Dusting Off Some Copper from my Personal Collection

It's been quite a while since I've posted coins from my personal collection, so I thought I'd dust off some of my old favorites and give them a little airing out.

Each coin in my collection has something unique and interesting about it - at least to me. For a coin to "qualify" for my collection, it needs to have at least one of three things: beautiful toning, a neat/bold variety, and/or an interesting error. Any way, I hope you enjoy looking at my little babies as much as I do!


This 1942 is the last coin I kept from the original collection I inherited from my aunt that got me started in coins. It was raw and when I sent it to PCGS, I was very pleased to get this top pop "brown" grade.

 

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FYI, in case you'd like to see the rest of my collection, including my Conder tokens and exonumia, they are all posted on my website [L=HERE]http://thepennylady.com/charmyscollections.html[/L].

 

Nice view from here Charmy. Some pretty neat stuff with those error coins. Are going to be at FUN this year? I plan on attending.

 

Fantastic!! I could almost hate you for that 1877 I will own one some day!

 

OMG. that is such an impressive collection. I could dust them off at my house for ya. lol j/k thanks for the eye candy.

 

You even made Yoda stutter. Great stuff.

 

All Gems Charmy !!!!!
If ya need to get a 1942 MS 66Red in a old Ngc soap box holder?pm me.

 

Nice! Do you have a favorite? Mines the 1864, the undamaged one.

 

I am drawn to the 1908-S. It would fit nicely with my other woodies.

 

Wow; these beauty's are worth more than my 401k!

 

You must be very rich!

 

Had to pick just one, I'd have to say the 1894/94. Close second would be the 1955 DDO.

Beautiful coins! Would be proud to have one of these in my collection, let alone all of them!

 

Thank you everyone. I truly have enjoyed collecting these - they are my pride and joy. It has taken me many years to acquire these, one piece at a time.

I don't really have one favorite because, as I mentioned, each one has something unique that I like. My favorite type of toning is the lustrous iridescent brown, like the 1914-D and 1955/55, but I also like the unusual toning on the 1867/67 and the 1894/94.

I bought the 1886 clamshell raw not knowing it had a split planchet until I removed it from the 2x2. I also love the 1887 strike thru which I also bought raw - it's one of the most bold strike-thrus I've seen. My favorite variety is the 1880 off center die clash. But I also really like the 1864 bronze with the bulls-eye die lines on the face. And the 1864-L engrailed rim is probably one of the first coins I bought for my collection, and was definitely the first piece of "exonumia" I bought - and it now appears in my "Penny Potpourri" exhibit (which I will be setting up again at the Houston Money show next week).

I also picked up this 1909 from Broadstruck in Baltimore because he remembered that I had the 1942 and thought they would fit nicely together - which they do!:

 

Hey, Charmy! I should have known I'd find you on here.

I've always loved the 55 dd, and you certainly have a beautiful one there!!

I somehow didn't know you were so into errors! I'll be sure to keep an eye out for you! Will you be in Ontario next month?

 

Wow those are great is hard to pick a fav love the color on the 69 and 99 the 1877 and the errors are great too me I collect the large ones but I'd be proud to own any you posted

 

Wow it collections like this that make you say wow i need to go buy some more pieces for my collection !!

 

That is a spectacular collection, one to truly be proud of! I bet each one of those coins has a story...

 

Green, yes I'll be FUN - look forward to seeing you there. Maybe Doug will pop in too!

Hi Amanda - yes, I'll be in Ontario - I do like errors, especially Indian cent errors.

 

Charmy you can tell each coin was picked for something special . Though I have many faves in your collection , they're just too many to list . Keep it up Kid .