That's a beautiful coin. Amazing how many great designs only survive via a handful of patterns. And I don't understand why we have to have our current crop of "spaghetti hair" coins when they could use any number of those 100-year old designs that are far superior to today's designs.
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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rainbowroosie April 1, 2003
<< <i>Beautiful specimen - looks like the handywork of one of the Barbers. >>
Charles Barber, to be exact.
Specializing in 1854 and 1855 large FE patterns
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it's cool how people can tell who designed what just by looking at the picture
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.