jtryka

I got these in the mail yesterday:

Nice half, the 1827 has a gazillion die marriages, well maybe 49.

No, mine was open, and full of little fuzzies from the velvet that at first made it look like it was scratched. Once those were cleared away, it looked nice!

I got this last week:

Those are very nice bust halves TJs Coins! The toning on the RE looks particularly nice.

Jtryka,

 

I didn’t know you collected CBHs. That looks like a nice one

Collect is a strong word! Let's just say on various occasions I find a bust half that calls out to me like this one did today. It was marked as an O-106, but I have not confirmed that yet.

I found this one cheap at a local show today:

A few more nice commems, whole bunch of morgans and peace dollars, including the 28P I need. Cheapest was around MS60 for $510 raw.

Wow, I cannot believe how much these have risen! I bought mine in MS-62 about 5 years ago in a lot of 3 coins from Heritage, along with a 24-S and 27-D each in MS-63 for less than $700. I'm still ticked I sold off the 24-S a couple years ago!

WOW! That is one sweet barber Elbesaar! And don't worry Tom, if I collected coins of your caliber, I'd only post once a decade!

Ok, here are some of me recent purchases. This first one is in honor of TomB so he doesn't get confused on the rest of the coins in this post! Just a hole filler for my set that I picked up cheap while gold is down:

This next one is for Bruceswar, since we both seem to like Mexican coins! I picked this up at a local show last weekend for $15, and it's not bad for 169 years old. It has nice luster but is very weakly struck. Also, I noticed that it is in medal allignment, while the 1888 I have is in coin allignment. Does anyone know if this is the way they were struck at that time, or is this a 180-degree die rotation?

This next one if for bust half fans (and anyone that would like to help with an attribution). I got this one in a trade, and it's not bad for 197 years old!

And this last one is for you seated fans that hate coins dipped to oblivion! I bought this one for my type set, and it's really hard to photograph tiny coins in NGC slabs! And no, there is no S-mintmark on the reverse!

I love old Mexican silver! I have a bunch of newps to post this weekend, and since Bruce started it, I might add my 1837 I purchased last weekend (certainly not as nice as his 1884, but heck it was only $15!).

PS- Tom, if you really want to see a big hunk of gold, check page 25 for my Long Beach winning.

Jeff, do you collect Morgans, too? I expected some big, cool slug-o-gold and here I see a Morgan dollar.

Well, I do have an unc. set in a Dansco album I've been working off and on (mostly off) for the last 6 years or so, but I figure we all can be distracted once in a while! Besides, just wait a little bit, I did some eBay shopping last night!

Today I got this in the mail:

I just got this in the mail the other day:

Agree that 1893 is great. Lee, what's the grade on that?

 

Here is my most recent & last for a month or so...

 

That is very, very pretty! I just won a cousin of this coin in the Long Beach sale, I'll post photos whenever Heritage gets around to shipping it.

I am intrigued by the lower rings too Bruce, do you have any links to photos? I might have to look out for one!

Boiler that pattern is simply stunning!

I went to the local show today and went a little crazy on the mexican! I really couldn't help it, they were really pretty and oh so cheap!

The first are some classic pesos from 1938 and 1943, then a 1956 5-peso Hidalgo, then a couple 1968 Olympic 25-pesos (one is Prooflike) then two 1-ounce silver rounds dated 1985 commemorating two of the most famous Mexican designs. In total these coins contain 4.23 ounces of pure silver and I paid $41.50 for all of them!

I am just jtryka (otherwise I would be too confused!)