Jason Abshier

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I know I’m behind on little on time I just joined Mycollect today I e heard of ot last year but didn’t look into if … Anyone else enjoying using it ? How do you like it so far ? I heard they just added “guess the grade” contest or quiz something like that …. I’ll be sure to check it out later on when I can …. Sounds interesting

@tj96 I would assumed some of Cheerio gold dollars were probably spend and sent into circulation that’s only thing I can think of happened or folks tossed them in dresser and jewelry box …. It wasn’t discovered until much later they were scarce and worth some $$$$ to coin collectors , most of the general population is not aware of this ? What happened to boxes that did not sell at time with Cheerio coin inside every store removes expired boxes in timely manner about 5-7 years ago I had a guy at work literally at candy and pop machine everyday he would put $5 in machine hit release button it would give back $5 in gold dollars … He knew i was coin collector , he would always bring them to me asking if any were the Cheerio dollars i think he did that to get on my nerves somedays … I was like No , No , No , No , NOPE ! now get out of my area Johnny !!!!! I got so tired of looking at them

The eagle bird was a symbol not only used by America at the time , but several other countries also used eagle on their coins Germany , Austria ,Mexico , Russia , Romania , Poland …. To name a few

I was looking at her breast (sorry ma’am!) ha ! I notice on one OP showing there no breast line even on badly worn one you’d see at least a breast line …. Unless on the fake coin it’s a dude wearing a wig ? All joking aside ! not only that the stars don’t look right nor does the curls in his’s/her’s hair

Imagine long time ago when gold coins were treated according to their face value used sometimes sparsely among hard working Americans walking down street to go to store reach in your pocket oopsie got hole in pockets lost a couple of gold $2.50 on side walk or in store somewhere or between couch cushions (just a little humor $2.50 back then was big money ! I’m sure people held on to their change better back then compared to today if we lose a quarter or nickel in our pocket change we don’t fret over it) , fast forward today $2.50 gold coin even in worst condition has melt value $260 ! How far we have come !!! most gold didn’t circulate much during 19th and 20th century , same could be said about certain world gold coins you can find a lot world gold coins in mint condition they did not circulate very much as well during that time.

1796 doesn’t look legit ! Definitely looks a little funky , as for 1943 there’s a lot fakes out there with copper plating over steel cent …

Old sealed proof sets , old original wrapped coins are pretty cool even sealed mint bags are neat …. Not my cup a tea tho , that’s like buying coins blindly not knowing what they look like inside …. I wouldn’t be able to hold myself back I would be to tempted to break the seals just to have peek inside I would be dishearten to find all coins were ugly toned …

If you’re referring to what looks like a rim rub or rim nick … possibly none has graded higher than 69 for that year so far

A lot people didn’t know he was collector until a few insufficiently_thoughtful_persons broke in his house stole his coin collection they tried sell his proof Morgan dollars to local coin dealer the dealer knew about it called the police they got arrested… wasn’t long before words got out in news about it

Looking in my gold part of my collection apperantly I had one as well same thing MS64 … I can remember when I got it and where I got it must been long time ago tiny little gold coin I’m sure I only paid like $60-$70 for long time ago I don’t collect Mexican coinage how I got still puzzle me maybe trade in with another collector

@GoldFinger1969 I agree … some collectors love gold coins nothing wrong with that they earn their place in numismatic world I know several collectors that pretty much all they collect is gold coins simply because they are attracted to the coin and designs on the coins …. As for investors ? I would not blow all my money buying graded Gold coins as an investment , there’s much better stuff to invest into during 21 century such as Real estates ? Stocks? I never really looked at a coin collection as an investment more of something I would want give my kids or my grandchildren some day if they are interested … I really don’t want a dime back from my collection but if my kids don’t want in further I guess I’ll just dump it out in auctions get whatever I can for it and turn around invest money into something the kids want

I treat my gold coins like any other coin in my collection as numismatic collectible … I’m not all hyped up and hell bent buying gold like it’s a retirement investment …. I take joy in building and selecting certain coins for my collection that’s my purpose , a lot newer folks getting into the hobby mistakenly believe gold is best money can buy … sadly that’s not true ! We as collectors know that … now if you you’re investing into some gold to sell when hard times hit ? Now is okay time to buy some gold when price is dropping and sit on it for longer term when market spikes

@Fenntucky Mike I wouldn’t be surprised if the bid price went up over $500-$600 ? If I’m close ???…. I do a lot of bidding on auctions as much as I can for coins I want in my collection… It’s no shocker to me when some yuppie with fat pockets who comes by at last minute and bid recklessly high !!! to get a coin that sparkles in their eyes… next you see them trying to flip it on EBay or heritage auctions for much higher price than they got it for sadly it sits there collecting dust … I see it all time , some coins I’ve lost out in auctions to a high bidder a month later see it up for sale on ebay with an outrageous price !!! Nobody buying it … I keep track of cert numbers even on coins I’ve lost see them later on somewhere else up for sale or up for bids again

Undated Third Reich Nazi military service medal (4 years service)

Unique 1717 German state of Augsburg Ducat Pattern coin (how rare this pattern coin is ? I have no idea I only saw one other silver pattern coin years ago my German no super great but I believe I read (some what okay) on this coin obverse : Fear God and give him honor Reverse : Two hundred years of joy memorials for the Gospel school

1909 German 2 Mark

1914-J German East Africa 5 Heller

1891 German East Africa Pesa

1872A Prussia Gold 10mark

I always considered a Specimen coins first few stuck for approval . Before production before striking for circulation … either Piefort , Essai , pattern pieces a coin that wasn’t really meant for circulation at all or medals (Exonumia) I consider a specimen not everyone agrees with that term but it been beaten like a dead horse a time or two with everyone weighing in on what is really considered a specimen for not …

Yes I’m working on German Notgeld Collection , however I’ll never be able to fully complete it ! I have a catalog book on German notgeld it’s 700 pages full of notgeld coinage …. Very interesting time in Germany after WW1 Germany went through hyper-inflation each territory (states) in Germany produced emergency money made of iron ,aluminum , porcelain, brass coinage …. Here’s few examples I bought within last few months for my notgeld collections … they are pretty difficult sometimes to find in Gem condition mark free the iron and aluminum easily corrodes… I’ll have look your’s up in my book see what territory it came from when I get the time … right now I’ve been busy with work lately , I have other examples of notgeld coinage in my collection as well mostly high grades

I look forward to it , if you and your father plan sell some German coins I may be interested I'm working on proof high grades in 2 ,3, and 5 mark series for my collection

I collect a lot of world coins mostly focus on German coinage and medals I collect graded and raw both . I have a log book I write down certification number , grade , date of purchase, how much I paid or won it at an auction at the time , also keep every receipts as proof of purchase as well … all hand written ! Then I take photo of each coin obverse and reverse picture of the whole slab front and back then a close up picture of the coin in holder as well , I keep all the pictures on 2 flash drives for better insurance , I have a separate log book for when I sell a coin (which I rarely ever do , and if I do sell a coin it’s only for upgraded coin replacement purposes only) … it’s old school data keeping and cataloging but it works for me