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W.H.D.C Engraving on 2 1862 Liberty Seated Dollars.
Recently I bought an 1862 Liberty Seated Dollar, in raw XF grade, that had been engraved "A.B.B. from W.H.D.C." on its reverse. What attracted me to it was that I had seen a similar coin advertised on eBay more than a year ago. I didn't buy that coin, as it was in lower grade (raw VG) than what I liked for the seller's… -
Re: W.H.D.C Engraving on 2 1862 Liberty Seated Dollars.
I absolutely think the initials are a person, definitely not an organization And I stand corrected ABC From WHDC ABB from WHDC And with 4 initials it does narrow the field, it could very well be William Henry, and he could have given both as gifts to 2 different individuals and had the engraver engrave it in 2 different… -
Re: W.H.D.C Engraving on 2 1862 Liberty Seated Dollars.
I erred in my typing, and stand corrected . The recipient of the higher grade coin was "A.B.B." The recipient of the lower grade coin was "A.B.C." The style of the letters are different. But, they are too similar in layout to have been made by different organizations. If both of these coins "escaped into circulation", what… -
Re: W.H.D.C Engraving on 2 1862 Liberty Seated Dollars.
I'm going to throw out one possibility for W.H.D.C. that I found, but have doubts about. William Henry DeCourcy Wright (1795-1864) was a prominent Maryland resident at the time. The website https://wikitree.com/wiki/Wright-38256 refers to him as "WHDC", without the ending W for his surname, but whether or not he would have… -
Re: W.H.D.C Engraving on 2 1862 Liberty Seated Dollars.
By the way, does anyone of you know who has the lower grade coin ? -
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Back then they called it the Executive Mansion. :) -
Re: W.H.D.C Engraving on 2 1862 Liberty Seated Dollars.
If the second letter in the first string is "B" (and I think it is), then I don't think the second letter in the second string can also be a "B". Those are different letters. -
Re: W.H.D.C Engraving on 2 1862 Liberty Seated Dollars.
Perhaps a matching pair of love tokens? WHDC gives girlfriend/fiance ABB a love token. WHDC then marries ABB, who then takes her husband's surname and becomes ABC. WHDC gives new wife ABC another love token. A fanciful story, but plausible. The difference in time could explain the difference in engraving styles. There's… -
Re: W.H.D.C Engraving on 2 1862 Liberty Seated Dollars.
Reread it again, he erred. And now you are erring. And let me add these were not engraved by the same engraver, and that is a fact -
Re: W.H.D.C Engraving on 2 1862 Liberty Seated Dollars.
He has mentioned that.
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