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Re: Report of an 1851-O “proof” dollar
Andy did his homework on his page below citing an early auction record: These were often offered in the pattern sections of sales by Cogan, Woodward and Mason & Company who were well aware of the… (View Post)1 -
Re: Report of an 1851-O “proof” dollar
Tom, Looking at the blown-up PCGS photos - if they lined up the previously struck coin as you suspect, they were spot on. There are a few places that kind of looks like what we today would call sligh… (View Post)2 -
Re: Report of an 1851-O “proof” dollar
I agree @Realone After staring at the images for 2 days, and combined with the letter Roger found showing the link, I have little, if any, doubt the Smith/Chapman Plated coin is today's PCGS PR6… (View Post)2 -
Re: Report of an 1851-O “proof” dollar
I took the picture in that article vs a similar section of the Chapman Plate. Still leaning towards it being that particular coin. Find enough pictures and maybe some day they can pedigree it back to… (View Post)4 -
Re: Report of an 1851-O “proof” dollar
You can't even really see the O on the Chapman plate photos. Even the images taken in the last handful of years don't present the exact same. This is the Chapman photo and a Coin World/Lege… (View Post)2