The Collaborative "Virtual 7070" Type Set Project

Welcome to Thursday, January 28th. We're now finished with the cents in our Virtual 7070 set, and now it is time to move on to the next denomination, which is the...

2 Cent Piece Bronze (1864-1872).

As I've been doing when I lack a certain type in my current primary collection, I'll be falling back on my "holey" 19th century type set. This holed 1867 2c piece is the coin pinned to my corkboard in that collection.




I periodically have lower grade 2c pieces in my giveaway inventory, but nothing amazing.

The one really nice 2c piece and the best of the type that I have owned in the past (and this was many moons ago) was this 1868 proof (PCGS PR64 RD). I was of the opinion that it was a Cameo coin, but I'm pretty sure PCGS did not award the CAM designation to proof 2-cent pieces at the time it was graded.

It's probably been 20 years since I sold it. All I have left are these less than ideal photos.







For a while back in the early 2000s, I had an avatar picture I made from it. "66Tbird" on Collectors Universe, to whom I sold the coin, still uses that avatar to this day (though I don't believe he still owns the coin).



If I could ever track that coin down, I'd love to own it again.

 

Not to derail the thread, but I absolutely have to ask, is this how you got your CT username?


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Welcome to Friday the 30th. It is now time to move into our next denomination (the three-cent pieces), and the next type is the...

3C Piece Silver (1851-1873)

Here is the 3-cent silver from my primary collection. I always wanted an 1851-O, and finally got one. It's not MS, but it's close.






This is the holed example from my "Holey Type Set" pinned to my corkboard.

 

Oh! I forgot to post my all-time best of type, from the "used to be mine" files. This PR63 was pretty.

 

Side note, before we resume the topic: I am relieved to now know that @No_Ragrets’s misspelled username was done ironically, as a callback to that movie. Never seen the movie (it looks funny), so I didn’t have a clue. *shrugs*

Now, while we’re discussing misspellings in people’s usernames, can we address @Pickin and Grinin’s?

Nahhh, never mind. This thread would be well and truly derailed then.

 

Here's Mine:

Not the prettiest one. I really dont care for these 3cs that much, and they can get quite expensive in low MS with CAC approval. And I need all 3 subtypes. So I always get blown out as the underbidder on the super attractive examples.

For some reason this one always photographs worse than it looks in hand. You really dont see the "green moss" growing on the coin as much in hand.

 

Someone else on the CU version of this thread had similar lamentations about the challenges with eye appeal on 3cS pieces, and was also not totally in love with his type coin.

They’re small, the circulated examples often got bent or beat up and/or holed, and like you mentioned, anything MS can get pricey and then you’ve still got the challenge of finding a decent looking one.

And let’s face it, the design wasn’t the most exciting. But all that being said, I do not dislike the type. I’ve got a soft spot for pretty much all 18th and 19th century Type coins, because… well… just because.

They’re history, y’know?

‘Course you do.

 

OK, y’all. I watched that movie. It was a hoot. Reminded me a just tiny bit of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, which is one of my faves.

[Digression over- resume original topic.]