TomB

Geez, Boiler, don't put up a State Quarter!!! Keep posting these beauties! By the way, I have never seen that pattern design before.

You're just going to try to slide that 1896 proof quarter past us, Larry!?!?!?!

That's actually exactly what I was thinking, but I didn't want to post it.

Im not ripping your coin at all, but you asked for opinions so I will give you mine; the coin appears to be an EF40 that had been previously dipped and subsequently retoned.

After a while I forget if I have posted these images or not. Please forgive me if this is a repeat within this thread.

The Barber quarter looks like a proof, Bob, would you mind sharing your grade with us?

They look pretty special to me!

Those TrueView images make the cameo proofs look truly black and white. That's amazing.

That's a terrific lens, Mike!

Amanda, if that is a Capital Plastics holder, which it looks like it is, then it is of a style that they have not made for perhaps two decades and it has value aside from the coins it contains. By the way, I love the look of that set.

I believe the reluctance on the part of the TPGs is driven by liability more than any other factor. Since no discernible die characteristics to match the obverse to a known 1959-D die or the reverse to a known 1958 or before die (most likely 1958 or 1958-D) are available, the TPGs would need to perform analytical techniques such as spectroscopy, x-ray and metal analysis to give an educated guess. If the coin were to be slabbed and sold for an extraordinary amount of money only to be proven fake later on then the TPG in question would be on the hook for a substantial amount of money. In the opinion of the TPGs this is apparently not a good gamble.

Zach, Winston has made a very valid point. Therefore, I simply ask you to ship me the commem to image for you and I will accept the coin on behalf of the forum as an apology coin. Thank you.

What is imaged with the stars "pulling" toward the rim is not an artifact of the image. This may in part be due to die fatigue, but might more likely be due to the fact that no restraining collar was used with these pieces when minted. The open collar used on this series allowed the metal to flow not only into the design elements but also allowed it to flow toward the edge. This resulted in halves that might be somewhat different in diameter as well as spread or pulled letters, numbers and stars.

This 1809 looks quite nice and is a fairly high grade, too. Are the images correct in portraying the coin as a neutral auburn or is the coin lighter and more grey in-hand? I have the feeling that I would like this coin in-hand.

Toyo, those are spectacular half-dimes that are linked in your signature!

This is an O.101, which is a knobbed-six, large stars obverse that is an overdate punched on top of a vertical 5 and having a horizontal appearing recut 0. The characteristic obverse for this piece shows very weak stars at positions one and two, with stars in positions three through five being stronger and star thirteen again being weak. The remaining seven stars are much stronger.

Winston, if you saw this coin in-hand you would not think it too clean for me; it is dark and the surfaces quite nice. The image is taken with quite a bit of light and the deep navy is not showing up. The coin is relatively high in grade (EF45) and it did not pick up much circulation dirt, nor did it pick up any real circulation marks or injuries. It fits quite well with my other coins.

I posted after the Baltimore show that I purchased three coins, and one of those coins was immediately put on the boards, but the other two coins were never shared. This is one of the two previously not shown coins. It is an 1806/5 Draped Bust half graded EF45 by PCGS. The images, while quite good, really do not capture the character of the coin. The areas that appear darker on the screen are actually a deep, frosty navy in color while the remainder of the coin is the grey that appears in the images.

Seated dollars are tough, and Bill, talk about tough, early half eagles!!!

I tried the first URL you posted and there was no page. Are you attempting to link the images from the auction? If so, the server they are on might be blocking the attempt.

Is your 1883 Seated dime a cameo?

Matte proofs are fantastic, aren't they?

The CT is my favorite commem design, you're killing me with that coin.

That dollar has a lot of meat left on it, and the Draped Bust obverse is perhaps my favorite regular issue type in US coinage.

Cool Fugio, Frank!