MONSTA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[michael]

please post your monster here

 

sincerely michael

[BOILER78]

[CarlWohlforth]

Awesome coins gang!

 

Here is one of mine.

[BOILER78]

Carl is that Trade dollar cameo? Nice coin! Heres a new pattern I just picked up from Rick Kay. The image doesn't come close to showing the great color on this coin but you get the general idea.

[Peace_Fan]

I have 2 that I can't decide between, so I'll post both....

 

1921 Peace $ NGC MS65

1934 S Peace $ NGC MS65

[CarlWohlforth]

Boiler78: I sure do get the idea! That is an awesome, Monster with a capital M, coin! I love the color. The eagle looks like he is standing up and is ready for a fight.

 

My trade dollar is indeed cameo. I love cameo proofs and also like the champagne toning.

 

I'll attach my twenty cent piece. I think it should be cameo but either it is not as frosty as I think it is or the heavy toning kept it from getting the designation.

 

Keep 'em coming gang! We are off to a great start here with the images so far...

[Beijim]

Barry,

 

There's no choice to be made. They're BOTH monsters! Incredibly clean obverses and a super strike on the 1921. Thanks for sharing.

 

Beijim

 

[michael]

all sweet coins

 

with expecially great eye appeal to 1877 morgan half is superb

 

the trade has deep mirrors and cameoed

 

are an early date also

 

[Russ-migration]

 

Russ, NCNE

[TomB]

Nice coins, everyone! In following Russ' image of the Wheat cent I will also add a Wheat cent. Mine is a matte proof.

 

Russ, is the coin you have pictured a proof? I ask because the quality of toning is similar to what is seen on some proof Lincoln cents.

[Higashiyama]

Things are more fun on this side!

 

Thanks to TomB, my MONSTA:

[Oldtrader3]

Here is an '83 Shield. Not as bright, but a monster none the less. The squigly white line at 8:00 is a Persian cat hair, not a scratch. The line at 10:00 is a die crack.

[Oldtrader3]

Something a little different. A gem Quarter-Eaqle.

[BodyBag]

I'm such a looser! Here's my Monsta.

[GP_]

oh great, now I want a purple wheatie!!

[Russ-migration]

Tom,

 

Nope, not a proof. It's a '39-D. It was one of those $6, what the heck coin show purchases. Here's the obverse:

 

 

I don't know if it's the real deal, but I'm going to find out since it'll be on my next NGC submission.

 

Russ, NCNE

 

 

[BOILER78]

How about a very unusual small cent?

[BOILER78]

OOPS! Forgot the attachment.

[gmarguli]

That's an awesome looking coin.

 

It's even oval in shape.

[BOILER78]

Greg- Like I said its unusual Actually the coin really is round but I believe it stretched a bit on my scanner when I tilted it to show the proof fields. Try to imagine the coin as round.

Mark

[gmarguli]

Could you give me a little info on it? What rarity is it (R5, R8, etc). What is it made of? Any idea of value?

 

I love patterns, but they are just too hard to buy/sell and the prices are frequently out of my range. I'd rather had 10 nice coins than one pattern where people give me a funny look when I show it to them.

[TomB]

That Long Island commem that Higashiyama owns is a true monster! I owned that coin for a while and always enjoyed looking at it. I thought for a moment that Higashiyama was going to post the Washington-Carver. That's also a heck of a coin.

 

The gold posted by Oldtrader3 has some superb surfaces! That is the look of original, undipped, undisturbed gold. I wish I owned some like that.

[TomB]

Sorry, GP!

[Wihlborg]

Tom,

 

You want Washington-Carvers. Here are a couple of my Washington-Carvers. This one is an MS-66 1951p

[Wihlborg]

And here is a MS-66 1952p.

[Wihlborg]

And I can't leave out a BTW. It's only a MS-65, But it is one of the nicest toned BTW's I have ever seen. Believe me this coin looks much better in person! This is the obverse

[Wihlborg]

Here's the reverse.

[TomB]

Beautiful coins, Wihlborg. The BTW looks too clean on the reverse to be an MS65, is that a rather prominent scratch across the portrait of the obverse? If so, I think we know why it's graded MS65.

 

There are two Board members who own wonderfully toned Washington-Carvers, I know, they bought them from me. Wonderful pieces that I hope they share.

[TomB]

Hey 1964_XF40_Dime (XF), problem-free, circulated Seated coinage is pretty tough to find. That's a nice coin!

[Wihlborg]

Hi Tom,

 

The reverse is a no question PQ MS-66. The mark you refer to on the obverse is not a scratch; it is just some dots of graininess with a small line of darker puple tone at the end. It does look like a scratch in the photo though. I think what kept it out of a MS-66 holder are four or five very light reed marks above E. PLURIBUS URUM.

 

I hope they share those WC’s also, as you know I love those early commems.

 

John