Liberty Seated Collectors Club
The E-Gobrecht 2014 Volume 10, Issue 10 October 2014 (Whole # 117)
Auction News 2 by Jim Gray LSCC experiments LSCC Calendar 2 Regional News 3 by Dennis Fortier with webcasting The Curious Collector 4 by Len Augsburger
Quarter of the Month 5 As defined by Wikipedia, a webcast is a media presentation distributed by Greg Johnson over the Internet using streaming media technology to distribute a single content source to many simultaneous listeners/viewers. A webcast may The Strike Zone by 6 either be distributed live or on demand. Essentially, webcasting is Rich Hundertmark “broadcasting” over the Internet. The LSCC at the Gettysburg Battle- Webcasting is used extensively in the commercial sector for inves- field Show 7 tor relations presentations (such as annual general meetings), in e-learning by John Frost (to transmit seminars), and for related communications activities. Howev- There went 5 per- er, webcasting does not bear much, if any, relationship to web conferenc- cent of the half ing, which is designed for many-to-many interaction. dimes… 8 by Jim Laughlin LSCC members, Paul Kluth and John Frost, attempted webcasting Third 1881 Liberty at the recent Gettysburg coin show, trying to capitalize on new technology Seated Dime Proof available for us. In John’s words, “Paul Kluth attempted to record John Variety Discovered 9- by John 10 Frost’s presentation for potential webcasting. This is an effort to allow us Dannreuther to broadcast future LSCC meetings and presentations for those unable to by Gerry Fortin attend a given show or meeting. Gettysburg represented our first attempt, Special Announce- 11- and while we did have some small problems (like sound quality and the ments 12 network disconnecting briefly), we did learn some things, and will likely Free Advertise- 13 make another attempt in Manchester NH next month. If we can make this ments technology work, then perhaps future meetings will be both broadcast live (with some possible interactive capabilities such as polling and questions Club Information 14 & answers), and also recorded for later playback. This would allow great- er outreach for the club to our membership. Stay tuned!”
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Page 2 The E-Gobrecht Auction News by Jim Gray, LSCC #664
The Heritage Long Beach Sale 1866-S No Motto sold for $441 and $529. Carson was lacking choice Liberty City coins dated 1871-CC, 1874-CC, and 1878-CC Seated coins. graded VF30, VG8, and VG10, realized $1,998, $1,410 and $1,763. A VF30 1846 half dime sold for $2,233 and F12 and F15 1873- An 1852 dollar with AU details, but tooled, CC dimes realized $4,700 and $4,994. still realized for $23,500. 1856 and 1857 pieces grad- ed MS62 and MS64 went for $6,463 and $16,450. 1866 and 1866-S quarters graded VF20 and Five 1872-CC dollars sold for VG8 $2,585, F15 VF30 sold for $1,116 and $1,293. Two 1867 pieces $3,290, XF40 $6,463, XF40 $8,225, MS61 $27,613. sold for $1,528 and $2,820 in grades of XF40 and An 1872-S XF40 realized $1,951. MS62.
A VG 8 1842-O small date half dollar realized $823 and a MS65 1858-S hit $9,988. G6 and VG10
LSCC Calendar
October 10, 2014, Deadline for Articles and Advertisements for the Fall 2014 issue of the Gobrecht Journal. Due to Bill Bugert, Gobrecht Journal Editor, at [email protected].
October 10-11, 2014, Regional Club meeting (joint meeting with BCCS) and club table, New Hampshire Coin and Currency Expo, Manchester, NH. Friday, October 10th, 2:30 PM. Club table both days.
October 24, 2014, Regional Club meeting (hosted by Gerry Fortin), Denver Coin Expo, Den- ver, Co. Friday, October 24th, time and room TBD.
October 30 - November 1, 2014, Regional Club meeting (hosted by Len Augsburger), Friday, October 31st, 9 AM. Club table on bourse floor (table # TBD), Thursday PM through Saturday, Whitman Expo, Baltimore, MD.
November 3, 2014, Gobrecht Journal Issue #121 planned to be mailed.
November 8-9, 2014, Club table (hosted by John Frost), Rochester Numismatic Association Annual Show, Rochester, NY, Saturday and Sunday. See website for details: http://www.the- rna.com/rnacoinshow.php.
Page 3 Regional News by Dennis Fortier, LSCC #2016
The LSCC is very fortunate to Liberty Seated have a group of dedicated Re- coins and food. gional Directors who work Several nice coins hard bringing the club experi- were shown and ence and interesting educational presentations to as discussed be- many areas in the country as possible. It is an honor tween courses. to be selected to assist them in their work with the Brian could use Regional Program. I wish to thank Gerry Fortin for some help out on the confidence placed in me and look forward to the West Coast. working with the Regional Directors team and other There’s a lot of volunteers to continue the fine work that Gerry be- territory to cover. gan in 2009. ~~~~~ I would also like to announce that John Frost, a well-known and respected Numismatist, has agreed The fall is here and with it comes a busy to take over as Northeast Regional Director. Wel- show schedule. The New Hampshire Coin Expo come aboard John and thank you on behalf of the with John Frost, table and meeting is October 10-11; club. I am looking forward to working closely with John always has interesting displays and compelling the Regional Directors, Brian Cushing, Jason Feld- presentations. The Denver Coin Expo is October 24 man, John Frost, and Stephen Petty as we determine with a meeting hosted by Gerry Fortin. Baltimore is how to expand the regional meeting program. coming around again at the end of the month. We’ll have a club table at this show in addition to the usual As Gerry alluded to in the September E- club meeting hosted by Len Augsburger, (see the Gobrecht, the club seeks new volunteers to who can schedule), so if you’re attending stop by and spend a step forward to promote the club and Liberty Seated few minutes saying hello or show us what you coinage research. Staffing a club table is not diffi- bought at the show. Rochester NY Nov 8-9, new cult; in fact, it can be an enjoyable experience and club member, Dan White, made a club table availa- has advantages. Staffing a club table provides a ble for us, thanks Dan. John and I are looking for- dealer’s badge and early admission to the shows. ward to a foray in New York. We hope to meet club Other opportunities can come along as well includ- members who haven’t had an opportunity to share ing being visible to senior club members and dealers their passion with fellow club members before. who specialize in Liberty Seated coinage. This visi- bility may result in nice coins offered to you with ~~~~~ relationships also bringing about considerable oppor- tunities to gain new knowledge. The Gettysburg Coin Show was last week with several club members hosting and presenting. ~~~~~ Paul Kluth was very helpful getting things going. John Frost will have a detailed piece about Gettys- Steve Petty hosted the Ohio State Coin Show burg. meeting on Labor Day weekend. Steve gave an in- teresting presentation on Trade Dollars and the mon- ~~~~~ etary policy of the latter half of the 19th century. The meeting was well attended and the presentation was See calendar on previous page for more details. favorably received.
Brian Cushing’s Long Beach Social was a big success with thirteen attendees. You cannot top
Page 4 The E-Gobrecht The Curious Collector by Len Augsburger, LSCC #1271 Leaky Faucets and Rare Coin Dealers
I've had a leaky faucet in eo. But I got the valve assembly off and trekked the garage for too many over to the hardware store where I naively assumed years. Being a plumbing I could easily get a replacement. Bad assump- plebe, there was no other tion. It turns out that faucet parts are like beer, place to start except Y ou wine, apples, and cheese, except not nearly as Tube. Remarkably, you can watch videos on just tasty. There are a gazillion different kinds, and peo- about any home repair job on Y ou Tube. I haven't ple make whole careers out them. checked, but there are probably videos for coin "repairing" (i.e. doctoring, whizzing, and all sorts of There was no equivalent replacement part to evils) as well. The problem with these videos, is be had, and the hardware store guy #1 recommend- that they all lie. They take the repair job, edit it ed I apply some foam string where the valve assem- down to about 3 minutes of doing actual work, and bly fits into the stem. Well, after turning the water everything looks like a slam dunk. It's like those on and off about ten times and repacking the assem- cooking shows on TV where the hostess tells you to bly, it was clear that was not working. Hardware put in a cup of such and such and conveniently there store guy #1 is like the rare coin dealer who has is a pristine crystal bowl of precisely what she needs plenty of stuff to sell you, can convince you that you already in front of her. Amazing how that need it, but then when you add it to your collection works. At any rate, the video showed me how to it turns out you haven't really improved take apart the faucet and put it back together, just things. Back to the store, because I still wasn't con- enough to be dangerous. vinced I could not just replace the whole thing. Hardware store guy #2 reminded me that The most important thing is to turn off the wasn't possible and had zero advice about where to water first. Bad things will happen if you do not do go next. Hardware store guy #2 is like the rare coin this. Of course I had to check with the neighbor dealer who sets up at a show to do business with his first to make sure I understood where the water turn regular wholesale guys and really doesn't want to off was. That took about an hour, because he is re- deal with anyone else. ally chatty, and then the next neighbor came over, and we had a long discussion about how everyone at Along came hardware store guy #3 who im- Disney World has to get four months of training be- mediately detected that the real problem was with fore they are allowed to interact with a single park the washer in the nut which topped off the valve. Of visitor. Next, we had to evaluate the renovation be- course there was no precise replacement but he sold ing done at another neighbor's house who was mov- me the "repair kit" which contained about ten more ing out (and who had been breeding dogs for twenty parts than I needed. You can see where we are go- -four years at that location). As you can see, fixing ing - hardware store guy #3 is like the rare coin a faucet is very drawn out process. dealer will only sell the coin you need as part of a whole set. Of course, the whole kit only cost two After turning off the water main, I was dis- dollars, so how much can you complain. Back at appointed to see my faucet still leaking. I'm con- the house there was much drilling and cutting down vinced the answer to the water problems of the en- the rubber washer to fit back into the tire planet can be resolved with my leaky faucet, nut. Everything was packed back together, and so because even with the water turned off it kept com- far the leak is gone. There is another leaky faucet ing. And coming. Eventually all the pipes emptied on one of the sinks, so I'll probably be back next out and I got the faucet taken apart. Naturally it month with further insights on rare coin dealers - looked nothing like the faucet on the Y ou Tube vid- until then, stay dry.
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Quarter of the Month by Greg Johnson, LSCC #1460 1877 obverse lump in shield
I recently received an email from a So, since I did not own an example, I contacted quarter collector (who reads this dealer Rich Uhrich who had had one of the two exam- column) asking if I had any infor- ples I recalled seeing in inventory about 4 years ago to mation on the 1877 Briggs 2-C. determine if he might still have a photo. Not only did The variety is quite rare and obscure. I hadn’t seen one he supply the photos I requested, but he also noted that or, frankly, thought much about it in a number of years, one of the two coins was now back on the market and but the question did get me thinking. Briggs 1877 ob- available for purchase. Though it is possible that I verse 2 features a very large lump in the obverse shield “overpaid” for it, I was able to acquire the example pic- (Figure 1). The variety is a very obvious “naked eye” tured below. The inability to locate even a single ex- variety that is also very rare. It was discovered in 1977 ample over a period of years greatly increased my con- by Larry Briggs and pictured in his Comprehensive En- fidence that the issue is, in fact, quite rare and conse- cyclopedia of United States Liberty Seated Quarters quently increased my willingness to pay a premium in (Lima OH 1991). He called it rare in 1991 and that de- order to own one. scription continues to appear accurate today. More than 10 years of searching has yielded only two exam- ples – neither of which were available and/or priced at a level to motivate purchase.
1877 Liberty Seated quarter dollar with large lump in the obverse shield
Page 6 The E-Gobrecht The Strike Zone by Rich Hundertmark, LSCC #2347
Introduction to Liberty Seated Quarter Varieties
Modified Fly fishing proverb of the month:
“The two best times to study coins is when it's rainin' and when it ain't” Borrowed with appreciation from Patrick F. MacManus
The Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar series includes a number of key varieties, both rare and common that are popular with specialist collectors. On the “tough to find, lots of luck needed” side, a key variety that offers a signifi- cant premium is the1842-O Small Date. This New Orleans issue is very scare in all grades and becomes rare in Fine condition or higher. As com- pared to the more common 1842-O Large Date, a market premium factor of about twenty, or 20X can be applied. Current market pricing is about $100 in Fine condition for the Large date and about $2,500 for the Small Date. The easiest way for specialists to identify the small date variety by the thicker flag on the 1 as compared to a more elongated flag that comes to a thin point on the large date variety.
As the 1842-O Small date is difficult to come by, a variety that offers a better chance of success of finding for the variety specialist is the 1856 with “misplaced flag of 1” in the gown. The top, or flag of the 1 can easily be seen directly to the right and slightly below the Y in LIBERTY. The premium on the coin is roughly 3X, so a VF20 that is normally around $50 will have a market value of about $150.
A good internet reference for Liberty Seated Quarter varieties can be found in Gerry Fortin's website, with the Top 25 Varieties listed, along with pictures, descriptions, populations, and pricing.
For more comprehensive research, the key reference for the series is The Comprehensive Encyclopedia of United States Liberty Seated Quarters published by Larry Briggs in 1991.
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Last month's study question: How many mint state examples of the 1873-CC “Without Arrows” Quarter are know to exist ? Answer: Currently, 5 pieces are known to exist.
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This month's study question: What Liberty Seated Quarter variety shows reverse clashing with an- other denomination ?
Page 7 The LSCC at the Gettysburg Battlefield Show By John Frost, LSCC #2005
The LSCC was busy at the recent National Bat- some things, and will likely make another attempt in tlefield Coin Show in Gettysburg on September 20-21. Manchester NH next month. If we can make this tech- We had a club table with the BCCS on both Saturday nology work, then perhaps future meetings will be both and Sunday, with exhibits and club information. Paul broadcast live (with some possible interactive capabili- Kluth and John Frost staffed the table, and talked with ties such as polling and questions & answers), and also numerous collectors and the general public, and handed recorded for later playback. This would allow greater out a number of brochures and membership applica- outreach for the club to our membership. Stay tuned! tions. All in all, the event wasn’t bad for the inaugu- In addition to the club table, Bill Bugert deliv- ral show, but surely a number of changes will be made ered an excellent presentation entitled, What you prob- for next year. While Saturday was busy, Sunday was a ably didn’t know about 1861-O Half Dollars, discuss- bit slow, likely due to numerous NFL games of nearby ing the three different government authorities that teams, but those that did attend had a great time. There minted them (USA, State of LA, and CSA), the various were even a number of good buying opportunities on die marriages and their rarity, and collecting them. the show floor. The LSCC had a major presence at this About 20 interested people listened to Bill as he also show, and we look forward to next year. discussed the Confederate original half dollar issues,
and the Scott restrikes and tokens. Following Bill’s talk, John Frost delivered a presentation on Double Dimes and the Amazing Find at the Carson City Mint, which discussed the twenty-cent piece series, and the finding of the coinage dies buried next to the Carson City Mint building.
We also attempted something new at this show, trying to capitalize on new technology available for us. Paul Kluth attempted to record John Frost’s presenta- tion for potential web-casting. This is an effort to al- low us to broadcast future LSCC meetings and presen- tations for those unable to attend a given show or meet- ing. Gettysburg represented our first attempt, and while we did have some hiccups (like sound quality (Paul Kluth and John Frost at the LSCC/BCCS table) and the network disconnecting briefly), we did learn
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There went 5 percent of the half dimes... by Jim Laughlin, LSCC #876
At the end of a San Francisco newspaper article re- ia dimes and/or possibly part of the 3.9 million 1882 garding October 1882 Mint operations, there is a dated dimes (if struck Oct-Nov-Dec), came from that brief statement regarding the transfer of silver half bullion source. Maybe that worn 1883 dime contains dimes from the Treasury in Washington to the Phila- a small bit of silver that can trace itself back to delphia Mint for re-coinage. George Washington himself.
November 2nd, 1882, Daily Alta California The West seemed to have initially loathed the STATISTICS OF MINT OPERATIONS, The silver half dime, having only warmed to it after the coinage executed in the United States mints during denomination was abolished in 1873. The following the month of October was as follows: Gold article was published in San Francisco five years af- $474,000; Silver $2,371,000; minor coin $79,100; ter the denomination was abolished: total, $5,954,100 (*). The sum of $265,957 in silver five-cent pieces have been transferred from the November 29th, 1879, Daily Alta California Treasury to the Philadelphia Mint to be coined in a Half dimes are beginning to come out from like amount of dimes. their hiding places. A lot is now put into circulation which had been held back by the Bank of California. Half dimes were first struck July 1792 by the Nickels are now being used quite freely, and Califor- government (Birch half-disme), with the United nians will overcome their prejudice to them as they States Mint starting production in February 1795 us- did to half dimes. ing 1794 dated dies. As part of the coinage act of February 1873, silver half dimes were discontinued In 1886, a request from the San Francisco in favor of the 75% copper 25% nickel 5 cent coins Sub-treasury for $10,000 worth of five cent nickel first released on the East coast in 1866. The Treas- pieces from the Philadelphia Mint was not filled, as ury had been pulling the silver half dime out of cir- the mint replied that it had no funds for transporta- culation in the East, replacing them in circulation tion. It appears that with these kind of problem, the with the nickel five cent piece. West Coast continued to struggle with a lack of five cent pieces until the very late 1880s. It is interesting $265,957 [mentioned above] in silver half that in the above article, the “half-dimes” had appar- dimes equates to 5,319,140 pieces. This one melting ently been “in hiding” here in California. Hiding represents the destruction of nearly 5.42% of the en- from what? More thoughts to follow in a future arti- tire half-dime production occurring from 1792 (98.1 cle…. million). It would represents 6.27% if one only con- siders the Liberty Seated type from 1837 (84.8 mil- (*) The “total $5,954,100” does not corre- lion). As the Liberty Seated design was the most re- spond with the figures printed in 1882, which would cently issued, it probably represents the majority of be $2,924,100. Possibly the type setter mixed up 5s those melted, followed by a scattering of the Capped and 2s in composing that figure. Bust and Bust types. There may have even been some of the 1792 “half-dismes,” with a provenance Newspaper Source: California Digital Newspaper to George Washington, who provided some of the Collection, Center for Bibliographic Studies and re- silver used to coin them. I would also suspect that search, University of California, Riverside,
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Third 1881 Liberty Seated Dime Proof Variety Discovered by John Dannreuther by Gerry Fortin, LSCC #1054
Images courtesy of Heritage Auction Archives
On the morning of September 23, I noticed an email from proof coinage researcher and all around nice guy John Dannreuther. If John was emailing late into his evening hours, then an important numismatic finding must have occurred. Indeed it did as John’s email announced the discovery of a third proof obverse die for the 1881 date.
Without delay we chatted via phone with John sharing his supporting research for the new variety: the number of confirmed observations in the Heritage Auction archives and the quarterly 1881 proof mintage figures obtained from Breen’s Encyclopedia of United States and Colonial Proof Coins 1722 – 1977.
The incremental proof 1881 variety was immediately added to The Definitive Resource for Liberty Seat- ed Dime Varieties Collectors at www.seateddimevarieties.com and assigned the F-103 label. The 1881 F-103 variety features an obverse die with date punch that is positioned far right as compared to F-101 and F-102 varie- ties and is easily attributed.
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1881 F-103 1881 F-101
John Dannreuther believes the F-103 mintage is only 50 pieces due to the following 1881 quarterly proof mintage records. We agreed that the F-101 proofs were most likely struck in the first quarter and the F-102 proofs struck in the last quarter based on observed rarity.
January/March - 675 April/June - 50 July/September - 0 October/December - 460.
Given the National Archives information in Breen’s book, it is highly likely that the F-103 proofs were struck during the second quarter of 1881 with a mintage of 50 pieces. An initial rarity rating of R6+ is set due to the inherent high survival rate for Liberty Seated dime proof strikes. The F-103 proof mintage is limited but the high survival rate will allow more specimens to enter the market over an extended period of time. I suspect that the 1881 Proof F-103 variety will be challenging and a prized acquisition for Liberty Seated dime collectors as available specimens immediately find their way into advanced collections.
Check the LSCC webpage for a wealth of club related information. It is kept up to date and is free to anyone.
Try it - Visit: www.lsccweb.org
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Special Announcement from W. David Perkins: I will have a fresh group of Gobrecht Dollars along with nu- merous Liberty Seated Dollars for sale and viewing at the Whit- man Baltimore Coin show Octo- ber 30th through November 1st, 2014 at Table # 1455. The Gobrecht Dollar photographed here grades PCGS MS63. I will also have Gobrecht Dollars in PCGS XF40 and PCGS MS62, and possibly one or two more. Anyone stopping by the table is welcome to view and en- joy these rare silver dollars.
I will also have an inventory of nicer quality Liberty Seated and Bust coinage at the table. I can be reached at [email protected] or cell phone 303-902-5366.
Special Announcement from Kevin J. Flynn:
I am planning to go to print with the book The Authoritative Reference on Liberty Seated Half Dimes around October 1st.
My page count has gone up from what was planned to 275 pages, but sections such as the 1838 Small Stars required 17 pages, with detail diagnostics and photo showing each of the five die stages for the obverse and 4 die stages for the reverse.
With the extra pages, it will increase my cost, especially with a limited printing.
As such, once the book is printed, the cost of the book will increase to $49.95, up to when this book is printed, I will accept the originally advertised price of $39.95
I can be contacted at Kevin Flynn
Second Special Announcement from Kevin J. Flynn:
Larry Briggs and Kevin Flynn will be coauthoring The Authoritative Reference on Liberty Seated Quar- ters book. This book will primarily include all Liberty Seated quarter die varieties including doubled dies, overdates, repunched dates, misplaced dates, and repunched mint marks. Other types of varieties will be included also. This book will also focus on the history, archive and other records, design changes, and most importantly the hot topics, whereas a full analysis will be completed on those topics that are the lure, mystery, and great stories behind this series.
We are seeking die varieties to photograph for this book. For a list of what we have and what we need, please write Kevin at [email protected]. Also, if you have other die variety types you think would be good for this book, please let us know.
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