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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 7678175, member: 66"]I agree they are only one variety, and the C-3 was the one delisted, but technically the C-5 is actually the die stage of C-3. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Did a quick look for a C-3 image but didn't find one. When Breen's half cent book was published only two C-3's were known but about a dozen are known now. One EAC member has acquired I believe at least three of them unrecognized on ebay.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thought of where to find one, The Missouri Collection in the Goldberg archives. The Missouri Collection had two of them. The first sold for $5,750</p><p><img src="http://64.60.141.195/photos/77jpegs/212920.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://64.60.141.195/photos/77jpegs/212920N2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The second for $4,600</p><p><img src="http://64.60.141.195/photos/77jpegs/213196.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://64.60.141.195/photos/77jpegs/213196N2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Then the dies came together with a small bolt between them badly damaging the obv die. It continued using the same reverse to make C-5.</p><p><img src="http://64.60.141.195/photos/77jpegs/212922.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://64.60.141.195/photos/77jpegs/212922N2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Then with other reverses to make C-6, 7, and 8.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 7678175, member: 66"]I agree they are only one variety, and the C-3 was the one delisted, but technically the C-5 is actually the die stage of C-3. :) Did a quick look for a C-3 image but didn't find one. When Breen's half cent book was published only two C-3's were known but about a dozen are known now. One EAC member has acquired I believe at least three of them unrecognized on ebay. Thought of where to find one, The Missouri Collection in the Goldberg archives. The Missouri Collection had two of them. The first sold for $5,750 [IMG]http://64.60.141.195/photos/77jpegs/212920.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://64.60.141.195/photos/77jpegs/212920N2.jpg[/IMG] The second for $4,600 [IMG]http://64.60.141.195/photos/77jpegs/213196.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://64.60.141.195/photos/77jpegs/213196N2.jpg[/IMG] Then the dies came together with a small bolt between them badly damaging the obv die. It continued using the same reverse to make C-5. [IMG]http://64.60.141.195/photos/77jpegs/212922.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://64.60.141.195/photos/77jpegs/212922N2.jpg[/IMG] Then with other reverses to make C-6, 7, and 8.[/QUOTE]
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