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Newp 1847-O $5. Show your better date Liberty $5 + favorite 'O' mint coins-all denominations/metals.
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Newp 1847-O NGC VF-25 CAC
Only 16 CACs for all grades. Some small lines on face, but they did not bother me much. The rarest O mint $5.
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I like the look of this coin quite a bit. Wish the lines not there but still really like it.
I feel the same way about the lines vs overall appearance.
Could that be a planchet issue vs. marks? NGC/CAC didn't seem to mind.
Well I like that one, very scarce. Best I could swing was a 42O in 20.
I do appreciate the really old and lower-grade coins that sticker. They took some punches but no one used them as a science project.
Nice coin, good quality for an album.
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This is a really nice 1842-O you have! Very few have the original look like this one!
I want to introduce her to a long lost sister:
Interesting question. Can't really say.
I think it would give me a coronary to crack it out to do it, but it would look nice in an album!
Plus no clearly detectable chemicals! Thanks!
Post your better date Liberty $5 and favorite O mint coins!
Nice 1847-O. It appears to be the Covid Mask variety.
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
Well, it's gold and a US coin, but it's not a half eagle or from the Liberty series. I hope it's okay, but let me know if we need to kick her to the curb-
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
A burn!
Nice, color, surfaces and luster.
Some great coins in this thread! The 47-O $5 or 39-O $2.5 are both high on my want list.
Here is my scarcest New Orleans coin, an 1840-O "Broad Mill" variety, along with the writeup I did when I posted it on social
media a while ago.
184 years ago today, the New Orleans Mint received the first dies for its inaugural half eagle issue. The Mint would produce 3,200 half eagles over two months using these dies. These coins had a larger diameter and distinct die characteristics from the nearly 37,000 half eagles that would be produced later that year.
Today, the variety is known as “Broad Mill,” though NGC designates them as “Large Diameter.” The other 90+% of 1840-O half eagles are known as “Narrow Mills.”
While the 1840-O half eagle is not the first New Orleans gold coin (it was preceded by the 1839-O quarter eagle), it is a popular inaugural issue, and the Broad Mill variety is quite scarce. NGC has designated 17 examples to date, with four in 58 and a lone uncirculated example in 61.
This coin was sold as an undesignated Broad Mill and I recently had it officially attributed as such. This is a top CAC pop coin—the only top pop I own. There is at least one other 58 CAC that resides in the personal cabinet of some random gold stacker named Doug Winter.
For some reason, PCGS does not yet recognize the Broad Mill variety, even though the CoinFacts page acknowledges its existence and describes it in great detail 😂. As a result, the Broad Mill is a sleeper coin that can be purchased for a modest premium to the Narrow Mill. As Doug Winter writes, “it remains extremely undervalued relative to its rarity.” If it were to be included in the “regular” New Orleans half eagle set (like the 1834 Crosslet is in the Classic Head $5 set), it would be the rarest New Orleans half eagle by a good margin.
In my stock tank end of the collecting pool, I almost never think of coins as good investments. But if there were one coin in my collection that might make me rich someday (and by rich I mean borderline hobo rich), this would be it.
Does a silver O mint coin qualify for this thread or is it restricted to gold coins only ?
"She comes out of the sun in a silk dress,
running like a water color in the rain...."
It sounds like silver coins can be posted based on the title
Better date $5 Libs and favorite o-mint coins is generic enough
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Any 'O' mint coins qualify!
BigTree,
Thank you for this information! I have Gold Coins of the New Orleans mint and have glossed over this variety.
Your coin is quite the find. A lovely example in all respects!
There are 22 O-mint seated liberty halves. They were my entry point for the entire 113 coin registry set for which I'll never complete. Here's one I just like for its "antique finish" although I own fancier/higher graded/more colorful O mint halves that I could share. This one has the typical weak stars seen on many O mint halves.
I'd like to one day own the blundered date version of this date, but that will have to wait. @ElmerFusterpuck should post his amazing new summer FUN show acquisition that is an incredible example.
"She comes out of the sun in a silk dress,
running like a water color in the rain...."
Very nice eye appeal! Many aspects to appreciate.
This was always my favorite date when I collected no motto half eagles. Congrats!
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My 47-O "baby". Stickney, Clapp, Eliasberg, Gardiner:
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ANA LM, LSCC, EAC, FUN
Congrats on a great pickup. The 47-O $5 is so tough. Not a single one present in the Fairmont hoard. Here are two PCGS VF35’s, both CAC:
That is one Monster Coin with amazing pedigrees and the nearly impossible Gold CAC!!! This is likely the finest known!
Cool! Both with great color and surfaces!
I have this 1851-O
A very nice coin! Wholesome.
FYI @semikeycollector your name is a misnomer, the 47-O is THE key for the Nola half eagle series.