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Ive been trying to put together a mint set of Liberty Half Eagles (1839-1908) for 5+years and I bought the PDS coins first which was a mistake. I could have bought the coin I'm sharing here for half the price 5 years ago. I bought this new orleans example from Doug Winter. I have never done business with him before and ive only drooled over his inventory and the past. Really stoked on this coin and looking to aquire southern mints first and then carson city and then the PDS mints. Love how this series is the only series where all 7 mints had produced this coin.   |
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Beautiful coin and a monumental task with up to 7 mints per date. Long series with 70 different dates too. Tough stoppers with the scarce and rare Dahlonega and Charlotte issuances. Looking forward to seeing the set develop. Also, that's the most beautiful circulated gold coin I've ever seen. AU53 coins can look awful. This one looks like some cameo proofs. The obverse pic is supper sharp. The reverse picture is a little out of focus so make sure you get a sharp image before you put the coin away.  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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Wow! The PCGS images look so different from OP's images. Hardly seems like the same coin.
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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The PCGS images look so different from OP's images. Hardly seems like the same coin. Just another example of "True Views" being more like "Glamour Shots". Very Nice Gold!! EDIT: Spelling Edited by Marv65
02/17/2024 6:16 pm
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Looking forward to seeing the set develop. Me too! Be sure to post here as you acquire new pieces in this series. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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I've been working on finding the scarcer coins in the series for the last 30 years. I'm not constrained by finding high end examples, just affordable examples. The first really interesting half eagle that I happened across was a VF 1857-S, in an old time coin shop. ebay and on-line specialists simplified the hunt, as finding low survival half eagles in coin shops is like finding hen's teeth. Your low-survival 1846-O is a good place to start. When you find the scarce ones buy them if you can afford them. You never know when you'll find another one as nice, or at all. The easier to find mints are Dahlonega, Charlotte and Carson City, but these popular mints come with very hefty price tags. "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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02/17/2024 7:30 pm
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Beautiful example, congrats. I look forward to seeing future additions!
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Excellent pickup!
Errers and Varietys.
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Very nice! |
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Thanks for the feedback and I should have been way more clear that I only intend to purchase an example of each mint. I do not yet have the funds to take on such an endeavor of acquiring every Liberty Half Eagle possible in the series. But I'm searching for a Charlotte and deahlonega example now and would be kinda cool to find both in 1846. So true that finding these in a coin shop ( southern mint half eagles) is next to impossible. Whenever one comes in at my local coin shop the owner swoops it up. I can't blame him but then again that's why I don't go there all that much! Lol Will definitely post as this 7 coin set comes together. Takes me longer than most to aquire 5000 dollar coins since I'm barely just starting my career and getting married next fall. |
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I had an AG-3 1846 C half eagle. I found it in a Portland OR coin shop for $275. I cracked it out of its slab and carried it as a pocket coin for years. Then I took a trip to Raleigh and showed it to a guy in a coin shop. He talked me out of it.
Wish I still had it. I'll never find another one. Who knows what that coin bought.
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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02/18/2024 6:21 pm
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This sounds like a great project. It really puts things in perspective when you are going after hard to find coins like this. You can walk into most any coin shop and find a 'rare' 1909 S VBD cent. Not the case here. Best of luck and enjoy the hunt!
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I look forward to viewing images as the set comes together.
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That's a really nice coin Ben! Excellent eye appeal, with a strongly prooflike look. Very choice for the assigned grade.
Just ordered two half eagles from Winter myself. He does handle some spectacular gold. You can probably complete a wonderful 7-piece mint set just from his inventory.
Looking forward to seeing your future purchases!
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You have a good eye for eye appeal and quality. A good real of thumb on gold is that unless you are buying as generic gold (ie for the metal) the coin needs to "sing" and on gold orange peel color shows originality. That's hard to find. This coin though is obviously original and if you ever do sell it you'll have no trouble finding a buyer.
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