$2.50 Liberty for my 1858 Registry set
SkyMan
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I was born in 1958, so for years now I've been working on putting together an 1858 business strike set. There are 29 Type/Mint Marks in the set, of which two (both gold) are out of reach for me. The rarity, and hence the price, is all over the boards for the other assorted Type/Mint Mark's. Because of this I decided not to go with a specific condition throughout the set, but rather a set (top) price for each Type/MM. I'm finding about 1 or 2 coins a year. Here's my $2.50 Liberty for the set. It is graded NGC MS62/CAC. The images are by Bob Campbell, and I think he did an excellent job.
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bob
Latin American Collection
Very Nice!
Congrats.
Very nice, love the polished die striations.
bob
Why?
Not negative, but why? I have that on some coins and prefer the look of completely smooth field.
Just curious on the attraction to die polish evidence.
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Very nice, love the polished die striations.
bob
Why?
Not negative, but why? I have that on some coins and prefer the look of completely smooth field.
Just curious on the attraction to die polish evidence.
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i can't answer for bob, but here's what i think:
this coin has a really sharp strike. the presence of the die polish lines in conjunction with the sharp strike indicate it's a fresh, early die state. that's nice.
however, to a craftsman who makes coins, these are flaws.
a sharp strike without die polish lines, would be more desirable to the purist, or course.
let's agree on this: this coin is a fantastic piece.