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Bedrock of the Community
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looks like a roller hit under the eye. lots of scuffs and missing luster but I think its UNC. shes pretty banged up. can't make 63
I'm at MS62
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's a very crisp strike. Markings are numerous but not terribly distracting. On a bad day, MS62, but MS63 would not surprise..
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This one's interesting, and not because of the date or grade. There is pretty strong unpolished die clashing, most visible on the reverse. It also looks like it has a "9" in the denticles. With the normal date position, that would make it 1896 VAM-1F or VAM 26 or VAM-34. The photos aren't quite clear enough to tell, but my hunch is that this may be an LDS/VLDS of VAM-26. If there is a collar clash beneath the date, it most likely would be VAM-1F. I don't see the 12:00 collar clash for VAM-34. On the grade, I agree with MS-62 here. It's the typical gun metal gray with subdued luster for many 1896 and almost all 1897 dollars. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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Valued Member
United States
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I think this could be 63, the funny thing is it's not the face scratches pulling it down to 62 but the fields have a bit too much chatter. But I will go against the crowd and say 63
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Bedrock of the Community
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I agree that this is a 62. No big hits but lots of minor chatter in the obverse. However, the grader this day seems to have been unhappy as this one got hit with the dreaded dead grade...   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.comEdited by numismatic student
01/11/2026 2:21 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's a darn nice MS60. I'm sure the grader had his reasons, but they certainly aren't obvious.
I admire your pics. Great lighting.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I was going to say slider but MS-60 would probably cover that.
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Pillar of the Community
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Another ANACS slab with their "logo" on the right...  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Another ANACS slab with their "logo" on the right. I remember you mentioned that before so I went and looked at my ANACS slabs. Everyone was on the left except these 2.........  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Everyone was on the left except these 2......... Marve, I can't recall what I was researching, but by using the search box here on CCF I found an old topic of the graders being very strict on coin grades within the slabs when the "motto" was located on the right. Since finding that topic I also "double-check" those slabs when I see them in auctions. Edited by Greasy Fingers
01/12/2026 2:07 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Good info - so either one is common just used different years!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Since finding that topic I also "double-check" those slabs when I see them in auctions. I'll have to check that out more closely. Thanks. |
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