tough one to call a grade on as these were not minted for circulation. it's possible it spent some time in a pocket but I cant see it in general circulation. I guess it possible but I'm going with MS62. btw...the eagle is sinfully ugly, it looks like a mutated chicken
Finally I received the 1792 coinage book. Ordered it in mid-January and it finally arrived today. They apparently forgot my order and sent it to me as a gift which was nice.
The cover of the book features a 2016 painting of Jefferson spending the first 1792 Half Disme and the description relates that it was the first time that a United States-issued coin entered commerce in our nation.
As per the discussion in another thread on this coin, there is a census of known coins of this issuance - the 1792 Half Disme. I looked for this coin in the book and it is here. It is #14 in the condition census and and it looks like the pictures from the Heritage sale were used. Provenance goes to 2015 and maybe in a later edition, I will be included in the list of stewards.
Looking forward to reading the book.
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
Quote: I have a question, I know everyone has a particular field as far as the coins they want to collect or flip. Not sure how to word this..... Do you do it because you can, or are these what you have always wanted, and now you can. I hope this comes accross in the manner in which it is intended.
I didn't see this last time - sorry to respond so late. I think one of the reasons is because I can, because how would I do it if I couldn't?
I don't know if I've always wanted to gather the stuff I've gathered. At one point I didn't know about a lot of these coins. I had an opportunity to acquire some coins and gave a little thought as to what I wanted to acquire within my budget constraints. As I thought about it, I realized that I wanted to acquire the earliest coinage in our nation's history and maybe some that came later that had some historical significance. In addition, I thought key design transitions and key dates would be interesting.
Hope that answers your question even if it's two years later.
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
Glad you finally got the book - it's a really good read, one of my favorite books on the shelf.
"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector.
The book states briefly that on March 22, 2012, the FBI executed search warrants on two dealers at the Baltimore Whitman show and detained two dealers in connection to a $17 million loan made by a bank that was defaulted on and was collateralized by inventory including this coin Apparently the dealers were trying to sell the collateral for the loan without having repaid the loan
Looks like it was found that the dealers failed to repay the loan and were trying to sell the underlying collateral including this coin at the Baltimore show.
The colorful story of this coin seems to keep on truckin'...
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
This is the 2nd appearance of Haley my AI-generated video narration assistant. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks!
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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
Thank you for your helpful comments. I changed the music to the string arpeggios. The more modern piece had singing so it was competing with the narration too much.
As far as the museum, I think the bulk of the collection lives online. If it weren't for that, I would never get to see the coins as they live a claustrophobic life in a safe deposit box.
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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