Nice design...the problem is the baby crap yellow that gold looks like. No coin--regardless of design can overcome that.
Sadly that hideous little thing won’t be up for sale anytime soon... it’s going to remain in a safe place Remember Raiders of the lost Ark? lol
A few newps . . . Scarce 1850-O Half Dime A scarce 1894-S Half Eagle in PCGS AU53 . . . An underrated BU 1903 Barber Dime . . . A nice original 1856-O Half Dime . . . A beautifully toned 1911-S Barber Dime (not in hand yet) . . .
Some more newps . . . A nice 1840 Dime with Drapery. An underrated 1875-S MM Above Bow Dime. Dipped long ago, this coin exhibits both a retained cud (hard to see in photo) and a rim cud on the reverse . . . neat. A nice 1929 Quarter Eagle . . . ANACS MS64 PQ surfaces. A nice 1866-S Dime . . . PCGS VF30 And a really exceptional 1840-O Half Dime with Drapery (struck with eroded dies) . . . PCGS XF40.
Got two US coins in the mail today. First, this 3c nickel. Nothing to write home about, but it's a nice, wholesome piece: But the real excitement came from the second coin. I bought this Peace on ebay without looking too closely at it since it was priced at an absolute steal. It didn't take me long to realize it was special once I opened the package today. It's a VAM-2C1, a top 50 Peace VAM. Seems to be pretty late state, you can see the beginnings of the crack that makes the VAM-2C2.
The 3-CN has a little more meat on that bone...rpd.. https://archive.org/details/guideusthreecent2003gifford/page/n207/mode/2up
Here’s my VAM 1922 12A picked her up a few years ago for $25 when silver was low and she was being sold as spot + $5. Guy said he had way too many silver dollars to go thru so I jumped on this and ran. Not really sure what she would grade or value at.
I am not a collector of bills.... but I do pull fun ones. I found this radar note in the cash I got today for a keeper.
My old one: I've missed having a Pilgrim half since I parted with the coin above. I am supposedly descended from William Bradford (the Pilgrim governor shown on the obverse) through my maternal line. So it's kind of a "must have" type for my collection. (I like "ship" coins, too, so bonus points for the reverse design as well.) One of my Romans recently sold, so with the proceeds of that sale (plus six more dollars), I just acquired this 1920 NGC MS65 in an old "no-line fattie" holder. It is a small upgrade from the previous one and I reckon that's my "Christmas present to myself". My new one: