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A thanks to you Hondo! 
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very nice adds Rob and Marve!!
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My American Silver Eagle collection http://goccf.com/t/448125My random silver coin collection http://goccf.com/t/449270My MS-70 silver coin collection https://goccf.com/t/490829My dragon silver coin collection https://goccf.com/t/490859My silver Libertad collection https://goccf.com/t/491087
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Bedrock of the Community
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Excellent trio of Walkers GLB! That has to be one of my favorite coin designs.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Thank you, Marve and Errers. I agree, this is a very nice design.
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The cruciform shields reverse was a standard design for British silver (and some gold) coins for many years. Here are some examples of how the design evolved: 1697 Halfcrown - King William III:  1887 Florin - Queen Victoria (newspaper reporters of the time said that this design looked like alternating tea trays and pokers!):  1936 Florin - KIng George V. Until the issue of the first King Charles III 50p in 2023, this was the last use of the cruciform shields on a circulating British coin: 
Edited by NumisRob 11/09/2024 5:31 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Excellent additions NumisRob - interesting coins!
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Bedrock of the Community
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Great trio, NumisRob!
Errers and Varietys.
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
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@Marve65: Are you working on a complete date and mint mark set of the Carver-Washington half dollars?
Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Quote: Are you working on a complete date and mint mark set of the Carver-Washington half dollars? No, I would just throw out a low bid and if I won that was a plus. I had added a page to a blank Kennedy half Dansco and thought filling it up with the more common commemoratives would be the way I went.
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Here's 3 other's I have.....  
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Excellent threesomes, GLB and Marve!
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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