Secret Santa 2013!

Good Morning and Merry Christmas everyone! My Santa got me a handsome looking 1964 proof set and a couple of older nickels. Thanks a million, this made my morning!

 

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Isn't it just a lovely feeling when you open a package and Lady Morgan is staring back at you?...Cause that's what happened to me when I opened my package!! This is my second 1921, the other given to me by my Grandpa years ago. While this one will not reach the sentimental value as the first it will be placed as the 2nd centerpiece of my collection and not because of monetary value, but because someone who has no idea who I am was good enough to entrust her care to me! Thank you SS!!

 

Caz Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Merry Christmas to all and each members family's too!
This is my 57th year collecting coins yes I was bitten by the bug that Christmas 1956

 

Worth the wait...

The care with which my gift was packaged was the best. Very thoughtful.
Great coins - including a generous 2013 ASE! The loupe and COINage round out this
Great Secret Santa gift. Thank You SS!

Merry Christmas to all of CoinTalk.

 

See what Santa brought me?






The birth year coins and Canadian are fantastic, the cud and sample slab are neato, the candy is tasty and the half dime is divine......... a first for me. Thanks secret Santa!

 

Thank you Santa. Very kind of you. Merry Christmas.

 

Dear Santa,
I know I haven't been as good a girl as you must have thought I was! You outdid yourself and I am humbled and thankful! I did wait until my feet hit the floor this morning, but I can say honestly, I ripped my package open! Like a kid! Ha ha! What fun! How did you know that the box alone would make me tear up! A soap box, and I make soap! How cool is that!

Later today I will pst a picture, because there is no way I could just SAY what I received..my mind is blown away!

Merriest Christmas Santa, and everyone here at CoinTalk. And may I continue to remember the "reason for the season".

God bless us, every one..

Lucy

 

So hurry up already and post a pic Linda.

We want pics!

We want pics!

 

If no pics it didn't happen!

 

Here is a photo. I apologize in advance to Santa for the quality of the photo. It doesn't do justice but it's an idea for you all to take a peek at. See why I'm so overwhelmed? Where do I begin? I've got to look at everything here..Wowee! I'll post back with more photos as I figure this all out!

Wow!

 

So come on with the photos, i want to see what everyone else got!

 

these are the 6 Canadian Large Cents that my Secret Santa sent! (Try saying that 3 times fast!) thank you! I recently bought my first Canadian Large Cent and I don't know if SS knew that, but they're something that has intrigued me for some time.

Thanks again to Cannyn for setting this up again!


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I'm gonna post an up to date consolidated list of images. I know not all of us got our gifts in time, but they will be there shortly. And when you do get yours, PHOTOS
40_Mila


Jello with an awesome 1944 Peso



Blissskr's kids enjoying the thrill of opening (and eating) the gift. Just the cutest thing ever


Mrweaseluv and his splendid BU lincolns


CoinsRus1000's UNC Peace Dollar


Mybadga and a nice commem


Barry's wide array of US Cents


Sonlarson's lucky penny and So-called Dollar

 

Ken's yearly lump


Kasia's nice US/Philippines peso


DT Menace's morgan book, franklins, and sweet sweet kryptonite



Me and my superb lincolns



Kirk's Brilliant proof Silver Eagle


Afox' us coin medley, chocolate, magazine and a loupe (And a 74-D DDO Kennedy)


Ken's medley of coins


Jensenbay's PCGS Washington Quarter


Lucy's coins and soap box. Good touch to her santa BTW.


Mike's classic Canadian large cents



So far that is all that is here. Hopefully everybody will get their gifts and post photos! This has been a very great exchange and so much fun to lead again this year. I'm hoping to see y'all around next year with plenty of new faces for the next exchange.

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a happy new year.

PS: how did Ken manage to get a gift AND a lump of coal? Must be one special guy.

 

Here are the photos of the coins I got from my Secret Santa... thank you again!

 

I will be posting photos of the very generous gift I received from my Secret Santa later today. He was so generous I feel the need to "out" him and will do so when the images are posted.

Thank you very much Santa!!

 

Alright, forgive the pictures but here is what my very generous secret Santa brought me this year:

Who doesn't love dimes?









A pastel toned nickle, which I am afraid I didn't quite capture:





The only errors in my collection, so I will treasure them deeply:









A silver certificate: no idea what a silver certificate is, but time to learn!



And my absolute favorite of the bunch: a 2 cent piece. It's now my one and only in the collection:





The great thing about the Secret Santa is that I learn what others can or have appreciated and to diversify my tastes. I have no idea about paper currency and never pursued errors or 2 cent pieces, but now I have just a little glimpse into those worlds. Thanks again for a wonderful year.

 

A silver certificate is a note (back in olden times) that was backed by a dollars worth of silver, You could stroll into a bank with one and stroll out with a nice Morgan in exchange..........

 

very good stuff.

 

Yours is a star note which adds a little extra value over one with out the star you can find info about star notes herehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replacement_banknote