I make them as: 1793: C-2 1795: C-3 1806: C-1
I care and would very much like to hear what the TPG has to say about it. Did Mr. August provide any details regarding his opinion?
Hah! The old saying went "Yesterday I couldn't even spell 'angeneer', today I are one"
FWIW, here are my criteria for storage of both slabbed and raw coins: 1) Paper labels and envelopes that are in CLOSE proximity to the coins are...
@Eduard and @kanga, those are both quite nice 1793's. I agree that it's somewhat difficult to photograph these coins adequately, whatever that...
The one I use is: The Encyclopedia of United States Silver Dollars, 1794-1804 by Q. David Bowers C2013 Published by Stack's Bowers Galleries I...
(Tongue firmly in cheek). The raw coin should be suspended within a vacuum bottle by an inductive/magnetic field that keeps it from contact with...
I forgot to include the link to the Osburn/Cushing book so you can read a bit more of what they have to say on the 1873-S....
I think your 1873-S is almost certainly a counterfeit. Osburne and Cushing cannot be certain that none exist but the reports that the mint struck...
I make it as a nice AU-55. There is some wear at the hair, above eagle's eye and rubs on the beak and wingtip tops. A few small ticks keep it...
I know a man who works for the coin sorting house that receives these deliveries and then packages them up for disbursement to banks. He has...
@Conder101, thanks for posting that link. I try to follow Jack Young's trips to the "Dark Side" but I don't seem to catch them all.
@Martha Lynn; The answer is yes.
Super Clash! Wasn't that a heavy metal band in the '80s?
What was the weight and diameter of your coin? I couldn't find an authoritative reference for the weight and diameter of the 1787 Ryder 4-C...
No, Parthicus' coin is a Massachusetts cent, not a half-cent. Therefore it does not even figure into this discussion of the OP's coin. However,...
Does this qualify as a woodie? [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
@Parthicus, I think the coin you've shown is a cent, not a half-cent. There was only one obverse die and two reverse dies for the 1788 half-cent...
@AirborneReams, you might want to check out the designated area of the reverse shown below. See if you can determine if the odd look of this...
You won't have any trouble finding one. Found ten of these in safety deposit box after Mom passed last April. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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