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Pillar of the Community
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Interesting story, thanks for sharing!
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That was a good read,thanks for posting. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
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im glad you guys like it. this is one of my favorite coins.
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Pillar of the Community
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How incredible!! I love old holders and pedigrees like this, and I hope to find one for bust halves one day as they seem extremely hard to come by compared to large cents. The miscategorization of the dent in the 5 makes it even cooler! I am guessing why it reached $191 in the December 1984 sale was solely because of the unique pedigree?
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Pillar of the Community
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What a rare find. Can't imagine very many survivors in their box. I clearly see why she's your favorite.
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10/02/2022 10:39 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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A great story, pedigree, and a killer example with great eye appeal. Congrats on owning a great piece of numismatics.
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Reading the pedigree of this example was a wonderful journey down coin history lane. Thank you for sharing it with us.
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Fascinating!  |
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Pillar of the Community
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the box/pedigree is a big part of the value of this coin. the 1850 n-5 does carry a decent variety premium though. 2-3X the grade.
not many of those pill boxes survive today. auction houses, dealers and third party graders historically havent seen the value in preserving old packaging. its bulky and the number of people who pay meaningful premiums for provenance is pretty small. it just gets tossed in the trash. the pedigree will be noted on the new holder or the slab or the auction lot description.
i love the bit about the 5 in the date. it helps to remind me that just because the expert wrote it in the book doesn't make it true. we are all human after all and we all make mistakes. you can spend a lifetime studying one series of coins and still not know everything.
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Pillar of the Community
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Cool story! I love the holder.
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Pillar of the Community
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Awesome story!
Do you still have the handwritten Hines memo mentioned in the 1984 listing? Looks like the coin had been sold several times since then so maybe someone threw out that paper. I hope not.
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Pillar of the Community
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i have not been able to locate the note. this coin was purchased by my father and I inherited it from him. dads organizational methods were somewhat chaotic. it may be around but I havent been able to locate it. ive found the various provenance things in several different locations so its not out of the question that it survives. |
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Informative and interesting. Lansing is right up the road.
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Pillar of the Community
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Don't know how I missed this thread. Great provenance on the coin Jim what a show stopper with the paperwork to back it up! Would make for a really nice show exhibit. Might even win you a nice award at an ANA show. I'd seriously consider building one on this, if I were you. Fantastic. "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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thanks! thats a good idea. I probably will work up a display for it at some point. I enjoy making displays and I like learning about coins and the people associated with them. I think this one would be a bit of a challenge. it would be really easy to let it get too wordy.
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