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Many years ago I had a set of coasters I got as a present. There was an Indian Head cent, a Lincoln Cent, and a Buffalo nickel. The cents were actually "brass" coloured and not the normal "copper" one would expect. Since they were made as coasters, they are obverse only; the backs had felt pads on them. I might even still have them tucked away in a box. |
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Imagine trying to fit that bad boy into your pocket.  |
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These are in every gift shop in Reno. It's funny, the ones in the gift shops are all keys: 16-D Merc.,1877 1C, 1918/17-D 5C!  swcoin.ecrater.com
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You can still find these on your travels.......I do !....(but I've never bought one)
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Go figure!  something eaglefoot wouldn't purchase in my collection. Looks like I'm more tempted by the shiny objects than he is!  Anyhoo it may just be a novelty piece, but if it brings JOY to your 11 year old son then that's that. Although mine isn't a Buffalo Nickel, it still brings a smile to my face when I get it out. Plus I don't have to squint to read the date!   |
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He does think that it is pretty neat, if only the large cents (not the novelty ones) that he likes so well were that cheap...
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jbuck you may want to peel off a little on the reverse of one to see if there is a reverse on those. Possibly someone added the felt pads to stop them from scratching funiture.
I don't have any now but I think I remember one was even a $20 Gold piece, colored Gold and dated 1833. Don't see them anywhere anymore. Not even at coin shows. Would be kind of interesting to find out who made them and why and why stopped manufacturing them.
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jbuck you may want to peel off a little on the reverse of one to see if there is a reverse on those. Possibly someone added the felt pads to stop them from scratching funiture. The backs are flat smooth. Each one has three or four circular pads; not one pad covering it all. I keep wanting to go through the storage boxes to find them, but the kid keeps me busy when I am at home. |
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Go figure! something eaglefoot wouldn't purchase in my collection. Looks like I'm more tempted by the shiny objects than he is!
Funny stuff there !...  ......Hee Hee LoL !.. ...  And yeah.... Coinaholic .....there isn't much in U.S. Mint coinage that I "won't" buy !..  ......that's for sure. But, I've just looked at those "coasters" as gaudy novelties that I didn't want .....even as a small kid when I first saw them....they just didn't ever do anything fer' me ! Now....if you REALLY put a shine on one.....and the "sparkly light" caught my peripheral vision at just the right time....  .. Sidenote......*****I'm about to "receive" (end of this week) many things from Prethen's collection that are shiny and very intersting !... Edited by eaglefoot
08/05/2008 12:07 pm
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I used to love buying these things as a little kid. I got a nice assortment from various drugstores that I used to go to. I never really understood why people would give me weird looks when I would try to buy things with them though. Edited by cabomhn
08/05/2008 12:12 pm
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to the sidenote...Can't wait to see those eaglefoot as discerning a collector as prethen is I'm sure they'll be nothing less than spectacular, be sure to post on everyones latest acquisitions thread! 
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Coinaholic.....Will do my friend !... I started that "Latest Acquisitions" thread and I'm waaaaaayyyyy behind in posting pics of MY OWN RECENT ACQUISITIONS !...
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So were there two different types of these made? Someone said something about one side being completely smooth, where as the ones I got my kids are two sided. I picked them up about a year ago for about a nickel a piece and my son would not let them out of his sight for months to follow. I think I ended up getting 4 or 5 all together and only got them so the kids would not leave empty handed that day.
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I don't recall ever seeing a uniface. I have seen a couple different ones of the same denomination. They used to be sold by a dealer on the back page of Coin World, for 49¢. They're 3" (twice as big as the largest circulating coin) and zinc. Most of the ones I've seen are "true" to color: brown for 77 Ind, copper for 72s Lincoln, grey for nickels, silver for silver coins and gold for gold. There are also miniatures, which are OK as long as they're at least half as small as a dime. |
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