Popular Post Lem E Posted September 15, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 15, 2022 Only 2 simple rules for this thread. 1. Must have a face value of 5 cents. OR 2. Made from nickel alloy. We have a silver thread and a copper thread. I thought it was about time to give nickel some love. Post what ya got. Foreign or domestic, old or new, half dimes, 3 cent nickels, Buffs, Jeffs, Libs, etc. Mr.blister, Hoghead515, Coin Cave and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Member: Seasoned Veteran Popular Post DWLange Posted September 16, 2022 Member: Seasoned Veteran Popular Post Share Posted September 16, 2022 Ohhh---Numistamps! I have a complete set of those in the custom album. It was an affordable way to collect USA type coins at the time. rrantique, Lem E, Hoghead515 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henri Charriere Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 Numistamps? Never heard of them. I think it's time I picked up a book. Lem E and CoinJockey73 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsshog40 Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 (edited) On 9/15/2022 at 9:00 PM, DWLange said: Ohhh---Numistamps! I have a complete set of those in the custom album. It was an affordable way to collect USA type coins at the time. Ya, I collect jeffs and wound up getting these cheap on ebay a few yrs back. Had intentions of getting others but never got there. Hey David, have you ever figured out what type of metal these were made of? Edited September 16, 2022 by bsshog40 Lem E 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Member: Seasoned Veteran Popular Post DWLange Posted September 16, 2022 Member: Seasoned Veteran Popular Post Share Posted September 16, 2022 I don't know their compositions, but the manufacturer did a great job of simulating the colors of gold, silver and copper. Coin Cave, Henri Charriere and Lem E 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zadok Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 On 9/16/2022 at 3:38 PM, DWLange said: I don't know their compositions, but the manufacturer did a great job of simulating the colors of gold, silver and copper. ...original advertisement listed nickel, silver n other metals...specifically stated the gold coins would be made with a gold finish...other subsequent articles referenced copper, bronze n brass.... Henri Charriere and Lem E 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member: Seasoned Veteran Popular Post DWLange Posted September 16, 2022 Member: Seasoned Veteran Popular Post Share Posted September 16, 2022 Time to melt them all! Just Bob, bsshog40 and Lem E 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lem E Posted September 16, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 16, 2022 Great looking stuff everyone! Keep em coming. Buffalo Head, numisport, leeg and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sandon Posted September 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 16, 2022 After all that "great looking stuff", how about something that's truly awful looking but nevertheless interesting? This is an 1801 half dime that I purchased at a local coin auction in 1999. It is the only Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle half dime that I've acquired in over fifty years of collecting. Half dimes are in my experience the hardest denomination of this design type to obtain. Although it is battered and abused, it is one of those coins that I wish could speak so that I could hear the stories it could tell, perhaps including being stepped on by a horse! I submitted it to NGC earlier this year in the hope of using it to fill some type set registry slots, but NGC concluded that it had an "altered surface" and would not grade or encapsulate it. At least I am able to share its photo here. Henri Charriere, Lem E, Buffalo Head and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lem E Posted September 16, 2022 Author Share Posted September 16, 2022 On 9/16/2022 at 5:25 PM, Sandon said: After all that "great looking stuff", how about something that's truly awful looking but nevertheless interesting? This is an 1801 half dime that I purchased at a local coin auction in 1999. It is the only Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle half dime that I've acquired in over fifty years of collecting. Half dimes are in my experience the hardest denomination of this design type to obtain. Although it is battered and abused, it is one of those coins that I wish could speak so that I could hear the stories it could tell, perhaps including being stepped on by a horse! I submitted it to NGC earlier this year in the hope of using it to fill some type set registry slots, but NGC concluded that it had an "altered surface" and would not grade or encapsulate it. At least I am able to share its photo here. I would say my surfaces will be altered too at the age of 221. Great piece. I like anything with that reverse. Thanks for posting it. CoinJockey73 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zadok Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 ...i bet if one year younger would have been encapsulated...i like the coin myself, agree bout the reverse as well.... Lem E and Hoghead515 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Neophyte Numismatist Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 @Buffalo Head I am still learning this series... Is the 1925 generally found weakly struck on the reverse? CoinJockey73 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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