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WAYNE'S NUMISMATIC DIARY: AUGUST 2, 2020Last week I discussed a few items I've consigned to the upcoming Stacks Bowers August sales. I also had some U.S. pieces in their just-completed July 2020 Collectors Choice Online Auction.
1803 Draped Bust Cent 
1803 Draped Bust Cent. Small Date, Large Fraction. VF Details--Environmental Damage (PCGS).
This was an early addition to my nascent U.S. type collection. If I'm remembering correctly, I bought this as a teenager, taking a bus into downtown Pittsburgh to visit the coin shops. I picked this up from an old-time dealer named Addison Smith, who had a small office on an upper floor of the Jenkins Arcade building (now demolished and replaced with an office building). This would have been in the 1970s. He looked to be about 80 years old. I picked out this VF Large Cent, paying about $20 at the time. -Editor
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1853 Braided Hair Cent 
1853 Braided Hair Cent. AU Details--Cleaned (PCGS).
Another coin from my U.S. type collection. I forget where i bought this one. I never got too far with U.S. type. Once I learned about the fascinating numismatics of the U.S. Civil War, I put all my collecting focus there. -Editor
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1860 Liberty Seated Dime 
1860 Liberty Seated Dime. MS-63 (PCGS).
I bought this one years ago from an old local club member for my Civil War collection. I always focused on exonumia and Confederate issues rather than regular issue U.S. coins, so for me this was an outlier. Nice coin, though. -Editor
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Among my other consigned items in the upcoming sales are these. -Editor
1920 Chicago ANA Convention Medal 
1920 Chicago, Illinois American Numismatic Association Convention Attendee's Medal. Silvered Brass. Extremely Fine. 40 mm. Obv: Depicts the American Numismatic Association Seal and a view of Fort Dearborn. Rev: Blank except for the maker's mark and a hinged pin and clasp.
No ANA convention this year? Reminisce about the one held a century ago in Chicago, IL. -Editor
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2004 Pittsburgh ANA Convention Medal Set 
Three-Piece Set of 2004 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania American Numismatic Association 113th Convention Medals. Mint State. 38 mm, each medal numbered 7 on the edge. Included are: gold; silver; and bronze. The gold medal weighs 40.8 grams and is edge marked 10KT, the silver one edge marked .999 FS and weighs 33.6 grams, and the bronze example is simply marked BZ. Obv: Plan of old Fort Duquesne and a colonial era man holding a surveyor's staff. Rev: The date and location of the convention as well as the initials of the three local coin clubs that hosted the show. Housed in the original hinged case of issue, along with a Certificate of Authenticity signed by the designer of the medals, John M. Mercanti. (Total: 3 medals)
A more recent ANA convention. I was the General Chairman of this one (in Pittsburgh, not Philadelphia - don't believe everything you read). Great low-numbered set - the gold medals are rare. -Editor
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KUNKEL'S OPERA TROUPE Counterstamp 
Maryland--Baltimore. KUNKEL'S / OPERA TROUPE on an 1783 Spanish-American 2 reales. Brunk K-347, Rulau MD-86A. Host Coin VG, holed, PVC Residue. Provenance: From our (American Numismatic Rarities') Lake Michigan & Springdale Collections sale, June 2006, lot 867. Lot tag included.
Another classic piece from my U.S. merchant counterstamp collection. -Editor
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1959 Nation of Celestial Space 1 Gold Celeston 
1959 Nation of Celestial Space 1 Gold Celeston. Bruce X-2. Gold. Mint State. 14 mm. 2.3 grams. .900 fine. The Nation of Celestial Space was chartered in 1948 by James T. Mangan of Evergreen Park, Illinois. The portrait is of his daughter Ruth Mangan.
An interesting micronation fantasy piece. -Editor
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If any of these strike your fancy, please be sure to bid. Proceeds will go to our kids' college tuition. Thanks! -Editor
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