Burk

On 2/8/2024 at 4:59 PM, Burk said:

LOL

No, it's not going up for auction anywhere.  Just curious, that's all.

On 2/8/2024 at 4:50 PM, Henri Charriere said:

What I see, highlighted in Frame 3, is an altered sub-machine with grip, which clearly did not exist during President Roosevelt's reign... but it would not stop me from advertising it as such on a foot-loose and fancy-free platform like Etsy.  

LOL

On 2/8/2024 at 4:28 PM, Coinbuf said:

Just some die deterioration/strike doubling, not an error or any type of doubled die.

I believe it, but I don't understand how it could only affect that one letter.  Any ideas? 

Okay, I'm an admitted novice but this one looks interesting to me.  Any thoughts appreciated.  

On 4/6/2023 at 2:09 PM, Just Bob said:

It could have been cleaned in the past, but to be honest, a slight cleaning that doesn't leave obvious hairlines really doesn't bother me on a coin this small. I would put the grade at VF, and estimate the value at around $75 raw. It looks like, in addition to the repunched date, that it has a die crack and shows signs of die clashing. Those add character, in my opinion, and might add a few dollars to the value for some collectors. Nice coin, in my opinion.

Edited to add: Coinbuf posted while I was typing. I think this may be the first time we have been this far apart in our estimate of grade. It will be interesting to see how other members interpret these pics.

In my viewing other examples, I think all I've seen that of this variety have die cracks that are the same as on my coin, and many have even more pronounced die clashing.

On 4/6/2023 at 2:09 PM, Coinbuf said:

Welcome to the forum, that is a very nice repunched date, yours is FS-302.   From your photos I would think AU55 for the grade, unfortunately there are not a lot of these that have been certified by NGC/PCGS so there is very limited auction data available to review for this variety.   Recent auction results for a normal 1851 have been in the $180-$240 range for coins certified as AU55, I'm sure the variety would add some value but how much I am uncertain about.   Values for varieties really depend on how many collectors want or need that variety, there are not a lot of collectors that build sets of these trimes so there may not be a large demand for varieties in this series.

Hopefully someone has a better handle on this variety and can chime in with better pricing data.

That's funny.  I'm a super novice, but I had it pegged at AU55 as well.  It will be interesting to get additional feedback.  Thanks for your response!

8 or 10 years ago I purchased the pictured 1851 RPD 3 cent silver.  I'm hoping I can get some feedback on the grade and maybe the approximate value.  Thanks in advance for your thoughts.