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Latest addition to my 20th Century Type set. Used my Ebay bucks so picked it up for $131.00.

 

envy is the word. gorgeous coin. thanks for posting it.

 

Gold coins can be addictive I find myself buying everyone I see that is priced right

 

That's one of the best looking coins I've ever seen. Where the heck was I when this was available???????????????...

 

My Ebay bucks plus $110 bought these. The MS has a super low population.

 

I bought this from Illini (a member of this board) for $495.



This was his sales blurb ...

1826 Bust Half Dollar PCGS AU50 ex. Guttag Family (O-108a).
This is a spectacular looking AU Bust Half Dollar. The coin is very original looking and is deeply toned. The toning is very very colorful with rainbow colors around the rims fading into a very deep blue toning that covers the centers of the coin. The coin also shows a few very neat looking die cracks which helped me attribute the variety. This coin is much much prettier in hand than my photos even begin to show. I’ve also included a shot of the coin titled under a bright light so you can better see the luster/colors of the coin that I just couldn’t capture with my normal setup. Wow.

This was some additional info he sent me about this coin ...

The Guttag Family pedigree was put on by PCGS since these coins came from the Guttag Brothers. They were major coin dealers (and involved in other businesses) in New York in the 1920s and 1930s. Apparently, they lost a ton of money in the big market crash of 1929 and only their coin business survived. There's a great write up on the history in the last two Stacks/Bowers catalogs. Apparently, the Guttag Family had a great deal of inventory from this coin business for many years and have just now decided to sell it off. So, in these auctions you see a lot of fresh to the market coins (mostly classic commemoratives and older half dollars) and the coins are unquestionably original and many have nice toning. Most of the coins that were slabbed also came with the original paper envelopes the Guttag Brothers and the Guttag Family stored the coins in for decades. The lot I won also had these envelopes, but Stacks/Bowers didn't deliver them to me. After several calls/emails, they told me they had lost the envelopes. I was pretty disappointed about that! Your coin came from a multi-coin "lot" sold as a group -- but anytime there is more than one coin in a lot, they don't do photos, which I know helped me win the coins cheap. Of course, the coin you got was by far the star of the lot and the main reason I went for it. I will send Stacks/Bowers another email today to see if those envelopes ever turned up as they would have been really cool to have along with the coins.

 

That really is a stunning Bust Half @WingedLiberty ! Congratulations on acquiring it! My newest looks homely by comparison now, but she's a rare bird so I brought her home. 1811/0, O-102 which I believe is an R-4

Also, finally received this one the day before yesterday after 3 months of waiting. lol I'm just glad it came!

 

I got a little barberic and did some much needed upgrades for my type set courtesy of a fellow ct member these 2 raw ill send I'm in and see what pcgs thinks

 

Also bought this my pics are awful is great in hand for better pics see the for sale forums

 

Those were today's mail delivery. I went to see renowned seated dime expert Gerry Fortin who lives 25 min away after looking at his website. I bought 3 coins and really enjoyed talking to him and learning quite a lot. I then went 2 miles down the road to my regular hangout and had a pizza and a couple beers. I bought this aqua toned beauty

 

Got this great branch mint quarter that desperately needs a slab upgrade

 

And this proof dime with stunning toning especially the reverse. My pics today are particular bad all these are beautiful coins in hand

 

Bill is turning into Hugh! Nice additions sir!

 

Double post sorry

 

Not yet I need a lot more dough to buy some of Hugh's coins!!