Added a new draped bust half to my collection
kaz
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I found this on Great Collections, and just couldn't stop going back to look at it. Won the auction! I especially like the repunched TY on the obv and the color in the remnant luster near the top on the rev. Just a sweet, original half. sorry about the white marks on the slab.
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I like it!
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Very attractive coin. Congrats on winning it!
Underrated type. Everyone and their basset keeps buying common CAPPED busties.
Uhh, well, see my next new thread!
That's a nice looking example! Congratulations!!
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Todd - BHNC #242
The "imperfect T" in my avatar image is from the same obverse die! (I think it was used with at least 2 reverse dies, so could be a couple of different Overton numbers).
Love the series! Love that coin!!
Sweeeeet!!
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Very cool piece Kaz.... Thanks for sharing her with us.
I love it and can understand how it would draw you back.
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Looks like a great coin to have in your collection.
Great looking draped bust! Love the original look.
Very nice natural toning on that T-17!
That's nice! I really like it.
love the even wear
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Looks really great. Feels good to win an auction!
BHNC #248 … 130 and counting.
I even came back to look again and it isn't mine.
Broke out the book for a look see ... O-115 ?
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Todd - BHNC #242
While you were away, Todd, we transitioned to Steve Tompkins' attribution for pre-turban halves. As @Nysoto said, "T-17".
If you like these coins be sure to buy his stellar book, "Early United States Half Dollars, Vol. 1".
Lance.
Great looking coin kaz. Congrats!
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That is a very nice coin and the re-punched letters make it special.... Cheers, RickO
Nice coin I love finding bust halves with this look
Way cool I like
Sure is pretty.
A VERY nice addition 👌🏻
Really nice!
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Nice coin.
Kaz, I have always loved the design.
Yours looks like a prime example for the grade.
Congrats!
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Love it!
Now get some plastic polish on that slab!
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Nice one. I always liked the recut TY as well.
It looks like a nice original coin. How long would it take to polish up the slab with Scratch X or similar product? It is mind boggling that retailers and auction companies don't spend the extra 30 seconds to do that. I can hear their objections, "if we did that it would take far too long to look at and fix all the auction slabs for improvement, also we don't want to be liable (sic) for the consequences if the treatment did not remedy the problem".
Real nice looking DBHE half!
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Lance,
Thanks for the info ... I saw that but didn't realize what it meant. I'll have to get a hold of Steve if I start down that road. I have a copy of his outstanding Bust Quarter reference. He used Browning numbers in there, although provided a much expanded understanding from the Browning transcript (IMO).
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Todd - BHNC #242
Tompkins' pre-turban bust half book is exemplary. Well documented, with outstanding photos, chronological attribution (hence the new naming convention), die state detail, historical notes. I'm not doing it justice.
I can't wait for his next two volumes on the capped bust series. Vol. 2 is nearly there, I hear.
Lance.
Congratulations on getting a very cool coin!
Good taste. Pleasing in pretty much all regards. Quality never goe out of style. Thanks for sharing. Enjoy.
Gorgeous coin.
Congrats on a beautiful coin.
It sounds like a terrible idea for an auction company to be polishing slabs with the potential liability of further damaging the slab and/or coin however unlikely.
There would only be risk of damage if the polisher was inexperienced. These slabs are already hard plastic, designed not to scratch. A submitter could agree to let the auction company do it, just as they usually agree to many other things. It just seems that money gets left on the table if a holder has impairments that could be remedied easily with the right fabric cloth and restoration product.
Ridiculously wholesome early half!
If your other coins reflect a similar discerning eye for Quality, then of course we'd like to see them!
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Very graceful lady. A looker!
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