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I didn't realize DC had a new overstrike. Very cool!

Is there a story about the 1909-O ... was that an "almost coin" or something ... like his other overstrikes.

 

Not sure what he was thinking but no Morgan Dollars were minted from 1905-1920. Plus 1909 was the final year of the New Orleans Mint. Before closing down, the New Orleans Mint struck a small run of 1909-O $5 Indians... wouldn't it have been cool if they had struck up some Morgan Dollars as well??? Well now we have them... sort of

 

The 1912 was a tough one to find on a budget. These are getting pretty scarce. I don't have a lot of experience with these in high grades; what grade would you assign it?

http://mycoins.co/1912_US_peso

 

New Franklins


I bought these coins last week to add to my ongoing investment in my Franklin Half colection
1949-D MS65 FBL,1949-S MS65,1951-P MS65+,1952-S MS65,1963-D MS65

 

A new MPL.
Lance.

 

Yesterday's new acquisition, a 1948 (P) Franklin Half estimated MS65

 

Gorgeous coin, Lance!
Nice strike on that sucker, Jay!:burger-flip:


-Brian

 

Beautiful MPL Lance, where did you find that one? Are you going to try to cross it to PCGS?

 

Has anyone ever seen toning like this on a Steel Cent?

At first I thought perhaps some copper in the alloy didnt mix properly, but then I read there was no copper at all in these coins. It is pure steel on the inside, coated with zinc on the outside. This is a PCGS graded MS-65 in an Old Green Holder -- so it's been slabbed for somewhere between 12 and 20 years.

 

I'm pretty sure Charmy has had some toned steel cents before, but they very rarely show anything more than light toning.


Here's a Barber Half love token I picked up this weekend for not too much. I think it says "WJ," but I really don't know:

 

Saw this coin on eBay a couple days ago. Thought the color was a bit odd (but attractive) as well, but it didn't really peak my interested. What I found interesting were what I thought looked like die clashing on the reverse at 10 o' clock. Is that infact that it is, WL? I wasn't able to tell too well from the seller's photos...

-Brian

 

definitely looks like clashing on both sides. under Lincoln's chin on the obverse and on the reverse down through the C of CENT and then into the N of UNITED

 

Ohh, just noticed that on the obverse as well, Mike. I guess my eyes were too attracted to my toning to look past it and see the clashes. Hahaha! Those are pretty significant clashes, WL. Very nice! Another plus, IMO.

-Brian

 

1878 CC picked from a refiners melt bucket for $28, literally saved the poor sucker
Anyways shes a solid xf details coin, was rubbed at some point.

 

Nice catch! Spoke with a friend a couple weeks back who pulled a '78-CC out of a dealers melt bin as well. If my memory serves me right, he said it was a VG/F coin with original surfaces and went for $68 on eBay. Make sure you check for the DDO!

-Brian

 

Thanks iGrade and Illini! Yes the seller (Shane at Kryptonitecomics) mentioned the die clash on the reverse (but not the obverse). This was only $24, which was small potatoes to me. I actually liked that little bit of color, especially on the obverse. It almost made me think this was a copper steel cent coated in zinc, however that would probably make this cent really valuable and I am not that lucky. In any case, I have never seen this coppery color on a mint state steel cent before and I thought it was cool.

 

Very nice pickup for the price.. I've not seen color on a steel cent before myself.. well other than that powdery crap on some that were exposed to the elements for 5 billion years...

 

I saw it on CU's BST. But it was only for sale on ebay. Seller's pix weren't great so it didn't cost too much.

I'll probably cross it because 99% of my slabbed stuff is PCGS. But I don't expect it to upgrade. PR63 feels right.
Lance.

 

Hey good catch there, shes a vam-24
Doubt ill sell her on hobay, too much drama too deal with
However not only key date I found past two weeks in bins
$.10 1895 O will get f-2 details
$.25 1923 S solid AG-3 chance at g-4
$1 1896 O MS 61-62. Dark toning so it was easy to see how she slipped by. An acetone dip then a diP as well revealed this coins beauty