This is a coin of which I had another in the past in the exact same grade, but I was never truly satisfied with the old one because it had a very large scratch across the cheek of Liberty that I thought made it less than the MS-64 grade it had. The toning was nice, but the scratch was a little distracting, so I sold it. Well, now it's been replaced. Meet the replacement. A little more blast white than I would have wanted, but it has very clean surfaces, and a lot of luster. So I am very happy with it. It's also housed in an old green holder from PCGS.
Nice coin. An inspiration for my possibly next daily threads.... Centennial Sunday! What do you think?
Nice coin! The Arkansas commemorative series is one of the best examples of how demand and price are sometimes not related to rarity. The latter two years (‘38-‘39) of the series had mintages of only 2-3K, but high grade examples can be had for a few $100. Some walkers from the same era with mintages in the hundreds of thousands or millions go for thousands of dollars. Cal
Very nice! I would like that one, AND a nicely toned one. If you dint mind my asking, what's keeping this one out of a 65 slab?
Not sure, it's in an Old Green Holder. In my opinion it's a solid MS-65 at least. I will probably send it to CAC
The Arkansas-Robinson shares its reverse with the Arkansas commemorative half dollar. Robinson ran for vice president in 1928 with Al Smith. At the time that the authorization for the Robinson coin was passed, Robinson was the Senate majority leader. That raised so eye brows, but the Democrats had such large majorities in Congress that there was little opposition. At the time of his death from a heart attack, Robinson was pushing for Franklin Roosevelt's Supreme Court packing scheme. The reward for Robenson was said to a seat on the Supreme Court, but the idea was voted down, and Robinson died before it could have happened.
