Should I crack this VG10 1795 FH Half...

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• Goldbully Posts: 17,941 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 21, 2008 1:36PM

  Crack from?????

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• lasvegasteddy Posts: 10,432 ✭✭✭

  July 21, 2008 1:37PM

  my vote is no so long as it's in a pcgs holder already
  nice coin

  everything in life is but merely on loan to us by our appreciation....lose your appreciation and see
  
  
  

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• MidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,550 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 21, 2008 1:37PM

  Immediate answer...no.
  
  But then, why would you want to? Could it be some rare edge variant or something?

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• NumisOxide Posts: 11,002 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 21, 2008 1:39PM

  It's up to you but doesn't PCGS have that new edge view slab as an option?

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• OKbustchaser Posts: 5,546 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 21, 2008 2:35PM

  yes, Bill, you should. But then, ALL early silver should be allowed to breathe free. IMO, when you sell your collection chances are the biggest part of it is going to go to people who already know what they are buying. The holder in this case doesn't make nearly as large a difference as it does with many coins.

  Just because I'm old doesn't mean I don't love to look at a pretty bust.

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• BECOKA Posts: 16,961 ✭✭✭

  July 21, 2008 2:46PM

  Yes and no. What will you do with it after you have seen the edge?
  
  Sorry PCGS does not offer the edge view for these.
  
  Guess you could do an air tight and remove the rubber gasket to see the edge. Although it might rattle a bit.
  
  I'd just keep it in the slab until PCGS offers the edge view for these. Might check if NGC's equivalent will work for edge view.

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• stman Posts: 11,352 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 21, 2008 3:10PM

  Crack out a 1795 half to just enjoy it? And a distinct small head variety? Nonsense I think we're kinda the same if the coin is already slabbed we leave it that way.
  
  Crack it out to enjoy the coin, it's all about the numbers and the plastic my friend. BTW, this coin as you know would sell out of a holder, or any kind of holder.

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• RYK Posts: 35,800 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 21, 2008 3:14PM

  Beautiful coin. You can do no wrong, either way.

  My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132

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• Nysoto Posts: 3,824 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 21, 2008 11:54PM

  Since there were numerous FH half dollar threads yesterday, I thought I would join in.
  
  There are four working dies that make lettered edge half dollars and dollars. The focus has always been on the obverse and reverse dies. For early dollars, there have been no published studies on edge die varieties. For bust half dollars, the Leaman/Gunnet research on edge die varieties (ANS 1986 "America's Silver Coinage") allowed an emission order to be developed, which gave the sequence of usage for the die marriages. Most of the study focused on the capped bust series.
  
  Much information on edge dies for early halves/dollars is yet to be studied. There are certainly unknown edge die varieties yet to be discovered. TPG slabs have stalled numismatic research in this area.

  Robert Scot: Engraving Liberty - biography of US Mint's first chief engraver

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