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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 4304146, member: 112"]You may not be able to find what you're looking for on the internet. Quite often one has to resort to books for information like you want. For example, I checked the CPG because they often have examples of coins that are not listed by CONECA, but there was no listing for the coin you mention.</p><p><br /></p><p>You might want to try this book -</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-U-S-Gold-Coins-1795/dp/0794822541" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-U-S-Gold-Coins-1795/dp/0794822541" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-U-S-Gold-Coins-1795/dp/0794822541</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It often contains information you simply can't find anyplace else. Now I don't know that it contains what you want as I no longer own one to look it up - but it might.</p><p><br /></p><p>edit - I would add that even if you do decide to send the coin in to a TPG, that you will need to be selective on which TPG. I say that because NGC and PCGS simply don't attribute most varieties - they only attribute a few of them. I suspect either ICG or ANACS would be your best bet.</p><p><br /></p><p>But, the gentleman who posted directly above me, he could probably help you out - if he had good enough pictures or the coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I strongly suspect he has access to most books since he happens to work for a TPG.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 4304146, member: 112"]You may not be able to find what you're looking for on the internet. Quite often one has to resort to books for information like you want. For example, I checked the CPG because they often have examples of coins that are not listed by CONECA, but there was no listing for the coin you mention. You might want to try this book - [URL]https://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-U-S-Gold-Coins-1795/dp/0794822541[/URL] It often contains information you simply can't find anyplace else. Now I don't know that it contains what you want as I no longer own one to look it up - but it might. edit - I would add that even if you do decide to send the coin in to a TPG, that you will need to be selective on which TPG. I say that because NGC and PCGS simply don't attribute most varieties - they only attribute a few of them. I suspect either ICG or ANACS would be your best bet. But, the gentleman who posted directly above me, he could probably help you out - if he had good enough pictures or the coin :) I strongly suspect he has access to most books since he happens to work for a TPG.[/QUOTE]
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