Comments on: eBay seller lists 1873-S No-Arrows half dollar http://www.coinlink.com/News/us-coins/ebay-seller-lists-1873-s-no-arrows-half-dollar/ Rare Coins & Currency News for Numismatic Collectors - Updated Daily Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:17:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Paul Bosco http://www.coinlink.com/News/us-coins/ebay-seller-lists-1873-s-no-arrows-half-dollar/comment-page-1/#comment-12106 Paul Bosco Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:25:19 +0000 http://www.coinlink.com/News/us-coins/ebay-seller-lists-1873-s-no-arrows-half-dollar/#comment-12106 I am Paul Bosco. I’m sorry I did not recognize Bill Bugert when he came by my table. I have admired his book on S.L. Halves, since using it when I had a good group of such in my 1996 US Coin auction. (Bill’s co-author Randy Wiley was a big bidder.) My photographer delivered the coin to my table on Thursday. John D. did get to see it, sitting next to the equally eagle-eyed Bill Fivaj. They were soon joined by Bill Noyes. A good time was had by all. John pronounced the coin as No Arrows and an “S” mint. As my table assistants – my wife and my 11-year old, named John (after the beloved Dannreuther)—are not experienced table-minders, I took advantage of the presence of the triune luminaries and went to the men’s room. When I returned, the luminous trio gave me a clean bill of (mental) health. (My wife dissented.) The coin indeed looked for ALMOST all the world like an 1873, but the Magi pronounced it, after half-an-hour of eye strain, an 1876, with a fire-damage lump placed perfectly so as to close the opening of the digit. Obviously, they switched the coin. I’m sure they will have no difficulties in sharing the copious loot, but how they will allocate credit, for the discovery of the unique date/mint/type, is entirely another matter. An article in Coin World (7/28/08, by Oliver & Kelley), documents the melting of the 1873S silver dollars. The article mentions the companion half dollar in the last paragraph, closing: “Presumably they also were melted.” --Paul J. Bosco Manhattan I am Paul Bosco. I’m sorry I did not recognize Bill Bugert when he came by my table. I have admired his book on S.L. Halves, since using it when I had a good group of such in my 1996 US Coin auction. (Bill’s co-author Randy Wiley was a big bidder.)

My photographer delivered the coin to my table on Thursday. John D. did get to see it, sitting next to the equally eagle-eyed Bill Fivaj. They were soon joined by Bill Noyes. A good time was had by all. John pronounced the coin as No Arrows and an “S” mint.

As my table assistants – my wife and my 11-year old, named John (after the beloved Dannreuther)—are not experienced table-minders, I took advantage of the presence of the triune luminaries and went to the men’s room. When I returned, the luminous trio gave me a clean bill of (mental) health. (My wife dissented.) The coin indeed looked for ALMOST all the world like an 1873, but the Magi pronounced it, after half-an-hour of eye strain, an 1876, with a fire-damage lump placed perfectly so as to close the opening of the digit.

Obviously, they switched the coin. I’m sure they will have no difficulties in sharing the copious loot, but how they will allocate credit, for the discovery of the unique date/mint/type, is entirely another matter.

An article in Coin World (7/28/08, by Oliver & Kelley), documents the melting of the 1873S silver dollars. The article mentions the companion half dollar in the last paragraph, closing: “Presumably they also were melted.”

–Paul J. Bosco
Manhattan

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