Just bought an EAC - Guess the Sheldon

Ok, maybe it's not what you (and we all!) were hoping for, but as you say it is still a nice catch.

I think with old copper you can still make a few happy discoveries (cherry-picks as you guys call them) if you have enough patience, perseverance (and luck).

A few years ago I spotted this S-124, R5+ Nobody else did and I got it for a very modest amount.


A have made a few other cherry picks as well.

 

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Yeah, EACs are fun and large cent listings on Ebay are a goldmine. Maybe some day I’ll start picking Liberty Caps as well. Also half cents might be a good idea, but there aren’t as many varieties.

Of course, you need two things: patience and luck.

Still on the hunt for a 1796!

 

I think I set the price for you on that one. Nice pick. I had to settle for this one:

 

And you've also got your Dark Brown Blob; absolutely featureless, with a hole drilled through it, near the rim! You know it's an old coin, but it ain't givin' ya' Nuthin'!

 

Does it decrease their value, after you try to clean them up with a sharp hatchet?

 

Here's 1796 S-95 R5+ which also might be a gripped edge. What do you think?


If all these are indeed Gripped Edges, then it is likely that they were all made nearly the same time, barring a planchet or two being squirreled away after being given their edge in the recesses of a bin to be found as used later.

But I suspect the emission sequence to be far more haphazard than the elegant sequence sought by Breen or Sheldon.

 

Absolutely. You have to make sure it's a dull hatchet!!!

 

Here is the entire package for the S-95 Gripped Edge?