SkyMan Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Fun Bust Winston! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruceswar Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 I like the bust half. Thats really cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.D. Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruceswar Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 Thats a cool looking Proof. I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elbesaar Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 (edited) My newest addition - and the last coin needed to complete the set - to my Mid Range Barber Half Set: 1893-S VF 35 [ IMHO ] Edited December 2, 2006 by Elbesaar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EZ_E Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 My newest addition - and the last coin needed to complete the set - to my Mid Range Barber Half Set: 1893-S VF 35 Sweet! What an accomplishment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IGWT Posted December 2, 2006 Author Share Posted December 2, 2006 Congratulations! Pretty coin to close the set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomB Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 A '93-S in VF35?!?!?!?!?!? Holy Smokes! Folks, if you don't collect this series, you will have no idea how tough this coin is, or for how much over bid it likely cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyMan Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Nice coin! Congratulations on the accomplishment! Do you have an image of the reverse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeInFL Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Nice Barber(s)! Here's a new piece of copper that's a bit more chestnut that the photos suggest: It is an 1846 Small Date (N-2)....Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinstonWare Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Nice coins everyone I stole the seller's pics on this one because they are better than I could do. For more info on these please read TomB's post I obviously found it fairly convincing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MunkyMan95 Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 WOW That's a crusty busty Winston. Nice coin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saen78 Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Nice Very Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MunkyMan95 Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Very nice!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyMan Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 NICE Bustie, Winston!!! I love that design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EZ_E Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Nice coins everyone I stole the seller's pics on this one because they are better than I could do. For more info on these please read TomB's post I obviously found it fairly convincing Wow! That is a coin that I would love to own. Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinstonWare Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Thanks guys. I should have noted earlier that I harassed TomB almost daily while I was trying to find one of these. I finally found one that he approved of and I bought it. Thanks again Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeg Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Super coins guy's. Won these two on TT last Sunday. They arrived today: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IGWT Posted December 4, 2006 Author Share Posted December 4, 2006 I'm really enjoying watching forum members' collections grow. Here's my latest purchase: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomB Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Cool! How is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IGWT Posted December 4, 2006 Author Share Posted December 4, 2006 Cool! How is it? I just started reading in earnest, but my quick perusal shows that it has promise. (This is a 1974 facsimile reproduction of the edition published in 1924). Steve Crain recommended it to me. The book is a nice companion to G. Evans, History of the United States Mint and Coinage (1891). Frank Stewart was the owner of the Frank Stewart Electric Co. in Philadelphia. His company purchased real estate in the city to expand its operations. He discovered that the property that he purchased was the site of the First U.S. Mint, and he took it upon himself at great expense (there was no governmental interest at any level) to excavate the site, much like an archaeological dig. He writes about the facility, the people, and the laws that gave us our first federal coinage. I understand that he commissioned the painting that appears on the cover of the book. It's a picture of George & Martha Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, David Rittenhouse, Tobia Lear, Henry Voight, and Adam Eckfelt inspecting the first coins struck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elbesaar Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 (edited) Nice coin! Congratulations on the accomplishment! Do you have an image of the reverse? Yup, I sure do; I will post an attachment...I'm out of practice about adding images..sorry Here's the obverse - again: Edited December 4, 2006 by Elbesaar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elbesaar Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 The reverse of the 1893-S Half: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MunkyMan95 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOILER78 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 I just added this one to my pattern nickel type set. I really prefer this rendition to the adopted "with cents" design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IGWT Posted December 4, 2006 Author Share Posted December 4, 2006 The surfaces on that coin look pristine in that picture, Boiler. I agree with you on the design of the reverse. I gotta say, though, that Liberty's visage reminds me of a schoolmarm who's about to smack a student with a ruler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyMan Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Nice reverse of the Barber, and nice pattern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Provasek Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Corroded? Who cares? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ'S Coins Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 The fugio is my favorite from that era, even corroded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fengk Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 I was sick in bed yesterday, and since I was missing school I decided to do something productive with my time. So I went on a coin shopping spree. All are seller's pics, I don't have them in hand yet. I think I just blew my coin collecting budget for the month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
