@Spencer154 said:
Here’s the other halves from the same submission. All grades exactly as I expected. Working on a circulated set
(G-F) of the 79-90…I have a few more that I acquired already slabbed that I will share. Be
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I love these wholesome scarce collector grade coins! These grades are really hard to find the low mintage issues in!
@ARCO said:
Yes, it definitely looks like PMD especially at the top of the arc.
However, the raised metal is not damage, it was not caused by an object hitting the coin and pushing up the metal. The raised metal was part of the the original strike and you can see it under magnification.
Yes, for a details coin the 1843-O did well! It was sad to see it go, because it had such nicely struck up stars and central leaf detail. The other thing is that only 4 AUs and 2 BUs exist in PCGS as straight grades. The PCGS plate coin is an AU-50, which is not struck as well as this coin. However that one is certainly more valuable
Your 1847 is a V-4a or V-4b, based on the obverse die cracks. V-4b has light reverse die cracks at D, A1, S2, A2, and I'm not sure if they are there, based on the photo.
Your 1860-o is V-1a based on the mint mark position, crack to right ribbon, and lack of crack to corn leaf. It may be R-7 for this middle die state, although the cracks are light and difficult to see on older auction photos. https://sites.google.com/view/clintcummins/half-dime-attribution-guide
This is a fairly new purchase & only the 3rd Seated Quarter I own. The toning is exquisite & quite natural on this very lustrous tough date in the series. The gold CAC affirmation is not altogether surprising considering the minimal marks noted under strong magnification. I’m guessing this piece was held in a long time collection; the holder is pristine & appears to be freshly made.
This is a fairly new purchase & only the 3rd Seated Quarter I own. The toning is exquisite & quite natural on this very lustrous tough date in the series. The gold CAC affirmation is not altogether surprising considering the minimal marks noted under strong magnification. I’m guessing this piece was held in a long time collection; the holder is pristine & appears to be freshly made.
Beautiful coin. Its exciting to have a gold cac holder too!
Some nice rare coins in this set 1872-cc $1,1855 $1, 1860-O 10c, 1846 5c! I've had each of those at some point. Had the 1860-O dime for about 30 years.
Here is a picture of an 1876-CC Dime, Fortin-107b, courtesy of Coin Facts, with the so-called "heavy die rust" seen on several 1876-CC Dimes. Dan Owens and I have a two-part article in the August and September issues of The Numismatist that shows, among many other things, that this so-called "heavy die rust" is actually extreme acid damage to the dies.
The article reproduces a letter from Chief Engraver William Barber explaining that dies were supposed to be given a very light acid wash after being hardened, to remove the effects of being heated in the annealing furnace, but that the coin submitted to Barber for comment (possibly a Fortin-107b) had been struck from dies ruined by the acid. We believe that there is a good chance that after this incident the Philadelphia Mint began sending out dies to the branch mints pre-hardened, but that is the subject for another article someday.
As the result of this and other problems with the S and CC Dimes of 1875 and 1876, approximately 10,000,000 Dimes were melted and recoined.
Tom DeLorey
Professional Numismatist, Retired. 55 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner of the PNG's 2026 Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
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I love these wholesome scarce collector grade coins! These grades are really hard to find the low mintage issues in!
It's all PMD, as @yosclimber explained.
An old score
Your 43-o did particularly well, Ken. Congrats!
Hi Aaron!
Yes, for a details coin the 1843-O did well! It was sad to see it go, because it had such nicely struck up stars and central leaf detail. The other thing is that only 4 AUs and 2 BUs exist in PCGS as straight grades. The PCGS plate coin is an AU-50, which is not struck as well as this coin. However that one is certainly more valuable
Looking for PCGS AU58 Washington's, 32-63.
Picked these two up recently in GC Auctions;
Your 1847 is a V-4a or V-4b, based on the obverse die cracks. V-4b has light reverse die cracks at D, A1, S2, A2, and I'm not sure if they are there, based on the photo.
Your 1860-o is V-1a based on the mint mark position, crack to right ribbon, and lack of crack to corn leaf. It may be R-7 for this middle die state, although the cracks are light and difficult to see on older auction photos.
https://sites.google.com/view/clintcummins/half-dime-attribution-guide
This is a fairly new purchase & only the 3rd Seated Quarter I own. The toning is exquisite & quite natural on this very lustrous tough date in the series. The gold CAC affirmation is not altogether surprising considering the minimal marks noted under strong magnification. I’m guessing this piece was held in a long time collection; the holder is pristine & appears to be freshly made.
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Beautiful coin. Its exciting to have a gold cac holder too!
Some nice rare coins in this set 1872-cc $1,1855 $1, 1860-O 10c, 1846 5c! I've had each of those at some point. Had the 1860-O dime for about 30 years.
Here is a picture of an 1876-CC Dime, Fortin-107b, courtesy of Coin Facts, with the so-called "heavy die rust" seen on several 1876-CC Dimes. Dan Owens and I have a two-part article in the August and September issues of The Numismatist that shows, among many other things, that this so-called "heavy die rust" is actually extreme acid damage to the dies.
The article reproduces a letter from Chief Engraver William Barber explaining that dies were supposed to be given a very light acid wash after being hardened, to remove the effects of being heated in the annealing furnace, but that the coin submitted to Barber for comment (possibly a Fortin-107b) had been struck from dies ruined by the acid. We believe that there is a good chance that after this incident the Philadelphia Mint began sending out dies to the branch mints pre-hardened, but that is the subject for another article someday.
As the result of this and other problems with the S and CC Dimes of 1875 and 1876, approximately 10,000,000 Dimes were melted and recoined.
Tom DeLorey
1855 10C F-103, DDO (FS-101) (Regular Strike). I cherry picked this in an unattributed PCGS XF40 Holder.
Had it resubmitted to get the variety, then to CAC for a Green Bean. It is currently the PCGS Plate Coin!