My Christmas Present To Me

My wife refuses to buy me coins. Not because she won’t but because she knows little to nothing about coins. She tells me to buy whatever I want and it all works for me.
So this year this is what I bought for myself. Santa is she a nice person snd Mrs. Claus in pretty nice herself. Lol
This coin will fit perfectly in my low grade, well circulated type set. I need one more coin to complete the album. It’s a 1799 Bust Silver Dollar. Worn and definitely circulated but it’s clean and she worked for a living. Enjoy

 

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Well Santa was good to you! Congrats!! Nice! With those dates, gosh you wonder who has touched it. A circle of life!

 

I’m thinking this coin was handled by the first 3 or 4 President’s. Lol

 

Or someone related!

 

The date is strong! Nice!

 

Neat! Sounds like you have a good wife. It's always nice to treat oneself. Well done!

In addition to what he's getting me, my Dad told me to treat myself, so I did,


DEMETRIOS I SOTER AR silver tetradrachm. Antioch, struck circa 156-155 BC. Diademed head right. Reverse - ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ repeated in outer right field due to an overstrike, (a previous type with different font, rather than a double strike). Tyche seated left on throne supported by Nike; two monograms in outer left field, HP monogram in exergue. SMA 98. Big 33 mm due to being overstruck, 16.1g

Dad did so for reasons close to your wife's, the selection at the local coin store's limited, and he knew that I'd have access to far more coins.

 

Yours is also pre-1800, all the better!

 

Here are couple of pieces I bought this month, so that makes them "Christmas presents" of a sort. They are the last to Feuchtwanger three cent pieces I needed for a Feuchtwanger type set.

This is the rarer 1837 dated three cent piece.



PCGS called this "Unc. details" because the "JME" counterstamp on the reverse. According to my research, 15 or 16 of the known examples of this piece have that counterstamp. NGC straight graded a piece that had it. At any rate I probably bought it for a lower bid because of it. Overall, there are perhaps 70 or so examples of this piece known.



This is the 1864 dated Feuchtwanger Civil War token. This piece was never issued for circulation, but was really one of his proposals for a coinage to the Federal Government. This one is rare, with probably less than 20 known.

I bought it for a lower bid because of the scratches at the top of the obverse. I think that the more obvious line might be a struck through, but there are lesser lines that are definitely post mint markings. PCGS called this one MS-61.

 

How wonderful. Merry Christmas!

 

The reverse shows the west but that date is strong as you said. It’s a solid G-4 coin.

 

That’s a really nice looking ancient coin.

 

Yes and that made it more appealing to me.

 

Same here, I certainly prefer it that way.

 

I see the scratches but that strong one looks like it could be a die clash. Very nice John.

 

So do I. Sometimes it would be nice to her with me in the LCS but she’d be ready to leave in the first 5 minutes and I’d still be looking at his first case.

 

Thanks! The relief on the bust is so high, it's nearly 3D. The Seleucid tetradrachms are quite handsome, and generally the most 'affordable' of the Hellenistic kingdoms.

Your wife was very discerning, to let you pick out your own coin. Well done, and Merry Christmas!

 

I bought this one over 30 years ago from a collect who was putting together some money for he and his wife to go to Bermuda. I'm going to say more about changing grading standards on this link.

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/is...-problem-with-u-s-coins.409484/#post-24859793

 

Maybe even Benjamin Franklin. Lol

 

Any 18th century piece with a readable date falls into the super cool category for me.