We have LOTS of information in today's JR Newsletter.
First, from the editor:
Thank you for the feedback on the changes to the weekly JR
Newsletter. It seems that we have fixed the problem of many people
receiving multiple copies of the newsletter in their email inbox. We
are now working on a better way to present documents in the form of PDF
files. Many readers reported difficulty accessing, reading, and
downloading David Finkelstein's article from last week, so we will give
that another shot this week.
Richard Meaney
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David Finkelstein's article, "The Workflow Of The First United States Mint – Part 4," is linked here:
https://gallery.mailchimp.com/74a0e3c37d154d935bdeb2daf/files/DJF_MInt_Workflow_Part_4_01.pdf
We trust the new method of attachment will make it much easier for you
to enjoy this article, download it to your computer, or print it.
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Steve Tompkins wrote with an announcement about a new book:
It’s at the printer!
Now taking pre-orders at a discounted
price for delivery in August…
A NEW Book on the
Early Half Dollar Series...
The first all new work on the subject since 1970!
In this exciting new hardbound work, proudly printed and bound in the U.S.A.,
you will find over 500 pages covering each known die marriage for the
years 1794-1807. This is surrounded by sections covering design,
manufacture, new theories, and explanations for why certain things were
done, based on Mint documentation and evidence found on the coins
themselves. Included are quick finding charts and pictorial identifiers
for each year; detailed listings of die stages; as well as, oversized
color photos of every die marriage. New updated rarity ratings are
included, as well as pedigrees & a pictorial condition census for
all R-6 to R-8 rated die marriages.
Every die marriage is now listed in emission sequence
(the order they were struck in) and therefore a new numbering system was
needed and was incorporated, with a handy conversion chart in both the
front and back of the book for ease in transition from the older
designations.
The appendices contain interesting information on, among other
things, patterns, die trials, private re-strikes, error coins,
counterstamps, etc., along with many useful charts, die re-marriage
listings, master die/hub listings, reproductions of original Mint
documents and
much, much more!
This is the first volume of several that will cover the entire lettered edge half dollar series from 1794 through 1836.
The pre-order price for one copy is $79.00 delivered. This price
is only good for a limited time (see below). Copies can be ordered by
either sending payment to:
Steve M. Tompkins
P.O. Box 844
Peculiar, MO 64078
Or you can go to my web site www.earlyunitedstatescoins.com and send payment via secured checkout from a PayPal account.
Orders will be filled as soon as the finished books are received
from the printer, currently this should be the first week in August.
Order yours now before the price goes up!
(The regular cover price is $89 plus shipping after August 5th...)
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The next two contributions come from W. David Perkins and will be of
special interest to collectors of Capped Bust Half Dimes and Early
Dimes.
First, the half dime announcement:
2015 ANA Extraordinary Half Dime Sale
A note was sent out yesterday, Saturday, July 11, 2015, to all JRCS
Members, JR Newsletter readers, and others that are on our early half
dime distribution list regarding the 2015 ANA Extraordinary Half Dime
Sale.
If you are not on this distribution list and would like to be, please send your name and e-mail address to me at wdperki(at)attglobal.net and I will add you to the list. I
will also forward a copy of the note sent yesterday, along with the
preliminary copy of the Sealed Bid sale catalog was attached in PDF
format to the note.
At the 2015 ANA there will be a Sealed Bid Auction Sale (SBS) of Capped
Bust Half Dimes 1829-1837, with between 17-20 lots. The half dimes in
this sale tend to be the rarer die marriages and die states (including
cuds!), Condition Census specimens, plate coins in the LM Half Dime
book, and coins with better pedigrees. Lots will be available for
viewing at
Tables 617 and 619 at the ANA Convention
next month in Chicago. Bids will be accepted until 6:00pm CST on
Friday night, via phone, e-mail, fax or in-person. Collectors are
welcome to have a fellow collector or trusted dealer view lots for them
at the ANA Convention.
There are over 60 Capped Bust Half Dimes on the Extraordinary Half Dime
Fixed Price List, all grading from XF45 to MS65. In addition, there is a
second “Standard Fixed Price List” with 20 coins grading XF40 and
below, and half dimes in PCGS and NGC Details holders. All in all close
to 100 Capped Bust Half Dimes will be offered in the 2015 ANA Sale.
Fixed price lots will be available for sale just prior to the ANA
Convention, as in past sales.
All coins are photographed and described in detail in the catalogs.
Thanks.
W. David Perkins
Centennial, CO
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Perkins' announcement concerning Early Dimes:
Announcing the W. David Perkins Sale of the Kirk Gorman
Capped Bust Dime Reference Collection - First Session Scheduled to be
Held at January 2016 FUN Show in Tampa
W. David Perkins will be offering for sale the Kirk Gorman Reference
Collection of Capped Bust Dimes 1809-1837 beginning at the January 2016
FUN Convention in Tampa, Florida. As in the early half dime and other
sales Dave has conducted in the past, the dimes will be sold in a
combination Sealed Bid Auction and Fixed Price List Sale or Sales at the
January FUN and Summer ANA conventions. Many JRCS members and JR News
readers know Kirk personally, and that Kirk has collected and researched
the Capped Bust Dimes for nearly two decades.
The Gorman collection has 122 of the 123 known die marriages, missing
only the 1827 JR-14, an R-8 marriage. According to the 2013 JRCS Capped
Bust Dime Census, the average grade of the collection is “AU-51,” the
second highest average grade in the Census. There are a total of 130
Capped Bust dimes consigned to the sale. The collection includes LM
book Plate Coins, and dimes pedigreed to Eliasberg, Subjack, Lovejoy,
and others.
Approximately two thirds of the dimes in this “old time” collection were
“raw” when I received them, and the other one third were in PCGS and
NGC holders. All 130 coins were sent by me to PCGS this week for PCGS
Trueview photography outside of the holders, grading, attribution
(attribution confirmation, as all of the dimes are attributed), and
crossing into new PCGS holders. The die marriage numbers will all be
included on the labels of the new holders. A number of the Capped Bust
Dime die marriage photos are currently
missing in PCGS
Coin Facts – the Gorman collection importantly should fill in all but one of the missing photos.
It is unlikely any of the Gorman dimes will be back from PCGS in time
for viewing at the 2015 ANA Convention in Chicago. Photographs for most
of the collection should be available shortly after the ANA Show in
Chicago.
If you would like to be included in my Capped Bust Dime Collector and Dealer Distribution List for this sale as well as future offerings, please send me a note at wdperki(at)attglobal.net with your name and e-mail address and I will add your name to the list. You can also see me at the ANA Convention in August in Chicago at Tables 617 and 619 (under W. David Perkins, Numismatist).
Those on this Distribution List will receive information and the sale
catalogs for this and other early dime sales in the future. You do not
have to be a JRCS member or JR Newsletter reader to be on this
distribution list – you are welcome to pass this information on to your
friends and fellow collectors so that their names can be added to this
list. (
Please note that if you are already on my early Half Dime
Distribution List you will still need to send me a note asking to be
included on the dime list).
Please feel free to contact me if you have questions or would like
additional information at this time. I can be reached via e-mail at wperki(at)attglobal.net, or Cell Phone 303-902-5366. Or you can see me at the ANA Convention in Chicago at Tables 617 and 619. Thanks.
W. David Perkins
Centennial, Colorado
