J-A1804-2

Pocket piece.

I assume this is a Mickley restrike?

Note that part of the (re)strike were weak to begin with, which should not be confused with circulation wear.

@daltex said:
but how does it happen that they circulate?

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there are a host of patterns and proofs that would easily have been beyond even an educated person for the time of striking for many imparied proofs/patterns. it isn't too far of a stretch to figure with virtually no information or value assigned, let alone random events, for pieces like this to have simply been thrown into and/or actually circulated? for some time. (look at what some of the coinstar/register finds are in threads here)

wasn't one of the 1913 V nicks purposely carried around in the owner's pocket leaving it to have claims to only a lowly au grade? how about the 94-s 10c ice cream coin. - many a gobrects have suffered a brutal fate down into the F15 territory.

the auction catalog descript on that page says a lot for such a small amount written.

on a personal note: this item isn't too extensively circulated as a au58+, that is basically someone waking up on the wrong side of the bed ms63-65. fwiw

if you are looking for a precise backstory on how this thing went from a private post-strike, i cannot help there but to advise digging through auction archives, nnp, cu archive searches. unless someone here actually knows

@trueblood said:
Would I pay such a price to have a privately produced piece assumed to be made by/for J. Mickely in the 1860's, nope. I want mint made and this ain't that

It's made using Mint dies!

I'm fascinated by the Joseph Jacob Mickley pieces. They seem more rare than the Mint-made special order pieces.