which is currently up on heritage right now Under woo acacc breaks my heart but I have a family to support. I have a pretty large lot that I may be selling so I may be able to pull this down.
which is currently up on heritage right now Under woo acacc breaks my heart but I have a family to support. I have a pretty large lot that I may be selling so I may be able to pull this down.
Wow, this thread is really what numismatic dreams are made of. I went through every page. When I got towards the end I found myself wishing the thread were longer.
Is there an accepted standard for what constitutes "early silver"? Not knowing if there is, these are the thoughts rummaging around in my head.
The thread has coins through the Seated design but nothing newer (excepting @ACACCScott 's mind blowing 1895). If Seated coinage would be the last to qualify should not the Morgan $ also be included as the Seated minor's continue well into the Morgan $ run? That's a Pandora's Box as if you include the Morgan for that rationale, wouldn't you then include the post-Seated minor's as they are concurrent with the Morgan...so on and so on..........
EAC defines "early" in regards to their coppers as stopping at 1857. I assume they picked that year as it was the end of the half cent and the large cent and the beginning of the newfangled small cent. It doesn't seem fitting that the same metric would be applied to silver.
Could "early silver" be defined by when the various silver denominations were first reduced? It wouldn't be as clean of a cut as the EAC "early copper" definition as there are several transition dates for the silver denominations (H10¢ 1805/1829, 10¢ 1828/1828, 25¢ 1828/1831, 50¢ 1836/1836, $1 1804/1840). However, a definition like that doesn't feel right as several bust coins and all seated coinage would be excluded.
Or perhaps there isn't/shouldn't be a formal definition and it should just be a subjective term. Best left to the individual collector to decide for themselves what they consider to be "early"?
If this last option is indeed the numismatic reality I'd love to hear from you all about what your personal definition of "early silver" is. I think reading each person's different reasoning would be fascinating.
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Here are a few I don’t think I’ve posted to this thread yet.
1813 AU50 CAC
1827 AU55 CAC
AU55 CAC
Worn but purrrrr-dee
50/20c. PCGS 64. Purchased over twenty years ago for a first year of issue type set. Received a green bean when sent to CAC this month.
PS That is Jefferson's print.
Love the problem free surfaces with hints of luster around devices. XF45
Is there an accepted standard for what constitutes "early silver"? Not knowing if there is, these are the thoughts rummaging around in my head.
The thread has coins through the Seated design but nothing newer (excepting @ACACCScott 's mind blowing 1895). If Seated coinage would be the last to qualify should not the Morgan $ also be included as the Seated minor's continue well into the Morgan $ run? That's a Pandora's Box as if you include the Morgan for that rationale, wouldn't you then include the post-Seated minor's as they are concurrent with the Morgan...so on and so on..........
EAC defines "early" in regards to their coppers as stopping at 1857. I assume they picked that year as it was the end of the half cent and the large cent and the beginning of the newfangled small cent. It doesn't seem fitting that the same metric would be applied to silver.
Could "early silver" be defined by when the various silver denominations were first reduced? It wouldn't be as clean of a cut as the EAC "early copper" definition as there are several transition dates for the silver denominations (H10¢ 1805/1829, 10¢ 1828/1828, 25¢ 1828/1831, 50¢ 1836/1836, $1 1804/1840). However, a definition like that doesn't feel right as several bust coins and all seated coinage would be excluded.
Or perhaps there isn't/shouldn't be a formal definition and it should just be a subjective term. Best left to the individual collector to decide for themselves what they consider to be "early"?
If this last option is indeed the numismatic reality I'd love to hear from you all about what your personal definition of "early silver" is. I think reading each person's different reasoning would be fascinating.