You have no idea what you're talking about Toad. I meant this will all due respect. VIRTUALLY ALL 1828 C-1 HALF CENTS SHOW EVIDENCE OF...
p.s. here's a huge photo of the reverse: http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/93216625/original
F details, altered surfaces, net G.
VG details, scratched and corroded, net PO.
Here's what you said: Perhaps you meant something else, but both those statements are wrong. Your subsequent comments on the rarity of your...
Yes, and as GDJMSP has pointed out, the letters are punched by hand in the first place, so they can show Longacre doubling when being prepared....
I can appreciate you trying to argue your point, but you're wrong. You were not arguing that your die state was rare, you were arguing that a...
There is a great deal of wisdom in this statement, Mr. Toad. Please consider taking it to heart...Mike
Exactly!
p.s. Again, this is NOT doubling, it is repunching.
I don't think you're looking very closely. Virtually every example of a C-1 I found had some remnants of repunching of HALF CENT...Mike...
$50
AU details, cleaned, net VF.
How do you know "ones with doubling are more scarce"? Remember, repunching of dies (and reusing of dies) was very common back then. A die...
Just confirmed in Breen, the above is correct.
Going from memory... The difference between 1825 varieites is the placement of the date. In the C-1 the 5 in the date is directly below the curl....
Again, that's not a new variety nor a discovery coin, it is simply a die state of a know variety (C-1), which is most easliy distinguished by the...
Also, what you're seeing is not doubling, but remenants of the letter punching (sometimes called Longacre Doubling, a bit of a misnomer).
It is not a new variety, but it is a late die state of an existing/known one.
IMO -- Not a proof. Cleaned/polished business strike...Mike
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