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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Beautiful and exceptional quality. At least 65+ to these oldman eyes of mine.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3668 Posts |
Y O W Z A !
I'm an old guy and I've seen a lot, but I've never seen a 1916-D that beautiful before. There may be others that claim a higher technical grade, but eye appeal matters, and this coin has it. My buyer's agent eyes saw the very light scratch beneath the nose and the even lighter one across the axe face, tiny contacts in the lower hair and two diagonal bands on the reverse, and the possible minor lamination on the reverse rim at 3:00, but didn't see anything else. This one is fantastic on every level.
This is a rock solid mid-UNC. IMHO, it could land at MS-65 FB, but the eye appeal could make it trade higher.
Just a quick story, because I'm old and can't resist. When I was still young, and Jurassic Park was every neighborhood playground, I heard the story from time to time of an entire roll of BU 1916-D dimes that one of the area dealers was sitting on. I never saw it, but several local dealers said they did. I've always wondered if many of the top grade coins could have come from that roll.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
589 Posts |
What a nice 1916-D! I'll say MS65 FB with exceptional eye appeal maybe even a 65+!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'll say MS-65 FB's. Nice coin!
Errers and Varietys.
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Valued Member
United States
100 Posts |
I am no expert on grading but I have never seen one that looks better than that one. I am in awe.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7078 Posts |
MS-66FB eye appeal 10/10  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5792 Posts |
Thank you for sharing this beautiful example.
I can't even begin to fathom what a "... finally make a deal on" range would have been.
My hats off to you on a superb example.
Words of encouragement are one of the major food groups.
We need to consume them regularly to thrive and grow.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Thanks to all for your kind responses and to @macmercury for posting the 4 reverses of the 16-D based on the location of the mintmark, which seems to show that the subject coin in this thread is reverse #2. Seems easy to tell from how far up the MM lies relative to the leaf on the left and also the shape of the MM which seems distinct. Let me know if I got that wrong.   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
Yesterday 10:13 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Reverse #2 appears to be a match to your coin.
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8521 Posts |
MS65FSB, a beauty !
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
18708 Posts |
i had no idea that there were 4 positions on the MM. i'll be hanging on to that. thanks. also, is the coin slabbed? if it is, we are all waiting for the reveal  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Thank you for your comments on the grade and your patience. Happy Independence day as we celebrate our Nation's 250th birthday!!! The coin is indeed slabbed and the TPG's opinion was as follows:  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
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Pillar of the Community
United States
560 Posts |
Well deserved. Another remarkable piece for your collection!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2222 Posts |
wooow, 66FB Super/ Super nice, numismatic student.  |
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