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thanks elbezar--I may take you up on your offer when it's time for me to purchase the last few keys and semi-keys...

this thread has inspired me to start a Barber Half set--coins in the F12-VF30 range

here are the first 2...a 1915-D and a 1915-S ( I self slabbed them) full readable liberty but it's weak...

PS: it's not easy finding Barbers in this grade range..where are they all?

welcome..can we see the side of the Columbian 1893 with the ships on it?

I won't venture any guess as to grades, but that 1923 sure looks special..superb luster and amazing reverse strike detail..

most coins I think look pretty sad when you get to the grades around F12-VF20 range........in my opinion, an original Barber half is an attractive coin in this grade range...

I personally don't hold any bias against ANACS details graded coins...one of my favorite coins is an 1853-O Seated Half...it is an UNC details cleaned/retoned..

great coins sy...I've always especially liked the Columbus $5 design...

that is a Fantastic 1964 Kennedy...one of the deepest cameos I have seen for that date....great score on getting a 69 grade also...that 1 point from a 68 to a 69DCAM makes a HUGE difference in value..congrats

thank you..I just love this series/design

here's my newest..nothing spectacular, but you'd be surprised how hard it can be to put together a Walker Short Set with only fully struck coins...sometimes I find them in 64 holders and sometimes even the 66's are mushy...go figure...

actually I just got a big batch back from slabbing at NGC--also purchased a 4 coin set called voyages into history or something like that--with famous ships and explorers.....but the one I really wanted to share was this simple 1933 Chinese "Junk Dollar"..........what the heck, here's a rare 1948 2 Fcs find from StPierre &Miquelon also

that Oregon Trail commem is something to behold--I think I'd have trouble putting it away in my safe deposit box---might even sleep with it under my pillow if it was mine..

wow, very nice buy...$5 a piece for Barber halves in that grade is a steal...I usually barely find melt worthy for that price--well done !!

yarm and rare sov--you 2 find the most amazing stuff...wow....here's a simple little addition to my sailing ship collection Portugal/Macau

au50--and I love it..nice pick up

that's an excellent point yarm...I also wondered about the legality of owning coins from Cuba--I mean if you can get in trouble for buying their cigars... ...here's a nice little find I just got ...it's an 1859 Danish West Indies 5C piece..I bought it for about $10 (thinking I overpaid) because it is even smaller than a US dime--was surprised that Krause lists it at $30 in XF..this is a very small coin do you think the tiny rim ding would preclude NGC from holdering it for me..I'd like to put it in my signature set of ship themed coins. I've never had a rim ding coin before that I felt was still worth purchasing..any input would be great

Very nice Franklin-I don't think I've ever seen one toned quite like that...and I love the 46-S quarter also..I just got this from Heritage this morning ( recent Dallas "signature auction") It's also a 1946-S

PS: sabertooth (Bob)-if you see this post you may understand my excitement more than most--took me 2 years to find a 46-S with this strike level instead of those mushy 46-S's that say 66 but would be 63's in another date..

I picked this one up recently and never posted it...I know it's thanksgiving and all, but could you imagine a turkey instead of an eagle? When Ben Franklin suggested the turkey for our national bird--he didn't have our coinage in mind...viva the eagle

rob great Frankies-like Elbezar I also have a pretty nice proof collection--and like you, I have not figured out to this day where NGC draws the line of Cam and Ucam for the Franklin halves..

gorgeous Barber Elbezar...I think the Barber design looks its best on the quarter..thanks for showing this one....

a really attractive color to this Washington...found myself bidding before I realized it..

sorry but I don't collect Morgans...too large and I work on several smaller sets at once, but that Pattern coin from Boiler--I just had to say something...

just got this in the mail a few minutes ago...another Cuban coin....

very cool piece there yarm..and ant, you and I need to talk on tradingslabs....that cook Islands $50 Leif Ericson piece has me very envious...

Fabulous coin Yarm, I think that is the 2006 edition of Canada's Tall Ships series--"The Ketch"....I think the partial hologram is a great medium for the ship themed coins. Just a slight tilt and it seems to change the whole mood/feel of the coin. I just sent away the 2007 for slabbing at NGC, I'll post a pick when it gets back...but for now, here's the 2005 "Three Masted Ship".....