Henri Charriere

BELATED THANKS... [🐓: Looks to me you haven't been missed at all! I was thinking of telling @VKurtB you were in the market for an upgraded loupe to 50x from the present 30x (behind your back, of course) and the Great Zadok sent you flowers, but other than that... 🔕 SILENCE! Q.A.: That's okay. The other missing members, one of whom was flushed out by the outpouring of concern, has since surfaced (@ Woods020) and I am content to remain but a legend in my own mind. P.S. I should like to express my gratitude to Dena and the rotating bevy of Administrators, Moderators and Chaperones for preserving "my" thread.] Happy Holidays to all!

Probably because the guy who bought the 1927, and may have wanted (or already had) either or both the 1924 and 1928, was sidelined by an exhaustion of available funds. 🤔 Sometimes when it rains, it pours.

@rrantique I thought that passenger pigeon looked familiar. Interesting juxtaposition! 😉

@The Neophyte Numismatist Not for nothing but you have an exquisite taste and discriminating eye in coins. I have only a little more time on the Board than you do. One day you're going to wake up and find yourself quietly inducted into the ranks of the "seasoned" members. Then you'll have to find yourself a new moniker worthy of your new status. 😉

Purportedly a shortened form of kupfernickel (copper nickel) from the German, but...

The most remarkable thing about those three coins is the fact you had them at your beck and call, and were able to produce them immediately, to illustrate a point. Will wonders never cease?

Hmm, snuck this by me. I deem this to be a trick question. I do not recall reading anyone stating every 1877 featured that diagnostic anomaly. All three may very well be 1877's. That's my call and I stake my [tattered] reputation on it, unequivocally. 🐓

VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED... for any member or lurker out there who is stricken with the compulsion to counter the term "currency" as hereinabove used and validated, you will be in for a rude awakening if you consult Google. My idea of currency is the same as yours: paper money, banknotes, greenbacks sawbucks, scratch, etc. Not so! One gem I encountered is the epitome of circular reasoning using the term currency, to define it: "Currency refers to a promissory note or a coin that is presented in the form of currency." (emphasis mine.) And further investigation will only cause you to be hopelessly mired in the slippery slope of INR, rupees, paisa, as well as a colorful display of international banknotes, both obsolete and current. One day you wake up, at age 70, and discover something you thought you knew all along and took for granted is common knowledge, only to find out you were wrong. 🐓

Very nice presentation. I should have known better. So that means my wooden nickels qualify and a booklet from the 1960's which still has a few tear-off 25-cent tickets to pay a toll to cross a draw-bridge in Nassau County, NY, qualifies as well. (Last I heard, it costs $19. to cross the Verrazzano to Staten Island from Brooklyn; the toll is higher for multi-axled vehicles.) Never even considered the x-factor (exonumia). However, I would never desecrate your thread with "cat-house" tokens once used in late 19th century Nevada. Thanks for the clarification! 🐓

[Seven and a half years! This thread's got legs. May I kindly direct your attention to @The Penny Lady's most recent thread documenting her experience at the Baltimore show. Her passion jumps right off the page and her picture quality is breathtaking. Brightened up my day; sure to brighten up yours!] 🐓

Tickets 🎟 not tokens! 😉

[Begging @RWB's indulgence, I must say the breadth of your knowledge is astounding, Mighty Condor! All I know about the '77 is it's rare, and I've never owned one. A source on Google pegs the survival rate at 5,000. And, if what you say is true, that shallow feature inadvertently functions as an anti-counterfeiting measure. Great thread @RWB !]

@Just Bob however, I am constrained to let you slide on this one. This is the beauty of being the Original Poster: one cannot derail one's own thread. Besides, the entire membership holds you in high regard, as do I.

[Why is the five-cent piece, which was never comprised of more than 25% nickel at any time during its various incarnations in its long, storied history, called a nickel? Anyone?]

@Woods020 Good thing you re-surfaced when you did otherwise I never would have seen this tribute much less knew it existed. A prime example of a coin engraver's artistic expression.

[nota bene: the term "business" strike as used in this column in referring to a specific interval in numismatic history, is a misnomer having been invented, or introduced for use by an apparently influential faction of the burgeoning coin-industrial-complex, during the latter part of the twentieth century, some one hundred years, hence. The correct and only term used during the period under discussion here is "circulation" strike.]

Super-ultra relief and, like S-G, a inexplicable fixation on the left leg. A very compelling coin!

@The Penny Lady... Absolutely stunning narration and photography! You ought to be the hobby's Goodwill Ambassador on coin shows. I award you six (6) roosters on a perfect presentation/none finer: 🐓 🐓 🐓 🐓 🐓 🐓

Wait! Somebody say rooster? 😉

Tastefully roasted bird. Happy Thanksgiving!

@Oldhoopster How are you? Fancy meeting you here! It's been a long time! I see you just had to get that off your chest. Problem is, I never said it was lamination; never said it was an error. My opinion, which I believe I am entitled to, is "looks like another subduction zone..." Nothing more earth-shaking than that. Furthermore, and my apologies to the OP, there are still some of us who regard coin-collecting as a hobby to be enjoyed and not as a life and death matter. You have been on this Forum long enough to know, and I will remind you if you have forgotten, that I am an easy-going spirit one needn't pay any mind to. 😉

🐓: I believe ol' wiley VKurtB pulled a fast one on us here with that totally unresponsive reply. Q.A.: I'd say that's a fair observation. The underlying question -- which he waltzed around admirably was, in pertinent part: "... do those [over-the-road] costs rise to the level that they'd cancel out your savings on the coin purchase?" Me thinks this globe-trotting, "not an investor, I am a collector" is very much that indeed, but the border between collecting, and hoarding, is very often indistinguishable... 🐓: ... and lost in the priceless devotion of a father for his son. 🤔

[Respectfully, the leading edge of the first numeral in the date, "1," appears to have made contact with Lincoln's profile. When's the last time you saw that? I believe there is a lot more going on below the surface of this creakin' cracklin', cretin copper, caldera: Crack-a-tau.] 😉

[Looks like another subduction zone with clearly delineated evidence of plate tectonic boundaries, but I don't know the formal numismatic term used to describe this type of activity.] 🤔

[Q.A.: I've noticed both Alex in PA. and Hoghead515 are spelling nickel, like pickle. Should I bring it to their attention? 🐓 : DON'T YOU DARE!!!] 😉