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Ok. I don't care if Halloween is over 5 months away, let's see some spooky coins! I'll start it off, with chain/wreath cents. (Especially low grade ones) the obverse looks like a phantom, maybe that's why they had it changed (Not my coin below)  Edited by NickelCollector
05/19/2015 5:10 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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They're French not US but the sols au balance are the spookiest coins I know. The obverse tablet, with the all-seeing eye hovering over, looks like a tombstone.  Lacking good copper, the planchets were made from melted church bells, and the highly variable alloys have a color range from red to black. On the reverse the ominous balance....  "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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05/19/2015 12:45 am
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Beautiful.  I will have to dig around my collection. |
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Not mine, but I want one after learning about them from John Kraljevich, I present a spooky Thomas Paine Token.  "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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United States
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Westcoin, I love that token! Speaking of John K., I've talked w/that guy! Very knowledgeable fellow. I called him about a British gold noble I have. Finally I had it slabbed by NGC not long ago; came back an XF. Paine's house stood here: at 59 Grove St. in NY https://www.google.com/maps/place/5...7b93!6m1!1e1Edited by rynegold
05/19/2015 05:48 am
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@ Westcoin. That is the third different design I have sen on an End of Paine Token. I do not collect tokens but would love to get one of those because of the meaning but they are very expensive comapared to tokens of that error. A very good example of supply and demand. Does this one say 'The Wrongs of Man' on the reverse?
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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Gollum looks quite spooky on this 2003 New Zealand 50c...  ... and here's a Gibraltar pound with a skull on it!  |
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Interesting topic. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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not sure if this fits in .. A undertaker token ... with coffin   |
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I found this one on ebay, since I don't have one myself, you can see the reverse here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/231563633342/Search for Thomas Paine Token on ebay and you can see a few different ones, all close to $1K so out of my budget at the moment for buying tokens, as much as I like them they don't fit my collection currently. However, if I win a lottery then I will be sure to add one to my collection, you can be sure of that.  "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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United States
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Ok... I vote GR58 as #1 at this point w/ the op's coin as a close 2nd. Early lib designs = in today's world "bar goggles needed" models. JMHO
edit: you do realize that in 1863, there was " no shortage of business" eh? These people were busy. The dead from the "War of Northern Aggression" (yes: I'm from Texas...) was commanding a frenzied pace. Lots of lads pleaded to those caretakers who's ear they caught: " tie me up good".
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05/19/2015 7:54 pm
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West coin
Thanks for posting that information. I would have never guessed
the price for a Paine token like that. Another one to watch out for.
I like to find coins like that, when no one knows what they are.
NickelColector
I would love to have one of those flowing hairs in my collection.
Maybe someday
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