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Nice to see that '33 gold Jbuck, Thank you. My pleasure!  |
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Awesome work @jbuck! For those who are interested more in the collection at the Smithsonian, here is another thread to check out (page 1 specifically) : http://goccf.com/t/301900"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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Isn't it strange how they are just hung up there on hooks, like someone's homemade basement display. I hope that's not metal-on-metal?
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Awesome work @jbuck! For those who are interested more in the collection at the Smithsonian, here is another thread to check out (page 1 specifically) : Thank you for the refresher! I thought I remembered a previous topic I could resurrect, but opted to start my own. |
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Isn't it strange how they are just hung up there on hooks, like someone's homemade basement display. I hope that's not metal-on-metal? The ones that look like they are floating use plastic, but all the others (with a background) are laying down and held in place with metal. |
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Saw the exhibit several years ago--very impressive, yes.
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Yes, but here is the only photo I took, original resolution (only cropped) along with the 1974 aluminium cent. What is the coin in the middle? It seems out of place. Is the Brasher doubloon on display? |
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Appears you are enjoying your DC visit - good for you. Thanks for sharing the photos.
I'm spoiled a bit by living only 20 miles north so I am able to 'pop in' and visit any of those sites any weekend day I wish to.
Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Thanks jbuck. I wonder if those hooks used to display the coins are damaging the coins.
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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My favorite is the 1849 $10 gold beaver. I used to work on the site of the Oregon Territory mint, though it was long gone when I was there.
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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Snapped this photo of a 1933, not the Smithsonian one, at the New York Historical society in November 2019. I believe it is the only one in private hands and was on loan to them at the time along with an inverted Jenny postage stamp.  |
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What is the coin in the middle? It seems out of place. Is the Brasher doubloon on display? I did not get the info card in the photo, so I have no idea and hope someone might comment.  Quote:
Snapped this photo of a 1933, not the Smithsonian one, at the New York Historical society in November 2019. I believe it is the only one in private hands and was on loan to them at the time along with an inverted Jenny postage stamp. Very nice!  |
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