Gold Liberty Pattern Edited...

hiijacker

I am helping the seller sell this coin on Heritage, do you think the lint showing in the picture is distracting? Should I ask Heritage to reshoot the picture?

Edit*** Link removed due to pushy peer poster pressure and persuasion. Now say that 10 times fast.

GFourDriver

Shameless plug.

Morganmanic

I would agree. Keep the lint

hiijacker

<< <i>Shameless plug. >>



This is my first consignment and I am not trying to plug anything. In fact I will remove this post after my question is answered.

How is that?

GFourDriver

I couldn't see the lint, so it can't be too distracting..... besides it was said in jest.

NHSBaseball

Actually I do find the lint and fuzz distracting, and had to zoom in to see that it was lint, and not a flaw with the coin's surfaces. If I was selling or consigning the coin, I would definitely ask Heritage to reshoot the pictures.

I think it's a legitimate concern.

MikeInFL

It is a bit distracting, but frankly I wouldn't think someone purchasing this coin would rely on the image, so no, I wouldn't have it reimaged.

RWB

The bronze pattern is likely one of William Barber’s attempts to fix problems with James Longacre’s original design and also lower relief to improve die life and striking. Bronze versions of intermediate and final designs were routinely sent to Mint Director Linderman for approval. These immediately became part of his private collection. Bronze was used because it was cheap, readily available and did not affect the bullion accounts.

In 1877 a small (ie: unknown) number of “high relief” $20 were released by the Philadelphia Mint. This occurred because William Barber did not get final approval for his revised design, and the relief was too high. Linderman got complaints from the San Francisco Mint and “hit the roof” when he learned Barber ahd made and distributed working dies without final authorization. All the SF coins were melted before distribution, but at least one batch had already left the Philadelphia Mint before Linderman’s order. To date, no one has identified an 1877 high relief $20.