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Really neat bold over mint mark.
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What a beautiful piece.
Congratulations 🎉🍾🎊
Great looking coin! I’ve gotten that holder container as well and thought the same as you. My 5 year old enjoyed playing with it for a while, too.
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That's a helluva nice RPM!
that is a spectacular coin, and impressively bold repunched mintmark. enjoy.
Thank you for the nice comments. One thing I didn't think to mention in my original post, is any dark areas you see are actually very reflective areas, no black at all. It's a photographic illusion.
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That is even a DD I can see! But I had to look twice to be sure.
And I also got a couple nice MS64 $10 Indians from DLRC that came in those very nice boxes and packaging. They have been doing a great job for me recently.
My US Mint Commemorative Medal Set
Very nice indeed... a beautiful gold coin and spectacular D/D. I am have a brain vacancy.... Gold half eagles were produced at Philly, Denver, Charlotte, Dahlonega, San Francisco, New Orleans... and the seventh? I don't think West Point ever did any.... I just came in from a few hours working outside (hot) and my brain is not working fully right now. Cheers, RickO
Double D gold. ⭐️⭐️
Carson City...
@chesterb..... Of course, I was in the shower and thought of it...Thanks... My favorite mint and my heat addled brain could not think of it....
Cheers, RickO
Nice coin and I really like the 1 per mint idea. I am doing the same thing just keeping it Pre Civil War, and adding Quarter Eagles. Maybe gold dollars next.
Now were talking. Nice score 🙂
Nice coin and a great seller too!! Best wishes on your new quest!
I'm curious - did you define your half dime collection strictly following the PCGS Set Registry - Major Varieties set,
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/half-dimes/liberty-seated-half-dimes-major-sets/liberty-seated-half-dimes-major-varieties-circulation-strikes-1837-1873/810
or are you interested in the "Top 100" list that I helped make in March?
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1035720/top-100-seated-half-dime-varieties-list-and-112-page-pdf
The PCGS Major Varieties set is pretty much a date and mint mark set, plus 10 Redbook level varieties.
I don't see any particularly rare varieties in there (though 1853-O No Arrows and some civil war dates are expensive).
The Top 100 list has many interesting varieties, and most of them are not all that rare.
The plan was to make a list which showed interesting stuff that is out there and not extremely difficult to find.
It would be quite difficult to get all 100, though. Some are rare and expensive like the 1839-O Large O.
Collecting $5 gold could certainly be fun, of course.
I'm just curious about the "hard to find varieties" in the half dimes.
Congratulations on getting a nice looking gold coin! Good luck on your new collection!
ate' logo! Joe
I decided to just simply go by the PCGS registry compositions. I all I wanted to do was a simple basic set, but then my interest grew into the major variety set to keep the chase going. Some I have yet to see available and others I've seen priced far beyond reasonable, so I'll just bide my time and continue to enjoy hunting for them. I scour my list of dealers and eBay all the time.
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Thanks for explaining.
I see now that I had the wrong Registry Set - your set is in the "Complete Variety Set", which I somehow overlooked, oops!
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/half-dimes/liberty-seated-half-dimes-specialty-sets/liberty-seated-half-dimes-complete-variety-set-circulation-strikes-1837-1873/publishedset/160227
Many of those varieties in the set composition are very good,
but (due to a lack of an updated LS Half Dime variety book),
it does have a couple that don't really belong.
1. 1845 FS-301 (V-8u). This was discovered by Bill Fivaz, so I don't blame him for putting it in the Cherrypickers' Guide. But there are only 2 known! The V-1 is a close substitute, since it has the same obverse with the RPD visible. But there are only 3 known of the V-1 in MS, so it is borderline non-collectible. There are more dramatic RPDs which are not in the Registry Set but should be.
2. 1856 MPD FS-301. This also didn't make the Top 100. I've never seen a photo of one. (I don't have a copy of the CPG book). There's no photo on PCGS CoinFacts or NGC Variety Plus. Maybe it's good, but it seems to be extremely rare. There are only a few interesting MPDs in the series, like the 1841 V-6 (which is in the Top 100).
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I have been look for a new set to start and this thread might motivate to start this set as well.
Real nice!
Nice piece of history.
You could then add a modern W mint half eagle commem to have a complete mintmark set. Unless I'm missing one, I think that makes the half eagle the only denomination to have been minted at every mint in basically the same composition.
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Love the double Mintmark!
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Very nice! Great idea for a set too!