douna

Accumulator - Thank you for welcoming me. I was referred by my old friend Bronze & Copper Collector, who is far more advanced at this than I am. I asked about the 1806 because I'm not real strong on the coppers. Mainly, I'm interested in the bronzes, and have a fairly complete collection--well, not counting all the different date style variations that Gouby has catalogued. I'm missing the ones most others are: the Freeman R-18s and 19s, although I do have a number of extreme rarities, including the F-41, F-21, 1860 N/sideways N, and 1860, both the missing and the misaligned colon dots. Also there are many which could use an upgrade, particularly my F-148, which has to be rarer than F-9. I haven't seen any on eBay. Gouby had a gorgeous Unc in his shop when I visited London two summers ago. Would have loved to get it, but couldn't afford it. It went quickly, I believe. I'm also missing the F-169, which Freeman lists as R-9. it has to be much scarcer than that. I've only seen two on eBay since I started about 13 years ago. The most recent one was worn but went for big bucks as I recall. The other was very nice, but it was in my earliest days and since it went for $US 40, I probably misidentified it. It wasn't identified beyond being an '09, so the other possibility is that it just sneaked by everyone. In any event, I'm looking to acquire an F-169, in whatever condition. I didn't know it was us Americans driving up prices, but they certainly have escalated, at least in some areas. Sorry about that. But look at it this way: with our horrid monetary policy, inflation is a matter of when, not if, and when it hits collectibles should go through the roof, so you can sell back to us!

hi - New guy here. I have a very strong copper and bronze collection. This item popped up on eBay a while back. No one bit first time around, so whoever it is relisted it. Anyone know anything about this coin. If it truly is a Pop. 1 coin, there should be some sort of provenance, I would think. Thanks. http://www.ebay.com/itm/191017587393?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649