currency, raw indian head cent, another photo of a Stack's lot etc.

I've been meaning to write this entry for about a week now I guess. I've put it off, it's a lot more fun to be looking at currency auctions at Teletrade and Denly's currency inventory rather than writing a journal. :-)

Thanks to Rick's & Kerry's generousity, I'm ready to pull the trigger and place some currency bids this comming week. I hope I can win at least one lot, but we'll have to wait and see. The only downside I can see about getting back on track with currency is I think I'm getting back in during a rising market. It seems to me (and I must admit, this has been a very unscientific survey) that currency is starting to take off big time. Seems like lots that used to bring $100 to $125 are now bringing anywhere from $200 to $250, and so on for higher value notes. Oh well, I guess that's good in a way, it means the notes I already have are possibly going up in value too.

I have 3 lots in my tracking list in next Monday's Teletrade auction. One of the notes is a $2 legal tender for my registry set. Another is a Bahama 4 shillings note that I think is pretty. The final lot is a $1 silver certificate with the Hawaii overprint. These notes (along with the Africa silver certificates) intrigue me, as they're intertwined with WW2 history. I may make a denomination set of the Hawaii ones, will have to see how values run on them first before I deicide for sure.

I see silver is back down a little bit today. High $35 range. I know yesterday it was well up into the $36 range, and while I was at the coin shop late yesterday afternoon, the lady there said it was pushing $37. That's ok with me, my 61 ounces is looking better and better, even at $35/ounce. Speaking of the coin shop, I was glad to be able to stop in yesterday afternoon after my doctor's appointments. I've been having foot problems and pain, and I'm trying to get them fixed as I'm tired of having to take vacation days because they're hurting so bad. Anyway, I did pick up a raw 1907 Indian Head cent for my raw collection. I think it has been cleaned in the past, but it still looks nice, so I'm ok with a cleaned coin for my raw set. It's nice to have the coin shop fairly close by (22 miles). It seems they always have something for me to look at and possibly purchase, even though it' only an Indian Head Cent.

I don't know how the Stack's and Bowers-Merena merger is going to affect me. Stack's has always had lots that really interest and intrigue me. I don't know if they'll keep having these lots (especially ABN plates and proofs etc.) Guess I'll have to wait and see.

Well, I guess this is enough for now. My photo this entry is a pic of one of the lots I won at the recent Stack's auction. It's an Adam's Express stock header, I think it's really cool.