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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thoughts on the grade for this 1858 silver 3 cent. Thanks! RK   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10284 Posts |
I see some but very little contact marks, looks completely original. Maybe a tiny bit of wear on the high points of the star and the center I in the III and that diamond on the reverse.
I think it gets AU 55. A beauty.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11917 Posts |
55. nice strike. lots of hits. unattractive toning.
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
Australia
21788 Posts |
Hey ! It's not holed !  Now for the grading: I haven't been around superior Three Centers very much, and so this is the best I have seen. Congrats. TheNickelGuy has already said it for me, with the grading description. I am thinking AU50 to 55. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
AU55, gorgeous toning and a great example for the date.
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1261 Posts |
I'm going AU-53 on this. It looks totally original with nice toning.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
709 Posts |
AU58. You won't notice any hits without a magnifier, this is a small coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1298 Posts |
Nice coin. Great toning. AU55.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
4596 Posts |
MS63
On my monitor, this is a 10x photo (140mm wide of a 14mm coin). It's not a good photo, but you are already at the limits for grading.
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United States
17900 Posts |
Only the slightest high point rub. AU-58. Toning is neither bad nor wonderful. I like it, which is always the best thing I can say.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1499 Posts |
AU-58. There a slight rub n the high points.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2125 Posts |
That reverse sure looks MS. I'll go MS-62. I bet it looks better in hand!
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