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Bizzaro CBH error...
lkeigwin
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lkeigwin
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Double struck somehow by 90 degrees.
Either the die spun or the planchet did.
Or a struck coin was fed back in?
I really don't know what I'm talking about but still way cool.
"If I say something in the woods and my wife isn't there to hear it.....am I still wrong?"
My Washington Quarter Registry set...in progress
Interests:
Pre-Jump Grade Project
Toned Commemoratives
Uber coolness.
"Keep your malarkey filter in good operating order" -Walter Breen
BHNC #203
in-collar double strike.
One of the best I've seen
in CBH's, given the amount
of detail showing from the
original strike.
As mentioned, surprising that
something this dramatic stayed
in circulation so long; it's a testimony
to the mind-set 200 years ago of
the public - mainly, however, an
example that at the time, 50 Cents
was a good amount of money to
keep spending, and not 'put away'
just because it looked 'different'.
<< <i>What blows my mind is that it looks circulated...for a few years before someone said. "Hey, look at this one!" and finally put it away.
Uber coolness. >>
Just guessing but what I would guess is that back in that day collectors had different attitudes and there were fewer of them. I could see a person getting it and saying "ain't that interesting- think it will spend?" Probably error coins had no premium or very little. It is an interesting subject to me to study changing collector attitudes though the ages.
<< <i>...how would you explain it? >>
Double Struck In-Collar w/ Rotation.
I wouldn't add a degree of rotation percentage as if you state 90 someone out there will feel the need to argue that it's only 87.5.
Edit...Lance, I noticed that you have Sheridan referenced in the photo properties. Is it going to be in his upcoming sale?
http://rob.com/russ/collection/2237.html
1809 O-112
And I know I've seen this coin before... probably as a plate in some book.
<< <i>Here's a link to the photo and description in Russ Logan's collection:
http://rob.com/russ/collection/2237.html
1809 O-112 >>
Nice find. The coin has actually changed hands twice since Russ owned it. It now belongs to an anonymous collector.
Lance.
Not really looking for much these days but if I were, it might be a toner.