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The small patch of scratches next to the D on the reverse are not die polishing lines, but they are actually not very noticeable in hand. I used that light angle so they would be visible in the photo. There clearly are some light cleaning hairlines, especially on the obverse, but since most coins from this era have been cleaned, I'm hoping that PCGS will be lenient.
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Did you buy this one raw? I presume you are confident the Cud on the obverse is not an old repair or ex jewelry remnant. It is a nice coin but I think it may get an au details grade due to cleaning. Edited by jimbucks
11/01/2020 7:59 pm
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First off, it's a heckuva coin, regardless of assigned grade. Don't expect you will have many regrets for buying this little beauty.
The reverse scratches seem the most significant defect. The coin has very little wear and qualifies as AU-58 based on that criterion. Certainly PCGS or NGC may decide AU Details due to those scratches. The coin might however get a straight net-grade of 55 or 53.
Terrific coin either way. Congrats!
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I think it's been cleaned, just not badly, I also think it won't matter to PCGS on this series and date. It should go AU low end 50/53 range, maybe an EF45+ at worst, but still no details on it for cleaning, I am however worried about the area around the D of United on the reverse and the staple scratch down the field under the eagle's wing. Those areas could be trouble and cause a details grade alone, but not for any old cleaning. A neat variety and if bought as a normal dime and not for the variety well done!
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Well, it took me over a year to get this one sent to PCGS for grading, but I thought I would update this thread. It came back AU details for cleaning, which most of you guessed. I'm not surprised, and I'm glad it didn't get dinged for the minor scratches on the reverse. Here's the slab and the TV photos--the slab is closer to the actual color.   |
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Still a great coin to have, congrats.
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Just amazing!!
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Well this one was worth waiting for, and I am pleasantly surprised that I caught that grade the same as PCGS called it. Glad there is no mention of the scratches as well, I have a similar nice AU Morgan with a rare VAM the 1901 VAM 3 shifted eagle that has a tiny staple scratch across the face, kills the value on it even though the interesting part is the reverse for the dramatic eagle tail feather shifting. I'm probably losing around $600-900 because of that darn scratch, and it's barely noticeable, and only in the angle of light. My coin is in a SEGS holder and the pin scratch is noted, I have sent it to PCGS as a crossover, which they refused so I just left it in the SEGS slab and put it away in the safe a couple of decades ago. "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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Pure jelly! Nice! Congrats!
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With the cleaning and all, I'd be glad to take this ugly duckling off of your hands.  But in all seriousness, this is such a gorgeous coin. I really love the design of these early dimes. |
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Congratulations!  IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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It looks like a nice example even through its original surfaces were completely removed. And it gives us an idea of what it looked like 225 years ago!
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Posted 11/01/2020 7:23 pm
