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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mrbrklyn, post: 1565170, member: 4381&quot;]<a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t36192/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t36192/">http://www.cointalk.com/t36192/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t36191/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t36191/">http://www.cointalk.com/t36191/</a></p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t36191/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t36191/"><br /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t36191/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t36191/"><br /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t36191/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t36191/"></a>[TABLE]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]<a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/halfs/columbian_obverse.png" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/halfs/columbian_obverse.png" rel="nofollow"> <img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/halfs/columbian_obverse_sm.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [/TD]</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; [TD]&nbsp; [h=2]Coin Collecting at the Safir House</p><p>2008 Bald Eagle Comemeratives[/h]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [/TD]</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; [TD] <a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/halfs/columbia_reverse.png" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/halfs/columbia_reverse.png" rel="nofollow"> <img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/halfs/columbia_reverse_sm.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [/TD]</p><p>&nbsp;[/TR]</p><p>&nbsp;[/TABLE]</p><p>&nbsp;Wed Oct 31 00:16:13 2012 [HR][/HR]&nbsp; In 2008 the US Mint created one of the great commemorative coins it has ever produced.&nbsp; In fact, artisitically speaking, the American Bald Eagle Commemorative might well be artistically and in execution the greatest work of the mint in its 200+ years of existence. </p><p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_clad_obverse_01.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_clad_obverse_01.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_clad_obverse_CLEAR_01.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </a></p><p><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_clad_obverse_01.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_clad_obverse_01.jpg" rel="nofollow">The 2008 US Bald Eagle Obverse Half Dollar </a> </p><p>&nbsp;This Eagle near jumps off the page with detail unlike any coins produced&nbsp; by the Mint until now,&nbsp; Looking closely to the feather design, gentle&nbsp; sweeping lines brush over the Eagle&#039;s neck and head, with light almost brush like lines&nbsp; and shading. </p><p><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_clad_obverse_02.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_clad_obverse_02.jpg" rel="nofollow">Another Obverse Image</a> </p><p><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_clad_obverse_CLEAR_01.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_clad_obverse_CLEAR_01.jpg" rel="nofollow">Very Clear Obverse View</a> </p><p><img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_clad_obverse_01_detail.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Great Detail of the Obverse Clad </p><p><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_clad_reverse_01.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_clad_reverse_01.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_reverse_01.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </a></p><p><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_clad_reverse_01.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_clad_reverse_01.jpg" rel="nofollow">The 2008 US Bald Eagle Reverse Half Dollar Clad</a> </p><p>The Reverse is even more astounishing, a break through design&nbsp; that peirces through the visual vocabulary of coinage as low relief&nbsp; design, pushing into a new realism, nearly holographic in its imagary.&nbsp; The young chicks could not have been&nbsp; better represented in a Nation Geographic print, these hungry chicks&nbsp; are in complete movement, with hear unknown complexity of engraving in the nesting material which&nbsp; craddles the birds and an egg, as well as the softest of down feathers. </p><p><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_clad_reverse_02.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_clad_reverse_02.jpg" rel="nofollow">Another View of the Reverse</a> </p><p><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_clad_reverse_02.png" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_clad_reverse_02.png" rel="nofollow">Another Smaller Version</a> </p><p><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_clad_reverse_03.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_clad_reverse_03.jpg" rel="nofollow">Great Picture of the Reverse Eagle with White Silver</a> </p><p><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_clad_reverse_04.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_clad_reverse_04.jpg" rel="nofollow">Another White Photo of the Reverse</a> </p><p><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_clad_reverse_05.png" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_clad_reverse_05.png" rel="nofollow">Smaller Image of the Eagle Reverse</a> </p><p><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_silver_obverse_01.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_silver_obverse_01.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_silver_obverse_02.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </a></p><p><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_silver_obverse_01.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_silver_obverse_01.jpg" rel="nofollow">2008 Silver Bald Eagle Commemorative Obverse</a> </p><p>The Silver Dollar is similar to the reverse of the Sac Golden&nbsp; dollar, but with subtle details and background.&nbsp; More poised in the&nbsp; design and sacrificing some of it&#039;s realism, the soaring wings wrap&nbsp; around the coin in a graceful play on roundness of the coin. </p><p><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_silver_obverse_02.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_silver_obverse_02.jpg" rel="nofollow">Large Photo of Obverse Silver</a> </p><p><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_silver_obverse_02.png" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_silver_obverse_02.png" rel="nofollow">Another Obverse Silver Bald Eagle Obverse</a> </p><p><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_silver_reverse_01.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_silver_reverse_01.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_silver_reverse_01.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </a></p><p><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_silver_reverse_01.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_silver_reverse_01.jpg" rel="nofollow">2008 Reverse Silver Bald Eagle </a>&nbsp; This Reverse tips its hat to late 18th Century designs, some of the earliest US Coins. </p><p><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_silver_reverse_02.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/comemeagles2008/ameaglecomem_silver_reverse_02.jpg" rel="nofollow">Another shot of the reverse</a> </p><p>[HR][/HR]&nbsp; Our modest collection generally contains the following coins types. Click to see these examples show below including photography: </p><p>&nbsp;Section I:</p><p>US Coints Circulated US Silver Coins prior to 1964&nbsp;&nbsp; Go To Section II: </p><p><a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/foreign.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/foreign.html" rel="nofollow">Modern and Ancient Foreign Coins from Outside The United States</a> </p><p>&nbsp;Go To Section III:</p><p><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/wwf.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/wwf.html" rel="nofollow">Mandy&#039;s 25th Anniversary&nbsp; World Wildlife Fund Silver Coins</a> </p><p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/" rel="nofollow">Ruben Safir&#039;s Front Page</a></p><p><a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins.html" rel="nofollow">Coin Collection</a><a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/large_pennies.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/large_pennies.html" rel="nofollow">Large Cent Coppers</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/flying_eagle.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/flying_eagle.html" rel="nofollow">Flying Eagle Cents</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/lincoln.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/lincoln.html" rel="nofollow">Lincoln Cents and Wheat Backs</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/buffalo_nickles.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/buffalo_nickles.html" rel="nofollow">Buffalo Nickels</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/jeff.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/jeff.html" rel="nofollow">Jefferson Nickels</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/war_nickels.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/war_nickels.html" rel="nofollow">Jefferson Silver War Nickels</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/half_dimes.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/half_dimes.html" rel="nofollow">Bust Half Dimes</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/mercs.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/mercs.html" rel="nofollow">Mercury (Liberrty Head) Dimes</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/roosevelt.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/roosevelt.html" rel="nofollow">Roosevelt Dime</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/barber_quarter.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/barber_quarter.html" rel="nofollow">Barber Quarter Dollars</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/slq.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/slq.html" rel="nofollow">Standing Libery Quarter</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/washington.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/washington.html" rel="nofollow">Washington and Washington State Quarters</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/capp_bust_half_dollars.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/capp_bust_half_dollars.html" rel="nofollow">Cap Bust Half Dollars</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/seated_halfs.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/seated_halfs.html" rel="nofollow">Seated Half Dollars</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/barber_half.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/barber_half.html" rel="nofollow">Barber Half Dollars</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/walking_liberty.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/walking_liberty.html" rel="nofollow">Walking Liberty Half Dollars</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/franklin.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/franklin.html" rel="nofollow">Franklin Half Dollars</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/kenedy.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/kenedy.html" rel="nofollow">Kennedy Half Dollars</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/morgan_coins.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/morgan_coins.html" rel="nofollow">Morgan Silver Dollars</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/peace_coins.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/peace_coins.html" rel="nofollow">Peace Silver Dollars</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/ikes.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/ikes.html" rel="nofollow">Eisenhower Clad and Silver Dollars</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/sacagawea.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/sacagawea.html" rel="nofollow">Sacawagea Golden Dollars</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/proofs.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/proofs.html" rel="nofollow">Modern Silver and Clad Proof Sets</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/ase.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/ase.html" rel="nofollow">Modern American Silver Eagle uncirculated mint coins and proofs</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/comemeagles2008.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/comemeagles2008.html" rel="nofollow">Modern Silver and Clad 2008 Commorative Bald Eagle Series</a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/gold_coins.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/gold_coins.html" rel="nofollow">Gold Coins</a> - Not too many </p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t36191/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t36191/"><br /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t36191/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t36191/"></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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