Favorite Purchase of 2010?

What is the grade on the Franklin?

 

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Nice Bell Lines, Too!
Steve

 

I have posted this coin a few times and feel I am really beating a dead horse with a stick showing it again, but I still can not get over a solid gold coin for 9 cents. LOL
I purchased 11 coins for a Dollar out of a world coin bin and this was one of the 11. So grand total 9 cents for it, by far my favorite purchase of 2010.

 

1793 chain cent


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WOW !!!!!!!!! Nice pick up.

 

Coin is raw and dealer didn't have a grade on it, but I graded it MS 64. I could give reasons but I think it may distract from the original purpose of the thread. Thanks everyone for the nice comments and happy new year!

 

MY favorite buy? Well I guess since I only search through rolls and dont buy the coins would be the roll of dimes that I bought from the bank that held a 1963 D, not much of a find but my first silver coin from circulation.

 

Made it here 12/31/2010

This would be one of my better buys of 2010.but barely made here as it got here on the last day of 2010.
$13.95+$2.95 S/H.

 

1908-D No Motto and my first foray into colonial era

 

The 1779 looks like a colonial circulated coins before the U.S. Mint started making coins in 1793.

 

I'll bet that kids Dad is going to cry when he finds out his son has sold his collection.

 

Favorite purchase of 2010

This is what is known as a Silver Strike. Since it is not a US.Minted coin, I assume it must be classified as a token. Never the less, they are .999 fine silver which I think are very neat tokens. You can only purchase these tokens on line or from a casino slot machine.

 

Some Daddy's collection "up in smokes"........

 

It looks to have been a very nice year for many collectors!
Nice stuff all.

 

For coins, I got a group of 9 Cleopatra VII coins I liked. I also got a nice lot of about 120 Nabatean coins I still need to go through, (I like volume )

For books, I got a set of Von Aulock. I bought last week the last 4 books in SNG ANS to complete that set, as well as the last 4 editions of RIC to complete that, but they haven't arrived yet so technically not 2010.

 

Pictures please.

 

Thanks for sharing Krispy. I was looking for that book on the bay and noticed the ones on there have a slightly different cover. What gives?
http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_kw=america&_kw=early&_kw=paper&_kw=money

 

Edition number... 5th is the latest.

 

Although I'm not a coin collector, I do love this little merry monarch (Charles II). I got him reasonably cheap from an auction earlier in 2010.

What I like about British coins is what I like about Roman coins: the great history behind the portraits. (Plus, they both are reasonably inexpensive compared to US coinage.)




guy

 

While this coin is not even close to the most expensive coin I purchased this year, based on the overall quality of the coin and the associated eye appeal, this has to be my favorite pickup of 2010.