HaydenTubbs Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 I understand what you're saying,who did this big promotion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomB Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 I know I have the information somewhere around here, but you might find it faster if you google it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomB Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 Here is a delightful 1839 ND Seated half- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydenTubbs Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 crust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeg Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 Got a nice little group of Lincolns in today. Here's one of them: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IGWT Posted August 19, 2006 Author Share Posted August 19, 2006 Are you pulling together a Lincoln 1c date/mm set, Lee? I've enjoyed the photos that you've posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeg Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 Are you pulling together a Lincoln 1c date/mm set, Lee? Yup. Working on the 09-58 Set. These Lincolns are running neck and neck with Classic Commem's as my favorites. I try and pick up Lincoln MPL's when I can find that at the right prices too. I've enjoyed the photos that you've posted. Appreciate It!! Another one that arrived today: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydenTubbs Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 Sweet stuff Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinook Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 Lee, I love that 45. Talk about booming luster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeg Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 Sweet stuff Lee I love that 45. Talk about booming luster I can't help but agree with you guy's Super reverse on this one: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ'S Coins Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 Leeg, the coins you post change the way that I look at Lincolns. Wow, what a wonderful set you are putting together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EZ_E Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 Lee, your photos are beaming! Awesome work and awesome coins!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeKing Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 very nice find spider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanley Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 Thanks Mike. I have a 1921 P coming to me that might look similar to this one. I think this one posted is a D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeg Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 Thanks for all the "Super" compliments on the Abe's! 2009 is fast approaching. Awesome coins all throughout this thread, "Way To Go"! Here are the last of yesterday's arrivals, all Raw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Martinez Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 Hi, Lee. Nice coins and nice pictrues. I love Linc's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IGWT Posted August 19, 2006 Author Share Posted August 19, 2006 I haven't had anything to post for what seems like a loooooong time; so, I like the vicarious thrill of checking this thread. But I ought to have a couple of additions soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeKing Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 I don't usually post the auction images of a coin, but I got very good word on this one and paid excessively for it, hopefully, deservedly so, and am quite excited about it. When I get it in hand, if it's half as nice as I've been told, I'll post better photos. Of course, if it isn't, you'll never hear about it again.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAULEMALL Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 I don't usually post the auction images of a coin, but I got very good word on this one and paid excessively for it, hopefully, deservedly so, and am quite excited about it. When I get it in hand, if it's half as nice as I've been told, I'll post better photos. Of course, if it isn't, you'll never hear about it again.... Hey Mike...Tell me if it's more like this(I hope you don't mind) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomB Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 Hey Mike, that coin looks like it has significant frost on it and has plenty of eye appeal. Is it MS64? MS65? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomB Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 I think this is my fourth contribution to this thread. This is an 1805 dime. These are quite a bit more scarce than any bid sheet would suggest, and finding one with originality and eye appeal is no easy task. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeKing Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 Tom, where do you find these coins? I love it! It's close to impossible to find toning like this, I think. ps my coin is an AU58, was told it had 'qualities of' a 64. I'll be happy when I see it if it looks like a true 58 unblemished. maulemall, don't see your pics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EZ_E Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 Mike and Tom, Both of your posts make me drool with envy! I bet the Bust Half has killer luster! The 1805 is incredible! It is amazing at how even in lower grades, the eye-appeal is off the charts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeKing Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 I missed out on a high grade Nova, gorgeous, mega$ for me. I was pissed, then I realized how much money I saved, and then I thought about my own feelings about grade and eye appeal, like grade is sometimes the fools road to eye appeal, so to speak. Notice I say sometimes! So I bought this: this is graded a VF35, is over 200 yr old and, to me, is absolutely a gorgeous piece of copper. I feel vindicated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeKing Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 I have to add, that Tom's 1805 is exceptional in ANY grade and even MORE exceptional in that particular grade which has been well traveled and experienced a lot, and comes out looking like that...totally amazing. THAT is real collecting. IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeKing Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 (edited) I'm inspired and on a roll so forgive me... if that didn't knock your socks off, the high grade NOVA that I missed out on by $50 (geez was I lucky), was close to perfection, I always wanted a really nice NOVA, then I found this, rare date, lower grade, more affordable, GREAT piece of copper. I think I'm satisfied. ps; the predominant copper in Massachusetts in 1776 was purportedly the 1773 Nova Constellatio. Edited August 19, 2006 by MikeKing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EZ_E Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 this is graded a VF35, is over 200 yr old and, to me, is absolutely a gorgeous piece of copper. I feel vindicated. That is a gorgeous piece of copper but, yet, it is not "untouched". Does it make it undesirable and not market acceptable? I don't think so! Knowledgeable collectors of Condor Tokens and EAC know how to treat/restore/preserve their copper. This has been an acceptable practice for decades. Hoot even related his experience of the summer ANA EAC seminar where they even touched on this subject. I think that education is the key. I wish that there were more detailed resources on the restoration and preservation of coins. If the appearance of a coin can be improved in a professional and undeceptive manner then I think that it is a good thing. It seems that restoration is an exceptable practice in all markets but numismatics with the exception of EAC. Now back to your regularly scheduled thread.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeKing Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 you know, it's so funny. a few years ago I collected half cents. I bought a half cent from a dealer who runs a major tpg. It was a very pretty half cent but I would never buy it now (I sold it quite awhile ago), because it was cleaned (and I'm not talking about soaking in olive oil) and whatever else they do to copper. It took me a while to learn enough to know that if it came to me from this level, it all stinks and there's a whole bunch of lies, false promises and hysterical hype that affects the masses. Some coppers fare much better with treatments that didn't change the properties of the metal (like the ms70 dips demonstrated on this board), in other words, they didn't turn pink or blue). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanley Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 This one arrived today and I’m having difficulty capturing the true in hand look. It is somewhere between this image and the next one. And it is in an old NGC fat holder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomB Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 Mike, if your coin is in an AU58 holder then that is fantastic! As I wrote, it certainly has the curb appeal of an MS64 or MS65. Also, the coppers are wonderful pieces of history, aren't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
