Check out my new Seated Dollar!!! 1 1

[Walkerfan]

I have always wanted at least one nice example.  

[bsshog40]

Nice!

[Hoghead515]

Very nice. Congratulations. 

[Alex in PA.]

And you have a very nice example.  Nice find and thanks for posting it.

Edited August 6, 2021 by Alex in PA.
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[MN1]

Congrats.

[MAULEMALL]

That's the kind of coin that the grade is inconsequential to the enjoyment of seeing it.. 

A really fine example..

Thanks.

[Coinbuf]

A real beauty thanks for showing!  

[LINCOLNMAN]

A favorite of mine. Large and a great design IMO. Well done. 

[RWB]

Very nice type coin! Enjoy it!

[scopru]

Beautiful coin 

[jtryka]

Very nice!

[Walkerfan]

Thanks, everyone!  It is graded MS 62 by our host.  I love the color and surface preservation.  The 1873 P has a mintage of just 293,000 and is VERY scarce in both circulated and uncirculated grades.  There are only 21 known in NGC 62.   

Edited December 26, 2020 by Walkerfan

[numisport]

I want one too 

[shirohniichan1]

Nice coin from my favorite year! Get a '73 Winchester and '73 Colt SAA to go along with your new acquisition.

[Walkerfan]

23 hours ago, shirohniichan1 said:

Nice coin from my favorite year! Get a '73 Winchester and '73 Colt SAA to go along with your new acquisition.

Never thought of that!  What a cool aspiration!!

[Henri Charriere]

I had to come back and take another look at this fine example of classic silver coinage.  One day I can only hope a 99-year old life-long numismatist will sit down with me and reveal the most closely guarded secrets of the profession.

Take this treasure, for example.  I would like to know exactly what it was the grader saw that disqualified it for consideration as, say, an MS-67, MS-66, MS-65, MS-64, and MS-63.  

I see minor brushes and bruises but no chatter.  There is a suggestion of light toning that appears to have shaded what vestiges of original mint luster may have remained. The stars are well-defined. The denticular structure is intact.  If anyone were to suggest this coin merited consideration as a MS-63, would anyone have a violent objection?  Generally, in all respects, this is a very lovely, well-preserved gem any collector would be proud to own. Thank you, Walkerfan, for taking the time to share your possession with us.  🐓

[Walkerfan]

On 8/1/2021 at 9:01 PM, Quintus Arrius said:

I had to come back and take another look at this fine example of classic silver coinage.  One day I can only hope a 99-year old life-long numismatist will sit down with me and reveal the most closely guarded secrets of the profession.

Take this treasure, for example.  I would like to know exactly what it was the grader saw that disqualified it for consideration as, say, an MS-67, MS-66, MS-65, MS-64, and MS-63.  

I see minor brushes and bruises but no chatter.  There is a suggestion of light toning that appears to have shaded what vestiges of original mint luster may have remained. The stars are well-defined. The denticular structure is intact.  If anyone were to suggest this coin merited consideration as a MS-63, would anyone have a violent objection?  Generally, in all respects, this is a very lovely, well-preserved gem any collector would be proud to own. Thank you, Walkerfan, for taking the time to share your possession with us.  🐓

You're very welcome.  I appreciate the compliments.  Graders, sometimes, get it wrong or, if nothing else, can be very conservative, at times.  This is a perfect example of 'buy the coin and not the holder'.  I think that one can do well, as a numismatist, if you learn to recognize and act upon the 'cherrypicks'.  That's the way that I like to collect and have been doing it for a long time.  I have a lot of coins that I feel are under-graded.  Finding them can be fun and profitable.  Thanks again for the kind words.    

Edited August 3, 2021 by Walkerfan

[VKurtB]

That Seated Dollar should stand up and take a bow. Very nice. 

[thebeav]

Love the date, beautiful !