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<p>[QUOTE="Bill in Burl, post: 4351561, member: 23692"]It's nice to see this old thread brought back to life. I personally usually don't post on threads that don't delineate what specific coin is going to be discussed ... those that go on and on for years with 100's of comments.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I DO have a comment on this thread. On Nov 20, 2015 "techwriter" posted what I think that he meant to be an 1859/8 Vicky large cent. It IS NOT a 9/8, but rather a very scarce/rare 1859 over inverted 9, commonly called an 1859/6. I don't think that that specific variety had been openly discussed anywhere at that time on this site. However, I had one certified in 2011, 4 years previously. If "techwriter is still around, you may want to get it TPG'd. You should have a very sharp definitive vine break at leaf 2 (about 1:00 on the clock) and a D/C at leaf 12 (there are 16 leaves, starting at 12:30 on the clock)..[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bill in Burl, post: 4351561, member: 23692"]It's nice to see this old thread brought back to life. I personally usually don't post on threads that don't delineate what specific coin is going to be discussed ... those that go on and on for years with 100's of comments. However, I DO have a comment on this thread. On Nov 20, 2015 "techwriter" posted what I think that he meant to be an 1859/8 Vicky large cent. It IS NOT a 9/8, but rather a very scarce/rare 1859 over inverted 9, commonly called an 1859/6. I don't think that that specific variety had been openly discussed anywhere at that time on this site. However, I had one certified in 2011, 4 years previously. If "techwriter is still around, you may want to get it TPG'd. You should have a very sharp definitive vine break at leaf 2 (about 1:00 on the clock) and a D/C at leaf 12 (there are 16 leaves, starting at 12:30 on the clock)..[/QUOTE]
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