Rare Coin Question Opinion?

[coinschick-migration]

I am looking to write an article about a rare coin. However I don't know which one to write about.

 

What coin would you guys like to see an article on?

 

I am looking forward to hearing your opinions.

 

Thanks

[MarkFeld]

Why not choose one that interests you?

[coinschick-migration]

Why not choose one that interests you?

 

I thought about that but I wanted to see if there was a coin people wanted to read more about then any I thought of. I was thinking of either writing about an 1854 Gothic Florin Coin or an 1854 Shilling coin.

[mkman123]

Coinschick, I see that you have parkavenumis.com on your sig line......how do you know them or have you bought from them before? Usually a newcomer won't know a large coin place like Park Ave

[MarkFeld]

Coinschick, I see that you have parkavenumis.com on your sig line......how do you know them or have you bought from them before? Usually a newcomer won't know a large coin place like Park Ave

 

And the poster's forum profile shows the Park Avenue website as their home page.

[coinschick-migration]

Coinschick, I see that you have parkavenumis.com on your sig line......how do you know them or have you bought from them before? Usually a newcomer won't know a large coin place like Park Ave

 

Both I know them and have purchased from them before.

 

However, I personally don't know much about coins. So I ask most of my newbie questions on here.

 

If you do a Google search for Miami Coins Dealer you will get Park Ave.(I live in Miami, FL)

 

I would think that a bigger coin dealer would have better luck with someone starting out then a smaller coin dealer. Don't you think?

[coinschick-migration]

Coinschick, I see that you have parkavenumis.com on your sig line......how do you know them or have you bought from them before? Usually a newcomer won't know a large coin place like Park Ave

 

And the poster's forum profile shows the Park Avenue website as their home page.

 

I just realized that. I don't own Park Ave. I guess when I was signing up instead of putting it in the signature line I put it there. I have other websites that I own but it's not Park Ave.

 

Sorry for the confusion.

[MarkFeld]

Coinschick, I see that you have parkavenumis.com on your sig line......how do you know them or have you bought from them before? Usually a newcomer won't know a large coin place like Park Ave

 

And the poster's forum profile shows the Park Avenue website as their home page.

 

I just realized that. I don't own Park Ave. I guess when I was signing up instead of putting it in the signature line I put it there. I have other websites that I own but it's not Park Ave.

 

Sorry for the confusion.

 

Thanks for the clarification.

[TomB]

Coinschick, I see that you have parkavenumis.com on your sig line......how do you know them or have you bought from them before? Usually a newcomer won't know a large coin place like Park Ave

 

I was wondering the same thing and was also wondering if we are going to see the advent of paid advertising in the siglines of members. This seems to open that door.

[RWB]

The origin of the Gothic crown design must be an interesting story.

[DaveG]

Considering you're on the US Coins side of the NGC forum, you might want to either: a) focus on a US coin or b) go ask the World Coins guys what they're interested in.

[michael]

next time you see bob greenberg tell him i said hello

[coinschick-migration]

The origin of the Gothic crown design must be an interesting story.

 

Thanks I will be sure to post a link to that article once I've written it.

[coinschick-migration]

next time you see bob greenberg tell him i said hello

 

I will....

[coinschick-migration]

Coinschick, I see that you have parkavenumis.com on your sig line......how do you know them or have you bought from them before? Usually a newcomer won't know a large coin place like Park Ave

 

I was wondering the same thing and was also wondering if we are going to see the advent of paid advertising in the siglines of members. This seems to open that door.

 

I just want to clear the air. I am truly on this forum to learn more on coin collecting. I write articles and blogs for the industry. I find it to be a fascinating hobby. I am in no way trying to use this site or any site to advertise. However, we are all allowed to put anything we want on our signature lines (its in the forum rules) and most of us add links to our signatures redirecting to other sites.

 

I really appreciate everyone's input and will make sure to share my articles with you once I have written them.

 

Thank you to those that support me by adding their valuable opinions.

[Dcoin]

The topic of your article should be determined by your readership not a random sampling from the hobby.

[RockMyAmadeus]

I think you should write on article on the 1911 Canada dollars, silver, lead, etc.

 

There's all sorts of fun information surrounding those.

[e1cnr]

I think you should write an article on the switch from Franklin half dollars to Kennedy half dollars

 

 

There was a law on the books that each series should last at least 25 years - I am curious how this series got switched earlier

 

 

 

Also I am curious about how Eunice Shriver got put on a commemorative coin while she was still alive - I thought there was a law saying they had to be dead.

 

 

Why do they even make laws if they are not going to follow them....

[RWB]

The portrait certainly made her look "dead."

[newprepper]

I think you should write an article on the switch from Franklin half dollars to Kennedy half dollars

 

 

There was a law on the books that each series should last at least 25 years - I am curious how this series got switched earlier

 

 

 

Also I am curious about how Eunice Shriver got put on a commemorative coin while she was still alive - I thought there was a law saying they had to be dead.

 

 

Why do they even make laws if they are not going to follow them....

 

It was to commemmorate Kennedy after he was assassinated.

[Conder101]

There was a law on the books that each series should last at least 25 years - I am curious how this series got switched earlier

Easy, if you check the law it allows for a change earlier than 25 years with the approval of Congress. The law allows the Sec of the Treasury to change the design on his own initiative without the approval once 25 years have passed. (Coinage Act of 1890)

 

Also I am curious about how Eunice Shriver got put on a commemorative coin while she was still alive - I thought there was a law saying they had to be dead.

Also easy, there is no such law. There is a law that forbids the depiction of a living person on CURRENCY, but not on coins. (The laws tend to be specifically separated to cover currency, or to cover coinage. There are few if any laws that cover both.) And they didn't have a problem with a living person on the currency until a clerk in the Treasury caused his own portrait to appear. (The design called for the "portraits of Lewis and Clark" to appear, and since his name was Clark he supplied his portrait and they used it.) Before then there had been several living people shown on the currency but they were Presidents, Politicians, Generals etc., not a lowly clerk.

 

Now with the State quarters, ATB quarters and President dollars it was specifically put into the authorizing legislation that no living person can be shown but that only covers those specific coin series and is not a general restriction. In fact even though it was passed at the same time the First Spouse coin does NOT forbid the depiction of a living person so potentially at the moment Rosalyn Carter, Nancy Reagan, and Barbara Bush could all potentially appear on a coin while they are still alive. (But for that to happen Jimmy Carter would have to die before mid 2014. If he doesn't then the series ends with Ford. If he does then Carter and Reagan are eligible, Bush would also have to die by mid 2014 for Mrs. Bush to be eligible.)