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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 02-23-2008, 08:57 PM   #1 (permalink) HelloNewman Senior Member     Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Nebraska Posts: 221 New to forum Hello everyone. New to forum, been observing for a few days and have learned alot! Started collecting a year ago when my grandmother gave me my late grandfather's collection. Mostly a dollar collection with alot of Susan B's and Ikes but also 35 Morgans!! Including a 1891 CC in UA to BU condition! He was also a collector of Franklin and silver Kennedy halves too. I have since enjoyed putting together a 20th century type set (no gold) and look foward to many years of collecting!   02-23-2008, 09:01 PM   #2 (permalink) Hobo Numismatist In Training     Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 5,027 My Mood: Hello, Hello. Welcome to the hobby and the forum. Sounds like you have a good start. Remember that education is key to this hobby so . . . Buy the book before the coin. And DON'T CLEAN YOUR COINS! __________________ No state shall emit bills of credit, make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts, coin money . . . - US Constitution, Article 1, Section 10 ANA LM-3799; OHNS LM-59; SUSCC R-4005. All coins stored in bank safe deposit box.   02-23-2008, 09:18 PM   #3 (permalink) AdamL Likes Silver     Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Missouri Posts: 3,482 My Mood: Sounds like you inherited some pretty good stuff! Nice to meet ya, and welcome to cointalk! __________________ Speak the truth, do not become angered, and give when asked, even be it a little. By these three conditions one goes to the presence of the Gods. -Buddha   02-23-2008, 09:28 PM   #4 (permalink) jeankay Coin Hoarder     Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 698 My Mood: Welcome to cointalk HelloNewman. Awesome collection you inherited. Be sure to photo or scan some of the coins and post them here. We are all eager to see what you got. What ever else you do, have fun with your new obsession... er, hobby. jeankay   02-23-2008, 10:42 PM   #5 (permalink) HelloNewman Senior Member     Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Nebraska Posts: 221 I know these didn't turn out good, I'll read up on taking good pics. But here's a litlle preview.   02-23-2008, 10:46 PM   #6 (permalink) HelloNewman Senior Member     Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Nebraska Posts: 221 I couldn't get a good picture of the 1891 CC, but from what I've read and seen, it has strong details on the hair above the ear and on the feathers on breast and wing tips. A local dealer couldn't tell how much original luster remained because it is heavily toned. Depending on the luster he would have graded it between AU50 and MS60.   02-24-2008, 03:30 PM   #7 (permalink) Coinlover The Coin Collector     Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Festus Missouri Posts: 3,088 welcome to the forum!! __________________ Star Note Lookup   02-24-2008, 03:34 PM   #8 (permalink) Bonedigger Numismatist     Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: South Dakota Posts: 7,885 Greetings and Welcome to the forum. Take Care Ben __________________ A few things to remember, Certification and Attribution are Absolute and Definitive. Grading, on the other hand IS NOT. STRIKE is everything, be it strong or weak. Capped Bust Half Dollars Identification Reference [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]   02-24-2008, 05:03 PM   #9 (permalink) AdamL Likes Silver     Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Missouri Posts: 3,482 My Mood: By the way HelloNewman, is your name a Seinfeld reference? I love that show. LOL __________________ Speak the truth, do not become angered, and give when asked, even be it a little. By these three conditions one goes to the presence of the Gods. -Buddha   02-24-2008, 05:21 PM   #10 (permalink) HelloNewman Senior Member     Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Nebraska Posts: 221 I was waiting for someone to catch on. When I told my wife I want to be a numatist she started calling me Newman!   02-24-2008, 07:17 PM   #11 (permalink) greglax45 Coin Hoarder     Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: West CHester Suburbs Posts: 706 Quote: Originally Posted by HelloNewman I was waiting for someone to catch on. When I told my wife I want to be a numatist she started calling me Newman! Thats Sweet!! Welcome to the Forum, and if you tell your wife you want to be a "numismatist" that would be even better!! __________________ www.conecaonline.org   02-24-2008, 08:49 PM   #12 (permalink) snaz Registry fever     Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 3,017 My Mood: Hi, welcome to the forum!! Its so funny, when I was really young I got this BIG book were you pop coins into the book with your thumb, A cheap thing to get kids into collecting, And it had like a phony Q and A section in it.. one of the questions was: Q: Should I be embarrassed if bullies call me a Numismatic? A: NO!! You should be proud, Numismatic means you collect coins, blah blah blah it was funny __________________ Shawn Canadian Small cents : 108/124 87% complete Canadian Large cents: 44/56 78% complete Canadian Small cents MS: 64/124 51.7% complete W.I.N.S# 743 ENS Club Member   02-24-2008, 08:52 PM   #13 (permalink) snaz Registry fever     Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 3,017 My Mood: oh and just a pointer..Its what I do If you want to get a closer and not as blurry pictre as the ones you posted, you could try and hold a magnifying glass up to your lens while you take the picture!! It works wonders __________________ Shawn Canadian Small cents : 108/124 87% complete Canadian Large cents: 44/56 78% complete Canadian Small cents MS: 64/124 51.7% complete W.I.N.S# 743 ENS Club Member   02-24-2008, 07:13 PM   #14 (permalink) AdamL Likes Silver     Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Missouri Posts: 3,482 My Mood: Lol __________________ Speak the truth, do not become angered, and give when asked, even be it a little. By these three conditions one goes to the presence of the Gods. -Buddha   02-24-2008, 09:56 PM   #15 (permalink) Jhonn Team Awesome     Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: DENVER!/BOSTON! Posts: 714 Hello...Jerry. I mean, Newman! Welcome to the forum. __________________ "Love, hate, kings, queens: / You die alone in a cold world." - Lyrics from the band Cold World   Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. 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