Post Your Favorite Numismatic Purchases Of 2014

My favorite purchase this year is this 1861-O Half Dollar. I was told by the seller that this example was struck by the State of Louisiana after secession, but before the Confederacy controlled the mint. It has great original skin, and I had it slabbed (PCGS XF45).

My most satisfying purchase was a Luigino with a 1669 ottoman countermark on it. It filled a gap in my collection. From the late 1660st time there are three known ottoman mark on Luigino, I already had two of the three but was missing this one. The bonus was that the base coin is also reasonably rare

Yarm, that Bianchi medal is exquisite.

Spain 2 Excellentes Ferdinand and Isabella (1474-1504) Seville Mint, no stops around S .Id like to think of it as a Columbus pocket change

Filled a big gap in my complete Libertad collection and started a short set that I have wanted to collect.

Picked up this 1991 Libertad in an online auction when it was listed as a 1991 Libertad, as I looked closer I realized that it was a much more rare 1991 Type II. On the obverse you see OnZa as opposed to onza on a regular 1991. On the reverse the cactus under the left claw of the eagle has 8 dots as opposed to the regular 7. Apparently I was the only one who noticed because I picked up the very hard to find coin (two of which are available on ebay for $140 and $135) for $22 , the cost of a regular 1991.





Also went to an auction with my son to pick up a few more ASE's for his NGC MS69 Brown label collection but people were bidding stupid money for those. Instead picked up this ,one of a short set of four Canadian Enameled dollars, for $42 (original list in 2007,$130 )

Thanks Joe! I am really happy with this half. I didn't buy it from a dealer, but a fellow collector who was selling off his collection. He was assembling a set of 1860's halves, and he was very knowledgeable. I want to study the die varieties to try and determine for myself when it was minted. I find the 1861-O Half to be a great story coin.

Not a part of any serious collection, I rescued this British Half Penny from the foreign coin bucket. I learned a good deal about conservation and verdi gris removal, as well as copper photography. May be the best fifteen cents I've spent in a while.