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I was recently able to add two Carson City liberty Seated half dollars to my collection: an 1871 CC and a coin which I have literally been chasing for over 10 years now, an 1878 CC half. These 2 now join my small accumulation of CC Liberty Seated coins. Would greatly appreciate your grading opinions and comments on the two liberty Seated halves. Both are NGC sraight-graded with nice original toning. Thank you         |
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Nice coins especially the 70 and 78 cc with montages under 75k
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Thanks so much for the pics, and congrats! That '72CC quarter is super.  |
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There may not be many replies to this post, but I just want to say how impresssed I am with this achievement. Well done!  |
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Nice coins! I'll go VG10 on the 1871 (a peculiar strike on the ribbon, probably to the detriment of LIBERTY legibility) and XF45 on the 1878. I mostly go to specialty dealers for Seated quarters, but have had fun scrounging the halves in brick & mortar shops over the years. The 1871cc, 1872cc, 1873cc and 1889 I have are random finds, mixed in trays of common dates. "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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09/28/2015 7:52 pm
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Nice collection of ex-pats |
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Very impressive as always!
1872-CC Quarter - weak strike F-15?
1870-CC Dollar - AU-53
1871-CC Half - F-12
1878-CC Half - XF-40
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Thank you all for your comments. I really appreciate it. I guess I am no different to most american collectors with regard to Carson City coinage. It does have a certain, very special allure to it. I was very glad to be able to add these two Seated halves to my collection, and specially the 1878. I thought I would never be able to own one. As far as I have been able to determine, the 1872 CC quarter has a total surviving population of about 180 pieces, and the 1878 CC even less at 150. Both are fairly scarce coins. The 1870 CC dollar on the other and is the most common CC seated $ and probably has a larger surviving population. |
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Very nice! I always enjoy seeing pictures of your collection.
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@GERMANICUS, visit Carson City sometime if you haven't already. Ride the newly rebuilt V&T railroad from CC up to Virginia City through the old mining districts. Walk through CC's elegant old neighborhood close to the mint, where Mark Twain's brother lived and the John Wayne film The Shootist was made. Travel further out to Gardnerville for Basque food, and the Red Dog in Virginia City - ground zero of 1960's psychedelia. Drop some money in some of the tackiest little casinos in the world...or in some very high end coin shops. It's way better than Disneyland.
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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09/29/2015 08:51 am
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Thank you, thq! I would certainly like to visit Carson City, Nevada. I hope I am able to do so in the not too distant future. (Another place I would like to visits is Vermont, and the site where the post-colonia Vermont landscape coins were minted). A small addendum to this post: NGC graded the '71 cc F12, and the '78 cc EF was graded 45. Those who opined on the grade were very close. In my opinion the TPG grade is a little optimistic on both, but specially on the '71 CC. I thought 'Liberty' needs to be mostly visible (with maximum one or 2 letters weak or only partly visible) to qualify for F12. Per this criteria my coin is VG10. |
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i have noticed your posts - in the past. you always post some amazing coins. these are no exception. very nice...
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OK, thq. Honey! Road trip!  Edited by Parklane64
10/03/2015 5:59 pm
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By "small" you mean the volume of coins displayed  I don't imagine the Numismatic value of some of those coins is anything near the lower end of the economic scale. They're very nice. Rarities in lower grades are as attractive as a common date MS coin IMO. |
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Posted 09/28/2015 4:18 pm
