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1899-O $1 MS64 PCGS #7260

My first PGCS certified coin. Obverse features slight toning over "Unum" and a few face scratches. Reverse is clean and sharp.

1878-S $1 MS63 PCGS #7082

VAM 2 (unlabeled) It's in a rattler holder, but it doesn't rattle.

1943-S 1C MS64 PCGS #2717

From the peak of World War II, when steel was a precious metal

1908 $20 No Motto MS65 PCGS #9142

This coin marks the re-launch of my coin collecting in 2008, and for three years was my top coin. It was recently regraded through SecurePlus, keeping its MS65 grade and proving that its subdued tone is is not a sign of tampering but proof of its original surfaces.

1908 $20 No Motto MS65 PCGS #9142

This coin marks the re-launch of my coin collecting in 2008, and for three years was my top coin. It was recently regraded through SecurePlus, keeping its MS65 grade and proving that its subdued tone is is not a sign of tampering but proof of its original surfaces.

1962 5C PR66 PCGS #4194

Dramatic yellow and lavender toning, hard to see in my overly dark scan

1962 5C PR66 PCGS #4194

Dramatic yellow and lavender toning, hard to see in my overly dark scan

1944-D 1C MS65RD PCGS #2725

Minted during the height of World War II, the alloy copper that made this coin came from recycled ammunition casings. Japan was fighting hard to maintain control over the Eastern Pacific, while the Allied forces launch that year Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy commonly known as D-Day.

1964 1C PR67RD PCGS #3404

One of the last proof versions of circulating coins to come out of Philadelphia, from the fateful year of 1964.

1964 1C PR67RD PCGS #3404

One of the last proof versions of circulating coins to come out of Philadelphia, from the fateful year of 1964.

1936 5C AU53 PCGS #3977

From my medical school days

1936 5C AU53 PCGS #3977

From my medical school days

1945-S 50C MS65 PCGS #6626

Got at a coin show around 2001, originally certified by Accugrade. I cracked it out and had it regraded raw with PCGS, and was pleased that it returned still MS65. This coin was minted in the year that saw the end of World War II, a turbulent year that brought the end of the horrors of the Nazi regime, but also brought what hopefully will never be repeated--the use of nuclear weapons.