Zebo

Other than the Oregon Trail - here’s four not in any particular order:

Pilgrim Tercentenary

On 10/26/2022 at 2:45 PM, Tyrock said:

I've been attending shows in MA and CT for the past year on a regular basis. Recently, the New England area has had organized groups following dealers after they leave the show and waiting for them to leave their car unattended at which point they move in and steal from their car. This recently happened to a dealer leaving a Springfield show. He was hit in CT on the way home while leaving his car unattended at the gas pump.  I've been at two shows recently during which surveillance was done by a gang member in the show. The most recent incident was this past Sunday in MA when a female wearing a burka came in and walked around the bourse floor with her cell phone in her hand. Only her eyes were visible under her style of dress as she was covered from head to toe. She was focused on looking at gold in dealer's cases. When she left a show member followed her to the parking lot and she got into a car driven by a male subject. The car's license plate was covered over. They were observed stopping a few houses down from the show to remove the license plate covering before entering the main road. The other incident involved a female wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses. She was taking photos of dealer's cases with her phone. The police were contacted as the car she got into kept coming by the show. We had people in the parking lot watching for them to return. The police found them and followed their car but lost them. Although they do have their IL license plate number. Just wanted to pass this information along in hopes that it will alert dealers to what is going on. And the two shows I'm talking about were just small club shows, not the bigger events in the area.

Happened in Richmond last week and during the same weekend in North Carolina, they followed the dealer to his home and robbed him. Seems to be happening more and more often. My advice, be armed, be alert, alter your routes and never leave your possessions by themselves if at all possible. Have a buddy with you - even a dog helps. Hopefully they will be able to track your suspects down.

I just watched his FUN video yesterday. Shocked!

That is my recollection as well. 

On 9/28/2022 at 6:04 AM, Conder101 said:

You only show one side so I don't know exactly which token it is, but it is from the county of Norfolk England.  It is either D&H 23 or 24,  Dies were by Thomas Wyon of Birmingham, and they were struck by Peter Kempson also of Birmingham.  They were produced for a Merchant named Dinmore, and they struck 51,500 pieces of the two varieties combined.  Both are considered common so assume a roughly even distribution or about 26,000 of each die pair variety, but each comes with more than one edge variety.

Ugh - I must have deleted the reverse

Have you talked to NGC about it? Should be easy enough to stop.

I misunderstood your original question.

The black finish issue does contain silver in it.

the Pobjoy mint can be very frustrating. Their records are extremely poor. To complicate things further the Pobjoy mint sometimes uses sterling silver as opposed to the less pure silver that they also use in some of their crowns. 
 

More to come…
 

On 9/8/2022 at 10:23 PM, VKurtB said:

Wish we could fast forward to William. 

Or better yet - George.

Always admired that coin. Wonder where it is now.

I’d have to go with the United Kingdom. I do like the others that you mentioned as well. I might even give the nod to the French. 
I do like some of the older Denmark medals. 

On 9/1/2022 at 2:28 PM, Frank said:

 

what did it go for?

$480, I believe (hammer)

On 8/30/2022 at 10:29 PM, zadok said:

...not sure bout the apples but def applies today...cool political token u should have bought it....

I wish I did now -  63 DPL.

I didn’t bid on it, but like it. Still apples today!

On 8/26/2022 at 7:10 PM, RWB said:

A bargain!

Not really a bargain, but a decent price with it selling for $60 to $80 overseas plus shipping. Can’t wait to see what Spink lists it for.

On 8/26/2022 at 9:57 AM, Just Bob said:

That looks like a good addition to your library. 

Question: did the British strike patterns for gold coins in off-metals they way the US mint did/does?

They did.

On 8/25/2022 at 8:20 PM, Walter Holmes said:

Im still trying to figure out the pros and cons of starting a registry. This is all new to me. 

Pros: keeps track of you coins in an easy to use and view method 

         Raises your interest seeing other sets in the registry and motivating you to add coins to increase your position

         Allows you to tell your story

Coms: puts your coins out on the internet - some people like their privacy (even if you keep the set private)

Roger, any update on the book? Came across this photo which prompted my question. 

Kurt - how was the show overall? 
 

plus another sad affair:

Currency who was attending the recent ANA World’s Fair of Paper Money in

Rosemont, IL.

Stolen Notes:

1- $500 1934 FRN D00031012A

2- $500 1934/1934A S/N not available but both have missing pieces along edges

On 8/21/2022 at 4:39 PM, RWB said:

Those who support the Proof-only theory dismiss the official mintage figure and they claim that all of the circulated examples started out as Proofs. However, they are unable to explain why so many of the coins exist today and why so many of them are in circulated condition.

With a 2,200 Mintage, wouldn’t you expect more than 20-25 1831 half cents to survive? 

On 8/19/2022 at 6:39 PM, Bignubnumismatics said:

NGC , I think , thinks they are all circulated proofs, PCGS states that there are proof & business. They were struck from the same dies, hard to really tell based on the usual diagnostics.

 

I tend to side with NGC then.

On 8/19/2022 at 7:54 PM, RWB said:

What suggests a "pattern piece?" What's different from former designs and why do you think that was done? How many 1831 half cents are known? Pattern pieces prior to 1836 are extremely unusual.

Can you describe how a proof (aka "master coin") were made in the 1820s-30s ? Your can't really prepare an article without knowing how processes operated and what differed between "master coin" and production coin.

Will help in any way I can.

I believe there are about 20 known. Not many.

Circulated proofs?

Very interesting. How about world coins now???  (Half serious). 
 

i didn’t expect classic comm - gold or silver to make either list.