Seated Liberty

Indeed. For the 'right' price, I'll consider a holed coin. I'm actually considering an repaired hole 1872 Seated Liberty dollar right now. It's VG/F details and $75 at the moment. I'm debating if that is a 'right' prize for a coin that would be ~$220 retail if it was a non-problem coin.

For $75 I can have a type that I don't currently have in my collection and also get to hold is raw without worrying about hurting it's value. I like to have coins I can hold in my hand and 'play' with.

 

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SL are fun... at first you think that if youmlearn the pickup points on one denomination, you know the whole series.

Then THEY start talking about die pairs and Overtkn numbers and you realize they are really just like the cake labeled "Eat Me" - and you are Alice....

 

I love seated coinage, from my proof type set. I need to get another half dime, the only one that I had got sent off in a trade about a month ago.

Dime


Twenty cent

Quarter

Half

Dollar

Trade

 

@Kirkuleez, the 1877 20 cent piece looks like Ms. Liberty has seen a ghost!

Really nice collection. I'll bet the 1870 looks prettier in-hand! I think it's my fav. of the coins you posted.

 

If you're out of storage space....let me know. I will accommodate for no charge.

 

Aside from details of size, there is one of the Dime-Double Dime-Quarter-Half-Dollar series that has a major difference from the others. Can you see it?

 

There are a few things that i see but the biggest difference i see is the hand with a finger up or not up.

 

The facial expression is slightly different - the 20c Ms. Lib is horrified and saying "you paid HOW MUCH FOR THAT COIN"

 

He is talking about the fact that on the 20 cent LIBERTY is in relief on the shield instead of incuse.

There are other differences as well.

If the shield is vertical it is a dime or half dime.

If the stars point at the denticals it is either a half or dollar. If the drapery at the left elbow is very small it is a half dollar, if the drapery at the elbow extends down past the knee it is a dollar.

If the shield is tipped left and the stars point at each other and not the denticals it is a quarter or twenty cent. As mentioned on the twenty cent LIBERTY is raised and the first star on the left is below the midpoint of the rock.

So the denomination can be determined just by looking at details of the obv even if there are no size clues.

 

Dang

 

Knowledge just laid down on this thread. Props for knowing all those pick-up points for easy identification. I am most impressed.