4100-10 Redwood Rd. #398 • Oakland, CA 94619
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I am writing this Friday night, Jan. 4. Last Sunday I put a blub in Richard Meaney’s weekly digital JR Newsletter, offering readers a preview of an upcoming Fixed Price List. Egad! Within 24 hours nearly half of the coins were ordered despite the fact that photos of the offering were not yet available. Thanks to numismatic photographer extraordinaire, Lance Keigwin, that problem was soon fixed and the assault on my inventory resumed. There are still some nifty coins left. Please check out my JANUARY 2013 FIXED PRICE LIST by clicking here. Photos of many pieces will be found here. As usual there is an unconditional 5-day (from your receipt) return privilege. Postage and insurance will be added to your invoice.

One coin will not sell until Thursday January 10. To add a little spice to festivities at the FUN Show, Jan. 9-12, I selected a single coin for auction, one you may have thought you’d never own. Here’s your chance to pick off an 1812/1 Large 8! OK, it has a hole in it. (See photo, using the above link.) The coin is in a PCGS Genuine holder, confirming the attribution and noting, “VG details.” A token starting bid of $200 was quickly surpassed. Come Thursday January 10, 2013 at 6 PM EST I will open sealed bids delivered to me during the Show and compare them with bids you send me by phone or email. The high bidder gets it without the addition of a buyer’s fee. Have fun and good luck!

When the doors open Thursday morning at the Orlando Convention Center it will be my pleasure to present the wondrous collection of Capped Bust Half-Dollars, 1807-1836, assembled over the past 30 years by Dick Graham. Dick is hanging on to his latest love, the reeded edge series. His collection of lettered edge halves consists of 48 pieces, all graded by PCGS. Every coin save two (the 1812/1 Lg.8 and 1830 Large Letters are merely XF 45) is graded AU or MS. The provenance of these coins reads like a Who’s Who of half-dollar collectors. There are multiple examples from the legendary collection of Gehring Prouty. Others may be traced to the collections of James Brilliant, Dr. Gerald Schertz, Elton Dosier, Louis Eliasberg, Roger Solomon, Charlton E. Meyer, Jr., James Allen, Jerry Killingsworth, Stewart P. Witham (BHNC #1), Russell Logan, Henry Hilgard, Tom Palmer, David Kahn and Michael E. Summers. The quality of the coins is staggering. Throw away standard price guides and beware the stampede when the doors open at 10 AM. No sales will occur before that time. Thereafter… first come, first served. A complete list of Dick’s coins, with prices, will be found here. Photos of every coin (thank you Lance Keigwin) are available here.

If you are not coming to Orlando and wish to participate in the sale this week you will have to commission someone to view the coins and make firm decisions on your behalf. Please do not ask me to do so! I detest conflicts of interest; your guidance should come from an independent 3rd party. Payment may be made after the show but a decision to buy must be final. I will, of course, update the list of Dick’s coins when the show is over. The unsold coins may be ordered next week on my usual terms, including a 5-day return privilege.