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This is the list of every 1847/(6) half dollar sold by Heritage. https://www.ha.com/c/search-results...h-A-K-071316An 1847/(6) 50C LDS in XF45 CAC sold for $2,115 less than a month ago on April 27, 2017. An 1847/(6) 50C LDS in G4 sold for $1,410 less than a year ago on July 10, 2016. I would say your coin is worth $1,500.  IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.comEdited by numismatic student
05/22/2017 9:41 pm
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Here is an image of an EDS 1847/6 where you can see the 146.  This is an image of an LDS 1847/6 where there is no 146 visible.  |
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I think this variety demonstrates an absurd aspect of numismatics. The expression that comes to mind is: "who cares?"
Rare - maybe; interesting - not a chance. Especially the invisible LDS O/D.
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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numismatic_student, what are your thoughts on the 1853 No Arrows Seated Liberty half dollar? It is the same as the 1853 Arrows Seated Liberty half dollar just missing the arrows (well, a few less of them)! This is what collecting is all about, trying to find and identify the rare and the subtle difference(s) in coins! The 1847 Seated Liberty half dollar has 8 different obverses and 9 different reverses with a total of 13 identified die marriages to date. Out of the 13, only two marriages match the 1847/6 and they have a total of no more than 125 possible coins in existence out of a mintage of 1,156,000. To me it is not about the 46 showing or not but the fact that the coin matches a rare die marriage. |
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It isn't my intention to knock people who study and collect die varieties in depth. I have a lot of respect for people who study narrow areas of numismatics in depth. I think they make an important contribution to numismatic knowledge. There are people in many different fields that have narrow, deep specialties: mathematics, science, art, etc. My point is that the people that are interested in invisible overdates is limited. Most people don't care. I'm going to get myself in trouble here, but I find the vast majority of VAMs uninteresting. I understand that specialists get excited, but for me... meh... Just my opinion. You are free to love what you want. IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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I'm pretty into VAMs, although nowhere near to the level of Twohawks/Dave/Cascade/etc, but I wouldn't argue with you that a lot of VAMs ARE uninteresting. Anything that takes me 20 minutes under a microscope to nail down is pretty uninteresting to me, although I appreciate the "fineness" of nailing down the particular dies used and their emission sequences/die stages.
That's one reason the Top 100 was created - to help collectors focus on the more-most interesting VAMs in the series. Same thing with the WOW! list, the Kimpton Elite / Super Clashed, etc.
JRCS, LSCC, EAC, C4, etc. all have their own obsessions with varieties, some much more in depth than others. But I suspect that even many members of those fine organizations would tell you that they're quite aware that their variety-oriented focus is not always likely to be shared by the general coin collecting public, and that's totally fine.
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And all of this is why I love numismatics! I can find something rare that I don't much care for and sell it to someone who is passionate about it. Then use those funds to acquire something I am passionate about. Win-Win!
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