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Such a tease, to announce an auction and not share the catalog! https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflarge00leon It looks like the top lot in the sale was #685, "1794 Silver Dollar, very fine,… (View Post)

Unlooped versions exist. I'm attaching one example. The unlooped ones I've seen have a much redder copper color. I consider the looped versions to be more of a beige-er bronze color. Most o… (View Post)

Thanks, @Meltdown. That's the "normal" Julian-listed variety PR-38. There are at least 4 other Lincoln dies that I know of that were also paired with a Broken Column reverse. This is t… (View Post)

FWIW, here's an example of the OP's medal in an intact bezel. There's some chance this is gold. My guess is that it's yellow-toned silver. I don't know of any way to know for… (View Post)

I assume that NGC reserved the special numbers a while ago, and prevented them from getting used. I also predict that all of the lots will sell. This is the sort of thing that a late-night telemarket… (View Post)