Hello.
Somewhat of a newbie here.
I collect
US coins, Large cents, Flying Eagles, Indians, Lincoln Wheats.
Only try to get the
Jefferson nickels with the 6 steps, very elusive!
Barber dimes somewhat, actively chase Mercury FSBs, , Roosies if they stumble my way.
Barber quarters, Some Wash., rarely chase copper-clads past 1965;
Barber halves to Kennedy's, again rarely chase the clads;
Any Silver Dollar. Morgans are 1st choice, then Peace, but developed a knack for Ikes, the last bastion for Dollar Collectors.
Main chases in this order:
1)
Walking Liberty halves, THE BEST designed coin ever: how did A.W. get those exquisite details in that small space? By far, the most artistic designed coin ever!
2)
Morgan dollars. Started out purely to make a buck or two; I kept seeing the same older man( turned out he actually was a year YOUNGER than me, but he smoked/drank/druggied heavily) and as quiet and mysterious as he was, he ONLY traded
Morgan dollars.
Word had it that he became so proficient at "flipping" Morgans that he actually eeked out a %50,000+ year job doing that, when both "flipping" and $50.000 in trading Morgans was NOT in the mainstream vernacular of the day. At the time, even as young as I was, I did not believe that. I never dreamed anyone could do that.
The man kept a diary, a meticulous diary, of his activities, but EVERY coin deal he ever made since he was 5 years old. Supposedly his mother got him started when he was 5.
Sadly, just when I was about to approach him at the next show to buy him a dinner and ply him with drinks( he always smelled of hard booze), the last dealer to set up at start time told us that we were all wasting our time; he had been murdered in Jersey at his grandmother's house, where he had 15 THOUSAND Morgans stashed under the foundation of her house. The diary instructed the Police to contact his daughter( he fathered a girl at 15 with a 17 year old girl from NY City) and the daughter got the remainder of the coins. Miraculously the grandmother survived a brutal beating and IDd the punks and they all got life without parole.
Sorry for the long story, but that was the very first time I ever heard the term "hoarde" and had no clue what that meant.
I had watched the hungover man show after show, and by bugging the older dealers, I learned what and how he did his "flipping". So starting with Morgans was purely financial, but now it is far more.
3.
Franklin halves. My mother gave me a 1963-D, and told me to save it for a rainy day. It was close if not UNC. But a 7 year old kid who was not taught to preserve properly, I destroyed that coin. Still have it, along with a 1897-O
Barber quarter that I just can never sell.
4.
Indian Head cents.
5. Lincoln Cents. When I was a 5 year old boy I found a decent 1910 in my yard playing with my sisters. Then when I was 14, I was helping my father tear apart an old piano he found somewhere, he was selling the piano wires to someone who said that those wires were valuable( can't remember what and how much), and I found a VF+ 1919-S penny! Still have that.
6, I won this 1825 Large Cent on a football bet, XF 45-ish maybe AU 55. The kid lost the bet, could not cough up the $500 he lost to me, and grasping for straws, he asks me if I would accept that coin in lieu of $500. The kid was a deadbeat, and had a reputation lower than snake urine, and I did not want to risk jail by beating $500 worth out of him, so I looked at the coin, pretended to be upset, but then took the coin, forgave him. Two years later he disappears and is never heard from again. Unsolved case.
7. Certain Australian 2015 Silver Dollars, just for kicks. The Florida Panther because of my love of animals.
Hope we can chat sometime!
to the CCF!
Posted 06/24/2017 11:36 pm
