Lem E

On 1/21/2022 at 3:56 PM, Coinbuf said:

Sorry to hear about your son and the exposure to you and your family Hog, best wishes for a quick recovery.   @Hoghead515 and @Lem E,if you guys are not able to find those quarters you both need give me a PM.  I put back a roll of every state and park quarter.  These are mostly Denver mint quarters as I seldom see the philly quarters out here.  These were pulled from circulation when they were released so no super gems, but most are solid BU or at least BU ish.   I have no idea why I bothered to save all these I know these will never be valuable per se, I'll just blame it on my OCD.  

Thanks @Coinbuf for the offer. It is greatly appreciated my friend. I’m one of those types that likes the thrill of the hunt. All of my album coins have been found in change. Just something about sifting through my change and the feeling when you find something you don’t have. Guess I like to do things the hard way. I just finished my state quarter collection last year with a 2004 Iowa P. Only took me 22 years to complete it.  Once again, thanks for the offer. 

All 3 are large dates.

On 1/18/2022 at 8:24 PM, Coinbuf said:

Cannot recall if I posted this one here or not, so I'll post it anyway.   Bought this originally in an ACG MS64 holder I really thought it would upgrade when I crossed it, I still think its nicer than MS64.

Good looking coin for a 64. Doesn’t seem like they cut those early Washingtons any slack. 

Nice off center strike. Very cool.

On 1/15/2022 at 6:02 PM, Quintus Arrius said:

@Lem E

Very brave of you to display this variant.  Can we talk?  Good... I can accept the obverse, but three things killed the reverse: the optics on Monticello: the beveled edges and the fontamania: an upper case O in Of, and a lower case f in five. Other than that I would have gladly met your quite reasonable $7.3 million asking price. 😉 

Apparently the big wigs at the Mint didn't like it either. As for the asking price, I would give you the QA discount of $6.8 million. I’ll even throw in free shipping. 

Welcome to the forum TJ.

Nice job JP. All of that searching paid off. Congrats.

To me it’s the quickest “at a glance” way to tell, barring any damage of course. It’s the same on nickels.

I typically look for the notch at the bottom on the small S. The large S is basically flat all the way across.

Looks like a small S to me.

On 1/11/2022 at 3:59 PM, Mohawk said:

German is a great area to get into.  There's a lot to offer and something for almost anyone.  Empire gets a lot of love from people, but I prefer coins from the time of the East/West split.  That said, though, I'll go for anything German that catches my eye aside from Nazi stuff.  I don't like Nazi stuff.  But, other than that, I'm pretty fair game with German.  If you like a good bird depiction, German coins have A TON of them!! I really like the latest bird depiction Germany has done, too, on the 1 and 2 Euro coins:

I don't have one yet, but I'm planning on picking up a Hamburg or Berlin proof set to add the designs to my collection.  Germany is really good at awesome bird depictions.

Very cool.

On 1/11/2022 at 3:45 PM, DWLange said:

These are not exactly fine art medals, but I designed them for my home coin club back in the day. Try to find my initials incorporated into the designs.

 

Nice. I see it on the license plate and on the left side of the clock tower. Very cool.

On 1/11/2022 at 3:53 PM, Mohawk said:

Bird designs are huge with me. I'm a bit obsessed with birds (I know, a shocking confession from me!)  The only reason I own any U.S. coins at all are because there are several with bird designs I find beautiful and compelling.  If it weren't for bird designs, I likely wouldn't own a single U.S. coin.  It's funny how we both have some things outside of our collecting areas because of birds, and our areas of interest are opposite each other.

If I did start collecting world coins it would probably be something like these German pieces. 

On 1/11/2022 at 3:42 PM, Mohawk said:

Hi again, LemE!

Actually, I do think your 1978 is a mint state strike.  The circulation type of silver 5 mark ended in 1974 and was replaced with a copper-nickel version.  Your 1978 (and 1968 also) is a commemorative coin that wasn't intended to circulate and was sold at a premium to collectors.  I've seen some mint state/circulation strike West German silver 5 marks, of both the circulation variety and commemorative issues, with frosted devices like your coin.  It's more prevalent on the commemoratives to find the frosted devices on MS coins, but it can happen with any of the silver West German issues.

Thanks. Appreciate the information. I just think the bird designs are interesting. I’m not much of a world coin collector. I have these and a few Canadian change finds and a Polish Grozzy or Grozzly? I cant remember what it is. Thanks again my friend.

On 1/11/2022 at 3:32 PM, Mohawk said:

Very nice, LemE!!! I really like them all.  Looking at your Neumann and Fontane 5 marks has me giving some thought to picking up some of the West German commemorative silver 5 marks as well as the circulation issue.  As for the Imperial 1 Mark, that's a damned handsome coin as well.  I never got started on a set of them because there are just too many expensive dates in that series....it's a real challenge!! I may pick up a nice one off, though.  Thank you so much for sharing those!!! I really enjoyed seeing them!

Thanks. I was going to ask you about the 1978. Is that a type of proof coin? It has frosted devices and I wouldn’t think a circulation coin would have that. I don’t know anything about these coins. Just picked them up on a whim.

On 1/10/2022 at 3:58 PM, RWB said:

Unless they all include the word "COPY" they are all counterfeit coins.

I thought that “COPY” only needed to be on exact replicas of circulating coinage. This design was never used on real coins. Is it still considered a counterfeit?

On 1/10/2022 at 1:40 PM, coinsarefun said:

I have the original Felix Schlag nickel strikes by the FSNC but Ron Landis was contacted by another Nickel club to do some

restrikes without the FSNC on the obverse. Ha also made available some struck on nickel planchets, copper and gold.

I have a collage below showing what I have plus I included the other competitor along with a Jefferson commemorative, just because it made a cool wallpaper.

 

I’ll upload an image soon. Having trouble doing in on an iPad 

 

 

 

I have wanted one of the Landis Schlag nickel strikes for a while now and just recently ordered the #14 gold 2021 piece. Can’t wait to get it in hand. That is a very nice collection you have there. Quite an impressive group.   

Looks like wear on the cheekbone and in the hair on both sides of the ear. I say AU as well.