That looks like the ex Jimmy Hayes small eagle Flowing hair dollar.....heavy polished dies? MJ
Walker Proof Digital Album Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
Well, congrats to a few of you and eeeeeerrrrrrrrrr to some others:
1795 Draped Bust Dollar, Small Eagle - Ex. Hayes
Ex Jimmy Hayes Collection, Stacks, October 1985, lot 73, where it was catalogued "Choice Brilliant Proof." Struck from polished dies and exhibiting extremely sharp detail on the highest parts of the hair and the eagle's breast feathers. Undoubtedly one of the presentation pieces made for influential vistors and others under the administration of Mint Director Henry DeSaussure, many of which found their way to Europe. While this piece traces its provenance back to U.S. collector J. Colvin Randall, circa 1880, Randall made a number of trips across the Atlantic to make acquisitions for his collection. Since there is no record of a "Proof" or specimen 1795 Draped Bust Dollar in America prior to the Randall Sale in 1885, it is quite possible that he acquired the coin abroad. The Lester Merkin specimen, illustrated in Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of United States and Colonial Proof Coins was one such piece. Presumably, it was in England from sometime around the year of issue until its appearance in America in the 1970's, nearly 180 years later.
Ex. Garrett Collection, Bowers & Ruddy, lot 680, March, 1980; earlier from the J. Colvin Randall Collection, W. Elliott Woodward, lot 12, July, 1885
I did not see this thread until after the source was revealed. I remember when the Linderman 1804 dollar walked into ANACS. My first thought was "Who made this? The Franklin Mint?" It was a gorgeous brilliant Proof, and seemed too good to be true. It wasn't. TD
Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
<< <i>Even once you've 'bought enough books' to where you're comfortable 'buying the coin', IMO, you should get some old auction catalogs.
They make for hours of great 'perusing', and can provide very significant info, much/most of which is not readliy-available, (if at all,) via "googling", etc.
(And they're mostly still $ cheap!) >>
Yes, you are totally correct....twice. Very good reading material and none too expensive.
I also like old Rare Coin Reviews from Bowers and Merena.
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I'm guessing it's..................................fake?
it looks just like the only 1795 off-center draped bust special strike that PCGS has certified as SP66
that has been cracked out and dipped (or something to remove toning)
The stars look off to me, and where is the denomination listed?
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
1795 Draped Bust Dollar, Small Eagle - Ex. Hayes
Ex Jimmy Hayes Collection, Stacks, October 1985, lot 73, where it was catalogued "Choice Brilliant Proof." Struck from polished dies and exhibiting extremely sharp detail on the highest parts of the hair and the eagle's breast feathers. Undoubtedly one of the presentation pieces made for influential vistors and others under the administration of Mint Director Henry DeSaussure, many of which found their way to Europe. While this piece traces its provenance back to U.S. collector J. Colvin Randall, circa 1880, Randall made a number of trips across the Atlantic to make acquisitions for his collection. Since there is no record of a "Proof" or specimen 1795 Draped Bust Dollar in America prior to the Randall Sale in 1885, it is quite possible that he acquired the coin abroad. The Lester Merkin specimen, illustrated in Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of United States and Colonial Proof Coins was one such piece. Presumably, it was in England from sometime around the year of issue until its appearance in America in the 1970's, nearly 180 years later.
Ex. Garrett Collection, Bowers & Ruddy, lot 680, March, 1980; earlier from the J. Colvin Randall Collection, W. Elliott Woodward, lot 12, July, 1885
I remember when the Linderman 1804 dollar walked into ANACS. My first thought was "Who made this? The Franklin Mint?" It was a gorgeous brilliant Proof, and seemed too good to be true. It wasn't.
TD
https://greatcollections.com/Collections/1120/The-Keyman64-Mercury-Dime-Collection/2024-07-07
<< <i>Even once you've 'bought enough books' to where you're comfortable 'buying the coin', IMO, you should get some old auction catalogs.
They make for hours of great 'perusing', and can provide very significant info, much/most of which is not readliy-available, (if at all,) via "googling", etc.
(And they're mostly still $ cheap!) >>
Yes, you are totally correct....twice. Very good reading material and none too expensive.
I also like old Rare Coin Reviews from Bowers and Merena.
Ed. S.
(EJS)
<< <i>People in 1795 must have been crazy to spend 1795 dated coins. Even worse they spent 1793 and 1794 coins. What were they thinking? >>
Maybe about having food for the day.
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