Looking for distinctive coin

Hi guys,

This question may be a little out of the ordinary but I was wondering if
I could tap your collective intelligence on a coin-related question :-)

I'm not actually a coin collector but I'm a poker player and I've been
trying to think of an idea for a card protector for a while and I hit on
the idea of using an old coin. Unfortunately, I know next to nothing
about coin collecting so I was wondering if you guys could give me some
ideas?

Basically, what I'm looking for is a coin that's:

- Relatively inexpensive
- Interesting in some way, maybe some historical interest or from an
unusual/interesting time/place - ideas I had were maybe old U.S., maybe
war-era German or perhaps some kind of native american indian coin?
- Slightly on the large & heavy side for a coin
- Pretty readily available (e.g. through eBay or something like that)

As I said, I'm looking for a coin protector so it's really not important
to me to have an uncirculated coin as this thing's going to get bashed
around a lot.

Do you guys have any suggestions? I'd really appreciate your ideas :-)

Best regards,
Steve

On Aug 14, 3:16*pm, Steve McQueen wrote:
Hi guys,

This question may be a little out of the ordinary but I was wondering if
I could tap your collective intelligence on a coin-related question :-)

I'm not actually a coin collector but I'm a poker player and I've been
trying to think of an idea for a card protector for a while and I hit on
the idea of using an old coin. Unfortunately, I know next to nothing
about coin collecting so I was wondering if you guys could give me some
ideas?

Basically, what I'm looking for is a coin that's:

*- Relatively inexpensive
*- Interesting in some way, maybe some historical interest or from an
unusual/interesting time/place - ideas I had were maybe old U.S., maybe
war-era German or perhaps some kind of native american indian coin?
*- Slightly on the large & heavy side for a coin
*- Pretty readily available (e.g. through eBay or something like that)

As I said, I'm looking for a coin protector so it's really not important
to me to have an uncirculated coin as this thing's going to get bashed
around a lot.

Do you guys have any suggestions? I'd really appreciate your ideas :-)

Best regards,
Steve

If you want an even bigger one, try a Russian 5 Kopek similar to eBay
item #330352318595

Peter wrote:
On Aug 14, 3:16 pm, Steve McQueen wrote:
Hi guys,

This question may be a little out of the ordinary but I was
wondering if I could tap your collective intelligence on a
coin-related question :-)

I'm not actually a coin collector but I'm a poker player and I've
been trying to think of an idea for a card protector for a while and
I hit on the idea of using an old coin. Unfortunately, I know next
to nothing about coin collecting so I was wondering if you guys
could give me some ideas?

Basically, what I'm looking for is a coin that's:

- Relatively inexpensive
- Interesting in some way, maybe some historical interest or from an
unusual/interesting time/place - ideas I had were maybe old U.S.,
maybe war-era German or perhaps some kind of native american indian
coin?
- Slightly on the large & heavy side for a coin
- Pretty readily available (e.g. through eBay or something like that)

As I said, I'm looking for a coin protector so it's really not
important to me to have an uncirculated coin as this thing's going
to get bashed around a lot.

Do you guys have any suggestions? I'd really appreciate your ideas
:-)

Best regards,
Steve

If you want an even bigger one, try a Russian 5 Kopek similar to eBay
item #330352318595

Oh heck, why not go for broke with a piece of Yap stone money?

James the Yapper

Steve McQueen wrote:
Hi guys,

This question may be a little out of the ordinary but I was wondering
if I could tap your collective intelligence on a coin-related
question :-)

I'm not actually a coin collector but I'm a poker player and I've been
trying to think of an idea for a card protector for a while and I hit
on the idea of using an old coin. Unfortunately, I know next to
nothing about coin collecting so I was wondering if you guys could
give me some ideas?

Basically, what I'm looking for is a coin that's:

- Relatively inexpensive
- Interesting in some way, maybe some historical interest or from an
unusual/interesting time/place - ideas I had were maybe old U.S.,
maybe war-era German or perhaps some kind of native american indian
coin?
- Slightly on the large & heavy side for a coin
- Pretty readily available (e.g. through eBay or something like that)

As I said, I'm looking for a coin protector so it's really not
important to me to have an uncirculated coin as this thing's going to
get bashed around a lot.

Do you guys have any suggestions? I'd really appreciate your ideas :-)

Best regards,
Steve

I don't know too much about poker, but the images I get (probably from
movies) are America, Old West and cowboy hats. Along that line I'd suggest
a good old American silver dollar. It's going to get bashed around so you
wouldn't want an UNC coin. I'd go for a Morgan Dollar, lower grade (like
VF) and with a Carson City (CC) mintmark. Since it's a beater, you can
shine it up so it will look nice and you don't need the high detail that
brings the big bucks and "Carson City" sure has an old west, gambling sort
of feel to it.

Go to eBay and search for "morgan dollar carson city". Don't buy anything
in a "slab" or anything that says uncirculated. You should be able to get a
pretty nice piece for about $30 or $40, I'd say.

Now many coin collectors have just had a heart attack, but this is not a
coin for a collection - he just wants a cool card protector. There are
enough so-so grade Morgans around that the collecting community won't miss
one more.

On Aug 14, 7:17*pm, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote:
Peter wrote:
On Aug 14, 3:16 pm, Steve McQueen wrote:
Hi guys,

This question may be a little out of the ordinary but I was
wondering if I could tap your collective intelligence on a
coin-related question :-)

I'm not actually a coin collector but I'm a poker player and I've
been trying to think of an idea for a card protector for a while and
I hit on the idea of using an old coin. Unfortunately, I know next
to nothing about coin collecting so I was wondering if you guys
could give me some ideas?

Basically, what I'm looking for is a coin that's:

- Relatively inexpensive
- Interesting in some way, maybe some historical interest or from an
unusual/interesting time/place - ideas I had were maybe old U.S.,
maybe war-era German or perhaps some kind of native american indian
coin?
- Slightly on the large & heavy side for a coin
- Pretty readily available (e.g. through eBay or something like that)

As I said, I'm looking for a coin protector so it's really not
important to me to have an uncirculated coin as this thing's going
to get bashed around a lot.

Do you guys have any suggestions? I'd really appreciate your ideas
:-)

Best regards,
Steve

If you want an even bigger one, try a Russian 5 Kopek similar to eBay
item #330352318595

Oh heck, why not go for broke with a piece of Yap stone money?

James the Yapper- Hide quoted text -

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Wheels for an even bigger cart?

"Thomas A." wrote in message
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Steve McQueen wrote:
Hi guys,

This question may be a little out of the ordinary but I was wondering
if I could tap your collective intelligence on a coin-related
question :-)

I'm not actually a coin collector but I'm a poker player and I've been
trying to think of an idea for a card protector for a while and I hit
on the idea of using an old coin. Unfortunately, I know next to
nothing about coin collecting so I was wondering if you guys could
give me some ideas?

Basically, what I'm looking for is a coin that's:

- Relatively inexpensive
- Interesting in some way, maybe some historical interest or from an
unusual/interesting time/place - ideas I had were maybe old U.S.,
maybe war-era German or perhaps some kind of native american indian
coin?
- Slightly on the large & heavy side for a coin
- Pretty readily available (e.g. through eBay or something like that)

As I said, I'm looking for a coin protector so it's really not
important to me to have an uncirculated coin as this thing's going to
get bashed around a lot.

Do you guys have any suggestions? I'd really appreciate your ideas :-)

Best regards,
Steve

I don't know too much about poker, but the images I get (probably from
movies) are America, Old West and cowboy hats. Along that line I'd
suggest a good old American silver dollar. It's going to get bashed around
so you wouldn't want an UNC coin. I'd go for a Morgan Dollar, lower grade
(like VF) and with a Carson City (CC) mintmark. Since it's a beater, you
can shine it up so it will look nice and you don't need the high detail
that brings the big bucks and "Carson City" sure has an old west, gambling
sort of feel to it.

Go to eBay and search for "morgan dollar carson city". Don't buy anything
in a "slab" or anything that says uncirculated. You should be able to get
a pretty nice piece for about $30 or $40, I'd say.

Now many coin collectors have just had a heart attack, but this is not a
coin for a collection - he just wants a cool card protector. There are
enough so-so grade Morgans around that the collecting community won't miss
one more.

With poker and Old West and cowboy hats in mind, a cheap but appropriate
card protector might be one of the many fantasy bawdy house tokens from
western towns. Lots of clever, real-looking examples to choose from, as
long as you don't need an authentic coin for this purpose. These
brass/bronze tokens may not be as hefty as the coins already suggested, but
they will probably attract more attention.

Peter wrote:
On Aug 14, 7:17 pm, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote:
Peter wrote:
On Aug 14, 3:16 pm, Steve McQueen wrote:
Hi guys,

This question may be a little out of the ordinary but I was
wondering if I could tap your collective intelligence on a
coin-related question :-)

I'm not actually a coin collector but I'm a poker player and I've
been trying to think of an idea for a card protector for a while
and I hit on the idea of using an old coin. Unfortunately, I know
next to nothing about coin collecting so I was wondering if you
guys could give me some ideas?

Basically, what I'm looking for is a coin that's:

- Relatively inexpensive
- Interesting in some way, maybe some historical interest or from
an unusual/interesting time/place - ideas I had were maybe old
U.S., maybe war-era German or perhaps some kind of native american
indian coin?
- Slightly on the large & heavy side for a coin
- Pretty readily available (e.g. through eBay or something like
that)

As I said, I'm looking for a coin protector so it's really not
important to me to have an uncirculated coin as this thing's going
to get bashed around a lot.

Do you guys have any suggestions? I'd really appreciate your ideas
:-)

Best regards,
Steve

If you want an even bigger one, try a Russian 5 Kopek similar to
eBay item #330352318595

Oh heck, why not go for broke with a piece of Yap stone money?

James the Yapper- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Wheels for an even bigger cart?

Didn't Fred Flintstone's ride have wheels like that?

James the Prehistoric

Bruce Remick wrote:
"Thomas A." wrote in message
m...
Steve McQueen wrote:
Hi guys,

This question may be a little out of the ordinary but I was
wondering if I could tap your collective intelligence on a
coin-related question :-)

I'm not actually a coin collector but I'm a poker player and I've
been trying to think of an idea for a card protector for a while
and I hit on the idea of using an old coin. Unfortunately, I know
next to nothing about coin collecting so I was wondering if you
guys could give me some ideas?

Basically, what I'm looking for is a coin that's:

- Relatively inexpensive
- Interesting in some way, maybe some historical interest or from an
unusual/interesting time/place - ideas I had were maybe old U.S.,
maybe war-era German or perhaps some kind of native american indian
coin?
- Slightly on the large & heavy side for a coin
- Pretty readily available (e.g. through eBay or something like
that) As I said, I'm looking for a coin protector so it's really not
important to me to have an uncirculated coin as this thing's going
to get bashed around a lot.

Do you guys have any suggestions? I'd really appreciate your ideas
:-) Best regards,
Steve

I don't know too much about poker, but the images I get (probably
from movies) are America, Old West and cowboy hats. Along that line
I'd suggest a good old American silver dollar. It's going to get
bashed around so you wouldn't want an UNC coin. I'd go for a Morgan
Dollar, lower grade (like VF) and with a Carson City (CC) mintmark. Since
it's a beater, you can shine it up so it will look nice and
you don't need the high detail that brings the big bucks and "Carson
City" sure has an old west, gambling sort of feel to it.

Go to eBay and search for "morgan dollar carson city". Don't buy
anything in a "slab" or anything that says uncirculated. You should
be able to get a pretty nice piece for about $30 or $40, I'd say.

Now many coin collectors have just had a heart attack, but this is
not a coin for a collection - he just wants a cool card protector. There
are enough so-so grade Morgans around that the collecting
community won't miss one more.

With poker and Old West and cowboy hats in mind, a cheap but
appropriate card protector might be one of the many fantasy bawdy
house tokens from western towns. Lots of clever, real-looking
examples to choose from, as long as you don't need an authentic coin
for this purpose. These brass/bronze tokens may not be as hefty as
the coins already suggested, but they will probably attract more
attention.

This is a GREAT idea! At least I think it fits into the poker-playing, Old
West metaphor playing in my mind.

On Aug 14, 7:17�pm, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote:
Peter wrote:
On Aug 14, 3:16 pm, Steve McQueen wrote:
Hi guys,

This question may be a little out of the ordinary but I was
wondering if I could tap your collective intelligence on a
coin-related question :-)

I'm not actually a coin collector but I'm a poker player and I've
been trying to think of an idea for a card protector for a while and
I hit on the idea of using an old coin. Unfortunately, I know next
to nothing about coin collecting so I was wondering if you guys
could give me some ideas?

Basically, what I'm looking for is a coin that's:

- Relatively inexpensive
- Interesting in some way, maybe some historical interest or from an
unusual/interesting time/place - ideas I had were maybe old U.S.,
maybe war-era German or perhaps some kind of native american indian
coin?
- Slightly on the large & heavy side for a coin
- Pretty readily available (e.g. through eBay or something like that)

As I said, I'm looking for a coin protector so it's really not
important to me to have an uncirculated coin as this thing's going
to get bashed around a lot.

Do you guys have any suggestions? I'd really appreciate your ideas
:-)

Best regards,
Steve

If you want an even bigger one, try a Russian 5 Kopek similar to eBay
item #330352318595

Oh heck, why not go for broke with a piece of Yap stone money?

James the Yapper- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Oh, stop picking on the guy. I recommend a Pan-Pac $50.

Jerry
Dreaming

Jerry Dennis wrote:
On Aug 14, 7:17?pm, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote:
Peter wrote:
On Aug 14, 3:16 pm, Steve McQueen wrote:
Hi guys,

This question may be a little out of the ordinary but I was
wondering if I could tap your collective intelligence on a
coin-related question :-)

I'm not actually a coin collector but I'm a poker player and I've
been trying to think of an idea for a card protector for a while
and I hit on the idea of using an old coin. Unfortunately, I know
next to nothing about coin collecting so I was wondering if you
guys could give me some ideas?

Basically, what I'm looking for is a coin that's:

- Relatively inexpensive
- Interesting in some way, maybe some historical interest or from
an unusual/interesting time/place - ideas I had were maybe old
U.S., maybe war-era German or perhaps some kind of native american
indian coin?
- Slightly on the large & heavy side for a coin
- Pretty readily available (e.g. through eBay or something like
that)

As I said, I'm looking for a coin protector so it's really not
important to me to have an uncirculated coin as this thing's going
to get bashed around a lot.

Do you guys have any suggestions? I'd really appreciate your ideas
:-)

Best regards,
Steve

If you want an even bigger one, try a Russian 5 Kopek similar to
eBay item #330352318595

Oh heck, why not go for broke with a piece of Yap stone money?

James the Yapper- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Oh, stop picking on the guy. I recommend a Pan-Pac $50.

Jerry
Dreaming

I had enough trouble with a Pan-Pac 50c.

James the Commemorator