Lets see your Cherry Picked coin

I found an 1876-CC Type 2 Reverse dime on Ebay for $30 in VF with an old cleaning. This was between classes at school. I just checked and it sold. The listing had not even been up for two hours.

Remember: act fast.

 

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I picked these yesterday. The first was a 1956 Type 1 Proof Franklin. I picked it up for $27.00.



And then I came across this in another dealers box of quarters for 12X face. A 1917-D Type 2 Standing Liberty Quarter for $3.00.

 

Here’s my most recent cherrypick: an 1820 JR-1, R4 capped bust dime. I got it unattributed from GreatCollections for a price I feel is very good considering the condition and scarcity of the coin.



This reverse die has STATESOFAMERICA as one word due to poor letter spacing by the engraver. This die was first used to strike 1814 JR-5, R3. While the 1814 is supposedly less scarce, it sells for more money (or at least people seem to ask a lot of money for it).

Unlike most dies from its era, the STATESOFAMERICA die survived until 1962. According to the Early United States Dimes book, Robert Bashlow (of CSA restrike fame) obtained the die in 1962 and make several hundred impressions of it in Scotland. When he attempted to return to the United States, the die and the impressions were seized by customs. Despite pleas from the curator of the Smithsonian to spare the die, Treasury agents destroyed it.

 

I bought a lot of ten Large Cents @$11.40 each and this 1848 N-24 R.5 was the first one to be attributed.

 

1848 N-11 R.5. What are the odds of finding two R-5 coins in the same 10 coin lot?. I recently acquired a lot of 10 Large Cents with the only coin that was attributable by the sellers pics being the R-5 example in the previous post being my most recent cherry pick. At $11.40 per coin I was pleasa ntly surprised to find a second R-5 (1848 N-24) a R-4 (1849 N-21) and a R-3 (1829 Med Letters N-5)

 

1864 L Snow 2-B
This auction was listed as a "1864 Indian Head Penny". The pictures were a little blurry but you could see it had the pointed bust and that the features had decent detail. The Snow designation was a bonus.

 

1898 89/89 S29 RPD-23
The sellers pics faintly showed the repunching of the 9, nice pickup for $11

 

Sweet pick!

 

I got lucky on this one, sold as 1869 old cleaning. For $67.00 I can live with the the dip job It also looks to be a Struck Through.

 

I thought this was a counterfeit when I saw you post it, but upon closer inspection, it's just "screwed with."

 

I have a couple 1869 shields with the same sort of repunched. Like heavy numbers repunched over skinny numbers.

 

I have been researching this coin for a few hours and I believe it is a Snow-4. I almost put it back as the cleaning was quite harsh and at price offered it was an iffy buy at the sellers price. The repunching in the loop of the 9 caught my eye (I could see it without a loop) and thought I found a S-3. Scouring Snows Guide I saw the date is slightly west of the S-3 date positioning. He thinks this is probably the Die that Breen called an overdate and lists it as very scarce, definitely a fun find

 

Someone messed it up but a messed up Snow 4 is better than none.

 

Part 1 of a two coin lot, sold as a CuNi and a Bronze. The sellers pics were just good enough to show that this was a Snow 5 or 5b. It turned out to be a 5b .

 

Part 2 of a two coin lot, sold as a CuNi and a Bronze. The picture of the Bronze No L was only of sufficient quality to show that there was good detail . The first viewing with a loupe showed the lathe marks identifying this Snow 14

 

After picking up the CPG, I focused in on the Washington Quarters. Picked my first coin within a month. The 1953 Proof FS-901 Reengraved Tailfeathers. Paid $59.99 raw on Ebay. Graded PR 66 and sold it on Ebay for $3,549.00, which still stands as an auction record at PCGS. Found another raw on Ebay for $28.00. Came back PR 67, and I sold it on Ebay for best offer $3,500. Went on to find approx 15-20 more, and sold my last 67 a few years back for $1,025. Of course the pops have gone up quite a bit since then and resulting price point drop. Have had a great time with that book, met lots of nice folks and several scoundrels too.

 

Unattributed Reverse B Washington quarter in NGC holder. Won the coin in an auction on E-Bay.

 

I have not been on here for a while, got busy with life. My monitor on my primary photography computer crapped out on me about a month ago and I finally got a replacement. I am LOVING this new monitor!!

Anyway, here are couple of my recent cherrypicks. The first one is from a 1966 SMS Set. I paid $7.00 for the set. The half dollar looks DCAM to me, nice and extra frosty.



I picked a 1965 SMS set from the same shop with a nicely frosted Lincoln Cent. I paid $7.00 for this set as well. I have a good feeling it should go CAM.

 

Not a major cherry pick, but the prime (earliest) die state for the 102 has a die line visible on the reverse from the rim up through the 0 and is a solid R-4 to R-5 minus. However, since the DM itself is so common there is very little premium attached.

 

1857 Flying Eagle Cent, Snow-3, DDO-001, FS-105,
unattributed for $34