Rainbow Toned Peace & Forum Members Meeting

[gmarguli]

Tonight was a good night. Went to a meeting of forum members and had a great time. Got to see CoinLes (MrLee), satootoko, strat, shirohniichan, clw54, ToningintheBlood, nuckelhead, MizzJenn, JJacks, Jom, Kirk the lurker, and others I can't recall right this second, all at JamminJ's humble little mansion. A great time getting together and talking coins as well as getting to know a little of the person behind the name. And of course there was a great display of coins ranging from foreign to toned gold. A nice little 8-hour get together.

 

Anyway, while it wasn't a business get together, that doesn't mean you can't pry a coin out of a fellow collectors collection if you like it. In my case it was a nice 1924 Peace dollar with rainbow toning on both sides.

 

 

The above picture, which is a little small, doesn't show all the colors. The higher the resolution the better the display of color, but I didn't want to "insert" a half meg picture, so if you want a better picture, pick a link below that won't choke your modem.

 

Medium Resolution Pic (124K)

 

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The obverse has light pastel colors that aren't as pronounced as the image shows. A nice light blue with faint green undertones and gold ring around the rims with some red mixed in. The center is semi-white. In the picture around the BER of Liberty, that color screams AT, but in reality that color is not accurate. It is a nice red and purple with some orange and doesn't look AT at all.

 

The reverse is great. A rainbow of gold, sea green, light blue, orange/reddish gold, with a semi-white center.

 

[TomB]

Nice frickin' coin! So, when are you folks coming to the east coast?

[GP_]

very nice peace! Sounds like a great day!

[RotatedRainbows]

You must have had a pretty big crowbar to pry that from somebody's hands!!

[clw54]

It was an enjoyable day, well worth the drive from San Diego. Great food, great company, and great coins.

[merysu]

Neat coin, and I envy you guys that live in area w enough collectors to have such an outing. Sounds like JamminJ threw a nice soriee! -mark-

[jtryka]

Yeah, sounds fun! I am jealous of you folk, seems like any of us up in the Pac NW just like to sit home avoiding the rain.

[clw54]

There is a heavy concentration in the LA/San Diego area, which makes it fun going to coin shows. There's always a few members at the monthly Anaheim show, and a lot of members at Long Beach. It's a bit of a drive for the San Diegans, but nothing too bad.

[JamminJ]

It was a lot of fun for me and it seems all the attendees agree. Saw some awesome coins.

 

I must give a lot of credit to MrLee, he suggested the idea, handled all the invitations and bought the six foot hero. I merely supplied the loaction and some of the food. I think we'll do it again!

 

-JamminJ

[CoinLes]

There you have it. James wants another party. I think we'll have too. So many collections I couldn't look at all of them. Gregs toned commemoratives were outstanding and John Ruiz's Toned Washingtons were fabulous. Shiro brought his Chop-marked Trade Dollars and Satootoko searched my Darkside and found a Japanese 1876 2 Zen. It was a great turnout, a great time and I'm really glad all of you were able to make it. Thanks to everyone for being there and I hope to do it again too.

 

A Special Thanks to JamminJ and his beautiful wife. This whole thing would have been impossible without them.

[rkfish-migration]

Greg,

 

That is one BEAUTIFUL Peace Dollar!

Definately need a "coin party" on the east coast!

[gmarguli]

There you have it. James wants another party. I think we'll have too.

 

Well OK, if James wants it, then he gets it.

 

Let me know next time and what I can do/bring to help out.

[JamminJ]

How about sometime towards the end of June? Perhaps a BBQ this time.

 

Biggest complaint was the poor lighting, so anyone bringing good lights to grade by will be a local hero!

 

-JamminJ

[gmarguli]

A June BBQ would be good. Let me know in advance and I'll be happy to bring anything.

 

The lighting wasn't ideal for coins, but thankfully most were slabbed and I could read the insert grade.

[paigow_johnny]

I missed this one, but hope to make the next one. I'll have to catch a ride with Claw

[CoinLes]

How about sometime towards the end of June? Perhaps a BBQ this time.

Sounds like I'm going to be cooking Who's got the Lights or what kind do we need?