1835 $2 1/2

Hussulo · January 10, 2009 2:46AM

My recent purchase. Opinions please.

Hussulo · January 10, 2009 8:43AM

Anyone?

Placid · January 10, 2009 9:03AM

Old gold

tjkillian · January 10, 2009 9:21AM

Picture is a tad blurry, but it looks like an nice AU coin that appears to be unmolested. It also seems well-struck.

Congratulations!

kaz · January 10, 2009 9:45AM

Looks very nice to me, a.u. and not baggy at all.

Quarternut · January 10, 2009 1:33PM

Love that Classic gold!!

QN

illini420 · January 10, 2009 1:34PM

Hussulo · January 10, 2009 11:29PM

Thanks I was thinking au too. It wasn't a trick question but I submitted it raw along with a 1900 $10.

The 1835 $2 1/2 came back in a genuine holder 98 damaged or tooled.

I can't see any damage apart from a couple of small scratches above the eagles eyes. Is that considered damage on such an early coin?

I don't think it's tooled?

I think it's a 1835 $2 1/2 McCloskey-1, R.2.

This variety is identified by the wide AM in AMERICA, a reuse of the die that earlier coined the 1834 Large Head McCloskey-A. The centers are week, but the overall strike is good.

The 1835 is considered scarcer than the first year of this type 1834 and the 1836.

1900 $10- came back as MS62.

1835 $2 1/2

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