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| 1802/0 Half Cent C-2 Reverse Of 1802
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adam126402
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United States
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 Posted Yesterday 01:58 am
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Bored and can't sleep here at 1am, so figured I would share a little story.
I've made mention before, my father-in-law gave me a chunk of his coin collection a while back. He collected in the 70's and 80's. As he was looking over what he wanted to give me, he pulls this out, gave it a hard look front and back, hands it to me and says it's a copy.
He proceeded to tell me that one of his friends had been an avid collector of high end coins way back in time. They decided to experiment in casting a copy of this coin to fill a hole in his collection. While only a copy, at some point he assigned a market value of $6,200.
The holder was just marked 1802/0 Half Cent. I had noticed the defects on the reverse copied over from the original, the two lines running from leaf to edge between the letters "ME" but didn't think much of it.
I decided to go have a look at PCGS to see whether this copy was the reverse of 1800 or 1802 variety. Yes, it is just a copy, but it appears to be a copy of the finest known example of 1802/0 reverse of 1802 which PCGS graded XF45, auctioned by Stacks back in 2017 for $190k and is the plate coin for this variety on the PCGS site. https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/detail/1057
I thought this was interesting and amusing given all of the fakes we see today.
First two sets of pics are of the copy. The last it just a snipit of the reverse of the real deal showing the lines that match the copy.
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| 1944 D Mercury Dime, Full Bands?
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adam126402
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United States
447 Posts |
Posted 02/25/2025 01:09 am
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| Welcome. Steve, mintage numbers and rarity are key to value in coin collecting. In this case 62 million 1944-D were minted, hence not at all rare. This coin might be in the VF range, so 20-35 on the grading scale but the surfaces look pitted to me, which would lead to a "details" grade. IMO, this dime is worth about $2.50. Definitely not worth grading. |
| | Forum: US Classic and Colonial Coin Grading |
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| 1889-O Morgan Dollar
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adam126402
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United States
447 Posts |
Posted 02/15/2025 2:26 pm
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| Overall, It is a nice looking VF common date Morgan, I wouldn't pay more than $40 delivered. I will add that Greysheet retail for VF35 is $49. I see in eBay sold listings some XF holdered coins selling i$45-65. |
| | Forum: US Classic and Colonial Coin Grading |
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| 1812 Capped Bust Half Dollar O-109A
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adam126402
Valued Member
United States
447 Posts |
Posted 02/14/2025 9:28 pm
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Thanks for the feedback, everyone.
Jacrispies, I had to go back and take a second look after your comments about polishing. The coin looks like it is in the first pictures posted. Nothing hidden, IMO, and quite attractive in hand. The most significant marks on the coin are the light scratches on the cheek and the small ding on the reverse to the right of "TE." Otherwise it is remarkably free of the larger hits and scratches I see on most early CBH VF30/35 holdered coins. I did think the coin might have experienced some form of cleaning in its life, else I generally would have expected a darker tone. However, looking at it under multiple different magnifications and lighting, I don't see anything obvious, just the random circulation wear. As for price, I paid about half what a holdered VF35 with decent eye appeal seems to be selling for.
The additional pics below are with heavy direct lighting, which washes out the color but highlights all defects.
I would ask for any of you in the know, this die state experienced significant die lapping which erased a multitude of die defects on both the obverse and reverse. From what I've read, following die lapping, struck coins may reflect proof like surfaces initially. Do any of you think that might have contributed much to the look of this coin's surfaces? Below is a high grade example showing all of the defects that were mostly erased by the lapping.
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