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Originally posted by Mike
longnine009,
Who Mints the coins? How are they commissioned? How is it determined what Division, Squadron, Company, Group etc. gets one? Are they all different sizes? What kind of base metals are used in the minting? Do they run "series"? Can you post some photos of some others? Mike
Mike they're not coins but tokens.  They normally come in the same size as a dime, nickel or quarter and usually in brass. Altough some are nickel plated brass. They can be issued on the company level which is what a Troop is in Cavalry on up to Division. I have some in all command levels, including brigades regiments and battalions. I'm not a Vietnam Vet so I'm only guessing that they were used in club slot machines and juke boxes and possibly issued as credit. They usually have the same design on both sides and there is even a token where the drawing submitted said (same both sides) and the engraver didn't understand that and cut the reverse die with (same both sides) on it. Yes, I post some more scans as soon as I get some time. The best part of about collecting these is that there's plenty of web-sites with information and photos of the units that issued the tokens. Edited by longnine009
03/14/2005 09:11 am
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I generally collect U.S. coins dated before 1964. I selling off most US dated after that. I am also in the middle of putting together a Canadian One cent collection 1858-2005. I also picking up a few Canadian Half Dollars from the QEII period in Proof or proof-like, catman  |
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Well, I don't collect coins, but do collect early documents signed by the men who signed the declaration of independence, and other artifacts from that time period. I also have a few odd things that will catch my attention. Titantic coal, Indian arrow and spear heads, Presidential Easter eggs, and other strange items.
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Originally posted by national dealer
Well, I don't collect coins, but do collect early documents signed by the men who signed the declaration of independence, and other artifacts from that time period. I also have a few odd things that will catch my attention. Titantic coal, Indian arrow and spear heads, Presidential Easter eggs, and other strange items.
Are you talking about the Fabergé eggs that were also so popular with the Romanovs? |
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Not unless he has about $500,000.00 extra to buy one. Those are beautiful...!
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Faberge egg? No. These are just the regular wood eggs signed
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Edited by longnine009
03/14/2005 5:25 pm
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I collect alittle of everything--yes, even though I don't talk about it I have many world coins... I collect PF66 Franklins. And am almost done with the Cents 1909-Date and Quarters 1932-Date. But US coins are my pick with a litte paper money I buy every now and then- Speedy |
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I also collect a little bit of everything. Morgans are my favorite, but I also am collecting some world silver buillion and Euros. Never thought I'd slip to the Dark Side so easily.... Rachel [:p] |
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Edited by Mike
03/14/2005 8:16 pm
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I'm really a dark sider even thru I have some commerative American Silver half dollars, etc. My main interest is the french 20 gold franc coin which I collect from 1802 to 1914. I started with the napoleons but since another name for the 20 franc gold coin is the napoleon I figure what the hay and went for what I consider the orginal run of the series. I also used to collect 1st edition books from authors ranging from Rudyard Kipling to the politicals Wilson and Churchill. Interesting enough one of my Churchill books is a romance novel. Used to have alot more but gave them away as gifts. I also have a cool stamp collection if stamps could be considered cool and I used to collect women's phone numbers, etc but of course I never mentioned the stamp collection. Now I am also collecting kids. Have three maybe four but definitly three.
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Originally posted by national dealer
Well, I don't collect coins, but do collect early documents signed by the men who signed the declaration of independence, and other artifacts from that time period. I also have a few odd things that will catch my attention. Titantic coal, Indian arrow and spear heads, Presidential Easter eggs, and other strange items.
Those are some pretty nifty things. Obviously, I have a bias, given my quotation (also my sig). Are you familiar with the regulators? My grandfather had the neatest rock collection I have seen outside of the Smithsonian. I realize that makes me either sound as if I haven't put my head inside a Natural History Museum,or an exaggerator, but it is true. In the same display case with "Little River Diamonds" (I think they were little quartz cystals of impressive clarity) were numerous beautiful arrowheads and an impressive axe and hammer. Have no idea where the latter two items are, to my dismay... What is the coal source? Edited by SFDukie
03/15/2005 12:44 am
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[quote]Originally posted by national dealer
Well, I don't collect coins, but do collect early documents signed by the men who signed the declaration of independence, and other artifacts from that time period. I also have a few odd things that will catch my attention. Titantic coal, Indian arrow and spear heads, Presidential Easter eggs, and other strange items.
Those are some pretty nifty things. Obviously, I have a bias, given my quotation (also my sig). Are you familiar with the regulators? My grandfather had the neatest rock collection I have seen outside of the Smithsonian. I realize that makes me either sound as if I haven't put my head inside a Natural History Museum,or an exaggerator, but it is true. In the same display case with "Little River Diamonds" (I think they were little quartz cystals of impressive clarity) were numerous beautiful arrowheads and an impressive axe and hammer. Have no idea where the latter two items are, to my dismay... What is the coal source? SFDukie, This last response to nationaldealer throws me a bit.I'm trying to follow the thread and maybe I missed something! How the hop to rock collecting? (My wife and I have been rock hounds all of our married life} Did your grandfather have a small museum in his house? Have you ever seen the display in Chicago at the Museum of Natural History? We turned a lifetime of collecting into a small rock garden in our yard. We were reluctant to do so this at first but decided that a few hundred years of weather probably would not hurt most of the specimens! We have found Trilobites, Crinoids, Carbon Fish fossils and an array of other minor marine and plant life fossils in our travels. In Kentucky on a small creek near Paducah we found what I would call a mother lode of Geodes from walnut to coconut size! One had a fossil fly trapped inside. We also have some Amber from China with trapped insects inside that a friend picked up for us while vacationing there. Next to collecting coins studying the Earth Sciences, particularly Geology and Paleontology are favorite pastimes! Mike Did salvage operations recover coal used to fire the Titanic's boilers? Has it come to market as a collectible?  And lastly who or what were the regulators? Sounds like a post Civil War group of some sort in the American West. Edited by Mike
03/15/2005 02:28 am
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SFDukie, This last response to nationaldealer throws me a bit.I'm trying to follow the thread and maybe I missed something! How the hop to rock collecting? (My wife and I have been rock hounds all of our married life} Did your grandfather have a small museum in his house? Have you ever seen the display in Chicago at the Museum of Natural History? We turned a lifetime of collecting into a small rock garden in our yard. We were reluctant to do so this at first but decided that a few hundred years of weather probably would not hurt most of the specimens! We have found Trilobites, Crinoids, Carbon Fish fossils and an array of other minor marine and plant life fossils in our travels. In Kentucky on a small creek near Paducah we found what I would call a mother lode of Geodes from walnut to coconut size! One had a fossil fly trapped inside. We also have some Amber from China with trapped insects inside that a friend picked up for us while vacationing there. Next to collecting coins studying the Earth Sciences, particularly Geology and Paleontology are favorite pastimes! Mike Did salvage operations recover coal used to fire the Titanic's boilers? Has it come to market as a collectible? And lastly who or what were the regulators? Sounds like a post Civil War group of some sort in the American West. [/quote] Hi Mike, I was getting OT a bit, triggered by National Dealers reference to his collection- which includes arrow and spearheads, apparently. My grandfather collected both arrowheads and similar Native American artifacts, and rock specimens- he ran a couple of mines. Your fossils sound great- and the geodes! You are allowed to post pics of things other than coins ;) I have a bit of a geology bug from both sides of my family- in addition to the GF above (maternal) my father was a geology major in college, but upon graduation in 1942 spent the next 21+ years in the military and never used geology except when explaining road cuts to me. I am curious about titanic coal as well and await ND's response concerning it. The Regulators were a colonial-era group based in the piedmont of NC who rebelled against the colonial governor and King George in the 1760s. |
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The coal source is from the RMS Titantic group that owns the salvage rights to the sunken ship. Back in 1996 I had the pleasure of attending the cruise hosted by this group to the Titantic wreck site and watched as they made a few recoveries. Most of the artifacts of course are in museums or private hands, but I have had the opportunity to purchase a few pieces of coal. I am very much a history buff, and love all things that can be traced back to significant happenings. Some not so significant also. Usually I end up back to the money, but love to get side tracked in museums.
If anyone finds that they are traveling to the Dover, Delaware area, please be sure to stop at the Bower's Beach Maritime Museum. Of course, I have displays there. Really a neat place that offers many recovered items from the many shipwrecks littering the Delaware coastline.
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