Mojo's Aunt Mary Coins
I inherited a bunch of coins from my Aunt Mary's coin collection, which I am finally getting around to putting up on eBay for your enjoyment and perhaps your purchase. My Aunt Mary collected coins just to have "nice things" but had no knowledge whatsoever of handling them or caring for them, so most of them were thrown into metal tins and taken out to look at without the benefit of gloves or whatever. Nothing has been cleaned or dipped as far as I know--certainly not while in our possession (10+ years), and I doubt in the 80+ years Aunt Mary had them (assuming she started in her teens). The strange numbers on the flip inserts are just my own bizarre way of cataloging them, and serve no other purpose than to assure you that what you receive is indeed the coin you purchased.
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| 1797 Large Cent |
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| 1849 Liberty Head Cent |
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| 1863 Civil War Token |
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| 1863 Five Cent Fractional Currency |
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| 1863 Three Cent Fractional Currency |
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| 1864 2-Cent Piece |
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| 1942 Canadian Quarter |
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| 1964 Canadian Quarter |
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| Ayers Three-Cent Enclosed Postage |
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| Fifty Cent Fractional Currency |
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| Gold Sovereign |
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| Undated Civil War Token |
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Not being a coin person I have not had any of Aunt Mary's coins professionally graded, but I have a few books and I have a fair idea of what they are and what they might be worth. All I have done is rotate each side so you can read it, scanned them on my scanner (I can't be bothered going to town on the photography, nor on any enhancing) and then immediately put them into little two-pocket flips with what little information I am certain about on them (as well as my freaky cataloging system, which you can ignore). Once they've had their pictures taken I have put them in their flips and taped the flips closed, so what you see should be what you get. The flips are Supersafe safety flips, so they are non-PVC, but I'm sealing them with some transparent adhesive tape under the assumption that, once you get them you will be putting them in better containers anyway.
If you have any questions feel free to email, but it might take a few rounds if you use too much jargon, so be patient. This is indubitably the best treatment these coins have ever received in their lives, and unless I find something really outstanding in the bunch it's all I'm going to do for them. Again, I am not a coin person, and it's a wonderment I'm doing THIS much for them, given how much I sometimes neglect, say, my husband....and I actually LIKE my husband.
And while this has nothing to do with the value of the coin, I'd just like to point out that Aunt Mary was a swell person, and an awful lot of fun. Regardless of whether or not you bid I hope everyone reading this has fond memories of someone like her, and this auction at least brightens your day a bit just thinking about them. Because good family fun is what Mojo's Craptacular is all about. Here's to the swell people in all of our lives!
(Aunt Mary trying pizza for the first time ever. The stretchy cheese amused her.)