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Shout out to MrEureka! - Updated with images

astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited April 16, 2021 5:50AM in U.S. Coin Forum

@MrEureka

Thanks for the tip, Andy!

I won the lot at S-B.

:)

UPDATE

It arrived! Thanks again, Andy! It's as nice as you said.

Images and description from Stacks-Bowers:

"1875-S Twenty-Cent Piece. BF-16, FS-302. Rarity-1. Misplaced Date, Repunched Mintmark--Broadstruck--AU-58+ (PCGS).

This fascinating example readily reveals the Mint error in the form of an unusually broad planchet that extends outside of the main design elements from 1 to 5 o'clock on both the obverse and reverse. All major features are sharply defined, nonetheless, the surfaces satiny in texture with mottled golden-russet and steely-copper patina that is boldest around the peripheries. Major Mint errors such as this are rare on all classic U.S. Mint coin types, but especially for brief series such as the twenty-cent piece, which was produced for only four years from 1875 through 1878. Eagerly awaiting inclusion in an advanced collection."

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See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces

Comments

  • CatbertCatbert Posts: 7,091 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Was this intended as a private message? If not, how about some context please :D

    Seated Half Society member #38
    "Got a flaming heart, can't get my fill"
  • astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nope ... it's a public "thank you."

    Numismatist Ordinaire
    See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,240 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Maybe a little off, but still a great coin!

    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Good news is always nice.... Perhaps soon we will see what was won....Cheers, RickO

  • sellitstoresellitstore Posts: 2,862 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Is it a 20-cent piece with a "20" counterstamp? ;)

    Collector and dealer in obsolete currency. Always buying all obsolete bank notes and scrip.
  • astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ricko said:
    Good news is always nice.... Perhaps soon we will see what was won....Cheers, RickO

    Yes ... soon. :)

    Numismatist Ordinaire
    See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
  • astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @sellitstore said:
    Is it a 20-cent piece with a "20" counterstamp? ;)

    No ... but I'll take one of those as well! Can't get enough of the "oddball" double dimes. :)

    Numismatist Ordinaire
    See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
  • astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Updated with images in the OP.

    Numismatist Ordinaire
    See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
  • MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,540 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That's a very cool Twenty-Cent Piece!

  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,113 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 16, 2021 6:31AM

    Whenever I see this, I think it has our @Broadstruck forum buddy provenance :D

  • WAYNEASWAYNEAS Posts: 6,675 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A very nice coin. What is better is that @MrEureka provided the tip to its availability.
    It is so nice when we get along. :)
    Wayne

    Kennedys are my quest...

  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,376 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats! Nice looking coin with an error interest to boot.

    I've never been disappointed in a MrEureka recommended coin. :+1:

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  • LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭

    a wonderful coin.

    isn't is an o/c b/s?

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  • MedalCollectorMedalCollector Posts: 1,973 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @LanceNewmanOCC said:
    a wonderful coin.

    isn't is an o/c b/s?

    I think the term generally used is “uncentered broadstruck”.

  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,645 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What strikes me as unusual is that every broadstruck 20 cent piece I have seen (admittedly not many) has been off in the same direction. Were it not for the misplaced date on your latest specimen, I would suspect they were all produced at the same time due to a repetitive failure of the collar.

    One of my favorite picks ever was a well worn broadstruck 20 cent piece which had been listed as a normal quarter. I believe @astrorat is still the proud owner of that piece as well.

    Sean Reynolds

    Incomplete planchets wanted, especially Lincoln Cents & type coins.

    "Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
  • astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @seanq said:
    I believe @astrorat is still the proud owner of that piece as well.

    Sean Reynolds

    Yes he is! :)

    Numismatist Ordinaire
    See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,099 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice!

    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • RichieURichRichieURich Posts: 8,451 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Cool coin, congrats on acquiring it!

    An authorized PCGS dealer, and a contributor to the Red Book.

  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 16, 2021 3:21PM

    @Zoins said:
    Whenever I see this, I think it has our @Broadstruck forum buddy provenance :D

    @astrorat has to send me his newp for a weekend once in lieu of a royalty check ;)

    I had asked if I could have Broadstruck pedigree added years ago and was told it would be confusing for some collectors.

    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
  • truebloodtrueblood Posts: 609 ✭✭✭✭

    I like everything about your newest addition

  • thebeavthebeav Posts: 3,783 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Boy, that's a wonderful piece !

  • KindaNewishKindaNewish Posts: 827 ✭✭✭✭✭

    No fair!
    Next time leave these oddballs for the rest of us. You have enough!

  • orevilleoreville Posts: 11,950 ✭✭✭✭✭

    MrEureka deserves more shoutouts!

    A Collectors Universe poster since 1997!
  • orevilleoreville Posts: 11,950 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I was lucky enough to sit with MrEureka and absorb his knowledge and view a small portion of his coin and pattern collection.

    A Collectors Universe poster since 1997!
  • pursuitoflibertypursuitofliberty Posts: 6,883 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice coin Lane! Very nice!!


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