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New acquisitions from WESPNEX - finally paid off my layaway and got me some rare obsolete type clips
seanq
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Saw these at the White Plains NY show back in early April, the dealer set them aside and allowed me to pay them down over the rest of the summer. I finally got to pick them up at the show last weekend, and I took some quick scans this afternoon (better pictures will hopefully follow).
I've been talking about these in here for weeks, dropping hints about how nice they are, luckily now that I have them inhand they're just as nice as I remembered.
1866 Nickel Three Cent Piece High AU, with both a straight clip at K-7 and spectacularly clashed obverse and reverse dies:
1836 Capped Bust Half Dollar, Plain Edge Probably XF or low AU with nice original toning, it looks to me like a smaller denomination coin rested on top of the obverse for a while. Clipped 1% at K-10
1862 Seated Quarter Very Fine or so, but with one of the nicest clips you'll ever see on the type, about 3% at K-2:30. This coin is destined to be my icon
The Seated Quarter now takes its place in my collection as The Most Expensive Coin I've Ever Bought. I hope you enjoy looking at them as much as I enjoyed paying for them all sumer... er, enjoy owning them
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Sean Reynolds
I've been talking about these in here for weeks, dropping hints about how nice they are, luckily now that I have them inhand they're just as nice as I remembered.
1866 Nickel Three Cent Piece High AU, with both a straight clip at K-7 and spectacularly clashed obverse and reverse dies:
1836 Capped Bust Half Dollar, Plain Edge Probably XF or low AU with nice original toning, it looks to me like a smaller denomination coin rested on top of the obverse for a while. Clipped 1% at K-10
1862 Seated Quarter Very Fine or so, but with one of the nicest clips you'll ever see on the type, about 3% at K-2:30. This coin is destined to be my icon
The Seated Quarter now takes its place in my collection as The Most Expensive Coin I've Ever Bought. I hope you enjoy looking at them as much as I enjoyed paying for them all sumer... er, enjoy owning them
.Sean Reynolds
Incomplete planchets wanted, especially Lincoln Cents & type coins.
"Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
"Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
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"The silver is mine and the gold is mine,' declares the LORD GOD Almighty."
Thanks for sharing.
I especially like the 3CN with the nifty die clashes.
-Amanda
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Myqqy: to answer your question about rarity: the rarest of the three coins is probably the seated quarter, it is the first clip of the type I've ever been offered. I do have an 1853 arrows & rays quarter with a clip as well. The bust half is still scarce but I've seen other small rim clips before, on dates as far back as 1808. The three-cent nickel is actually a pretty easy type coin to acquire with a clip, however most of them are much smaller and in lower circulated grades. I had a couple of rim-clipped nickel three-centers already, but I was when offered this coin the combination of the grade, the size of the clip, and the heavily clashed dies made it too good to pass up.
Sean Reynolds
"Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor