Awesome Day for Gilmore! A couple of "firsts" for me

[Gilmore Happy]

Awesome Day for Gilmore! A couple of "firsts" for me

My FIRST:
1964 90% Half
Vanderbilt Gloria Button, lol

Other finds for the day:
3 40% Halves
2 zincin' pennies
18 ROSIES
1 MERC
1966 UnID'd foreign
1 foreign

DID I MENTION I FINALLY GOT MY FIRST 1964 KENNEDY

 

[Piledriver]

Re: Awesome Day for Gilmore! A couple of "firsts" for me

Aren't 64's BEAUTIFUL ?

Keep on Rollin' !

65 was the YOB (Year of Betrayal) when the treasury dept. decided to finally take the last of REAL MONEY out of our hands.

 

[azlegends]

Re: Awesome Day for Gilmore! A couple of "firsts" for me

Nice score man, if you post a larger pic of the foreign, I would be glad to help you id it.

 

[CPL]

Re: Awesome Day for Gilmore! A couple of "firsts" for me

Nice dime score!!!
I have not had much luck with them.

 

[Gilmore Happy]

Re: Awesome Day for Gilmore! A couple of "firsts" for me

Nice dime score!!!
I have not had much luck with them.

Thanks dude. It's all area dependent. I can't score Half Dollars out of boxes for the life of me whereas other guys kill them. Dimes are what produce in my area consistently, so I go all out with them.

Find what works for you, and kill it. Only find out by trying....

Good luck

 

[Gilmore Happy]

Re: Awesome Day for Gilmore! A couple of "firsts" for me

Nice score man, if you post a larger pic of the foreign, I would be glad to help you id it.

Thanks AZ, I'll put it on a bit later, and ping you when its up. Doesnt sound like silver when I test it, but its worth a shot!!

 

[Gilmore Happy]

Re: Awesome Day for Gilmore! A couple of "firsts" for me

Nice score man, if you post a larger pic of the foreign, I would be glad to help you id it.

Thanks AZ, I'll put it on a bit later, and ping you when its up. Doesnt sound like silver when I test it, but its worth a shot!!

 

[azlegends]

Re: Awesome Day for Gilmore! A couple of "firsts" for me

What denomination is it?

 

[Gilmore Happy]

Re: Awesome Day for Gilmore! A couple of "firsts" for me

What denomination is it?

50...

 

[MauserMan]

Re: Awesome Day for Gilmore! A couple of "firsts" for me

Very nice score! how many dimes did you search?

 

[Gilmore Happy]

Re: Awesome Day for Gilmore! A couple of "firsts" for me

What denomination is it?

50...

50 lepta - King Constantine

Constantine I, King of the Hellenes (2 August 1868 - 11 January 1923) was King of Greece from 1913 to 1917 and from 1920 to 1922. He was Commander – in - Chief of the Hellenic Army during the unsuccessful Greco-Turkish War of 1897 and led the Greek forces during the successful Balkan Wars of 1912-1913, in which Greece captured Thessaloniki, and doubled in area and population. He succeeded to the throne of Greece on 18 March 1913, following his father's ...Krause - Misler #88
Diameter 18 mm
Weight 2.3 gr
Composition Copper 25%, Nickel 75%
Edge Milled
Comments Engraver: V. Falireas (Prague Mint)
Date Mintage Grade Price Shop
1970 10,000,000 Uncirculated € 2.75 Buy
1966 30,000,000 Uncirculated € 1.4 Buy

 

[azlegends]

Re: Awesome Day for Gilmore! A couple of "firsts" for me

What denomination is it?

50...

50 lepta - King Constantine

Constantine I, King of the Hellenes (2 August 1868 - 11 January 1923) was King of Greece from 1913 to 1917 and from 1920 to 1922. He was Commander – in - Chief of the Hellenic Army during the unsuccessful Greco-Turkish War of 1897 and led the Greek forces during the successful Balkan Wars of 1912-1913, in which Greece captured Thessaloniki, and doubled in area and population. He succeeded to the throne of Greece on 18 March 1913, following his father's ...Krause - Misler #88
Diameter 18 mm
Weight 2.3 gr
Composition Copper 25%, Nickel 75%
Edge Milled
Comments Engraver: V. Falireas (Prague Mint)
Date Mintage Grade Price Shop
1970 10,000,000 Uncirculated € 2.75 Buy
1966 30,000,000 Uncirculated € 1.4 Buy

You barely beat me to it. It was a good challenge with such a grainy picture, nice find.

 

[Gilmore Happy]

Re: Awesome Day for Gilmore! A couple of "firsts" for me

Sometimes my camera cant focus in without natural sunlight...

sorry for that grainy mess, thanks for looking!!!!

 

[azlegends]

Re: Awesome Day for Gilmore! A couple of "firsts" for me

I love the mystery, that's my favorite part about collecting foreign coins.

 

[CHAINCHOMP]

Re: Awesome Day for Gilmore! A couple of "firsts" for me

sweet finds!!!!! keep it up and hh! [R.I.P. Rich Hartford]