Wicked Washington Wednesday! Post yours also....

I spent a few years in NE Iowa during my younger days. Effigy Mounds is a special place in a beautiful corner of the country, so that's probably a big part of why I like the design.

 

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1957 Proof

 

I'm a day late on this, but in my defense, I purchased this yesterday so I'm going to count it for the Wednesday post. This coin must have been an ender in a roll for quite a while judging by the reverse toning. Not bad for $5, and it's a Type B reverse, to boot!

 

Here's a couple pics from my phone because combining phone and scope pics is difficult. The details look like junk in these, but it gives a better perception of the color so I added them in.

 

Extended Wednesday
1958 & 1959 Type B reverse

 

Awesome find! Not easy detecting along a fence like that.

 

Came across this in change long ago, I don't collect these but it just had such a nice look to it and blazing luster - keeper. Also my birth year!

 

I took the images almost 20 years ago and stored it in my Dansco type set. At some point PCGS called it MS-64. I thought it would go 65. It's going to be interesting to see what it brings.

 

myl first 36, its been upgraded.

 

Pure luck and decades of searching all coins/change that cross my path. I think this one came out of a friends change stash that he wanted me to dispose of. It was an incredible hoard, tens of thousands! It took me over a year but I checked every dang coin.

 

Here is a mint medal from 1861. Of course, like almost all medals, the mint continued to issue them for years after the initial date.

This one celebrated the Oath of Allegiance that all mint employee took which stated they supported the North. That was something to celebrate, I suppose, but the real reason for issuing this piece was to get a Washington profile on another medal that the mint could sell. During this time, anything was Washington's image on it became a collectable. There were collectors who specialized in that area.

The mint struck 808 of these medals in copper in the 19th century with the mahogany finish. That is actually a high mintage for a 19th U.S. medal. Many pieces have mintages of between 100 and 200. This medal is 31 mm in diameter.