My 1854 $3 purchased at the 2025 FUN show has been imaged

lordmarcovan

I bought this coin at the 2025 FUN show, on the final Sunday of the show.

Numismatic photographer John Baumgart had already packed up and left the show on Saturday, or I would've had him image it for me. (He had done a pair of other purchases for me, on Saturday). At ten bucks, he would've been the better option, since the coin was in an older NGC holder without those nasty white prongs to intrude in the photos.

But since John wasn't there, I took it to the NGC table and submitted it for Photovision imaging (which required I also pay for reholdering). This raised the total cost into the upper $30s range, all told, and added weeks of waiting for the turnaround.

But I think it was worth the wait, to obtain a nice set of images. Doug Plascencia at NGC does good work. As of this typing, I still do not have the coin back, but I've got the photographs.

MsMorrisine

stunner

this is the coin people refer to when saying an au58 can look better than a ms coin

WiscKau

Congrat's on your purchase.

Super coin!

NGC Photo is amazing also,

johnny9434

Wow, that's nice everything, I like 👍

lordmarcovan

Numismatic photographer John Baumgart had already packed up and left the show on Saturday, or I would've had him image it for me. (He had done a pair of other purchases for me, on Saturday).

One of the other purchases John photographed for me on that Saturday was this lusterbomb Peace dollar in a circa 1990-93 Generation 3.0 OGH. Sure, it's a common date coin, but it flashed at me like a beacon from inside the dealer's case, and I decided it had to come home with me.

Mr_Spud

Really nice coins you got there

safari_dude

Nice! VERY NICE!

SIowhand

Great looking $3. Well done.

logger7

I'm not seeing much luster on the gold coin in the NGC pics, almost as bad as my pics in that way though the high resolution is good.

No Headlights

The surfaces on the $3 gold are very nice! Congrats.

kaz

Very nice!

lordmarcovan

@logger7 said:
I'm not seeing much luster on the gold coin in the NGC pics, almost as bad as my pics in that way though the high resolution is good.

That’s true. It’s kind of funny that my own quickie, handheld cellphone shot of it from the show displays a bit more of the luster than the NGC photos do.

ThreeCentSilverFL

That a very pleasant $3 slider

BryceM

I've always liked the $3. Nice example.

Typekat

Beautiful Peace dollar!

JerseyB

@lordmarcovan said:

Numismatic photographer John Baumgart had already packed up and left the show on Saturday, or I would've had him image it for me. (He had done a pair of other purchases for me, on Saturday).

One of the other purchases John photographed for me on that Saturday was this lusterbomb Peace dollar in a circa 1990-93 Generation 3.0 OGH. Sure, it's a common date coin, but it flashed at me like a beacon from inside the dealer's case, and I decided it had to come home with me.

I bet it looks even better in hand.

asheland

Both are excellent coins!