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Only R-3, but previously owned by Al Overton and plated in editions 2-5 of his book on die marriages.

 

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She’s purty! What a great Provenance!

 

Not a new purchase but I did have it graded.
Expected a 69, got a 69. I just wanted it in hard plastic for protection.

 

PCGS VF30, OGH

 

Nice coin, good luster. Considering the weak strike... I’d grade her AU50. Too high?

 

...another R5 Bust half :-D

 

PCGS called her AU details--questionable color. I disagree, but then what do I know???


other than she has had the same toning pattern since 1970.

 

This arrived yesterday. Now I know what happens when bulk submissions don't make MS 69 or 70.

 

Both of these received just yesterday. I don't normally purchase early (pre-1834) gold in the XF range, but I like the look of this one... just the right amount of luster and crust for the grade. The bill is also recently acquired window dressing.

 

Wow. I see those scratches on the reverse. I assume this purchase was more about the label, correct?

 

@Ike Skywalker, Yes it was about the label.
I almost didn't post it, but what the heck we all make mistakes.
There are 2 other coins I bought for the label.
A 911 ASE and a baseball HOF signed by Steve Carlton.

 

Nothing wrong with that, my friend. Labels can be important to a collector. Heck, I even make my own for my own generic slabs. I really like the ATB quarter labels that NGC made. The label for your ASE makes it more than just an ordinary bullion piece to many collectors.

 

This arrived a few days ago.



Another image from a different room.





The orange glow on the bottom of the reverse is from my lamp. The coin doesn't look like that.

 

1901 S MS 62 Morgan (update)
I’m quite pleased to have this coin.
You can pretend that it doesn’t have a mm, if you want ?

 

About a week ago I asked if anyone had an update on Steve Tompkins' new book on bust half dollars. Someone posted a link to his website (Thanks, I had lost my bookmark.) and while there I found a couple of coins...Bad pics (as usual when I take them rather than asking to use the sellers...I always seem to have too much yellow) but here goes.

 

O-123 R5...?

 

The last one is o-108 1836/1336. One of the couple dozen I have committed to memory.

 

You got 'em both. For some reason I had never owned a 36-108 in 50 years of concentrating on CBHs. The '27 is a major upgrade to my previous example.