Well almost save for a minor glitch (I Hope).

Hi All,

Picked up a very nice NGC MS65 Gettysburg Half Dollar today in a straight trade with my local coin dealer. He got a slabbed 09-S VDB and I got the Gettysburg Half. BTW, the 09-S VDB has already been removed from my NGC registry.

I saw this beauty back in December during an earlier trip to the dealership and I couldn't get it out of my mind. It has beautiful blast white surfaces with just a hint of toning along the edge. Those beautifully rendered portraits of the old Union and Confederate veterans are (IMHO) the finest portrait renderings on any U.S. coin. The reverse depiction of the Confederate and Union Shields separated by fasces, like the one on the Mercury Dime, is also quite attractive.

Growing up in Pennsylvania and visiting Gettysburg makes the coin that much more meaningful for me. I tried to add this beauty to my registry set today but some kind of error ensued that an admin person has to resolve. The coin does show up when when search the registry so I am not concerned.

Hope all of you are having similar personal collecting triumphs.

I truly love this wonderful hobby.

Later,

Malcolm