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Sweet herd you got there ....great color match

 

Always wanted one as a kid. I finally decided to buy one after all these decades.

 

Arrows on the Obverse and Rays on the Reverse. New Orleans mint too. That's a trifecta.

 

My thank to a poster that tipped me to this. It fits my problem coin with detail collection. But his makes a R5- quartet.


The other members of the Quartet:

 

Arrived today

 

Surprised how fast this came considering the USPS has been slow lately.

ICG 1906 AU58 V Nickel

 

just grabbed this one

 

I'll post the third of three pickups today. The S-146 I already posted, a S-201Terminal Die State with a hole and this S-215 with uneven wear and corrosion, but a strong date and bust detail.

 

A 1959 Franklin Proof. Someone was not sufficiently careful when handling the reverse.



Edit: @thomas mozzillo and @Paddy54 - you are not wrong. The reverse was covered in finger prints. Although I held out no hope for fixing that, I went through the regimen of swishing it in acetone, distilled water, xylene, and then acetone again. Here are the before and after results on the reverse. These photos are the same lighting, exposure, and position.

Before


After

 

Nice coin! At first I thought those were fingerprints on the reverse but I'm not sure. The coin won't stop moving long enough for a better look. lol

 

No the reverse is smeared with prints.

 

@RonSanderson. I was under the impression that fingerprints couldn't safely be removed from silver coins. I know it's hard to judge by photos but it doesn't appear to have caused any damage to the coin. (Re the luster).

 

I just picked this up from a seller that usually is asking too much for me. But this is a Terminal Die State on a variety where it is scarce to rare. Only 2 sales on Heritage and the g4 brought $900. So this Fr-2 should be a good value at $90. I like to have something special for the common varieties in my collection. The key is the second CUD from the Bust up into the field.

 

Just in

 

Great coins all!!

Been a long time since I was able to purchase a coin/medal. I won this one from Goldberg's:







Thin type.