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This is a plastic ‘cap cover’ to protect the die. Fred had a large group and sold some on his website: (View Post)

The MS 65 sold for $9,310.00 in GC. There are (2) in MS 64 NGC. I sold both of the MS 64’s. One is reappearing in Heritage as mentioned above. These are in my archive of sold coins: https://mikebyers… (View Post)

In my listing, the second paragraph explains why it could be struck on a half cent blank: This unique 1795 Small Eagle Dollar was struck on a 96 grain copper planchet. Certified by PCGS as AU 55, it … (View Post)

To answer several of you, both the Morgan Dollar and Gold $1 are ‘split after strikes’‘ also known as broken planchets. Neither was split during the striking! Mystery solved! I don’t know why PCGS in… (View Post)

This gold $1 sold in Heritage in 2008 for $8,050. The grade has nothing to do with it being a broken planchet ( mint error). The Morgan Dollar broken planchet below is the most famous for this type o… (View Post)