one sexy mamma jamma this $ sign mm variety and# repunched in dentils below date

[michael]

pcgs ms65 1875-s twenty center and definately in hand sight seen a liner ms66 coin

 

an 1875-s twenty cent piece and a really scarce variety but since few to no one collects them by varities who cares

 

this twenty cent piece in person has killer lustre has never been dipped or secondary retoned and has wild color with booming lustre coming through the color unfortunately the scan is not like the coin looks sight seen in person but this is all we gots on here

 

it is quite an unusual coin as there is an errant 5/7 just below the 7 in the date on the obverse punched into the dentils as is the case with this particiular variety and also on the reverse a crooked slanting s mintmark was punched into the die and corrected and so you can see the top and bottom two serifs without the aid of a glass i might add so the s mintmark looks like a $ sign also there is a fantastic die crack circleing the reverse outside lettering of the coin 360 degrees and with these three charactics of this coin

 

repunched s mintmark

errant 5/7 punched into the dentils below the 7 in the date

die crack rather large going around the outer petruity of the reverse

 

and all seen with the nakked eye when coin is in hand makes this coin the most rare interesting variety currently known in this fantasitc yet short series of odd demonination coins

 

 

now what i find so facinating about this particiular three part variety that is usually when see the coin is mostly fully struck

 

and this particiular coin and the scans are good but not like in hand sight seen the stars on this coin are totally fully defined and struck and on most all graded even ms 65 pcgs/ngc coins the stars on the right side top are usually not fully struck!!

 

this coin almost has a full strike on the top of miss libs hair and the eagles dexter wing this and the complete fully struck stars make this coin truly rare and exceptional for a gem 1875-s twenty center and these coins in my minds eye are not the common generc type date of the twenty cent series when they

 

 

have the originality and color and never been dipped like this coin

 

the rarer variety of this coin

 

and the full stars and basically full strike of miss liberty and eagle's dexter wing and breast feathers

[RobertB]

 

 

[michael]

hard to see the details of this coin but the colors and lustre are great

 

this coin must be in hand sight seen to be fully appreciated

[michael]

i wonder how to get my signature line up here i put 9it in my home and it is not showing up here

[BankNote1]

I like the look the piece has!

[rexcat]

Here's Michaels 20 cent gem.

 

 

 

 

Drool, drool, drool, drool, drool.....

[Oldtrader3]

Pretty coin, Michael.

[michael]

thanks guys!

 

it is an envelope toned coin with an extremely thick crunchy crusty skin

[Hoot]

That's one of very few 20 centers that I've liked when I saw it. Superb and never messed with.

 

What's next, Michael?

 

Hoot

[michael]

you would be shocked to see but thanks fopr the kind words hoot from your articles in coin values and now your on a regular basis monthly coin articles you are an advanced numismatist in many areas of usa federal coindum

 

oh and alos the great buff article a few months ago in coin world weekly mag

 

you not only talk the talk you walk the walk too and have maNY publishing kudos to prove it

 

youtr writing style and grammer is superb in the articles too clean clear and you get your point across in the written word superbly!!

 

that is the key the only defination of civilization the written word

[michael]

i also got to get more photos taken as for some reason i cant do it for myself

 

well no one ever accused me of being smart or short winded

 

never ask me if you see me on the street what time it is

 

i will tell you how to build the watch