Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1886-01-12
NO. 10.

| $40, and the same for other varieties A
Fine Tree shilling is and will sell at from
| Slo upwards, while au Oak Tree shilling
| OF the same year, 1862, is worth but halls as
much. A Carolina half penny, for which q
dealer coolly offers from So to So, has been
| sold at auction in New York city for S25. 20.
This coin was struck in 1894. The Louisia-
na copper coinage of the French royal and
republican governments are worth from so
cents to 50, while what is called the George
Clinton cent, struck in Nav York in 1887, if
| in good condition, is valued at from $50 to
500. The Washington cents are all rare,
that struck in the die from which the So
called Washington half dollar was struck
selling at from $50 to $50, according to con
dition. The Kentucky cents are also rare
and sell for good price.
The United States coins are of all coina
| the hardest for ore to secure a complete col
| lection. The coinage of 1898 is very rare.
! an uncirculated half-cent Of this date hay-
| ing sold at S15. A dollar of 1894 has been
sold for 500 and then not in the best condi-
ton. The half-cent of 1896 is rare and sells
| readily at S15, while the silver quarter of the
same date is valued at from S3 to So. The
halt-dollar of 1896 is worth $50 and that Of
1897 S25. The cent of 1899 is q bargain at
from Sc to $40, and the halfdinle of 1902 is
rare to excess, specimen that was bent and
Daoly worn having been sold in 1875 for $35:
fine specimen would probably command
double that sum. All the coins of 1904 are
rare except the half-cent, which is very COM
mon. The dollar, of which 1880 we1e
coined, is for some unknown reason tho
rarest of all American coins, but eight con
les being known. This coin, which has
been largely counterfeited, will sell for from
$500 to an unknown sum, according to con-
dition. The half-dollar, of which 156. .519
were struck, is extremely rare, and is sell
dom sold. Probably there is no limit to its
value beyond the desire of the buyer to ac-
- - L
for So and the quarter dollar for 50. The
silver quarter of 1928 is also exceedingly
rare, very fine specimen having been sold
for $50, though one good enough for pock-
et-piece can be had for S25. The quarter of
1927 is one of the rarest of the quarters 4
very fine proof sold for $105, and an ordina-
ry copy is purchased by the dealers at $40.
The pattern dollar of 1889 is worth S15, and
that of 1854 So The half dollar of 1886,
with the milled edge, is sold for from So to
SO, and the same is paid for quarters of
1888 without the arrow heads at the side of
the date. The cent of 1857 is valued at So.
and the nickel cent of 1856 at the same
price. The half cents from 1881 to 1919 are
worth from 81 to IS. and that OF 1852 ut So.
There are some coins that are unique as the
set of patterns from which was evolved the
trade dollar. The six dollars which formed
the set sold for S96 when put up at auction
at the sale of Colonel Jumes Taylo1's cabinet
in New York. The cent of the Confederate
States government, struck III 1861, their only
coinage, is rare and will sell readily at from
So to SO. The twenty cent pieces of 1877
and 1878 are eagerly sought for at So each,
and the same is true of the two cent piece of
1878 at 81.
In medals there is not so much competi-
ton. though there many collectors.
coronation medal of Charles H. of England
has been sold for forty cents, and some that
one would naturally suppose to be rare from
their age at even lower prices
The strangest thing to coin collectors is
the question where the coins have gone
Many of the dates now rare were coined in
large amount. The quarter eagle of 1899 is
now unknown to numismatists, vet 4S0 of
them were minted. The half eagle of 1915,
of which 635 were struck, is now valued at
$50, and the double eagle of 1910, OF which
only patterns were made, is worth 500. y
large number of valuable coins undoubtedly
pass through the hands of storekeepers an
nually, and will continue in circulation until
so badly worn and obliterated as TO be worth
less to a collector. Many ticket Sellers
cashiers, ETC., make a very snug sum yearly
by watching the coins that pass through
their hands, and exchanging those of rare
dates for coins of similar denomination that
do not command premium.