Here's a tough '21 I bought recently. A little porosity but, well, it come with the territory. Lance.
Nice coin, and as you say, not common in that condition. Congratulations. The date itself does not appear scarce as they do come up - I have 3, but in condition ranging from 'bad' to 'awful' - but maybe one day I will get one like yours.
Here is a middle date 1823/2. The picture is quite poor (sorry). The coin is better in-hand. If anybody can attribute the Massachusetts Indian cent, I would be very grateful. Thanks. Eduard
bought this one awhile back already share it on the newest acquisitions but figured id post it here as well
I like these patriotic tokens too. Another infinite collecting opportunity loaded with history. In mint state they can tone up pretty nice. Matt
Just got around to taking pictures of this old copper. I spotted it on the end of an "unsearched" roll, and knew what it was. It's an 1882, Snow 2 attribution, Broken 2. Caused by breakage/wear of the die - several have been found, but it's a fairly rare attribution. I also got a couple mercs in the roll, as well as a couple indians that were a better grade than what I had - a nice surprise since all I really wanted was the S-2.
I looked very long for a Vermont Landscape copper, until I found this one that I liked: Ryder-8 variety, Vermontensium.
Interesting. Not knowing much about IHCs, is this considered as scarce/rare as the 1887/7 variety? or the 1873 double liberty?
According to the Richard Snow attributions book, the 1882 (S1) is more rare than the 1887/7 (S-10), and is equally as rare as the 1873 doubled liberty (S-2). There are, however, 1873, S1a and S1b doubled liberty types, that are much rarer than any of the above. But, I think no one really knows how many of these different varieties/attributions were minted, and some, like the doubled liberty, can only be seen in coins with little or no wear. I really like searching for and collecting these IHC overdates and varieties, and have several of them now.