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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 4594982, member: 101855&quot;]Okay since no one has posted since 2:21 this afternoon, here the reveal:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1137906[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought this piece from Liz Cogin, who is one of the great ladies of numismatics.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now here is an issue to think about. When I building a set of Flying Eagle and Indian Cents in high school, I had more trouble filling the 1864 Bronze hole in my &quot;Library of Coins&quot; album than the 1864-L hole. It seemed like every 1864 Bronze coin I found had a problem, like a streak of corrosion.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the 1864-L, I found that fairly quickly. I even cherry picked one out of group of so-so coins. It was green but not porous.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have heard some dealers say that the 1864 Bronze is harder to find than the 1864-L. Oddly enough the “Coin Facts” estimations of surviving pieces support that. According them there are 2,950. 1864 Bronze Cents in all grades, and 2,980, 1864-L coins. I think that those numbers are way too low, but they do show far more 1864 Bronze coins in Red Unc. than then 1864-L variety. (180, 1864-L / 450 1864 Bronze)</p><p><br /></p><p>So, what has your experience been with these coins? Let’s discuss it if you have ever collected or bought and sold them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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