Cherrypicks from San Antonio
cmerlo1
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After a total cherrypicking washout at the TNA show in Waco yesterday, I made up for it today in San Antonio. I bought 2 Morgans and a Peace dollar right off the bat. One of them turned out to be a VAM-6A, in toned MS-63. I posted the other two in another thread- a 1878-S that may be a VAM, and a 1922-S Peace dollar with a raised semicular line arcing through the left side of the obverse. This is a spectacular coin, and I'm not sure exactly what it is:
The 3 silver dollars consumed most of my money. I decided to look for some more varieties (hopefully cheaper, too). I found one I had been looking for for quite some time- 1944-D Walker Half FS-901, with the hand-engraved designer's initials. I had never seen one in person before, and it's an interesting variety. I always wondered how the initials could've been engraved, since they are supposed to be incuse. What the engraver did was engrave the areas outside the letters, forming them from the raised areas that were left. This shows up as the opposite on the coin, so the ilitial is formed by the raised areas of metal aound it- very cool. Next, I picked up an outstanding broadstruck 1962 Lincoln cent in uncirculated red and brown. I always stop by the McQueeny coins booth to go through their books, but didn't find anything. In their case, though were some really nice IHC's from a collection they had recently bought out. They had high prices on most of them, but I was able to pick this original, mostly red one up for $49- if it looks a little funny, it's because it's in a cointain inside a 2X2 (it's going to be fun getting it out):
After that, it was time to go. I stopped by the ANACS tale and dropped off the VAM-6, the 1944-D Walker, and the broadstruck Lincoln. All in all, it wasa great show!
The 3 silver dollars consumed most of my money. I decided to look for some more varieties (hopefully cheaper, too). I found one I had been looking for for quite some time- 1944-D Walker Half FS-901, with the hand-engraved designer's initials. I had never seen one in person before, and it's an interesting variety. I always wondered how the initials could've been engraved, since they are supposed to be incuse. What the engraver did was engrave the areas outside the letters, forming them from the raised areas that were left. This shows up as the opposite on the coin, so the ilitial is formed by the raised areas of metal aound it- very cool. Next, I picked up an outstanding broadstruck 1962 Lincoln cent in uncirculated red and brown. I always stop by the McQueeny coins booth to go through their books, but didn't find anything. In their case, though were some really nice IHC's from a collection they had recently bought out. They had high prices on most of them, but I was able to pick this original, mostly red one up for $49- if it looks a little funny, it's because it's in a cointain inside a 2X2 (it's going to be fun getting it out):
After that, it was time to go. I stopped by the ANACS tale and dropped off the VAM-6, the 1944-D Walker, and the broadstruck Lincoln. All in all, it wasa great show!
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