@pursuitofliberty: thanks Todd! King of Pain brings back memories - how about “Invisible Sun”, also a Police tune back then!
Your CBH today, though, is other worldly! love it!
Ken
PS: I’ve said this before, but this is the best thread on the forum!
I attempted to add these pics to my post yesterday about the 1843 $1, but got the dreaded “we will add when we have approved, etc.” We know the approval never comes, so here’s the pics of the coin that sealed the deal:
@Copperindian said:
I attempted to add these pics to my post yesterday about the 1843 $1, but got the dreaded “we will add when we have approved, etc.” We know the approval never comes, so here’s the pics of the coin that sealed the deal:
W
I get the same warning too. I need to change my name to Danger Will Robinson
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Its Saturday but not morning. Most likely my last purchase for 2026 cost me an arm and a leg (I am a small time collector so this is lots of money for me). But happy to add my first SLH key date.
Per AI:
1851 Liberty Seated half dollars are significantly rarer in lower, circulated grades than in high, mint-state conditions. Because their silver value exceeded face value in the mid-19th century, many were melted overseas, leaving a disproportionately high survival rate of uncirculated coins compared to heavily worn ones.
“Another Saturday morning & I ain’t got no money….” Ouch! Sorry for taking poetic license there - the older guys like me might get the parody.
But actually, I do “got money” this AM:
I posted this coin about six months ago when I acquired it after FUN from the Ohio Collection sale:
There was another collector that I was ahead of on the purchase; he immediately offered me a small premium after the sale, which I turned down.
But, he persisted & let it be known he was still interested. As an aside, along with MS Flying Eagles, I have a tough time selling Classic Head Gold.
But, but….his determination paid off as he just raised his offer substantially to the point I couldn’t refuse.
Today, it’s goodbye to this beauty & one I’m seriously going to miss despite accepting his generous offer.
Good morning fellas. This one came back to me from CACG this week. It was a quick turnaround, considering I dropped it off at FUN just a few weeks ago. May you all be well caffeinated.
Yesterday I spent about 6 hours on the road to and from Vancouver, WA, to get my electric mower fixed (warranty). While they where not able to fix it because of a non-serviceable/repairable part, they did agree to ship it back to me in a couple of weeks when it's all done and 100%. And the shop I took it too was an A+ organization, so that was good.
On the way down I talked to my friend Tom G @pcgscacgold for about an hour and a half. That was nice as we haven't talked in quite a while and haven't even texted as much this year. Normally, even for me, that's a pretty long call, but if you think that's a long one ...
On the way back I had an epic call with another very good friend Lance @lkeigwin . We talked about all kinds of things coin and coin people we know, and other than dropping the call for a minute, we yacked each others ears off for 2 hours and 45 minutes!
Lance commented via text later that it was almost like we sitting next to each other while I was driving. I had to agree, although he didn't get to see the beautiful PNW day and the forested areas I cut through on the way home. And we probably would have stopped along the way (I didn't).
So ... even though it wasn't a "coin day" pre se, it was a great "coin people day"!
And I only drank a small thermos of coffee!
.
NOTE: For those of who know Lance, he was in great spirits and although I know he's still struggling with some things physically, he has all his facilities about him and can still get around pretty well (all things considered), and he is grateful for that. He's also still at it ... collecting, photographing and studying coins.
.
Our text conversation afterwards involved a coin Lance had just secured and led to a specific date of another coin which ended with a brief comment about one of mine, and so I thought I'd share her this morning.
.
When I bought this coin at the Summer ANA in 2021 from Sheridan's MB52 Auction, it was the most money I had ever spent on a single coin in my life. I had cracked the $2000. threshold a couple times, but never the $2500. mark. To make matters worse, I ended up being the only bidder! I wasn't sure if I'd lost my mind.
Well, that might still be in question!
Anyway, at the time it became the highest grade CBH and most valuable single piece I had, but more importantly (maybe) is that it represented everything I love about some of the Die Marriages and later Die States of CBH's.
She has crack's, clashes, somewhat fatigued dies and a pretty interesting die chip on the nose. She also has some great history and provenance. From a production standpoint, she's just about as perfect of a "hot mess" as can be. I'll give credit to that term (at least for coins!) to another good friend, Mr. @ebriker
This is also the Die Marriage that struck the infamous Platinum issues (read below the images for a little more information there).
So, without further ado, here she is ...
.
. O-107a (107.4), r.5; ex-Link, ex-Frederick
A soft platinum-golden-grey patina with patches of russet and aqua-blue graces full cartwheel luster and mark-free surfaces.
This was part of Sheridan's description from MB#52 (where it was Lot 73)
... influenced by the worn, clashed dies and the presence of a small die chip on Liberty’s nose. Full cartwheel luster and mark-free surfaces support the AU58 designation. Russ Logan quaintly referred to this intermediate die state as the one with “a mouse on the nose.” Logan owned one of two known 1814 platinum half-dollars, Judd 44. They were struck from the O.107 die pair. Since they do NOT have a mouse on the nose (or a die break between 81 of the date) we know that they were struck in 1814 at the Mint, not pieces de caprice, struck elsewhere from discarded dies.
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Here is a great token from the former collection of Q. David Bowers. When he was selling it all about ten years ago month by month, I was late on the draw. It became available recently, and I was able to buy it: 1869 Yankee Robinson (Full brockage) PCGS AU58
Yankee Robinson was a "Buffalo Bill" type of character from the 1850s to the 1870s that had a traveling circus act. He had many storecards made and also counterstamped a bunch of 50c pieces as "free tickets" to his shows. This one displays brockage on the reverse, a mirror image of the obverse which happens when a token gets stuck on the die and presses into the next planchet.
Pretty cool!
Happy Saturday, all.
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
@pursuitofliberty: Todd - agree with Dan (@Catbert) but without the bust nut qualifier!
As far as being a flipper, I sell so I can “buy up”…..mostly! Today’s coin is an exception as the buyer offered a premium I couldn’t pass up. I do (& will) miss this coin though!
Ken
@pursuitofliberty , I did almost 6 miles walking while on the phone with you. Glad to hear you could talk with Lance. Also nice to hear he is getting around ok. I have not had contact since buying some coins from him a few years ago.
These are some of my favorite that I got from him. Just had them out yesterday for a group photo.
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.
.
.
.
.
.
@pursuitofliberty ...Thanks! That Classic Head Half Cent was one of my first purchases for what became the "final iteration" of my 7070 Type Set. I purchased that particular coin from Tom Reynolds at Baltimore ~2019. Tom had been my "go to" dealer for early copper as I was building my Middle Dates at the time, and I looked to him for a few of my Type coins as well. Everything on ebay and GC was either corroded, excessively nicked, or darker in color. Tom had this one... raw... and graded at AU50. I had no hesitation...
Collecting: Dansco 7070; Middle Date Large Cents (VF-AU); Box of 20;
Oh... @pursuitofliberty ... and I completely "get" that "$2k-threshold" for a single coin, especially so when you're the only bidder on a mostly numismatic purchase. I'd bought several $1k coins that fit that description... the usuals: Draped Bust Half in PCGS VF30; 1909-S VDB in PCGS XF45 CAC... But it was the purchase of my 1794 Liberty Cap (PCGS VF20) where I first really stretched the budget... I ended up getting this coin for a bit less than that $2k threshold. The first time I ever spent over that amount was for my 1924 $20 Saint PCGS MS65 when gold crossed the $2100 mark. I purchased this piece for ~$2450... and the $10 Indian gold a few weeks later. I subsequently finished off gold type with this $3 Princess (PCGS 53 CAC) last year...
edited for images
Collecting: Dansco 7070; Middle Date Large Cents (VF-AU); Box of 20;
@WildWestHalfDollars that's a pretty wild '51! You were here WAY early for a Saturday morning. Were you already caffeinated?
Just to excited to post the coin since it is a big deal on the kinda of budget I have. But hit the coffee early this morning but I drink some all threw the day as well.
@WildWestHalfDollars that's a pretty wild '51! You were here WAY early for a Saturday morning. Were you already caffeinated?
Just to excited to post the coin since it is a big deal on the kinda of budget I have. But hit the coffee early this morning but I drink some all threw the day as well.
Here is the TrueView:
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
@WildWestHalfDollars that's a pretty wild '51! You were here WAY early for a Saturday morning. Were you already caffeinated?
Just to excited to post the coin since it is a big deal on the kinda of budget I have. But hit the coffee early this morning but I drink some all threw the day as well.
Late today....very late getting a post up but some great reading and viewing when I finally made it to the post.
@Catbert is 100% right that I always enjoy reading @pursuitofliberty posts every Saturday morning. Not only are his coins great, but the narrative that comes along with them is always so entertaining.
@Eldorado9 those barbers simply make me drool and I am not even a barber collector.
@Copperindian that 1838 is simply magical! She looks like a luster bomb from the photo. No wonder you had a hard time letting her go.
Spending some time today with one of the few proofs in my collection. This 1858 is "kinda" a fit in my seated dollar collection since their is no 1858 business strike in the series, so it's a proof or bust if you want this year in the run from 1840-1873. She has some of the best bullseye toning I have ever seen in hand. She jumps through the PCGS and is really difficult to put down. Sorry the pictures don't really do her justice.
Happy Saturday morning everyone - Oh- Its late Saturday. Again, late to the party. A dealer friend of mine suggested me selling some of my Capped Bust dime dups that I owned for quite some time. even though they are dups I love them!
Not sure if I am going to sell them but here are some olde but goodie.
I have been waiting weeks for 3 packages to arrive. I think they’re finally going to all get here on the same day this week. Maybe I’ll finally have something to add here…
I have been waiting weeks for 3 packages to arrive. I think they’re finally going to all get here on the same day this week. Maybe I’ll finally have something to add here…
3 weeks??
I hope they are not coming from China...............
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@pursuitofliberty: thanks Todd! King of Pain brings back memories - how about “Invisible Sun”, also a Police tune back then!
love it!
Your CBH today, though, is other worldly!
Ken
PS: I’ve said this before, but this is the best thread on the forum!
“The thrill of the hunt never gets old”
PCGS Registry: Screaming Eagles
Copperindian
Copperindian II
Indy Eagles
Gold Rush
Retired sets: Soaring Eagles
Copperindian
Nickelodeon
Early Walkers
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I attempted to add these pics to my post yesterday about the 1843 $1, but got the dreaded “we will add when we have approved, etc.” We know the approval never comes, so here’s the pics of the coin that sealed the deal:
“The thrill of the hunt never gets old”
PCGS Registry: Screaming Eagles
Copperindian
Copperindian II
Indy Eagles
Gold Rush
Retired sets: Soaring Eagles
Copperindian
Nickelodeon
Early Walkers
Successful transactions: redraider, winesteven, renomedphys, splitaces, oreville, ajaan, Cent1225, onlyroosies, justindan, blitzdude, DesertMoon, johnnyb, Heubschgold, SunshineRareCoins, ParadimeCoins, ndeagles, Southern_Knights, pcgsregistrycollector
I get the same warning too. I need to change my name to Danger Will Robinson
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
Successful Transactions with more than 100 Members
Its Saturday but not morning. Most likely my last purchase for 2026 cost me an arm and a leg (I am a small time collector so this is lots of money for me). But happy to add my first SLH key date.
Per AI:
1851 Liberty Seated half dollars are significantly rarer in lower, circulated grades than in high, mint-state conditions. Because their silver value exceeded face value in the mid-19th century, many were melted overseas, leaving a disproportionately high survival rate of uncirculated coins compared to heavily worn ones.
Liberty Seated Half Dollars
Good Morning Everyone!! I'm revisiting a few coins from my 7070 this morning and deciding what's going to get submitted this Fall at Baltimore...
Successful BST transactions with: SilverEagles92; Ahrensdad; Smitty; GregHansen; Lablade; Mercury10c; copperflopper; whatsup; KISHU1; scrapman1077, crispy, canadanz, smallchange, robkool, Mission16, ranshdow, ibzman350, Fallguy, Collectorcoins, SurfinxHI, jwitten, Walkerguy21D, dsessom.
“Another Saturday morning & I ain’t got no money….” Ouch! Sorry for taking poetic license there - the older guys like me might get the parody.
But actually, I do “got money” this AM:
I posted this coin about six months ago when I acquired it after FUN from the Ohio Collection sale:
There was another collector that I was ahead of on the purchase; he immediately offered me a small premium after the sale, which I turned down.
But, he persisted & let it be known he was still interested. As an aside, along with MS Flying Eagles, I have a tough time selling Classic Head Gold.
But, but….his determination paid off as he just raised his offer substantially to the point I couldn’t refuse.
Today, it’s goodbye to this beauty & one I’m seriously going to miss despite accepting his generous offer.
“The thrill of the hunt never gets old”
PCGS Registry: Screaming Eagles
Copperindian
Copperindian II
Indy Eagles
Gold Rush
Retired sets: Soaring Eagles
Copperindian
Nickelodeon
Early Walkers
Successful transactions: redraider, winesteven, renomedphys, splitaces, oreville, ajaan, Cent1225, onlyroosies, justindan, blitzdude, DesertMoon, johnnyb, Heubschgold, SunshineRareCoins, ParadimeCoins, ndeagles, Southern_Knights, pcgsregistrycollector
Good morning fellas. This one came back to me from CACG this week. It was a quick turnaround, considering I dropped it off at FUN just a few weeks ago. May you all be well caffeinated.
Nothing is as expensive as free money.
Happy Sat Gents...Glad to see the Barbers getting a little attention! Two of my favs....The 1907-d was a Duckor coin, and the thing just glows.
Nice coins this morning friends!
Love that '34 Half Cent @lkenefic Just lovely!
And @Copperindian ... becoming a coin flipper?!! Say it aint so!!!
@WildWestHalfDollars that's a pretty wild '51! You were here WAY early for a Saturday morning. Were you already caffeinated?
Love the Barbers too @P0CKETCHANGE and @Eldorado9
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Yesterday I spent about 6 hours on the road to and from Vancouver, WA, to get my electric mower fixed (warranty). While they where not able to fix it because of a non-serviceable/repairable part, they did agree to ship it back to me in a couple of weeks when it's all done and 100%. And the shop I took it too was an A+ organization, so that was good.
On the way down I talked to my friend Tom G @pcgscacgold for about an hour and a half. That was nice as we haven't talked in quite a while and haven't even texted as much this year. Normally, even for me, that's a pretty long call, but if you think that's a long one ...
On the way back I had an epic call with another very good friend Lance @lkeigwin . We talked about all kinds of things coin and coin people we know, and other than dropping the call for a minute, we yacked each others ears off for 2 hours and 45 minutes!
Lance commented via text later that it was almost like we sitting next to each other while I was driving. I had to agree, although he didn't get to see the beautiful PNW day and the forested areas I cut through on the way home. And we probably would have stopped along the way (I didn't).
So ... even though it wasn't a "coin day" pre se, it was a great "coin people day"!
And I only drank a small thermos of coffee!
.
NOTE: For those of who know Lance, he was in great spirits and although I know he's still struggling with some things physically, he has all his facilities about him and can still get around pretty well (all things considered), and he is grateful for that. He's also still at it ... collecting, photographing and studying coins.
.
Our text conversation afterwards involved a coin Lance had just secured and led to a specific date of another coin which ended with a brief comment about one of mine, and so I thought I'd share her this morning.
.
I wasn't sure if I'd lost my mind.
When I bought this coin at the Summer ANA in 2021 from Sheridan's MB52 Auction, it was the most money I had ever spent on a single coin in my life. I had cracked the $2000. threshold a couple times, but never the $2500. mark. To make matters worse, I ended up being the only bidder!
Well, that might still be in question!
Anyway, at the time it became the highest grade CBH and most valuable single piece I had, but more importantly (maybe) is that it represented everything I love about some of the Die Marriages and later Die States of CBH's.
She has crack's, clashes, somewhat fatigued dies and a pretty interesting die chip on the nose. She also has some great history and provenance. From a production standpoint, she's just about as perfect of a "hot mess" as can be. I'll give credit to that term (at least for coins!) to another good friend, Mr. @ebriker
This is also the Die Marriage that struck the infamous Platinum issues (read below the images for a little more information there).
So, without further ado, here she is ...
.
.
O-107a (107.4), r.5; ex-Link, ex-Frederick
A soft platinum-golden-grey patina with patches of russet and aqua-blue graces full cartwheel luster and mark-free surfaces.
This was part of Sheridan's description from MB#52 (where it was Lot 73)
... influenced by the worn, clashed dies and the presence of a small die chip on Liberty’s nose. Full cartwheel luster and mark-free surfaces support the AU58 designation. Russ Logan quaintly referred to this intermediate die state as the one with “a mouse on the nose.” Logan owned one of two known 1814 platinum half-dollars, Judd 44. They were struck from the O.107 die pair. Since they do NOT have a mouse on the nose (or a die break between 81 of the date) we know that they were struck in 1814 at the Mint, not pieces de caprice, struck elsewhere from discarded dies.
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Todd - BHNC #242
@pursuitofliberty You have the best stories.....(for a bust nut). Love your posts and that coin is amazing. Someday I'd like to meet Lance.
"She comes out of the sun in a silk dress,
running like a water color in the rain...."
Here is a great token from the former collection of Q. David Bowers. When he was selling it all about ten years ago month by month, I was late on the draw. It became available recently, and I was able to buy it:
1869 Yankee Robinson (Full brockage) PCGS AU58
Yankee Robinson was a "Buffalo Bill" type of character from the 1850s to the 1870s that had a traveling circus act. He had many storecards made and also counterstamped a bunch of 50c pieces as "free tickets" to his shows. This one displays brockage on the reverse, a mirror image of the obverse which happens when a token gets stuck on the die and presses into the next planchet.
Pretty cool!
Happy Saturday, all.
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
@pursuitofliberty: Todd - agree with Dan (@Catbert) but without the bust nut qualifier!
As far as being a flipper, I sell so I can “buy up”…..mostly! Today’s coin is an exception as the buyer offered a premium I couldn’t pass up. I do (& will) miss this coin though!
Ken
“The thrill of the hunt never gets old”
PCGS Registry: Screaming Eagles
Copperindian
Copperindian II
Indy Eagles
Gold Rush
Retired sets: Soaring Eagles
Copperindian
Nickelodeon
Early Walkers
Successful transactions: redraider, winesteven, renomedphys, splitaces, oreville, ajaan, Cent1225, onlyroosies, justindan, blitzdude, DesertMoon, johnnyb, Heubschgold, SunshineRareCoins, ParadimeCoins, ndeagles, Southern_Knights, pcgsregistrycollector
@pursuitofliberty , I did almost 6 miles walking while on the phone with you. Glad to hear you could talk with Lance. Also nice to hear he is getting around ok. I have not had contact since buying some coins from him a few years ago.
These are some of my favorite that I got from him. Just had them out yesterday for a group photo.
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.
.
.
.
.
.
Successful BST with drddm, BustDMs, Pnies20, lkeigwin, pursuitofliberty, Bullsitter, felinfoel, SPalladino
$5 Type Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/type-sets/half-eagle-type-set-circulation-strikes-1795-1929/album/344192
CBH Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/everyman-collections/everyman-half-dollars/everyman-capped-bust-half-dollars-1807-1839/album/345572
@pursuitofliberty ...Thanks! That Classic Head Half Cent was one of my first purchases for what became the "final iteration" of my 7070 Type Set. I purchased that particular coin from Tom Reynolds at Baltimore ~2019. Tom had been my "go to" dealer for early copper as I was building my Middle Dates at the time, and I looked to him for a few of my Type coins as well. Everything on ebay and GC was either corroded, excessively nicked, or darker in color. Tom had this one... raw... and graded at AU50. I had no hesitation...
Successful BST transactions with: SilverEagles92; Ahrensdad; Smitty; GregHansen; Lablade; Mercury10c; copperflopper; whatsup; KISHU1; scrapman1077, crispy, canadanz, smallchange, robkool, Mission16, ranshdow, ibzman350, Fallguy, Collectorcoins, SurfinxHI, jwitten, Walkerguy21D, dsessom.
Oh... @pursuitofliberty ... and I completely "get" that "$2k-threshold" for a single coin, especially so when you're the only bidder on a mostly numismatic purchase. I'd bought several $1k coins that fit that description... the usuals: Draped Bust Half in PCGS VF30; 1909-S VDB in PCGS XF45 CAC... But it was the purchase of my 1794 Liberty Cap (PCGS VF20) where I first really stretched the budget... I ended up getting this coin for a bit less than that $2k threshold. The first time I ever spent over that amount was for my 1924 $20 Saint PCGS MS65 when gold crossed the $2100 mark. I purchased this piece for ~$2450... and the $10 Indian gold a few weeks later. I subsequently finished off gold type with this $3 Princess (PCGS 53 CAC) last year...
edited for images
Successful BST transactions with: SilverEagles92; Ahrensdad; Smitty; GregHansen; Lablade; Mercury10c; copperflopper; whatsup; KISHU1; scrapman1077, crispy, canadanz, smallchange, robkool, Mission16, ranshdow, ibzman350, Fallguy, Collectorcoins, SurfinxHI, jwitten, Walkerguy21D, dsessom.
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
Successful Transactions with more than 100 Members
Just to excited to post the coin since it is a big deal on the kinda of budget I have. But hit the coffee early this morning but I drink some all threw the day as well.
Liberty Seated Half Dollars
Picked this up earlier today
My early afternoon contribution to this Saturday morning thread. New local show pickup.
Here is the TrueView:
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
Thanks
Liberty Seated Half Dollars
Late today....very late getting a post up but some great reading and viewing when I finally made it to the post.
@Catbert is 100% right that I always enjoy reading @pursuitofliberty posts every Saturday morning. Not only are his coins great, but the narrative that comes along with them is always so entertaining.
@Eldorado9 those barbers simply make me drool and I am not even a barber collector.
@Copperindian that 1838 is simply magical! She looks like a luster bomb from the photo. No wonder you had a hard time letting her go.
Spending some time today with one of the few proofs in my collection. This 1858 is "kinda" a fit in my seated dollar collection since their is no 1858 business strike in the series, so it's a proof or bust if you want this year in the run from 1840-1873. She has some of the best bullseye toning I have ever seen in hand. She jumps through the PCGS and is really difficult to put down. Sorry the pictures don't really do her justice.
Happy Saturday morning everyone - Oh- Its late Saturday. Again, late to the party. A dealer friend of mine suggested me selling some of my Capped Bust dime dups that I owned for quite some time. even though they are dups I love them!
Not sure if I am going to sell them but here are some olde but goodie.
Beautiful dimes.
I have been waiting weeks for 3 packages to arrive. I think they’re finally going to all get here on the same day this week. Maybe I’ll finally have something to add here…
BHNC #248 … 140 and counting.
3 weeks??
I hope they are not coming from China...............
Mike
My Indians
Dansco Set