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Pillar of the Community
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Can anyone give the guideline to grade this coin 1893 Columbian Exposition Commemorative?
What are the grading criteria for each grade, ranging from G - EF?
Anyone have a price list/sheet for those grades (G-EF)?
Counterfeit - How to detect counterfeit / what are the important marker/characteristics of the coin that can help in detect counterfeit?
Thank you all.
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Forum Dad
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Hmmmm... the quarter or the half?
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New Member
United States
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There is one on gunbroker.com that is EF-40 graded by PCI it has lots of tarnish on it, and I bought 2 from mintproducts.com for $11.00 each and they are in about the same condition as the one on gunbroker.
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Pillar of the Community
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I will try to get some pictures and put them up for grading opinion....
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Bedrock of the Community
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The 1893 Columbians are plentiful enough that damaged or VF and lower grade coins are worth close to silver melt value. They are inexpensive through MS-63 but not many survive in higher grades so they get pricey on the high end.
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Valued Member
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Here is what you DON'T want.... Cleaned, dipped out with no luster...I grade it vf35 I picked it up with a nice AU one a while ago, both for $20  Edited by morganman
12/15/2007 11:08 pm
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Valued Member
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I have one off at ANACS now that should grade either PO1 or FA2....It's one of my fave pieces...I'll try to post pics when I get it back, if anyone is interested.
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New Member
United States
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I have a 1892 and 1893 which I think I paid $10 and $15 for a couple years ago. They were not graded and I picked them up at an antique mall. Since I just dabble and wanted them to go with my WCE admission ticket collection, price wasn't a big issue.
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Very helpful thread for me , I want to start a small select collection of inexpensive commemorative silver pieces and had one of these in my sights , it looks to close to the one pictured that I dont want for my comfort ..hope I dont get stuck with it , theres another much nicer but costs more.
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New Member
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I have several of these, both 92 and 93. Here are a couple of the best ones I have.   |
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Oh Dear .. looking at all the pictures I wonder exactly what ive done. I did manage to win a couple of auctions for this coin.How much scarcer is the 1892 opposed to the 1893 ? Seems to be plenty of the 1893 ones around. Im new to commemoratives , ill post a picture tonight of my first ones and a link to an auction that has me heartbroken. A sad tale of misery and woe at not knowing what the heck I'm doing when it comes to commemoratives..i was watching the oregon trail coin and also a 2001 buffalo silver dollar. I was more interested in the oregon trail coin and was watching the 2001 coin..let it slip by and it sold for 32 bucks. My complete devastation was complete when I tried to find another the same and see they sell for 2-3 hundred dollars  Yes I'm a clown |
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Posted 12/07/2007 2:25 pm
