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Posted 11/13/2008 04:58 am
Hi, and thanks for the posts. I am the "lucky collector" that owns the S-79. The dealers that were shown the coin were all from the pacific northwest (not a ton of copper experts here), and my personal opinion is that if any of them recognized the coin for what it was, they were not letting it be known hoping that the dealer I got it from would give up and sell it cheap to them. On the other hand, the coin is so extremely rare, there probably arent very many dealers alive in this part of the country or anywhere else for that matter, who have even ever seen a reeded edge large cent. It is funny though, that after I got it authenticated and word got out, there were dealers that were actually mad, claiming they should have had first chance at the coin (snooze you loose) I actually had a guy that claimed to be a buyer for Jack Beymer offer me $40,000 for it back in August. I politely told him I would "have to pass".
As I stated in Coin World, this has been an absolute blessing from God, and the circumstances in which it came into my posession were truly remarkable. I must say too, that I had my doubts as to the authenticity of the coin when I bought it. In fact, the original reason I bought the coin was because it had a nice bold date and the word "Liberty" was very clear, and the planchet was so remarkably free of any type of corrosion...Not because of the reeding. I assumed it was probably an altered piece. But as I did my research on it, I soon started having heart palpatations! As you copper guys know, large cents and Half Cents are many times pitted and corroded. This coin is not at all. In fact, I bought a Fugio cent from the same lot that the S-79 came out of and it was the same way! Anyway, We shall see how things go next week in Baltimore!
As I stated in Coin World, this has been an absolute blessing from God, and the circumstances in which it came into my posession were truly remarkable. I must say too, that I had my doubts as to the authenticity of the coin when I bought it. In fact, the original reason I bought the coin was because it had a nice bold date and the word "Liberty" was very clear, and the planchet was so remarkably free of any type of corrosion...Not because of the reeding. I assumed it was probably an altered piece. But as I did my research on it, I soon started having heart palpatations! As you copper guys know, large cents and Half Cents are many times pitted and corroded. This coin is not at all. In fact, I bought a Fugio cent from the same lot that the S-79 came out of and it was the same way! Anyway, We shall see how things go next week in Baltimore!
. I picked up a few nice "finds". I'll put them up soon. XR650,
It was a good show--look forward to seeing your finds! 
