A nice way to start the week.

My uncle cleaned out his closet and found a stack of old Whitman folders. A lot of empty ones for me to fill but a couple with coins in them. Many were penny folders but these two were included. I love old circulated coins. A nice way to start the week.

 

Log in or Sign up to hide this ad.

Pretty nice uncle wouldn't you say. Thanks for sharing.

 

I love 2 aspects...the early album write the date type, and I was astonished to see an 1857 Barber!

 

Are those quarters or halves? Sorry I can't tell.

 

Sure is a nice way to start the week. Or end the week. Or any day during the week.

 

Those would be halves, and that's quite a starter set. (A 1901-S quarter would buy the whole set several times over, though.)

That 1908-O looks like it's got some meat on it. Oddly, the first better-than-F Barber half I ever got was also a 1908-O. I don't think they were set aside in larger numbers than other dates, but I don't know.

 

To be fair, it doesn't say Barber. Don't judge an individual by the company it keeps.

Doesn't Whitman still sell general denomination-but-no-type-or-date folders?

 

That seated half looks pretty good, other than the spots.

 

I will give you that curmudgeon statement (although you know what the intent was).
The albums....there is a wonderful (actually 2) album collecting book(s), by a deceased NGC employee. That is why I made the statement.

 

And, don't think I don't know that you didn't see the SL until I mentioned it, Jeff (POKE POKE....).

 

Thanks, I figured it had to be halves because of the 1901-S but I couldn't tell the relative size. Some better date/mints in there and check that 1892-O for the micro O, quite expensive!

 

Yep. He’s a pretty good uncle.

 

Most of the folders I got from him are without dates. These were my grandfathers, then my uncles, and now mine. I like these because I can add any date and just write it under the coin.

The 1857 is a seated liberty half dollar.

 

Top folder are halves and bottom are nickels.

 

I’d say the 1908-O is around a fine.

 

Maybe another in the fine range.

 

Have you checked 1892-O for the micro O?

 

Not the micro O, but still nice.

 

That is exactly why I love the Folders. They are listed in the collectible albums books I referred to.

My 1857 comment was humor. It missed the intended interpretation mark. Of course it is a SL.

 

You might want to check each coin for mint marks. It's common to find coins that are in the wrong holes. The 1896 and the 1898-S half dollars are interesting. The folder shows signs of tape being used to hold the coins in the folder but the coins don't show signs of any tape.