My Aunt Is Amazing!

Wow! Very nice of her to do that. There's nothing like sorting through a batch of unknown treasures.

Rick

Wow, that's great of your aunt to think of you, knowing the coins will have a good home with you! I can't wait to see his best coins, as the ones already received weren't too shabby in the least!

With or without A/R?

Package two arrived

While a let down from some wild, amorphous expectations I had, there was indeed some cooler stuff in her second package, allong with dubiuous artifacts:



Cool stuff:

1941 - 1945 S, D, and (p) set of Mercs in Capitol Plastics holder. Funny holder that I would not buy myself, but it's cool to have. Sticker on the back of the box says the dimes are F-VF.

Bell-line-less 1961 D, 1962 D, and 1963 D Halves in a piece of cardboard sealed in what apears to be vinyl. Free those soon, add them to stack in the safe.

ASE in gimicky Littleton plastic thingies. Probably going to free those and buy capsules of some kind to put them in, and stick them in the safe with the other 5 good ones from the last package.

1905 IHC in littleton celo, graded good by them.

Set of three Bufalo Nickels (1929 D, 1930 S, 1936) in a gimicky, grosly oversized "Morgan Mint" plastic box and card board thing that has toned the nickels on the reverse. Might crack those out and put them in 2x2's in my binder. The 1936 gives me a complete set for that year!

1936 half that I'd grade fine

"Uncirculated" D and P 2003 Sacagawea and Kennedy half set in gimicky Littleton packaging that kinda resembles US mint packaging.

Dubious, might flip/spend:

High-relief, brass souveneer token of Chinese manufacture depicting the Gateway Arch

$7.50 in P and D mint State Quarters

$16 in 2007 Presidential dollars

Silver plated "coin" Edge lettering: "COMMONWEALTH N MARIANA ISLANDS WORLD TRADE CENTER RECOVERY 100 MIL CLAD", proof-like face value of one dollar.

Prooflike Indian Head/Buffalo round, stamped "COPY# HB1210". I suspect it's plated.

Definitly spend: 2005 nickel that fell off the junk mailer "Certificate of Authenticity Card" it was glued to.

All in all, a lot of great stuff.

Great story,wonderful aunt. You need to find out what "she" likes as much as you like coins and give her a gift to show your appreciation,just a thought.
John1

My pleasure to share.

@PennyPiggy: My aunt is doing well. I've got the best four bills in currency pages in my album and I spent the worst two plus another that became a spare.

@John1: Me and Grandpa intend to do something special for her.

You may want to keep the ASE's in the Littleton blister packs at least for a while. They tend to create some decent rim tone over time. I have 5 of them still in the package with various degrees of tone.