2025 Show & Tell

Items shown by club members at 2025 club meetings.

May

1821 Half Dollar PCGS VF30 CAC (obverse)
1821 Half Dollar PCGS VF30 CAC (obverse)
1821 Half Dollar PCGS VF30 CAC (reverse)
1821 Half Dollar PCGS VF30 CAC (reverse)
Bryan Dollar (obverse)
Bryan Dollar (obverse)
Bryan Dollar (reverse)
Bryan Dollar (reverse)

1821 U.S. Draped Bust Half Dollar (PCGS VF30 with CAC) and Bryan Dollar. Also see the June 2021 Show & Tell for more photos and explanation.

Winnemucca Apollo 11 token/medal comparison
Winnemucca Apollo 11 token/medal comparison

Comparison of two Winnemucca / Humboldt County, Nevada Apollo 11 commemorative pieces: Original Model T Casino and Truck Stop gaming token (top); modern medal with same obverse but reverse commemorating the birth of Christ, available at the Humboldt County Museum gift shop (bottom).

Buffalo Nickel & Nevada stamp souvenir (front)
Buffalo Nickel & Nevada stamp souvenir (front)
Buffalo Nickel & Nevada stamp souvenir (back)
Buffalo Nickel & Nevada stamp souvenir (back)

“American Legends” / “Buffalo Nickel” souvenir item (containing Nevada Statehood Centennial postage stamp), also available at the Humboldt County Museum gift shop.

19??-D filled die Lincoln Cent (obverse)
19??-D filled die Lincoln Cent (obverse)

A “filled die” Lincoln Cent. The die filled with grease or debris (causing a weak strike) in several places, including “IN GOD”, “LI”, and the last two digits of the date.

April

1863 U.S. fractional currency 3-cent note (face)
1863 U.S. fractional currency 3-cent note (face)
1863 U.S. fractional currency 3-cent note (back)
1863 U.S. fractional currency 3-cent note (back)
1862 U.S. fractional currency 5-cent note (front)
1862 U.S. fractional currency 5-cent note (front)
1862 U.S. fractional currency 5-cent note (back)
1862 U.S. fractional currency 5-cent note (back)
1862 U.S. fractional currency 10-cent note (front)
1862 U.S. fractional currency 10-cent note (front)
1862 U.S. fractional currency 10-cent note (back)
1862 U.S. fractional currency 10-cent note (back)

U.S. Fractional Currency (Postage Currency) notes from 1862 and 1863.

1891 Quarter NGC MS67 (obverse)
1891 Quarter NGC MS67 (obverse)
1891 Quarter NGC MS67 (reverse)
1891 Quarter NGC MS67 (reverse)
1977 Canada $100 Silver Jubilee gold coin (obverse)
1977 Canada $100 Silver Jubilee gold coin (obverse)
1977 Canada $100 Silver Jubilee gold coin (reverse)
1977 Canada $100 Silver Jubilee gold coin (reverse)

U.S. Quarter – 1891 NGC MS67, and Canadian commemorative gold coin – 1977 $100 for Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee.

Moon Landing 50th Anniversary Challenge Coin (obverse)
Moon Landing 50th Anniversary Challenge Coin (obverse)
Moon Landing 50th Anniversary Challenge Coin (reverse)
Moon Landing 50th Anniversary Challenge Coin (reverse)

Apollo 11 moon landing 50th anniversary (1969-2019) challenge coin, 1.75-inch size.

February

1916 Barber Dime (obverse)
1916 Barber Dime (obverse)
1916 Barber Dime (reverse)
1916 Barber Dime (reverse)
1913 Gold Quarter Eagle (obverse)
1913 Gold Quarter Eagle (obverse)
1913 Gold Quarter Eagle (reverse)
1913 Gold Quarter Eagle (reverse)
1880 Quarter (obverse)
1880 Quarter (obverse)
1880 Quarter (reverse)
1880 Quarter (reverse)

1916 dime, 1913 Gold Quarter Eagle (2 1/2 Dollar coin) and 1880 Liberty Seated Quarter Collar. The dime was a raffle prize; the other two show & tell.

1867-1967 Colorado Cattlemen's Association medal (obverse)
1867-1967 Colorado Cattlemen’s Association medal (obverse)
1867-1967 Colorado Cattlemen's Association medal (reverse)
1867-1967 Colorado Cattlemen’s Association medal (reverse)

1867-1967 Colorado Cattlemen’s Association centennial medal.

1973-D cent with added Kennedy portrait.
1973-D cent with added Kennedy portrait.
2006-D cent with multiple impressions (outside the mint?) (obverse).
2006-D cent with multiple impressions (outside the mint?) (obverse).
1999 "squeezed" (outside the mint?) cent (reverse).
1999 “squeezed” (outside the mint?) cent (reverse).
2014-D Jefferson nickel with discolored surface (obverse).
2014-D Jefferson nickel with discolored surface (obverse).

Four coins with some type of modification or possibly error. The added portrait of Kennedy was done outside of the mint (these were common inexpensive souvenirs), but what about the others? You decide.