Screwed-up presentation of Commemorative Half dollars.
Insider2
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I'd like to see an uprising among numismatists to get the Redbook and TPGS's to make some changes to the vintage Commemorative half dollar series.
Open a Redbook, Commemorative reference, or just look at slabs on the internet. Example...1935 Hudson. The ship is on the obverse in the Redbook yet the TPGS slab what should be IMO the obverse differently. The date and reason for the coin BELONG on the obverse **no matter what the government and US Mint say! The 1936 Albany is another example.
Now, look at the Long Is. Both the Redbook and the TPGS's put the two heads up and what IMHO should be the obverse is on the reverse in slabs and the references. This illustrates there is no agreement.
Let's revolt!!! Let's start here. Get the subject of the coins on the obverse in the new Redbook and in slabs!!!
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I'm all for violent numismatic uprisings -- the bloodier the better -- but why does it matter which side is pictured?
The hell with it....off with their heads!!! (or was it tails?)
LOL,
Your humorous reply and the fact that no one cares and accepts the way things are is probably why nothing was done to correct this before I was born.
That's the key......finding somebody that cares. I don't like it when a coin is slabbed with the rev. up because it has toning, but it is done all the time.
And then you have guys like me who slab them best side up
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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......
I always thought Libertads had it backwards. Just my opinion.
Interesting, didn't know that !!!
I'm seeking uniformity, that's all. I made my point very clear.
US Mint says side A is the obverse.
Redbook says Side A is the obverse.
All TPGS slab side B as the obverse.
Commemorative coins are struck to commemorate something. The Oregon Trail 50c is not commemorating the Indian or the denomination yet every TPGS slabs the coins reverse up!
For this coin, the correct obverse side with the wagon is pictured in the Redbook.
Sooner or later, one of the second tier grading service is going to buck the status quo that it seems some folks don't care about. Perhaps the change that is due -A standardization of the coins by all parties will finally happen.
Numismatic revolts have been successful in the past. When I worked at PCI, we started Red labels for problem coins and eventually the other grading services were dragged kicking-and-screaming to do the same.