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I love all the seated liberty series (except maybe the dimes), so I've picked up a quite a few over the years. This here quarter isn't my favorite and it has been in the auction pile for a couple of years, but then I always have trouble parting with it . Big tax bill coming up. What do you think? Keep, or sell?   Edited by pristine2
09/16/2023 12:17 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Are those hairlines (right side) on the coin or the holder?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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PR63. Love this one and would keep it if it were mine.
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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United States
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Common coin, not very eye appealing. Sell.
Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'm not into proofs but this one has me confused. proof or business? if its a proof its impaired PF58 as the coin was circulated. if not then AU58 and all those scratches are not just die polish lines so it would detail
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Sell. Pay the bills and continue to hunt for something that you don't want in the auction pile.
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Common coin, not very eye appealing. Sell. This is how I feel generally about most bust half dollars. Not sure you can say that a coin with a mintage of 800 is common. 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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It is your coin and your decision. If you have to keep talking yourself into keeping the coin after having it in your auction pile for a couple of years I think that should answer your question.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'm no expert, but this doesn't look like a proof to me. Assuming the hairlines are on the coin, I'll say MS-63.
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The places to determine a proof seated liberty are the denticles, the obverse rim and the line dividing the two. Denticle have a proper square roof to them, the rim will be perfectly square and there will be well defined line between them.  Edited by pristine2
09/17/2023 08:55 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Here's a business strike (from PCGS site):  Edited by pristine2
09/17/2023 09:01 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'll go sit in the corner.
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This is how I feel generally about most bust half dollars. Not sure you can say that a coin with a mintage of 800 is common. What do bust half dollar have to do with anything?  Once you start describing 6 figure coins for your profession, you start to recognize what true rarity is. Take a look at PCGS POP report for this issue, that speaks for itself as there are plenty of proof examples to choose from. Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
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This is definitely one of those 19th century issues where proofs, depending on the date, are more easily acquired than the business strikes. 800 is not much of a mintage, but probably 80% have survived in mint state. So not "common" exactly, but easily enough acquired.
Demand means everything. PCGS has graded 266 proof 1878 SLQs in total, about 50 of which are PF62. Its suggested retail price for the coin: $850.
Meanwhile PCGS has graded nearly 10,000 1889-CC Morgans. About 30 of these were MS 62. Its price gauge for an 1889cc MS62 Morgan? $43,500.
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@pristine2 Great analysis. It is all about survival rates. High dollar coins like flowing hair dollars, proofs, early gold, etc were all saved in high quantities. Those coins were not meant to circulate, but were made for bank storage use or for presentation. In both cases, the coins are possible to acquire in high grades in reasonable quantity. The exceptions to that are the result of mass melting. Late date $20 Saint Gaudens are good examples. Even though the 1926-D never circulated, they carry a high price tag because of the low quantity that remains.
Morgans are simply overpriced (sorry to the Morgan lovers).
Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
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I'll go sit in the corner. i'll pull up a chair also, calling it 58. I do get props for calling possible proof though |
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