Nothing fancy. A likely F2-AG3 55/54 (don't have the coin yet), though this time there was another bidder who raised the final price ($61) to 30% below Coin Prices' retail price. No doubt another picker who liked its original look and lowball potential. I'm primarily picking rather than collecting lowballs but recognized its potential as a straight grade, lowball coin at the last minute and raised my bid just enough to win it.
Also, an 1840-O WB9 "baseball die crack" reverse (R4). This is the better baseball die crack in terms of resembling a baseball than the 1841-O WB2, IMO. However, the 1841-O WB2 is an R5, has more die breaks, and commands a higher premium. The coin has some light corrosion and has been cleaned in the past, but I couldn't resist the chance to obtain one for my 1840-O die marriage set.
The coins above arrived and they're, ahem, not nice.
The 1855 was indeed a 55/54 as I had surmised, but the date area is so worn and corroded that I could barely find the diagnostic characters. I was able to clearly see the underlying 8, and the doubled flag on the first 5 "looks right" and lends some support for the overdate. However, seeing the 4-bar on the 2nd 5, everyone's favorite diagnostic, is a tug of war between pareidolia and reality. I've looked at it enough that I believe reality wins, which is reassuring. Anyway, the underlying 8 is all that's needed to verify the overdate. I paid 3X what it's worth on the eBay market.
The 1840-O WB9 is better but shows hairlines from past wiping or cleaning. Probably paid 50% more than the price for a problem-free common die marriage (R2-R3), but this isn't exactly a common die marriage (R4) and true baseball die crack 40-Os and 41-Os are popular die marriages.
The march continues in my Seated Half Dime collection. Three new additions, the '48 and '53-O courtesy of the Great Collections auction this past weekend:
@JRGeyer said:
The march continues in my Seated Half Dime collection. Three new additions, the '48 and '53-O courtesy of the Great Collections auction this past weekend:
Some more good ones! My attributions for the die pairs:
1854-O V-5 The characteristic obverse cracks are visible at S6 and S8, and the reverse has the shallow O and weak ERI.
1853-O V-6 This has the repunched mint mark, same as the V-1 no arrows reverse. It has a slightly concave and ragged upper left edge. There should also be repunching visible in the lower inner curve of the O, but toning is there which makes it hard to see from the photo.
1848 V-5 Obv. date center, Rev. cool bisecting die crack E1 - C. Normally a bisecting crack is enough to make it a Top 100 half dime variety, but in this case the Top 100 spot was stolen by the V-9, which has the same reverse crack, plus a far right date.
@JRGeyer said:
The march continues in my Seated Half Dime collection. Three new additions, the '48 and '53-O courtesy of the Great Collections auction this past weekend:
The 1854-O half dime is very tough to find in AU or better. I think it gets overlooked because other 1854-O denominations are plentiful.
@TPRC said:
Just a couple of circ half dimes that are fully original. Personally, I think the grades are pretty much identical, but the '38 graded 45 and the '53 graded 50
Got this off of Ebay. Lately, the coin addiction has me buying from Ebay despite the premiums. A common date, but any nice original AU58 Seated Half dollar under $500... I will be a buyer.
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Another one from the recent raw submission, unfortunately details graded for some old scratches on the reverse. The obverse die crack certainly drew my attention when it showed up raw on ebay.
@boiler78 said:
J-1022 Seated Dollar struck in nickel
Great piece. I find it interesting the True view may not do justice to my perceived "coin in hand" look
Interesting comments on USPattern.com about Business vs Proof formats and the Auction Cataloger notes in the 2011 Heritage August 2011 Auction / Lot #7738 about this piece.
You still need that R.8 J-765
@paesan said:
1842 Medium Date that passed through, PC-45...
@retirednow I will give you an example of this. I was the previous owner of @paesan Lenny's 'cracked' half dollar shown above. I bought it raw from a central states coin shop then submitted it to PCGS before selling the half dollar. The TrueView picture I am adding below was what originally was imaged for the coin by PCGS. Fortunately they have "back-up' images so I was able to have it changed out to what you now see when verifying (now closer to 'in hand' as you state). My belief is they have one camera setting best for Gold or Copper and one separate setting for silver. In the older TrueView shown as more orange here, they uploaded the wrong digital image with settings best suited for non-silver:
My theory. It is corrected now.
T
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
I cheated! And it looks like I'm WRONG. Good. I'm ready to learn.
What's the diagnoses for this DM because I'd like to know what I have? Definitely the date on your coin is positioned higher than my coin above, so I'll go with that for now.
@boiler78 said:
J-1022 Seated Dollar struck in nickel
This is the image paring on the USpattern.com web site .
Let's reunite the these pieces here
My J-1022 MS62
I like the lineage (Pedigree's) on the MS62 piece as well.
The Pacific Rim Collection Heritage Nov 2021/ Lot #3487; Bob Simpson, (Heritage, 9/2020), Lot #10264. Earlier Provenances as Dibello-Stacks 5/70 Lot #412, Crouch-Superior 6/77 Lot #417, Superior (Boys Town Sale) 5/90, Lot#3328
@Southcounty said:
This is a fun one for the specialists. No cheating.
WB-6, Large O (WB-104)...as best as I can tell.
"This is the fifth and final use of this Obverse die and the only use of this reverse die. This die marriage is one of the rarest of the 1840-Os. At the time of this writing and after decades of Searching, I am aware of less than ten examples of this die marriage. Others likely exist".
Comments
Half dollars sure do have a lot of green up-arrows.
1845-O, WB-16, Dramatically Doubled Date, XF45
Here's four that I like.
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Nothing fancy. A likely F2-AG3 55/54 (don't have the coin yet), though this time there was another bidder who raised the final price ($61) to 30% below Coin Prices' retail price. No doubt another picker who liked its original look and lowball potential. I'm primarily picking rather than collecting lowballs but recognized its potential as a straight grade, lowball coin at the last minute and raised my bid just enough to win it.
Also, an 1840-O WB9 "baseball die crack" reverse (R4). This is the better baseball die crack in terms of resembling a baseball than the 1841-O WB2, IMO. However, the 1841-O WB2 is an R5, has more die breaks, and commands a higher premium. The coin has some light corrosion and has been cleaned in the past, but I couldn't resist the chance to obtain one for my 1840-O die marriage set.
The coins above arrived and they're, ahem, not nice.
The 1855 was indeed a 55/54 as I had surmised, but the date area is so worn and corroded that I could barely find the diagnostic characters. I was able to clearly see the underlying 8, and the doubled flag on the first 5 "looks right" and lends some support for the overdate. However, seeing the 4-bar on the 2nd 5, everyone's favorite diagnostic, is a tug of war between pareidolia and reality. I've looked at it enough that I believe reality wins, which is reassuring. Anyway, the underlying 8 is all that's needed to verify the overdate. I paid 3X what it's worth on the eBay market.
The 1840-O WB9 is better but shows hairlines from past wiping or cleaning. Probably paid 50% more than the price for a problem-free common die marriage (R2-R3), but this isn't exactly a common die marriage (R4) and true baseball die crack 40-Os and 41-Os are popular die marriages.
I'll grit my teeth and keep them both.
The march continues in my Seated Half Dime collection. Three new additions, the '48 and '53-O courtesy of the Great Collections auction this past weekend:
I am a newer collector (started April 2020), and I primarily focus on U.S. Half Cents and Type Coins. Early copper is my favorite.
Some more good ones! My attributions for the die pairs:
1854-O V-5 The characteristic obverse cracks are visible at S6 and S8, and the reverse has the shallow O and weak ERI.
1853-O V-6 This has the repunched mint mark, same as the V-1 no arrows reverse. It has a slightly concave and ragged upper left edge. There should also be repunching visible in the lower inner curve of the O, but toning is there which makes it hard to see from the photo.
1848 V-5 Obv. date center, Rev. cool bisecting die crack E1 - C. Normally a bisecting crack is enough to make it a Top 100 half dime variety, but in this case the Top 100 spot was stolen by the V-9, which has the same reverse crack, plus a far right date.
Low mintage double dime...
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
It's been a while since I posted here. This one I just moved along but I owned it for a while. PC-45 CAC...
Sent in a few raw coins and recently got some grades and TrueViews back.
Seated Dollar Collection
The 1854-O half dime is very tough to find in AU or better. I think it gets overlooked because other 1854-O denominations are plentiful.
Cracked out of an NGC AU55 holder for the 7070
The battle scars of all the good times
PCGS AU-58....
PCGS AU 55
The battle scars of all the good times
Everything is going up it seems. Gold spot is down, Gold coins - even numismatic bullion equivalent gold is up.
Very well done. Exceptional coins!
1840 MS63+ CAC
Beautiful Mr Inspired!
Got this off of Ebay. Lately, the coin addiction has me buying from Ebay despite the premiums. A common date, but any nice original AU58 Seated Half dollar under $500... I will be a buyer.
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Here's another 58-O H10C in my collection, PC-45 CAC. Pix courtesy Barberkeys...
Great looking patterns ... especially the pair of 1869's ( Copper and Aluminum).. gee, all you need now is the Nickel version, J-765
Nothing too special. PCGS AU55 CAC Medium Date WB-8:
My spin on the topic .... Just she is sitting facing to the our left.
@retirednow I like your digital pattern set display. Nicely done!
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
- Bob -
MPL's - Lincolns of Color
Central Valley Roosevelts
Another one from the recent raw submission, unfortunately details graded for some old scratches on the reverse. The obverse die crack certainly drew my attention when it showed up raw on ebay.
Seated Dollar Collection
1846-O, Large Date, WB-26, XF40
1842 Medium Date that passed through, PC-45...
Saying YES to crack.
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Photos I took of a colorful specimen at the LCS:
Custom album maker and numismatic photographer, see my portfolio here: (http://www.donahuenumismatics.com/).
Love the originality and the cracks!
Play ball!!!!!
I like the cracks too!!
If you are smart about it, it would be wise cracks.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
J-1022 Seated Dollar struck in nickel
Too many cracks...
1843 WB27
Bottom figures from Bugert (2016, p. 173).
Perfect for the grade!
Great piece. I find it interesting the True view may not do justice to my perceived "coin in hand" look
Interesting comments on USPattern.com about Business vs Proof formats and the Auction Cataloger notes in the 2011 Heritage August 2011 Auction / Lot #7738 about this piece.
You still need that R.8 J-765
@retirednow I will give you an example of this. I was the previous owner of @paesan Lenny's 'cracked' half dollar shown above. I bought it raw from a central states coin shop then submitted it to PCGS before selling the half dollar. The TrueView picture I am adding below was what originally was imaged for the coin by PCGS. Fortunately they have "back-up' images so I was able to have it changed out to what you now see when verifying (now closer to 'in hand' as you state). My belief is they have one camera setting best for Gold or Copper and one separate setting for silver. In the older TrueView shown as more orange here, they uploaded the wrong digital image with settings best suited for non-silver:
My theory. It is corrected now.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Yeah....... The Trueview has way too much orange. The coin looks more like a giant nickel in hand with no pl surfaces.
Is this any closer to the actual coin?
This is a fun one for the specialists. No cheating.
Seated Dollar Collection
Sheesh. that's gorgeous!
I think mine is nicer, though. Nicer price, anyway.
These are a few I like
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
Successful Transactions with more than 100 Members
I cheated! And it looks like I'm WRONG. Good. I'm ready to learn.
What's the diagnoses for this DM because I'd like to know what I have? Definitely the date on your coin is positioned higher than my coin above, so I'll go with that for now.
This is the image paring on the USpattern.com web site .
Let's reunite the these pieces here
My J-1022 MS62
I like the lineage (Pedigree's) on the MS62 piece as well.
The Pacific Rim Collection Heritage Nov 2021/ Lot #3487; Bob Simpson, (Heritage, 9/2020), Lot #10264. Earlier Provenances as Dibello-Stacks 5/70 Lot #412, Crouch-Superior 6/77 Lot #417, Superior (Boys Town Sale) 5/90, Lot#3328
WB-6, Large O (WB-104)...as best as I can tell.
"This is the fifth and final use of this Obverse die and the only use of this reverse die. This die marriage is one of the rarest of the 1840-Os. At the time of this writing and after decades of Searching, I am aware of less than ten examples of this die marriage. Others likely exist".
I think it is interesting that my J-1022 graded PCGS pr 66 was struck with the 1870 proof dies but has no proof surface.
The Simpson J-1022 graded PCGS pr 67 dcam was struck with the regular issue dies and has very deep proof mirrors.....
