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Tbone
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United States
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Hello, first time posting. This forum looks great. Hoping I can get a hand at an approximate grade for this coin I recently acquired.
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Pillar Of The Community
United States
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Not an expert at these but I would say AU details
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Valued Member
United States
342 Posts |
 Good looking coin.
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Pillar Of The Community
United States
2375 Posts |
Gorgeous coin! AU piece, not MS due to minor wear on obverse leaves and light wear on a few feathers on the obverse
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Pillar Of The Community
United States
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EF45 cleaned
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Pillar Of The Community
United States
2876 Posts |
Tips of feathers look sharp even though diamonds are a little weak. CN was a hard metal to strike so sometimes details were not that good. The obverse appears to have a scratch on Indian which would bother me and a hit on the rim into I of united. Color also seems off, but might be from lighting used for the photo. It also looks like it has been cleaned.
All that said, AU-55 details.
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Valued Member
United States
113 Posts |
Well thank you all. I bought it off eBay for about $50. Was hoping it might grade to a mint state but it sounds like I paid about the right price. It is a very nice looking coin in person, I think the lighting on the picture they took isn't too flatering. It does seem that these early IHCs that were copper/nickel frequently have a pretty week strike with the diamonds and even Liberty. At least from the pictures I've been able to find through a google search.
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Pillar Of The Community
United States
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When I saw this coin earlier today I didn't comment because I though it might a soft strike MS coin based on the stellar state of the rims and fields. I have seen slabbed specimens of the CuNi IHC's that look like this one graded MS, but I don't feel qualified to give an opinion. Also I'm not sure of the color although my gut tells me it's not cleaned. Very nice any way you look at it. |
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Pillar Of The Community
United States
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Tbone I think you did good at the $50 price. I paid $45 for an 1862 not near as nice as this one.
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Pillar Of The Community
United States
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I am not completely sure about the surfaces. It could possibly be around a high AU.
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Pillar Of The Community
United States
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The coin does not strike me as cleaned.
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Valued Member
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Just wondering... is that a 'die crack' I am seeing on the reverse at the 10 o'clock position?
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Valued Member
United States
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I'm not familiar with "die cracks" so I'm not sure. These pictures are the ones from the eBay auction. I do have the coin but I don't have a good way to take a high res picture or even to take a good close look at it myself. I have a nice quality loupe on it's way to me though and I plan to give this coin a good look over when it arrives.
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Pillar Of The Community
United States
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Yeah, looks like a small die crack.
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United States
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AU53 Details/possible dip
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Pillar Of The Community
Canada
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I, was also going to say altered surface.
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Posted 06/19/2012 11:43 pm
