Ben, I've already made one poster... it looks great in person (28" x 24"). It works out perfectly that the set plus the 1858 proof only is 45 coins! Once it is completed it will look like this without any duplicates, just one spot for each date...
Want to buy an auction catalog for the William Hesslein Sale (December 2, 1926). Thanks to all those who have helped us obtain the others!!!
revived thread: wish Speety were here to read this
I was flipping through an old Kagin/Hollinbeck Catalog from a February 28, 1951 Sale and ran across the following entry:
1870-S Silver Dollar Lot# 1248 Very Fine except some initials have been removed from the obverse field. Certainly as rare as the 184 Silver Dollar. This is the first specimen to appear in all our ninety-five sales. It may be years before another specimen is offerred at one of our auctions. The Neil Specimen brought $1500, as also did the Colonel Green Specimen. While we do not believe this specimen will realize that amount, it will probably receive a substantial bid.
(from p. 34)
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I wonder if it is known what year Mr. Boyd purchased his example. His passing was in 1958 and much of his collection ended up with John J. Ford, although not this coin for some reason. I found this interesting and I bet Mark would have also. RIP
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Ben, I do have two placeholders... at least on the poster... White circles with a smiley face.
<< <i>Thanks for the comments guys.
Ben, I do have two placeholders... at least on the poster... White circles with a smiley face.
Ah yes, THE POSTER. I forgot about that.
I may need to buy one from you when you've completed your set...and maybe after a couple of upgrades
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<< <i>Thanks for the comments guys.
Ben, I do have two placeholders... at least on the poster... White circles with a smiley face.
Ah yes, THE POSTER. I forgot about that.
I may need to buy one from you when you've completed your set...and maybe after a couple of upgrades
I finally thought ahead on this thing and am making a lot easier to switch out individual coins in the future.
Wonderful write-up!
Phenomenal Excitement for a circulated 1870-S dollar
That poster is fantastic. I'll have to do something like that once I complete my variety set. 34 Half Eagles and a bunch of quarter eagles.
revived thread: wish Speety were here to read this
I was flipping through an old Kagin/Hollinbeck Catalog from a February 28, 1951 Sale and ran across the following entry:
1870-S Silver Dollar
Lot# 1248
Very Fine except some initials have been removed from the obverse field. Certainly as rare as the 184 Silver Dollar. This is the first specimen to appear in all our ninety-five sales. It may be years before another specimen is offerred at one of our auctions. The Neil Specimen brought $1500, as also did the Colonel Green Specimen. While we do not believe this specimen will realize that amount, it will probably receive a substantial bid.
(from p. 34)
end of copied text
I wonder if it is known what year Mr. Boyd purchased his example. His passing was in 1958 and much of his collection ended up with John J. Ford, although not this coin for some reason. I found this interesting and I bet Mark would have also. RIP
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Two years ago today
The collection continues to be upgraded and he would be proud to continue to spend my money
Most recently purchased the 1850-O SD in MS-64.