roaddevil Posted July 30, 2007 Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 cool nice coin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syzygy Posted August 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 Just on impulse, I picked up a 64 mint set - quite reasonably priced. This one was in a Capital plastics case (P & D with the cardboard insert). The P set, pictured here, has some interesting toning. The D set was toned to a much lesser degree. Funny thing this tarnish The Lincoln is, unfortunately, quite spotted. The Jefferson is not too great either. The others, particularly the Washington, look pretty nice, in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 Very nice purchases. I especially like a few of the Peace Dollars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syzygy Posted November 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 I have wanted one of these since my start in coin collecting. The incuse design is absolutely superb! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 I love the Indian Head gold. Very nice coin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syzygy Posted November 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 This one was really more of an impulse buy than anything else. Still I am enamored with the wartime silver nickels. It has some toning/tarnish that does not do much for the eye appeal. But, it does have a pretty good strike with some very decent step definition for the year (I think). Still, I am a bit surprised at the grade - but toning should not influence the grade - right? After watching the incredible Ken Burns documentary "The War", I have a renewed interest in putting together a US WWII type set. If you look through some price guides, one could assemble such a set in F-VF at a very reasonable price and an MS set would not be out of sight. Further, if you don't mind some holes, the set could go into unmarked Dansco pages and make a nice album. Well, it's just a thought at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 After watching the incredible Ken Burns documentary "The War", I have a renewed interest in putting together a US WWII type set. I thought in the same vernacular after watching his breakout series "The Civil War" back in the early 1990's, I pondered of the acquisition of a nice contemporary to that time selection of choice coinage. I had merely accomplished the cupro-nickel cent, and the three cent piece in nickel from 1865, though yet I will endeavour to acquire the 2¢ coin and the 5¢ piece in nickel as per my desire. Only very recently I have I occasioned the "greenbacks" from that era, a neat little type set of $5, $10 and the $20 from 1862. The interesting thing about the WWII series is knowing participants in that, unlike the abstract of the Civil War. I can ask of my own Grandmother her experiences of that time, the memory of the attack on Pearl Harbour, the rationing, the steel cents of 1943 etc. One of my neighbours was a military governor in Bavaria right after the war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collectin_coins Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 Is that DDoouubblling on MMOONNTICELLO or just reflection?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syzygy Posted January 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 A new addition to the Peace Dollar set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 Wonderful Jefferson and a very nice Peace $ as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syzygy Posted January 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 My second purchase of 2008. This is just part of my large silver collection and was a bit of an impulse acquisition, but the pic barely does it justice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 Nice dollar. If I recall the 35 is one of the harder coins in that series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneydog Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 Nice I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syzygy Posted March 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 Picked up this little beauty today - plowing away at the Lincoln set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 Nice cent. Do you have a minimum grade you're after? I hear the 31-D (or a similar date/mint) is rarer in high grades than the 31-S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syzygy Posted March 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 Nice cent. Do you have a minimum grade you're after? I hear the 31-D (or a similar date/mint) is rarer in high grades than the 31-S. Nope, no minimum grade - just a nice look for the price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syzygy Posted March 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 Not the prettiest example, but it is welcome in my Peace Dollar collection... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Argh.. I need that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syzygy Posted March 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 Another Lincoln for the album (forgot I needed this one). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syzygy Posted March 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 The last year of "real" US Silver Dollars and another one for the Dansco album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syzygy Posted March 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 I continue to make progress on the Peace Dansco - *gosh* I like these old, well-travelled, hunks of silver - what a great design! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 Are you thinking of finding the big varieties? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syzygy Posted March 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 Are you thinking of finding the big varieties? Noooooooooooooo I'm thinking of the 5 more I need and one of those the 28 that will definitely be the umm 'toughest' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 the 28 that will definitely be the umm 'toughest' Hey man, don't belittle my favorite series! This is the series that got me into collecting and I'm close to completing a respectable set on a college student budget. The 28 and 34S are the only two I'm missing (besides either a 34D or 35S... can't remember, but they're not tough)!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syzygy Posted April 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 With this well-travelled 34-S, the Dansco has but three holes....slowly but surely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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