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This is why I love this forum. Thanks for posting your finds with pictures. Very interesting and educational. I hope you'll be able to fill all of the empty holes.  |
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I'm looking forward to seeing the Gettysburg make it to your set. The Cleveland is a handsome addition.
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Great addition, David!  |
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Great Fun ... received today a downgrade to my favorite classic silver commemorative ... the Oregon Trail Half ... I grade this 1926-S at VF30 ... with original, problem free surfaces and the lovely "circulated cameo" visual appeal of dark fields contrasting to the eye with the honestly worn portraits. What a strange collection this is ... looking for low grade examples of fabulous coins.  My poor photo below does not do justice to just how lovely this coin appears in hand ...  Tip of my cap to James Earl Fraser and Laura Gardin Fraser for their design of what I personally consider to be the best of the classic silver commemorative series. Pleased to now own this honestly circulated example ... still have 14 hole to fill in the circulated set. David Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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A very handsome addition, congratulations.
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I always found the Oregon Trail coin to be sad. The obverse with the Native American chief with his hand extended, as if begging the pioneers to halt their westward advance. The reverse featuring the settlers advance, the sun setting on the era of an indigenous people. I know it is a contrarian sentiment, but that's the mental image I've always been left with when I look at this coin.
great pull, though.
by the way, how did that gettysburg auction go?
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A beautiful "downgrade" for your set! |
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I always found the Oregon Trail coin to be sad. The obverse with the Native American chief with his hand extended, as if begging the pioneers to halt their westward advance. The reverse featuring the settlers advance, the sun setting on the era of an indigenous people. I know it is a contrarian sentiment, but that's the mental image I've always been left with when I look at this coin. Nice insight. Thanks |
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I know it is a contrarian sentiment, but that's the mental image I've always been left with when I look at this coin. I say it is a honest sentiment CC ... and a feeling that I have as well experienced while holding in hand this great piece of USA coinage art. Consider for a moment the connection that some coins have with us ... call it a gut reaction if you will ... but the best coin designs speak to us through the years ... and the Oregon Trial Half is one of those coins that does this to me. I suggest for your consideration another way to view the Oregon Trail Half ... Laura Gardin Fraser image of the Indian Chief holding the Conestoga wagons back is indeed the best ever IMHO representation of the American Indian story ever told on a USA coin. James Earl Fraser image of the Conestoga wagon trekking west can be viewed as a rising sun ... spilling light on the efforts of the 22,000 pioneers who died while braving the trail on their way towards a better future. In this view ... the yin and yang of the coin are in balance ... and in that view I accept this coin as a great piece of USA coinage art and am at humble rest with the evocative through the years images it portrays. Such is the nature of our best art ... always demanding thought. My views FWIW David Edited for spllegning Edited by nickelsearcher
01/12/2012 9:28 pm
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by the way, how did that gettysburg auction go? Did you mean this Gettysburg ...  This lovely coin is now at its final home with me and a welcome addition to my set. In hand I grade at F12 ... with original surfaces and some rim damage from it's time banging about ... also note some obverse damage at 8pm on the inner ring ... despite all that ... this is a truly lovely coin that has not IMHO suffered anything except a life in circulation. Needed to choose how to display in my Dansco 7094 ... chose the reverse image ... showing the competing shields of the Union and Confederate Armies separated by a double bladed fasces.  Now 13 holes to fill ... and I write this on Friday the 13th. Thanks to all for your generous comments in this now lengthy thread ... and for your valued support to help me find these incredible coins in circulated grade.  David Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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It has just the right look for your set. It said nicklesearcher's coin the moment I saw it.
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Agreed muddler ... Many Thanks to you for alerting me to this lovely coin ... your support as 'eyes' in pursuit of this set has been .... well ... invaluable. David Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.artEdited by nickelsearcher
01/13/2012 8:42 pm
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Hello!
I am new to this Forum, and find your collection amazing. As you can tell from my User Name I collect the same coins you have. That Gettysburg is truly a scarce coin in anything under MS60. I have put together a modest registry set on PCGS and have found it fun and interesting. I do have a few doubles that might interest you for a trade. (Lincoln PCGS AG3, Maine PCGS AG3, and California Jubilee in PCGS F12). I see you already have these coins, but I thought I would just put it out there. Also, your Texas lowball is the nicest I have seen.
Steve
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Greetings Steve.  to the CCF. I replied to your "Introduce Yourself" post ... so repeating the greeting and welcome here. Thrilled to have another circulated classic commemorative fan on board. Please start a new thread and tell us everything about your set. I'd enjoy taking a look at it on the PCGS site. A polite word of caution ... this is the best coin forum ever ... and mainly because we all get along and follow the rules. Sooo ... forum rules are new members are required to achieve some level of activity (50 posts I believe) before they can initiate trades through the forum. That said ... when you get there I would be very interested in your duplicates. I might have a few myself that could help you ... although mine are all raw. I find the chase for these historical coins in truly circulated grade to be a very fulfilling pursuit. I started several years ago to build an MS type set of these ... you can view at PCGS Registry somewhere around #46 or so (No-Toning Classic Set)... and find the circulated examples to be great fun as a complementary set. Anyways ... fire up a thread and tell us more! David |
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