Post your under $50.00 purchase...

Discussion in 'US Coins Forum' started by jtlee321, Sep 4, 2016.

  1. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    I recently posted this in another thread but since I only paid $30.00 here it is again. An 1800 Half Cent, the first year of issue for a Draped Bust of this type.
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  3. micbraun

    micbraun coindiccted

    It seems there are virtually no counterfeit Bust halves out there. That’s why I wanted to have a look at the “coin”, to see if it’s close to the real deal or not. It isn’t :)
     
  4. Pickin and Grinin

    Pickin and Grinin Well-Known Member

    Picked this one up for the album $20.
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  5. ZoidMeister

    ZoidMeister Hamlet Squire of Tomfoolery . . . . . Supporter

    One of the most unusual pieces I've been able to acquire. A full size medal / token fashioned after a Geodetic Survey Marker, marking the top of the Washington Monument.

    It's 50mm dia., serial numbered, lacquered pewter I believe. It's an amazing replica of actual survey bench marks found across the US.

    Has anybody seen anything similar?

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  6. -jeffB

    -jeffB Greshams LEO Supporter

    As a long-time map geek (currently in semi-remission), I love this.
     
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  7. ZoidMeister

    ZoidMeister Hamlet Squire of Tomfoolery . . . . . Supporter

    It's the actual size, and I'm assuming weight, of an actual bench mark survey marker.

    I had to have it when I saw it. I've seen many NOAA bench marks in the wild.

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  8. Omegaraptor

    Omegaraptor Gobrecht/Longacre Enthusiast

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    1843-O Seated Dime $31

    Mintage 150k, considered a semi key date
     
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  9. SensibleSal66

    SensibleSal66 U.S Casual Collector / Error Collector

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    SensibleSal66 U.S Casual Collector / Error Collector

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  12. Cheech9712

    Cheech9712 Every thing is a guess

    I’d put it in the book backwards
     
  13. Cheech9712

    Cheech9712 Every thing is a guess

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  14. SensibleSal66

    SensibleSal66 U.S Casual Collector / Error Collector

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  15. ZoidMeister

    ZoidMeister Hamlet Squire of Tomfoolery . . . . . Supporter

    Here's a "monster" of a medal . . . .

    1858 Frankenstein Town Hall Medal - Before / After Fire

    Engraved by G. Loos.

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  16. ZoidMeister

    ZoidMeister Hamlet Squire of Tomfoolery . . . . . Supporter

    c. 1850's Professor Johnson's Soap & Starch (Rulau M-NY-396)


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  17. Lon Chaney

    Lon Chaney Well-Known Member

    No post in this thread for almost a month. I'll jump start it again.
    And I'll post something that's neither US, or a coin, so I might get kicked out of the "Under $50" club on principle.
    This was $44, and I have no idea if that is a good or bad price on it. But the bored look of the woman on the left got me to pull the trigger (she is the personification of Commerce it seems? https://en.numista.com/catalogue/note206031.html)
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  18. Seattlite86

    Seattlite86 Outspoken Member

    Got these for a total of $12 plus shipping. Seller’s photos.
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  19. Sunflower_Coins

    Sunflower_Coins Importer and Exporter

    Figured this thread needed a bump. I wanted to upgrade my Buffalo Nickel album from an old Whitman (a better one with plastic slips, but a Whitman none the less) to a Dansco. I found one at auction that came with 38 slots filled.

    Most of them were pretty common fair stuff (outside of VF 1924, 1925, and 1928-s) but really liked this 1929-S that came with it.

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    Slightly better date in a slighter better (XF-AU) condition, it stayed in the album with all my other transfers from the Whitman. If you discount the price of what a used Dansco seems to go for (around $25) then I paid just about $50 for the nickels or a little over a dollar a piece. Not too bad.
     
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