About 24 varieties of 1803's and yours appears to be an earlier die state of S-255. The one in the link is die state 4 with the beginning of a rim failure at ST, your coin was struck earlier and...
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About 24 varieties of 1803's and yours appears to be an earlier die state of S-255. The one in the link is die state 4 with the beginning of a rim failure at ST, your coin was struck earlier and...
Don, the question on the buttons with Crowns, Eagles, Prince of Wales symbols has come up quite often over the years, my best answer to them is from Tice's Dating Buttons book, page 44....... I have...
When the Baltimore /C4 convention is over this weekend, I will try and find out who is the go to guy for this subject. In the meantime, just in case Dr Mossman did not attend and is at home in Va, I...
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/today-s-finds/292248-dig-all-those-signals-counterfeit-maybe-connecticut-copper.html After rereading Bramblefinds post on TNet, and seeing her photos...
Cast Counterfeits: I have always had a problem telling a cast by looks, Dr Mossman, who I have dealt with quite a bit on the subject has shot me down several times on coins I thought were cast, so I...
Tony, a couple years ago I did the diameters/weights and Ferrous and Non Ferrous readings on most of my colonial finds and some early American coins and here is what I got from the Conn coppers I...
As Don M has stated, it is a large letter variety of 1787, after looking thru the books and a couple C4 auction catalogs, I am fairly certain the Obverse of both CT coppers, yours and Jeff's are...
Ouch on the prices, it must be more in demand thanks to our hobby! I bought mine back in 1995 for about 40 I think..... Don
Dan is correct, I missed the 15mm description below, it has to be the AY 23bv, which has 6 spokes. So your earlier question to me is the cuffsized more valueable, Alberts has this one RV15, versus...
Again, many times a coin can be dated even if it has not readable date, by other attributes and the other attributes confirm it is not any variety of 1821 and than looking at the date, it is a 3 not...
Only two varieties of 1821 and on those the date numbers are far apart, the 6th star points directly to the crown of LIBERTY which is not the case of the coin posted and it does attribute as a 1831...
Appears to be a 1831 Newcomb 3 variety, Rarity 1.
It came out great!
Don
I was just about to reply to Del about the slight differences and ask if he thinks all our handwriting stays the same over the years, I know my signature now is nowhere near what it was 20 years ago....
Don, not an expert at handwriting, so I cannot say the same individual did the monogram on the two spoons, one of yours and the one Kay had in her article. But the similarities of the lettering, how...
A closeup of both Neil's and Don's would be nice, just looking at existing photos the two spoons seemed to have been done by the same individual, but as far as dating by the script, I think not...
That is one of the reasons I thought that perhaps the silversmith that A Henderson worked for as an apprentice George Halliwell, that it was his mark that Adam continued using, but guess not. It is...
OK, I wrote to the lady who wrote the article about Adam Henderson and got a very nice reply back from her... The spoon evidently was NOT made by A Henderson. The reason I inquired her was because...
Another note of interest, when I posted a couple years back a coin silver initialed spoon I found (J Shoemaker of Phila) I was told that the three initials on the spoon are not the initials of the...
The more I looked at your date the more I think it is 1783. I happen to have found a 1783 One Real years ago and took a closeup of the date, and even though different punches/dies were used I...
Have to agree on the age, probably abandoned by early 1800s. Nice old finds, perhaps it is a buggered up 7 or maybe it is a 2 or possibly a 3, but you have it in hand and see it better than we can...
Excellent hunt with a top notch relic and, very good conditioned SLQ and 3 old coppers too boot. Without a doubt finding the flintlock hammer with the used flint in it can be your relic find of the...
I have to search my memory banks, I know I have seen one or two found before posted on old forums, and yes, agree, Temperance Movement symbol, if not that than something political. A super find for...
Don, that fits my 1830ish estimate or a tad older rather well, I based it on seeing Arm & Hammer and eagle marks that are the same for the most part and those spoons that had makers that were on-line...
I have posted exactly that on other forums and on FB and some have seen the light but I guess it is because they pronounce it Reale, that then thin that is the proper spelling. Even some technical...