Latest newp, an exception to my collecting habits!
Realone
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<< <i>What bust dime? >>
Wasn't there a brockage error bust dime floating around in the last year or so?
Darn... If I had your phone number I'd be calling you right now for all the juicy gossip on this newp!
It is a unique first strike full mirror brockage Barber Half. It is the only known Barber Half brockage for the entire series. It is almost uncirculated with original luster and beautiful toning.
This show piece mint error has traded between many dealers and collectors in the last thirty years. Every time it exchanges hands it causes a stir and draws attention among mint error enthusiasts. It was originally purchased by Steve Estes in 1972, who is a coin dealer in Oregon. When Steve bought the piece he was told that it was kept in a small leather pouch for almost fifty years. The person who sold it to Steve was a teller at Caliente Race Track in Tijuana, Mexico in 1926.
In 1976 Harlan White, another coin dealer, purchased this unique mint error as part of a large collection. It subsequently traded hands and was purchased by Fred Weinberg. At one point in time David Lawrence, author of The Complete Guide to Barber Halves, also had the pleasure of buying and selling this piece. Robert Astrich, a coin dealer from Hempstead, Texas, also handled it and wished he had kept it for himself.
It eventually became part of the Jerry Bobbe collection, who is a professional numismatist from Oregon. In 1997 Jerry Bobbe sold this piece to another dealer who offered it to me at the 2002 New York ANA.
This Barber Half brockage is graded AU 58 by PCGS. Since it is an obverse brockage there is no date, but it was struck at the San Francisco mint. It is struck on a planchet that has extremely smooth surfaces, no distracting marks of any kind, original mint luster, reflective fields and original golden brown toning.
Since this was a first strike full mirror brockage mint error, the brockage is extremely deep, not distorted and was struck completely centered on the planchet without expanding beyond the collar.
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
Now that's NICE!!!!! Very nice NEWP!! I am quite jealous indeed
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
Mike
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The strike is almost too perfect for this super error.
The bird appears to be looking straight at ya too.....almost daring you to say something
Awesome, really awesome.
<< <i>That coin seems to love Oregon, congrats Realone!------BigE >>
<< <i>Please explain exactly why this coin is like it is? I have never seen anything like this before
Here's a definition from Coinlink.com:
A brockage error can only occur when there are two coins involved. One of the coins involved will always be a struck coin which has not ejected properly. That struck coin will find its way back between the dies and will be struck next to a blank planchet which was fed into the collar. The image of that first struck coin will be impressed into that side of the blank planchet. The result will be a second coin which has images of the first coin impressed into it. Those images will be pressed into the coin and the image will be in reverse. This incuse sunken image is known as a brockage.
Steve
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Congrats Realone!
must be something in the water
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