This arrived yesterday, and after looking at it, I'm pretty sure it's a Newman 1-B, but would like to see if others agree. One question I have about the 1-B is do all 1-B's have the AR correction on the reverse? In other words, is that what makes it a 1-B, along with the no cinqs? Also, why aren't there (or are there) designations for pre-clash and post-clash, like a 1-B and 1-Ba? Mine appears to be pre-clash. It also has a flawed planchet, and is pretty darn worn (this one is the nighttime version, as the sun is gone I guess, LOL). If you would also like to give it a grade and a value, that would be awesome.
I agree with the 1-B attribution, there are only 4 reverse dies paired with that obv. and the other 3 are easily ruled out. In his book, Bowers doesn't mention anything about the R inside the label. I don't know much about grading these, but yours is a Redbook variety (the quatrefoil after date, or "cross,") making it desirable, and despite the cuts and dings the surfaces look original to me. A very cool piece of our numismatic history.
The attribution of Obverse 1 is pretty easy, due to the quatrefoil or cross after the date. It is only paired with reverses B, CC, L, and Z. CC is a non-starter as there are 3 or 4 known. Z is the raised rim variety which has a noticeably different central ring. That leaves B (UNITED STATES) and L (STATES UNITED). Yours is a B. That said, there are several known die states, featuring die clashes. Kind of hard to tell from your pictures, but I'd say yours is maybe a stage two, or even what I call a stage one and a half. Hope this helps!
Thanks. Jester, I'm not sure I fully understand about the stages of die you refer to. Is that the same as an early die state or late die state? I'm still a novice, but I haven't seen a reference to 'stage numbers'. As for the clash, my research seems to indicate that the 1-B had 1 die clash. There are a number of photos that show the clash very well, and by using those as a reference, I have gone over all possible clash areas with an 8x, and see nothing to indicate the clash.
The 1-B pairing has three (and a half) defined states. Both dies perfect (1a-Ba), a clash only visible on the reverse (1a-Bab), a first clash (1b-Bb), and a second clash (1c-Bc). The second is probably just a weakly struck 1b-Bb, but has fairly sharp details.
Was wondering if this is a newman 11x and what possible grading i would get from pcgs if i send this in and the potential value. And if i should have them preserve the coin or if that would increase the value. Thanks
That's a really nice Fugio Robert! And I do believe it is the 11-X. As for a grade, I have no idea, but it'll grade way higher then mine! As for conservation, I don't see anything that says to me that the coin would benefit from conservation. It looks like a very nice problem free Fugio.
