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RussRuss Posts: 48,515 ✭✭✭
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Holed and counterstamped 1799 Draped Bust Dollar.

Just thought that description was rather cute. image Anybody know what the C. Polk counterstamp is?

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    dan1ecudan1ecu Posts: 1,573
    That is pretty neat. I wonder if ANACS would authenticate and net grade such a coin? I could see paying $250 for it if it were authenticated.
    Dan McInnes

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    RussRuss Posts: 48,515 ✭✭✭
    I'm not particularly worried about authentication with this seller.

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    PhillyJoePhillyJoe Posts: 2,690 ✭✭✭✭
    I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed but why doesn't it say dollar on it?

    There's also a $100,000 1967 Proof 70 D/C Kennedy for sale on ebay, # 3025510083, with the minor inconvenience that it's graded by PCI. image

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    drsvenghalidrsvenghali Posts: 291 ✭✭
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    MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 23,955 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There's also a $100,000 1967 Proof 70 D/C Kennedy for sale on ebay, # 3025510083, with the minor inconvenience that it's graded by PCI.

    IMHO, seems to me that the price is more inconvenient than the slab.
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    RussRuss Posts: 48,515 ✭✭✭
    Joe,

    Back in the very olden days they didn't put the denomination on the coin. That's a more recent innovation. image

    Russ, NCNE
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    Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,274 ✭✭✭
    If it had "RUSS" counterstamped on it , I bet you would buy it in a instant.
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    BustmanBustman Posts: 1,911 ✭


    << <i>I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed but why doesn't it say dollar on it?


    Most early coins, including that Bust dollar, don't have the denomination on them. They go by size, weight, and metal ( gold, silver, copper).


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    Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,875 ✭✭✭
    That's an interesting coin. I wonder who c polk was & the story behind it. Might have been a dog tag for a civil war soldier or something. I find the term holed for "suspension" very imaginative. image
    Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.
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    krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭
    Dave Bowers is a counterstamp fan, he might know.

    New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.

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    mdwoodsmdwoods Posts: 5,526 ✭✭✭
    I find the term holed for "suspension" very imaginative.

    image They make it sound almost desireable.
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    tjkilliantjkillian Posts: 5,578 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed but why doesn't it say dollar on it? There's also a $100,000 1967 Proof 70 D/C Kennedy for sale on ebay, # 3025510083, with the minor inconvenience that it's graded by PCI. image Joe >>



    Actually it is, three times, on the EDGE.

    Tom
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    braddickbraddick Posts: 23,189 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I find the term holed for "suspension" very imaginative. image They make it sound almost desireable. >>


    In many ways, it is.

    I bet this closes at between double to triple their estimate.

    peacockcoins

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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,511 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That is pretty neat. I wonder if ANACS would authenticate and net grade such a coin? I could see paying $250 for it if it were authenticated

    Why do you need to have it authenticated? The coin speaks for itself. It's real, so what's the problem?
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    BlackhawkBlackhawk Posts: 3,898 ✭✭✭
    I don't know if his is the Polk that stamped the coin, But there was a Polk that was an artist circa 1799. Link
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    RussRuss Posts: 48,515 ✭✭✭
    Well, it hammered down at $700 plus juice. Somebody liked it!

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