A Look Back at 2025 SeatedLib3991

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Todays coin will share something with all the coins here on, it will be in a Small White Anac holder. Here is my VF-20 1877-CC Seated Quarter. Have I mentioned how much I love the coins with the deep purplish/blue/golden iridescent toning? If not, here is another one. This coin is a great compliment to my 1878-CC Seated Quarter. Now if I could just find a 1876-CC I like. James

 

Merry Christmas Eve. My wife snapped the long neck spout off the kitchen sink last night so I will have to get this done now as the rest of my day I will be playing the role of "plumber' in our Christmas program.
This is again a Small White Anac Holder coin but is a departure from my regular collection. I have a small group of Reeded Edge Halves. This 1836 Cap Bust represents Christmas past when coins were hammered rather than steamed. I have a different taste when it comes to coins I think of as more Type then set. I fell in love with this coin on the spot; in hand it has booming luster and a type of toning all the coin dealers of yesteryear called "champagne"
Here is my Au-50 lettered edge Half.

 

Merry Christmas. Todays coin is my (SM Wht Anac Hldr) 1868 VF 35 Seated Half Dollar. One of the great joys of my life was building a fairly comprehensive set of Seated Halves. My original goal had been to do a date set (only lacked 1852); but I ended up with just under 100 coins.
One question most folks( new collectors etc.) want to ask about a collection is "Are there any sleeper dates?" The answer is yes.
Anyone out there who wants to build some sort of Seated Half set should know this: The Philly coins from 1862 to 1868 are going to take you WAY longer than you ever dreamed. If you check the combined NGC/PCGS population of 1868 coins you will find 256 coins. Just for example, 1869 has a combined pop of 626. Not like there are thousands but still; you have 3 times the chance of getting the 69. (Yes I knoe this is not a NGC/PCGS coin but the ratio stays similar). James

 

Another nice coin!
What is even cooler about the small white Anacs holder is the 5 digit cert number. Six and seven digits are common but five or less is much less frequently seen.

 

@ddddd . Thanks for pointing that out. I never noticed. James