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Quote: Long back story: I love ships and this was one of the most beautiful coins I have ever seen Fully concur CoinsKelly ... a lovely design and I'm pleased to see yours again! Don't remember the GTP scandal ... but I'm sure we had some fun with it. Quote: It got me started in collecting this amazing series. Thanks again David! Ahhhh ... Grasshopper ... listen closely ... My humble and trivial gift of years ago may have played a small role in inspiring your collecting interest in this great series ... you have taken the time to gain knowledge and acquire many special coins ... such is the joy of CCF friendship and sharing. David
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Quote: this example is flashy white with strong luster. Stone Mountain is one of my favourite coins, I have 3 of them (XF/AU) but none with that luster. Anyway, it says in Whitman's Red Book that "Some of these coins were counterstamped on the reverse by the issuing commission, with letters and numbers for distribution to individual state sales agencies. These are valued much higher than normal coins." I have never seen any of those. Does anybody have one?
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I'm sure someone here does... There's a local dealer here in va who has one. I look at it at every show... It's cleaned, but I would still love to have it.
I believe the counterstamp is GA 138...
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Quote:Anyway, it says in Whitman's Red Book that "Some of these coins were counterstamped on the reverse by the issuing commission, with letters and numbers for distribution to individual state sales agencies. These are valued much higher than normal coins." I have never seen any of those. Does anybody have one? Too rich for my blood. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tennessee-C...p=true&rt=ncWhen I was at the ANA show in Chicago one dealer had 12 of them 
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
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Quote:Stone Mountain is one of my favourite coins, I have 3 of them (XF/AU) but none with that luster. Anyway, it says in Whitman's Red Book that "Some of these coins were counterstamped on the reverse by the issuing commission, with letters and numbers for distribution to individual state sales agencies. These are valued much higher than normal coins." I have never seen any of those. Does anybody have one? Here's a post I made about these pieces; it includes an image of mine: https://goccf.com/t/141523
Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Thanks Commems. Nice background info. I expected the counterstamp to be more discrete than that though. OK. Latest addition to my collection...#14 and counting. Just received it today. A nice Illinois with some luster.  
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
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Day Eighteen: 1925 Lexington-Concord Why issued?1) To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord. 2) To help raise funds for the Lexington-Concord Sesquicentennial Commission to support its planned celebrations of the anniversary; the Commission was created by the US Congress. Design // DesignerObverse:. Daniel Chester French's "The Minute Man" statue; it was unveiled at the Centennial (1875) commemoration of the battles. // Chester Beach Reverse: The Old Belfry in Lexington; the bell in the Old Belfry was used to call the local militia to arms. // Chester Beach Net Mintage: 1925: 161,914 Quick Facts: Daniel French was the winner of a competition to design the monument to mark the battle's centennial. His cast bronze statue was made from the metal of melted Civil War cannons; it is located near the Old North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts Here's a link to one of my priors post about the Lexington-Concord half dollar: https://goccf.com/t/122517Here's my example of the 1925 Lexington-Concord. Though my scanned images don't show it, the coin is a brilliant, blast white example with terrific cartwheel luster.  
Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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I think I'll pass. At those prices, a Hawaiian would look a lot nicer in my Dansco.  
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Worn Out. Thanks for posting the link to the Counterstamped Stone Mountains. I didn't realize that PCGS graded/holdered them now.
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PCGS FR02 
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1925 Lexington-Concord Sesquicentennial Half Dollar - PCGS MS66/CACIt took me many years to find this example ... in hand flashy white with booming luster. 1925 Lexington-Concord Sesquicentennial Half Dollar - PCGS AG03Well circulated Lexington have a special eye appeal to me. This example is nearly a perfect worn coin ... uniform wear with no damage.  A nicely circulated example in the F/VF range should not be too difficult to obtain ... PCGS has never certified a PO01 Lexington ... the coin shown above by Worn Out being tied with two others as the current lowball. David
Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art
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Does anyone here collect commemorative die varieties? I understand that they usually do not add any premium to the commem. The commemorative die varieties are pretty common as fewer dies were used for these and a large percentage of coins will show those varieties. However, they still are interesting and make nice additions to collections.
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