NoTwilight

Boiler,

I'm looking to put together an 1856 date set since I've figured out it is the birth year of my great grand father and 100 yrs before my birth year. I've been looking at these and that one is sweet. --Jerry

Thanks guys and thanks for the attribution Mike. It's in an old green holder.

Picked up a large cent on ebay...whaddayathink?

--Jerry

Also posted across the street. these are the 3 coins I piced up at the SD show yesterday. The last 2 photos don't do the coin justice as the fields need to be moved in the light to appreciate.

I went with one goal to get a nice and affordable barber in 25, 50 or $1 denomination. I accomplished this goal within 15 minutes. thats' good since I didn't seen anything else I liked the rest of the day. I'm always on the lookout for early copper but didn't see anything that tripped my trigger. One guy from NV wouldn't let me take a photo so I could attribute it at home. I said "guess i won't be calling you to buy it then"...he seemed a little sheepish...

Here's the barber:

Next I found an interesting and inexpensive half. Not a key date or anything rare but a late die state that I liked. the obv has a channel in the field in front of her nose that's hard to see w/o tilting in the light. I thought at first it was a die bulge but now I think it's a polished out clash. The coin is much darker than the photos show. I need to work on my lighting.

Then I found two more coins that I liked, a MO commem 2x4 in NGC 64 with nice original surfaces. I thought the grade was perhaps a little loose--certainly not PQ for the grade. The price was right for a 64 and I might have been tempted if it was PQ. I liked the luster and the light golden toning. But it had what looked like a large rim ding at 1 o'clock. The seller said "that's a planchet flaw". On closer look I agreed. I had DennisH look and he agreed. But it was still a distraction and the deciding point to pass on this coin. But walking back and forth between Coxe's table and the MO commem a proof coin kept distracting me in a much more positive way. DennisH liked it too. It is now the lowest mintage coin I own at 590. It's the only one of these NEWPs that's holdered. It's in a PCGS holder.

Not a bad morning considering I had to leave at 1 to play in a golf tournament with my son. The Father Son team we were paired with was rolling in every put they stood over including 3 for 30' plus. I think they could have just closed thier eyse so we got second. --Jerry

NoTwilight = carlsbadeagletrader. I changed my ebay id

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Fatman,

Very very nice. --jerry

Hey, two Roosevelt quotes in a row. I don't see scratches on the shield. So yours showed up with a closed capsule? Mine are in transit back. --Jerry

Those of you who read my posts across the street know I bought this suspecting it was a rare variety (S229 NC-2) but should have kept reading, it is a commmon S230. No big deal as I didn't pay a premium for it.

--Jerry