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The 1838-C half eagle is hardest piece in the set to find nice. I looked at many of them until I found the one that worked for me. The 1838-C was not as well made as the 1838-D, which can be found in AU for a price.
My 1837 half eagle is in a PCGS MS-61 holder, and I am quite happy with it. I traced it back using the Newman Portal site to the 1976 ANA auction, which was held by Stacks' in New York City. There it was graded AU, which is the true true grade. Coin grades are quite fluid, as you probably know.
You might know that we are collecting "Mint Drops." That was name the opponents of Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren gave to them on some Hard Times tokens.
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Re: Has anyone ever heard of this coin or token?
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Re: Has anyone ever heard of this coin or token?
That’s a great looking coin which fits the description, but it does not have a first half of the 19th century “minted at the East Podunk, backwoods mint,” look to it. Most of the private minters didn… (View Post)1 -
Re: SLQ Full Head Designation Questions
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Re: Added a Few Standing Liberty Quarters.
Those coins are very nice. They don't have the rub on the knee or down the shin which some of these coins, which are graded Mint State have. As for the design, I think that it is attractive when it i… (View Post)5
