A few interesting photos

As some of you my be aware I am a born hoarder, not just a coin collector. If it looks nice, if it's interesting or even if I just want to own a few then I'm right there bidding on them, tracking them down in local junk stores or haggling for them at the flea market.

I'm currently part way through photographing my various collections and of course I've started with the easy stuff first. Some are coin related, some not, but hopefully you will find them interesting.

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This is my stack of Mexican Silver Morelos. I keep them on my desktop to handle when I'm thinking. I do that quite a lot. Some people use newton's cradles or rosary beads, I like to pass them from hand to hand, they are big, heavy and the silver content gives a reassuring clink. I have 36 of them so far, well 38 really but the other two are mint state specimens so they don't get much caressing.

This is my junk silver box. There are about 25 silver quarters, a similar number of UK .925 shillings plus many smaller coins. Some of them look ok but they are cleaned, holed, buckled, stained, dates worn off... little numismatic value but there is a few hundred dollars worth of junk silver.

At some point I will sell them, probably a few years down the road when silver gets pumped up to three digit prices. Or I may keep them and make silver bullets for the zombie apocalypse. Well, look it works on vampires and werewolves so I reckon it's good for any type of undead.

I also collect money boxes which I fill with culls just to give them a more substantial feeling. I have over 20, some of them made by a speciality company in Chicago for banks, mutual societies, insurance companies from the 1950's to the 1980's. These are still in their original boxes.

These two are my favorites though, especially the little pig. He is from Germany circa 1950.

Toby Jugs too. My grandmother had the most beautiful collection which was split up on her death. The problem with collecting these is they are ridiculously expensive, often well into 3 figures. These are two I picked up for 50 cents and $2.

I collect guns too. I have modern weapons to keep the urban types at bay plus several vintage shotguns and long rifles.

A 357 Magnum. Semi Automatics have a bad habit of jamming when you need them most but the simpler mechanism of a revolver makes it a much more reliable weapon. The 357 hollow points make really big holes in people. This beauty lives in my desk drawer.

This is my lady wife's Taurus 9mm.

I buy these whenever I see them, coins set in lucite used as letter openers, paper weights etc.

A 1923 Assignment certificate from Arkansas.

Railroad common share certificate. I collect transport and mining stocks and bonds.

Vintage scotch whisky bottle from the Macleod Distillery in Glasgow.

cool!

what's that big newfoundland silver coin on top of the silver pile?

Confederate States of America bond receipts. To support the valiant efforts of Southern patriots during the War of Northern Aggression (Civil War as the Yanquis call it) war bonds were issued by the Southern States. These are very, very rare and like genuine CSA money, very expensive.

Each year the holder of the bonds went to the office of State Treasurer and received the agreed yearly interest payment. In addition to the cash, the bondholder was given a bond receipt. These are still affordable for the average collector but as they were less likely to be kept than the actual bond they are not common. The larger of the 2 below is signed by The Virginia State Treasurer Robert Tyler, son of the 10th US President.

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what's that big newfoundland silver coin on top of the silver pile?

Half Dollar, unfortunately the date is worn off.

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what's that big newfoundland silver coin on top of the silver pile?

Half Dollar, unfortunately the date is worn off.

Aww thats a shame, it looks nice from behind

Last but not least, my junk coin bucket. Anything I have more than 2 of, a few with holes, some quite nice coins... anything I don't have a use for goes in there. At some point I will sell or preferably trade them, either split up by region or period or as a single lot. There are currently a little over 17 pounds total weight but I'm actively thinning out my collection so I expect it to be at least 30 pounds by the time I get done.

Leben des Anders.

I too have been a collector of many things! I have collected marbles and enamel pins. I also have a number of wooden boxes (which I mostly use for storing my coins).
I've just had a present for my wife! A metal detector, so no doubt I'll be starting to keep the best of my metal collections!
I'll post some pictures later.
Nice to see the piggy bank again, Phil.

By the looks of the barrel, that .357 has seen a bit of action!

Some of your junk coins don't look like junk? Great Mexican "silver" hoard, but you need more.

Nice 357

  Dear Bam, I was blessed when my metal detector was burned in a fire and saved me from the days wasted looking and finding nothing.....however I long to have one and search again. Good luck, I hope you don't lose as much time as I did, I hope you find treasure!

Quote: redsmithstudiosSome of your junk coins don't look like junk? Great Mexican "silver" hoard, but you need more.

Nice 357

  Dear Bam, I was blessed when my metal detector was burned in a fire and saved me from the days wasted looking and finding nothing.....however I long to have one and search again. Good luck, I hope you don't loose as much time as I did, I hope you find treasure!

Thank you...I hope I can find some stuff that is cool. I'm going to research my spots and try and find places with historic significance etc.
I just want to have some fun...it is a real entry level machine so I'm not going to be that amazing BUT just to find a few things would be cool.

Yorkshire is the place to go up here for Anglo Saxon stuff

And I thought I collect a lot of things.

But what a great collection you have.

Quote: pnightingaleThis is my junk silver box. There are about 25 silver quarters, a similar number of UK .925 shillings plus many smaller coins. Some of them look ok but they are cleaned, holed, buckled, stained, dates worn off... little numismatic value but there is a few hundred dollars worth of junk silver.

At some point I will sell them, probably a few years down the road when silver gets pumped up to three digit prices. Or I may keep them and make silver bullets for the zombie apocalypse. Well, look it works on vampires and werewolves so I reckon it's good for any type of undead.

I would be interested in some of those coins. Would you swap or sell them?

It's all junk silver Dan, trust me there is no numismatic value there. At some point I will sell them or swap them but not while silver spot price is at $30 or even less. I'll wait until the big boys start to pump the price up again.

Quote: pnightingaleIt's all junk silver Dan, trust me there is no numismatic value there. At some point I will sell them or swap them but not while silver spot price is at $30 or even less. I'll wait until the big boys start to pump the price up again.

So what's with the Newfoundland coin, thats what I was interested in?

Did I just spot your mistake?

The date is worn off it...

Quote: Mark240590The date is worn off it...

Ah!

Even without a date, its a nice coin, I love coins like that, no value, just good for looking at.
 

I love that little building block money box, very cute