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My latest PCGS adventure
Last year about this time I submitted an 1864 three cent silver to PCGS for
grading as a circulation strike. It came back slabbed PR61. I am 100% convinced it is a circulation strike made from dies which had previously made proof coins. I wanted it graded as a circulation strike, so I cracked it out (so as not to lead the witness) and submitted it as a circulation strike once again. I just learned that it has indeed been slabbed as a circulation strike - GENUINE with altered surfaces. Sheesh. But at least this time I got the main thing I wanted, so life's not all bad. James the Slobbering Slabber |
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My latest PCGS adventure
On May 19, 6:46*pm, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote:
Last year about this time I submitted an 1864 three cent silver to PCGS for grading as a circulation strike. *It came back slabbed PR61. *I am 100% convinced it is a circulation strike made from dies which had previously made proof coins. I wanted it graded as a circulation strike, so I cracked it out (so as not to lead the witness) and submitted it as a circulation strike once again. *I just learned that it has indeed been slabbed as a circulation strike - GENUINE with altered surfaces. *Sheesh. *But at least this time I got the main thing I wanted, so life's not all bad. James the Slobbering Slabber On your third try it will come back bodybagged. |
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My latest PCGS adventure
On May 19, 6:46�pm, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote:
Last year about this time I submitted an 1864 three cent silver to PCGS for grading as a circulation strike. �It came back slabbed PR61. �I am 100% convinced it is a circulation strike made from dies which had previously made proof coins. I wanted it graded as a circulation strike, so I cracked it out (so as not to lead the witness) and submitted it as a circulation strike once again. �I just learned that it has indeed been slabbed as a circulation strike - GENUINE with altered surfaces. �Sheesh. �But at least this time I got the main thing I wanted, so life's not all bad. James the Slobbering Slabber To be honest, I didn't think they made proof coins back then..duh |
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My latest PCGS adventure
Relayer wrote:
On May 19, 6:46?pm, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote: Last year about this time I submitted an 1864 three cent silver to PCGS for grading as a circulation strike. ?It came back slabbed PR61. ?I am 100% convinced it is a circulation strike made from dies which had previously made proof coins. I wanted it graded as a circulation strike, so I cracked it out (so as not to lead the witness) and submitted it as a circulation strike once again. ?I just learned that it has indeed been slabbed as a circulation strike - GENUINE with altered surfaces. ?Sheesh. ?But at least this time I got the main thing I wanted, so life's not all bad. James the Slobbering Slabber To be honest, I didn't think they made proof coins back then..duh They did indeed make them. They just weren't packaged together in sets like they have been for several decades in our time. Nor were they as distinctly different from business strike coinage back then. The last 11 dates of the three cent silver series were of much smaller mintages than the earlier ones. The mint made some of them in proof to sell at a profit, but the rest they kept in a vault, only to melt most of them in 1873. Proofs are easy to come by, circulation strikes much less so for those years. The 1873s were made in proof only. Check the Redbook for more information. James |
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My latest PCGS adventure
They did indeed make them. They just weren't packaged together in
sets like they have been for several decades in our time. Nor were they as distinctly different from business strike coinage back then. The last 11 dates of the three cent silver series were of much smaller mintages than the earlier ones. The mint made some of them in proof to sell at a profit, but the rest they kept in a vault, only to melt most of them in 1873. Proofs are easy to come by, circulation strikes much less so for those years. The 1873s were made in proof only. Check the Redbook for more information. James Beginning in 1862 silver proof coins were sold only in sets. From 1936 to 1942 individual proof coins could be purchased as well as sets but since 1950 it has been sets only. The uncirculated three cent pieces in the 1860s were used to pay off odd amounts from the gold deposits. The above is correct in that excess pieces were melted in 1873. CE |
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