Portraits of Liberty Display at the ANA

cardinal

Although it's already been mentioned in the press, I would like to extend a personal invitation to everyone attending the ANA next week to stop by and see the Cardinal Collection's Portraits of Liberty Display. The display will be co-hosted by Stack's Bowers Galleries and CFC, and can be seen right at the front of the bourse, at tables 805-906. Everyone who stops by can pick up their free copy of the Portraits of Liberty booklet.



The display will include a complete and robust date set of Large Cents 1793 to 1857 (Number 1 in the PCGS Registry for the last 4 years), and there will also be a selection of the colonial coppers that preceded the large cents, as well as the small cents that came afterward. Overall, the display will span the years 1773 through 2010; here are just a few samples of what you will see:





















-- Cardinal
Portraits of Liberty

Caleb

I would really like to see this collection in person sometime. My dad saw it last year at the Boston ANA show and told me that it was just breath taking. All I got was a signed booklet from the owner. Maybe some day, the collection will be at a show that I can attend.

renomedphys

meh

edited to add:

The chain, cap, and bust cents are definitely something to see, but I have to wonder about the bottom two, and especially the proof flyer. For me, one of the most important things about a flying eagle cent (next to the eagle head and breast feather detail) is the definition and strike on the reverse. I really like to see every detail on every leaf, even on an MS coin. On this coin, at least in the photo, it appears incompletely struck, AND IT'S A PROOF! Maybe it's just something about 1857, although the Snow reference gives no indication, other than saying that some of the PR3 examples can be confusing as true proofs. Being graded a proof CAMEO, I have no doubt that the coin is a proof, but with weakness like that on the reverse, it's definitely not a coin that I would want in my set. But then again, I'm a die state guy, and a strike junky at that.

Just for show, here's my '58LL reverse for comparison, same grade:



As for the IHC... what is that? Die rust at the top obverse? Still appears to be a very nice coin, and given my pursuits of late, one that I would be glad to add to my set in spite of the aforementioned. Still, given some time, I'm sure that Mr. Logies will be able to make some improvements.