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Another R5- pickup. This time a 1796 S-114 which uses the same reverse as S-113, S-115 and the 1797 NC-5. I just barely got it at $117.17 with postage while my bid was $114 without postage. Note my sense of humor with the $114 bid for a S-114.

 

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@CircCam is gonna love this one, as do I.

 

Got my Kennedy Dansco caught up for the year with a PDS set. I bought the clad proof back in February, and he's been patiently waiting for his other 2019 siblings to arrive. The silver proof is super frosty, and the Denver issue is liquid prooflike. It was a challenge to photograph. Very pleased with this trio.

 

You’re not wrong there. What a lovely coin... well done @ksparrow

It gets the CircCam Owl



(...A nod to @lordmarcovan, who coined the term. The coin is his and image used with his permission.)

 

This is my newest acquisition and my second attempt to acquire this piece. I first bid on a four coin set and was outbid at the last second for ~$140. This time I picked it up individually at $54 plus postage. The obverse is identifiable as the Marred Field 1794 Obverse 17. It has four obverse pairings with the marred field, though it had been used earlier in it's die life on the S-30 and S-31 before the Marred field became significant.


Now very little of the Reverse is identifiable, but ITE and dentils above are visible.

All known varieties are very RARE with S-38 at R5, S-39 at R6, NC-2 at R8 and S-40 at R5+.

Here are the reverses rotated to match the subject except for the NC-2.


Here is the NC-2 which I finally found and is impounded in the ANS collection.

Now I see the T directly inder or barely left of the dentil above with the upright of E just right of the second dentil right of the one over T. It most closely resembles S-39, but another possibility exists.

Breen recorded his S-39 Die State III as:
III. Extreme buckling obliterates ONE CENT and nearly touches R and (C)A. Leaves, ribbon ends, and right stem are still visible.

Now Noyes photographed his Reverse Die State E with metal out of the die below the leaves under UN. It make no mention of such Die Buckling and none of the Photos indicate any obliteration, though one without the metal out appears to be unevenly worn there.

It might be a fifth pairing with a previously unknown reverse die with the Breen State III and this coin being examples.

I'm open for comments.

ps I will copy this and post it in the Attribute This thread as well.

 

I already had a trime for my type set so the only reason I have for bidding and winning this one is the 1852 inverted date on the previous page must have been in my head and I thought why not?

 

Sorry about that full images here...

 

arrived today

 

Nice 1813 O-103...VG-8???

 

Yes, VG-8

 

A few I bought a few months ago and never took pics of a nice original xf 1878 my pics don’t do it justice. A lot tougher coin than people think

 

A well struck 21 peace. Au but there’s a reverse wipe I didn’t catch

 

Common 23 but a massive luster bomb. I grade it 64

 

A nicely toned though not spectacular 85 Morgan. But I grade it 65.

 

I consider this more bullion than coin, but here it is anyway...

 

Hey, even a blind squirrel....

 

Not exactly my newest, but close. It took a few weeks to get it photographed. PCGS MS65.

I ran each of the photos through a haze removal filter in Photoshop Elements. That magically counteracts the light scattering that whitens the picture when shooting through plastic.

 

@Mainebill - no kidding! Dang, the obverse appears almost prooflike in that pic.