Could this New Orleans $5 be from the Norweb Collection?
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Speaking of pedigrees and New Orleans gold, there is a coin in Doug Winter's inventory which he describes as:
"Bright and lustrous and probably a full AU58 from the standpoint of wear but downgraded a hair by NGC due to some noticeable abrasions on the portrait and in the right obverse field. There is also a shallow but describable mint-made reverse planchet flaw behind the eagle’s neck"
and Heritage has twice described as:
"The devices show some of the usually found weakness, especially in the center of the reverse, the bright yellow-gold surfaces still retain significant amounts of luster in the fields. Numerous small, medium, and large abrasions are scattered over each side, as is a shallow planchet indention above the eagle on the reverse."
The Norweb Collection contained a coin of the same date that they described as:
"The present piece shows smooth, even wear for the grade and has a few marks on the obverse. On the reverse, to the right of the eagle's neck, there is a small planchet depression."
There is no accompanying photo from the Norweb catalog.
Here are photos from DW's site:
and Heritage:
I have looked at all the coins in Heritage's archives, in all grades, and none have the planchet defect by the eagle's neck like this one does. My conclusion is that this coin is from the Norweb Collection. Any comments?
"Bright and lustrous and probably a full AU58 from the standpoint of wear but downgraded a hair by NGC due to some noticeable abrasions on the portrait and in the right obverse field. There is also a shallow but describable mint-made reverse planchet flaw behind the eagle’s neck"
and Heritage has twice described as:
"The devices show some of the usually found weakness, especially in the center of the reverse, the bright yellow-gold surfaces still retain significant amounts of luster in the fields. Numerous small, medium, and large abrasions are scattered over each side, as is a shallow planchet indention above the eagle on the reverse."
The Norweb Collection contained a coin of the same date that they described as:
"The present piece shows smooth, even wear for the grade and has a few marks on the obverse. On the reverse, to the right of the eagle's neck, there is a small planchet depression."
There is no accompanying photo from the Norweb catalog.
Here are photos from DW's site:
and Heritage:
I have looked at all the coins in Heritage's archives, in all grades, and none have the planchet defect by the eagle's neck like this one does. My conclusion is that this coin is from the Norweb Collection. Any comments?
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I'm not ready to conclude this is the Norweb coin given what I've read or seen (the written Norweb description just doesn't give us enough info to conclude they are the same), but neither would I rule it out. Sounds like a definite possibility...Mike
This is how it starts by the way. Next thing you know you'll be on the interstate in Des Moines at 3 AM on your way to home of the guy who photographed the collection and who did shoot the coin in question and may still have a picture in his attic, though it was excised from the catalog just prior to printing for space reasons.