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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Billy Kingsley, post: 695490, member: 19456&quot;]I am somewhat embarrased by the fact that although I am a semi-professional photographer, I cannot get decent pictures of my coins. I need to study up on it, I suppose. For now, please suffer through some scans with me <img src="http://coinsarefun.com/forum/Smileys/DarkB/smiley.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here is my second oldest US coin, an 1835 dime. I got it in March of this year. It&#039;s not in very good shape, but I paid less then $20 for it, so I am happy <img src="http://coinsarefun.com/forum/Smileys/DarkB/smiley.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="http://images50.fotki.com/v1557/photos/4/348354/7792842/1835Dimea-vi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; <img src="http://images49.fotki.com/v1556/photos/4/348354/7792842/1835Dimeb-vi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I have had this 1865 3 cent piece for a very long time, I don&#039;t know where I got it from. Some of the letters appear to be missing. Is this a grease strike, or some other sort of error? I hope it&#039;s not a fake...it looks like old nickel, there is no seam on the edge, the surfaces are smooth, not showing typical casting marks, and as a plus I&#039;ve had it for at least 15 years, which is before the current wave of Chinese fakes, isn&#039;t it? If I ever have any coin certified, it would likely be this one, just for piece of mind. (I don&#039;t plan to though, not in the near future)</p><p><img src="http://images51.fotki.com/v1562/photos/4/348354/7792842/USA1865threecentnickela-vi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://images44.fotki.com/v1448/photos/4/348354/7792842/USA1865threecentnickelb-vi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This is one of the more interesting coins in my collection. I recieved it as a gift earlier in 2009, it had been a pocket piece before I recieved it. It happens to be an 1876 CC half dollar! My oldest half and only Carson City minted coin I own. </p><p><img src="http://images52.fotki.com/v1565/photos/4/348354/7792842/USA1876CChalfdollara-vi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; <img src="http://images52.fotki.com/v1554/photos/4/348354/7792842/USA1876CChalfdollarb-vi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I nabbed this 1914D quarter off of Ebay last year; it&#039;s one of only two coins I&#039;ve purchased on Ebay. It cost me less then $10, and it&#039;s the second oldest quarter I own, I also have a 1900 that has yet to be scanned.</p><p>It looks a LOT better in person, the scan makes it look somewhat nasty.</p><p><img src="http://images44.fotki.com/v1448/photos/4/348354/7792842/USA1914Dquartera-vi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://images51.fotki.com/v1561/photos/4/348354/7792842/USA1914Dquarterb-vi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>My third oldest quarter, and my only Standing Liberty. I am a little dubious to this coin&#039;s condition...I am thinking it may have been wiped, at least along Liberty&#039;s body and shield, and if not, it was certainly slid across something. Also, the reverse, is that look natural? I had a suspicion it may have been wiped, a collector on another board agrees. Any more opinions?</p><p><img src="http://images51.fotki.com/v1562/photos/4/348354/7792842/USA1927quartera-vi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://images52.fotki.com/v1554/photos/4/348354/7792842/USA1927quarterb-vi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>My 4th oldest quarter. If only this were a branch mint issue...</p><p><img src="http://images44.fotki.com/v1449/photos/4/348354/7792842/1932Quartera-vi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://images52.fotki.com/v1551/photos/4/348354/7792842/1932Quarterb-vi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I actually pulled this from circulation. I have also pulled a 1939 S from circulation, but unfortunatly, it&#039;s severly damaged. Sorry the reverse picture is a little crooked.</p><p><img src="http://images50.fotki.com/v1572/photos/4/348354/7792842/USA1938nickela-vi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="http://images52.fotki.com/v1564/photos/4/348354/7792842/USA1938nickelb-vi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>More to come, after I do some more scanning...eventually! <img src="http://coinsarefun.com/forum/Smileys/DarkB/smiley.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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