BillJones ✭✭✭✭✭
Welcome to the "Classic Gold Collectors Club!"
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: PCGS Slabbed Type Set, no one cares . . .
I have completed a U.S. type set from the half cent to all of the old commemorative coins up until the mid 1980s. I have the modern type coins, but they aren’t certified. They are posted on the NGC r… (View Post)1 -
Re: Here’s my Civil War token- post yours
Here is a Henry Higgins, Indiana Primitive, Monitor Civil War Token. Higgins made these by using an original token to sink the design into softened die faces. These pieces are scarce, but not rare. (View Post)3 -
Re: Here's my $10 Liberty- post yours
This is the original design by Christian Gobrecht. It is a minor type that few people recognize. Here is a No Motto type. And a with Motto type. I hate to tell you what I paid for this in the mid 196… (View Post)1 -
Re: Here’s my No Motto Seated dollar- post yours
I bought this Proof for the type. (View Post)3 -
Re: Here’s my Trade dollar- post yours
Mint State. Proof. (View Post)4
