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Bedrock of the Community
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Thanks for sharing Bill. If you could go back to your early collecting years, would you assemble this collection again or buy the highest grade 1794 silver dollar you could find? Were 1794s more reasonable in the 60s and 70s?
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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"I would be proud to have all of them beauties in my collection"
I would be proud to have just one of those beauties in my collection.
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Valued Member
United States
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Thanks for sharing the photos and the descriptions. This is an awesome thread!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Awesome collection Bill.
You can " Show off " your coins anytime.
I love seeing them.
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New Member
United States
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Great coins, thanks for sharing
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Amazing collection. Thanks for sharing!
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Pillar of the Community
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The 1794 dollar has almost always been out of my reach since I became a collector. Part of the reason is that I almost never buy problem coins. The other part is that it's always been expensive. Back in the early '80s when I was going to the Bay State Coin Shows that were in Boston at that time. A dealer always had a date run of early Dollars for sale. Among them was a 1794, but it had a problem. Price was still about $35,000. If I didn't buy another coin, there was no way that I could have saved $35,000 on my salary. In the mean time I would have missed out on a lot of great coins like a 1792 Half Disme, a Chain Cent and a 1796 Quarter. To me those coins are just as important historically as a 1794 dollar. The last shot I could have has a few years ago when Harry Laibstain had one in a VF holder for something like $80,000. The piece was straight graded, but it was weakly struck, and the legend on the reverse was partially weak. I was looking to finish my early gold type set at the time, and it wasn't up on his site for long any way. Edited by billjones
01/11/2017 3:03 pm
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CCF Advertiser
United States
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I love the Gobrecht dollar. The AU-58 Bust dollars look amazing as well. I used to go to the Bay State Coin shows in the 80's. They gave us locals free tables on Sunday when lots of the dealers left and we could setup. Edited by Andrew99
01/11/2017 12:52 pm
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Rest in Peace
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I especially enjoyed your reports of how and when you found these beauties. It gives all of us a better idea of the persistence and knowledge that is required to work with such outstanding coins.
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Pillar of the Community
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Outstanding set Bill!! I always love seeing your collection!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Not bad if you're into this type of thing I guess - lol  What a fantastic collection! I enjoyed looking at every single one and your color commentary added to the presentation. Just wonderful. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks for sharing Bill, it's like visiting a museum! Awesome coins!
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Pillar of the Community
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I am blown away!! What a fantastic collection!! Thank you VERY much for showing them to us! Note: I have never got a "showing off" vibe from anything you have posted!! Please keep doing this.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Stunning. Thank you so much!
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Bedrock of the Community
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Simply gorgeous, and amazing. Thank you for sharing with us these important and beautiful pieces of numismatic history, and especially the stories that go with.
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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