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There is a pretty large die chip in a very noticeable part of the coin (indian's cheek) I dont have the most updated copy of Ricks guide, but this is definitely not in the one I have. There is also a very substantial retained die break on the reverse. A very nice example of a shattered die.   Edited by RedRaider
04/04/2014 10:02 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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That's pretty interesting! I don't see it in my Snow guides either.
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I don't see it in Snow's guide either. There is a similar Snow variety in an 1863 IHC (S-13, Dot on neck). It may be worthwhile sending your coin into Snow for attribution? |
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Thanks guys,
I will probably send it to Rick with my next round of coins to be photosealed. Right now he has 17 coins of mine. Dont want to send him more until those come back!
I have seen an 1878 with a lump on the neck, I dont think it was a listed variety. I think Rick sold that one on his website.
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Here is an update to this thread...... I have found 2 more with the same lump on the cheek, both in MS63. I have searched a huge number of complete auctions at Heritage and have not seen any listed there. Seems to be pretty scarce. Now that I have three examples to send Rick, that will probably get done at the new year.    |
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Cool that you found other examples--they all appear to be the same die due to date placement.
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Wow, nice coins! Yeah, worth of attribution IMO just because it is so noticeable. My bet is that its a die chip or die damage; its not very digit like.
You have been waiting to get your coins back since at least April?!
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I'd also be interested to know if the other two have the Retained Cud. Thanks. |
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I think this obverse is paired with 2 different reverses. The ungraded, AU coin has a shattered reverse die. The Red/Brown coin has some die cracks by the shield, that neither of the others have.
All three show very heavily clashed reverse dies.
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Cool, let me know if you'd let one go.
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Nice coins. If you have 4 of them though, might not be that scarce?
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Yes, I'll take one too !  Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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The reverse of this die pair strongly resembles the reverse that was paired with the plain 5 obverse during the Snow 10 die pair. Do you have any pictures of the three reverses paired with the fancy 5 obverse you posted on this topic?
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Here are some reverses from the two graded MS63RB and MS63BN. The first coin pictured is raw and it is the only one that shows the shattered die reverse. There is no hint of dies starting to break on the other examples.   |
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And I have since located one other example.....PCGS MS65RB. There are some scratches on all the slabs, sorry, havent had time to buff them out yet.   |
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The reverses you just posted indicate die rotation of 5 degrees during the clashing event with that obverse. These appear to be an early die state and were paired with this obverse after the cracked reverse. They are the same reverse as confirmed by the heavy die line or hub through connecting the right wreath with the shield. So, if the 'raw' coin reverse is a different die, then it would lack the die line connecting the shield with wreath. In addition, the raw reverse clash marks should be rotated further clockwise and with two sets of clash marks close together. 1865 Plain 5 Snow 10 reverse was rotated 17 degrees counter clockwise and clashed twice with that plain 5 obverse.
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Posted 04/05/2014 05:41 am
