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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2808669, member: 10461&quot;]<font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Here&#039;s what has changed since last time.</b></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">The &quot;two in, two out&quot; this time involved no cash transactions.&nbsp; Both were even swaps.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">In the first trade, I swapped <b>this</b>...</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/united-states-bronze-civil-war-token-our-little-monitor-type-1863.286723/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/united-states-bronze-civil-war-token-our-little-monitor-type-1863.286723/">United States: bronze Civil War token, &quot;Our Little Monitor&quot; type, 1863</a></b></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/USA-MonitorCWT-1863-016565-coin-800x500.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="4">(NGC MS65 BN)</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">... for <b>this</b>, in a swap deal publicly discussed <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/help-two-cters-work-out-a-token-trade.299621/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/help-two-cters-work-out-a-token-trade.299621/">here</a>.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>United States: copper &quot;Hard Times&quot; token, C.D. Peacock Jewelers, Chicago, backdated &quot;1837&quot; (actually struck ca. 1902)</b></font></font></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/htt-peacock-016565-coin-jpg.6915/full?d=1501260229" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="4">(PCGS MS63 BN)</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">In the second swap deal, I traded <b>this</b>...</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/great-britain-silver-south-sea-company-shilling-of-george-i-1723.286642/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/great-britain-silver-south-sea-company-shilling-of-george-i-1723.286642/">Great Britain: silver &quot;South Sea Company&quot; shilling of George I, 1723</a></b></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/great-britain-silver-south-sea-company-shilling-of-george-i-1723.5052/full?d=1482840026" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="4">(PCGS MS63+, formerly NGC MS64)</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">... for <b>this</b>, which I made the subject of a &quot;GtG&quot; (guess the grade) poll <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/gtg-poll-capped-bust-half-1834-large-date-small-letters.299689/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/gtg-poll-capped-bust-half-1834-large-date-small-letters.299689/">here</a>.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>United States: silver Capped Bust half dollar, 1834 (large date, small letters)</b></font></font></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/usa-50c-1834-050100-coin-jpg.6916/full?d=1501260267" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="4">(PCGS AU55; CAC)</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">In terms of historical interest, grade, and perhaps eye appeal, my partner in the second swap might&#039;ve gotten the better of the trade when he swapped me that Bust half for the Mint State 1723-SSC shilling, but he sweetened the deal with a free &quot;holey&quot; <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/gtg-poll-capped-bust-half-1834-large-date-small-letters.299689/page-2#post-2800140" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/gtg-poll-capped-bust-half-1834-large-date-small-letters.299689/page-2#post-2800140">1852 gold dollar</a> as a completely generous gesture, which quite surprised me.&nbsp; </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">And the Bust half, being a popular US type, in PCGS plastic, with a CAC sticker, will be easier for me to &quot;flip&quot; towards a future addition to the box later.&nbsp; I had been looking at Bust halves.&nbsp; This one does not have the pastel toning I had been hoping for, but it does have nice luster, and it&#039;s perfectly welcome to reside in the Eclectic Box for a while.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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