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Let me guess. 121b and 121b.

Nice coins! One thing our coins have in common is a weak reverse and a strong obverse. That’s not a coincidence. The dies were made that way.

 

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The first one was described as a plain edge, but I kept it anyway. The second was from Heritage that I used for comparison. Somehow it wound up in my "My Coins" folder.

 

Just gold and silver. Copper wasn't a precious metal and the value of the metal was notably less than the face value of the coin (unlike that of the gold and silver) so adjusting the planchets was not considered to be necessary. (The seigniorage from the copper coins was intended to pay the expenses of the mint and allow free coinage of gold and silver for depositors.)

 

I thought I'd post a new diagnostic for 1802 Sheldon Reverse N/Breen Reverse M which is the Same Reverse as 1803 Sheldon A/Breen A.


No other Reverse of 97/99 is like this. Breen's encyclopedia mentions the unusually long stem, but does not indicate it is a unique identifier for the die.

 

Here’s an unattributed “dateless” coin on Ebay. It’s in pretty rough shape, but I have a gut feeling it’s a 1796. Can anyone help with attribution?

Edit: Someone just bought it (probably because they are a bit better at attributing skills than I am). Knowledge pays.

 

I don't think so. All I can really see is what looks like the Large D of 1798. Being close and right of the upright probably makes it Reverse N. Probably the S-163 with T above the JHF.

 

Thanks. What’s a good resource for specific obverses and reverses?

 

The standard had gone from Sheldon's Penny Whimsey (1958) to Breens Encyclopedia (2000) which is what I use along with online photos of the 2009 sale of the Dan Holmes collection at http://www.icollector.com/The-Pre-Long-Beach-Sale_as14916 .

Now the Standard is a series of books By Bill Noyes who has published several volumes at different times, some by a year or two and some by series. I've intended to add these to my resources, but they are a bit pricey as an upgrade. I always seem to find coins at just the time I'm ready to add these to my resources.

I also use Heritage Auction Past Sales to supplement inline resources I use for Identification. It's both helpful and sometimes gets me into trouble when I fail to note all uses of the die. For example, I paid way too much for a coin I identified as a 1794 NC-6 from the obverse because I supplemented my database with a better example of an NC-6 obverse from Heritage without noting it was used on the S-64 and S-65 as well. I wound up paying $350 for a common S-65 because I was so excited with my find that I failed to adequately research it.

Such things happen.

 

The first of the foursome has arrived and these are my new images.

 

Nice large date large fraction! There’s only one die pair possible and that’s S-265.

 

The second Of the foursome Arrived today:

 

Great News! I located my missing S-95. It was in an ANACS holder that got pushed to the back of my drawer. I'm not sure where you go from Poor 1 - Details, but that's what the holder says. But it is identifiable.

 

The S-95 Collection:
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Nice coins! Still on the lookout for a 96! I’ll find one someday...

 

I found all of these since last April.

 

How can you tell. Inlighten me please

 

Damn you. You got me. Lol

 

Ok i believe. But tell me how you know. Pretty please

 

Eac-2. I'm listening. What does that mean. I'm in it to win it. Please tell me more

 

My daughter is going to study in Prauge. She just left Capetown in December. Is Prauge where the league of nations was. Wanna flex on her. Am i right. She's pretty smart. I need to know facts before i engage her. She keeps telling me mama don't raise no dummys. But yet I'm the dumbest one