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FA: 2 Nice Trimes
I posted better pictures in abpn than show up in the free ebay picture
hosting service. Make sure to check these pictures out if you're interested in the auction. 1: 1852 3¢ Silver NGC MS 65: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=8425923781 . I've had this one for several years, and recently upgraded it in my collection. There are no distracting marks on the coin, and I think that it could easily grade higher, but I never have much luck in doing this myself. I think that I need to change my name to D. Hall when submitting. There's a die clash visible on the obverse. This is an unusually strong strike with bold vertical lines in the shield and fuilly defined stars on the reverse. 1852 highest mintage of any trime, and there are several interesting date varieties. This is the variety defined in Breen 2909 as Thin Shallow Date. I prefer to call it the large date variety. It looks like the same date punch used on many half dimes and later trimes. I think that the mint initially created special small date punches for this series, but did not always user them. This coin is nice and white, but if you look at it under magnification, you can see some patches of reddish-tan toning. 2. 1870 3¢ Silver NGC Proof 63: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=8425928786 . I just recently bought this one in a PCGS Old Green Holder (PF 63 as well) thinking that it was way nicer than the one that I already had which was also in a PCGS Old Green Holder (PF 64). I sent them both into NGC for crossover, and they both came back in new holders with the same grade (WTF?). So, I'm selling this one. I still think that this is the nicer one of the two that I have, but who am I to disagree with the master graders at NGC. I think that the toning is very attractive, and I can't find the marks on it that NGC does to make it only a 63. Maybe they don't like the toning? |
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