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Harvey - Nice looking coins - in the older style holders -

those seem harder to find as most have been resubmitted

for possible upgrades.

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I like the gold tone on that Buffalo (thumbs u

 

Not the most expensive or rare coin, but I was excited to find this Oregon with the look that I wanted (seller's pics)…

 

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Very nice Morgan there Harv!! I've watched alot of DJ's Morgans. I can't never afford them, but he does have a lot of nice one's. Nice pickup!!

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i got this from munkyman in a trade (2 months or more ago)! the brightness of the frost is awsome and i thaught id just share them :) (since i just looked at them :) )

 

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I had never heard of or seen these before, but came across them and thought they were an interesting sort of "crossover" collectible. Ok, I know, these are not U.S. coins, BUT, I thought I'd post them here for U.S. collectors who are into State Quarters, so they are "kinda" on topic that way.

 

I think they could be interesting to collectors of:

 

1. Australian coins

2. Bullion collectors (silver bullion)

3. State Quarter coin collectors

4. Any or all of the above!

 

They're Australian Kookaburra coins, with U.S. State Quarter "privy" marks, so they actually have images of what would be to them a foreign coin on the face of their coin. I just think that's kinda wild, and just goes to show the impact that the State Quarter Program had on coin collecting.

 

That said, NGC graded these quickly. The World Modern coins seem to move faster than U.S. submissions. Anyway... take a look. I got them all at once, raw, and was lucky in that most of them graded MS69, with just ONE at an MS69. I paid a fair price considering the bullion prices these days, so I can live with it.

 

I included what are actually the reverses, even though NGC thoughtfully makes them the obverse in the slabs since they are the subjects of interest. I added ONE photo of the obverse, the effigy of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II

 

With the various collectible "angles" of these coins, I thought they were find anyway.

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I have now detombed this coin and the colours errupted from the coin ...

 

Who would have thunk I would buy a TONED coin .... quiet Winston :)

 

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Those are seriously cool, Bully!

 

Thanks Revenant! I'm actually curious to see if other collectors have seen these coins before. I had not, which was why they caught my eye. I know the first year designs are coming to light again as the last year issues are coming out, so when I found these, I thought the same thing: COOL! Whether others agree, well, we see.

 

I mean, I haven't seen the rest of the states, for instance - ANYWHERE. Are there people who may have collected the entire "State Quarter" series in SILVER BULLION Kookaburras?

 

Of course, I am partial to the fifth in the series here, Connecticut, my home state, also known as "The Nutmeg State," featuring the famed "Charter Oak" because of the interesting lore behind how the tree was used to hide the charter from the King's men during the American Revolution. There's more the story, but it's a nifty piece of history.

 

Comments from the peanut gallery?

 

 

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Those are pretty cool coins, Bully. I've heard of the denomination but didn't know that the state quarters were on them. I can see how they could interest a state quarter collector.

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