What to Collect?
What To Collect?
lincoln cents
The realization just came to me that I only need a few more lincolns to complete my set. Most are key dates.
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Annual YN Auction
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Well guys, the YN auction is 4 days away. I am so excited, this is my first year doing this. First of all, let me just say how great the ANA staff is on putting all of this together! They do all of this for the YN's, and it has really helped me be more interested in coins. In this blog, I am going to be highlighting what I think are the coolest things in the auction.Lot #1 - 1828 Half cent: Even though this is in terrible condition and has enviormental damage, it is still an almost 200 year old coin. If you are looking for something old or to impress your friends with, then this is a great coin. Open is only YN10Lot #3 - 1909 VDB Brilliant Uncirculated: What a beauty! This coin would definitely get a high grade by anyone! It is a semi key date in the Lincoln cent series and a high grade coin. One of the lots I am looking forward to. Open is YN50Lot #30 - 1893 Morgan Dollar: A key date to the Morgan Dollar series, it has been cleaned. But if you collect Morgan Dollars this would be a great way to obtain this pricey example. Open is YN100!Lot #51 -1927-B SWITZERLAND 20 FRANCS – CHOICE BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED: Sorry for caps, but I was to Lazy to type all of that out. As always, sometimes the highlight of the auction! The gold coin! This year the coin has almost 1/5 of an ounce of gold. After the intermission make sure to be there if you want to bid on this. Open is YN250!Lot $90 - 1960 proof set with small date penny: The small date penny was HOT on the market in the '60s. It has cooled down, but it is much scarcer than the large date penny. It is also a relivitaly old proof set. Nice coins, proof set collectors take notice! Open is YN60Lot #99 Series 1953 $5 Silver Certificate: I always find old notes interesting, and here is an old(ish) $5 silver certificate. Perfect for the bank note collector, also the only US bank note offered this year. Open is YN10Lots #101-110 Grab Bags!: I would recommend buying one of these, I don't know what is in them, so if anyone wins one, could they please share what you got? You can only get one of these if you did not get ANYTHING from the auction. Open is YN25 and they all went for YN300 and YN250 last year.That's it for this blog. Good luck all YN's!Question for the blog - If you could own one coin, what would it be?
World's Fair of Money 2019
It's been quite a while since I last posted a blog post. Unfortunately, I ran out of new, unique ideas of things to write. Anyways, I finally have a new blog! Last weekend, I went to the World's Fair of Money in Rosemont, Illinois at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center. I went on the final day of the show, on Saturday. Unfortunately, last week was the first week of school, so I wasn't able to go to the show during the week. I really wanted to go every day of the show so I could be sure to see everything, talk to dealers, and go to the cool events. Saturday was still fun, even though many of the dealers decided to start their trek home and left either before the show on Saturday or sometime mid-day. It was nice getting in at 9:30, though. Since it was the free day for everyone, I assumed there would be a lot more people there, but even by noon, there still wasn't a super large crowd, which was quite nice.
US Mint revealed innovation dollar designs
A forum post, "What happened to Innovation Dollars "Has been going viral lately. The US Mint revealed the designs for the 2019 innovator dollars for four states. The four states will be pensyllvania, Georgia, New Jersy, and Deleware. They plan to release the coins later this year. Designed by Richard Masters and engraved by Joseph Menna, This coin commemorates the creation of the polio vaccine in 1953. It features a microscope on the obverse. The Georgia coin designed by Emily Damstra and engraved by Micheal Gaudioso Commemorates the Trustees' Garden, the first agricultural experimental garden in America. It features seedlings growing on the inscriprion "TRUSTEES' GARDEN" like it is soil, with an outstretched hand planting seeds. The New Jersey dollar commemorates the invention of the lightbulb with a filiment that could last 1200 hours. It pictures the Edison Lightbulb on the obverse. This coin is designed by Paul C. Balan and is engraved by Phebe Hemphill. Last but not least, the deleware coin, designed by Donna Weaver and engraved by Joseph Menna commemorates Annie Jump Cannon who developed a star-classifying system that we still use today. For more coin updates, visit my blog and follow me.Source: CoinWeekhttps://coinweek.com/us-mint-news/united-states-mint-unveiled-2019-american-innovation-1-coin-program-designs/
The New Orleans Mint Part I
In the mid 1830s, President Andrew Jackson felt a need for mints in other locations besides Philadelphia. 3 branches were proposed:Charlotte, Dolenada, and New Orleans. New orleans was a large port where foreign silver deliveries commonly came in. The act became official on March 3, 1835. Mint Director Samuel Moore chose John Mitchel and Benjamin F. Fox for the construction contract. William Strickland designed the new mint. He had also designed the second Philadelphia Mint. David Bradford was appointed superintendent of the new mint in March of 1837. In January of 1838, Robert Maskell, the mint director reported: "The machinery of the New Orleans Mint was executed, and the steam engine set in action in may last; and there would have been no difficulty in putting the mint in full operation, but for the apprehensions from the climate. Two of the officers and all of the workmen were from the middle states, and unacclimated; and I was advised by the resident officers that they would incur great risk in going to New Orleans in the warm season…. They are now, however, all at their stations, and making every exertion to commence the operations of the Mint at an early day.”
worlds fair of money pittsburgh
I am really excited to go to my first world's fair of money in pittsburgh. I have never been to any coin show besides my local coin show. Usually, I bringcash and trading silver to my local coin show. What should I bring to the WFM? What is it like to see coins sell for $1,000,000? How big is it? How does it vary from my local monthly coin show?
collecting seated and bust dimes
A few years ago, I was looking for something to collect. I was just randomly looking through the red book and trying to find something. I was having trouble, but I went back to the seated dimes. I remembered how easy it was to get my type coins at an affordable price, so I decided seated dimes would be the one. I started buying coins at my local coin show, and putting them in a red box for 2x2s. Once I got enough, my grandfather got me some albums for the coins, which also included bust dimes. I started collecting those, too and that's why I collect early dimes now.
THE TRADITION OF LEAVING COINS ON A VETERANS GRAVE MARKER
No doubt many of my fellow ANA members receive The Coin Update and have already seen this article. I feel the need to bring it to everyone's attention during this holiday, Memorial Day. Have you ever notice coins on the grave markers at some cemeteries' and wondered what the deal was? Here is a brief history of the practice.
Three Sides of a Coin
Everyone knows that a coin has a front and a back, and that you’re supposed to call heads or tails when one is flipped. And, even though it’s theoretically possible, only the most optimistic coin-flippers would think there’s a chance of a coin landing on its edge.
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