I saw my grandmother this christmas and she showed me the coin collection she inherited from her father 30 or so years ago. I took a few, took some pictures and put the nicer coins in a SDB. Among the collection were these 2 coins that stood out against others. I don't collect either series and do not know much about them but as I would eventually like to see them in my US type set. I did see that this was the only year they made the $3 in New orleans. It was pretty cool to see what he had collected. A substantial amount of silver 90% (going back as far as the Seated series), complete IHC collection (1877 and 09s were AG and F, but problem free), about 50 large cents (4 classic head), 200 Buffalo nickels, 50 liberty nickels, 10 or so rolls of wheat cents (did not go through them), some foreign that I didnt recognize, and more. My grandmother only got half of his collection. Her older sister sold all of her part 20+ years ago (Bummer!)
They are priceless due to their provenance of being in your family for so long , too bad the other sister sold her half but you have some very impressive coins there .
Thats exactly how I feel. I never met him, but because of him, I am a coin collector. A partial Indian head cent set was given to me as a gift when I was born. I started coin collecting 20+ years later, wanting to complete that set. Here are a few more. These are not if great shape, but the $20 Gold is worth its weight in gold .
You need to have the 50c checked out. In the "States" Look at the top of the "E", looks as it may have the top of an "A" under the "E". May be a variety. Nice coins.:hail:
I didn't know the variety, but the coin sure looked authentic to me. Thanks for looking up the variety for him Tom.
Indeed....Thanks for identifying the variety. There are a few more Bust Half Dollars that were in the set. If you can help attribute these too, I would appreciate the help.
The 1814 is an O.105a and is an R4. This is actually a well-known and sought after die marriage because the dies were worked on to obliterate heavy die clashes and, when doing so, a leaf was removed from the reverse such that it is known as the single leaf variety. I'll have to look up the 1834, but there are over 20 die marriages for that year.
Thanks for the attribution help Tom. Is the 1814 worth getting graded? I will probably send the $3 Indian Princess and flowing hair half to get authenticated at some point, just wondering if it would be worth it to throw in the 1814.
If you are going to send in the $3 gold and Draped Bust half then I see no harm in adding the 1814 CBH. The 1807 Draped Bust is considered a generic coin for this type, but it is still a nice type. The 1814 would be more avidly collected by many folks than the 1807. The lighting looks to be quite harsh on these coins so I will assume that the stray marks on their surfaces are less severe in-hand. Good luck on the submission and let us know how they grade.
Tom B. hit the attributions on the head , the 1814 was easy but the '34 is a tough one , lucky he did the hard work I just had to check it . LOL WTG Tom .
