$100 Reward for finding a dealer or collector who has....

ScarsdaleCoin · January 27, 2003 3:17AM

here is the deal...find me a dealer or collector who will sell me a 1872 three cent silver
pcgs graded business strike not proof...I'll pay him top dollar and if we make a deal you will get a bonus $100 for the referal! thanks,

mbbiker · January 27, 2003 3:33AM

link how many of these were made in MS?

MastaHanky · January 27, 2003 4:20AM

I've only seen one business strike in my lifetime, a PCGS AU58. I enquired about it for you, and the owner said it wasn't for sale. But I'm still looking!

jcping · January 27, 2003 4:30AM

Did you buy the PCGS AU58 one in Kingswood auction last week?

jgrech · January 27, 2003 4:30AM

The 1872 was minted in 1000 Business strikes and 950 Proofs.

Breen said about the coin: "This one ought to be in much greater demand from date collectors than it actually is; only 1000 business strikes were minted and I have seen exactly two of them in the past 25 years, one in the Ruby collection, but the proofs turn up with reasonable frequency--sometimes impaired." and Bowers has commented: "Business strikes were not saved at the time of issue, and if one were to be auctioned today it would be recognized as an extreme rarity. Probably no more than a handful of Uncirculated (business strike) examples exist!"

Sorry, mine isn't for sale.

dorkkarl · January 27, 2003 4:48AM

HA! it's gonna cost ya a lot more than a hundred bucks, buddy boy!

K S

Placid · January 30, 2003 9:50AM

ttt

DesertLizard · January 30, 2003 12:53PM

Very interesting!

I just read the same dies were used for both proof and BS. How does one tell if coin is mottled?

Isn't odd such a scarce coin is so "cheap"? An MS60 sold in 2001 for $690, pop 3/44 incl. NGC !!

Cam40 · January 30, 2003 1:51PM

fishscales.
Alot of them went into the melting pot too I believe.

Gemini · January 30, 2003 6:23PM

jgrech let me be the first to welcome to the boards and for showing your nice three cent piece.
Keep em coming...
Don-Gemini

billywls · January 30, 2003 9:21PM

I bought the one from the Kingswood auction. It makes the second AU in the set but it's now complete(First completed set in the registry). I will pay $300 for referral of a MS 1869 or 1872.

First complete 3CS, CS set.

jgrech · January 31, 2003 4:03AM

Don-Gemini- Thanks for the welcome. I occassionally lurk on the boards, but finally decided to post.

Bill-Congratulations on completing the set. Its really an amazing achomplishment!

ScarsdaleCoin · January 31, 2003 4:20AM

grech...could I try an offer for the 3 cent au58???? please email me direct
coinhelp@yahoo.com
thanks, Jon

dorkkarl · January 31, 2003 4:42AM

<< <i>I just read the same dies were used for both proof and BS. How does one tell if coin is mottled? >>

terrific question, yet 1 you rarely see an answer to. OK, yet, my answer will include another slam on slabs, sorry, but i'll try to make it a light slam.

if die-pairings are the same, & the die-state cannot be confirmed, a 3d check is that you can sometimes tell is by the edge of the coin. the edges of proof planchets were polished, unlike the b.s. planchets.

obviously, the edge of a slabed coin cannot be examined, so you are forced to assume that pcgs/ngc/anacs/whomever has made the appropriate inspection.

regrettably, there IS NO 100% way to be sure on some coins. on the subject of pr. vs b.s., i will say right now that i have seen what i do believe to be PROOFS, and NOT b.s.'s of some of the very rare b.s. 3-cent dates, both nickel & silver, in plastic. the frustration is that, being slabed, i cannot examine the edge.

<< <i>Isn't odd such a scarce coin is so "cheap"? An MS60 sold in 2001 for $690, pop 3/44 incl. NGC !! >>

i suspect the coin is signficantly scarcer in CIRC'D grades. in fact, i told scarsdale that my xf is not available even at triple retail!

K S

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