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Has anybody here heard of or seen a proof engraved or counterstamped U.S. classic coin?
Realone
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from 1792 to 1915?
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The recently graded specimen 1878-S $1 by NGC is the closest I can come up with.
Nope. May we please see the one (?) you have found?
I believe there is a Proof Classic Head $2-1/2 engraved with a set of initials.
I've often wondered if a chopmarked Proof Trade $ exists.
1804 $1 Dexter Specimen has a "D" punched on the reverse in the clouds.
Here it is.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/classic-quarter-eagles/quarter-eagles/1837-2-1-2-graffiti-cleaned-anacs-au50-details-mccloskey-a-r8-an-extremely-rare-variety-with-two-line-vertical-str/a/394-4707.s?ic4=ListView-Thumbnail-071515
Proof status iffy, but the only other two known from these dies are Proof. I have a romantic notion that Gobrecht engraved this for a relative, but I never could match the initials with any known relative.
I seem to remember seeing pictures of an engraved Proof Morgan dollar.
This article mentioned an 1836 Gobrecht Dollar that Andrew Jackson had engraved. Good chance it was a Proof.
https://www.numismaticnews.net/article/Engraved_D_dollars_mark_historical_event
https://coins.ha.com/itm/proof-morgan-dollars/1878-7tf-1-reverse-of-1878-proof-engraved-obverse-ncs-an-intricately-struck-brilliant-and-perhaps-dipped-specimen-of/a/384-6183.s
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Here is an engraved reverse on a Proof 1882 Double Eagle that I mailed a bid in for back in 1993. It was in the March 1993 Bowers and Merena "The Edmonton Sale". I was somewhat close but not quite. It brought $3,850.
photo and lot description here:
https://archive.org/details/edmontonsale1993bowe/page/116
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"To Be Esteemed Be Useful" - 1792 Birch Cent --- "I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain." - Lily Tomlin
Interesting that the names have been redacted on the coin. Seems like it would be quite a feat to find the people now.
Yes, it is quite interesting.
I wonder what the "rest of the story" is?
I guess we'll never know.
I'm guessing it might have been redacted as the consignors might have been relatives of the people mentioned.
Perhaps there was a rift in the family or perhaps the rest.if the family did not know the consignor had it....
Well I thought that too until I read the auction description where it says that the surnames were effaced "long ago."
Presuming that the description is accurate. (?)
Thx for pointing that out. I had not read the description. My guess is dame sort of subterfuge, just a generation or two earlier. Too bad to deface a great coin (that was already defaced
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I have a 1877 proof trade dollar holed and stamped by a railroad company
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
I've seen it. It's a neat coin for sure!
Minor Variety Trade dollar's with chop marks set:
More Than It's Chopped Up To Be
C’mon now, you’ve got to post a pic!