E-Gobrecht, vol. 8, no. 2

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Liberty Seated
The E-Gobrecht Collectors Club
2012 Volume8,Issue2
TheElectronicNewsletteroftheLIBERTYSEATEDCOLLECTORSCLUB
February2012(Whole#85)
AuctionNews 2
Help wanted at the Baltimore Show
byJimGray
LSCC to share a club table with BCCS JohnMcCloskey’s
wife,Norma, 2
hitbycar!
Club member JohnFrostreports an effort tohave ajoint Lib-
MartinLutherBeistle
ertySeated CollectorsClub and Barber CoinCollectors’Society Afirsthandaccount 3
(http://www.barbercoins.org/)table at theupcoming Whitman Coin ofhisdeath
and CollectiblesBaltimoreExpofromMarch22-25, 2012. The pur-
RegionalNews 4
poseof the club tableistobroadenthe exposureoftheclubsto byGerryFortin
thepublic and to increase theinterestin collecting LibertySeated
UpcomingLSCC 4
and Barber coinage. During thepastfew years,both clubshave
events
beenworking together toshare and reduceshow manpower re-
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Page2 The E-Gobrecht
Auction News
by Jim Gray, LSCC #664
TheHeritage FUNSale fea- from JonathanKernfor$3,150inOctober,1983. An
turedan1846dimeinAU55 AG3duplicaterealized$1,093. Anicelytoned1873
withnotoninganda good NoArrows Open3was soldfor$8,625. An1873-
strikethat soldfor$11,500. A CC NAgradedXF45hit $3,738. Amagnificent
nicelytoned1849-Oin MS62 MS65CAC 1878-CC withlight toningwas worth
realized$2,530andan1856-S the$48,475it realized. AVG8duplicatesoldfor
inAU58hit $3,335. Two1860-S dimes inMS61 $1,093.
andMS63hammeredfor $2,300and$6,900. An Stack’s-BowersAmericanaSalecontained
1871-CC inVF35andniceforthe graderealized an1846VF35halfdime for$2,156. Threerare
$12,650as didan1872-CC inXF45withasoft dimes from the1840’s weresold: 1843-OVF25
strike. Two1873-CC pieces inF12 andVF20 went $1,323,1845-OVF35$604,1846VF20$966. An
for$4,888and$7,475. An1874-CC inG6that was 1872-CC gradingVG8hit $1,610whileaVF35
rough andspottedsoldfor$7,475,proofofits rarity. original 1885-S withthe usual soft strikestill man-
An1843-Oquarterwith alargeO and graded aged$1,725.
AU53soldfor$8,050. Adippedwhite1859-S Awell struck,nicelytoned1874-CC half
gradedAU50soaredto$16,100. An1864-S graded hammeredfor$8,154
VG8hit $863andawell struck1865-S inMS62sold An1851original dollar was well struckwith
for$4,744. mottledtoning,whichwas not attractive,soaredto
AniceAU501855-S halfsoldfor$5,319. $37,950. An1872-CC whichwas original with
AnAU501870-CC withoriginal toninganda few AU55details, but withthereverserim badlydam-
marks hammered for$25,875. Ibought that coin aged,ekedout $4,715.
John McCloskey’s wife, Norma, hit by car!
In recovery!
TheMcCloskeyfamilyis havingtheirshareofbad
lucklately. Accordingto John,“OnSaturdayJanu-
ary21st mywifeNorma was walkinginaparkinglot
andwas struckbyacar. Shehas afracturedpelvis
whichis averypainful injurybut is nowinaReha-
bilitationcentertryingto developenoughskills so
that shecanreturnhome. Hercarekeeps mebusy
but Iwill findtimetoworkonthe[Gobrecht] Jour-
nal and get it inthemail without toomuchdelay.”
Pleaserememberthem in yourthoughts and/or
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NormaMcCloskey
5718KingArthurDrive
Kettering,OH 45429
NormaandJohn,Summer2007
2012 Volume 8,Issue 2 (February 2012) Page3
Martin Luther Beistle
A first hand account of his death
Reproduced here by Bill Bugert, LSCC #455
Martin Luther(ML) Beistlewas anearlytwentieth his head“no.” Andinanothermoment,when Itold
centurynumismatist,authorofthe1929halfdollar Mothertheinevitableandshebeggedthe Dr.todo
bookARegister of Half Dollar DieVarieties and somethinghesaid–“Ican’t –He’s passedout”no
Sub–Varieties,andinventoroftheUniqueCoin onecheckedthetimeaccuratelybut theDrwas back
Holder. Hediedonseventy-two years agolast homeby12:30andheremainedafewminutes totie
monthonJanuary11,1935inhis homeinShippens- uphis lowerjaw–so the estimateis believedcor-
burg,PA. His son-in-law,HenryE. Luhrs, penneda rect. HenryE Luhrs”[M.L.Beistle’s son-in-law]
first handaccount onpagecalendars ofthedates
January11thand19th1935. Ihaveaphotocopyof
thosepages andhis account ofML’s passingis re-
producedherefor yourinformation.
“Mr.Beistlediedtodayat 12:20. Hewas at
workall morning,in goodspirits andleft,without
anyindicationofimpendingdoom at 12noon–to
drivehome. Arrivinghe toldhis wife“I’m tiredand
believe I’ll rest afewminutes before eatinglunch.”
Hesat downinthechair at theradiooftheliving
room. Mrs. Bnoticedhe was pale &askedifhe was
sick. Hesaid“Ibelieve I’ll takeadrinkofwhiskey”
andwhileshewas gettingthis from themedicine
chest,hewent offinaheart spell. Shecalledthro
thetelephoneoperator “Mrs Jacoby”–for3doctors
&Arthur[his son –Ed.] & I.–DrBerrywas located
andresponded at once. Iwas preparingricedump-
lings forsoup forthechildrenwhenthe phonerang
andwordwas givensomething“terrible”hadhap-
penedat the Beistlehome. Irushedup– getting
their[sic] first–triedtogivethe whiskeyandafter
askinghim ifhe couldn’t takeit–Hedroppedhis
jawand Ipouredsomeintohis mouthbut it choked
him. Arthurarrivedbythis time&weloweredthe MLBeistlecirca1929
backofthe chair &rubbedhis wrists &temple. Dr
Berrythenarrivedandinjectedadrenalininthearm
but thecirculationwas practicallystopped–his heart
was merelyflutteringandnoticingtheblueness of
his neck& ears hewhisperedtome“He’s dying.”
Mr.Beistlemust haveheardbecausethis was the
onlytimehe gaveatwist orsquirmingstruggle–a
minuteorso latertheDr asked“Do youhave any
painM.L. andhetriedto openhis eyes anddidshake
Page4 The E-Gobrecht
Regional News
by Gerry Fortin, LSCC #1054
Dear fellow LSCC members, whichtheChinesepeopleknowhowtomanage
without largenumbers of personal injuries. Several
This regional news updateis years ago, alargeBeijingbuildinghousinglocal
onceagainbeingwritten in televisionstationcaught fireas a result offireworks
Wuxi,Chinaafterthe Lunar andwas severelydamaged. Somishaps dooccur on
NewYearholidays. 2012is the occasion.
Lunar yearofthe Dragon whichis acoveted as a
birth yearof good fortunesecondonlytothePiglu- Movingbacktothe LSCC regional meeting
nar. DuringLunarNew Year,China experiences one calendar,thenext LSCC meetingwill beheldat the
ofthelargest migrations ofhumanityonEarthas LongBeachCoins, Stamps andCollectibles Expo.
peopleuseall forms of availabletransportationto CraigEberhart is hostingthis regional meetingon
completetheirannual journeys tohometowns for FridayFebruary3 at 8:30A.M. inRoom 102a.
familyvisitingandconsumptionofbountiful meals Pleasenotetheearlierstartingtimeas Craigis plan-
andricewines. Thefestivities arealso characterized ningarobust agenda for attendees.
bywholesalereleaseoffireworks on everyurban
street cornerduringNew Year evewhich was Janu- InMarch,the clubreturns totheWhitman
ary22. IwalkedtheWuxi downtownareaat mid- BaltimoreCoins andCollectibles Expofornext re-
night andexperiencedan incredibledisplayofbusi- gional meetingscheduled forFridayMarch23at
nesses andrandom citizens launchingspectacular 9:00A.M. inRoom 301. Len Augsburger, LSCC
fireworks that wouldbe domainofprofessional fire- Treasurer/Secretarywill behostingthis event and I
works companies inthe U.S.Taxis wherestill trying sureprovideaninterestingagenda andmeetingenvi-
tonavigatethroughstreets litteredwithpiles ofspent ronment forall.
firework “cakes”while100-500piece firecracker
strings and cherrybombs wereomni present. The GongXi FaCai,XinNianKuai Le!
situationcanbest bedescribedas controlled chaos
Upcoming LSCC Events
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Seenoticeabovefor additional information.
March 2012Gobrecht Journal. Tobemailedduringthelast weekofMarch2012.
March23,2012,Baltimore,MD, BaltimoreCoinandCollectibles ExpoLSCC Regional Meeting, 9
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NowthruApril 15,2012, LSCC officers areacceptingnominations forthe2011LSCCHall of
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2012 Volume 8,Issue 2 (February 2012) Page5
The Budget Collector:
Seated Deals & Steals
Under a Hundred Dollars
Twenty-secondinaSeries
by Len Augsburger, LSCC #1271
This monthwestart anoccasional series onlitera- andsoft cover formats. Fivecopies wereleather-
turerelatedto LibertySeatedcoinage. I'm assuming bound,noneofwhichhaveappearedontheopen
most collectors havealreadyacquiredthecollective market. Oneis heldbya Californiaquarterspecial-
volumes oftheGobrecht Journal. Ifnot, go get ist andanotherbyawell-knownoldtimeNewYork
them andthencomeback! But thereareotherim- dealer. Briggs retains acopy,theothertwoarecur-
portant resources, too. Let's jumpright intothe rentlyunaccountedfor. Longout ofprint,usedcop-
seatedquarters. Istarted collectingthesecirca ies ofthehardbound and soft covereditions must
1990,and LarryBriggs'bookontheseries fortui- nowbehuntedinthestocks ofnumismaticliterature
touslyappearedshortlythereafter. Mycopyis in- dealers andonlinebooksellers. Asoftboundcopyis
scribedbyLarryanddatedMarch,1992(seeimage currentlylistedonwww.abebooks.com at $170,
below). Thebookwas issuedinbothhardbound whichstrikes meas excessive. Withpersistencea
copycanbefoundat amuchlowerlevel. Onthe
otherhand,if youwant it this veryinstant,payup!
Briggs'book is absolutelyindispensableto
seatedquartercollectors. Thefirst andonlysub-
stantivestudyofthesedievarieties, Briggs forever
draws thelineinthesand as thereferencepoint for
furtherresearch. Briggs nailedthedievarieties for
most ofthecoins withlowermintages. Forsome of
thehighest mintage coins, diemarriages maywell
numberover ahundred, and Larrymadethewise
decisiontonot insist oncompletionbeforepublish-
ing. As Larrystates inthebook,onecouldtakea
singleissue(1853w/arrows andrays, forexample)
andmakealifetimeofits study. Forthese coins he
has notedthemoreprominent andobvious varieties
foreachdate. Thephotographyinthebookis ex-
cellent andthedetailedillustrations nicelyfacilitate
dieattribution. Thededicatedquarter collectorwill
givethis bookaworkout. Mypersonal copyhas a
tattereddust jacket,other quarter collectors have
reported copies beingso dog-earedthat theyhave
chosentotearoffthe coverandspine andstart all
overagain at thebookbinders.
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Page6 The E-Gobrecht
Quarter of the Month
by Greg Johnson, LSCC #1460
The1848LibertySeatedquarter
haslongbeenafavoritecoinof
mine. Reviewingreferencemate-
rials,theHeritagearchive,andthe
populationreportsinpreparation
forthiscolumnhasremindedme
why. Thereportedmintageof
146,000wouldcertainlyleadonetoexpectthatsurvi-
vorswouldbescarce;butinaserieswhereagreat
manydatesareatleastscarce,thatdoesnotmakethe
issueparticularlyspecial. Yet,itisaspecialcoin –and Figure1. 1848¼dollardoubleddate
onethatisnotalwaysrecognizedassuchbycollectors.
The1848is,arguably,therarestPhiladelphiaseated reversehavingtheso-called“compasspoint”defectin
quarterinmintstate. Itisoneofthekeystoasetof theeagle’sshield(Figure2). Briggs2-Bpairsanob-
Philadelphiaseatedquartersinanygrade,andwithno
NewOrleansquartersproducedduringtheyearitis
alsoakeytoadateset. Thehighergradetheset,the
more“key”the1848becomes. Thisisparticularly
truebecauseestimatesputthenumberofproof1848
quartersateighttotensothat,unlikethescarceand
rarelaterPhiladelphiaissues,therearen’tproofexam-
plesprovidinganotheroptiontocollectorsinclinedto
addproofstotheirsetinplaceofmintstatebusiness
strikes.
Briggs’estimatedrarityofthe1848quarteras
R5(31-75known)inXF/AUandR7(4-12known)in
mintstate. Therewere34examplesreportedbyLSCC
clubmembersinthe1993survey. Onlyoneofthose
exampleswasmintstateandonly3wereAU;eleven
exampleswerereportedinXF. The2007surveyfea-
tured46examples–threeinMS,nineinAU,and14in
XF. Thegradingservices(PCGSandNGC)havecer-
Figure2.1848compasspointreverse
tified74examplesinallgrades,with21ofthosein
mintstate. Therehavebeenonlyninemintstate1848 versewithatriplepuncheddate(Figure3)andare-
quarterscertifiedbyPCGS,rankingitfirstinrarity versethatdoesnothavethe“compasspoint”defect.
amongsttheP-mintquarters(inmintstateandinPCGS Therearenoknownexamplesof1-Bor2-Adiepair-
holders). OnlyfiveotherP-mintquartershavefewer ings,norarethereanyknownexampleswithoutadou-
than18mintstateexamplescertifiedbyPCGS: 1869 bledortripleddate. Briggsstatesthatthe1-Adiepair
(11),1842(12),1850(14),1840(15)and1846(17). isthescarcerofthetwo. Thisiscontradictedbythe
LSCCsurveysshowingthatthedoubleddateoutnum-
Anotherinterestingfeatureofthe1848quarter beredthetripleddate25to9in1993and32to14in
isthatitcomeswithtwo,andonlytwo,diepairings- 2007. Personally,Ifound thatthetripleddatewas
bothfeaturingrepuncheddates. Briggs1-Apairsan muchmoredifficulttofindthanthedoubleddatein
obversewithadoublepuncheddate(Figure1)witha
(Continuedonpage7)
2012 Volume 8,Issue 2 (February 2012) Page7
shouldhaveat least one. Therewereseveral hun-
TheBudgetCollector(Continuedfrompage5)
dredinthesale,so there areplentyto goaround. I
WhiletheBriggs bookis well known,what was lookingat onesuch coininmycollectionand
is not so well knownis afollow-uparticlepublished afterstudyingthe Briggs'bookrealizedit was one of
intheDecember14,2007CoinDealer Newsletter, theplatecoins- apleasant surprise. Briggs also used
whichoffered Briggs'updatedopinionondievarie- manycoins from theFrogRuncollectionas plate
ties andconditionrarities withineachissueinthe coins. This high gradequarter collectionwas soldby
series. Later,in2011,inGobrecht Journal#111, ANR inNovember2004, andMarch,2005. Finally,
GregJohnson publishedamonsterarticleonthe Top theEliasbergauctioncatalog(Bowers &Merena,
25varieties withinthequarterseries. Forthequarter April,1997),whilefocusingonveryhigh grade
collector,this issueshouldbetornupandpastedinto specimens, summarizes a wealthofresearchonthe
theBriggs bookpageor bypage,orat least beclose seatedquarterseries.
at hand. Johnson updates theBriggs bookonanum-
berofvarieties andinadditionoffers critical com- Iwouldberemiss inthe discussionofthe
mentarybasedon afurthertwentyyears ofmarket quarterliteratureif Idid not mentionthetwo-volume
activity. Thephotography, likethe Briggs book,is photographicrecordoftheGene Gardnercollection.
onceagainwell suitedformakingattributions. Issuedinoblongformat withmatchingslipcase,the
full colorpresentationoftheGardnercollectionis no
Anumberofauctioncatalogs shouldalso be less thanstunning. Publishedprivatelyin2010inan
inthelibraryoftheseatedquarter collector. First up editionoften, onlyoneset has appearedontheopen
arethetwo collections uponwhichBriggs based market,sellingfor$700 at the LSCC ANA club
muchofhis work. Briggs'personal quartercollec- meetingauctioninChicagoin2011toaproofquar-
tionwas soldat theSeptember,1999,Heritage Long terspecialist. TheGardnervolumeis thesinequa
Beachauction. Theauctioncatalogis still onlineat nonofthequarterliterature,as it wouldbevirtually
theHeritage website,and whileHeritagehas arock impossibletomatchthequalityofthe coins depicted
solidreputationformakingavailabletheir auction therein,not to mentionthephysical productionofthe
archives, Istill liketohaveahardcopyinmylibrary. volumeitself. As thenumismaticbooksellerCharlie
Manyofthecoins from this collection,inSEGS Davis likes topoint out tobookbuyers, "No,the
holders andattributedas Briggs coins, still float coins DONOTcomewiththebook!"
aroundtheopenmarket. Everyquartercollector
observationthatIhavemadeisthatthetwovarieties
QuarteroftheMonth(Continuedfrompage6)
tendtoappearinclosertoevennumbersinhigher
grades,suchasChoiceXFandbetter. Thoughthereis
relativelylittleharddatatosupportthisopinion,the
largernumberofdoubleddateexamplesappearstobe
mostlyduetolargernumbersoflowergradespeci-
mens. The2007surveyreportedeachvarietybygrade,
listingsevendoubleddateexamplesinAUandMS
versusfivetripleddateexamplesinthesamegrade
range.
References:
Figure3. 1848¼dollartripleddate
1. TheComprehensiveEncyclopediaofUnitedStates
XF/AU. OnceIpurchasedtheAUtripleddatethatis LibertySeatedQuarters,LarryBriggs(LimaOH1991)
nowinmycollection,during2008,itseemedlikethey 2. GobrechtJournals Issues59,60,100,and102
weresuddenlyavailableandthedoubleddatefar 3. ImagesCourtesyofHeritageArchives.
hardertofindthanthetripleddatediepair. Another
Page8 The E-Gobrecht
Subscriber Correspondence
From David Lange: Hi Bill, Iwant tocorrect an errorinRoss Bailey's articleabout buyingcoins oneBay.
Heindicates that problem coins will not becertifiedbyNGC,but ratherbyits associate company, NCS.
This has not beentrueforthepast three years orso. NCS nolongerencapsulates coins at all,andthose
coins submittedtoNGC that fail tomeet thecriteriafornumeric gradingare encapsulatedbyNGC itself
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From Charles Sullivan(comment onRoss Bailey’s “Howto BuyRareCoins oneBay:” Themost signifi-
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tors tomakehigherbids iftheythinkmorebuyers areinterestedinthecoin orthat aknownspecialist is
pursuingit.
From thePCGS eCollector: Congratulations to[LSCC member] CraigEberhartfrom Los Alamos, NM,
whohas wonaMS65PCGS SecurePlus™$20Saint Gaudens. Craighadthehighest scoreout ofthe35
peoplewhoparticipatedinthePCGS Photograde™Onlinegradingcontest inOrlando. There was athree-
waytieforfirst placewith8out of20coins correctlygraded. Craigwonbecausehe receivedtwobonus
points forbeingahalfpoint awayfrom the correct gradeontwo coins.
From Rich Uhrich: Hereis alinktoacoinjust soldoneBay-an1867dimeinPCIFine-12,cleaned:
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&autorefresh=true. It soldfor$1,137andreceived18bids. [This] Seemslikeabargain forabusiness
strike1867dimeinF-12 cleaned. However,when Iexaminedthepictures andcomparedthem withGerry
Fortin's pictures onhis excellent websiteonSeated LibertyDimes, Ibelievethat thecoinis acirculated
proofandnot abusiness strike. Acirculatedproofis worthquiteabit less thanabusiness strike. So,
maybeit was not so muchabargain as thetopbidders thought!
From Rich Uhrich: Not mine,but checkthis one out:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&hash=item19cc8a5fa0&item=110
805802912&nma=true&pt=Coins_US_Individual&rt=nc&si=RLf5okicTeXMoIgmFeI%252B9kU2twM%2
53D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc. This coinis amedium grade1873No arrows Open3halfdollar. Not badfor
$50!
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