No idea what all I just acquired from an antique shop except for the Lincoln's inside the albums. 1 1

[GBrad]

I'm not sure exactly what all I have here in both coins, older albums, and RAYWAY "boards" (pictures 7-10), but I wanted to post these pictures as soon as I got home (couldn't wait!!!!).  I purchased all of these items from a local antique shop this afternoon (not a coin shop).  Being predominantly a Lincoln collector, I couldn't resist purchasing these 3 older Lincoln Whitman albums. Two of them are Whitmans dated 1960 (pictures 5 and 6) but one of them, the large leaflet type album in the picture (first four pics are of this same album to include the product number), I'm not sure if it is a Whitman. I am not very educated when it comes to holders and albums. All of the albums are full of some VERY nice Lincolns.  I have no idea at this point what all they contain but they do have 1909's in them and up to just about every date that really matters for copper Cents.  

Hopefully someone will chime in on this post regarding these RAYWAY boards which are completely new to me (I believe D.W. Lange has a major interest in holders and boards from some articles I have read).  I have not had time to go through any of these coins yet but I did notice several key date Lincoln's in the albums, I'm chomping at the bits right now.  The beige "board" holders are slap full of foreign coins. The foreign coins are predominately older and several of them are silver or contain silver.  One of the boards is full of nice Canadian one cents dating back to 1941, two of them.  The other boards contain Netherland, Canadian, Mexican, Aruba, British, German, you name it, etc..... and there are several really nice tokens in all of this mix as well.  It is going to take me some time to go through all of these coins to see exactly what I have. I will definitely be posting some of them for guidance and learning from the experts here as I know several of you on the forum are very educated on foreign coinage. I am very excited to say the least to start seeing what all I just acquired. I know there are a lot of pics but this is what I was extremely fortunate in obtaining this afternoon.  

[Lem E]

On 12/18/2021 at 9:04 PM, GBrad said:

I'm not sure exactly what all I have here in both coins, older albums, and RAYWAY "boards" (pictures 7-10), but I wanted to post these pictures as soon as I got home (couldn't wait!!!!).  I purchased all of these items from a local antique shop this afternoon (not a coin shop).  Being predominantly a Lincoln collector, I couldn't resist purchasing these 3 older Lincoln Whitman albums. Two of them are Whitmans dated 1960 (pictures 5 and 6) but one of them, the large leaflet type album in the picture (first four pics are of this same album to include the product number), I'm not sure if it is a Whitman. I am not very educated when it comes to holders and albums. All of the albums are full of some VERY nice Lincolns.  I have no idea at this point what all they contain but they do have 1909's in them and up to just about every date that really matters for copper Cents.  

Hopefully someone will chime in on this post regarding these RAYWAY boards which are completely new to me (I believe D.W. Lange has a major interest in holders and boards from some articles I have read).  I have not had time to go through any of these coins yet but I did notice several key date Lincoln's in the albums, I'm chomping at the bits right now.  The beige "board" holders are slap full of foreign coins. The foreign coins are predominately older and several of them are silver or contain silver.  One of the boards is full of nice Canadian one cents dating back to 1941, two of them.  The other boards contain Netherland, Canadian, Mexican, Aruba, British, German, you name it, etc..... and there are several really nice tokens in all of this mix as well.  It is going to take me some time to go through all of these coins to see exactly what I have. I will definitely be posting some of them for guidance and learning from the experts here as I know several of you on the forum are very educated on foreign coinage. I am very excited to say the least to start seeing what all I just acquired. I know there are a lot of pics but this is what I was extremely fortunate in obtaining this afternoon.  

Quite a nice haul brother. That should keep you busy for a while. 

[GBrad]

Here is one beautiful 1947 Peso I just pulled out which I believe, from researching it, is half silver? It appears to be in very good condition. 

[GBrad]

On 12/18/2021 at 10:14 PM, Lem E said:

Quite a nice haul brother. That should keep you busy for a while. 

Thanks Lem.  I'm not even sure what I have here as I already said.  For all I know at this point, I may have absolutely nothing..... or I may have hit a home run.  Whatever the outcome is it's fine with me.  Just to have this many old coins, tokens, and all the Lincolns, is well worth it to me just to occupy my time and to just look through them to see if there is anything of value or beauty.

I know the antique store owner well.  She has no idea about coins and their value (and I honestly don't either when it comes to foreign coins) but I'm more than eager and willing to learn. Even though I purchased this stuff from her at an incredibly low price, and I'm now the rightful owner with no strings attached, I assured her I would let her know if any of these coins were valuable.  It's a small town here where I live. We take care of each other and watch each other's back.  That's just me, the way I grew up and the way I prefer to live life.  It also makes for excellent friendships.  I would love to find something valuable in this "stash" and be able to take it back and show her.  

[Lem E]

On 12/18/2021 at 9:48 PM, GBrad said:

Thanks Lem.  I'm not even sure what I have here as I already said.  For all I know at this point, I may have absolutely nothing..... or I may have hit a home run.  Whatever the outcome is it's fine with me.  Just to have this many old coins, tokens, and all the Lincolns, is well worth it to me just to occupy my time and to just look through them to see if there is anything of value or beauty.

I know the antique store owner well.  She has no idea about coins and their value (and I honestly don't either when it comes to foreign coins) but I'm more than eager and willing to learn. Even though I purchased this stuff from her at an incredibly low price, and I'm now the rightful owner with no strings attached, I assured her I would let her know if any of these coins were valuable.  It's a small town here where I live. We take care of each other and watch each other's back.  That's just me, the way I grew up and the way I prefer to live life.  It also makes for excellent friendships.  I would love to find something valuable in this "stash" and be able to take it back and show her.  

Regardless, it will be fun to go through. If you find something of value, that will just be a bonus.

[GBrad]

On 12/18/2021 at 10:54 PM, Lem E said:

Regardless, it will be fun to go through. If you find something of value, that will just be a bonus.

I'm curious if the holders and boards are of any value????🤔

[Lem E]

On 12/18/2021 at 10:05 PM, GBrad said:

I'm curious if the holders and boards are of any value????🤔

Maybe Mr. Lange will take a peek and let you know.

[Hoghead515]

Good find brother!!  Looks like theres several red Lincolns in there too just from the pic. It will be a blast searching thru those. Very nice Peso also. I love the color of it. 

[GBrad]

On 12/18/2021 at 11:05 PM, GBrad said:

I'm curious if the holders and boards are of any value????🤔

Thanks @Hoghead515.  Definitely looking forward to going through all of these Lincolns.  @Lem E I did some research on these holders.  I'm not seeing them being worth a premium.  Maybe I'm wrong (wishfully so) but no big deal at all regardless. Found a 1865 United States 2 Cent mixed in the bunch. Can't tell if it's the plain or fancy 5.  It has a little too much crud on it to see the top of the 5.  I've always wanted to own a 2 Cent coin and now I do. It has some damage but that's ok. Still neat to me.  I also found an 1875 Republica Mexicana coin (it may be a token or medal, not sure) in here.  I Googled it for an hour and couldn't find a match to the reverse.  I would have absolutely sworn it was gold while looking at it through a loupe before I removed it from the board holder. It's pretty thin, larger in diameter than a Quarter, but just doesn't weigh enough to be gold.  I'll try to post a pic so someone can hopefully help me out with it.  

[Henri Charriere]

On 12/18/2021 at 10:48 PM, GBrad said:

....  I assured her I would let her know if any of these coins were valuable.  It's a small town here where I live. We take care of each other and watch each other's back.  That's just me, the way I grew up and the way I prefer to live life....

The fact that you would do that speaks volumes about your character and upbringing.  . [For a glimpse on how things turned out, see my light-hearted comments, "How It Really Happened," in the Off-Topic thread.]

[DWLange]

The Whitman Bookshelf albums are covered in Volume Three of my book Coin Collecting Albums---A Complete History and Catalog. The Rayway holders (Wayte Raymond, Inc.) are detailed in Volume One. The Harris Honor-Bilt line will be addressed in a future volume.

If anyone is interested in such things, my books may be found here: http://coincollectingboards.com