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Valued Member
Canada
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danlos I have an 1858/1558 which was expensive I also have a 5/5 these where easy to find but I am finding it very difficult to find the blundered I, I have been only looking close to 6 months but have found nobody that has one VF+. I am starting to wonder how scarce they are. With the position marker would these have been limted to a very short run then polished off the die once everything was lined up thus making it hard to find? The 1558/1858 is a repair to a damaged 8 to keep the production going. The different dies and such makes it very interesting
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Valued Member
Canada
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I found one! spending too much time looking everywhere else except my own backyard (local Shop)5/5 as well   |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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That's a beauty! Well done :)
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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Finally found mine! ICCS VF30... http://www.ebay.com/itm/25092807143....m1439.l26494 months after missing out on a ICCS EF45 at $450...I dish out $400 for a ICCS VF30...sigh... Just goes to show...you snooze...you lose. The seller reposted the EF45 at $2500 and has no intention to offer it at $450 again...although he wont find a buyer at $2500 for at least a decade...I'd probably do the same...but only if I had a AU50+ ;) Edited by canadian-varieties
11/16/2011 2:43 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Has anyone found a plausible explanation for these die blunders? On US coins, during this time, digit punches were often used to test die hardness |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I've heard the term "position marker"...but to mark the position of what..I know not.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Nice buy! I think it's worth it, kick myself on the one from the summer.On page 388 Charlton Standard 63rd Edition "These layout markers are used on the matrix for centering the gang punches for the legend's letters. Normally they are removed from the matrix by polishing."
The example I have also has a repunched D in DEI and 5/5. Now from the explaination from Charlton, I would consider this coin to be the rarer then 8/5 variety Page 42 Charlton Standard 63rd editon "An interesting variety occured through a dateing blunder in which a "5" punch was used to repair a defective first "8". " So the 8/5 came about to continue production. For how long? The marker was used to layout for production then polished off wonder how many pieces would be run before they where happy with the layout?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Hard to say...I've seen 3 blundered Is on ebay over the last 4 months...the EF45 we both missed, the VF30 I just bought, a VG I bought a few weeks ago for $40 (the one Zonad pointed out at the start of this thread) During that time frame I didnt see any 1858/1558 for sale. That to me at least suggests that the 1858/1558 might be more rare (and only 40 or so have been certified). The blundered I is certainly rare too...but to what extent..I wonder... I will have the VF30 hard slabbed, as it may be the highest graded one we may see for a while... Edited by canadian-varieties
11/16/2011 4:52 pm
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Valued Member
Canada
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Are there any markers certified? (thinking about sending mine in). There was one example of the 1558/1858 certified that sold on ebay recently $1900. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Hmm..I must have missed that one.
I dont remember seeing any certified "blundered Is"...but I'll be sending mine to CCCS...
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Canada
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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WOW...yep..missed that one..
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Pillar of the Community
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Amateur seller, put it in with 50 cents and failed to mention ICCS in the title. Not a nice way to treat a very rare DIME!
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Pillar of the Community
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I bought some nice Vicky halves in EF+ from that very seller at Torex...at a steep discount :)...I drive a hard bargain if I can ;)
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