AuldFartte Posted May 6, 2006 Report Share Posted May 6, 2006 And 3 blank silver dollar Dansco pages to update my Modern Commem albums. SCORE !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted May 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2006 Got a bunch of stuff today. A package from The Netherlands with a nice Commem in it... A package from Canada with a bunch of stuff including an Italian 500 Lire with the ship! WooHoo! And 2 Auction catalogs from Superior Galleries which I did not request and don't know why they sent but boy are they absolutely impressive and beautiful, thick books with glossy color photo pages, my gosh I may get drool on the pages. I will get pics of the stuff sometime this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted May 7, 2006 Report Share Posted May 7, 2006 Oops! Sorry wrong thread.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted May 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2006 Oops! Sorry wrong thread.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted May 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2006 With an extra... And from Canada... There's plenty more from Canada but that's all I have photographed at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted May 7, 2006 Report Share Posted May 7, 2006 The Netherlands/Australia 5€ is an interesting design. I can't quite decide if I like it or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted May 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 Got a mini-hoard today... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trantor_3 Posted May 8, 2006 Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 you need a bigger book seems you've been shopping in a certain part of Canada The swiss franc, is that in a stapled self-seal 2x2???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted May 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 Yes it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggit Posted May 8, 2006 Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 Got the right package Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Art Posted May 9, 2006 Report Share Posted May 9, 2006 I like the Canadian Large Cents.Very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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daggit Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 Those look nice, are they leather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted May 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 I don't think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 The new Dansco's are in. You're really going to have quite a nice library of coin albums. Good hunting for the items to fill them. Have fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted May 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 Oh certainly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henare Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 The Netherlands/Australia 5€ is an interesting design. I can't quite decide if I like it or not. i definitely think it'll look better in person than it does in a photograph. in the photo it definitely looks kinda busy ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagleeye Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 I like the Canadians too Bunny...nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cladiator Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 Quite an impressive collection you've got there Tiffibunny. The Italian 500 Lira is excellent. It's my third favorite darkside design (behind the Gothic Crown and the Cuban ABC Peso), beautiful coin. You need some half dimes in there to round out the collection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted May 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 Quite an impressive collection you've got there Tiffibunny. The Italian 500 Lira is excellent. It's my third favorite darkside design (behind the Gothic Crown and the Cuban ABC Peso), beautiful coin. You need some half dimes in there to round out the collection! Welcome aboard! And I have a few half dimes here and there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cladiator Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 Welcome aboard! And I have a few half dimes here and there...Thank you ma'am. If you've got those baby busty's you might as well put up some photos of them yes? Show me yours and I'll show you mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted May 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 That's all I have. Just one busty. But it's a 7/7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cladiator Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 Very nice half dimes Tiff! The 1872S in particular looks to be outstanding. Unfortunately I know next to nothing of the Seated series but I can tell you a bit about your 1837 Capped Bust Half Dime. You have an example of the 1837 LM1/V3. 1837 is tied with 1834 for the fewest die marriages in the series of just 5 with no known re-marriages. It's interesting to note that the punches used for the date on your coin are the same that were used for the 1837 No Stars, Small Date Seated Half Dime. Your coin is well circulated and has that nice original crusty look to it that could tell countless stories I'm sure. I love circulated Federal coinage and thinking about where they've been and what they've seen. 1837 was the final year for the Capped Bust series unfortunately ending a short but very interesting run of coinage. With a total mintage of just under 900,000 for 1837 there were less of this date made than any other in the series. This is plainly evident in the amount of 1837 Bust half dimes there are out in the market. Considerably less than any other year. Although the overall mintage was low there are no ultra rare marriages for this year and only 2 that are considered semi rare. However, if one is looking for a high grade and well struck example of any die marriage of 1837 it will prove to be a difficult and expensive search at best. Your coin appears to be a relatively early die state. This is the one and only time the reverse die "KK", with large 5C, was used. The strike weakness in the left wing is very typical of this die and other reverse dies of the same year. Infact, reverse die "LL" suffers from this very same weakness and is used on the only two rare marriages for 1837; the LM2 with a rarity of 5 and the LM3 with a rarity of 6. Your coin is one of the more common varieties with a rarity of 1. On a coin with a later die state than yours there should be a tiny chip nestled in N1 between the diaganol and right upright. There would also be a small die crack extending from the tip of the right wing through the arrow shafts and terminating at the bottom arrow head. I'm not able to see these two features which is what leads me to believe it is an early die state. This of course could also be because the coin has significant wear. If the chip and crack are there you should be able to see them through a loupe. There should also be evidence, unless it was worn away, of relatively severe die clashing of the date between STATES and PLURIBUS. The obverse die "1" coincidentally was only used this one and only time. As you mentioned, one of the main attribution points for this die is the heavily repunched 7 in the date. There is also a die crack that cuts the coin completely in half. This can be hard to see on an early die state coin. The crack actually begins in the rim above S7 and goes down to Liberty's cap...oddly enough the first part of the crack follows almost exactly the scratch in your coin. Perhaps someone decades ago or longer was attempting to trace the crack with a sharp object. This crack proceeds through the cap and B in LIBERTY, down into the ear, down through the hair, passes to the right of the drapery clasp and back into the field to the right of the date and terminates in the bottom rim. Quite a drastic crack and most likely explains why this die was used but once. Again, with the heavy circulation this die crack may be extremely difficult to see. Very nice coin Tiff, thank you for sharing it with us. I know this is your thread so I don't want to hijack it with my own photos. I did promise though that I'd show you mine since you have shown me yours! I'll post just one small photo of one small half dime so as not to clutter up your thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted May 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 Wonderful information!!! And that half d... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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