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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Congrats on a very nice SP
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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Does it burn your hands when you pick it up? Wow! What a treasure.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Stunning heritage for a super stunning coin. Congrats. Thanks so much for sharing.
"We are poor little lambs...who have lost our way...Baa...Baa...Baa"
In memory of those members who left us too soon...
In memory of Tootallious March 31, 1964 - April 15, 2020
In memory of crazyb0 July 27 2020. RIP.
In memory of T-BOP Oct. 12, 1949 - Jan. 19, 2024
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Beautiful!! Do you have any idea how many times this coin exchanged hands since its mintage until you received it?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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@punman very few times.. The coin didn't leave the Hahn family until the 1960s when it was consigned to the new Netherlands coin company auction. It was either consigned by his wife or right after her death, I can't remember which. The Norwebs bought the coin from the new Netherlands sale and it resided in their collection until the collection was auctioned by Stack's in 1996. It was won from the Stack's sale by the family who built the cornerstone collection and the cornerstone collection was then sold in 2019. When the cornerstone collection was sold, a private collector who deals occasionally purchased it as it was very very cool but did not fit his core collection.. I was lucky enough to get into contact with him and purchase it. So it went from Hahn to Hahn's wife, then to the Norwebs, then to the Rogos(cornerstone), then to the private collector and then myself...so about 6 people have owned it since 1935 if you consider Hahn's wife a separate owner and discount the possibility it may have belonged to one of his children briefly before being consigned to the new Netherlands sale.
Feel free to call me Will.
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Pillar of the Community
Taiwan
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Will: Bowers and Merena was the auction company for the Norweb sale of Canadian coins on 15 Nov 1996. I was fortunate to be in attendance. As you well know these superb coins appear very infrequently as most were sold into strong hands such as yourself.
Kudos for making it happen.
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11/15/2022 8:44 pm
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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An outstanding coin with a great pedigree. Congrats!
Member of SPMC, FCCB, ANA and ANS. My U.S. Classic Commemorative Complete Set: https://www.NGCcoin.com/registry/co...sets/278741/My U.S. Fractional Note Set: https://notes.www.collectors-societ...eSetID=34188 |
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Canada
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Thanks Everest! My bad..you are correct about Bowers and Merena..I've only been around long enough to know of Stack's Bowers..my bad!
Thanks for the kind words everyone!
Feel free to call me Will.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Nice to see the beard, eyebrow and mustache detail on KG V as sharp as this.
These are the details I closely look at very closely, when grading any KG V coin.
Reasons for less sharpness are
1. worn die
2. worn coin
3. light strike.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Great addition to your collection Will.
Congratulations adding this beautiful
Specimen Dollar given to Hahn himself.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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@thedollarman -
That is a stunning example and a great story for your coin.
King George V has some of my FAVORITE coin designs of all time, and the Canada Dollar is at or near the top of my list.
I have a couple from 1936 (different KM of course), but I have the 1935 on my wishlist!!
PS: The 5-cent piece (nickel 1922 - 1936) is a close tie with the dollar for me. I love the reverse on that coin too!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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What a great legacy coin for your collection. Beautiful. Congrats!
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Canada
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Will,
Huge Congrats, you can't go wrong with an awesome coin with incredible provenance. I remember seeing that lot at the Norweb sale
and loved the story behind it at the time. At the time, there were so many lots that I needed that it was easy to overlook this incredible coin
in its own right. Happy collecting!
Sid Belzberg
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Thanks for the kind words everybody! If the gentleman who sold this to me does happen to read this forum, please know that this is by far the most important coin in my collection and a piece I truly love!
@Sid Belzberg It's always cool getting to talk to people who held the same coins decades ago.. two of my favorite pieces are actually coins from your collection. I was able to reunite your 1939 SP66 dime and 1939 SP66 quarter.. The quarter now resides in a PCGS SP66+CAM. I'm very thankful for gentleman like you who made sure to take care of their collections!
Feel free to call me Will.
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12/06/2022 2:22 pm
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