Seated Half Series........ 2 away !!!!!!!!!!!

longtimecollector · April 17, 2004 1:48AM

The postman delivered the "holy grail" 78-S this morning !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Still looking for a 41-P and a 51-P circ grades preferred !!!!!!!!

It's been almost 30 years since I got my first !!!!!!!!

Pics of the 78-S tonight !!!!!!!!

Edited to add........ This is a date/mint mark set, now approaching 210 pieces including die varieties !!!!!

Dennis88 · April 17, 2004 1:50AM

Congrats!!!!!

Dennis

mgoodm3 · April 17, 2004 2:07AM

Very impressive. hard series to complete.

lathmach · April 17, 2004 2:08AM

Congratulations. The 78-S is really tough.
I have a 51 P. It's only good or VG. Don't know if I want to sell it though.

Ray

Edited: Just looked, my 51 P is a vg.

tjkillian · April 17, 2004 2:25AM

Wow, congratulations! I would love to do this set. Can you let me in on how you did it? All circulated? Any problem coins? What is the cost of doing it? Is it in an album? Please let us know some of the details of your collection. I'm very interested.

Tom

ARCO · April 17, 2004 3:42AM

Congratulations. You have one helll of a set. What grades do you collect in? What grade is the 78-S. I too have been looking for a nice F-VF 1851 for its scarcity. I saw a decent Good on a web site a few months back that recently sold.

What did you think of those 70-CC halves on Heritage last month? One was an XF40, the other XF45.

Tyler

CoinAddict · April 17, 2004 10:24AM

That must be quite a collection. Good luck on getting the other two coins to complete it.

Ronyahski · April 17, 2004 10:37AM

Truly a great accomplishment. Congratulations to you, and good luck in finding the last pieces.

Cratylus · April 17, 2004 11:08AM

Oh, I can hardly wait to see the photos of a true 78-S!!! I can't believe you found one! Your set is one hell of an accomplishment. I agree, we need more details, more details!

Nic · April 17, 2004 11:14AM

Wow. Very neat and tough set. Tell us more !!!!. K

astrorat · April 17, 2004 11:54AM

For those looking for a nice selection of Seated halves, Harlan J. Berk just listed a whole mess of them in the last few days. They must have bought a collection.

Link

I am not affiliated with Harlan J. Berk, I just like them and they are an honorable group of folks!

Lane

DominusDeus · April 17, 2004 12:12PM

Urg, exclamation point overflow...

longtimecollector · April 17, 2004 12:19PM

Can't get the scanner to fire tonight......... dang dang dang..........

Thanks to all for the compliments

The 78-S is a PCGS G-4, but still a boatload of $$$$$$$$$$$

I pick up any varieties I don't already have, and even some I do depending on the die state......... There were many, many rare varieties that I "cherried" over the years..........

Due to the nature of the collection, the size and shape are ever changing, therefore I keep it in standard 2 X 2's, 20 to a page in a $3 Office Max binder........ Maybe I'll spring for something nicer soon............

Ray....... If you decide to sell, lemme know !!!!!

Hard to believe I am this close !!!!!!!!!!

Harder still to believe that I can post here without "raggin" on the Camster !!!!!!!

coinlieutenant · April 17, 2004 12:40PM

LTC,

That is amazing!!! I am working on that set too!! It is SO DIFFICULT!! Even more so that the Barber half set that I am working on...

I am trying to get a complete set in VF-AU in both series... completely original. Lifes work...

How long has it taken you again?

Post pics when you can!!!

John

Coinosaurus · April 17, 2004 12:55PM

ltc-

very cool. great accomplishment!

toyonakataro · April 17, 2004 5:55PM

Wow,I just checked the CDN and realized how expensive and rare the 78-S is!! Congtats!

I once thought about collecting seated halves by date and MMs, but I gave up because so many dates are too tough for me to afford.....I'm collecting half dimes instead.

lathmach · April 20, 2004 9:48AM

Longtimecollector I got our PM but for some unknown reason I can't respond.
Send another PM with your email address and I'll contact you.

Ray

Seated Half Series........ 2 away !!!!!!!!!!!

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