1859 Proof Seated Dollar Here's a blue dollar and a story to boot. This proof 1859 had resided in the Norweb collection for many decades until sold at auction in 1988. I thought it was the most beautiful seated dollar I had ever seen but didn't have the nerve to buy it raw. When I was offered the coin in 1989 in an NGC PR66 holder (without pedigree!), I gulped and bought it. At the time PR66 early seated dollars were almost unheard of. Fast forward almost 20 years. I had stopped collecting US coins but had held onto just this and one other seated dollar from Norweb. The 1859 was consigned to Heritage in 2008 after it was crossed to PCGS PR66 from NGC PF66*. In Sept. 2008 and July 2009, Heritage auctioned it as an NGC PR67*! Finally, (I hope) it was auctioned by Heritage in March 2010, this time as PCGS PR67 CAC, without pedigree! These Heritage images pretty accurately portray the coin and it's color. For some reason the sale images for the other auctions make it appear more of a gaudy green.
I am having several on ebay in the upcoming weeks will post link when I get them up there Youll love the mercury though
One of these days I’m going to cut out this Jefferson nickel (maybe the cent also) taken through very hazy pliofilm.
very nice coins guys , here is mine 1895 Mintage: 8,877 KM# 778 4 Pence (Groat) 1.8851g., 0.9250 Silver .0561 oz. Ruler : Victoria
Even though this was posted in another thread a short while back, it's worth showing again. It's one of my more recent purchases from Shane aka Kryptonitecomics and the photo is his. Chris