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AJ, that is a beautiful '21! I have been looking for one for months, and I'm still looking. It's hard to find a nice '21...but this one is super nice! (thumbs u

My newest type set addition. Saved for a while for this one, and it will take much of my budget for the next few months. I'm happy with the strike and quality of the surfaces for old copper.

like the reverse of the $1! I bet BRG is gonna get it for his horse collection!

Yep, just waiting for some to appear already graded. It's actually a very pretty design IMO, notwithstanding the fact that it has 4 horses in the design.

Ankur, that is a fabulous Barber!

Most recent medal. If you look closely it actually has three horses -- but two are pretty small. I added a close up of the "Promontory Golden Spike Ceremony". The detail is pretty amazing!

Original pamphlet text:

In 1869, the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad was a startling and dramatic event which captured the public imagination no less than the landing of the first man on the moon a century later. Not only did the steel track physically unite the nation, East and West, but it helped spiritually to heal the wounds of the Civil War with a unifying sense of great accomplishment and national unity. The locomotive pictured on the obverse is not one of the more than 150 shipped around the Horn (a journey which took from 3-9 months) to the Southern Pacific for its part in building the Western portion of the road. It is the "Sacramento", first locomotive in California, built by the Boston Locomotive Works in 1855 and used on the little Sacramento Valley RR. It has been chosen here as a symbol of the engineering achievement in the construction work, for its part in penetrating the Sierras. To speed construction, tunneling continued in the raw winter months when the brutal mountain weather precluded grading and track-laying. For the challenging Summit Tunnel at 7,042 feet, it was decided to sink a shaft at the middle of the site, and double the work rate by having crews work in both directions in 1866-7. The plan faltered due to difficulty in hoisting out the waste, until the "Sacramento" was sledged to the site in a frightening trip, where it served as an efficient hoisting engine. Later it was returned to motive work until it blew up at Latrobe in 1876. The reverse illustrates a wandering Indian observing the distant Golden Spike ceremonies on May 10, 1869, an event which signaled an abrupt end to his way of life.

I'll get us back on track and out of the Sacagaweas.

John, welcome to the boards! That's a great new acquisition. I really find the Mexican coins beautiful up through about 1950. The Libertads of the 1980s to present are also beautiful (agree on all counts with you). I have been looking for a nice Caballito for quite some time; just haven't quite found that special one. I enjoyed looking through all of your pictures. I'll post here my only Mexican coin.

NGC population 29/0.

I had to have one of these because I love the obverse. It's not rare at all (1.1 billion minted), but it is a beauty! Picked this up on eBay for less than $10.

I think PCGS is a little lenient on world coins. I would grade this MS65 or MS64.

No love for the 1907 Nickel?

Any upgrade for my type set.

Ok, I looked for this one for a year. The MS examples I have seen go for $300+. I found this nicely toned AU55 piece from a dealer in Greece for less than $75.

For a coin with a mintage of 4.5 million, I can't believe how hard this one was to find!!

Very nice! Is this a change in direction or a spur of the moment thing?

They will be for my type set. They were very eye catching, and they were both reasonably priced from the same seller (notice the serial numbers are sequential).

I picked up these two recently. I couldn't decide which I liked better, so I just bought both.

Charge!!

 

Bob, you can imagine how much I love this one! (thumbs u

When you're ready to get rid of that one, you know my email.

I picked this one up in the past week. IT was a stunner when I received it, given the seller's images from eBay were less than optimal. It's much nicer than I was expecting!

That looks like a very sweet San Diego Gunny!

I see a very nice Texas, but not seeing the San Diego?

Some of you have probably seen me post a few of the Heraldic Art Medals here before. The series consists of 60 regular issue medals, produced from 1959 through 1978 and released in regular intervals of three medals per year. Of the 60 regular issue medals, 13 contain the image of a horse. Over the past year, I have picked up 8 of the 13 medals, with 6 of those 8 being graded and encased in NGC holders. This is my newest addition, and one that I've been looking forward to getting for a long time.

This is medal #17 of the series, issued in 1964 to commemorate the Bicentennial of the Founding of St. Louis, Missouri. The reverse of the medal prominently features King Louis IX of France on horseback (more commonly known as Saint Louis). The image of Saint Louis on horseback is based on the statue by Charles Niehaus entitled Apotheosis of St. Louis which was completed in 1906 and has been a landmark and symbol of the city of St. Louis for over a century.

Jom, those dimes are amazing! Absolute show-stoppers! (thumbs u

Added this one to my type set. Thanks to Ankur for a very nice piece.

In the past week, I snagged two sterling silver medals dated 1969. Both will join my thematic horse collection.

The first is already graded by NGC as MS67, and commemorates the 275th Anniversary of Kingston, New Hampshire. It features a horse drawn carriage on the obverse. The issue was limited to 1,000 pieces, and mine is numbered 328 on the medals edge.

The 2nd is a raw example of the Heraldic Art Medal #31, commemorating the Bicentennial of San Diego (1769-1969). I plan to eventually have this one put in an NGC holder and will add it to my NGC custom set. For now it will remain in an album with my approximately 80 other raw horse coins, medals, and tokens. I am a huge fan of the Heraldic Art Medal series, as the high relief designs are quite stunning.

Finally got a chance to image this one.

That's a beautiful new addition John! (thumbs u

Another Heraldic Art Medal (No. 8). Civil War Centennial 1861-1961. NGC MS68. Sterling Silver.

 

BKW, I love that one! I have two of the #8 in my collection (one MS65, one MS68). It's a gorgeous design! (thumbs u

Heraldic Art Medal #6

"Pioneer Inventions"