Early Commemoratives

It will be interesting to see what NGC has to say about it.

 

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I have a 36 -D in a NGC 65 holder. You made me curious so I went and looked..Sure enough, the mintmark appears as if it was re-punched. Mine doesn't look doubled, more like a smaller, more defined "D" on top of the blockier, less defined "D" underneath.
Since there is no info regarding RPMs on these, I wonder if this was simply the way they punched the D to begin with?

Let us know what NGC has to say.

 

Hello Niel! By chance would you happen to have a camera or a microscope to take picture of yours? I would like to see a close-up of the mint mark.

 

Not sure if the wife's digital has a macro feature. I'll see what I can do. Makes me long for the days when I had access to an Olympus with a photo micrography stand. :/

 

Well, no luck with the digital. It doesn't have a macro function....and my old 35mm SLR for which I do have a macro lens can't get close enough.
I guess it's time to bite the bullet and get a pro SLR digital. Any suggestions?
I can't afford the Hasselblad digital and Olympus doesn't seem to be in the pro digital market.

 

For the price you can't beat this:

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It's what I bought! :thumb:

Ribbit

 

Hello .
All I have is the Columbian Half Dollar dated 1893 . In medium condition , how much could you estimate the average value - price ?
Thankfully
7 Calbrey

 

Between $20-35 . Columbians are one of the most numerous of all early commemoratives , with many thousands released into general circulation when they went unsold . A very beautiful coin though .

 

I'm a big fan of the series. Been working on a book project for about five years now.

Two of the favorites in my collection:

 

I'm thrilled that a few of the nicest designs are also numerous and affordable: Columbian and Stone Mtn.