Judy Collection Sunday

[Old Pueblo]

 

Just completed my examination of some extraordinary coin to be auctioned Sunday on TTD!

 

Anyone want to buy a ford explorer?

 

linky

[Just Bob]

I've been eyeing those, as well.

[TomB]

Do yourself a favor and do not buy a dipped out, AU CBH unless it is nearly free or it is a prohibitively rare variety that you are likely not to find again and that you need.

[physics-fan3.14]

I was looking at this collection last night. It looks like there is some nice stuff, and there is some really not so nice stuff - as Tom says, dipped out AU stuff.

[coinman1794]

The Bust dollars are a mixed bag, in particular.

[MBA101]

It is interesting that the link provided takes u right to a (dipped) 50/UNI that is un-mentioned...

[physics-fan3.14]

It is interesting that the link provided takes u right to a (dipped) 50/UNI that is un-mentioned...

 

Most of the coins are not attributed, unless it says what they are on the holder.

[Old Pueblo]

It is interesting that the link provided takes u right to a (dipped) 50/UNI that is un-mentioned...

 

Most of the coins are not attributed, unless it says what they are on the holder.

Could you elaborate on "attributed"? I don't know what this means.

Thanks

[MBA101]

All capped bust half dollars have an Overton number associated with each die pairing that was used, and there is also a Rarity Rating associated with each die pairing. some die pairings are unique in that they represent a specific Red Book variety. The 50/UNI is one such pairing. It brings a HUGE premium, and when one goes unnoticed, a bargain may be had...

[physics-fan3.14]

MBA is right - sometime (most times) when you see bust halves for sale, you will see an O#, such as O-110, O-114a, etc. Because dies were punched by hand, we can tell exactly which coins came from which dies. Some of these are rare and will garner a premium. Dedicated collectors of bust halves go beyond just getting date sets, they try and get Overton sets (meaning, one or more examples from each die pairing). For each year, there can be many die pairings (ranging from rare dates like 1796 or 1801 with only a couple, to the 1827, with close to 50 die pairings).