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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I cried just a little bit when my Mother-in-Law showed me this:   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 what are the dates on those Moe? |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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what are the dates on those Moe? Just the usual stuff. 1916 SLQ's, 1916-D Mercury dimes, 1877 Indian cents, and a 1921-D Walker.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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shure are purtee - too bad them coins werent new & shiny when they punched them holes in em  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
8904 Posts |
It looks (to me anyway), the 2 SLQs are 1929 & 1925, the Walking Liberty half is 1943, the 2 Mercs are 1944 & 1941 and the IHC is 1905. Not only are they all worn, polished, and have holes poked in them, but they are also bent outwards from the middle of the coin. Oh, and they are welded together with a pin soldered on the back.  It does show that many people considered these coins so well designed and beautiful they wanted to wear them as jewelry. You don't see many people doing that with today's designs. Edited by Moe145
12/13/2011 08:06 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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that is sad Moe.................
Retired USAF 1983-2003
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United Arab Emirates
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WOW! who would do such a thing to these beautiful coins. Strange how some people don't know the value of such beautiful coins.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3345 Posts |
Honestly though the value isn't that much anyway. And back then this would have been fine to do, there were so many of those coins floating around
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Strange how some people don't know the value of such beautiful coins. Well let's see the value of those beautiful coins was probably $1.21 at the time it was made. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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More like work of ``fArt``
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Pillar of the Community
United States
870 Posts |
What da heyell is that dayam thang?
Seriously, what is it supposed to be?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
580 Posts |
A crying shame. Although I wear a 1944 Mercury dime around my neck everyday that I got from nohope587 & I love it. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
Your all looking at this all wrong.
The thing to do is lie to yourself and say things like:
1. Probably all fake coins.
2. Photo shopped photo and not real pictures
3. All reverses were completely gone anyway.
4. Better than melting them down.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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WOW! who would do such a thing to these beautiful coins. This really doesn't affect me much at all anymore. Its like anything else in this world; if people see a different kind of value, they will pursue it. |
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United States
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Although I love coins, I see nothing wrong with this, they are still beautiful coins made into art, nothing wrong what that, its not like they are super rare key dates, just old coins and there are enough of them that the few made into jewelery wont dry up the market.
Tony
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United States
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Well, maybe these will help promote the hobby a little. It is sad to see damaged coins though.
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