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<p>[QUOTE="fiddlehead, post: 4631245, member: 31286"]Thank you your kind remarks and interest. Yes, it's an interesting year being the first full year of the liberty series, and hey the year we elected Tippecanoe and Tyler too (Tippecanoe - William Henry Harrison - only served 31 days and died in office). And it's the first year of the Seated Silver Dollar (among others).</p><p><br /></p><p>And thanks for catching that typo - weren't no CC in 1840. I was nervous about creating the thread and I just noticed there are some other typos in there as well - but too late to edit - none that I think the reader can't get around. </p><p><br /></p><p>I've been gathering these for about 8 years. I kind of stumbled into the four half eagles (the philly half eagle is "wide mill", a somewhat rare variety - but it isn't stated as such on the holder) . I've purchased some from well known dealers and here and there I've gotten lucky in few a auctions. I looked for a New Orleans $2.50 for some time and eventually got lucky, buying it for a really good price from a dealer. It's an AU55 with a good strike - which is very unusual for the year and the issue - and much to my surprise it passed CAC scrutiny too. </p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately I've never been to a live coin show - partly because I work weekends a lot.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the more interesting coins of that year is the 1840 (O) half dollar - NGC calls it "medium letters" and PCGS calls it "reverse of 38" - but it is really a New Orleans half dollar that doesn't have a mint mark because it was the first year that the mint mark was on the reverse and they didn't have a new reverse die. So they used the new 1840 obverse and the reverse from 38' (which had no mint mark). Oddly, in the NGC registry there is only one slot for an 1840 half dollar without a mint mark so that's the slot it takes. The Philly 1840 half is pretty common so it's much more interesting to have this coin there. I love the look of the 38' reverse and the esoteric nature of it's history. There is an old, wonderful extended article in the Gobrecht Journal by Bill Bugert tracing the history of the dies that were used to stamp the 1840(O) half.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks so much for your interest and appreciation. I will check out the related link you provided.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="fiddlehead, post: 4631245, member: 31286"]Thank you your kind remarks and interest. Yes, it's an interesting year being the first full year of the liberty series, and hey the year we elected Tippecanoe and Tyler too (Tippecanoe - William Henry Harrison - only served 31 days and died in office). And it's the first year of the Seated Silver Dollar (among others). And thanks for catching that typo - weren't no CC in 1840. I was nervous about creating the thread and I just noticed there are some other typos in there as well - but too late to edit - none that I think the reader can't get around. I've been gathering these for about 8 years. I kind of stumbled into the four half eagles (the philly half eagle is "wide mill", a somewhat rare variety - but it isn't stated as such on the holder) . I've purchased some from well known dealers and here and there I've gotten lucky in few a auctions. I looked for a New Orleans $2.50 for some time and eventually got lucky, buying it for a really good price from a dealer. It's an AU55 with a good strike - which is very unusual for the year and the issue - and much to my surprise it passed CAC scrutiny too. Unfortunately I've never been to a live coin show - partly because I work weekends a lot. One of the more interesting coins of that year is the 1840 (O) half dollar - NGC calls it "medium letters" and PCGS calls it "reverse of 38" - but it is really a New Orleans half dollar that doesn't have a mint mark because it was the first year that the mint mark was on the reverse and they didn't have a new reverse die. So they used the new 1840 obverse and the reverse from 38' (which had no mint mark). Oddly, in the NGC registry there is only one slot for an 1840 half dollar without a mint mark so that's the slot it takes. The Philly 1840 half is pretty common so it's much more interesting to have this coin there. I love the look of the 38' reverse and the esoteric nature of it's history. There is an old, wonderful extended article in the Gobrecht Journal by Bill Bugert tracing the history of the dies that were used to stamp the 1840(O) half. Thanks so much for your interest and appreciation. I will check out the related link you provided.[/QUOTE]
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