Wow it really sucks to start to feel old...

Greetings Collectors,

In my last two posts I spoke of the New Orleans mint $10 Liberty set I have been working on for some time. For the life of me I do not remember posting the photos of the last 3-4 O-mint coins I have acquired. But I had some spare time today which for me is a pleasant change from where my life has traveled since late 2010 to early 2011.

Anyway I found that I had already posted all of those coins but one that are currently slabbed, which the one posted here is the last slabbed ten that was not inside my set here at the C.S. So I am sharing this coin, that is a pretty low mintage piece that looks much nicer than the poor photos that I am able to take.

But getting back to my point of getting older, this is just one of the sad things that happens to one, which is the mind and the memory. But in most all other things my memory seems to be just as sharp. But this brain snafu has me worried that it could be a sign of things to come. I do know that there is a multitude of Franklin halves I have never posted, just because I feel I have enough posted already. So the only two of those will be posted in a future journal, because of them being somewhat rare die varieties that have been hiding among my sets. so while I was doing almost nothing in my life except sinking further down into despair, I began to look closely at several of my nicer pieces and found at least one fairly worthy surprise.

I have an MS-66 1953-S NGC non-FBL coin that ended up being a Bugs Bunny FS-401 which if it will cross to PCGS as a 66 I have been told it would be one of the three top pop coins of that variety. This was actually not found by me, but by another collector of the Franklin series that knows varieties like the back of his hand. He also said that it has the faint hint of being an RPM S/D which adds to the coin even more. But having that very brilliant MS-66 along with it being a for sure Bugs is quite the coup. I have the coin posted here and while that variety does not have the buck teeth of the 1955 Bugs Bunny, it most definitely has the separation and break above the upper lip of Ben which is the tell tale sign and the deciding factor. It is too bad that NGC does not recognize that particular variety, but only PCGS. I still have not received an answer as to why that is. But oh well, an MS-66 Bugs in a PCGS slab, if it will cross, would make me one of three on record to have one, which is quite alright with me. Even though I like NGC much better when it comes to the Franklin half series, I will be happy to settle for a PCGS of that variety if it will remain an MS-66.

Well as usual I have rambled much too long so I will close leaving you a pic of the only slabbed $10 that has yet to be posted. I am kinda glad as now I have only one right now that will need to be cropped, edited, re-sized and posted. Now I will get to that chore of adding a photo of the obverse and reverse to that hole in my set.

Happy Collecting to all

WKF