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Numismatic Goals for the New Year
"Bremick" wrote in message ... "Richard L. Hall" wrote in message ... I did it the easy way--just one a year, mostly high grade XF.. I never did get the 1921 though. I looked at a few of them but the date seems to wear off very quickly. I never saw one I really liked. I'm thrilled enough with the two BU SLQ's in my 20th Century type set. Beautiful coins!! I've been toying with the idea of a BU 20th century type set. I probably have most of the coins already lacking only the expensive ones like the SLQ's and the Barbers. That might be an idea! -- Richard http://coins.richlh.com/MyCoinLinks.htm http://www.richlh.com Don't lament that the rose bush has thorns. Rejoice that the thornbush has roses. [Ancient Egyptian Saying] |
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Numismatic Goals for the New Year
"Richard L. Hall" wrote in message ... "Bremick" wrote in message ... "Richard L. Hall" wrote in message ... I did it the easy way--just one a year, mostly high grade XF.. I never did get the 1921 though. I looked at a few of them but the date seems to wear off very quickly. I never saw one I really liked. I'm thrilled enough with the two BU SLQ's in my 20th Century type set. Beautiful coins!! I've been toying with the idea of a BU 20th century type set. I probably have most of the coins already lacking only the expensive ones like the SLQ's and the Barbers. That might be an idea! The high price of gold makes the eagles and double eagles rather pricey. As you point out, the Barber coins are likewise not cheap. Speaking of sets, I've toyed with the idea of putting together a type set of nickel 5 cent coins in proof - now THAT can get expensive! |
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Numismatic Goals for the New Year
"Richard L. Hall" wrote in message ... "Bremick" wrote in message ... "Richard L. Hall" wrote in message ... I did it the easy way--just one a year, mostly high grade XF.. I never did get the 1921 though. I looked at a few of them but the date seems to wear off very quickly. I never saw one I really liked. I'm thrilled enough with the two BU SLQ's in my 20th Century type set. Beautiful coins!! I've been toying with the idea of a BU 20th century type set. I probably have most of the coins already lacking only the expensive ones like the SLQ's and the Barbers. That might be an idea! It took me about eight years to complete, considering a BU goal, PCGS slabs, those three Barbers, and the ten varieties of gold coins involved. Besides my early coppers, it's been my most satisfying set to assemble. I only wish it were possible to keep it at home on display so I could admire it every day. I do keep a photo inventory of each coin, so that will have to do. |
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Numismatic Goals for the New Year
Good topic! My numismatic goal for 2011 is to photograph and catalog my coin collection. That's my goal since many years but I have only managed to fulfill it in a very small percentage;-) No time:-( I know about not having time. I just gotta MAKE the time! That's what the New Year's resolution is all about! |
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Numismatic Goals for the New Year
"Beanie" wrote in message ... "Richard L. Hall" wrote in message ... "Bremick" wrote in message ... "Richard L. Hall" wrote in message ... I did it the easy way--just one a year, mostly high grade XF.. I never did get the 1921 though. I looked at a few of them but the date seems to wear off very quickly. I never saw one I really liked. I'm thrilled enough with the two BU SLQ's in my 20th Century type set. Beautiful coins!! I've been toying with the idea of a BU 20th century type set. I probably have most of the coins already lacking only the expensive ones like the SLQ's and the Barbers. That might be an idea! The high price of gold makes the eagles and double eagles rather pricey. As you point out, the Barber coins are likewise not cheap. Speaking of sets, I've toyed with the idea of putting together a type set of nickel 5 cent coins in proof - now THAT can get expensive! Actually. I wasn't thinking about the gold coins. But I have a gold type set without the varieties. I bought the coins years ago when gold was less than $300. Rarcoa used to make me monthly offers that were too good to turn down. I've been trying to fix my transporter so I can beam back to that time and buy a few dozen more. |
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Numismatic Goals for the New Year
On Jan 7, 8:59*am, "Bremick" wrote:
"Jerry Dennis" wrote in message ... In an unprecedented move, on Jan 1, 11:46 am, "Beanie" broke the current trend by offering a topic of discussion that was actually ON TOPIC, and wrote: I'm shooting to complete my set of 1/10oz $5 American Gold Eagle proofs.. I'm a bit behind with my grandchildren's collections. *I've set them up with an "anchor" collection containing birth year SAEs (MS-69), a proof commem (PR-69 DCAM) of their birth years, a birth year proof set from the Mint, and a respectable "100 years before you were born" coin. *I hope to get them all completed this year. Jerry An on topic discussion. *Who would have imagined? _____________ I've put together the same thing for my grandson who's now a teenager. PCGS-slabbed hi-grade examples of each coin/mint from his birth year, including the gold eagles. *Unfortunately, he has never developed an interest in coins -- how many kids have today? -- even though I've given him some older ones (Indian cent, large cent, 2 & 3 cents. etc.) along with a state quarter album. *I have no idea when to present this set to him, mainly because I'm pretty sure he'll just want to turn it into cash for school, a car, etc. *Obviously he will have no clue of the significance of a PCGS PR69DCAM label. *My fault, I guess, for expecting him to embrace and treasure it like I surely would have done at his age. *It probably would have been more practical to have just given him the money. I may have inadvertently sparked my oldest grandson's interest (he'll be 10 in February). Aside from the "look but don't touch" coins (slabs and proof cases), I gave him a 2001 raw SAE that he can touch, play with, show his friends, pocket piece, etc. He kind of can now appreciate collecting. Every so often he empties his bank and asks me to help him search it for anything "good." Wheat cents are easiest to find, followed by Bicentennial quarters. He did have a silver Roosevelt one time (IIRC it was a VF-20) that is now in a 2x2 for him. As for the other two, they're 3 and 1, and the one year-old sticks everything in her mouth. 8-) Jerry Proud "Poppy" |
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Numismatic Goals for the New Year
My numismatic goal for 2011 is the same as it was for last year, and
every year for about the last 10 years. I would REALLY like to finish my research on updating Kuethe's Magic Token reference. There are 4 categories that I am working on. 1) Corrections and additions to Kuethe's reference, including unlisted varieties, as well as unpublished photos. 2) Unlisted magic tokens and all since 1978 when the original reference was published. 3) Questionable magic tokens (casino chips, wooden nickels etc). 4) A brief biography/history of the issuers of magic tokens. Difficult to accomplish as there is virtually NO information on some issuers, and others, such as Houdini and Thurston can go for pages. Originally I wanted to do this in book form but I probably won't live long enough to incorporate everything I want. The first category is about 99% complete but I keep finding more and more varieties. When reasonably complete, it will probably come out as an article in TAMS. In the meantime, I am working on putting it into my website (still under construction). "If this be magic, let it be an art." — Shakespeare. Winter’s Tale Act 5 Scene 3 Leontes-King of Sicily Jud -Magic Token Collectors Society, TAMS, ANA, CWTS, ANS, MNA and a bunch of others- |
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Numismatic Goals for the New Year
On Jan 8, 10:39*am, Jud signed off with:
Jud -Magic Token Collectors Society, TAMS, ANA, CWTS, ANS, MNA and a bunch of others- AM and FM, New York. 8-) Jerry Reliving a radio spot from my youth in the 60s. (Seventy-seven, WABC) |
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Numismatic Goals for the New Year
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, Jud wrote: My numismatic goal for 2011 is the same as it was for last year, and every year for about the last 10 years. I would REALLY like to finish my research on updating Kuethe's Magic Token reference. There are 4 categories that I am working on. 1) Corrections and additions to Kuethe's reference, including unlisted varieties, as well as unpublished photos. 2) Unlisted magic tokens and all since 1978 when the original reference was published. 3) Questionable magic tokens (casino chips, wooden nickels etc). 4) A brief biography/history of the issuers of magic tokens. Difficult to accomplish as there is virtually NO information on some issuers, and others, such as Houdini and Thurston can go for pages. Originally I wanted to do this in book form but I probably won't live long enough to incorporate everything I want. The first category is about 99% complete but I keep finding more and more varieties. When reasonably complete, it will probably come out as an article in TAMS. In the meantime, I am working on putting it into my website (still under construction). Can you throw in 5) Provide decent images of listed items? In addition to being sparsely illustrated, the images in the original Kuethe are simply awful for the most part ... -- Ken Barr Numismatics * * * *email: P. O. Box 32541 * * * * * * website: *http://www.kenbarr.com San Jose, CA *95152 * * Coins, currency, exonumia, souvenir cards, etc. 408-272-3247 * **NEXT SHOW: San Jose CC (Doubletree Hotel), Jan 28 - 30 |
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Numismatic Goals for the New Year
On Jan 8, 3:29*pm, Ken Barr wrote:
Can you throw in *5) Provide decent images of listed items? In addition to being sparsely illustrated, the images in the original Kuethe are simply awful for the most part ... I have to agree with you Ken, the images in Kuethe ARE terrible, and often the photos aren't even on the same page as the listing. Another peeve of mine is that some images of small diameter tokens are shown larger than the images of large diameter tokens. I have a very large file of photos of both the ones listed as well as the ones that aren't. PING: Jerry I used to listen to 77 WABC for many years, way back to the Cousin Brucie days, and in the early 70's when they had probably the best line up of DJ's in all of radio. Imus in the morning (back when he was good), Joey Reynolds etc. Jud -Alphabet member of numismatic organizations- |
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