Liz Coggan wrote:
We
will be, beginning on Monday, uploading a nice consignment of Capped
Bust halves all with Overton numbers on the slabs. I just received the
coins back from PCGS late Friday and we will be offering them on our new
online auction site at www.jjteapartyonlineauctions.com
Registration
on the auction site is simple and FREE for a 90 day trial period.
Simply click on the Registration link once there, or if you prefer, call
Gail or me at 1-800-343-6412 and we will set you up.
We
hope this will be the beginning of many nice collections offered on our
online auction site. There are more Bust Halves at PCGS so be sure to
visit the auction site often as we will be adding additional parts of
this consignment as they come back from grading and attribution.
Best wishes,
Liz Coggan
J J Teaparty, Inc.
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Richard Meaney wrote:
Many of you have likely read the article I wrote for the
most recent John Reich Journal (August 2012) entitled "Is it Time for a
New Remarriage Chart for Capped Bust Half Dime Reverse G?" What some people don't know is the motivation
for the investigation that resulted in my writing the article.
A number of years ago, back when Bill Luebke was publishing
the weekly email "JR News" there was an article submitted by Alan
Bricker in which Alan told of an 1830 LM-1 half dime he had found that appeared
to be such an early die state (compared to the descriptions in Logan and
McCloskey's "Federal Half Dimes 1792-1837") that we might need to
call it an "1830 LM-1.0" because it likely preceded the 1830 LM-1.1
in emission order. Although other
specialists had not seen Alan's coin, we talked about the subject on and off
over the years. Half Dime aficionados
looked for coins that would fit the description Alan had offered (no clash
marks) for his AU+ coin. It wasn't until
2009 that I found an 1830 LM-1 that fit the description of the coin Alan had
written about. Then a year or so later,
another similar specimen was found. When
the similar specimen was found, I decided it was time to write the
article.
Also influencing my decision to write the article was
something I had heard John McCloskey say a few times in the past. Paraphrasing liberally, John has said that
"information changes over time as collectors obtain new coins and study
them and compare them against references and other coins they know about -- people
will learn new information and publish that information, since it is the
natural process of research." I was
happy to hear John make a similar statement again at this year's JRCS Annual
Meeting at the Philadelphia ANA. Anyone who has ever written an article, book,
or published other research recognizes that their contributions are just steps
toward a better understanding of the subject.
I am happy to have contributed to the body of knowledge on Capped Bust
Half Dime remarriages, thanks to the encouragement and assistance of other
specialists.
Richard
