Gotta be a counterfeit, no indians made until 1859, right??
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Don't worry Mike, Brandon seems to miss an awful lot of deer with a scope, he'd have no chance chasing me down with that pattern in hand.
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I remember somebody cherrypicking one out of a bulk lot of Indians, once. Crazy, huh. Not necessarily this particular type but definitely one of the early IHC patterns that were quite close to the adopted design.
<< <i>AU-58, just because no one said it yet. Looks XF-45, though.
Wait... it's a proof right? PR-53 >>
Wait for the grade to be posted soon, I thought that as well.
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Hmm, good question - are all patterns Proofs or not? I recall reading somewhere that there were sets of 1858 pattern cents sold by the mint to collectors about the time of issue (QD Bowers had purchased them from some from old collections) - so maybe these were business strikes, but not used for regular issue coinage?
<< <i>Hmm, good question - are all patterns Proofs or not? I recall reading somewhere that there were sets of 1858 pattern cents sold by the mint to collectors about the time of issue (QD Bowers had purchased them from some from old collections) - so maybe these were business strikes, but not used for regular issue coinage? >>
I'm pretty sure I've seen some pattern IHC which had MS designations. Depends on how they were struck I guess. Need a pattern expert to chime in or Rick Snow.
Most 1858 Patterns are graded PR, but there are some that don't make it. These are called MS. The 1859 "Rev of 1860" J-228 is typically found in the MS format.
Circulated patterns are cool. I wonder if it was actually spent or was a pocket piece.
I didn't type an "AU" or "PR" prefix in front of it, but I meant AU53, because I was thinking of how much the detail compared to an 1860 PCGS AU53 cent I once owned.
Actually, Indian cents are one series I am relatively comfortable in grading. At least they do not make me queasy and unsure of myself like Washington quarters, Franklin halves, Peace dollars, or Indian gold do.
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Must look good with the two other 1858 FE's you have in 58.
BTW - went to the SDB's -
Edit: Will - we'll wrestle it out of his hands soon enough...
ReEdit: On second thought - with a concealed gun permit - maybe we'll
forget about wrestling that out of his hands...
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<< <i>211 is a robery in progress strong arm is with a gun or just 211.
I am thinking about going to a gun show tommorrow. Most likely to just look and pick up some ammo.
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<< <i>Almost impossible to tell from your pics, but if I had to guess.....AU50. >>
My brother was talking about his superb abilities to take photos, so I let him take them.
I remember somebody cherrypicking one out of a bulk lot of Indians, once. Crazy, huh. Not necessarily this particular type but definitely one of the early IHC patterns that were quite close to the adopted design.
<< <i>AU55 >>
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Wait... it's a proof right? PR-53
<< <i>AU-58, just because no one said it yet. Looks XF-45, though.
Wait... it's a proof right? PR-53 >>
Wait for the grade to be posted soon, I thought that as well.
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<< <i>Hmm, good question - are all patterns Proofs or not? I recall reading somewhere that there were sets of 1858 pattern cents sold by the mint to collectors about the time of issue (QD Bowers had purchased them from some from old collections) - so maybe these were business strikes, but not used for regular issue coinage? >>
I'm pretty sure I've seen some pattern IHC which had MS designations. Depends on how they were struck I guess. Need a pattern expert to chime in or Rick Snow.
Circulated patterns are cool. I wonder if it was actually spent or was a pocket piece.
<< <i>And the grade is AU53. >>
Damn, I'm good. Nailed it.
I didn't type an "AU" or "PR" prefix in front of it, but I meant AU53, because I was thinking of how much the detail compared to an 1860 PCGS AU53 cent I once owned.
Actually, Indian cents are one series I am relatively comfortable in grading. At least they do not make me queasy and unsure of myself like Washington quarters, Franklin halves, Peace dollars, or Indian gold do.
<< <i>Don't worry Mike, Brandon seems to miss an awful lot of deer with a scope, he'd have no chance chasing me down with that pattern in hand.
The IHC pattern was also struck in MS - not just PR.
I have always thought the MS were mostly die trails
and the PR's were collector coins.
Nice 53 - look forward to examining it in person next week.
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