My Christmas present arrived !

[jman425]

Finally pulled the trigger and got this one.

It's the Snow-3 variety, supposedly the original ones sent to Congress, Treasury officials and dignitaries.

 

 

[ant]

is it the "e"s that you can tell? how do you tell the variety on those?

[TomB]

This is a coin that will likely always have a strong following.

[thebeav]

Way to go J......Love the coin.....

From the looks of it, that coin worked hard during the Civil War. Wish it could talk.

 

Paul

[harvey8542]

Very interesting FE

[James_OldeTowne]

Whoa, that's quite Christmas present!! Very nice, and I'll guess VG-8!

[lkenefic]

wow...I don't care WHAT the grade is! A truly remarkable piece of history...CONGRATS!!!

[rexcat]

Totally awesome, you don't see that coin very often.

 

 

 

[bsshog40]

Nice Christmas present there Jman!!

[Just Bob]

Way to go, jman!!

[SkyMan]

Sweet! Nice pickup there jman!

[Bruceswar]

Anytime a 56 flyer comes up it is a thing of beauty! Congrats!

[DC Dawg]

It's a fantastic coin. I'm jealous!

 

Congratulations on picking up a real gem!

 

Scott

[jman425]

Whoa, that's quite Christmas present!! Very nice, and I'll guess VG-8!

Right on the money!! ANACS VG8 - corroded (that little spot below the R on the obverse). ANACS properly gave it the S-3 designation too.

[Neko]

Nice coin you've got there!! I've always wanted one of those. (thumbs u

[jman425]

Thanks for the comments everyone. I'll be keeping this for a while unless the opportunity comes for an upgrade that's within my budget.

[jesbroken]

jman-all I can say is WOW! (thumbs u

[MikeInFL]

Very cool coin! Congrats on the NEWP!

[michael]

 

 

centering dot on reverse

 

and........................................................................

 

great historical coin (thumbs u

[ant]

here is 1 i got for 2.00$ i love cameo coins and it doent matter where they come from they always catch the eye!

 

[rrantique]

Nice addition Jman

[jman425]

 

centering dot on reverse

 

and........................................................................

 

great historical coin (thumbs u

 

The centering dot is only for the proofs (S-9), if I'm not mistaken.

[michael]

i stand corrected