coin from the 1700's, but thought that is only fantasy......Got me a nice 1798 large cent couple yrs ago....ouch!...the bug just bit again & now I am hopelessly incurable!

....Not my coins!..according to my wife who says " Honey, but you'll NEVER sell them!"........

....Hey! I am definitely more average than the average person!!

Yeah, my wife actually "got" that for me for Christmas, 2 yrs ago (pretty decent XF)......she ROCKS!!! .....someone told me, "thats just one more thing for your estate sale when you kick it....."

There is just something that draws me to those "Old Coppers"!!

I'm a Special General hoarder: Specialist: I focus on Large Cents- just want one of each Sheldon variety Generalist- I like to gather hole fillers for my books Hoarder- I have bags of Wheaties, Rolls of Buffalo & Liberty nickels & Mercury dimes. pages & rolls of old silver stuff.....

---Newbie member here--- All Dansco albums: Large Cents-complete Indian cents-complete Lincoln cents,1909 to present-complete Liberty nickels-complete Buffalos-complete Jeffersons-complete Barber dimes-(NOT complete /65%) Mercury dimes-complete Roosevelts-complete(only the silvers) Barber quarters-(NOT complete /70%) Washingtons-complete (only silvers) State quarters-complete Barber halves (NOT complete/ 70%) Walker halves-complete Franklins-complete Morgans (NOT complete/ 65%) Peace dollars-complete ....has been fun to work on, not the best of grades though, but enjoyable to try to get all the dates of stuff........( I mainly collect Large Cent Sheldon Varieties) HAVE FUN COLLECTING!