So, like many of us...my collection is somewhat of a small hoard. I need to go through it and decide what I really want to keep and what is just junk I'm hanging on to. As part of this, I am going to slowly go through the collection, catalog what I have and photograph the coins I intend to keep and want to enjoy (I like photography anyway). As I do so, I will slowly post some photos here to share. So, here are 4 coins from my collection which I recently photographed and I thought I would share.
Here are a few more. The 1999-W is my favorite modern US commemorative and the only gold commemorative I own. While I'm not a big German Notgeld collector (privately issued tokens have never really interested me). But, as an aviation enthusiast...a token with a WWI era fighter pilot made in that era was something I couldn't resist. Finally, I collect coins from the entirety of the Deutsches Reich which includes Nazi Germany. I find their coins quite interesting as they maintain the traditional German eagle but like most of their propaganda...they twisted and perverted it to fit their means. The coin here is a nickel 50 Reichpfennig. Only a 2 year design, the nickel 50pf is one of the most collected series of the era and even the most common coin (which 1939-A is) is quite valuable when uncirculated.
Really nice photos! Might as well photographs then all so you'll have good photos at selling time! It's good you're doing this while the hoard is small!
I purchased one of the Washington five dollar commemoratives some years back as a bullion purchase. I have grown quite fond of the piece since. I just think it is a powerful portrait of our first president….. Are your u going to weed out the part of your collection that you deem as junk? I desperately need to thin my collection. It is so out of hand and I don’t really know how other than packing up a few suitcases and carrying them to an LCS.
That's a big part of my plan. I have a lot of stuff that is just stored that I picked up when I was a kid or just gathered over time. The way I figure it, if it's not nice enough for me to take the time to photograph and catalog then it's not nice enough to hang on to. It's gonna be a slow process but it's something I need to do. I can always sell off the stuff I don't want or give it to my kids (or a little of both). Thanks!!! It's nice to be back. I have so many hobbies I kinda bounce around and coins have been set to the side for a bit. I'm trying to do a little of each hobby rather than dive into one for a while...get bored and move on. LOL.
Here are a couple more I photographed today. The Morgan is raw but one of my favorite coins. A common date but it has lovely toning. @Morgandude11, you might appreciate this one. Next is a stunning proof of a 3 Mark Prussian silver piece. This coin was minted as a circulating commemorative (at lease the business strike was) produced in lieu of the standard 3 Mark coin. It commemorates, Wilhelm II's 25 years on the Prussian throne. @Rocket21, I think this one is right up your alley.
Hello Everyone, I'm a newly minted newbie here. All are beautiful coins, Richie! You may see me as a shiny fly that landed in your soup, many apologies, but if you would indulge me, I'd be grateful. It appears that I do "not have enough privileges" to create a new post. How can I make a new post with my own thread as not to overtake a poster's thread? In reading the pinned posts, I'm not seeing any guidance on creating a new post. From what I understand, some time needs to pass before I can create my own post...correct? Any guidance anyone can offer here would be appreciated. Thanks, CoinMagic
Take a look at this thread for a good explanation: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/how-to-post-and-add-photos.309963/
Here are a few more I photographed today. I've had the PL 1998-D for years and although it's not worth much the luster is so booming I just love it. The 25 pfennig pattern is one of my favorite coins. I just love how they depicted the eagle. It's really unique and really striking. This coin was purchased from Ron Guth back in 2017 and he still has a photo of this very coin on his website as the example for his patterns section. I've also the PCGS True View photo of it which is pretty juiced...but in the right light it does look like this.
I spent much of the weekend going through my childhood collection. Of this, the vast majority of the value is in the memories and joy when I was a kid. There really wasn't much there of value. I did however pull a few coins out of the old Whitman folders because they deserve a little better. 99% or more of it is junk. When I was a kid, key dates meant tremendously low grades or damaged coins (or both). Here are the 4 coins that I pulled out of the childhood Lincoln cent folder and put in airtites. None are of the quality I would guy today and both 1914 coins are either damaged or corroded. I do think the 1931-S is a sharp circulated example however. These are on my list to upgrade down the road but even with better examples, I will probably hang onto these.
OK, so here is a very special one I just picked up. This coin has been on my "big want list" for quite some time and when I saw it I had to pick it up. This is a 1929-F 1 Rentenpfennig from Germany's Weimar Repbulic. A quick history lesson here. The Rentenmark (100 Rentenpfennig's made a Rentenmark) was Germany's answer to hyperinflation in the early 1920s. Due to the economic crisis in Germany following WWI, there was no gold to back the Papiermark. This combined with Germany printing more and more money...well the Papiermark become worthless. In 1923, the new Rentenmark is was issued at a rate of 1 Rentenmark to 1 trillion (10 to the 12th power) of the old Papiermarks. This currency was backed by real goods...namely land (Renten being the German word for Mortgage). Basically, the government borrowed money against the land of it's people with the mortgage being payable twice annually for 5 years. The Rentenmark was issued from 1923 until mid 1924 when (thanks to the Dawes plan)...the Reichsmark (a new gold backed currency) came into being with a 1:1 exchange rate. No Rentenmarks were issued after 1924...except there were. A few of the Rentenpfennig coins were made in 1925 (1pf, 5pf, and 10pf) as well as these 1929-F 1 Rentenpfennig coins. All are extremely rare and it is unknown how, why or how many were produced. The new Reichspfennigs are virtually identical to the Rentenpfennigs...with only a single word being changed on the reverse. It is conceivable that the wrong (old) reverse die was used on a handful of 1925 coins. It is also possible that these were made by a clandestine mint employee. Nobody really knows. I can see a mistake for the 1925s. It was only the previous year that the Rentenpfennig's were stopped being issued. But for 1929, that seems to me to be too long after the fact for a simple error. I'm willing to bet that there was some shenanigans at the Stuttgart mint in 1929 and that is why these 1929-F coins were made. Again, nobody really knows. But, that's my guess. Anyway, I found a 1929-F from Ron Guth. He told me it was only the second one he has had in 30 years. Although it was outside of my budget, I had to do it.
