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V25 2022 INDEX E-SYLUM ARCHIVE NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: AUGUST 7, 2022Here's a selection of interesting or unusual items I came across in the marketplace this week. Tell us what you think of some of these. -Editor 
SAXONY: Friedrich August III, 1763-1806, AR 3 pfennig, Dresden, 1782-C, KM-965, Buck-149c, Kahnt-1136, a wonderful mint state example! PCGS graded MS64. Something about this caught my eye, and I guess I'm not quite sure what it is. A crude-looking piece for the year. That third Roman numeral is out of line - was that a single-character punch? From the Stephen Album Rare Coins Internet Auction 17. -Editor
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Apart from softness to the borders along the left obverse and reverse, the strike is as close to full as one could realistically expect for the issuing mint. Indeed, all major design elements are sharply rendered and crisp, including those in the centers such as the hair curls over Liberty's brow and the letters LLA in DOLLAR. The dies were heavily clashed at the time of striking with impressions from the lower right portion of the wreath in the obverse field around the lower right corner of Liberty's portrait, impressions from the portrait and stars 6 and 7 readily evident in the central and lower left reverse field areas. There is not a single mark or other post-production blemish to report, the coin obviously preserved with the utmost care since leaving the Dahlonega Mint. Among the few Mint State 1851-D gold dollars that we have been privileged to auction, this is by far the finest. A beautiful coin offered by Stack's Bowers in their Summer 2022 Georgia Gold Rush Collection sale. -Editor
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Overton 105 with the pointed 1 digits, though not noted on the holder. Primarily white with a nice strike. Despite the size of the 9, this is indeed that large 9 variety. Tough in UNC! A beautiful coin from the David Lawrence Rare Coins sale ended earlier today. -Editor
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56 mm. An exquisite specimen of perhaps the most beautiful design in the entire Comitia Americana series. The surfaces are lustrous medium brown, with some mint color preserved within the multistep rim. The reverse field shows some reflectivity, not the often-seen, heavier, non-reflective bronzed patina. A little planchet fissure crosses the rim below the right end of the reverse exergual line, but this piece is both well made and well preserved. The tiniest bruise is seen in the high wire rim above the space between DANIELI and MORGAN on the obverse. This specimen was coined from exactingly produced copy dies made at the Paris Mint in 1839. The dies were shipped to Philadelphia and put into use there, but some examples may have been struck at the Paris Mint before shipment. This is a choice example of this famous Comitia Americana issue, one whose originals are extraordinarily rare and almost never encountered. Nice example of the historic Daniel Morgan at Cowpens medal. From the Stack's Bowers Summer 2022 Numismatic Americana sale. -Editor
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Unusual Carson City Dollars 
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