Capped Bust Reeded Edge Half Dollars by Graham-Reiver (GR) numbers
jonruns
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Is there any online resource that provides visuals where I can easily identify Reed Edge half dollars by their GR number? I believe the Dick Graham book is out of print...
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None that I know of. Best try to find Dick Graham's book somewhere.
Seems kind of crazy...auction houses and sellers are using GR numbers...both TPG services offer variety service...across the street has a registry set for them...but no one has any easily accessible info for the collector to help identify them...
I don't believe there is any online resource for this information. When the book came out, during the 2012 ANA, I sold multiple copies each to the two main TPGs as well as to the larger auction houses and CAC. They all wanted multiples to use in-house. Dick and I each sold out our stocks pretty quickly and I know I don't have any extras and don't believe Dick does, either.
Perhaps in the future we will have a second edition with a larger print run.
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
I believe there is one up for sale on ebay, however, at a price that is pretty steep in my opinion.
I'm glad I picked up my copy early on.
Good luck.
I've been asking about this recently. The resources for the 1837-1839 halfs is awful. Baffling that since they did not get in Overton they are massively overlooked. Really dumb.
I just ordered a copy from Bryce Brown. Unsure if he has any additional. WAY cheaper than the ebay copy. WAY cheaper.
There's not that many varieties. I suppose you could try making a virtual set based on registry sets, auction listings, Coin Facts, and NGC explorer. At minimum that should get you images of most varieties. Hope that there are not many misattributions.
Ed. S.
(EJS)
There are 56-die marriages for the series described in the book.
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
I don't have the book, but I made this table from the PCGS Population Reports and the ATS registry list:
PCGS No,date,mm,GR,desc
531046,1836,,1,50 CENTS
531047,1837,,1,
531048,1837,,2,
531049,1837,,3,
531050,1837,,4,
531051,1837,,5,
531052,1837,,6,7/7
531053,1837,,7,
531054,1837,,8,
531055,1837,,9,
531056,1837,,10,
531057,1837,,11,
531058,1837,,12,
531059,1837,,13,
531060,1837,,14,
531061,1837,,15,
531062,1837,,16,
531063,1837,,17,
531064,1837,,,
531065,1837,,,
531066,1837,,,
531067,1837,,19,
531068,1837,,20,
531069,1837,,21,
531070,1837,,,
531071,1837,,22,
531072,1837,,,
531073,1837,,23,
?,1837,,24,
?,1837,,25,
531080,1838,,1,HALF DOL.
531081,1838,,2,
531082,1838,,3,
531083,1838,,,
531084,1838,,4,
531085,1838,,,
531086,1838,,,
531087,1838,,6,
531088,1838,,7,
531089,1838,,8,
531090,1838,,9,
531091,1838,,10,
531092,1838,,11,
531093,1838,,12,
531094,1838,,13,
531095,1838,,14,
531096,1838,,15,
531097,1838,,16,8/8
531098,1839,,1,small letters
531099,1839,,2,
531100,1839,,3,
531101,1839,,4,
531102,1839,,5,
531103,1839,,6,
531104,1839,,7,
531105,1839,,8,
531106,1839,O,1,O/O
531107,1839,O,2,
531108,1839,O,3,O/O
531109,1839,O,4,O/O
?,1839,O,5,
I interpolated several cases, but a few gaps remained, so the PCGS Numbers may include some die states.
Of course, this is only a tiny start on locating images and attribution markers for all these!
The top PCGS Registry set, "Complete Variety Set" only includes 6 Reeded Edge coins, so it doesn't help that much.
The top ATS registry set has 90% completion, so it would help get the images at least.
The ATS coin varieties page also has images of all but 7 of the varieties.
You'll need the book to actually do the attribution, until somebody puts all the markers on a website or similar.
To find the attribution points, look at images of the coin to find them. Sometimes auction descriptions will even mention them. It does take some work. And good luck on the 1839's!
Ed. S.
(EJS)
Last I checked, David Kahn Rare Coins in Olney, MD had them for sale.....this was a couple months ago
www.brunkauctions.com