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Mr_Spud

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  1. Interesting, thanks. Here’s my example of the medal
  2. Would this count as a token? Squared Quarter, a computer generated circle-to-square projection of the U.S 25c piece, was released in 1983/84. The press referred to it as a satirical coin-token, pop art piece, coined cartoon, sci-fi coin, etc. It gained nationwide attention as a "coined satire" of Reaganomics. President Reagan's attempt to bring Supply-Siders and Monetarists, two mutually exclusive economic schools, together in his fiscal policy, was seen by many observers as trying to square the circle.In the numismatic press the Squared Quarter was recognized as a unique technical achievement, the first square coin-item with sharp corners and serrated edges struck in a die with collar, and the first coin-token designed with the aid of a computer, (before the Personal Computer).it was issued in two limited .999 silver editions, a 1/4 oz.piece and a 1/2 oz. version. The 1/4 oz. edition was limited to 1300 pieces and the 1/2 oz. edition to 600. In addition 330 pieces were struck in nickelsiver as promotional samples.The Squared Quarter was produced and sold by Square Deal Productions, Inc. New York and minted by the Medallic Art Company in Danbury, CT. At the end of 1984, Square Deal Productions was dissolved. The dies were disabled and donated to the Smithsonian Museum, where they are permanently archived in the National Numismatic Collection.
  3. Joseph N.T. Levick commissioned George Lovett to design a large group of tokens not only for his tobacco business, but also for his personal collection. Levick was a lifelong smoker who lived to the age of 80. There are many mulings of this famous obverse and reverse with other dies to create rarities for the avid collector, but the above piece is the original advertising card and probably the first group made for Levick by Lovett. Preeminent in the field of tokens, J.N.T. Levick assembled a marvelous collection of these pieces during the late 19th century, while at the same time compiling definitive lists of Hard Times tokens and other issues. He also studied the Large Cents of 1793 and contributed the photographic plate to Sylvester S. Crosby's American Journal of Numismatics article which appeared in April 1869. Collections and groups of coins bearing his name were sold by various dealers from 1859 to 1908. One sale held by Bangs, Merwin & Company in 1865 was particularly notable as was a later offering featuring his token collection. The Levick pedigree on a Large Cent or token is at once distinguished and elusive. Levick lived in or near Philadelphia in the 1850s where he was an active coin collector and chief bookkeeper for Freeman & Simpson. He was a member of the Philadelphia Numismatic Society, the first numismatic club in the United States. In 1859 he visited New York City where he attended auction sales, one conducted by August B. Sage. He later moved to New York where he worked as a banker, a dealer in government securities, a broker, and a trader of gold and silver. In 1860 Levick began to issue tokens made by George H. Lovett. He participated in the formation of the New York Numismatic Society in 1864. Soon afterwards that organization merged with the American Numismatic Society to form the American Numismatic and Archeological Society, forerunner of the current American Numismatic Society. Levick made a proposal in 1866 that led to the establishment and publication of the American Journal of Numismatics. During the Civil War Levick served as a lieutenant in New Yorks Sickles Brigade as an observer in a reconnaissance balloon.
  4. Oh, ok. Thanks. Let me know if I need to do something after the glitch is fixed, otherwise I’ll just wait and hope it fixes itself after they get rid of the glitch.
  5. I’m curious. I put a 1908 one cent AU58 BN into my Circulated 7070 w/gold registry set and it says it’s worth 0 points, but I also put the same coin in my Curculated Type Set, 1792-1964 and it says it’s worth 147 points. Why is it 0 in one set and 147 in the other? I have other coins in both sets and they are worth the same number of points in both sets. That’s why I’m asking.
  6. I’m trying to update my wife’s Roosevelt registry set. She hasn’t done anything with it in over 10 years and doesn’t have the same email anymore. So I tried just signing in myself and recreating her registry set by re entering their numbers and adding a few new ones she never got around to adding. I got a message saying that the coins belonged to someone else but that they will be added to my inventory after they check with the original owner or something like that. Did I do the right thing? Or was there a way to somehow get NGC to recognize her old registry set and change the email address or something like that?