A couple pages earlier I posted a ticket from the 1893 Columbian Exposition, thanks for the compliments. http://goccf.com/t/32990&whichpage=241#2804373 Tonight, again, not paper money . but printed by The Philadelphia Bank Note Company
1876 Philadelphia International Exposition Admission Ticket Admission Ticket from the International Exposition held in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in 1876. This Early U.S. World's Fair represented the Centennial Anniversary of the founding of the United States of America. This Ticket shows a Vignette of a Seated Indian Woman with an eagle and a Cornucopia on the reverse and has the "Blue" serial number. I have seen a variant with overprint in "Red" FIFTY CENTS and red serial numbers.
The Centennial International Exhibition of 1876, the first official World's Fair in the United States, was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from May 10 to November 10, 1876, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. It was held in Fairmount Park along the Schuylkill River on fairgrounds designed by Herman J. Schwarzmann. Nearly 10 million visitors attended the exhibition and thirty-seven countries participated in it. More than 200 buildings were constructed within the Exposition's grounds, which were surrounded by a fence nearly three miles long. There were five main buildings in the exhibition. They were the Main Exhibition Building, Memorial Hall, Machinery Hall, Agricultural Hall, and Horticultural Hall.
Visitors could help fund the pedestal for which the Statue of Liberty was to be placed as the "Torch" was on display. For 50 cents one could go up inside.
I posted earlier about purchasing a quaint MEGHRIG half-dollar folder. I was surprised to find it had plastic slides covering the front as I expected a push-in album.
I've a few coins on order, the first of merit in yesterday, a Seated Liberty in an ANACS slab graded Good 6. I'll likely keep in the slab as I was curious to see a graded coin with this wear pattern and purchase a better grade raw coin. Besides the slab likely cost 25% to 33% of the total cost.
I realize this is likely pocket change for many of you, but I'm a pocket change collector :)
I saw that post about your Mehgrig album. I think those are best for a circulated set. Gem BU coins will get that album toning in those that some people don't like. Nice half!
I received another half-dollar for that MEGHRIG folder collection, a 1902 Barber with fully readable EPU in the banner. Coin shows no signs of "improvement" to my eye.
I hadn't ever looked at these for sale before and about choked to death when I saw the prices for really strong coins. I recall as a kid in the 5th grade, living in Puerto Rico, the Barber halves were in abundant circulation at the time. I tried to gather as many different dates/mints as my budget would allow. (soda bottles, glass at the time) had a 2-cent deposit and I was quite the scrounger.
Years later, when in college, at the time when the Hunt brothers were attempting a silver coups,I cashed them in at my local pawn shop. I think I realized nearly $300 for the sale.
The seller graded this as VF. I hven't taken a look at any grading pics, yet.
Summer is over and it is time for me to get back to coin collecting. My recent auction purchases. Now I just need to wait 2-3 weeks to get these coins.
Quote: Summer is over and it is time for me to get back to coin collecting. My recent auction purchases. Now I just need to wait 2-3 weeks to get these coins.
This is a real United States quarter that has been electromagnetically shrunk. I photographed it with a dime next to it for comparison. Below the photos is a youtube video that explains some of the physics behind how this is done.
Quote: This is a real United States quarter that has been electromagnetically shrunk. I photographed it with a dime next to it for comparison. Below the photos is a youtube video that explains some of the physics behind how this is done.
Got this one today. I think I got the ID right on it.
If I id'd this wrong please correct me.
I got it today from a coin shop in Idaho. They got a bunch in and the owner was sorting them when I got there. I told him not to tell me what it was so I could try to attribute it myself. He usually labels everything before he offers it for sale.
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