4/11/21: This contest is now CLOSED. Winners were announced in Post #53 (Prize A) and #57 (Prize B). @CoinJockey73 has been kind enough to offer...
Numista-1922, Krause-Mishler-3. This was a fun bulk bag find. It catalogs $15.00 in XF as of this writing, and I believe this particular example...
Numista-14852. A decent lower grade example of the first-year type with rays on the reverse. This was America's first non-silver 5-cent piece,...
Numista-2296. An average but pleasing lower grade example with nice surfaces and even brown color. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Numista-1108. ANACS VG10, cert. #4745247. A lower grade but otherwise pleasing example of the first year of the 1860-1864 copper-nickel type...
Numista-9100. This coin is a wholesome lower-grade example with contrasting original toning. There is a faint textile pattern to the obverse...
Some of you who have done business with me or won one of my giveaways might have seen some of these, so I thought I would post this for posterity....
Let fly with your Flyers here! These two 1857 Flying Eagle cents are nothing special- just a pair of average circulated examples I was uploading...
4/19/21: This contest is now CLOSED. Winners were announced in Posts #131 & 132. One of our newer members, @Eric the Red, acquired a large hoard...
Numista-9100. Struck at the New Orleans Mint. A well-circulated but wholesome looking example, in my opinion. The reverse legend seems somewhat...
Arrows at date type. Numista-14243. Ex- (@CircCam). A pleasing circulated example with contrasting toning. There are some very tiny nicks on...
Numista-982. I do not know the Newcomb variety. This piece is in lower grade (G4, I'd say), but is evenly worn with nice color and smooth...
Numista-10637, Overton-114 (R-1). A common date and variety, but in my opinion a pleasing, original circulated example with light contrasting...
Mexico (Spanish Colonial): silver 2-reales of Charles III, 1788-Mo FM, Mexico City mint [ATTACH] Obverse: Armored bust of Charles III, right....
I have always liked these big, impressive coppers since I encountered some in a "$20 pick bin" bowl at one of the FUN shows in the early 2000s....
This one is on the US Coins forum, because the prize is an old US coin.
4/19/21: The giveaway portion of this thread is now CLOSED. Winners were announced in Post #84 and Post #88. However, if you'd like to keep...
Belgium (Liège): silver 2-escalin of Johann Theodor of Bavaria, 1753 (contemporary counterfeit?) [ATTACH] KM-161, silver. Numista-33459....
Spain: silver 2-reales of Philip V, 1723-A, Madrid mint, with unknown counterstamp [ATTACH] Spain, 2 reales of Philip V, 1723-A. KM 296,...
French States (Château-Renault): copper double-tournois of François de Bourbon, ca. 1603-1605 [ATTACH] Obverse: F • DE • BOVRBON • P • DE • CONTI...
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