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| Current Sedwick Auction
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thq
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United States
3242 Posts |
 Posted 05/09/2025 10:55 am
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Auction 37 is nearing completion. I've won one 1773 4R cob. Prices are generally very steep. The interest in pirate-y stuff is strong, not just for cobs but for plates, cups and pulleys from shipwrecks.
Astonishing to see a decorative cob pendant estimated at $200 sell for $2600. |
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| I'm Ready To Pop On An 1880 CC
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thq
Pillar of the Community
United States
3242 Posts |
Posted 05/07/2025 12:20 pm
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Here are a couple of my favorite cc's lying on a V&T waybill I picked up in Carson. What I paid for these worn half eagles is less than today's melt. Not any more. All Carson gold comes with a stiff premium these days.
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| I'm Ready To Pop On An 1880 CC
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thq
Pillar of the Community
United States
3242 Posts |
Posted 05/07/2025 10:12 am
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His site looks legitimate and the coin is listed there, but flouting eBay rules is sketchy. That said, I often use eBay to locate new APMEX listings, then go to APMEX to make the purchase at a substantial discount for cash. They use eBay to advertise their coins but they don't make off-eBay personal solicitations.
I prefer the PCGS VG-8 listing. The GSA coins made uncirculated CC's the most common of all Morgans, and the circulated coins interest me more. Arguing about the difference between a MS62 and a MS63 is pointless IMO. GSA Morgans differentiate above MS65 or if they have mirror, but not in the lower MS. It is not worth paying a $500 premium over a VG8 to get a MS62. |
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| "Thinnest US Coins"?
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thq
Pillar of the Community
United States
3242 Posts |
Posted 05/06/2025 3:58 pm
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I like your thin dime Hondo. Like Fred Astaire I prefer to call it a tired dime.
I will not accept paper play money unless it has the Small Seals in addition to the Great Seal. |
| | Forum: US Classic and Colonial Coins |
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| Trade Dollar Chop Marks And Value
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thq
Pillar of the Community
United States
3242 Posts |
Posted 05/05/2025 2:58 pm
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Of course chop marks lower the value of trade dollars, by half or more. Purist coin collectors and investors consider chops unacceptable post mint damage like graffiti. That makes them more affordable for those of us that like holding history in our hands with gloves off. Chops are evidence that they were used for what they were intended for. Here's an AU 1875-CC (you can make out one C above the D in dollars). The obverse take a pounding on rough surfaces (look at Liberty's head) and the coin is cupped from being chopped so much on the reverse. I have an even rougher looking one in my belt buckle.
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| 1885 CC Morgan Dollar ? Just Wondering.
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thq
Pillar of the Community
United States
3242 Posts |
Posted 05/05/2025 09:24 am
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PCGS estimates 174,000 1885CC's survive which makes it among the least rare CC's, though not as common as 1882/1883/1884CC. Very few 1879CC's were at the GSA and IMO it is now the rarest CC Morgan with 15,000 survivors. However the 1889CC with 25,000 survivors is more expensive. The die varieties and PL's are rarer, but I'm only considering years as a whole.
My rarest CC dollar is an 1872CC with 400 survivors, and an 1877CC trade with 400 survivors. |
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| 1885 CC Morgan Dollar ? Just Wondering.
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thq
Pillar of the Community
United States
3242 Posts |
Posted 05/04/2025 7:30 pm
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I visit Tahoe about once a year and Carson City is a short drive. If you look at the DMPL's you'll see pictures of all they have because they're a lot scarcer. Last year they had about a half dozen 1884's in MS64. The photos aren't useful for choosing which DMPL looks the best, so I went in to compare them side by side. I also looked at their MS65 DMPL's but didn't detect any improvement over MS64. The coins are graded on marks, not mirror or bust cameo quality.
The GSA coins are so common that it's pot luck if they randomly pick the best one. Their ungraded ones would be fun to spend a day looking at. The deep mirrors are probably sorted out, and most of them are probably banged up MS61's, but you might get lucky.
I have an 1885CC in AG3. Before GSA it was the rarest CC Morgan so it is old west nostalgia. It probably circulated in Nevada and California. |
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| Need Help Identifying A 1700-S Spanish Coin
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thq
Pillar of the Community
United States
3242 Posts |
Posted 04/27/2025 09:44 am
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| It's from Potosi, Bolivia. This design was used on crude hand struck cobs until 1773, when the mint started making regular coins with the king's bust instead of a cross. I've never seen a non-cob coin without the bust. The shield side should have pillars next to the shield too. |
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| 1804 Liberty Silver Dollar -Real Or Fake
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thq
Pillar of the Community
United States
3242 Posts |
Posted 04/25/2025 2:37 pm
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I had an epiphany this morning and realized that in 1804 the US had emptied its Treasury on a downpayment to buy Louisiana. They would have spent $10 million just to get New Orleans, but Iowa and Missouri (and a few others) were thrown in for an extra $5 million. There was no silver left to make dollars. It took till 1823 to pay off the 6% bonds.
I also saw another expensive bad fake. As the seller says, iconic and no returns.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/3166448124...+hair+dollar
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