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New to CONECA anyway. Been collecting coins off and on for about 65 years. Never as an investment, just for fun. Haven't added anything in a while. Areas of interest are (1) US Type set (no gold), within reason, grades not a big deal, completed; (2) US Phillipine type set, including leper colony, grades not a big deal, completed; (3) Hard Times tokens; (4) Civil War tokens; (5) sales tax tokens; (6) other "interesting" tokens; (7) foreign coins struck by United States mint; (8) occasional Conder token; (9) anything that piques my interest; (10) inflation currency; (11) leper colony coinage; (12) Allied and Japanese occupation currency from WWII; (13) and I have some Military Payment Certificates from my Army days in Vietnam - haven't added to that, though. Those are not in order of priority but just as they came to me. And I am sure I left some areas off. Like this one: (14) foreign paper money that I think is "cool."
I was pleased to have an article published in the Journal of the ANA several years ago: Hadacol Man, about Dudley LeBlanc, who had a token minted to promote his patent medicine. And the state where I live once had a quarterly publication that published a lot of my stuff. That's really the part of numismatics Iike. Seeing a coin or token and researching it.
I intend to join if I have not already. I thought I had, last week (Friday or Thursday) by credit card, but credit card charge has not cleared. Then I noticed on web site that it might take a few days since volunteers do this stuff. So maybe I didn't. But I will. I'll wait a while and see if credit card charge clears next week first.
A fellow on NGC collector forum, another group I joined last week, suggested CONECA to me concerning what I think is a quarter dollar error I got in change probably 35 or 40 years ago. I will post pics of it soon to see what people think, but if there is any possibility it might be an error I will likely submit it. It looks like a fully struck quarter but on a thin planchet that has a bit of cupronickel obverse and reverse. Otherwise, it looks like it's basically the bronze "meat that was in the sandwich." Really thin, have not had it weighed it yet but will soon. You can see some reeding. Several on NGC said it was a damaged coin, but a few others thought maybe not. Probably is just a damaged coin but since I do this for fun I will have fun making sure that's all it is. I will keep it regardless but regretfully. Regretfully because its purchasing power 40 years ago was a lot higher (a full quarter) than it is now (a hair over a cent) according to Westegg Inflation Calculator. Bummer.
I am not really an error buff, though I do have a few, but I think I will enjoy this forum. The NGC forum sure has been fun.
I was pleased to have an article published in the Journal of the ANA several years ago: Hadacol Man, about Dudley LeBlanc, who had a token minted to promote his patent medicine. And the state where I live once had a quarterly publication that published a lot of my stuff. That's really the part of numismatics Iike. Seeing a coin or token and researching it.
I intend to join if I have not already. I thought I had, last week (Friday or Thursday) by credit card, but credit card charge has not cleared. Then I noticed on web site that it might take a few days since volunteers do this stuff. So maybe I didn't. But I will. I'll wait a while and see if credit card charge clears next week first.
A fellow on NGC collector forum, another group I joined last week, suggested CONECA to me concerning what I think is a quarter dollar error I got in change probably 35 or 40 years ago. I will post pics of it soon to see what people think, but if there is any possibility it might be an error I will likely submit it. It looks like a fully struck quarter but on a thin planchet that has a bit of cupronickel obverse and reverse. Otherwise, it looks like it's basically the bronze "meat that was in the sandwich." Really thin, have not had it weighed it yet but will soon. You can see some reeding. Several on NGC said it was a damaged coin, but a few others thought maybe not. Probably is just a damaged coin but since I do this for fun I will have fun making sure that's all it is. I will keep it regardless but regretfully. Regretfully because its purchasing power 40 years ago was a lot higher (a full quarter) than it is now (a hair over a cent) according to Westegg Inflation Calculator. Bummer.
I am not really an error buff, though I do have a few, but I think I will enjoy this forum. The NGC forum sure has been fun.
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