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Valued Member
United States
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Who else has had to sort through a box of their parent's old coins? I finally sorted dad's box of coins. He's been gone about 10 years. Nothing earth shattering in his accumulation. Other collections he had were more interesting than the coins but here it is and I've finally gotten around to seeing what's there. The 1878 1 Dollar Indian Princess gold coin would be more of a treasure had it not been drilled. Normally, I just open the box and fiddle with a few coins on a snowy day and close it up for another year. I like to improve on things so I'll take the inspiration he left to build a better coin collection. Up to this point it's been all bullion for me. I spend a lot of time in my Encyclopedia of US Gold Coins. Hadn't thought about the 1 Dollar Indian Princess coins much. Mintages are low but it seems the later Indian Head coins get more love. Fun for me to see the exceptional coins here of all kinds. It occurs to me I've been on and off looking at numismatic coins for over a year and have yet to buy my first.  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Oh well at least you have some 90% silver coins .The one dollar Gold piece could still have some decent value even with the hole .  |
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Valued Member
 United States
52 Posts |
There were a lot of other post 64 coins not pictured. Whatever I end up doing will result in fewer coins of higher value assembled within a framework. Easier for all concerned to manage.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Nice accumulation of silver, Windmiller. Only ~ 3,000 1878 $1 Princess coins were minted. I saw a completed listing for a holed one that went for > $750, although it had been (crudely) repaired. However, I also saw a MS62 one that went for $850.
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Moderator
United States
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@wind, we don't often see encased quarters here. The inscriptions are "REMEMBER THE YELLOW FLAG" and "ACCIDENT FREE ANNIVERSARY - CONGRATULATIONS" I think. Definitely keep the quarter intact in the encasement. Also, here is a link to another example: http://www.encasedcoins.info/denomination.html"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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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 that encased quarter is pretty cool. you really dont see that denomination encased very often. i hadnt seen that phrase before so I did a little googling. looks like "remember the yellow flag" might refer to yellow signal flags that ships used to signal that they were under quarantine with infectious diseases. that also looks like it might be a 1932 quarter. does it have a mintmark? |
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Valued Member
United States
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I'll post the encased quarter as my first coin photo attempt. I read the 101 on coin photos and purchased the light ring gizmo from Amazon. There is an encased lucky penny from a car dealership as well. Also a charm dated 1830 from a catholic sisterhood. All kinds of odds and ends among projectile points picked up from the farm (one Clovis point), abalone cuff links, civil war pins, metal detector finds, etc. |
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United States
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I kept a few coins to the side not photographed. From another post I now know one is a Three Cent Silver coin. I had no idea what it was. Edited by Windmiller
11/27/2022 9:30 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 to the CCF! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Would love to see your Clovis point.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
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Can you post a photo of a dollar with a hole ? I would like to take a closer look at it.
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United States
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to the CCF. |
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United States
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Nice work!  |
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Posted 11/27/2022 8:02 pm
