Who Beat Up Sam Houston?

First ... to the CCF Larry ... pleased to have you here with us ... you will find lots of friendly advise and many true numismatic experts.

Your small photo size makes it somewhat challenging to make observations on this coin ... my opinion is that Mr. Houston nose is suffering from a die chip in a very inopportune location.

You are certainly aware that die chips, die cracks, clashes, etc are considered a normal part of the minting process and unless truly extreme in nature generally do not command much attention ... in fact some collectors consider them to be a negative on the coin.

Your coin does not exhibit IMHO a collectible 'error' ... and as such my considered opinion is that having this 1934 Texas certified for only the purposes of noting the die chip is not a worthy investment.

Of course ... if the coin were to grade better than MS65 then having it certified might be worthwhile die chip notwithstanding ... your images do not lead me to believe this would be the case.

David

Many thanks to both of you for welcoming me to the community here and for the terrific feedback!

I've been away from collecting for awhile and am getting back into it. I honestly didn't know die clips were insignificant and thought I might have had something here.

You told me exactly what I needed to know and I appreciate it. There's no way this one would grade MS-65. We're more in the realm of AU here, but you're right, it is a wonderful coin and I'm very pleased to have it.

Thanks again for the pointers. Much appreciated!