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Killer early proof Indian Cent . That's one of the nicest struck Proof Indians I've seen , I've got one but not as sharply struck .

 

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What an excellent type set! You obviously have worked very hard on it.

 

Your half dollar is simply gorgeous. Let me guess, MS-65?

 

1923 Buffalo nickel, might possibly go MS

 

This is another nickel I picked up along with the blue toned one I just posted. Matt

 

1825 EF Bust Half Its going to Ngc asap!!
I am not sure what O-???# it is but just a nice EF 1825 Bust half.
:kewl::kewl:

 

I wish. The slightest rub will send an MS coin into AU territory. Some folks joke about coins being AU64.

This one has very little rub but just enough to drop it to AU58. In hand you would swear it's MS.
Lance.

 

This arrived yesterday from Andy Skrabalak (Angel Dees), one of the finest small cents dealers around. His website sucks but if you run into him at a show spend a little time looking and talking.

The color is correct. PCGS graded it 64RB.
Lance.

 

That's Beautiful!

 

I have only met him once, but he seemed like good people. BTW, his site has improved dramatically since the last time I tried it. I actually managed to find a list of his coins. That was a first.

Nice Indian you have there, but only 64? The only distraction I see is the spotty color.

 

Just purchased this last night...

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... This coin has an above average strike for the date. I was looking for a example where the highest points of the bust weren't completely flat, which is sadly very hard to find. Took me a few months to find a suitable example. Overall, I am very satisfied with the purchase. These are the seller's photographs. I will post many more once I take some of my own.

Thanks,
Brian

 

Thanks it was fun. I found that the Barbers were the hard ones, a lot of cleaned one out there. I wound up buying the barbers slabed and cracked them out.

 

Nice 21 peace dollar Brian, I have a 21 in PCGS MS63.

 

Lance, that Indian Cent is the bomb!

 

Andy is very cool. Get to know him and he'll go far out of his way to take care of you. His small cents and nickels are really superior. Trouble is, they're priced that way.

Andy, as I am sure you know, helped broker the $1.7M deal on the '43-D bronze cent. FWIW.

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing with regard to the grade, rlm. It's a pretty solid 64 that might ordinarily get a bump in market grade for eye appeal. But the toning is just not consistent enough.

I am dumbstruck about the color and luster on this IHC. And a little bummed by a few distracting flecks. Maybe that keeps it real?
Lance.

 

I'm starting to get into and take notice of a few nickels. This design is pretty cool and when it is toned a bit I like it a little more. This is the last of three new nickels I recently picked up.

Keep' em coming people, this is pretty fun!

 

The Buffalo will always be my favorite :hail: :thumb: :yes:

 

I just bought this at the bargain price of $25 (which barely covered the seller's slabbing cost). This is the most striking and intense green-toned Proof Memorial Lincoln I've ever seen. This coin displays just one-sided toning, however a tiny bit of green has developed on the rim of the reverse (around 8 o'clock). The mirrors of this coin are unbelievably intense and deep. Toned Proof Memorial Lincolns are very rare and difficult to find since most still reside in their original U.S. Mint packaging, which inhibits toning.

 

Nice proof, what's holding it back from a higher grade?

 

Good question merccrazy. The 1962, above, is the cleanest Lincoln Proof in my (admittedly small) collection with just incredible pop and visual appeal. There are some slightly darker, copper-colored toning spots on the reverse of the '62, that get heavier around the word STATES -- so maybe that's why NGC dropped the grade to a PF 66?

That being said, to my eye, the green-toned 1962 looks much better (cleaner) than this color-heavy 1961 (below) graded by PCGS as PR 67 RB, which has some "rust like" toning spots around the IN GOD WE TRUST motto on the obverse.

It might be interesting to submit the green-toned 1962 to PCGS, but it's a small potatoes coin and the $25 slabbing fee might not be worth the trouble. Excuse my bad photo on the '61, the toning on this coin makes it an exceedingly difficult coin to capture. I plan on having this coin professionally imaged.