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Picked this one up recently, 1858 Full Vine and 15 Stems, Dies OA1-RA4. A very hard-to-find coin. This one had a small touch of verdigris on the obverse, but it came off easily and I think it will straight grade. Sorry about the photo quality. I am not at home, and these were taken with my cell phone. I'll try to post better images down the road. Obverse die OA1  Reverse die RA4  Leaf #9  http://www.victoriancent.com2011 & 2025 Fred Bowman Literary Award, 2025 Guy Potter Literary Award, 2022 Paul Fiocca Award, & 2020 J. Douglas Ferguson Award. Life Member of RCNA.
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Very nice!  |
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Very nice coin. Are there stems at 4 & 7? Hard to tell from the foto.
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As I said sorry about the lousy cell phone photos. Yes, there is a full vine and 15 intact stems, plus the broken one to Leaf #9.
The first three reverse dies sunk in 1858 had a full vine and 16 intact stems. This was the fourth reverse die sunk in 1858. The broken stem to Leaf #9 was an omen of things to come for Wyon's fragile reverse punch.
http://www.victoriancent.com2011 & 2025 Fred Bowman Literary Award, 2025 Guy Potter Literary Award, 2022 Paul Fiocca Award, & 2020 J. Douglas Ferguson Award. Life Member of RCNA.
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07/27/2026 6:33 pm
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Very nice pick up, congrats.
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Great purchase! Errers and Varietys.
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It's a beautiful coin, Rob, and you have the critical set of eyeballs that could discover something that others missed. Good job!
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Beautiful coin! I'm curious, how did you remove the verdigris?
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The verdigris was a very small superficial spot that easily came off with a thorn and a distilled water spray bottle. The metal underneath had only a tiny rough spot.
Sometimes after removal, verdigris is prone to returning. I will now just set it aside for a few months and see what happens.
http://www.victoriancent.com2011 & 2025 Fred Bowman Literary Award, 2025 Guy Potter Literary Award, 2022 Paul Fiocca Award, & 2020 J. Douglas Ferguson Award. Life Member of RCNA.
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Gidgit, nice example. My random sample of one hundred and fifty 1858 cents done for my 2007 book turned up exactly one example. Given what I have seen over the twenty years since, I think they are scarcer than that, perhaps 1/300 or less. That would put their estimated mintage at about 5,000 or less. Very scarce, but not rare.
I have bought every example I have seen offered for sale in the past twenty years and have the grand sum of four.
http://www.victoriancent.com2011 & 2025 Fred Bowman Literary Award, 2025 Guy Potter Literary Award, 2022 Paul Fiocca Award, & 2020 J. Douglas Ferguson Award. Life Member of RCNA.
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Beauty coin, yes they're very hard to find here is mine Very nice! |
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Here is my best one. It is in a PCGS AU-50 holder. It is the best example I have seen. When I bought it, it was in an old two letter ICCS holder at EF-45, before full vines were a thing. I have a PCGS XF-45 that I imaged in the first Uncommon Cents article as it was more photogenic. I also have a raw VG and the one in the opening post.   http://www.victoriancent.com2011 & 2025 Fred Bowman Literary Award, 2025 Guy Potter Literary Award, 2022 Paul Fiocca Award, & 2020 J. Douglas Ferguson Award. Life Member of RCNA.
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Here is my best one. It is in a PCGS AU-50 holder. It is the best example I have seen. Amazing! |
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Beautiful coin but the stem appears shorter,
Are they known to have shorter and longer broken stems?
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Posted 07/27/2026 6:05 pm
