@OriginalDan said:
This one was recently imaged through the holder, to keep the OGH its been resting in for many years. I think PCGS did a great job on the Trueview, despite shooting it through 25+ year old plastic.
The coin is graded "AU50". I put quotes around that because you can go compared it to any of the recently graded SSCA coins and see that it is superior to the AU53 and AU55 graded higher on coinfacts - both details and appearance. Wass issues in general were poorly struck, and thus not easy to grade.
Some interesting historical notes:
The last numeral in the date, almost certainly a '2' was drilled out of the die, then punched with a '5'.
The punch used to place Liberty on this coin was also used for the 1855 "Small Head" $20, making the $20 look a bit funny since the head size was intended for the $10. There's also a "Large Head" $20, that shared the same Liberty head punch with the Wass $50. Remember these were private, borderline 'emergency' issues due to the severe lack of circulating coinage. The private firms like Wass Molitor did what they had to do to get coinage out into circulation.
About 40 of these were recovered from the SSCA wreck, massively increasing the surviving population and softening prices for collectors. This example is still one of the nicest out there, even with the SSCA mini-hoard coming out.
Awesome coin, and JA must have thought it made a case for AU58 as it sports a gold sticker now.
I should show you the invoice from when I bought it. It says “AU58” in quotes 😀
Oh i believe it, it doesnt really have much wear at all. I need a Wass $10 in my set, there was an 1852 large head in 55cac that was floating around about a year ago and I kick myself in the ass for not buying that one.
@OriginalDan said:
This one was recently imaged through the holder, to keep the OGH its been resting in for many years. I think PCGS did a great job on the Trueview, despite shooting it through 25+ year old plastic.
The coin is graded "AU50". I put quotes around that because you can go compared it to any of the recently graded SSCA coins and see that it is superior to the AU53 and AU55 graded higher on coinfacts - both details and appearance. Wass issues in general were poorly struck, and thus not easy to grade.
Some interesting historical notes:
The last numeral in the date, almost certainly a '2' was drilled out of the die, then punched with a '5'.
The punch used to place Liberty on this coin was also used for the 1855 "Small Head" $20, making the $20 look a bit funny since the head size was intended for the $10. There's also a "Large Head" $20, that shared the same Liberty head punch with the Wass $50. Remember these were private, borderline 'emergency' issues due to the severe lack of circulating coinage. The private firms like Wass Molitor did what they had to do to get coinage out into circulation.
About 40 of these were recovered from the SSCA wreck, massively increasing the surviving population and softening prices for collectors. This example is still one of the nicest out there, even with the SSCA mini-hoard coming out.
Awesome coin, and JA must have thought it made a case for AU58 as it sports a gold sticker now.
I should show you the invoice from when I bought it. It says “AU58” in quotes 😀
Oh i believe it, it doesnt really have much wear at all. I need a Wass $10 in my set, there was an 1852 large head in 55cac that was floating around about a year ago and I kick myself in the ass for not buying that one.
This is all I have. I wish there were more. I'd like to get a decent $50 gold slug someday.
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Oh i believe it, it doesnt really have much wear at all. I need a Wass $10 in my set, there was an 1852 large head in 55cac that was floating around about a year ago and I kick myself in the ass for not buying that one.
Do you still have the Miners' $10 or is she gone?
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This is all I have. I wish there were more. I'd like to get a decent $50 gold slug someday.