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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Would appreciate your thoughts on this one.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Looks pretty nice. I'll say EF-40 as a guess.
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5929 Posts |
I will bump it up to a 45.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I like it even more than you guys. Photos are a bit dark, trying to decide if the darken areas is gunk or toning ..... at least 45 and maybe AU, leaning toward the lower end of AU. Nice Half Cent 8 out of 10 for eye appeal |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Just the slightest amount of rub to the high points. Nicely struck stars. I'm in the low AU camp. May benefit from an acetone bath.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12051 Posts |
AU55. Late state dies as the rims seem to lack detail as the dies fail. Hardly any wear. Small verdigris near the devices starting to appear and a verdi-care bath can stabilize the coin so that the coin surfaces don't continue to corrode.
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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i love these old coppers. can you imagine carrying around a pocket full of these?
i am having a hard time finding any signs of circulation on this one and I'm just not seeing it. one of the areas that stand out for early wear is on the hair around the eye and the tops of the bow .
prime candidate for verdicare. I think she was just improperly stored for decades.
AU58 or maybe low MS. like MS61
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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673 Posts |
Not much wear I'll say AU58 possibly 55
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Pillar of the Community
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1894 Posts |
I'm with panzaldi on this one. 58/61/62
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Nice example!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Nice original unmolested AU-58.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19013 Posts |
second look closer to the fields I'm revising my grade to AU58 and if it was mine, I would definitely Verdicare it. it should clean up quite nicely. I love these coppers and imo the 1/2C series is underappreciated.
I always thought...what could you buy for 1/2C in the 1840's and 1850's? if I was 30 years younger I would love to gather an entire set of these which is very reasonable in the VF/XF range
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