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A beauty! This is a coin from my Great Grandad's collection and it happens to have his birth year. He use to own a small bank in SE Oklahoma. I have compared this to the two varieties listed in the CP's guide. It has doubling under the top serif of 1 like the variety 303 or Snow-9. However, there is doubling along the bottom of the 1 as well. The 9 seems to have doubling to the east side, and doubling east of the serif. The 1 and 9 also seem to be a bit fuller. There maybe more to this coin than I am seeing.      |
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Bedrock of the Community
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While I don't have the Snow attribution guide for this year, the details you note are consistent with IHC RPDs--especially the marks on the 9.  So I would put my bet on an RPD; MD isn't terribly common in this series; more so on the Flying Eagle cents. |
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DV - Great, thanks for the tips. After going through my Great Grandad's coins, I started noticing that all coins put into holders seem to have doubling or RPD. One of the Morgans seems to be a new VAM, with the others being identifiable varieties. Some of them I have posted, and some have been machine doubled. Many of these coins he would have acquired before 1964, but most probably in the 30's and 40's. He was born 1899. Anyway, it is obvious to me that he was looking for varieties. After speaking with my great aunt and other family members, no one remembers him saying a word about varieties. He spent most of his time collecting while owning a bank in the 40s. Unfortunately, a vast majority of his collection was sold off... but a dealer left them with the "most valuable" coins. This was in the late 70s or early 80s. I'm not familiar with the history of varieties, so I'm wondering how Great Grandad would have acquired and shared knowledge about these coins. |
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I have 3 different Snow varieties of RPD from 1899, one of which looks like yours. I can't remember which one, but can check my book tonight get back to you. I recall a lot of RPDs from this particular year, with just subtle differences. Fortunately for the buyer, there is limited demand so I was able to get each of mine for under $5.
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P.S. --> really, really good pics. I wish everyone posted pics that good.
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robbudo - thanks! Working in the forest, I take a lot of macro pics of plant life and flowers... so photographing my coins came a bit naturally. My book shows only 2 varieties for 1899, so I will be happy to hear what you find out.
Thanks!
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Bedrock of the Community
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Btw, I'm pretty certain the "1" shows an RPD too. That's a very common position for repunching. If this one isn't in the Snow book, it may not yet be documented. If you send it to Rick Snow, and it turns out to be a new one, you'll get credit as the discoverer.
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I've got my book out. The 1 and the last 9 are very consistent with Snow-8. However, there is also slight repunching on the inside of the lower loop of the first 9, less bold than on the 2nd 9. Do you see that on your first 9?
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DV and robbudo! Sweet! Yeah, I thought I saw doubling there as well... but being a newbie, I'm still building confidence in my eyes.
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Then it's a Snow-8. Probably worth twice what it would be worth without the doubling.
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Yeah, I got a hold of Snow's book and it is in there. Didn't write the number down, but cool to know my eye is getting better at identifying varieties!
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