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Hello, What is the most interesting item/items that you have in your personal coin collection? An interesting item could be anything having to do with the field of numismatics. And if you want to give some back story to as to how you ended up with the item that would be great too. The only rule is that you have to own the item/items that you're posting. I'll start: I personally think that the most interesting numismatic item that I have in my personal collection is an uncanceled 1908 Bolivian 50 Centavos Coin Die half along with the matching coin with corresponding matching die cracks on both the die and the coin. The coin is an earlier die state than the die itself but I'm pretty confident that I have an uncanceled coin die and the exact coin that it struck in 1908. Some back story on the items: I bought the coin die off of ebay several years ago from a seller in Argentina who said that he got it from the estate sale of the former Argentinian mint director with a hand full of other uncanceled coin dies. About a year later I found the coin on ebay from a seller in the United States and then I sent the coin to NGC to be certified. Please see the photos and let me know what you think and please let me know if you have any questions for me. Please post your most interesting numismatic items!        |
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You are certainly starting the thread with a unique item. Fun presentation too. Ill have to follow and hopefully we will see more.
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I bought this in an NGC MS-68 holder. Its a really big medal and I always liked this museum.  |
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A fun idea and a nice start.  |
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I've had this ever since I can remember. Has an 1879 Morgan and the rest are 1964's. I also have a smaller one around here somewhere but I'll have to look for it. I like that a lot!  Of course, I would be happy with an Ike at 12.  |
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Awesome topic and some pretty neat items! Mark1959, I have seen a few of these clocks with different coins at the 12, but that is the first one I've seen with a Morgan. Very cool Jbuck, check out this link. https://www.worthpoint.com/worthope...ck-415204359 |
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Well, look at that!  |
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@ Jbuck Quote:
A fun idea and a nice start.  |
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Here is another one for you guys: Sweden 2 Daler plate money copper coin of Frederick I, dated 1742; KM#PM71. Salvaged from Danish Asiatic Company Vessel "Nicobar" in March, 1987  |
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If you're familiar with silk notgeld, this might get your attention. I don't know much about these sort of varieties but it looked interesting enough to get. I'm probably going to return it though because it's not the one the seller pictured and the description clearly stated it was not folded. This one has a fold sharp enough that it looks like it broke the silk fiber    . |
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A friend gave me this item, an Italian coin embedded in a piece of volcanic lava.  Lava piece showing coin  Lava piece back It had been "in her family" for at least 50 or 60 years. She did not know what it was and asked me as I am interested in coins. I found several similar items on the Internet by searching for "lava coin" and similar expressions. The coin is a bronze Italy 5 Centesimi dated 1919 and about 20mm in diameter. The rock is 2-1/2" x 2" (6cm x 5cm) and weighs 87 gm. These items are made by pressing a coin into a piece of hot lava and letting it cool. They are made to be sold to tourists at volcanic sites. This piece is probably from the March 17, 1944 eruption of Italy's Vesuvius volcano. There were American army and air force bases near Vesuvius at the time and the item may have been brought to the US by a returning American serviceman.  Edited by willieboyd2
11/08/2017 10:33 pm
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Yes, very interesting, I have never seen one before.
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Great thread but I don't have anything really odd to add unless this pair of 2002 FSNC ( Full Step Nickel Club ) .999 silver 1938 pattern nickels will do. One cameo proof and one matte proof with a mintage of 1938 each. The club tried to pick up where PAK left off and ran a publication called the Portico. The founding members were Daniel Crane and Ron Landis and these were minted by the Gallery Mint and slabbed but ungraded by SEGS with initial prices at $42 and $38. I am not sure if FSNC is still alive. I somewhere remember that the domain was for sale at one point perhaps a decade ago.  I also have a couple tokens from the PAK days. These are rather scarce.     |
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@ willieboyd2
Interesting item, Thanks for posting!
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Posted 11/08/2017 10:22 am
