1869 2 Cent - Business Strike Or Proof

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shantiom Pillar of the Community United States 522 Posts	Posted 01/02/2024 11:10 pm Coin is in a captial holder for the 1864 to 1872 set. Capital Holder (purchased at an auction): Edited by shantiom 01/03/2024 08:28 am Report this Post to the Staff

westcoin Pillar of the Community United States 9796 Posts	Posted 01/03/2024 02:31 am Are you asking about the 1868? That is the title of your post, however you show the 1869. Looks like a business strike to my eyes, rims are not squared off, and the denticles should be much more sharply defined if a proof strike. 1869 is one of the better looking proof strikes in the entire series. Known for a sharp strike and very defined devices, this example in your holder isn't up to proof standards. The die breaks around the 5:00 on the reverse; ICA to the Wreath are not known on proof examples. "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 01/03/2024 06:08 am I'll say business strike as well. Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 01/03/2024 09:11 am Not a proof. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
IndianGoldEagle Bedrock of the Community United States 36883 Posts	Posted 01/03/2024 8:13 pm Looks like a business strike. Report this Post to the Staff
panzaldi Bedrock of the Community United States 18714 Posts	Posted 01/04/2024 10:44 am business strike Report this Post to the Staff
numismatic student Bedrock of the Community United States 11911 Posts	Posted 01/04/2024 3:37 pm Leaves in obverse look weekly struck which suggests business strike. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
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