Today's Show Finds: 1836 1/4 B1 Terminal, 1834 Cracked Planchet 1/2, Buick Encased Dollar
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Setup at our small 15 or so table coin club show today. Not a ton of foot traffic, but it supports our club. Out and about to the other dealers with my usual "What do you have in errors, varieties, oddities, or strange things" question, which produced these.
1) Somewhat rough 1882s Morgan Dollar, encased in a GM/Buick ring. Not super rare, there have been a few posts here about these, but couldn't pass it up.
2) 1836 Quarter - Believe its a Browning-1, not sure on the dies state - 6, or "Terminal"? Pretty sure that die had to be completely split at the point it struck this coin.
3) 1834 Half with a cracked planchet. It's kind of rough with some damage and porosity, I hesitated on this one at first, but went ahead with it.
Thoughts on any of them?
Thanks!
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You got some cool stuff there.
That cracked planchet is knock out!!
Neat cracked planchet!
Congratulations !!!
You hesitated, really?
You can always sell it to me
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A numismatist is judged more on the content of their library than the content of their cabinet.
Very interesting haul, I especially like the quarter and half.
Wow, all of them are excellent pickups!
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Those breaks are talking to me. Very interesting. Peace Roy
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Nice finds for a small show
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Normally I say no to crack, but will make an exception here.
That is a heck of a crack.... and I like the encased Morgan...Some neat things at shows...When I used to go to shows, I always asked for things they may have 'behind the table'...Cheers, RickO
Love the Buick dollar!
My hesitation wasn't for the crack - loved it, I was initially concerned about the reverse damage, the color in general, and the overall look of the coin (primarily obverse porosity, and the slight rim enlargement).
It just set of some alarm bells at first glance. I had to rule out (in my mind in about 5 minutes) that the PMD on the reverse wasn't from some sort of tongs/pliers putting pressure on the coin to create the crack - talked myself out of that one. Then I had to weigh it as the color and porosity had my counterfeit alarm going off, talked myself out of that, and in the end told myself I'm buying an awesome crack on a decent coin, not buying an awesome coin with a decent crack so went for it.
I believe the crack and some of the strange appearance primarily results from a pretty severe case of improper alloy mixture.
I had a pretty cool cracked planchet Lincoln a few years back I wish I kept now (Was chit-chatting with the ANACS rep as I was packing up coins to submit and he made me an offer before I submitted it I couldn't refuse).
That cent I posted about 10 years ago, somehow the pics survived:
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/648741/something-neat-1963-lincoln-cracked-planchet-error
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Thanks for sharing
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Yea, the Encased dollar was from a club member who setup that doesn't do shows, just wanted to help the club. The 1836 was from a dealer that just opened a shop and started the show circuit, 1st time I had met him, and the 1834 wasn't even in a case, was brought over from another dealer visiting our area (used to live near us) and setup with borrowed cases and a small suitcase of coins . I have a hard time finding 1 cool thing, let alone 3 at our normal monthly show with 50 or so tables, but the same folks over and over.
"You Suck Award" - February, 2015
Discoverer of 1919 Mercury Dime DDO - FS-101