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Pillar of the Community
United States
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A fair price for the condition these days. The slab is good for authentication.
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Nice purchase!  Errers and Varietys.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Coin looks VG details. Looks like there may have been something previously attached to the center of the reverse. Maybe a loop but the coin is too large to be made into a button. Maybe something that turned the coin into a brooch pin to be worn on a lapel.
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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Always a good day when you can acquire a USA 18th century coin. Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Always a good day when you can acquire a USA 18th century coin. Yeah I agree. The price is more then fair and the Obv really leaps out at you. I love the year date numbers. A coin to treasure. I'm happy for you. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Agree with the above... any 18th century US coin is always a treasure. They didn't make many of 'em! (And just think of the history here--when this was minted, the country had only had two presidents.)
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United States
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Way cool, congrats on the purchase Jakes Coins. Just imagine who's pockets this little gem has been in.
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Thanks everyone! Quote:
Looks like there may have been something previously attached to the center of the reverse. Maybe a loop but the coin is too large to be made into a button. Maybe something that turned the coin into a brooch pin to be worn on a lapel. Interesting, that might be it! I've been collecting for a couple years... Favorite Coin's are Standing Liberty quarters, Working on my type set | Coffee, Corvettes, Coins & the CCF what could be better? |
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United States
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Nice example! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3843 Posts |
Seems like a good deal on a recognizable example.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
735 Posts |
I've been collecting for a couple years... Favorite Coin's are Standing Liberty quarters, Working on my type set | Coffee, Corvettes, Coins & the CCF what could be better? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Congrats, nice type coin!
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks! Yes the reverse is quite worn, but I felt the obverse had enough "meat" left. Appreciate the variety attribution as well. Oh I wouldn't underestimate the reverse. All things being equal imagine the places this coin has been and the people that have owned it? 16 years before it was minted a new nation was born when its Independence was recognized. The symbols on the rev of that coin were just being designed and 249 years later they still hold true. The Eagle, the feathers, the arrows, the stars "of which there are 13 for a reason on the obv", the coin has great and lasting character. I'd love to have this coin. Congrats. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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Lovely old dollar - there's something magic about an American coin dated 17xx!  |
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Excellent! |
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