Connecticut Commems........

[texasrichard]

I just love the design of the Connecticut.

 

I love it more with that rim-toning that some of them take on especially on the obverse. I think it was Fatman that showed one that was simply stunning.

 

So seven months ago I decided to try and pick one up. This forum and ATS have taught me to wait for the right coin......... I'm still waiting. I realize some of you wait years and years......... jeez, I hope that I don't have too; but if so, then so be it.

 

Where are all the Connecticuts? There are a couple of unnamed dealers with sizable hoards of especially nice coins....... but they want "mars money" ™ for them. (thats beyond moon money )

 

So as I wait and wonder when that special coin will come along I thought I'd vent a little.

 

I do have a question though if someone wouldn't mind addressing.

 

Are the Connecticut Commems subject to cycles of short supply / excess supply? or are they always tough to get?

 

Just one more thing.... When a dealer has what might be the "best looking" one that he is constantly parading around for sale, do you think he cares that it taunts me; in fact it haunts me. There is a high price for perfection and that coin has got to be close to it, but Mars is a long ways away from my account at First National Bank.

 

Hopefully my post will be taken in the light-hearted manner that it was written.

 

Richard

 

Ps. please don't pm me offers as I'd rather find the coin than the coin find me

[Bruceswar]

Wait till Tom shows you one that will knock your socks off. TomB that is.

[WoodenJefferson]

 

When a dealer has what might be the "best looking" one that he is constantly parading around for sale, do you think he cares that it taunts me; in fact it haunts me. In hopes that you break down and dip into your Mortgage Money/IRA/Tax Refund and give him interplanetary money for the danged thing...but it is probably worth every cent he's asking though, Commemoratives can be pricey.

[TomB]

Hold the coin in-hand instead of online before considering it the best that you have seen.

[123cents]

I had a Connecticut Comm. graded MS-65 by NGC. I wish I would have kept it. It had very nice obverse toning.

[Mozin]

Most all Connecticuts are toned, 95% of them unattractively to many of us. You could hold out for that rare one that has toning most agree is worth an added premium. My suggestion is to find a nice white one with outstanding luster, and forget about the toned ones. JMHO

[JJSingleton]

I love it more with that rim-toning that some of them take on especially on the obverse. I think it was Fatman that showed one that was simply stunning.

 

Thanks for the kind comments. Here it is for those who have not seen the images.

 

[Denver Dave]

 

 

Sweet FatMan... Thanks for Sharing...

[BillJones]

If you have to have a Connecticut with colorful toning or the look of the piece that is shown a couple of posts up from this, you might have a wait a while. If you could be satisfied with a white one, finding one in MS-64 or 65 is not that hard.

 

The thing to look for is an absence of marks on the eagle’s head and upper wing, and in the fields in that area. I’ve handled a lot of nice white and slightly toned pieces. The coin can be had for a price, which is below $600 in the current market.

[jgrinz]

I love it more with that rim-toning that some of them take on especially on the obverse. I think it was Fatman that showed one that was simply stunning.

 

Thanks for the kind comments. Here it is for those who have not seen the images.

 

 

 

Looks like a sunset on the horizon of that coin ... .. Its a beautiful Coin

[just-john]

News== Man in GA found with Yankee coin Tared and feathered-news @11

[Wihlborg]

Fatman,

 

As I'm sure you already know, that is a very, very nice Connecticut and a rare coin with such color. Thanks for posting a image of it.

 

John