jpcienkus Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Two from Heritage Auctions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny9434 Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 i love the obverse strike on that 1898 O morgan. that one looks clean. nice pickups Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robec1347 Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Great looking Morgan's. Both look extremely clean and smooth from the photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpcienkus Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Thanks. The 98-O was impulse as I already have a 65DPL in this date/mint mark. I thought the 03-O was extremely well struck for New Orleans and loved the clean cheek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coinman_23885 Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Thanks. The 98-O was impulse as I already have a 65DPL in this date/mint mark. I thought the 03-O was extremely well struck for New Orleans and loved the clean cheek. The image is very small on the 1903-O, but the surfaces look pretty clean. It might be an upgrade candidate, but I would have to see larger images. I like both of your coins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpcienkus Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Thanks. The 98-O was impulse as I already have a 65DPL in this date/mint mark. I thought the 03-O was extremely well struck for New Orleans and loved the clean cheek. The image is very small on the 1903-O, but the surfaces look pretty clean. It might be an upgrade candidate, but I would have to see larger images. I like both of your coins. I was thinking the same thing about upgrade potential. I think this picture will be larger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpcienkus Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Last one from the Heritage Auctions today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deerefan8420 Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Beautiful Morgans JP! I could see that 1903-O in a 66 holder if the obverse is just a good as the reverse! Great pickups! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpcienkus Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Thanks Deerefan. I think the reverse on the 03-O is what kept the grade at 65. There's a little chatter at 12 above the eagle's head, but there's a very noticeable bag mark at 4:30. I'll have to wait until I get it in hand to see. I just thought the obverse was so clean I wanted to add it to my collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deerefan8420 Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 It's an excellent coin to add to any collection! Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elbesaar Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 (edited) Robec - That's one very special coin - one of the nicest I have seen in AU !! Aside from a smattering of Barbers - I was able to upgrade my SLQ collection yesterday on the Heritage Auction. The 27-D I have is a nice MS 63 - now - I have a nicer struck MS 64 with a CAC... Pretty pleased with it: Edited April 29, 2013 by Elbesaar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyMan Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 A lot of great looking coins everyone! I particularly like Bob's DBHE. BTW, what denomination is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robec1347 Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Thanks everyone for all the glowing comments. Sy, the denomination is a dollar. In most cases the minors would have been out of reach in AU. My current goal to add a Flowing hair dollar to keep it company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brg5658 Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 I think this is a pretty cool medal design. This is a uniface restrike of the obverse die of the Baker-60 Washington Born Virginia Medal. A little background information: In 1959, Albert Collis created a transfer die of the original die used to strike the undated "Washington Born Virginia" Medals (Jacob Perkins, c. 1792). Using the copy die, Collis struck the following examples, all uniface (mintages in parentheses): Platinum (1); Lead (1); Gold (7); Silver (22); Copper (5,019). Once the restriking was completed, Collis donated the die to the American Numismatic Association, where it resides today. This is one of the 5,019 copper pieces, with what I find to be quite attractive toning (the obverse really is that pinkish/red color in the upper left). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robec1347 Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Very cool piece Brandon. Thanks for posting and giving us the history of this medal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny9434 Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Very cool piece Brandon. Thanks for posting and giving us the history of this medal. ill second that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpcienkus Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Very cool piece Brandon. Thanks for posting and giving us the history of this medal. ill second that one +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyMan Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Very cool piece Brandon. Thanks for posting and giving us the history of this medal. +3. Me likey! No pictures yet, but I purchased 4 raw Washington 25 c toners at the Santa Clara show; a fairly well circulated 1942-D with album toning, a ~MS64 1964 with mint set toning (which is a bit odd as 1964 was after the paper mint sets that imparted the toning were used... however it was not uncommon for people to stick new coins in old holders), a 1944-S in ~MS66 with album toning, and (my personal favorite) a 1963 in ~MS66 with, most likely, album toning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKW Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Nice pick up Brandon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jom Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Ooooh....neat (token)! jom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOBESSI Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Picked this one up at the latest Heritage Auction. To be honest, I didn't think I'd get it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpcienkus Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Nice Morgan. Congrats on getting it. Bonus is the holder. I think the black holders make the coin pop more! Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morganguru Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Something different, and inexpensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsshog40 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Some nice Newps all! I have one of those unions also morganguru! Kind of neat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrantique Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 A lot of great looking coins everyone! Bob awesome coin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morganguru Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 rrantique - Spectacular piece and even better image. Excuse my ignorance but how does one determine what the denomination is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrantique Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 morganguru This coin belongs to Robec and his image perhaps Bob will answer your question.. I would imagine the size of the planchet among other things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robec1347 Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 rrantique - Spectacular piece and even better image. Excuse my ignorance but how does one determine what the denomination is? It is tough to tell by a photo. In hand it would be obvious which is the dollar, half dollar or quarter. The dollar actually larger than the Morgan dollar in both weight and diameter. Both Draped Bust dollars and half dollars have lettered edges with the denomination. The quarter and dime have reeded edges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
physics-fan3.14 Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 rrantique - Spectacular piece and even better image. Excuse my ignorance but how does one determine what the denomination is? It is tough to tell by a photo. In hand it would be obvious which is the dollar, half dollar or quarter. The dollar actually larger than the Morgan dollar in both weight and diameter. Both Draped Bust dollars and half dollars have lettered edges with the denomination. The quarter and dime have reeded edges. A quick indicator is the denticles. The coin you have posted is obviously a dollar based on the number and size of the denticles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x2rider Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 (edited) Just picked this one up. 1805 Half dime These are a difficult little coin to get so this one has some issues but will do for a while [/img] Edited May 10, 2013 by x2rider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
