Just now finding this thread. Dan, the coin is magnificent. An honest Wass 50 is a true hen's tooth and you've come across a gem of one here. As "ugly" as this piece is it still fits wonderfully in your collection. You mentioned the stars but the rim and denticles really speak to me too. Curious, do you know how many of the 118 graded by the big two are straight graded?
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Here's one for very wild imagination running rampant and fervently hoping it to be one of the 3,150 minted. My very first seated liberty with a serious headshot in the raw had me hoping that it perhaps is an 1872-CC.
Keeping fingers and toes crossed, sent it in to ANACS for grading many years later but still refuse to believe my dream turned out to be false.
Another one would be the draped bust liberty with battle scars..........
@vulcanize said:
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Here's one for very wild imagination running rampant and fervently hoping it to be one of the 3,150 minted. My very first seated liberty with a serious headshot in the raw had me hoping that it perhaps is an 1872-CC.
Keeping fingers and toes crossed, sent it in to ANACS for grading many years later but still refuse to believe my dream turned out to be false.
It appears, from browsing PCGS images, that the second C of the mintmark for that date is centered below the junction of olive branch and arrow feather. If it were CC, you would be able to see it sticking out from the top right of the plug.
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@hummingbird_coins said:
It appears, from browsing PCGS images, that the second C of the mintmark for that date is centered below the junction of olive branch and arrow feather. If it were CC, you would be able to see it sticking out from the top right of the plug.
Yes of course. A fact that was learnt much later because back then there were very limited resources for this budding collector.
Could not decide which coin to post so I just did both of them. Purchased the dime in the 1960's for a dollar. Bought the dollar in an antique shop in New Orleans in the 1980's. Terribly abused but a CC.
i love toned coins, but this is by far the ugliest one i've ever had ... it looks like some sort of biology (petri dish) experiment gone wrong. Like mold or bacterial growth. Its hard to look at. It graded PCGS PR65RB. Proof 1970-s lincolns are semi common, something about the mint issue holder plastic they came in that year.
I am pretty sure this coin didn't look like this when I got it. It came from Littleton back in the late 70's when I was just starting out. They would send a bunch of coins every month. I still have them all. It would be too much work to try and get rid of them.
Watch the mirror count the lines The battle scars of all the good times
Some might call this ugly, but I call it the allure of the Carson City mint. "If this coin could talk", as they say. At $27 it was a pretty good deal for a CC half, if I do say so myself.
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A soak in acetone may greatly improve that dime. It certainly can't hurt it. Of course, the rim damage will remain.
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@PerryHall said:
A soak in acetone may greatly improve that dime. It certainly can't hurt it. Of course, the rim damage will remain.
I'm soaking in a petro liquid, "Conserv" using a Qtip to dab it from time to time. I ran out of the acetone.
Please show pics of the final result and good luck.
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This is one of my favorite seated halves for its crusty look right down to its "black-greased" rims. I could see it in the corner of an old garage under rags and junk.
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Just now finding this thread. Dan, the coin is magnificent. An honest Wass 50 is a true hen's tooth and you've come across a gem of one here. As "ugly" as this piece is it still fits wonderfully in your collection. You mentioned the stars but the rim and denticles really speak to me too. Curious, do you know how many of the 118 graded by the big two are straight graded?
Congrats on another stellar addition.
LOL
Here's one for very wild imagination running rampant and fervently hoping it to be one of the 3,150 minted. My very first seated liberty with a serious headshot in the raw had me hoping that it perhaps is an 1872-CC.
Keeping fingers and toes crossed, sent it in to ANACS for grading many years later but still refuse to believe my dream turned out to be false.
Another one would be the draped bust liberty with battle scars..........
Love these coins regardless of the flaws.
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/quarters/PCGS-2020-quarter-quest/album/247091
It appears, from browsing PCGS images, that the second C of the mintmark for that date is centered below the junction of olive branch and arrow feather. If it were CC, you would be able to see it sticking out from the top right of the plug.
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Yes of course. A fact that was learnt much later because back then there were very limited resources for this budding collector.
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/quarters/PCGS-2020-quarter-quest/album/247091
got this Bearded Goddess from Biddlesbank back in the old CoinZip days circa 2008
Could not decide which coin to post so I just did both of them. Purchased the dime in the 1960's for a dollar. Bought the dollar in an antique shop in New Orleans in the 1980's. Terribly abused but a CC.
i love toned coins, but this is by far the ugliest one i've ever had ... it looks like some sort of biology (petri dish) experiment gone wrong. Like mold or bacterial growth. Its hard to look at. It graded PCGS PR65RB. Proof 1970-s lincolns are semi common, something about the mint issue holder plastic they came in that year.
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I am pretty sure this coin didn't look like this when I got it. It came from Littleton back in the late 70's when I was just starting out. They would send a bunch of coins every month. I still have them all. It would be too much work to try and get rid of them.
The battle scars of all the good times
I like that one a lot! 👍
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Funny, that one left my box at the ANA last week, and never came back. I think the new owner was thrilled. I gave him a deal.
She was all the right kind of ugly.
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It’s ugly I agree with
Matches my ugly quarter very well:
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Some might call this ugly, but I call it the allure of the Carson City mint. "If this coin could talk", as they say. At $27 it was a pretty good deal for a CC half, if I do say so myself.
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This coin was purchased FOR its rim ding. It's a bright, attention-grabbing rim ding on a darkly toned coin. A classic.
It should look something like this:
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Picked up this Barber today, not sure if it is genuine or why a rare coin would get so messed up, ie bent and hit with a tar like color:
A soak in acetone may greatly improve that dime. It certainly can't hurt it. Of course, the rim damage will remain.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
I'm soaking in a petro liquid, "Conserv" using a Qtip to dab it from time to time. I ran out of the acetone.
Please show pics of the final result and good luck.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
This is one of my favorite seated halves for its crusty look right down to its "black-greased" rims. I could see it in the corner of an old garage under rags and junk.
1855/854 WB-1 (R4)