Revenant

On 11/7/2022 at 7:21 AM, Fenntucky Mike said:

$20-$30 for a graded modern that almost no one collected was livable, but I'm having trouble coming to grips with $40.

For me there's a healthy dose of "it depends" on this.

The thing for me is, it takes a decent amount of time to find Raw coins or lots for sale, get them, look for ones that are good enough, fill out the forms, and send them in and wait for them to get back. For a smaller set (many of these sets are under 15 coins), it's not a terrible thing to me to pay someone else $20 to do that work for me and give me a guaranteed MS67 or MS68. Like I said, it lets these be more of an "easy" project while I then save my other efforts for things like Venezuela and Zimbabwe, which others are not grading at the moment.

On 11/4/2022 at 5:32 AM, dovegarden2021 said:

hi,

at the moment on german imperial coins --> dovegarden2021 | NGC (ngccoin.com) 

I use coat of arms as banner and generic ngc pics for coins, but I'll do better

By the way, thanks for your journal. I always like to look in 

Thanks! Always happy to hear the these are read and enjoyed.

I'm also a fan of German / Prussian Imperials because I think the old War Eagle design on the back is awesome to look at. In the set of mostly late 19th / early 20th century 0.18-0.25 ozt gold coins I have I think the Prussian 20 mark is one of my favorites from a pure design / look standpoint. But the last few years I've found my collecting efforts focused on sets of coins where I find the story of the historical context (hyperinflation) more interesting than the designs themselves in many cases.

On 11/3/2022 at 4:37 PM, dovegarden2021 said:

I think I'll get inspired by them  

I hope you do! 👍

Always good to see sets with great pictures and banners when you go looking through a category. 

What sets are you working on?

Hey, Tim. I'm not at all an expert on Struck-through errors in general or on US cents in particular, and I'm not sure if you're asking to say that you think you found one or if you're trying to ask if that coin is one. So, a little more text added to the post would probably help us understand what you're trying to say.

I'd also say, if you're looking for information or insights on this coin, the journals are not the best place to post this. You're better off posting a question in the more general chat board area. Many don't read and comment on the journals.

For my 2 cents, that looks like it's just a heavily worn and damaged cent. I don't think it's an error and I don't think it'd be worth much if it were because of all the obvious, severe, dings and hits.

Welcome to the journals and these chat boards. I hope you find what you need here.

On 2/17/2022 at 3:49 AM, l.quintero said:

If you'd like a little bit more of information about Venezuelan coinage, feel free to ask, I've been dealing with them for 15 years. Thanks for your interest in our country's coinage.

Hey, I hope this message finds you well, but I was hoping you could shed some light on something for me...

Many of these newer coins have 8 stars on them. specifically 8 stars. I'm wondering if there's a significance to this, like the 13 stripes on the US flag representing the 13 original states while the 50 stars represent the current number of states.

i edited the post above to have the picture of the six dates (7 coins) of Rhodesian Pennies together after Shandy and Ben handed them to me tonight. The set is now populated with a description that I wrote for it.

Set Details | NGC Registry | NGC (ngccoin.com)

I used Sam's nap time today to edit and crop down the images of the 2007-date Venezuelan coins and I've now posted those to replace the NGC images. I'm ratehr pleased with how these came out. I was worried about a few of them, looking just on the back of the camera when I took them two weeks ago on 10/07, but I'm very pleased with the final results. I'd taken multiples where needed and I got a good set of images out of it. I'd been worried I might have to try to shoot the 2021 coins in particular again but the pictures looked nicer than I'd remembered:

With that done, I think the action plan is:

1) Take and edit shots of the Rhodesian Pennies.

2) Make descriptions for the pennies using my journal about them from September as a base / starting point

3) Make a photoshopped banner image for the Rhodesian set.

Time allowing:

4) Make a Banner for the Venezuelan Set

5) As time allows, build out what I can for the Venezuelan Set.

On 10/15/2022 at 10:59 PM, Just Bob said:

That little guy has been through so much in his short lifetime, as have all of you. I hope he is back to 100 percent health very soon, and you all have a wonderful, stress-and-sickness free holiday season.

If you do not count the NICU stay when he was born, we're up to 5 hospitalizations in 3.7 years. 2 Shunt revisions. 2 bouts of pneumonia / possible meningitis in this case. it just seems massively, massively unfair to a child where, every time everyone meets him, they talk about how sweet and loving he is.

On 10/15/2022 at 10:59 PM, Just Bob said:

That little guy has been through so much in his short lifetime, as have all of you. I hope he is back to 100 percent health very soon, and you all have a wonderful, stress-and-sickness free holiday season.

He's on the mend. If the blood infection didn't require iv antibiotics this is the point where we'd be going home with pills and he'd be getting back to himself but we have to "serve" 5 days in this floor that feels a bit like a prison. Anyway...

My wife told me that it's in his chart that he stopped breathing in the ambulance/ the trauma roo. and it was considered a full code. So I think at one point we were in serious danger of losing him to the seizure. But We'll have rescue meds for next time.

When we're gone they're just going to sell all our hard work off and go on vacation.

I really hope my sons see value and interest in some of this stuff but I don't expect it.

Sam is recovering and seems to have no deficits from the Seizure. He's still going to be in the Hospital at least 5 more days.

On 10/15/2022 at 5:34 AM, Fenntucky Mike said:

Glad to read that he's recovering, hopefully you guys are outa there soon and Sam is back to his normal happy-go-lucky self. 

Unfortunately it looks like they won't release him until his iv antibiotics are done, so we can't go home until at least 10/20 or 10/21. So I'll be spending this birthday in the hospital. But he's recovering. 

As usual he seems to be blaming Shandy for being here so he's talking a little to Ben and has said I love you to me but has refused to talk at all to Shandy.

On 9/30/2022 at 11:39 AM, zadok said:

...starting to sound like its grounds for a HIS coin set n a HER coin set in the offing...i can see the registry now...Revenant vs Reverent....

I joked recently that if the 500 Lire set ever wins a major award maybe I could ask them to put her name down on the plaque instead of mine but she shot me down on that immediately, saying that I'd done all the work with the shopping, submitting, photography, and writing, so it was mine, even if done in her honor. So this continues to be my thing that I find ways to make her a part of and share with her. But she very much keeps those Italian coins with her / her stuff and apart from my coins, and she claims them.

On 9/30/2022 at 10:08 AM, Just Bob said:

Did Shandy get a laugh out of this?

Anytime I can cause my wife to laugh, even if it's at my expense, I feel like it's a win.

I mean, if we're being honest, her laughing AT me is not an unusual event, but I also don't mind. She also rejoices in frequent but good-natured teasing and calling me a nerd.

On 9/27/2022 at 6:04 PM, CBC said:

 Their response to my complaint was “yeah, some carriers are lazy and we can’t do anything about it.”  

"You could replace them..." 

I would have been speechless and raging internally.

On 9/22/2022 at 5:26 PM, Coinbuf said:

Great grade results, congrats!!

Thanks! I have upgrades to work on! Need to work on that 62, the $10 & $25 in the Zimbabwe set and the MS64 1989 in the 500 Lire set.

On 9/22/2022 at 4:18 PM, Fenntucky Mike said:

Pretty dang good results if you ask me, anything over a 66 on a coin intended for circulation is damn nice!  

Yeah. For me 66 - I'm pretty happy. 67 - I'm very happy. 68 - I'm thrilled. 69 - I'm in disbelief and keep looking at it with squinty eyes.

On 9/4/2022 at 7:57 AM, Fenntucky Mike said:

Good luck with this, I think a nice display for the 500L could help your cause. 

I could see several things helping with my cause there: 1) a nice display for it, 2) finishing the graded set and 3) winning a major award with the 500 Lire set next year.

I mention the last only because you've said you think it will happen, but I do think the fact that I included coins that they actually brought back to the US with them when they returned definitely gives it a good story that may put it in the running. 

On 8/14/2022 at 3:19 AM, ColonialCoinsUK said:

Often it is the stories behind the items that is the real interest and is what captures people's imagination and your sets certainly do that and it still surprises me that the vast majority of such stories are not actually recorded anywhere. Maybe people assume all the information etc is already documented somewhere in which case they are "sure of a big surprise" (not a film )

Certainly with the notes set along the way I tried my best to tell the story. It's been my experience that the information is out there but it wasn't all in one place by any means and the information wasn't often closely tied with information on the notes.

I like movie references.

On 6/26/2022 at 3:25 PM, Fenntucky Mike said:

Awesome pics William, the detail is fabulous.   I really like the 500L coins, well done.

Were the cents the hardest to image or another coin?

Thanks! I think one or two of the Zcent images ended up being a bit "soft" on the details but I'd say the Italian coins with those odd alloys are probably harder to get nice looking photos of overall than the Zimbabwean coins. The Bimetallics also tend to be a pain. 

On 6/23/2022 at 4:56 PM, ColonialCoinsUK said:

Makes sense - now you just have to find 'early strikes'

I don't know. I find it interesting.

On 6/21/2022 at 5:23 PM, ColonialCoinsUK said:

Surprising to see this extent on a modern coin

I mostly interpret it as being part of the larger narrative that these are a part of - they're hyperinflation coins. Coins produced by and made to support a struggling economy. And so they were trying to probably trying to get every last coin they could out of ever last set of dies and produce as many coins as they could as fast as they could and as cheap as they could, and so you see this - coins made using dies that would have been already been retired by any mint with a budget and self-respect.  

We ended up not getting to have him go back into the OR until 5 PM yesterday but we got him in. By the time they took him back he was so upset he was puking and that got the nurses in there worried it might be his shunt and I'm just looking at them like, He's 3. He has been poked with needles for 2 days. He has not had any food for 18 hours waiting on this surgery. He didn't get a nap this afternoon because of this and he's been up for 11 hours after a bad night of sleep, and you brought us into this room 2 hours ago and didn't let us bring his toys... do I really have to explain this to you? 

But, today we went home.

On 6/3/2022 at 3:12 PM, ColonialCoinsUK said:

Hope things are all OK for Samuel.

MS69 looks like a great coin - graded sets of modern coins are a real challenge, idendified the next set yet??

Best wishes to all

 

Well, there are 3 or 4 going depending on if you count the 1986 italy coins / 1986 Italian mint set as part of the same project / set as the 500 L.

The Italian and Venezuelan projects are known. The third is a special secret.

On 5/26/2022 at 4:23 PM, northwestsmart said:

It's a nice tip because I often spend all my money on auctions. And then I'm sitting home without any food... I still need to pay for some of my study tasks. But fortunately, I found this source https://phdessay.com/free-essays-on/study-abroad/ with free paper examples, it saved my life. To me, collecting is a way I want to develop, so college study took the backseat.

I can't say I ever favor spending the rent or the grocery money on any hobby, no matter how much I want the thing. As a former TA and a former instructor, I can't say I like your helpful advice either. I wrote my own essays, and I suggest you do the same, or just don't waste money on college - the learning is the goal, not the degree or the grade.

On 5/26/2022 at 5:26 PM, zadok said:

...i believe that Revenant has graduated now....

Funny enough, I've earned 3 degrees / graduated 3 times since this was posted.

On 5/22/2022 at 3:20 PM, Just Bob said:

Is the '83 500L hard to find in grades above 65?

I don't think it is. Like with most of these things, because that brass-like material does not age well when it gets anything on it, there are a lot of these things that just look terrible and a smaller relative number that look really good. But you can buy those Franklin Mint sets for $8-10 each and those frequently have 1982, 1983, 1985 and 1987.

The 1995, the 1999 and 2000 by contrast seem much harder to get.