I received an e mail back today from Robert 'Bob' Neff at Cuds- on - coins. Some may remember the <1853> H-10 I cherry picked a few weeks before Christmas . He has confirmed that yes it is a bisected rim to rim die crack. He also asked if he could use my images to up load to the site. This is the first one noted for the <1853> date in the H-10 series. Needless to say I was pretty happy hearing the news. So he will be posting the images soon!
Paddy, you're going to be famous! Or infamous. Time will tell. Say "Hey" to BJ for me. Years ago he helped us out on a funny one. Unfortunately, the expert he had us mail it to opined it was a dud. Thinking my kid would be let down for the verdict, he mailed us some little gifts when he returned the coin. Guys like him are why after a half-century I'm still in this "hobby." Were it just for the rackets part, you know what I mean, I'd have been gone a long time ago.
You mean my book "Still only a nickel" you can pick up a copy in the lobby.....I'll be doing autographed copies this afternoon Yeah like Kramer ' s coffee table book...... a book about coffee tables that becomes a coffee table.
See, that's one of the reasons I care so little about that site. The fact that this expands the knowledge of a known, identified die pairing matters not at all to them.
I'm trying to find an R factor on a Valentine 9 A on bust H10 you can find them. It's not that important but just like to know how rare....as I have several 1853 h 10 ' s and it be nice to know if I was to sell one what is the most common vs rare.
Die paring matters to me I'm always on the bust half dime site trying to find rare marriages . So if I'm surfing the net and see a bust half dime that I like if it's worth pulling the trigger . Unlike others I don't collect to fill holes I collect to fill my passion for varieties . If I was a hole filler I would not have about 15/20 1880's Morgans I have just one.
Nice job! BTW, the guy with the 11 cent piece is trolling CoinTalk's Facebook page hardcore about how his coin is better than yours.
Wait this is the guy who found the dime/ cent strike correct? I'm not on Facebook . ...does he have an 1853 die break like this one? You sort of lost me....on this one?
