Been a while since I've written...

I was away the past week or so, taking a break from work and visiting some family. I ventured back to where my parents and siblings all live in the middle of the Great Plains, where temps were over 110 more than half of the week I was there. Needless to say, I spent most of my time indoors as I'm a softie living up in Minnesota for the past 8 years.

When I returned back to the slightly cooler temps of the Northland, I was greeted by several arrivals in the mail box. I made some upgrades to my 20th Century Type set, after working a good deal with a fellow Collector's Society member. In particular, I upgraded my Buffalo Nickel to an MS67 1937 from my 1938-D MS66. I also upgraded to an MS68 Silver Ike dollar. For my US Type Set, I also added (as part of the same transaction) a PF66 1907 Liberty Nickel. This is the lowest mintage year of all of the proof Liberty Nickels. While it isn't the rarest, it is still a great coin. This is now one of the highlights of my collection, and I absolutely love the coin.

In addition to some upgrades, I also had a couple horse-themed items in the mix. Below you will see the reverse of one of my newly added beauties. This is the 1898 Trans-Mississippi Expo Medal, sold during the expo in Omaha, Nebraska. It is a nice example, and I was pleasantly surprised to see how gorgeous it is in hand and how high the relief is. There is a spot on the obverse just to the left of the bust (see full picture attached to the Chat Boards post), but otherwise the coin is clean and appealing. The reverse features an American Indian hunting the bison in very high relief. It's a gorgeous design, and bears the date 1848 (50 years prior to the Expo).

I hope everyone is off to a good start this week. I can't believe it's August already!

Happy collecting.

To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.