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    Today's Coin Find

    in Newbie Coin Collecting Questions

    Posted · Edited by R__Rash


    This reminds me of an old story I heard camping one time, hope you don’t mind if I share. I’ll tell it in the first person context like I heard it….

    A friend of mine’s wife told me she was getting Joey a water proof metal detector for his birthday. I told her ‘great”, I won’t have to hear how bad he wants one anymore. He wanted a water proof one because he thought it would help him to pan in the right places.

    She got the thing, cost her two weeks tip money. She was pretty proud of it and asked me if I could think of a way to help him get the feel of it down on his birthday.

    I said sure. I have a bunch of junk silver dimes, quarters and old copper wheat cents we can put out in the yard and he can hunt his little heart out. I went over and stomped several dimes, a few quarters and a handful of wheats all over the back yard.

    Needless to say on party day, after several toast, many salutes, a burger and some home made lager the detector   came out of hiding and was a hit. He in his blurry, found out how to turn it on and get in in auto mode. We all cheered him on as he staggered out through his wife’s beautiful lawn and garden in search of a fine tuned tone. 
    He only had to go 10 ft, (about 20 minutes) to find the first wheat. He yelled we’re rich after digging up the lawn to sift out the penny.

    I had to leave early and my driver (Mrs. Rash) told me on the way home she was not sure that salting the back yard was a great plan on my part. Just in different words.

    to make a long story short I failed to tell him before I left that the coins were planted around the yard for learning how to run his new tool. His wife on the other hand, I found out rather bluntly, had tried to tell him many times but we all know how men are when SOMEONE tries to tell us how to run our tool.?

    I got back there when the visual of possibilities came to me (3 days later) only to find that beautiful lawn and garden with holes dug everywhere, some 2 feet deep, a screen box for sifting, a pick and a post hole digger.

    I have not been back since, I hope she will forgive me someday. I would really like to know if he found them all or not!

     

     

    Yet Another “FedEx Bites” Rant

    in US, World, and Ancient Coins

    Posted · Edited by R__Rash

    On 12/12/2023 at 6:45 PM, VKurtB said:

    “Backed up”, like an old lady on a cheese diet. The United States Postal Service has the omnipresent risk of a manager “going postal” to keep the m-o-r-o-n-s in line. USPS now delivers twice a day in Arab. One truck for parcels and another for flat mail. We’re in the middle (smack dab) of a city (according to Alabama law) of about 8,000 souls (9,000 or more people, LOL), but still have a suburban/rural style curb line mailbox. But the USPS driver brings parcels up to the door. 

    Oh My BOB! You get Delivery?  Cheese? I have to drive 7 miles just to get relieved of a box full of junk mail. …….and it seems it never gets delayed.

    I get ads from stores that are not in my gov approved zip code.

    For the love of silver

    in US, World, and Ancient Coins

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    On 12/12/2023 at 7:40 PM, Fenntucky Mike said:

    Absolutely correct, the rivets compress the two layers of mylar, or whatever the composit polymer is, together so that they are touching, the coin is obviously thicker than the two layers of poly and will never come close to the rivet as long as the upper and lower surfaces of the rivet are not radically different from one another, the thickness of the coin is a factor in the differential between the two parts of the rivet before a coin may contact one of the segments but it's late and I'll have to think about it more when I have time. 

    I wouldn't call the "packaging" a novelty, it's pretty common for some world coins. The coins are essentially "slabbed" as far as world coins go.

    One of my favorite designs, I'm putting together a set from '58 to '68. Looking for quality pieces with lavender/purple rim toning, just picked up two more that meet those qualifications. 

    Novelty is probably not the correct word, I have never seen this packaging till now, thanks for sharing, I do understand the rivets not being the perfect frame for such art, but understand their purpose. 👍

    For the love of silver

    in US, World, and Ancient Coins

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    On 12/10/2023 at 8:07 AM, Fenntucky Mike said:

    I like how they included the name of the dealer on them. I'm debating whether or not to remove the coins and place them in 2-1/2 x 2-1/2 flips. I probably will, the rivets won't jive well with other coins. 

    I guess the purpose of the rivets was to compress the holder to prevent marring the coin caused from movement of the coin in loose packaging? Very interesting, quite a novelty and who knows, maybe more valuable in a hundred years due to still being in “Original packaging” 🤔 such an amazing coin, so much delicate definition, I feel that the frown inspires thought!   

    Follow the lead picture post.

    in US, World, and Ancient Coins

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    On 11/30/2023 at 4:03 PM, Sandon said:

       @R__Rash--The mint didn't package 1960 proof sets in those nice lucite "sandwich" holders held together with screws. Like all 1956-64 and some 1955 proof sets, they came in single flat soft sheets placed in a yellow "Treasury Department" envelope.  Nor were they packaged in grading service holders, like this 1956 "Type 2 Reverse" proof Franklin half dollar that NGC graded PF 68 CAM:

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    1956proofhalfdollarrev..jpg.2104d77095d963036f884916ae571924.jpg

    Photos courtesy of Stacks Bowers Galleries.

    Interesting, I purchased 3 of these several years ago, all in the same packaging.🤔 I guess it is fair to say, these are in the original packaging I purchased them in being as how I have not altered it.? Neither your post nor mine state original mint packaging. Thanks 👍

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