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Posted 05/15/2012 11:36 am
Within the last month, I lucked into a few coins to add to/upgrade my collections.
In the first photo you can see the new acquisitions as they
are compared to the ones I already had. The 1902-S had escaped me for many years, so when I saw it I just had to have it. As the dealer was looking through a few items that I had brought for trading I found the 1893 in a box of lower grade coins. Well, when I saw those die chips I just had to have it too.
This would have been a great day at this point. But THEN I had the opportunity to look through a partial, high grade set which another dealer had just bought earlier in the morning. Thus the 1913, 1892-O and 1903-O came to be mine.
Funny thing is, when I was at the NH Coin Expo, Vinny, the
dealer from whom I got those last three dimes, was showing the SAME set to John, a fellow member of the Barber Coin
Collectors' Society. I could not contain my glee as I told John, "I had first dibs on these two weeks ago in New Haven."
Not 10 days later I found the 1898-O Dime on ebay.
Bought it. Those of you who collect the New Orleans coins of the 1890s know just how difficult it is to find examples
which have anything approaching a decent strike. This example, while weak in areas, is a lot better than others
that I have seen.
For comic relief, I also bought the elongated dime. When I saw that it had been made with an 1892 Barber dime I just had to have it as well. When John saw it he said, "You don't see too many of those around."
The dime was a hit among the viewers of our exhibit.
Well, no dimes to be had in Manchester so I turned my attention to the nickels. Picked up the 1886 and the 1912-S
to upgrade the poor examples that were just fillers.
They are now good friends with the 1885.
The complete story of the nickels has been posted in:
https://goccf.com/t/113477
Many months can go by without seeing anything of interest.
Then all of a sudden one coin after another becomes available. It's part of the search and it is what makes
collecting so much fun.
But oh ... the MasterCard is overheated!
In the first photo you can see the new acquisitions as they
are compared to the ones I already had. The 1902-S had escaped me for many years, so when I saw it I just had to have it. As the dealer was looking through a few items that I had brought for trading I found the 1893 in a box of lower grade coins. Well, when I saw those die chips I just had to have it too.
This would have been a great day at this point. But THEN I had the opportunity to look through a partial, high grade set which another dealer had just bought earlier in the morning. Thus the 1913, 1892-O and 1903-O came to be mine.
Funny thing is, when I was at the NH Coin Expo, Vinny, the
dealer from whom I got those last three dimes, was showing the SAME set to John, a fellow member of the Barber Coin
Collectors' Society. I could not contain my glee as I told John, "I had first dibs on these two weeks ago in New Haven."
Not 10 days later I found the 1898-O Dime on ebay.
Bought it. Those of you who collect the New Orleans coins of the 1890s know just how difficult it is to find examples
which have anything approaching a decent strike. This example, while weak in areas, is a lot better than others
that I have seen.
For comic relief, I also bought the elongated dime. When I saw that it had been made with an 1892 Barber dime I just had to have it as well. When John saw it he said, "You don't see too many of those around."
The dime was a hit among the viewers of our exhibit.
Well, no dimes to be had in Manchester so I turned my attention to the nickels. Picked up the 1886 and the 1912-S
to upgrade the poor examples that were just fillers.
They are now good friends with the 1885.
The complete story of the nickels has been posted in:
https://goccf.com/t/113477
Many months can go by without seeing anything of interest.
Then all of a sudden one coin after another becomes available. It's part of the search and it is what makes
collecting so much fun.
But oh ... the MasterCard is overheated!
nice buys
