Hi I went to my first coin club metting and came home with these.-- A book with coins in it called (western coins) in it is a 1824 hard times token. -- a 1849 oregon $10.00 piece-- a baldwin $10.00 gold piece-- a pacific $5.00 gold piece--a cincinnati mining $20.00 copper-- a blake and company $20.00 gold piece--a confederate half dollar--a pikes peak 20.00 gold piece-- a half eagle coin, and a ormsby gold piece. that is what was in the book. I also got _3_uncirclulated 1943 steel pennies, still in a sealed box, a 1909, 1909 vdb, a 1914-p and a 1913-p. and all for just $20.00!! I think I made out pretty good. what do you think? the western coins are probably not worth anything, but they are fun to look at. BILL
Whoa, wha-wha-what? Am I reading this correctly? ...that you got all those actual gold coins & token for only Twenty bucks? Have you looked up THOSE gold coins in your Red Book? You don't mean replica gold coins, right? Can you put up a pic of this book.
Those pics are too darn tiny to see any details up close, since the new resize feature thing started auto scaling images down. I suggest you run to your Red Book and flip to the back pages for a look at California, Territorial gold and tokens. If they are authentic and not messed with, you may have a small fortune there. Get some of the dealers and specialist guys on this to check them out.
i will put up closer pics tomarrow. which ones do you want to see? puter is real slow right now, or id put them up now. bill
They are replicas. But very fun to look at. They may have been produced before the Hobby law required "replica" or "copy" on the tokens. Jim
Buy the book before you buy the coin. Tell us about the book. Author? Publisher? Date? Does it have good narratives about the coins and their histories, or just blurbs? The book might be worth $20, depending on how you define "worth." ("To whom?" and "For what?") Obviously, it was worth $20 to you and that's that. Whether you could sell it for that or more is a different question. The coins are replicas, not worth much in themselves, except that they are in the book and in the original packaging, and are part of the book. By themselves, it would be like tearing a page out of the book and asking how much the page is worth. Western Americana is a fascinating area of collecting. This could be your introduction to it.
If they cared about people, we would call it "People World." Bargains are one reason to be in a local club. Collector-to-collector is probably the purest form of commerce in this hobby. Club auctions, drawings and door prizes, the break-time swapping and trading, are always fun. But a coin club is about people. Who did you meet? What are their interests? Is the club old and active? Do they have shows? Are they a member club in a state organization or the ANA? Do they have a newsletter or a website? Are there other clubs in the area? Coin clubs tend to attract people who know alot and I have always listened way more than I talked, even when I was the guest speaker. We all know a lot about a little and a group of collectors is a treasury of knowledge. When I lived near Howell, Michigan, one of our members was a dealer (no surprise), who actually was an award-winning exhibitor of Early American Copper. He gave a talk one night, passing around Large Cents and Half Cents for us to grade. He explained EAC grading and how it differs from the ANA standards and why. He also showed the time-honored books that define the pursuit of Early American Copper -- Penny Whimsy, Breen, etc. My first meeting at that club, the guest spoke about Buffalo Nickels, and of course the Three-Legged 1937-D. He showed the benchmarks of a genuine coin and explained what fakes and forgeries of that often look like and why. I was impressed and joined ... and became an officer (twice). That talk by a knowledgeable collector was a milestone in my introduction to the hobby, back in 1993. Nice as the bargains are, just hanging out the coin guys is always the best reason to be in a club.
Those are some interesting finds. I would have paid a twenty for that lot. Just wondering how the actual meeting went. I've been tossing around the idea of joining the local coin club...if the wife lets me.
Hey guys, I dont think there is any way these coins are real! just fun to look at. What I am happy about is the 1909 AND 1909 VDB I PICKED UP also i got my 1913,and 1914. im very happy with them, also the 1943 steel pennies that are uncirculated still in the plastic box!!! very cool thanks BILL boy am i glad coin talk is back didnt know what to do yesterday!!!!!!
the meeting was real cool also, different people had different coins for sale, then they had coffee and donuts, an auction, thats where I got the western coins for 2.50 and people put up different coins for door prizes. you had to buy tickets for the door prizes, and they pulled them from a hat, real real nice people, cant wait for the next one. If I were you id join no matter what the wife thinks!!!!!! dont tell her I said that!!! but it is very interesting what other people collect
That's great! I think your western coins are fun to look at too. Even if not the real deal but could you imagine that if they were... ^_^
Thanks for the response. I'm a member of several other clubs in different hobbies, but never felt like I had a passion for the club's goals. I've been collecting coins for over twenty years. I think that qualifies for a passion!
lets say MAYBE JUST MAYBE, these coins are REAL!! can you tell by the weight of the coins?? ID bet that the gold coins would be very very heavy/ right?/ they dont weigh hardly anything A true gold coin would be very heavy right? comming from a coin club you would think that the others there would know exactly what they were. But can you imagine if nobody there knew and i picked them up!!!!!! impossible but what if~ lol just something to think about BILL
Books make coins valuable. Tell us about the book. Author? Publisher? Date? Does it have good narratives ...
I think when he said "book" what he meant was like a two page folder. From what I saw in the picture it looks like tw pages with the "coins" fitting into holes in the pages and the whole thing in a clear vinyl sleeve. And it folds closed like a book.
