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Bedrock of the Community
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kanga - What is "BR"?  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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T-BOP - Obverse looks fine, so I'm thinking a grease issue here.
Edited by Coinfrog
03/16/2017 6:26 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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kanga - What is "BR"? I'm guessing he means BN (brown) |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Makes sense, but surely this is RB.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Clear RB as there's a lot more than 5% red, and 63 seems right for this. It's a lovely coin and I like it.
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks for the responses. I just wanted to show this to my fellow collectors. I picked it up for only $41 on ebay (very surprised it didn't go higher) and it now has a spot in my collection. Paul Bulgerin
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Awesome! Very pretty, and I would put it at a RB as well.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I am suspicious about this coin. Since you just received it, you may want to examine it very carefully and make your own determination. But from what I can tell, the "E" in "ONE" looks broken. If this is indeed the case, I don't know of any 1889 dies with a broken "E" like that. Does anyone else? The boldness of ONE CENT compared to the rest of the reverse also concerns me.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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Interestingly, the strike of the Indian's head looks a bit mushy while the "one cent" on the reverse is very sharp.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
709 Posts |
On a second look, it may be the lighting giving the appearance of a broken "E". One other thing I noticed is the "1" in the date looks doubled to the south. If you can match this to a Snow variety, that would help prove authenticity. Even if there's only a small chance it is counterfeit, I think it's still better to bring up discussion!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Mike1487,
Thanks for your comments. No, the E is not broken. That's just the lighting. The same is true for the date; no doubling, just reflection from my light source.
"In hand" the left side of the wreath looks pretty much the same as the right.
I still have issues sometimes trying to photograph brilliant copper coins.
Paul Bulgerin
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Really nice looking coin and for that price. Odd for something from ebay. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I don't have my guidebook in front of me, but that looks like an RPD as noted previously.
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Valued Member
United States
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Just realized that my red green color deficiency may damage my ability to determine the colors of copper coins especially in high grade. RIP me.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Nice pick up Paul..  Great looking coin. |
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