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TheHawaiianaNumismatist

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  1. TheHawaiianaNumismatist
    As most of you know by now, I have a passion for collecting. The beauty, the rarity and the history behind each item collected is my motivation.
    When individuals visit my home office, one of the first things they see is my medal collection. These medals come in all shapes and sizes, but each has a common theme.
    My personal goal is to collect eight or less each year. The most I ever collected was ten in one year. Don't get me wrong, I can collect more but it's nice to get them at a "good steady pace". This medal collection shows one facet of my life that provides me balance and focus.
    I started my collection in 2005. Each medal in my collection is priceless. I will never sell or trade any piece in my collection. You can say they are a part of who I am.
    These medals are not high dollar items, but there is monetary fee to get them. You really have to be physically and mentally prepared to seek them out. You just can't pick them up on a whim or slap a handful of dollars on the counter to purchase one.
    When one is handed to you, it really is the greatest feeling in the world!
     
    (...this is my comedic attempt to employ my writing skills, joy of numismatics, and running)

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  3. TheHawaiianaNumismatist
    Do you own the lowest serial number NIIHAU correction medal?
    Recently, I acquired another Official Hawaiian Statehood medal in sterling silver (submitted for NGC grading and encapsulation earlier in November 2012). This specimen is serial number 1309.
    In a previous journal entry I presented original research that concludes that serial number 1266 is currently the known "discovery" medal that corrected the the NII HAU spelling error (space inserted between the letter I and H) to NIIHAU (single word). This newly acquired medal exhibits the same traits as the serial number 1266 medal.
    My hunt continues for the lowest serial number that corrects the NII HAU spelling error. If you have an Official Hawaii Statehood medal in sterling silver that is lower than serial number 1266 and exhibits the correct spelling of NIIHAU, please contact me. You may hold the new "discovery" specimen for the correction of NIIHAU spelling error, will help in resolving the final population count and help document this new finding in Hawaiian numismatics.

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  4. TheHawaiianaNumismatist
    Got my grades today ... NGC grades
    I never did have a low grade in college...but...
    My NGC submittal (received by NGC on 11/08/2012) results were revealed to me this afternoon.
    This entry is about my HK-721 so called dollar (aka Honolulu Carnival Dollar, Honolulu (Aloha) Carnival Dollar, Mid-Pacific Aloha Carnival Dollar, Dukie, etc...) submittal.
    No slab image at this time.
    HK-721 so called dollar has a Fuld Rarity of R-5 (76 - 200 known).
    NGC census is currently at 6 graded (not including my submittal). Highest grade is MS62 and lowest grade is AU50. This is a very tough coin to locate.
    I now have an anchor (lowest grade in the NGC census). My coin's grade is VF-35.
    This coin was purchased from Jeff Shevlin, current American Numismatic Association Executive Director (before he took the position). I still have the purchase receipt and coin insert (indicating its "From the Collection of Jeff Shevlin").
    The coin is also an ex-lot from the 2007 Heritage Long Beach Auction (as indicated in an earlier journal entry).
    Picture was taken on Dec 3, 2012 while vacationing on Oahu.

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  5. TheHawaiianaNumismatist
    For all posterity ...
    I had a phone conversation with one of the museum curators at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine in Baltimore, Maryland. They finally received the coins, authentication paperwork and gifting letter.
    As he puts it, your name and gifts will be in the museum collection and shared "for all posterity". I never thought about it that way. He indicated there is a plan for the coins to be displayed in the near future as part of the rush of visitors attending the War of 1812/Star-Spangled celebrations in Maryland.
    Here are the gold coins...
    http://coins.www.collectors-society.com/wcm/CoinCustomSetGallery.aspx?s=9738
  6. TheHawaiianaNumismatist
    Acquired from a collector in France.
    The DVD of my Money Talks presentation at the 2015 ANA World's Fair of Money is available for borrowing from the ANA Library. The first book that cataloged this "lost" presidential medal series is ISBN 1511786744.
    The image is a composite of a snippet of my ANA presentation slide (lower portion) and of my latest acquisition from a collector in France.
    It's a remarkable acquisition in that it supports my original research findings (in my book) in that President Eisenhower awarded his "appreciatory medal" in France from September 2 - 4, 1959.
    My acquisition is a three-piece set with: original presidential envelope, card from President Eisenhower, and the President Eisenhower Class 1 medal (DDE-C1-02). The first intact set to be located and identified.
    Surviving mintage is 436 specimens (after President Eisenhower's end of 2nd term destruction of unused medals). DDE-C1-02 was issued in the Federal Republic of Germany, United Kingdom, and France from August 26, 1959 through September 7, 1959.
    NGC has previously graded this type of medal (I have a NGC MS65 specimen).

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  7. TheHawaiianaNumismatist
    For all posterity ...
    I had a phone conversation with one of the museum curators at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine in Baltimore, Maryland. They finally received the coins, authentication paperwork and gifting letter.
    As he puts it, your name and gifts will be in the museum collection and shared "for all posterity". I never thought about it that way. He indicated there is a plan for the coins to be displayed in the near future as part of the rush of visitors attending the War of 1812/Star-Spangled celebrations in Maryland.
    Here are the gold coins...
    http://coins.www.collectors-society.com/wcm/CoinCustomSetGallery.aspx?s=9738
  8. TheHawaiianaNumismatist
    How can an entire US Mint series be discovered?
    I created six numismatic discovery models for a numismatic book I'm working on. The first three models explains the different types of US numismatic discoveries (these models can be tailored for specific area of US numismatics or non-US numismatics). I shared my first three models at my ANA blog (link below).
    www.money.org/collector/drdarryl/blog/us-numismatics-discovery-models-part-1-2
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  9. TheHawaiianaNumismatist
    This is how a new US Mint series was discovered!
    www.money.org/collector/drdarryl/blog/us-numismatics-discovery-models-part-2
    The image below is of the Class 2 series of the President of the United States special Government medal (POTUS sGm) series.
    Each POTUS sGm is presidential artifact (see link in my ANA blog).

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