The Cumberland Valley Collection 的钱币相册
The most historic United States coin! 1500 were struck in July 1792 under Mint auspices ,in the cellar of John Harper ,before the first mint building was completed.The silver for these was deposited by Thomas Jefferson on July 11,1792. He received the coins on July 13 and then left for Monticello spending the coins for services and also giving some to small children that he encountered. There was probably a second striking of about 500 on or about October 9,1792 . President Washington referred to these coins in his fourth Annual Address to Congress on November 6,1792 as: " There has been a small beginning in the coinage of Half Dimes, the want of small coins in circulation calling the first attention to them ". There are around 250 surviving coins. Fully 30% of those will not straight grade because of problems. Obverse well centered; reverse off center toward K-10.5. Obverse has double triangular ding in field under U, another like a comma after Y. Obverse dent at A of PAR. Weak central reverse. Reverse rim dent over TE of STATES. Early die state [ 1- A ] no crack on reverse. EX: Coins & Currency , Inc. May 21-23,1970, lot 1540 where curiously no grade was listed ; American Auction Association November 16,1973, lot 735 [ VF ] @ $2,700 ; Butterfield Johnson Gillio January 31,1995, as PCGS F-15 ,lot 2185 @$6975 ; California collector ; Certified as PCGS VF-20 on 2-28-1995 ;Tom Reynolds ; purchased from Kenneth Goldman at the 1996 FUN show. Some of this information is from " 1792: Birth of a Nation's Coinage " by Pete Smith, Joel J. Orosz and Leonard Augsburger.
Valentine 7. LM-6. Very early die state with only a minute die crack connecting the tops of the 9 and 5 in the date. A very rare and seldom seen variety. Missing in the Eliasberg, Norweb, Garrett and most other major sales. Most of those seen, in recent years, have had problems. This is a nice problem free coin. Slightly better than the Logan-McCloskey plate coin and the Milton A. Holmes ( Valentine Plate ) coin. Certainly in the Condition Census. Cherry-picked at the 1994 FUN show.
Valentine 1. LM-1. The LIKERTY variety.Very nice with a lavender-gray and gold patina. Obverse die crack from rim through 6th star to hair ribbon. Reverse die crack from rim through right side of first T in STATES through wreath to eagle's neck. Another die crack from rim through A in AMERICA through wreath to eagle's wing. A very tough coin to find nice. Purchased from Harry Laibstain Rare Coins at the 2015 FUN show.
A neat little coin.Valentine 2. LM-3. The LIBEKTY variety.The reverse is rotated about 30 degrees.Purchased from J.J.Teaparty in October of 1994.