Here's a recent purchase from Gerry Fortin. It resides in a 1989-1990 era PR64 OGH, and the two marks in the image are not on the coin. This is the first proof half dime I have acquired in about 7 years, and it's a real tough one with an original mintage of 470 pieces.
Comparing the two they appear to be the same die pair with the first from Walt shows more wear which may be distorting the 'small tapered "s" (Squat) of die pair 2-B. Interestingly, there are only two die pairs noted by Briggs but if you line up the right side of the mintmark of each to their respective denticles, Walt's example bisects them while Doug's example splits them.
Any concurrence?
PS. Nice proof Ron!
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Another wonderful time was had at Central States. Congratulations to my friend Doug for adding two great quarters to his Iowa Collection. Sometime in the next month or two I look forward to taking pictures to post here.
Pics for this AM, one of the dates Doug added. His newp is a 30, and nicer. A true rarity. This one is now graded PC20:
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I'll add a few more to keep the thread rolling along. This is an 1846 tall date (VF30...my grade) I purchased as part of a 2-coin set along with a nice 1853 A&R quarter in F12 off of Ebay for a steal. PCGS Coinfacts lists this at $400, but they're nuts. It's one of the whackiest values and pop estimates I've seen in Coinfacts for SLH and there are a lot of them. Can't complain because Coinfacts is very useful, overall, and now free.
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Thank you and keep up the great work!
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Pics for this AM, from Paesan's Stash, PC55:
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Still having internet issues, hope to have it resolved soon. Have a few new pics to post.
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...and now it's gone (What's "PC25"?)
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Pics for this AM, beautiful newp into Paesan's Stash, PC40:
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BST transactions: dbldie55, jayPem, 78saen, UltraHighRelief, nibanny, liefgold, FallGuy, lkeigwin, mbogoman, Sandman70gt, keets, joeykoins, ianrussell (@GC), EagleEye, ThePennyLady, GRANDAM, Ilikecolor, Gluggo, okiedude, Voyageur, LJenkins11, fastfreddie, ms70, pursuitofliberty, ZoidMeister,Coin Finder, GotTheBug, edwardjulio, Coinnmore...
Pics for this AM, from Doug's Iowa collection, PC25:
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Any concurrence?
PS. Nice proof Ron!
Pics for this AM, newp into Paesan's Stash, PC55:
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Pics for this AM, was in Scott's collection. Hope he decides to return to the hobby someday.
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dcarr - Those cancelled dies are relatively common, are they not?
I don't know about "common", but should it be a recognized variety? Great conversation starter for sure!
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GTB - Nice looking "poor man". Thanks for posting.
Pics for this AM, from Doug's collection, PC45:
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Some great looking coins here!
I posted this in another thread but I'll put it here for posterity.
Pics for this AM, a new one of these may be coming to market:
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Pics for this PM, from Paesan's Stash, PC45:
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Pics for this AM, one of the dates Doug added. His newp is a 30, and nicer. A true rarity. This one is now graded PC20:
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My pictures suck, but you get the idea. PC53.
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Pics for this AM, super toughie that I understand now resides in the Carolinas, PC30:
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Pics for this AM, from Doug's Iowa Collection, PC25:
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