Cladiator Posted May 17, 2006 Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 I figured I'd join the club and put up one of these posts. A tracking thread of all the new additions is a pretty cool idea. I don't get near as many coins coming in as some of you folks though. I will make an effort to post my new ones as they roll in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cladiator Posted May 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 Installment #1 1829 H10¢ LM10/V16 R5, AU50 (Obverse and Reverse PVC damage) I managed to grab this great coin from a dealer who specializes in my area of interest. The coin is a solid AU50 both sides with nice surfaces overall. Very original and "unboinked with", not cleaned or altered or tooled in any way. This coin is an R5 variety meaning there are only 31-75 examples known to exist and it is very difficult to locate in grades above VF+/XF-. As you can plainly see from my photos, the coin is afflicted with a somewhat severe PVC infestation on both sides. The rarity of the die marriage overruled the PVC and I made the purchase. The coin is now in the process of heading to NCS to have the PVC nuetralized and removed from the coin professionally. With the exception of removing the green goo the processes they use will not alter the coin, it's surfaces or toning at all and should restore the coin completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted May 17, 2006 Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 Glad you're saving it from the green monster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted May 17, 2006 Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 Very nice. Please let us see it when it comes back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cladiator Posted May 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 Installment #2 This little guy arrived in the mail today. I nabbed it off of eBay and I must say I'm quite pleased. The coin looks much better in hand than the crapola auction photos. Yes, I collect American and Canadian Half Dimes ps. Sorry the photos are a bit out of focus, was in a bit of a rush tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan769 Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 Nice one. I wish I had the resources to collect Canadians too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 Very nice. I am currently starting to expand my Canadian collection, just going back further in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cladiator Posted May 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 Installment #3 1836 H10¢ LM1.2/V5 R5, AG-Damaged, 31-75 known to exist The single hardest 1836 half dime to locate. Identified on the obverse by a discecting die crack running from rim above the cap, through the entire bust, along the left side of 6 and into the bottom rim. The crack is fine and on this extremely worn example it is very hard to see without the coin in hand and under magnification. Identified on the reverse by the immense cud. The example shown below is a late die state coin and very worn thus the cud appears to be one large cud. In fact it consists of two smaller cuds. First cud over TED in UNITED and second cud from STATE in STATES. They share their center border and both run along the top of the motto banner. The coin has it's fair share of problems. Some fugly hits on both sides, a slight bend and unever wear from the bend. Note that some of what looks like wear on the obverse (S1-S3) is in fact weak strike from the cuds on the reverse. That being said I feel lucky to have this rare die marriage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cladiator Posted June 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2006 Installment #4 1829 H10¢ LM4, R3, NGC AU58 (soon to be raw) This little beauty is from the Russ Logan collection. She can be seen on page 145 in the Logan-McCloskey Federal Half Dimes book as the plate coin for the LM4 die marriage. Russ obtained the coin in 1996 at the Cleveland, OH show and it was then sold by B&M in the auction of his collection (photos by B&M). It has recently made it's way to my humble collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stilson Posted June 3, 2006 Report Share Posted June 3, 2006 That's is a beauty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted June 3, 2006 Report Share Posted June 3, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bill Posted June 4, 2006 Report Share Posted June 4, 2006 Some great coins. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cladiator Posted June 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 Installment #5 1837 H10¢ LM3, R6, F-Damaged, 13-30 known to exist When I realized that this coin was actually coming to my collection I got pretty excited. This coin was formerly owned by Mr. Gutsher, then by the one and only Russ Logan and was recently aquired through the Logan Duplicate Mail Bid Auction. The details are nice, much nicer than in the Duplicate auction description I might add. The coin has received a hard hit just to the right of Star 2 which gave the coin the slightest of bend. You'll notice the extremely poor strike along the left side of the eagle. This is typically characteristic of the LM3 die marriage and more specifically the Reverse die LL. There are between 13-30 examples of this coin known to exist. I believe the finest known is an AU58 coin but I don't know in who's collection it resides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bustchaser Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 Rich, Did Mr. Half Dime adopt you or something? You are fast becoming one of the heavy hitters in the baby bustie world! Bet you didn't know that bunnies have three thumbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cladiator Posted June 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 Did Mr. Half Dime adopt you or something? You are fast becoming one of the heavy hitters in the baby bustie world! HAHA Actually I have been very lucky in that two of the established half dime guru's have somewhat taken me under their wing. These guys have so much knowledge about the tiniest of busty's it's hardly fathomable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cladiator Posted June 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 Ok so the coin has been saved I'd like to say thank you to a good friend in the half dime community for all the help, hard work and advice. I was advised by many simply to dunk the coin in acetone. I was admittedly hesitant to do this as I've never used the stuff and really don't have any idea of what I'd be doing. My half dime buddy graciously agreed to submit the coin to NCS (I'm not a member but he is) for me. Upon receiving the coin he suggested that he give it a shot in the acetone...he's done it before and is comfortable with the process. Sounded good to me. It was a win/win situation. If it worked then great and I saved the submission fees and waiting. If not, no big deal because NCS would handle it. Well, let me tell you...it worked...magnificently I might add. Here is my 1829 LM10 R5 AU H10¢ saved from the green monster by a very cool half dime guy. Thanks again bud! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 I love saves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 Great coins!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan769 Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 Very nice little bustie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cladiator Posted June 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2006 Sometimes even a Half Dime guy can't resist the urge for a good old circulated Half Dollar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted June 24, 2006 Report Share Posted June 24, 2006 Nice half. I could really use that baby for my type set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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