Lem E

On 9/17/2022 at 4:22 PM, The Neophyte Numismatist said:

This is a great video in general... thanks for posting.

I like this series. If you are going to watch youtube, this is pretty legit. 

I like the Columbian. 

I like them both but I would probably go with the 06.

On 9/16/2022 at 9:18 PM, Buffalo Head said:

This is a great thread and I hope we can keep it going.

Thanks for the show. I thoroughly enjoyed it. 

On 9/16/2022 at 5:25 PM, Sandon said:

    After all that "great looking stuff", how about something that's truly awful looking but nevertheless interesting?  This is an 1801 half dime that I purchased at a local coin auction in 1999.  It is the only Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle half dime that I've acquired in over fifty years of collecting.  Half dimes are in my experience the hardest denomination of this design type to obtain.  Although it is battered and abused, it is one of those coins that I wish could speak so that I could hear the stories it could tell, perhaps including being stepped on by a horse!  I submitted it to NGC earlier this year in the hope of using it to fill some type set registry slots, but NGC concluded that it had an "altered surface" and would not grade or encapsulate it.  At least I am able to share its photo here.

I would say my surfaces will be altered too at the age of 221. Great piece. I like anything with that reverse. Thanks for posting it.

I was just watching an ANA video with Rod Gillis the other day about toning and he mentioned that a lot of the Columbians turned dark. Your coin reminded me of that. Here is that video if anyone wants to watch it.

On 9/15/2022 at 5:33 PM, Quintus Arrius said:

Congratulations on your most recent catch!  I have a 2/0 coin but it's a 🐓 and they don't count.  

Thanks. I’m sure your rooster is worth a bit more than this thing here.

Nice low pop coin JP. It is quite a jump in price but when there aren’t that many examples, the price goes up. Nice score.

On 9/14/2022 at 6:24 PM, Quintus Arrius said:

@Lem E:

Woodies?  You're not old enough to remember "Woodies"!  Those stationwagons with the wooden trim were referred to universally, as Woodies. If not cars, what were you referring to?  🤔 

I apologize. I didn’t answer your original question. Woodie or Woody. I’ve seen it both ways. 

My parents had a “woodie” station wagon, but it was not the old surfboards on top type. It was more of the National Lampoon’s Family Truckster type only in red.