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[PandaChai]

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Some of my recent acquisitions.

It was hard to find silver 5 Reichsmark coin for a reasonable price so I got a good buy on that one. Among other notable finds include a 1926 2 Drachmai (the coin with the bust of Athena on it) and a Rhodesian (as in, post independence from Britain but pre Zimbabwe) penny. I wasn't able to find one of those in any LCS's bin until today. No edgy coin collection is complete without stuff from Rhodesia.

It's rather funny actually seeing British & European coins being collected, especially interwar & postwar, I must have 2 or 3 kilos of them I practically can't even give away.

 

[Ravier Xavenblood]

It's rather funny actually seeing British & European coins being collected, especially interwar & postwar, I must have 2 or 3 kilos of them I practically can't even give away.

I feel the same way when non Americans get wheat cents and old worn Buffalo nickels. Over here, you can barely give away the common dates in circulated condition.

 

[PandaChai]

I feel the same way when non Americans get wheat cents and old worn Buffalo nickels. Over here, you can barely give away the common dates in circulated condition.

I do really like my small US collection, I'll try to scan them this afternoon and add them into this post.
edit - coins!

Spoiler: List

• 1876 Trade Dollar (probably a repo)
• 1947 Walking Liberty Half
• 1966 & 1968D Kennedy Halves
• 1963 Franklin Half (the toning is a really beautiful gold irl)
• 1907 Indian Head Cent
• 1936 & 1942 Wheat Cents
• 1943 Steel Cent
• 1930(P?) & 1937(P?) Buffalo Nickels
• 1944 Quarter
• 1960D Dime
• 1913 Barber Dime
• 185(8?) 3 Cents
• 1986 Ellis Island Dollar & Half
• A whole roll of War Nickels

I would like to get a second Indian Head cent (to display the reverse) and one of the shield cents too, along with a half cent, 2 cents, half dime, three cent nickel, and authenticated Morgan & Peace dollars (I have one of each set aside, waiting to visit a coin shop with one of those fancy testing machines)

 

[Ravier Xavenblood]

I do really like my small US collection, I'll try to scan them this afternoon and add them into this post.
edit - coins!

Spoiler: List

• 1876 Trade Dollar (probably a repo)
• 1947 Walking Liberty Half
• 1966 & 1968D Kennedy Halves
• 1963 Franklin Half (the toning is a really beautiful gold irl)
• 1907 Indian Head Cent
• 1936 & 1942 Wheat Cents
• 1943 Steel Cent
• 1930(P?) & 1937(P?) Buffalo Nickels
• 1944 Quarter
• 1960D Dime
• 1913 Barber Dime
• 185(8?) 3 Cents
• 1986 Ellis Island Dollar & Half
• A whole roll of War Nickels

I would like to get a second Indian Head cent (to display the reverse) and one of the shield cents too, along with a half cent, 2 cents, half dime, three cent nickel, and authenticated Morgan & Peace dollars (I have one of each set aside, waiting to visit a coin shop with one of those fancy testing machines)

That's a nice little collection you got there and a good amount of silver. You even got a trime which was probably a bitch and a half to find in your country. They didn't make them for very long in the US and they fell out of favor fast because they were so tiny. Can't tell if the trade dollar is real or not from the pics alone, so a magnet and a digital scale would probably be your best bet. Trade dollars seem to be the second most faked US silver dollar after the Morgan.

Speaking of Morgan dollars, by "authenticated", did you mean certified or just confirmed to be real 90% silver with one of those detector machines?

 

[PandaChai]

That's a nice little collection you got there and a good amount of silver. You even got a trime which was probably a bitch and a half to find in your country. They didn't make them for very long in the US and they fell out of favor fast because they were so tiny. Can't tell if the trade dollar is real or not from the pics alone, so a magnet and a digital scale would probably be your best bet. Trade dollars seem to be the second most faked US silver dollar after the Morgan.

Speaking of Morgan dollars, by "authenticated", did you mean certified or just confirmed to be real 90% silver with one of those detector machines?

Trade Dollar is the right size, weight, and isn't magnetic, but it's not exactly rocket science to fake that - it's just in too good nick to be genuine is my thinking. As for Morgans & Peaces, either/or really, only the former will be dearer and the latter would involve me getting off my fat arse, so it's a real struggle as you can see.
On the topic of silver though, I'd like to properly round out my US collection with the old silver coins too really: Barber everything, a Walking Liberty dollar, a Seated Liberty, Columbian half, a Mercury dime, a '64 Kennedy half, and last a trime (great name!) that's in better condition. Anything I'm missing on my wishlist there?

 

[Ravier Xavenblood]

Trade Dollar is the right size, weight, and isn't magnetic, but it's not exactly rocket science to fake that - it's just in too good nick to be genuine is my thinking. As for Morgans & Peaces, either/or really, only the former will be dearer and the latter would involve me getting off my fat arse, so it's a real struggle as you can see.

Honestly, the coin just looks like it was cleaned. And that really sucks because a trade dollar in AU/XF goes for quite a bit of money. Even a common date. If everything else is green across the board, the only way to tell for sure is that precious metal scanner.

On the topic of silver though, I'd like to properly round out my US collection with the old silver coins too really: Barber everything, a Walking Liberty dollar, a Seated Liberty, Columbian half, a Mercury dime, a '64 Kennedy half, and last a trime (great name!) that's in better condition. Anything I'm missing on my wishlist there?

That pretty much covers US silver unless you want to go further and collect the really old stuff, like capped bust coins from the early 1800's. Oh, also the mint made 20 cent pieces for a few years in the 1870's. They weren't popular in their time because people kept confusing them with quarters and circulated common dates are a bit expensive, but nothing crazy. They also made a lot of commemorative halves in the early 20th century, notably one commemorating the Confederate memorial at Stone Mountain and another one celebrating the black baseball player Booker T. Washington.

Some other stuff you might be interested in are the bicentennial quarters, half dollars and dollar coins from 1976. There's some pretty cool designs and the mint made some silver versions for collectors. And there's some non-silver odd denominations too, like the 3 cent nickel, the 2 cent piece and the half cent. All of these designs are from the 1800's.