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O.K. Lets See Those Really Rare Coin’s !!
GOLDSAINT
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Post your rare coins. Post any coin you own that is an R-4 or greater on the Sheldon scale, so any coins where there are less than 200 known. Post coins that are Slabbed or Raw, proofs, patterns, or business strikes, in any grade. To widen the cope to our modern collectors post any Top Pop coins you own even if there are others in the Top Pop grade as yours.
I will start off with this 1855 Flying Eagle PCGS Proof 64 pattern J-167 R-5
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jumping to the conclusion that it's a rare 1794 Trial Half Dollar undertype. But when i posted it, everybody said
it looked like a run-over bottle cap!
Tom
42/92
for the "Rarity Rating."
Sorry for the lousy scan of one of my favorite coins.
jumping to the conclusion that it's a rare 1794 Trial Half Dollar undertype. But when i posted it, everybody said
it looked like a run-over bottle cap!”
Lets see that baby!
“Can I please have an exception and post an R-3?”
Why not but only one!
the procedure.
Specializing in 1854 and 1855 large FE patterns
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That is a sweet set Mark..
John
siliconvalleycoins.com
If this was a US coin it would be $1,000,000+.
Here's detail:
A new cherry
1812/11 Large 8 half R-5
Jim
(97103 1880-CC S$1 8/High 7 MS64DM 10 5)
Stuart
Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal
"Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
(Early Half Dollar (1794-1839) 6131 1823 50C MS63 44 30)
Stuart
Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal
"Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
R-8 Unique Only one Known in all grades.
Your collection of patterns is quite impressive. I wish I could afford to collect them.
The Morgan Patterns have always been my favorites.
Are the DCams as deep in person as they appear in the photos?
Beautiful Contrast:
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I've been trying to buy some dcams (not Patterns) but am struggling with the sticker shock for ones I'd actually want to own..
Here is a R8, I think - finest of 2 known, the 1864L proof IHC in Alum., NGC P66Cam.
J184 - R7?? PCGS P65.
Boiler - here's a J193, Eliasberg, PCGS P65
About 20 of these known to date, the 1888/7 S1, this PCGS MS64RB.
Last error minted #1043:
First correction minted #1044:
As usual Boilers patterns are just spectacular, and a 1898 Mico o, you must be kidding.
Cratylus, haven’t the big hitters like Tahoe Dale been sitting out on your doorstep?
Speaking of big hitters where are the rest, TDN, RR, Baley, Nysoto, and all the others, where are you guys? What has happened to our Modern, and other Vam collectors?
Here is another for me today a nice NGC R-4 1904 Proof $2.50
Great coins all, and tokens. fun to look at. Thanks for sharin!
This is an advertising token for Joseph Merriam & Co. Merriam was an outstanding die sinker during the period. His work was excellent, but the demand for Civil War tokens was small in New England. As a result he made only a limited number of varieties and the total mintages were tiny.
This is the most common of the three Merriam & Co. three token varieties. About 15 examples of this piece are known. None of them are in full Mint State. It is very popular with collectors because of the salamander design. When you can find one, the price is in the $3,000 range.
Five examples are known of another Merriam & Co. variety which comes only in white metal, and about 10 examples are known of another variety. If anyone is interested I'll post pictures of the other two varieties. Their designs are not as interesting although the die work is still quite good.
Merriam had a sense of humor as you will note by the way that he give the piece a value, "Good for a Scent," with a picture of a dog.
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