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Pillar of the Community
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Found this amongst my dad's collection. Was wondering everyone's thoughts on a grade. Thanks in advance.  |
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Looks like a nice AU example to me.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'll go with AU58 on this one. Lovey Buffalo!  |
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Your coin comes from a matching late middle die state die pair with a bit of a soft strike and moderate die polishing. There is discoloration in the key contact areas, but that may not be evidence of circulation. When I enlarge the photos, they pixellate and I can't get a definite feel whether there is light circulation wear or just flatness from the die state and strike. What looks like white spots on the hair above the knot could be reflections from lighting or could be the very early start of some surface issues. This coin may be 1936 DDR-002, WDDR-002. |
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United States
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Pictures are a bit dark hiding the luster - I'm just going with a MS65
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Bedrock of the Community
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Looks MS to me. I'll guess MS-64.
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
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What looks like white spots on the hair above the knot could be reflections from lighting or could be the very early start of some surface issues. The white you are seeing are from the strobes I use in my photography. Thanks for a very informative response! |
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I can't get a definite feel whether there is light circulation wear or just flatness from the die state and strike. What looks like white spots on the hair above the knot could be reflections from lighting or could be the very early start of some surface issues. Is why I went with AU instead of uncirculated. Quote:
The white you are seeing are from the strobes I use in my photography. Thanks for a very informative response! Fair point. Either way, this example is much nicer looking than any Buffalo nickel in my set.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
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No breaks in the luster. With better photos this is most likely MS-65.
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Pillar of the Community
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I think it's about a MS65 could understand a 58
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Bedrock of the Community
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65. Beauty.
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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Bedrock of the Community
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2nd look on this one. I'm moving my grade into the MS range at MS64. heavy die polishing on feather 2 and the calamus on feather 1. nice split tail and full horn.
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SRS are you on ebay by any chance ? Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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