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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
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Looks nice - a good strike! Definitely an attractive example.
Good luck with the PCGS folks, I hope it comes back as you believe it should.
Appears you're working on a set of the Oregon Trail coins - do you collect other classic commemorative coins?
Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Best of wishes with whatever the PCGS Wizards adjudicate this lovely coin as ...
I'm hopeful that your MS66 expectation will be met ... interesting that such a apparently lofty grade is not unusual from PCGS for the Oregon Trail series ...
You mention only the 1933-D remaining ... is that it for your complete 14 coin Oregon Trail set?
If so ... I salute you for your dedicated collecting efforts ... and would truly enjoy viewing by photo some other examples from the set.
David
Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.artEdited by nickelsearcher
01/04/2017 9:03 pm
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Started collecting early commems about 20 years ago. I always thought the series was very under priced. Low mintages combined with beauty and art is a winning combination in my book. These were hot in the 1980s and I think they will be hot again one day. I do have several others put away and pick them up when the look and price is right. I've only sold 2 that I had due to a "low on cash" situation and regret those sales. One was an MS-66 Gettysburg and another was an MS-65 Antietam. I have since replaced the Gettysburg with a raw coin that I picked up. It now resides in a PCGS MS-64 holder. I do plan on picking up more as time and money permits. Also I have a couple of original holder coins including a Connecticut and Lexington box which has a story I'll post about soon.
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David, I have to go through what I have. I know I need the 1933-D and perhaps the 1928 also.
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Beautiful coin! Good luck with the grading.
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Low mintages combined with beauty and art is a winning combination in my book. Fully concur with that feeling. Despite the admittedly 'modern coin' tilt of this CCF subform .... there are a number of us who are fans of the classic commemorative series. I consider myself fortunate to have collected a complete 50 coin type set of the classic silver commemorative .... all in PCGS/CAC holders. There are others as well who have done so. There was a time when I considered a complete 14-coin Oregon Trail date/mm set ... I stopped at 6 and have not added any new examples for many years. When you are ready ... fire up a new thread and show us some other examples from your classic commemorative collections.  David Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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I think your estimate of 66 is dead on. It's a beautiful example.
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Those Oregons are beautiful coins
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Very nice! |
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As long as we're discussing classic commems, here is my 1925-S California Diamond Jubilee (I was born and raised in CA and am back living there now):  And my 1936 Texas Centennial (lived in TX from 2004-2016):  |
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Those are very nice, too! |
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bandsdean - Beautiful example, and I agree on a 66 assessment.
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These three are all really great specimens and some of the better classic commem issues for sure! I notice a difference in photography here. clairhardesty - how do you create these photos? or are these coins TPG'd and these pics come from the TPG'er? |
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All of the photography is mine. The TX coin is photographed through an NGC slab and the CA coin is raw. Both were photographed using only diffused sunlight (indoors not far from windows on a partly cloudy day). Some of these series are truly engraver's delights. The TX obverse is so busy that fields are virtually absent. Many others, like the CA coin, have fields that are far from flat. Shows what the designers & engravers can do when they don't have to cover both cameo proof & matte coins at the same time.
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Hope your 1936-S returns looking like this (or better!).  |
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Posted 01/04/2017 9:02 pm
