CrustyCoins

Just for fun I thought I would post what I have.

An almost complete 1834 Die Variety Set, I am missing 2 of the 9 known. The last two are fairly common, I have been focusing on the much more difficult 1835 Varieties.

If anyone has the last two I can post them in this post to complete the reference set.

As time allows I will update this post with some of the diagnostics for each variety; for now I'll test you guys to see if you can come up with what makes each one different.

McCloskey 1A


McCloskey 2A: Missing

McCloskey 2B


McCloskey 2C: Missing

McCloskey 3A


McCloskey 3B


McCloskey 3C


McCloskey 4C


McCloskey 5D

johnny54321

What a beautiful collection! I'm impressed. How long did it take you to put it together?

mark_h

Nice set!

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tmoneyeagles

WOW! That is one heck of a set!
Very nice gold! Thanks for sharing it with us!

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HandsomeToad

Just from a quick glance, I noticed the date placement is different on several and the placement of "5 D." is also different on others. I imagine the rest of the legends also have placement differences.

Nice set!

Ribbit

Vess1

Really nice set man.

The second to last one looks like it has a berry between the leaves. I remember reading something about that a while back. And it may just be me but the arrows look small on the last one.

Edit: The curl in front of the ear looks thinner on the first one than the rest.

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ryanbrooks

Wow! They're all so beautiful!

I'm lovin' the second 1834 toning and luster! Such a beauty!

CrustyCoins

[QUOTE=johnny54321;How long did it take you to put it together?[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the complements, I have been working on the 1834-1838 Half Eagle Varieties for 3-4 years now. I have 22 out of the 34 known and there are 3 that are almost show stoppers, not because of price but because of scarcity.

tmoneyeagles

I've finally decided...
That 1834 is my favorite...
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CrustyCoins

You should wait for your judgment, you have not even seen my 1835-'38 varieties coins.

tmoneyeagles

Well I have to say those 34's look amazing!
Can't wait to see the others crusty!

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CrustyCoins

Bump, sorry it took so long to get the diagnostics in and I did not realize we cannot edit our own posts after a certain amount of time.

So below is the original post with the updated diagnostics. There are many more diagnostics but I provided enough to identify all of the known 1834 half eagle varieties.

Please feel free to use this thread as a resource.

------------------------------------------------------Original Post Below
Just for fun I thought I would post what I have.

An almost complete 1834 Die Variety Set, I am missing 2 of the 9 known. The last two are fairly common, I have been focusing on the much more difficult 1835 Varieties.

If anyone has the last two I can post them in this post to complete the reference set.

As time allows I will update this post with some of the diagnostics for each variety; for now I'll test you guys to see if you can come up with what makes each one different.

McCloskey 1A
Diagnostics:
Obverse: Script 8 - "4" close to curl
Reverse: No bud in the branches, Eagle has a tongue


McCloskey 2A: Missing
Diagnostics:
Obverse: "4" is triple cut and distant from the curl
Reverse: No bud in the branches, Eagle has a tongue

McCloskey 2B
Diagnostics:
Obverse: "4" is triple cut and distant from the curl
Reverse: No bud in the branches, Eagle has no tongue


McCloskey 2C: Missing
Diagnostics:
Obverse: Block 8, "4" is triple cut and distant from the curl
Reverse: Small bud in the branches, Eagle has a tongue

McCloskey 3A
Diagnostics:
Obverse: Script 8, "4" distant from curl
Reverse: No bud in branches, Eagle has a tongue


McCloskey 3B
Diagnostics:
Obverse: Script 8, "4" distant from curl
Reverse: No bud in the branches, Eagle has no tongue


McCloskey 3C
Diagnostics:
Obverse: Script 8, "4" distant from curl
Reverse: Small bud between upper and middle branch (can't see in this photo), Eagle has a tongue


McCloskey 4C
Diagnostics:
Obverse: Block 8, "4" touches curl
Reverse: Small bud between upper and middle branch, Eagle has a tongue


McCloskey 5D
Diagnostics
Obverse: Script 8, Crosslet "4"
Reverse: No bud between branches, eagle has no tongue

ksparrow

This is a great thread, with some fine photos and educational material to boot! Beautiful, original coins.