Who has this auction catalog avaliable?
Aegis3
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Superior October 1989 (Heifetz).
I am interested in the plate for lot 4369, which should be a proof classic head 1834 half eagle. I want to attribute it, but my copy is 3000 miles away and will remain that way for quite a while.
I am interested in the plate for lot 4369, which should be a proof classic head 1834 half eagle. I want to attribute it, but my copy is 3000 miles away and will remain that way for quite a while.
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Ed. S.
(EJS)
Ed. S.
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<< <i>I have the catalog, but no means to attribute the coin. Help, please. >>
Can you show the photo, or should I give a quick attribution guide for the date?
Ed. S.
(EJS)
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1-A: see Her 11-06: 2172, St 1-07 (Americana): 5101
2-A: see ANR 1-04: 457
2-B: see St 10-06: 2143
2-C: see ANR 6-06: 2543
3-A: see ANR 3-06: 1599
3-B: see ANR 3-05: 683
3-C: see Her 11-06: 2173
4-C: see St 3-06: 1807; Her 10-06: 2722
5-D: see ANR 7-05: 227
And the descriptions of the individual obverses and reverses:
Obverses
1: plain 4, fancy 8, 4 close to curl, 34 close, sometimes with cracks through *3 to *7
2: plain 4 (tripled) , block 8, curl above r edge 4
3: fancy 8, plain 4 far from curl, 34 wide, sometimes w/ crack from edge to center of lowest hair curl (3-A, 3-B weak)
4: block 8, plain 4 near curl, close date, sometimes w/ crack from edge between *6 and *7 to
hair to BE in LIBERTY
5: crosslet 4, fancy 8
Reverses
A: no bud in branch, eagle has a tongue, left tip of feather right of center above 5, branch end just beyond right edge of period, leaf below right upright U (directions are relative to the letter viewed upright), an arrow touches final A and another is below left of center of C, TATE wide, sometimes w/ crack from edge to r wing tip (2-A, 3-A)
B: no bud, no tongue, tip of feather right of center above 5, branch end just beyond right edge of period, leaf just beyond U, arrow is just free of A and another arrow is just beyond l edge A, sometimes w/ crack from edge to r wing (2-B, 3-B)
C: small nearly invisible bud, eagle has a tongue, feather tip is just beyond right edge 5, branch end above left edge of period, leaf below UN, arrow is just free of A and another is below CA, ICA close, sometimes w/ crack from N through bases to D in UNITED (3-C), later also from N to edge above U (2-C)
D: no bud, no tongue, feather quite left of center above 5, branch tip just left of period, leaf below right upright U, arrow is far from A (about 2 letter I widths) and to center of left upright A, R below E in AMERICA
Ed. S.
(EJS)
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<< <i>Looks like McCloskey 3-A to me. >>
How sure are you?
Ed. S.
(EJS)
Not 100%. How about posting an image of another 3-A?
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Obverse 1: (not always with the die cracks)
Obverse 2:
Obverse 3:
Obverse 4:
Obverse 5:
Ed. S.
(EJS)
Reverse A: (with tongue, no bud)
Reverse B: (no tongue, no bud)
Reverse C: (with tongue, very weak bud between 1st and 2nd pairs of leaves)
Reverse
Ed. S.
(EJS)
If you PM your address, I'll send you the pages from the catalog. Mine's falling apart, no need to keep it any longer.
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