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1865 Two Cent Piece Fancy 5 - What Do You Think? (PCGS)

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 Posted 07/21/2013  1:10 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Dave H to your friends list
Absolutely beautiful!! I LOVE the color and the striations throughout both sides. I'll go w/ MS63-64. Congrats on your awesome addition!
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 Posted 07/21/2013  1:10 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add IndianGoldEagle to your friends list
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 Posted 07/21/2013  4:02 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Joseph7420 to your friends list
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 Posted 07/21/2013  9:21 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add westcoin to your friends list
I'd say MS65BN I could see a MS64 also there are a few ticks on the horizontal lines on the shield, it's very well struck up. The little white spot is a piece of fluff I'd assume that got inside the slab during the slabbing process. There is a nice die crack on the reverse and a small Retained Cud as well, the Retained Cuds are really going for large premiums on ebay lately. I've seen a few in VG-F sell for over $120.00 in the past month.

I'm going to edit my answer before oih82w8 posts the grade to MS64BN I was looking on my little iPhone screen when I first saw this post. Stike is really full though, but too many little ticks to make a solid 65 grade IMO now I see it on a bigger screen. Great looking minor variety/error coin oih82w8!

Here is a link to a MS63BN Retained Cud same die pairing as yours oih82w8:

http://www.3centnickel.com/ecart/pr...79472f67beba
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07/22/2013 01:15 am
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 Posted 07/22/2013  01:00 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add D0ubl3Eagle to your friends list
I'm going to go with MS-62 BN.
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 Posted 07/22/2013  01:29 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add westcoin to your friends list
Looks like my link no longer works because I just bought the coin. I'll shoot some photos of it or ask them to send me their photos it was not as nice looking as this oih82w8's example, more red, but a bunch of carbon spots and not pretty at all. I have a low grade example of this Cud but then I saw your's googled the Cud number their website poped up and I had to have it! LOL.

The one I purchased is in a PCGS holder MS63RB
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07/22/2013 01:40 am
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 Posted 07/22/2013  10:06 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add oih82w8 to your friends list
westcoin, I saw the one you were referring to (in cache mode) but could not get close-ups or the reverse.

I thought that this would warrant a Red Brown as well, but...I bought the coin, the slab & opinion just happens to comes along with it.

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07/22/2013 1:35 pm
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 Posted 07/22/2013  9:24 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add westcoin to your friends list
Still think this one is at least a MS64BN maybe not 65 but I can't see RB on it. Sure is much nicer than the one I bought last night at MS63RB. You done good mate!
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 Posted 07/23/2013  02:15 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add westcoin to your friends list
Here is the one I purchased it is in a PCGS holder MS63BN not RB as I wrote earlier. (sorry). I think oih82w8's piece is nicer looking! I have a bit more red luster still present but his is overall more pleasing to look at, as mine is more spotty.

Note: These are the photos from the seller and I did not take them, he was kind enough to send them to me, coin is not in hand yet but has been shipped!

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A matched pair The close up photo shows the Retained Cud quite nicely. There certainly is a die crack, the Retained Cud is the part where the die crack split off into two cracks then a chunk fell out of the die leaving a void or area that filled in with metal (leaving the rectangular chunk).
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07/23/2013 02:22 am
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 Posted 07/23/2013  09:41 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add oih82w8 to your friends list
westcoin, these two were not too far from each other coming off the press 1865-Two-Cent-Piece-Fancy-5---What-Do-You-Think?-PCGS.

Thanks for the close-ups, and I can definately see the " Cud" along with the die crack. Mine is on it's way and I will post some better (hopefully) images upon arrival.

I don't know what the threshold is between BN and RB with coppers, but I would also agree that these should be RB.

Here is an excerpt from The Purple Penny;

•RD - Red - more than 95% original red colour
•RB - Red-Brown - between 5% and 95% original red colour
•BN - Brown - less than 5% original red colour

http://www.thepurplepenny.com/pcgs-...odes,44.html

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07/23/2013 11:43 am
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I don't know what the threshold is between BN and RB with coppers, but I would also agree that these should be RB.

Here is an excerpt from The Purple Penny;

•RD - Red - more than 95% original red colour
•RB - Red-Brown - between 5% and 95% original red colour
•BN - Brown - less than 5% original red colour


This could be a whole thread in itself! But I feel the TPGs are pretty tight on giving out RB and RD designations as the coins tend to turn to full BN within a couple of years if not stored properly. I've had a few due that even stored okay. This is why the TPGs also will not guarantee copper grades only the authenticity. They can degrade fast if exposed to humidity and high temperatures. Always keep your copper coins in the dark if possible in low humidity controlled enviroment, even the coins in slabs!
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 Posted 07/24/2013  2:28 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Moe145 to your friends list
WOW!! TWO gorgeous 1865 2 Centers?





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Always keep your copper coins in the dark if possible in low humidity controlled enviroment



Excellent advice! I keep my slabs in a...let's just say; nesteld in a watertight, MIL-SPEC case. I might want to replace my silca packet though.
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I keep my slabs in a...let's just say; nesteld in a watertight, MIL-SPEC case. I might want to replace my silca packet though.


Great idea! I was just at the local gun shop yesterday and hadn't thought about using an mil-spec ammo case to store them in, sure would give me a lot more room than what I'm using now at the house. Desicant gel packs too! I have a Pelican case from my photoographer days I keep them in at home. But the ammo can would hold more and hide better! Thanks for the tip! Besides they are cheap.
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