My sympathies to anyone on dialup who tries to load this auction.

Russ · May 28, 2003 1:47AM

Prepare for your screen to be filled with splendor!

Gee, JB, could you make that image a little bigger, I can't quite see all the detail.

Russ, NCNE

misterR · May 28, 2003 1:57AM

About two and a half minutes worth.

pontiacinf · May 28, 2003 2:04AM

dats torched

barberlover · May 28, 2003 2:05AM

Gee, and its only 12 K to. What a bargin!!!

millennium · May 28, 2003 2:05AM

Ahhhh...DSL ya gotta love it. Nice colors on that Morgan!

baccaruda · May 28, 2003 2:22AM

jeez man, I could almost smell the thing.

jeffnpcb · May 28, 2003 2:29AM

Less than 5 seconds to download, two minutes to clean the drool, 6 hours in the ER getting over the opening price!!!

coinman2182 · May 28, 2003 5:32AM

Beautiful coin I don't have anything with that good a toning I am jealous.

Jacob

K6AZ · May 28, 2003 6:40AM

I guess we better brace ourselves to be reading about this coin for a long time, because at that price it isn't going to sell. I'd like to see a nice big image of the obverse.

bumpy · May 28, 2003 6:43AM

Why does it look whizzed?

Russ · May 28, 2003 6:45AM

Bumpy,

Looks like die polish lines to me, not whizzing.

Russ, NCNE

bumpy · May 28, 2003 6:59AM

<< <i>Bumpy,

Looks like die polish lines to me, not whizzing.

Russ, NCNE >>

If that is the case, and I have no reason to doubt you, how does one differentiate between the two?

Russ · May 28, 2003 7:02AM

Bumpy,

Whizzing would most likely be circular and also be on the devices, not just occur in the fields of the coin.

Russ, NCNE

K6AZ · May 28, 2003 7:13AM

First, to clarify my statement above, it is a nice coin, just way overpriced in my opinion. Could be that JB is using it as a signpost auction.

Bumpy, Russ is correct those are die polish lines.

Russ, whizzing can be accomplished either with a dremel tool (circular hairlines) or with a wire brush (straight hairlines). Here is an example of a wire brushing, bumpy pay close attention to the line on this compared to the lines on JB's coin:

bumpy · May 28, 2003 7:21AM

OK. This raises a couple other questions, though. How did they polish the field of the die and not veer at all onto the devices. And maybe it's due to the huge image, but that seems like some mighty aggresive polishing.

K6AZ · May 28, 2003 7:35AM

Bumpy, you have to remember that the die is the opposite of the coin. On the die, the fields are raised, the devices are protected. This particular coin looks like one of the first coins struck after a thorough polishing.

Russ · May 28, 2003 7:40AM

Here's another example of die polish lines:

Bumpy,

The lines can be very "aggressive" sometimes. I think it depends, in large part, on the skill of the individual that did the polishing.

Russ, NCNE

bumpy · May 28, 2003 8:14AM

<< <i>Bumpy, you have to remember that the die is the opposite of the coin. On the die, the fields are raised, the devices are protected. This particular coin looks like one of the first coins struck after a thorough polishing. >>

Boy, is my face red.

jonesy · May 28, 2003 9:02AM

Russ, You owe me a keyboard on my laptop. You need to warn a person before going to that link!!

ConstellatioCollector · May 28, 2003 9:14AM

Great Coin! I think that the photographer sharpened the photo to get that sharpness and technicolor.

Tootawl · May 28, 2003 10:00AM

4 minutes 57 seconds. Not enough detail.

ursabear · May 28, 2003 10:17AM

<< <i>

<< <i>Bumpy, you have to remember that the die is the opposite of the coin. On the die, the fields are raised, the devices are protected. This particular coin looks like one of the first coins struck after a thorough polishing. >>

Boy, is my face red. >>

No Need. I'd gotten more out of this post than I knew before I read it... I'd figured about die polishing, but I didn't think about the way it affects the fields vs the devices...

Cool info! This was actually a cool learning post, plus I got to see "that" coin. Now if I could just get someone to give me an extra 11,600 for my Goodacre, I could just buy that coin... Sure is a beaut.

joejeweler · May 28, 2003 10:46AM

Ouch!!!!

Took me a super long time to load.......on my current (backup) dinosaur Compac laptop. It only has a 28k modem and slow processor......so i've really learned to be patient! After i get the last 4 coins remaining to be paid for that i've committed to (about 20K), i plan on spending some real dough on a powerhouse laptop and get a cable connection.

Till then..........please don't load such HUGE photos, guys! PLEASE?

DHeath · May 28, 2003 10:59AM

Die polish isn't limited to older coinage. Below is my 82 no fg JFK. I love the die polish on it, and it is one of the diagnostics for the coin. Polishing was probably partially responsible for the die abrasion that created the variety. Notice how the lines seem to run under the devices. They are raised lines ON the surface. Cleaning creates scratches IN the surface. Killer coin JB. Wish I was a Morgan guy.

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