1893 O AU 53 Morgan The lowest mintage Orleans date of the series A fairly rare, nice struck AU example. I think it could grade a little higher? But no problem. I’m glad to have it in my collection.
@potty dollar 1878 Check this out. I went to see it on one of the demonstration days a few years back. https://simeonemuseum.org/collection/1964-shelby-cobra-daytona-coupe/
This is equivalent to the Holy Grail, The Bible, and The Encyclopedia Britannica to exonumismatists . . . . . . All 1,082 pages worth . . . . . . . Z
1840-D quarter eagle! I obtained a pretty nice example of a coin that was the last gold coin missing in my 1840 mint set. All that's left now are a few dimes and half dimes. Maybe just a total of three. This piece, one of the rarest, if not the rarest in the entire Liberty quarter eagle series has maybe 100 survivors - I "won" the bidding for it in the Heritage Auction yesterday - XF45 Details (damage) but even with the damage it's pretty nice - everything is there. And since a lot of the surviving coins are very low grades this one is for me a reasonable example. A full grade XF45 might run 5 figures. I knew my only realistic hope (besides winning the mega lottery) was to get a decent details coin. Me, I like this one! I suspect it's an early die state because the typical die cracks are minimal - on what I assume are later die states the die cracks are quite prominent. It's in an ANACS holder. I will probably send it to NGC at some point so I can put it in my registry set! Fiddlehead in the NGC registry - 1840 mint set. Here's most of them. FWIW, the 1840 half dollar in my set is actually the 1840 (O). An interesting coin as it has an 1839 reverse - nd in 1839 the mint mark was on the obverse - so it has no mint mark but was definitely minted in New Orleans. There is substantial research into the tracking of the dies that made that coin. You can see the differences between the reverses of the half dollars below - as later in the year they stared using the 1840 reverse in New Orleans. Pretty cool.
Thanks for looking. It took a long time, one bite at a time. I have always thought of it as a way to diversify my investments. I think I've been pretty successful at doing so on a modest income. But I don't waste money on things like new cars and paying for more housing space than I need. I think I probably have enough in my collections for a college education, maybe two with some scholarships. When I'm gone they can figure that out! Now ..... I need three half dimes and one dime to get 100% complete on my 1840 set. Average grade is probably XF45. About half have CAC and three are lower than XF40, nothing higher grade than AU55. Those half dimes are so small. Anyone got an 1840 half dime they want to load my set? Kind of like putting something on loan to a museum. I know a lot of people love those little coins. I like the big ones that are easier to see. Haha, the great thing about that era is that the pennies are huge! Maybe if I come across some I love. It's a good year though. Lots of first year of issue and some good stories about the mints, mid year changes, etc.
Here's the second last coin I got for the 1840 set. Also a rare coin. It's a with drapery dime. They changed to the with drapery design at the end of the year. Not many around. This one is a VF30. The lowest full grade in the set. Only the 1840D quarter eagle is "lower" because it's details. However, for a lower grade coin this one is quite nice. Even wear, clear lettering, Surfaces look original to me. One of these days I'll send it to CAC. I think it's got a chance.
This 1831 Half Dollar has some cleaning scratches on the face and bust, but I can't see them in hand. But they saved me some money on the purchase.
This arrived today from the Mint. Considering my luck of recent getting in to buy one, I consider it the $73 miracle. Mine will stay in the Mint box.