Pocket Pieces Revisited

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  1. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    Trial strikes are nothing like Specimen strikes at all, Specimen strikes are special strikes made for a special reason, usually of high quality and typically very few in number. Test sample, yes, that would be accurate for describing them. Trial strike merely happens to be the term that was chosen to be used for them. Trial strikes are junk intended to be thrown away and remelted.

    Yeah that's part of what's being done. But it has just as much to do with making sure the die spacing and die alignment are set correctly.
     
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  3. GDJMSP

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    As for pocket pieces, yeah, I used to carry them. Most here have seen them before. Every one of them was one of these -

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    I used to carry them for several reasons. They made great conversation pieces as most folks didn't even know the US made gold coins anymore. I also used them as my flippin coins, you know, heads or tails. Won many a bet, to pay for drinks and or dinner, or anything else I could think of, using one of those ;)

    And if and when I ran out of cash at a coin show and found a coin I still wanted, I'd flip the dealer one of those and the deal was done :)

    And lastly, I carried one of those because NOBODY else ever had and still hasn't to the best of my knowledge.

    That particular one was bought by a forum member, (who just happened to lose a couple of times when it was flipped :smuggrin: ), and he wanted it as a keepsake because it was mine.
     
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  4. Jim Dale

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  5. Jim Dale

    Jim Dale Well-Known Member

    Your $10 (Diez Pesos) coin is absolutely stunning. It's a nice pocket piece. How'd you pick it up? I was in Uruguay in '66-'68 and brought back a pocket full of coins and 10 $10 Peso notes that were in sequential serial number order. My ex threw away all my coins at the divorce, but I kept the notes. Although they are not worth much now, they are still in "mint" shape. Thanks for the requerdo.
     
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  6. spirityoda

    spirityoda Coin Junky

    I bought a bunch on Ebay. I gave some away at work. I gave 1 away in a contest here. I like the design. I carry it for a conversation piece and luck.
     
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  7. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Pocket piece

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    Makedon Alexander I, 498-454 BCE,
    AR Obol 10mm 0.75g
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    And a 1/4 TOZ AGE
     
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  8. littlehugger

    littlehugger Active Member

    My dad carried a 1916 British penny as a pocket piece.
    He carried it for so long it wore down to a flat planchet.
    I went and got him a shiny new one at the coin store for about a quarter.
    My dad is long gone, and I wish I had those pennies.
     
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  9. Paddy54

    Paddy54 Well-Known Member

    20190706_131339.jpg Here's mine an 8 Reale I get a lot of strange looks going though TSA. 20190706_131234.jpg
     
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  10. rooman9

    rooman9 Lovin Shiny Things

    I took my 5oz Apollo coin through TSA once. They pulled me aside to look at it haha.
     
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  11. AcesKings

    AcesKings Well-Known Member

    Not sure if it counts as a "pocket piece", but a few years ago my son bought me a money clip with a 1929-S Standing Liberty glued to it. I don't even have the '29S in my collection!
     
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  12. Spark1951

    Spark1951 Accomplishment, not Activity

    ...talk about a conversation starter!!!...Spark
     
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  13. GDJMSP

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    Yeah, but I wonder how many recognize that it's a fake. Sure, a collector would, but I seriously doubt anybody else would.
     
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  14. Chiefbullsit

    Chiefbullsit CRAZY HORSE

    Haha, you're right, it started one here. I got it from Moonlight Mint. They are being made from 1917-1921 for sure, maybe longer.
     
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  15. Sasquatch

    Sasquatch Member

    I have an 1880 S Morgan (with a rim ding) that was given to me by employer's wife the morning I had to show up for court for some false charges my ex wife had stated in an EPO. My lawyer made her look like a clown. :)
    I've carried it with me ever since (going on 5 years in September).
    I also carry an 1836 half dollar I found on my property about 15 years ago. It was holed when I found it, under almost a foot of dirt. My home is a 90+ year old log cabin, and I often find arrow heads in the area, too.
    Someday I'll get a nice silver chain and wear the half.
    It has the wording on the edge, not the reeded edge.
     

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