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Not the best but she is gold.   |
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1903 One Penny   |
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I love all these coins, pennies, cents, nickels, 25 centimes of France etc - as shiny and beautiful as the proof eagles and Morgans are, these cheaper and humbler coins are the joy. Think about it, we are 117 years back in time now showing coins that sat in people's pockets back then - imagine the stories they can tell, when you look at wear and realise how at one time, these coins were used non stop and now most have been forgotten or at best sitting in a coin collection for decades. That is the human side of numismatics. After this drivel I wrote, we have another humble coin which started life as a sixpence and then graduated to be someone's junk jewellery as I removed it from an old steel bezel.   It is also incredibly worn - this is a hard knock life coin! If it helps, I have some really nice stuff for the 1890s and 1880s coming up! Edited by Princetane
05/17/2020 2:08 pm
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Think about it, we are 117 years back in time now showing coins that sat in people's pockets back then - imagine the stories they can tell, when you look at wear and realise how at one time, these coins were used non stop and now most have been forgotten or at best sitting in a coin collection for decades.
I do like my MS coins, But I do collect coins for the history. I mean think about it, Who's pocket may these coin have been in? Who knows |
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The Barber coin series which ran from 1892 to 1916 usually serves as proof that the silver coinage of the late 19th and early 20th century was still very much an essential part of day-to-day commerce. The "Barber grade gap" refers to the fact that the majority of coins from the series are found in very low grades, with a decent few in very high grades, but a large "gap" in the Fine to EF range where nice surviving coins are elusive and command premiums at market. This gap is not as common with the dimes, but it is very common with the quarters and especially the half dollars. IMO this makes an attractive Everyman Barber half dollar set one of the toughest sets to put together, despite being a relatively easy set to complete in AG-Good, with no real "stopper" super-rare key date coins. EF-AU coins with good eye appeal are scarce and competition is usually intense when they show up for auction. This run of Quarters for 1903 is pretty well representative of the average condition of these coins 120 years later. 1903 Barber 25c - Philadelphia   1903 Barber 25c - New Orleans   1903 Barber 25c - San Francisco   Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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This 1903 Philadelphia Barber 50c shows another "feature" of the series: the reverses wore down faster than the obverses in circulation. Even though the obverse of this coin is a solid Good+, with 1-2 letters of LIBERTY still visible, and full rims, the reverse is a technical AG due to the fact that the rims have merged in part with the fields. This "feature" was also common with the previous Liberty Seated coin designs, where it's not at all unusual to find coins with G-VG obverses and slick, Poor to Fair reverses, although the Liberty Seated coins are also quite common with heavily worn obverses as well.   Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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1903 Belgium. 10 Centimes- Leopold II Dutch text - Small date.   |
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1903 Canada. One cent - Edward VII   Edited by Dorado
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A brother to @dorado's recent post:   "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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1903 Russia Empire. 1 Kopeck - Aleksandr II / III / Nikolai II.   |
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