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My name is Marshall and I just registered for the forum. I am not a dues paying member so we're clear on this.
I began collecting 55 years ago. My first purchase was a Liberty nickel from Foleys in Houston. It was a Christmas gift for my father. It is probably worth what I paid for it 55 years ago by now.
Anyway, anyone who also visits CoinTalk may have seen my attribute this thread specializing on the Early Large Cent series varieties and Die State/Stages called "Attribute This." That is my niche. My rarest discovery is the third known 1793 NC-6 which was written up in the April 2019 issue of Pennywise filedata/fetch?id=50165&d=1615773403&type=thumb by Mark Borckardt. My rarest acquisition was last year with the purchase of an unattributed 1796 NC-2. It is either the 10th or 11th known, depending on whether the photo in Noyes of the Bird Specimen is incorrect (an NC-3 is shown) or if it was an attribution error. Either way, it is the first error I have found in the six volume set I use.
I have joined because sometimes I venture off my reservation into other series where I have little knowledge, but a desire to change that.
Today I was looking at a 1958 proof set I obtained (it's my birth year) because it had a nice overall appearance, the Half appears to have the beginnings of a light cameo and the nickel had a pleasant and consistent overall tone. When looking at the nickel with a digital microscope through the cellophane, it appears to have doubling of some kind. Since I'm used to dealing with copper without tombs mostly, I don't know if this could be a photo effect, or what type of doubling it might be if it's really there.
Now I will attempt to post a photo, but every site I visit has a few navigation and posting differences.
Marshall
My name is Marshall and I just registered for the forum. I am not a dues paying member so we're clear on this.
I began collecting 55 years ago. My first purchase was a Liberty nickel from Foleys in Houston. It was a Christmas gift for my father. It is probably worth what I paid for it 55 years ago by now.
Anyway, anyone who also visits CoinTalk may have seen my attribute this thread specializing on the Early Large Cent series varieties and Die State/Stages called "Attribute This." That is my niche. My rarest discovery is the third known 1793 NC-6 which was written up in the April 2019 issue of Pennywise filedata/fetch?id=50165&d=1615773403&type=thumb by Mark Borckardt. My rarest acquisition was last year with the purchase of an unattributed 1796 NC-2. It is either the 10th or 11th known, depending on whether the photo in Noyes of the Bird Specimen is incorrect (an NC-3 is shown) or if it was an attribution error. Either way, it is the first error I have found in the six volume set I use.
I have joined because sometimes I venture off my reservation into other series where I have little knowledge, but a desire to change that.
Today I was looking at a 1958 proof set I obtained (it's my birth year) because it had a nice overall appearance, the Half appears to have the beginnings of a light cameo and the nickel had a pleasant and consistent overall tone. When looking at the nickel with a digital microscope through the cellophane, it appears to have doubling of some kind. Since I'm used to dealing with copper without tombs mostly, I don't know if this could be a photo effect, or what type of doubling it might be if it's really there.
Now I will attempt to post a photo, but every site I visit has a few navigation and posting differences.
Marshall
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