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Valued Member
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Pillar of the Community
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1934 Posts |
This cheese is going to stand alone and say:
I see wear on the coin
I see bag marks on the coin
Shoot me for saying MS 60-61
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Bedrock of the Community
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hehehehe....good try with video! I think I saw it cartwheel a couple times. I might try my hand at a video too.
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Bedrock of the Community
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This is my 1913 woody I posted before. It cartwheels with E-W tilting. Sorry, no macro mode in video for my camera, but you can definately see the cartwheel effect. http://badthad.com/coin/cartwheel.wmvLincoln Cent Lover!VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/
Edited by BadThad
04/27/2010 7:09 pm
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Valued Member
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j_h_s, you say MS 60 or 61 like it's a bad thing, for $12 dollars, I could do a lot worse! The education I'm getting on this coin is worth much more than that, easily!
BT, I don't think your link to the video is working... I'd like to see it.
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Bedrock of the Community
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19951 Posts |
Try saving the file and then open it with Quicktime.
Lincoln Cent Lover!VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/
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Bedrock of the Community
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I converted to WMV, try it now....should be no need to save it.
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Pillar of the Community
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Wow! $12
You hit a home run with that one in my opinion.
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Bedrock of the Community
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19951 Posts |
I missed that! For $12 you STOLE that coin!
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Valued Member
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Very cool BT, thanks!
Yeah, $12... what I can't understand is he had it marked as AU-55, and it was still 12 bucks!
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Bedrock of the Community
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Yea, can't be that price! Here's one of my 18-D's. It's been cleaned, but I bought it for the detail. These are so tough to find well-struck.   |
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Pillar of the Community
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meaux; I didnt mean my grade was a bad thing...I was standing on the firing line grading it lower than others. It's nice coin and, umm...............$12 !! wow....even at MS60, the ultra conservative numismedia has it priced at 61 or so dollars.....pcgs...(cough splutter) 80 - 100 dollars.
I love that other 18D, too.....details.
fantastic, really.
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Pillar of the Community
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you say MS 60 or 61 like it's a bad thing It isn't a 60 or 61 coin. It is either AU (and some great folks have already told you they think it is MS) or MS62-63 range. An MS60 coin is pretty beat up or has bad eye appeal. ( edit, breaking out ANA grading standards book ) Quote:
MS-61 ...the surface may have clusters of large and small contact marks throughout....scuff marks may appear as unattractive patches on large areas....eay appeal is somewhat unattractive. Copper pieces will be dull, dark, and possibly spotted.
MS-60 Unattractive, dull, or washed-out...may be many large detracting contact marks, or damage spots...eye appeal is very poor.
An AU58 (or even AU58) coin will typically have eye appeal that will blow an MS60-62 coin out of the water. Edited by steve199
04/29/2010 09:21 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Steve is making a very good point that is often misunderstood by newer collectors. You can take a coin, lets say in MS-65 condition, and put ever so slight wear marks on the hairline and you get AU-58. It will be a well struck coin with strong eye appeal. It will in fact be a much better looking coin than a MS-60/61. I know collectors that specialize in this type of coin. Costs less and tends to be very attractive, aka slider.
Jim
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Bedrock of the Community
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Yea, very often an AU coin smokes an MS60-62 coin. A prime example is my 1918-S rainbow coin, which I think NGC completely missed the grade but that's another story, it's an NGC "AU-58" that will put shame to an MS-64.
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