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Pillar of the Community
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this coin is definitely not worn from circulation, it was a pocket piece, it was carried around with someone for a long time and is considered market acceptable for lowballs.
Feel free to call me Will.
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Every coin was struck with three dies, and has three sides... What about the edge? Is there much left for reeding?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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the edge has almost no reeding.
Feel free to call me Will.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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this coin is definitely not worn from circulation Therein lies my problem with this low-ball stuff. Is it really that much different than counterfeiting or fake errors? |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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A tumbler with fine walnut shells this can be done easily. I would grade that coin as a negative MS66
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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it is different, they are worn down in the pocket and look natural as it is a natural form or ware and takes decades. An artificial, quickly done Waring down is easily spotted.
Feel free to call me Will.
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02/06/2017 10:31 pm
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I am with thedollarman, lowballs are quite awesome!
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Moderator
Canada
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Looks legit to me... but it is almost too worn for my tastes... My grandfather's "flipping" coin was a 1964 silver dollar, and it was worn down to almost a silver slug from 40 years in his pocket. You could only see the outline of the Queen...
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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It is a pocket piece and a lowball, very nice one at that, will definitely come back Po-01 I believe, looking forward to seeing it in a cert!
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Canada
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It is a pocket piece and a lowball, very nice one at that, will definitely come back Po-01 I believe, looking forward to seeing it in a cert! I think ICCS will body bag it... I have sent in coins slight better and they refused to certify them... "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I am going to throw the next 1987 loonie I get into my pocket and each day carry it around for a year. I wonder how it would look after a few months. I know silver is softer and wears much faster but I'm curious still.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm guessing that would grade way less than AG...a cull/filler perhaps at best.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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The Force I believe it would grade Poor 01 :)
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Canada
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Lowballs are quite interesting pieces of history in my opinion. Take for example a 1948 silver dollar. Anyone can buy a MS example, as with any key date coin, by opening a wallet. On the other hand there are not many true lowball 1948 silver dollars that spent 50 years inside someones pocket.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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thrustie: I would bet that the vast majority of '48's never saw the inside of a pocket.... knowing they were late on production most were picked up and put away very early. It's not hard to find an MS '48 you just have to throw money at it... however if someone wants a lowball '48 they're going to have to buy a decent one and place it in their pocket...
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