"1945 Brilliant Proof This too has the inevitable hairlines so common to the early proofs. The 84 distinctly double-cut. SIMILAR PERIPHERAL TONING TO MOST THE OTHERS IN THIS COLLECTION"
Any idea how the collection was stored? I mean, besides with plenty of t.l.c.
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Amon Carter.
Yup. I saw this coin in the late 1990's in a 63 holder at a Seattle show. So wanted to buy it but was beyond my means at the time
From the 1984 Stack's catalog Lot 251
"1945 Brilliant Proof This too has the inevitable hairlines so common to the early proofs. The 84 distinctly double-cut. SIMILAR PERIPHERAL TONING TO MOST THE OTHERS IN THIS COLLECTION"
Any idea how the collection was stored? I mean, besides with plenty of t.l.c.
Amon Carter.
Yup. I saw this coin in the late 1990's in a 63 holder at a Seattle show. So wanted to buy it but was beyond my means at the time
Curious, do you know what it was going for back then or what similar dollars were going for?
Latin American Collection
somewhere there's a picture of the holders built for the collection. I believe they looked similar to what Eliasberg had
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