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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3570297, member: 10461"]<b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">"W.H. Vanderbilt" carved on 1826 Capped Bust half dollar</font></font></b></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/1826-50c-Vanderbilt-LoveToken-004265-coin-v2.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/1826-50c-Vanderbilt-LoveToken-004265-obv-v2.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/1826-50c-Vanderbilt-LoveToken-004265-obv-v2.jpg" rel="nofollow">Larger obverse scan</a></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/1826-50c-Vanderbilt-LoveToken-004265-rev-v2.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/1826-50c-Vanderbilt-LoveToken-004265-rev-v2.jpg" rel="nofollow">Larger reverse scan</a></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Host coin:</b> 1826 USA Capped Bust half dollar.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Obverse:</b> unaltered except for "W.H. Vanderbilt" graffito in left obverse field. </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Reverse:</b> original eagle design, unaltered.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Is it really possible this coin once belonged to famous 19th century railroad tycoon <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Vanderbilt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Vanderbilt" rel="nofollow">William Henry Vanderbilt</a> (1821-1885)?</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Sure, it's <i>possible</i>.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Is it <i>probable?</i> Not very.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">I'm pretty convinced that the carving is old, but let’s just say I’m not convinced the coin had anything to do with W.H. Vanderbilt personally. </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">But <i>maybe</i>, when he was a young man...? Who knows.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Considering I acquired this piece for about 1/3 less than the regular G4 price of an 1826 Bust half dollar, I saw no reason at all not to include it in my Oddball (Engraved, Love Token, etc.) collection of the time.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/VanderbiltCartoon-v2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3570297, member: 10461"][B][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5]"W.H. Vanderbilt" carved on 1826 Capped Bust half dollar[/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5] [IMG]http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/1826-50c-Vanderbilt-LoveToken-004265-coin-v2.png[/IMG] [URL='http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/1826-50c-Vanderbilt-LoveToken-004265-obv-v2.jpg']Larger obverse scan[/URL] [URL='http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/1826-50c-Vanderbilt-LoveToken-004265-rev-v2.jpg']Larger reverse scan[/URL] [B]Host coin:[/B] 1826 USA Capped Bust half dollar. [B]Obverse:[/B] unaltered except for "W.H. Vanderbilt" graffito in left obverse field. [B]Reverse:[/B] original eagle design, unaltered. Is it really possible this coin once belonged to famous 19th century railroad tycoon [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Vanderbilt']William Henry Vanderbilt[/URL] (1821-1885)? Sure, it's [I]possible[/I]. Is it [I]probable?[/I] Not very. I'm pretty convinced that the carving is old, but let’s just say I’m not convinced the coin had anything to do with W.H. Vanderbilt personally. But [I]maybe[/I], when he was a young man...? Who knows. Considering I acquired this piece for about 1/3 less than the regular G4 price of an 1826 Bust half dollar, I saw no reason at all not to include it in my Oddball (Engraved, Love Token, etc.) collection of the time. [IMG]http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/VanderbiltCartoon-v2.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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