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Two :thumb::thumb: up Bob that is unreal Heraldic 7 & 6 star with 13 star rev. If I said I was not Green with envy I be lying, Nice coin .........

 

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dang you can capture the beauty of a coin. I am still trying. I hope one of these days I can do a qtr of what you can.

 

A few new proofs for the Jefferson family.

 

Recently got some new roman republics. Grand total of $60, which is real cheap for such roman republics. Usually one costs that and more.


Petillius Capitolinus (43 B.C.)
AR Denarius
O: CAPITOLINVS, Bare head of bearded Jupiter right.
R: PETILLIVS, The Capitoline Temple of Jupiter: richly decorated hexastyle façade with ornamented pediment and garlands hanging within three openings; [PE]TILLIVS in exergue.
Rome
3.5g
20mm
Crawford 487/1, Sydenham 1149



Q TITIUS (90 B.C.)
AR Denarius
O: Head of Bacchus or Liber right, wreathed with ivy.
R: Pegasus right, Q•TITI on tablet below.
Rome
4g
19mm
Syd. 692, Crawford 341/2

 

Nice diversion

 

Picked up this lovely lady yesterday for $32

 

What a beauty! Congrats on the find: I just looked at the other recent AU 1799s on Heritage and would take this eye appeal over all of them.

Heritage's photos tend to be muted and brownish—I've often wondered if they do this on purpose to soften the look or if it's simply their default settings. I did some basic adjusting to this one:

 

I realize time or manpower is limited for Heritage.

More than likely all that is done is lay the coins flat, turn the lights on, focus the camera and snap the picture.

Based on this, one can only be happy when they get the coin in hand. It will almost always look nicer.

I applied some tilt to mine to capture the hidden colors. They are hidden only in the HA photos, not in hand.

I'm actually very happy HA didn't show the color in their photos. I'm sure I would have easily have been out bid.

 

New pilgrim half

 

While it's no Toned Beauty nor an high grade MS or even an MS Coin. Kennedy Variety Collectors will appreciate this one!



The 1972-D No FG (FS-901) is a really, really tough coin to find in any grade. MS Examples are rare according to modern coin standards. PCGS has graded only 2 at MS63 and most recently 1 in MS62. The majority of these are AU or less when they can be found.

Some Teletrade Links:

http://www.teletrade.com/coins/lot.asp?auction=2763&lot=1452

http://www.teletrade.com/coins/lot.asp?auction=3284&lot=1696

http://www.teletrade.com/coins/lot.asp?auction=3379&lot=1925

I traded my MS63 a couple of years ago for about $1200 worth of MS66 Kennedy's. I don't regret the trade but I do miss the coin.

The thing with these No FG coins is that only coins where the initials are abraded away count. Grease filled die's are plentiful and as such, just don't count.

The 1982 P and D coins are as common as dirt when compared to the 1972-D.

Prices seemed to have softened since it's more or less a specialty coin and the big money players are holding out for some high MS examples.
Good Luck to them since this coin was never collected as the die abrasion is so deep, it appears to be a worn XF coin, even in MS. For this reason, none were set aside and attrition has claimed all but a scant few MS and circulated examples.

Unfortunately, the above coin is suffering from coin roller damage which can be seen on the obverse. Otherwise, I'd send this one in for grading and attribution without a second thought!

 

I went to a local coin show in Ft Washington, PA and picked these up . The Walker for my AU short set and the Crowns "cause I also like trains. The Crowns are not silver

 

Someone at a recent show told me Heritage employs three full-time photographers to shoot coins. I've noticed some tweaking—sometimes lights are at 10 and 2, sometimes at 8 and 3, etc.—but I'll bet that for the most part, it's a crank-it-out, sweat-shop pace (like TPG grading!).

I can't figure out their strategy at all—maybe they're too busy even to have one. It has crossed my mind that maybe they downplay the appearance of the coins so that buyers, as you say, are happily surprised—but then in many cases, particularly with nicer coins, they post huge images which "tell all," more or less. Besides, anyone who becomes familiar with their photographic look isn't going to be surprised more than once or twice, I would think.

I look at a lot of their copper (large cents, two cents, etc.) and used to think they went for a soft look to make copper look "milder" and less harsh—particularly the coins with really dark, "steel gray" and "ebony brown" surfaces. But that same approach will wash out silver, as with your dollar. Who knows? At any rate, I always adjust the color as close to "normal" as possible on any coin I'm interested in.

 

Monster Mint Set Toned 1957-D Lincolns (PCGS MS67RB & MS67BN). I just bought the top coin on Friday from CT member "Dimefreak". It's 1 of only 65 MS67RB's in the entire Lincoln series. (There is 1 MS67+RB, which is the only Lincoln graded higher in the RB class). I thought this new one makes a nice matched pairing with my MS67BN (same date & mint) at bottom. The reverse of the bottom coin was just dark and muted enough to make the BN color class. The bottom coin is 1 of only 2 MS67BN's in the entire Lincoln series (None graded higher in the BN color class). Robec did his usual fantastic job shooting the top coin through the slab plastic. The bottom photo was an out-of-the-slab TrueView photo.

 

Picked up a few pieces over the weekend. Here's what we got.
1798/7 Draped Bust Dime 15 Stars (Cleaned-Net VF details)


1915 Barber Quarter (AU)

 

nice & clean 58-D should work as a MS66 or so. has a great strike, the reverse especially (except for the point where it matters I presume) just shy of hitting 5FS because of the 5th step under the 3rd column. Overall should go well in the Intercept binder.

 

And here's one to wrap up the weekend. Will pay for some of the girls' college textbooks in the future
1893-S Morgan Dollar VG (100k mintage - lowest in the series)

 

Newest addition to my Walker AU short set

 

Robec just shot this outstanding 1832 Capped Bust Half Dollar for me. This coin shows every color of the rainbow on the obverse (which is unusual) and there is some original mint luster hiding in the recesses around the rim. There is a large planchet flaw on the reverse extending from the top of the wing to just under UNUM. Finally there are some interesting looking slide marks between the UNITED and the rim on the reverse (almost looks like doubling).

 

Sweet draped bust Koo & WOW at that bustie WL!

 

A little something I picked up a while ago, but just got it imaged. Any guesses on the grade?