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i think that is a great coin to add to the Ike dollar set |
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CT Tricentennial. Love that oak tree.
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Quote:Originally posted by: yotie i think that is a great coin to add to the Ike dollar set  Once I complete other parts of my collection, I may add one to my Ike dollar album. Edited by Fuzzy317
03/01/2011 10:11 pm
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Hudson then Stone Mountain
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Quote:i think that is a great coin to add to the Ike dollar set Quote:Once I complete other parts of my collection, I may add one to my Ike dollar album. I thought about putting one in my Eisenhower dollar album when I had a Morgan and a Peace in two of those four holes. I later moved them to 7070 when I bought it. I then decided I wanted all 36 coins to be the same series; so I have four duplicates there now (technically, one is not a duplicate since it is a 1972 Variety 1 while the 1972 slot has a Variety 3). I have also considered getting one for the Dollar Commemorative Dollar hole in the 7070, but I am currently holding out for a Reagan commemorative. |
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jbuck, which Reagan commemorative are you talking about? I have the Double Eagle one.
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Ah, very nice. Not the one I was talking about having.
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MY favorite is the Lincoln silver commemorative.
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Look again at the Oregon Trail. The designer used the "superhero head" on the native American.
Normal proportions is the head is on a body about five times as large. With a comic book superhero, the typical ratio is 1:7 or 8. This makes the muscles look more impressive.
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My favorite is the Texas, because it taught me two lessons.
One day, Lonnie at Silvertowne handed me a long coin box.
Gimme $2000.
For what (starting to open the box).
You don't get to look, just gimme $2000.
I don't have that kinda money with me.
That's OK, you can write a check or mail me one when you get home.
Naw, I can't do that, I'll have to pass.
That's a shame (taking box back), I'd have bought it back for $3500 (opens box to show 100 Texas commems in 2x2s).
Lesson one: You don't make money without taking risks.
Lesson two: There are people in this business that can play games with as much money as many earn in a month.
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I'm hoping to pick up one of the law enforcement memorial commemoratives. Family history makes me a little partial to this one.
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Stone Mountain is definitely my favorite. Oregon Trail and Gettysburg are really cool too.
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The tops on this list is the 1935 Connecticut Tercentenary, what an amazing oak tree. Others are Oregon Trail, Gettysburg, Antietam. The commemoratives of the 1936-38 period are the last full flowering of the medallic art conversations between Teddy Roosevelt and St. Gaudens as the majority of them were designed by disciples and former students of St. Gaudens, when medallic art and coinage converged for 30 years. It is the reason coins of today look uninspired by comparison, the technical perfection is stressed, while the artistry has been pushed away.
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If money was no object, I would own the octagonal 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition $50 gold. More realistically, I would like an MS example of the 1893 Columbian Exposition dollar
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