u/uncirculated_luster

I'm considering sending in the coin for reconsideration. I'd like to know what you think the grade is before I pull the trigger and try to get it upgraded. I've only sent in one Morgan for reconsideration in the past--it didn't get upgraded, but it also wasn't in a rattler.

EDIT: Pic with grade in the comments below. I won't spoil it up here. Anyway--Thank you all for the opinions! I doubt I'll ever crack this girl out of the rattler... I will go for a bean. We'll see...

Broke through $100 face in gold earlier this year and have added quite a lot since then. Here's my stack. Picked up a couple of other random coins that I like--most of the gold shields I submitted... which one do you think is my favorite piece?

I saw this in Coin World's 250th special edition--a French 25 euro coin with 4 july 1997 and 4 july 2026 on it. They are only making 2000 of these 2oz antiqued silver (~400 Euro), and 500 of the gold 7.75 gram proof coins (~1400 Euro). I picked up one of each. They are still available on the French Mint's website and ship next week. There are bigger versions, but they start getting into 3-5k plus USD--a little more than I want to spend.

The obverse is really my favorite. It wasn't until recently that I came across an interpretation:

"Liberty Pole and Cap
The liberty cap is a soft, felt cap, sometimes hung on a pole and accompanying its (usually female) owner, sometimes capping the owner’s head. The meaning behind the cap derives from its use before the Roman Empire, when similar felt caps were worn by liberated slaves of Troy and Asia Minor to cover their shorn heads; the cap therefore once “symbolized emancipation from personal servitude rather than constitutional political liberty” (Fryd, 109). The caps are sometimes referred to by their Latin name, pilleus liberatis, and they became a significant accessory for the French in depictions of the French Revolution. As for the pole, “the cap was joined to the pole as a symbol of freedom when Salturnius conquered Rome in 263 B.C. where, in a burst of inspiration, he raised the cap on a pikestaff to show that the slaves who joined his fight would be freed” (Fox, 4.)"

I also came across:

"In the period just prior to the War for Independence, one of the rallying ikons of the Sons of Liberty and related groups was a Liberty Cap set atop a flagpole. My guess would be that the images on the coins were meant to connect Lady Liberty directly to the movement for independence by recalling those flag poles, rather than relying on the more generalized image of “Liberty,” herself.

There is a discussion of Liberty Caps on this https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/xf-cap.html"

Anyway, I'm into these coins/medals whatever you want to call them. Have a great Saturday!

I was going to sell some silver to buy some other under-spot bullion I found, but it was a little out of my budget, so I passed. I was at an estate sale shop and found this coin I could pick up today for $4,150. It's a beauty.

A friend of mine called me up the other day and said she had some sterling silver flatware I could have. I was expecting a couple of spoons or something and thought nothing of it--I was going to see a pal and have a nice chat. I drove over to her place and she gave me this. She said it's "a lot" and just said I could have it. I offered to pay her for it but she wouldn't accept. I won't get into why she did this but she felt like she owed me... I got it home and weighed it... I'm speechless...

This came lightning-fast... shipped on Friday afternoon, just a couple of hours after it opened for sale. The silver medal is chunky and really a treat to hold and look at, expensive but impressive. Posting some of the book that came with it--the BOM booklets that come with these coins are high quality, I enjoy reading through them.

I haven't been buying my typical numismatics—that is, searching for nice pieces to fill out collections or actual rarities. It's been more about just scratching the hoarding itch. I bought the 1916 gold dime and the 2016 dime — and I couldn't resist the gold SLQ. It's like all reason has gone out the window.

Then, i just noticed that it didn't sell out, I'm not trying to sell mine or anything--just curious on what you all think of the market. I think its going a little soft.

picked up a couple of rolls of 1976 quarters from a neighbor--they were all his FIL the roll looked tight and unopened--all the coins look BU, most have weak strikes on the drum. Nearly all have some golden toning on them except for these two.

Great mail call today... got my gold merc dime and a bunch of stuff from Dan Carr...

Is this the type-1 filled or type-2 clear S? My eyes are failing me... It looks like it could be a T2?

picked up three of these today (at a neighbor's estate sale) in what looks like original shipping boxes--one is a beautiful toner... the box it was in has old foam packaging that could have caused this--or the plastic cap it's in... 2 have decent tone... and one is completely white. got these just under spot.

I have a complete set of peace dollars and have been buying Daniel Carr peace fantasy strikes — and while on the site, have been drawn into buying other coins he makes.

What's your general opinion of these? I like them a lot. I'm not necessarily concerned with their aftermarket resale value, but they seem to appreciate over time (modestly) as there is a limited number of them made.

For those of you not familiar with Daniel Carr, he is an engraver who has submitted several designs to the US Mint and was a finalist on one of the Sacagawea dollar coins. He owns an old Denver mint press and makes over-strikes and fantasy coins.