Let's Just See All Your 1859 Large Cents

As I mentioned when this format was suggested: Things will get buried and, though nice to be able to come back to to see again, remain hidden in xxx pages of photos. A case in point: Rob Turner's (bosox's) outstanding eye candy of the highest 9/6 ever graded that some of us watched to see the comments. There's a couple stories behind that coin.

Although Rob was tucked away in SoCal hard at work, the coin was spotten by 2 Canadian friends at a Toronto show. One of the 2, a huge Vicky variety collector was summoned to high-end Canadian dealer's table who noticed something strange about the coin, which he had purchased at an auction some months previous. The friend immediately told the dealer what he had (no one had noticed for years what it was) and told him a guesstimate of what it may be worth. The friend knew that it was, by far, the finest known. He told the dealer to take the coin out of his case, not to sell it, hold it and that a collector in California (known to the dealer)was going to be called to possibly purchase it. The second friend, also a dealer at the show, sent Rob an email while the first friend called by phone and told him what was there. Over the phone the next day, a deal was struck and Rob became the happy owner, buying an x-thousand dollar coin for $xxxx dollars sight unseen.

Lessons learned:
1) It pays to have friends that go to bourses
2) You can make a killing if you know your varieties
3) Make friends with dealers
4) Trends looks at bourse sales. Prior to this coin, the finest known and cert'd was an AU-50 and less than 6 others of any grade were known (and this same friend had had the first 2 cert'd by ICCS and put in Charlton's). The "friend" that ID'd this one had also ID'd one that a non-Large Cent collector had picked up on a whim and never knew what he had until the same "friend" told him what he remarkably had while over coffee at the Marriott and using the front window for light on the loupe. That second coin now resides in Western Canada under 62 plastic. As soon as Rob had the coin properly certified and noted as a 9/6, Trends then had the MS-64 Red column filled with the $7,000 price tag, but still lots of "no-coin" X's to the left of it in Trends until you get to the AU-50 column. Sometimes Trends is faster than you think.

5) When someone puts a photo on here that is REAL eye candy, other collectors should mention something, especially since is the finest known and also part of the highest ranked Registry set for PCGS. You need Bosox on this forum and he deserves all the accolades that befit him.

PC59-80a1 another 1 but with embossing going on





PC59-571, large planchet crack both sides OBV57




cheers Don

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Is this particular die pairing common?

Is this a major variety? If so, which one?

Having difficulty in knowing what variety they are. New area for me. So It is great with so many experts in this forum. I know that I will be left with exactly the right call. I pick these up in house Clearnaces. Well a friend does and any jingle jangle he comes across he passes on to me. Here a my meagre offerings.

Zookeeperz, Haxby PC59-841, obv 84 paired with rev P23. http://www.vickycents.com/rev-p23.html

Look at the R of GRATIA and the die crack on leaf 2 for die defining markers. ed

Just having fun here! Look at the nice DP 5! Can anybody guess the Haxby # for this one?

Not J6 could it be another new find?
cheers Don

You are right on the money Don K2a it is congratulations !

MG