I am finding the one good thing about getting old. I keep finding cool stuff I didn’t know I had. Was texting back and forth with @lordmarcovan about some coin stuff and drug out an old box and ran across this. No remote clue when or where it came from. It’s like having a new coin without going shopping…… But I really dig the old PCGS holder. If I was to guess, that’s probably why I bought it in the first place.
I think it would grade higher using today’s guidelines but personally, I wouldn’t want to loose the old dive and label. Very nice!
Those are the old Rattler slabs Randy. Your Peace probably doesn't move but most other coins did. I have two Peace in that slab.
Nothing more fun than cherrypicking yourself. I remember finding a flip containing a VG 1875-S 20c piece in a box of non-coin-related stuff (books n’ junk) in the backseat of my car, once. I had no recollection of ever buying it.
I reckon that makes up for some of the other stuff I lost and never found again. Lost a big huge 1797 British “Cartwheel” 2-pence when I moved from NC to GA in 1994, never to be seen again. I always imagined the new owners of my old house finding it in a heating duct in the floor or something, and being astonished. Those are big, chunky coins.
Nice (re)discovery! For those of you with rattlers, check if you have any with a cert number that begins with 108 as those have exploded in value (over $1k for any generic coin and more for better coins plus earlier cert numbers).
I’m not so sure about that, especially with only one side visible, but regardless of the number on the label, that’s a handsome coin.
The reverse certainly looks Fine or better- even near VF-ish, based on the feather detail. So I now see why you think that coin could grade higher nowadays. Im guessing the softness of LIBERTY on the obverse shield might have held it down a bit, maybe. That, and stricter standards at the time. Nice coin, regardless.
